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emily, great to have you here today. emily: such an honor, always. we rang in 023 together 2023 together, but i was virtual. it s so fun to be together on the couch and, of course, be with all of you today. pete: absolutely. and you know what, if it s a new year, it s a new list of resolutions for will cain. and if you re following him on instagram, he has 20 resolution- emily: 2-0. pete: many about march we re going to do a segment where we check in, but one of those is getting in shape, and you have started a new rowing program. we just did the a little rowing will: yeah, we did. pete: i don t understand it. emily: i had way more fun than you guys did. i love rowing. [laughter] pete: i get it. the aspect of legs and core. but you even said it, will, 45 minutes is a long time to pull on a cord. will: your back will get sore if you re not doing the form right. back to the resolutions, look, you can keep up with them if you want. i have laid out my philosophy, it s v ....
I promise our debates will be passion mate, but they will never be personal. chamber is now fully open for all americans [cheers and applause] i want to give all americans a personal invitation. you are welcome to see this body at work. reporter: well, the details of what had taken place lost on many of the sleepy children of members who were present if early this morning throughout the night. this has been a long process, like everyone else, feeling a bit outsourced by what had transpired. and on that, speaker mccarthy has maintained that that he does not feel this drawn-out process or the intense negotiations have weakened his position. will, emily, pete? will: thank you, alex. emily: thank you. pete: if it s a big day, we love to hear from dan bongino, friend of the show. big news overnight, i don t know if you were watching live, but you ve certainly seen it. 14th vote didn t quite go, it ....
Drama. it almost felt like you were watching parliament instead of the u.s. house, there was so much going on. this was not going to go to a 15th vote, it didn t appear so, but then minds changed. and just after midnight congressman mccarthy was sworn in as speaker. he earned chants and a standing ovation. usa! usa! usa! from the great state of california and the next speak or of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with just 216 votes since republicans including lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present rather than no. democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present, and just to illustrate how contentious things became last night, right after the 14th ....