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up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. >> reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. >> from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we'd get up here. ing. >> reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem ...

Spends their time carving him up, i suspect the republicans are going to end up in minority status two years from now. they have to, indeed, show that they can get something passed. paul: and to that point, kyle, the speaker made some really important process concessions to the dissenters, one of which was committee seats on the rules committee which is usually the speaker's tool for deciding what amendments get offered and controlling the floor which is crucial. you lose control of the floor, you lose control of the house. so how big a problem is that going to be for the speaker? >> i think i...