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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 ...

we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we're learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran's nuclear threat. >> we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that's been laid down. if they don't, we made ...

and, the race to save the giant sequoias in yosemite national park as a wildfire threatens trees that have stood for thousands of years. but we start with the january 6 house select committee final push with two more public hearings set to take place this week. this is going to be a really big week for the investigation. committee members are looking to build on the momentum. from the previous six hearings. the next one is set for tomorrow afternoon and will focus on what some panel members call the martialing of the upon. it will include evidence of coordination between former presi...

provide invaluable insight into what donald trump was doing as the capitol was under attack. also, japan in shock and mourning. really, the whole world is in morning after former prime minister shinzo abe 's assassination in a country that had only one gun -related death in all of last year. his killer used what appears to be a homemade gun to shoot a in a campaign speech. the u.s. economy added more jobs than expected as a red-hot job market shrugs off looming fears of a recession. what does this mean for interest rates and if i simply look into all of that. one of the most si...

the shooting, but at this point, his motive remains unclear. the murder of a long time leader has stunned japan, a country where gun violence is virtually unheard of. a former adviser likens abe's assassination to that of jfk. president biden visited the japanese ambassador's residence to offer his condolences, and flags are half staff. let's bring in selina gomez. what more do we know about the suspect and the investigation. >> we learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting former prime minister shinzo abe. in terms of the motive, all we know is he holds a grudge agai...