ryan get what paul ryan wanted. that's ridiculous because donald trump is so unfit and erratic that he can't see any policy initiatives through. but the second part, i think more seriously, is this issue -- joy was saying his dream was to decouple the american people from the new deal. one of his other great projects was to recapture power for the congress. as bizarre as that sounds, yes, he made all kinds of white papers and announcements about taking back power from the executive branch, which had been delegated out by congress, congress had not stepped up to the plate, this its responsibilities and what did he do? he essentially signed his entire job over to the white house. and that, if anything else, will be the long term legacy of one who came with the idea that there was an imbalance in our system, presidents were too powerful, the people's house was the most responsible, the most democratic of our branchs of government and he frittered it away. that is the great tragedy of paul ryan and i think that plus the

nobody is raising money like that for republicans in house races the way paul ryan is. that's a critical component of this. and quite frankly, having a leadership battle inside the conference during an election year can be distracting for the party when they're focus needs to be on staving off a potential blue wave and making sure that democrats don't win the 23 seats that they need to win for the majority. >> this will not help them hold the house. that statement is obvious at this point. david, that's the future. the now we're getting some new information, paul ryan says he wants to spend more time with his family. he's got his tax cut but another reason that he is not running for reelection and this is due to reporting from sources close to the speaker, is he's had enough of dealing with president trump and by that i think it means it's got to be exhausting for house speaker paul ryan who every time the president does something controversial, tweets something controversial he has got to answer for it one way or another and it seems that he finally reached his limit o

paul ryan is stepping down. announcing his retirement from congress at the end of this year despite denying earlier reports that he was stepping down, strenuously denying those reports were totally wrong and off base. there he was today saying yes, indeed, i'm gone quickly followed by another gop retirement which brings the total of republican lawmakers walking away from elected office to a whopping and we believe record setting at least in the modern era, 25. tonight, that same paul ryan, the speaker of the house for as long as he sticks around is also one of several republican leader who have gone to the white house to dine with with the president, the man there in the center of that picture as he faces down an increasingly threatening investigation by robert mueller, federal prosecutors in new york who raided the president's personal lawyer's residence earlier this week in response, the president is by all accounts openly musing about firing his own justice department appointees to attempt to shut down the pr

paul ryan will not run for reelection, caitlin. this may not be a big surprise but it's a very big deal. >> sure and the timing is extremely significant. there have been rumors of course that he was planning to step down but by announcing this now, it raises a lot of questions about, you know, him being a lame duck for the next several months. what a republican congress can do in that time especially heading into a midterm let alone the message that it sends about the house republicans chances of losing the house in november that was already a precarious situation, this certainly sends a signals and i'm wondsering if it might send signals to other republicans who were on the fence about retiring, maybe they're thinking about retiring too. on the other hand -- not to mention the fund-raising component too. ryan has been a prolific and profound fund raiser for republicans, raising millions and millions of dollars. very effective. can he be that effective now in the next few months? on the other hand, i'm wondering if it could empower

let's go to paul ryan. a lot of guys and women and members of congress on the republican side are bailing now. what explains paul ryan's decision as we await his announcement? >> history is not kind to the party that holds the white house. typically since the civil war the party that does loses as much as 33 seats in the house. we have a 24-seat majority. we can't afford to lose those kind of numbers and on average we lose about two seats in the senate. we hold two seats. we can't lose that, either. >> bill: let's be clear. he would win reelection in wisconsin. >> he was. whether or not he wanted to remain a mere congressman and not possibly the speaker i think may have influenced his decision. >> bill: richard, what do you think? are democrats looking at a door of opportunity here? >> democrats are definitely looking at a door of opportunity. we still have to win the races. the wisconsin first district was more competitive than the pennsylvania 18th that democrats won last month. number two, the bigger pro

