Ex Eemplify News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

happy holiday. my first time seeing you. i'm fredricka whitfield. it's official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise. ...

Different personalities, the different thought processes and what should and should not happen. i like -- i was in the front row of this. and so i believe that yesterday was eye-opening. i'm glad we were finally able to elect a speaker together and move forward because really that's what the country wants. they want change. they don't want 4,000-page bills where we don't have time to read it. they want to change in this process. and i think we saw that actually happen yesterday. i am excited about getting started on monday. >> does this exemplify, the process, what the world just witnessed the...