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i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, r ....
With us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republican congressman kevin mccarthy is finally sworn in as house speaker of the 118th congress. kevin mccarthy securing enough votes to become speaker early this morning, late last night, however you see it, as the last lawmaker cast his vote, the chamber erupting in applause. the next speaker of the united states house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ applause ] after the dramatic fight against conservatives in his own party, mccarthy says it s time ....
Speaker directs what cspan can carry on the cameras. that s why normally you see the well of the house but in this case we could see all kinds of things. people getting together, what really goes on there. the so we know now what a disorganized house looks like. the ability to go back to that stage over and over and over again, i mean, you know, look, several speakers before him, republican speakers, have given up because this same kind of in fighting just wore them down and made it not worth it holding the job for them. kevin mccarthy s going to have to ask himself on many days, hopefully not every day, whether he wants to fight with them or give them yet another concession on every single piece of legislation. quickly, we have 30 seconds. we saw that image of mtg with the phone out. it looked like she had donald trump on the phone. what does this say about his influence or lack thereof? you know, he he called for this to be done many, many rounds ago and it didn t happen. ....