paul ryan knows it. the leadership knows it. how paul ryan plays a role in shaping the next six or seven months for this party to try the save the house becomes important. i don't know if the incentive is really there at this point. >> another thing that struck me is that relationship between the speaker and the president. what we have seen with trump and ryan is different than when bill clinton was president with tom foley. very different now. >> there's not alignment here. not full alignment. you can just tell from a personality standpoint, a value stands point that speaker ryan has struggled with this relationship for understandable reasons. not to mention some of the challenges he's ahead within his own republican caucus to convene them and try to reach consensus on issues. i think to be fair too, there is a personal element here. i think speaker ryan spoke to that. in my judgment it's a personal and political element. i think it's both here. there's no question, there's no question this relationship with this president is p

and paul ryan came in. now you've got a situation where he has forged this good relationship with the president but he knows the conference well because he had he been in charge of recruitment of candidates around the country for years. so meeting people in their home neighborhoods trying to pick out potential office seekers in the community, going to businessmen, going to people who were in local government trying to get them to run. he has a deep reservoir of good will among the conference. then you have steve scalise who is more conservative and went through that national nightmare of being shot, recovering from that, and having that personal narrative of overcoming his injuries and being supported in a way that both his personal story and his political story come together as a time when the more conservative side could be what carries the moment. but paul ryan in these remaining months can also try to manage his successorship as he can, try to hold that group together. it will be organic. ryan will have

myth of paul ryan is the opposite of what paul ryan did. which should make us examine our myths. whatever you think of congressman ryan, speaker ryan, whether you bought into the myth in the first place, it's inescapably true that he failed at achieving the goals he set for himself day one and that everybody cheered him on as being capable of achieving as a republican party leader. he did the opposite. and now he'ser leaving saying he's pretty much done with what he wanted to do. the second house speaker to quit in the space of three years. john boehnerer stepped down in 2015. his post congress life has seemed pretty awesome. it's been mostly golfing and giving occasional interviews of how pleased he is to not be in congress. occasionally sent out dispatches from the rv. been a low-profile retirement for the last republican speaker of the house to quit. but then today turned out to be an awkward day to suddenly turn around and say hey, i wonder what john boehner is up to right now? what happened to the last one? tod today ended up being an

the expectation is that speaker paul ryan was not going to be around the next congress. the surprise is that he decided to make this announcement now and here's why as it's been explained to me by sources who are aware of the call and the behind closed door gop meeting that he made this announcement in. primarily it is family. he's made clear. his three children and his wife aren't thrilled of the schedule he maintains and it's not just what he does on capitol hill and the fund-raising requirements and the lodgist cal and the procedural and that had started to weigh on a young family, but on top of that, as well the speaker had come to the conclusion that if he wasn't going to be around in the next congress there was no sense in running for re-election only to retire. i am told he said that would be unfair to his district and that would be unfair to his constituents, as well and it would be unfair to the republican conference which now has a lot of decisions to make in a pretty short time period in the face of major headwinds during those midterm elections. that is the m

no, this isn't about paul ryan." but clearly this is a conference that is very nevous about perception. they do think as i charlie dent said in the piece, that president trump might re of an issue. but they want to make sure to keep paul ryan's sconsin seat as well. >> woodruff: lisa, while we're talking about that, you mentioned the race to replace paul ry you mentioned the two other-- his deputies, in effect, mccarthy and scalise. we heard-- i think it was-- one of the people you interviewed said the jockeying is going to start immediaty. i guess oit mark meadows. what kind of jockeying? what are we look at? >> get ready.go we are nog to have an answer who will be the next speaker any time soon. judy, this isn't just a race for the speakership. because the tbhox in line are w,nning against each other, essentially right hat means all five of the top republican leadership spots in the house are up for grabs. so then you could have a five-way, 10-way, 12-way kind of race, many dierent members trying to get involved, m

