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speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as ...

the south carolina senator. >> john: charlie hurt is there, the united nations gets a lot of attention, the question for charlie, why is it getting any attention? >> sandra: and john, great to be with you, a huge news day. adding to everything happening right now, the decision from the federal reserve on another interest rate hike. the goal here is to tame sky high inflation. the fed looking to raise rates for a third straight time to try to slow down those rising prices. so right now you are looking at reactions in the market. 161, i see green but i see a negative next to the dow. o...

it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." thank you for sticking with me. i'm sara sidner. we're now get a look at even more witness transcripts from the january 6th investigation, 19 to be exact. the january 6th committee released key interviews from members of former president donald trump's family and staff, and conversations with people involved in the state level effort to overturn the 2020 election. in one interview, donald trump jr. gave more context around texts that he sent to mark meadows about plans to keep his father in office days after the election that he lost, and ...

through the roof. >> since then, we've learned a lot about the screw-ups in the early days, and we knew from the start the official stats were like joe biden counting his grandchildren. the numbers didn't add up. but now we're seeing some people admit the truth as the media finally lets them speak the truth without banning them from twitter or worse get interviewed by joy reid. specifically doctors are now admitting how much hospitals overcounted the number of covid deaths and hospitalizations. it's the subject of the latest chap chapter of -- ♪ >> you've got to be kidding me. >...

of the state of california has received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheering] [applause] >> alright here's how the vote finally broke down. mccarthy with 216, hakeem jeffries got 212. and six voted present which help mccarthy clinch the gavel by reducing the number of votes he needed for the majority. ♪ usa too. >> in the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. hooks ultimately the past several days were about negotiations. mccarthy agreed to a range of things. from only one la...