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let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had vo...

>> four criminal cases, 91 felony charges. but it is the case you may not have heard about that could really spell trouble for donald trump. tonight, i'm laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the legal developments, they are coming fast, and they are coming furious, and in the many different cases that donald trump is facing. in georgia, you've got prosecutors asking a judge to now jail one of trump's codefendants. his name? harrison floyd, over his alleged efforts to intimidate co-defenders and apparently witnesses, including georgia election worker ruby freeman. and the judge said that...

They debt ceiling is lifted, but as kevin mccarthy, the new speaker said, he said i'm not going to give a blank check. those discussions, i believe, are going to start amongst the president, senator schumer, and now speaker mccarthy. >> congressman, i am appreciative. you had a as later night as i did. even yours might've been later. i appreciate you joining us is. when i was good to see, other publican congressman, andrea garber reno of new york. let's bring in someone else who i know didn't get any work closely mostly by got last night. the other are levy. nbc news cap -- we were on tv toget...

That just had their heart, central caliphate, destroyed. what they're doing is what i call the ghost jihad. >> you used an expression the other day, when we were on tv together, like stepping on a ball of mercury. >> a ball of mercury. what we saw in iraq. when i was fighting in iraq. you step on the ball of mercury, it breaks up and goes into a million different pieces and actually congeals, conforms, comes back together. once you lifted that. mercury has to be sopped up. one little section at a time. what we're seeing with isis is when that pressure came down, you suddenly saw foreign fighte...

Right. what you're looking at is the future of isis and al qaeda. al qaeda maintains itself as a covert organization operating in a terrorist underground. isis, on the other hand, was this large expeditionary army that just had their heart, central caliphate, destroyed. what they're doing is what i call the ghost jihad. >> you used an expression the other day, when we were on tv together, like stepping on a ball of mercury. >> a ball of mercury. what we saw in iraq. when i was fighting in iraq. you step on the ball of mercury, it breaks up and goes into a million different pieces and actually ...