, the beltway myth of paul ryan is the opposite of what paul ryan did. which should make us examine our myths. whatever you think of congressman ryan, speaker ryan, whether you bought into the myth in the first place or not it's inskapably true that he did the opposite. he -- he failed at achieving the goals he set for himself from day one and that everybody cheered him on as being capable of achieving as a republican party leader. he did the opposite. and now he is leaving. saying he is pretty much done with what he wanted to do. he will be the second republican house speaker to quit in the space of three years. his predecessor john boehner stepped out in 2015. his post congress life has seemed kind of awesome actually. from what we foe about it it's mostly been him golfing and giving occasional interviews about how relieved he is not to be in congress anymore. he aspen out dispatches from his rv on the open road. he wears shorts when he drivers. kind of a low profile retirement for the last republican speaker of the house who quit. but today turned out

and too often, paul ryan did not answer the call of history. >> paul ryan's story is painful one. i was on capitol hill yesterday morning when the news came over people's phones that the announcement was coming. republicans even people who had been with paul ryan that morning in the house gym said they were surprised that it was coming now. in this way. as i look at paul ryan, you know him better than most people, joe, just seems to me this was somebody never really wanted to be speaker. he was reluctant. he had seen what had happened to john boehner. he had seen the basic impossibility of controlling and containing a party that was imploding. he wasn't able to do it. he could never deal with the pressures of his own party. he likes to say his legacy is the tax bill. his legacy, i think will be the $1 trillion deficit we're going to have by 2020, according to the latest projections. what a strange thing for a fiscal conservative to have presided over this ballooning of spending and fiscal policy that most conservatives would reject. but from the beginning this was the reluctant sp

that's not paul ryan's fault. it's probably one of the reasons why the president worked well with the speaker. kennedy: are you retiring? >> not yet, kennedy. kennedy: aknow a lot of people are heading for the exits, including dennis ross. >> dennis has been a great conservative and i'm really going to miss pim. but look, a lot of people are leaving washington because this is a place where we're not getting enough done and we've got to have fighters willing to stay here and ensure that we don't engage in the greatest wave of generational theft and that's going to require republicans acting like republicans again. kennedy: if the president in fact fires bob mueller, what will the republicans do? how will they line up? >> i think he should fire rod rosenstein. and i think it's tragic that in the united states senate an institution that couldn't come together to pass a repeal of obamacare or fund a border wall is all of the sudden unifying around bob mueller. it's sure that the president and deep and dangerous waters

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this is a situation where paul ryan. was quite frankly somebody who was a reluctant member of this leadership team. he stepped into this job after being pushed to do it after it became clear he was the only person that would have the votes. i don't want to never see my family. now the challenges for him in this job are impossible to overstate. it's become almost an impossible task to rangel the republican members of this conference. and for somebody like paul ryan who is very young, he's still early relatively in his political career dealing with president, an extraordinarily challenging task, this a bet on, hey, i have a family to worry about. i have three kids going to college and also perhaps i want to set myself up for something later on that will be more productive for my own political career paul ryan has struggled with how to relate to this president. he spoke out forcefully against him and found that there were repercussions for that. came sort of back around on to president trump's team. and was defending him re

no, this isn't about paul ryan." but clearly this is a conference that is very nervous about perception. they do think as i charlie dent said in the piece, that president trump might be more of an issue. but they want to make sure to keep paul ryan's wisconsin seat as well. >> woodruff: lisa, while we're talking about that, you mentioned the race to replace paul ryan you mentioned the two other-- his deputies, in effect, mccarthy and scalise. we heard-- i think it was-- one of the people you interviewed said the jockeying is going to start immediately. i guess of it mark meadows. what kind of jockeying? what are we look at? >> get ready. we are not going to have an answer who will be the next speaker any time soon. judy, this isn't just a race for the speakership. because the tbhox in line are running against each other, essentially right now, that means all five of the top republican leadership spots in the house are up for grabs. so then you could have a five-way, 10-way, 12-way kind of race, many different members

confirmed that house speaker paul ryan will announce he's not running for reelection in november. joining us now congressman adam, republican from illinois. congressman, that spending bill was wildly unpopular, paul ryan got some of the blame, is that why he's out? >> no, no, paul ryan, look, we achieved tax reform, that was his dream for 20 years, he's been waiting on -- he's given a lot to his country and unless somebody questions conservative principles, he was the first that i know talking about entitlement reform requirements, paul ryan is a great man, in fact, he is retiring today, it's a huge loss for the house gop. stuart: you're worried going into midterm elections because you lost quite a few republican leaderships, you lost them. >> it's to expect, we knew going into this year, last year before

