U.S. House elects new speaker after embarrassing deadlock

STORY: U.S. House elects new speaker after embarrassing deadlock DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect the speaker 2. various of Kevin McCarthy receiving the gavel from U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries 3. various of Kevin McCarthy speaking on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives elected Congressman Kevin McCarthy as speaker early Saturday morning after a historic deadlock that kept the lower chamber from being fully functional days after the new Congress convened. McCarthy, a California Republican, clinched enough votes to become House speaker in the 15th round of voting -- the longest contest in 164 years -- after a bitter fight with a group of hardline conservatives and 14 failed ballots. It was the first time a House speaker -- who maintains order, manages its proceedings, and governs the administration of its business on the low