paul: there's a lot of commentary particularly from the left that paul ryan, the paul ryan party, political party, republican party is now dead with his departure. it's now donald trump's party. so the growth wing, the jack kemp wing, the reagan wing of the party, the inclusive wing is now dead. what -- how do you respond to that? >> i think that's wishful thinking. i think that's the left saying what it wants to have happen, not what is really happening. look, paul set an example. he helped not only draw into politics a lot of new young people who are, who share his aspirations for the kind of republican party that he wants, but also helped persuade some of his colleagues of longstanding that they had to help take these timeless principles of conservativism and apply them to the challenges the country faces in a confident and optimistic way. and we wouldn't have gotten tax reform had we not had that kind of leadership, because he was asking -- with kevin brady, the chairman of the ways and mes committee -- they were asking their colleagues to do difficult things and go home and explain the

ryan is facing for 18 years but this town hall was intended for paul ryan but instead andy price came. that was put on by several different high school students that organized the town hall and we asked people who they think of this race. this is what some of them told us. >> actually i'm angry. i'm angry that he doesn't represent me or my city or my community. i feel like when he back pedalled on trump and he said that he was first not in favor of the way that he bullied people and he wasn't -- he doesn't agree with his tweeting and he doesn't agree with this and that and then he turns around and supports him. >> i usually vote and i'm registered republican. >> and you voted for paul ryan?

kevin mccarthy is viewed as the most likely successor for paul ryan. donald trump has considered him to be his chief of staff in the past. but he would have trouble getting the approval from the more conservative members of the freedom caucus. and they're the ones who you would need approval from to replace paul ryan. for nancy pelosi, the reps, are rep crowley, 56 from queens in new york and then steny hoyer, the same age as nancy pelosi. people talk about replacing nancy pelosi, they say they want younger, fresher faces, but that would change in terms of age if hoyer replaced her. >>> paul ryan's decision to leave congress, he said he plans to re main speaker until january. i know that axios is hearing some republicans, they have plans wanting to see him step aside a bit earlier. >> republicans on the hill think it's untenable for paul ryan to stay in this position through january when they're approaching what everyone knows will be a very competitive mid term election year, why would they want all of these things happening behind the scenes when the

paul ryan have candidate paul at fall fest. let's watch. >> there is a bit of an elephant in the room. it is a troubleingly situation. i'm series, if is. i put out a statement about this last night. had i meant what i tuesday is still how i feel that's not what we are here to talk about. >> god bless you all, thank you. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. >> are that was bad like aircraft erickson disinviting trump. red state gathering. that was bad judgment you don't kick guy when he is down i don't like that. >> i absolutely agree. it took paul ryan longer than me to get on board with president trump. donald trump could have vetoed that bill. >> i agree. paul ryan should have told him to. there was not enough in that bill to justify and put everyone on the loin with. >> i agree you have to understand that the senate and the negotiation gave us not the military money and 63 billion dollars of nondefense deceptionary spending. >> your colleagues -- know that this was a mistake. >> they know it. >> we have a heart breaker. anyway we

now paul ryan is out. it should be set up front i have known paul ryan for a long time. he's a stand-up person. he is a man of deep faith. he's a man committed to his family which he said was the reason for his retirement. >> all three of our kids are teenagers. i realize if i'm here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad. i just can't let that happen. >> laura: on a personal level, this makes perfect sense. remember, ryan excepted the speakership with a lot of reluctance. on the political level, this reveals the schism between the establishment wing of the party and the conservative populist trump wing. let's not forget how tortured and outright critical ryan was of trump before and after his nomination. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly, is not what this country stands for. >> you have said throughout the process that you will support the republican presidential nominee. now you have a presumptive nominee, donald trump. will you support him? >> well, to be pe

paul ryan, you know, on paper paul ryan, if you're a conservative paul ryan is a perfect member of congress but the problem has always been with him his need to sort of bring not only his caucus together but the entire house together to get thinkings passed and he suddenly becomes not so conservative, and a lot of bad ideas float to the top. it presents what the real problem is, running the house in these days. stuart: you have a split party in the house. that's a fact. sara fischer, axios website. you broke this story. you have got very good sources. what were the sources telling you as the reason for paul ryan stepping down? >> i mean it has been a chaotic time for paul ryan at the house. look, he has had to deal with not only majority which you would think is helpful but a president sometimes went against his own majority which can be incredibly challenging. the other thing paul ryan faces potentially a democratic takeover in november. sources are telling axios this could have big implication what donors are thinking for november. if they think ryan's out and that the republicans will lo

do you think the free man paul ryan in these last months will be different than the paul ryan that's already been governing? >> i don't think so because of the fact that the republican conference in the house as david was mentioning is in lockstep in many ways with the president. they come from districts in which the president is very popular which is one reason why ryan has had a challenge from challenging president trump because he knows if he were to do that and confront president trump on any number of issues he will get pushback significantly from his conference which is one reason why perhaps it was that you're not going to see this fight because they need the president, they need his supporters in order to have any chance of keeping the house in november. >> absolutely. manu, david, great to see you. what an amazing morning this has been. a quick programming note for everybody. paul ryan will be joining jake tapper this afternoon on "the lead." that starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. don't miss that. coming up for us, new reports. the president is considering shaki

it's a real concern for paul ryan. some have suggested in the past he might be a presidential candidate in the future. he's indicated that he wants to spend more time with his three children back in janesville in wisconsin. but this is a guy who ran side by side with mitt romney. he's been at the highest levels of power in the course of his career. soy think it's something people will focus on. although it seems unlikely to me at this moment. one thing i would also focus on is whoever replaces him, either becoming the next house speaker if republicans hold on or the minority leader if they lose, steve scalise or kevin mccarthy, these are two men who have closer relationships to president trump. if the republicans don't control the house it's going to be a lot tougher to get business done. at the end of the day, the window for president trump may be closing pretty quickly. >> we have our eye on the hearing room. i want to turn back to kasie hunt who covers capitol hill for us. i understand you have some more information

i think paul ryan feels like he accomplished what he could in the time he was there. people like mark meadows have been very upset with ryan and the spending bills he passed. ryan built his career on the idea to reduce the deficit and disappointed in the fact that all the bills he passed have

paul ryan is leaving us, folks, so let's porout a 40. 40 grams of protein, of course. yeah. just for hirnl the way he would like it. ( cheers and applause ) this is for you, paul. oh, and-- and, don't worry, just-- just like paul ryan's deficit, someone else is going to have to clean thup. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) experts will tell you a golden lager like budweiser is one of the most difficult styles of beer to brew. that's why we rely on generations of award winning brewmasters to brew ours. ♪ this was the diet pepsi that was right for ray. and your uncle ray. and this ray... cheeseburger, diet pepsi. this is the diet pepsi that looks good in a can, in a bottle, in a truck, or in extreme close-up. ohhh bubbles. this is the diet pepsi your mom drank when she was young. and drinks now that she's... don't you dare! this is the diet pepsi that's always the right one. ( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: welcome tbook "the daily show." with the white house admitting that president trump has looked into the legality of firing robert mueller, and congressmen i

that's how we got paul ryan. i think that speaks to the fact that it's very difficult to control the faction-ridden house of representatives g.o.p. caucus. you've got the freedom caucus. you've got the tuesday group. you've got a bunch people. you don't have a huge majority, and it's tough to get to get 218 votes. >> bret: eli. >> you look at the election of trump and to this date, you are saying that's the ark of the transformation of the republican party. paul ryan is an emblem of a republican party that was against deficits, was for lower taxes, was certainly, there's always a popular appeal but it's not the same kind of populist as trump. now the g.o.p. is really trump's party. that's a significant thing when we take a step back. >> bret: let's listen to the speaker and the majority and minority leader on upcoming months what could come. >> i want to be clear. i'm not done yet. i intend to finish the year. >> if he is willing to reach across the aisle, he will find democrats willing and eager to work with him

the expectation was never that paul ryan was going to be in the 116th congress. the expectation was, he would at least run for re-election, help with fund-raising, to keep the nasty leadership battle out of the way. why now if this decision was made over the weekend. he was leaning towards running and leaving at the end of this congress. and then made the decision with his wife that, one, that wasn't fair to his district to run and then leave. and two, that he wanted the conference to be able to start working through what is ostensibly going to be a knock down, dragout decision for what is going to replace him. look, the reality is twofold here. you mentioned what the speaker represents on a policy side and politics side, is a very different republican than is now running the show in washington, d.c. i think that matters. and i think with that in mind, the things that he cares about most, entitlement reform, when you have a president that doesn't want to cut entitlements. a certain posture on foreign policy. and the fact that week after week after week, he's almo

i would just appreciate it if the next few callers would not down paul ryan and give paul ryan some good talk. paul ryan, this is robert from kentucky, and sir, we thank you and respect you, and you have done a great job. host: one of our previous callers critical of senator chuck schumer, who had some words of praise for speaker ryan. with his newfound political freedom, a hope that the speaker uses his remaining time in congress to break free right factions that have plagued congress from getting things done. as he is willing to reach across the aisle, he will find democrats willing and eager to work with him. i would say to speaker ryan, let's work together. you are more of a free man now. follow your instincts. your beliefs won't be the same as ours, but we can meet somewhere in the middle. the job may be made harder because congressmen scalise and mccarthy are now competing for ryan's job and the hard right's favor, but i believe speaker ryan is up to the job and can overcome that problem and work in his last few months here for the betterment of our country. host: on the speaker's

. >>> paul ryan will retire at the end of the year. in the interview with jake tapper, he said he is leaving to go home to his family. he said the mid terms played no part in hissing this. >> i was able -- in his thinking. >> i am able to do this because we have been able to accomplish what we needed to accomplish. i feel content and confident. >> ryan denied he is leaving because of the difficult relationship with president trump. >> we're very different people. i'm from the upper midwest. not from new york. we are from a different generation. we have different styles. what we learned after we got to know each other. we had a lot of friction in our relationship. what we learned is a common agenda and we want to get it done and we know it will make a difference. that is what we were elected to do. >> paul ryan rose to prominence as a sharp pencil deficit hawk. he touted his role in the tax cuts. he helped pass the tax cuts to balloon the deficit in 2020. ryan's departure is a real blow to republicans who saw him as a stable policy driv

what do you have to add on paul ryan's future? >> well, i think that, you know, it's something that has been talked about for a long time and obviously he has a young family. i think probably wants to spend more time with them. i'm sure the speaker of the house, which i have think is the hardest job probably in the world, is eventually sort of wears on you. but he is a great talent.

plus paul ryan is gearing up to life the nation's capitol. what does the speaker's exit mean for the republican party? kayleigh mcenany, rnc spokesperson gives us her take next. >> i think we'll have a good speaker. our job is to beat the democrats and make sure we have a majority. ♪ at crowne plaza, we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. melissa: passing the torch, house speaker paul ryan announcing he will not seek re-election, will be stepping down in january. his announcement adding a new layer of concern for republicans already facing a tough battle, holding on to the house in november. majority whip steve scalise responding earlier today. >> but there is a lot more work we need to get done and we need to stay focused doing that, keeping house majority. if nancy pelosi is speaker next year, everybody dreaming of titles and gavels all that is gone because pelosi would be t

paul ryan has announced his retirement. this is democracy now! we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: the new york times reported in 2012, house speaker paul ryan is a fan of rage against the machine. that prompted the ba guitarist to tell "rolling stone"nd's ryan phantom is "amusing because he is the embodiment of the machine our music has been raging against for two decades." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as we continue with our guest, from paul ryan to what is happening around the country in the conservative movement and those that are challenging it. nermeen: in oklahoma, dozens of teachers have completed a seven-day, 110 mile march from tulsa to the state capital okemos city, where they will now meet with lawmakers to demand they pass legislation to fund education in oklahoma. public schools across tulsa and oklahoma city remain closed as thousands of teachers continue their strike into its ninth day. amy: our guest corey robin recently wrote on facebook

house speaker paul ryan not running for re-election. why he's ready to leave washington, and the behind-the-scenes jockeying already happening to replace him. >>> plus, privacy settings. right now, a live look as facebook ceo mark zuckerberg spends day two on capitol hill answering questions about the security of our private information. when all of this wraps up, though, what will it change? getting to that story in a moment, but we start with the threat of u.s. military action in the middle east this hour. an explicit warning this morning from president trump to russia, not to interfew against u.s. action against syria. the president writing on twitter, russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. get ready, russia, because they will be coming. nice and new and smart. weer partners with a gas-killing animal who kills his people and enjoys it. >> we are studying that situation extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else, and we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours.

it's not something paul ryan has been about. he's been in politics since he was 25 years old, a staff aide and member of congress. it's difficult to manage the relationships with the white house. the white house functions by the seat of it -- of its pants. >> the job he never wanted. >> he was reluctant, that's correct, and there was no alternative. that's why he remained. there's a freedom caucus out there, not just one, but four, and herding the cats is a big job. >> possible replacements kevin mccarthy and steve skalese. >> mccarthy would continue business as usual. he has a close relationship with the trump white house, and it will get closer still. steve has represented and served as a bridge to the freedom caucus groups, and he represents, if you will, a group on the outside, but he's someone who has also embraced president trump, but mccarthy would be the insider candidate. if we are betting, that's who the money is with. >> it's not like paul ryan will disappear. he's young. a v.p. candidate under mitt romney. >> the spe

i think for paul ryan it wasn't fun. now it looked a lot less fun head down the road and they are of the not going to get -- >> they would have a smaller majority no matter what. >> if the majority is not fun the minority is definitely not fun. for president trump, totally it's absolutely an opportunity of i think that's how they see it. he likes to work with people that he feels are his allies who are loyal to him. to the extent he can put his thumb on the scale in terms of leadership of the house he absolutely is he going to do try to do that. maybe not publicly. >> phil cline in the washington examiners this afternoon notes that paul ryan is sort of leaving with his legacy unfulfilled. when you think about why he came here and what he wanted, he wanted to be the guy who solved our entitlement issues and our so-called entitlement crisis. here it is ryan is giving up his job before fulfilling his aim of political life, the one that brought him to national stardom, overhauling our entitlement system. and he actually leav

paul ryan is leaving us, folks, so let's porout a 40. 40 grams of protein, of course. yeah. just for hirnl the way he would like it. ( cheers and applause ) this is for you, paul. oh, and-- and, don't worry, just-- just like paul ryan's deficit, someone else is going to have to clean thup. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ hey, sir lose-a-lot! thou hast the patchy beard of a pre-pubescent squire! thy armor was forged by a feeble-fingered peasant woman... your mom! as long as hecklers love to heckle, you can count on geico saving folks money. boring! fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. xfinity watchathon week. television is back, starting april 16th, enjoy free access to tv's hottest shows from netflix, hbo, showtime, starz and more with xfinity on demand or the xfinity stream app. you'll want to tap out of your regular life and go binge while someone else stands in. blargh uhhmm. good luck. blargh uhhmm. ♪ when i'm gone when i'm gone ♪ ♪ you're gonna miss me when i'm gone ♪ ♪ you're gonna miss me when i'm gone ♪

this is not the last of paul ryan. >> no. he was very optimistic in his -- looking into the future for his party as he left it off at the news conference saying he's absolutely confident that he will be handing his gavel over to a republican speaker of the house in january. >> you focus on the key aspect of his character that is so likeable. he's an optimist. he's that ronald reagan type of optimist. he work at the side of jack kemp for many years. he was an apprentice. they both had this optimism about what america is capable of. all the legislation is couched in that idea of what america is. that is the most -- the grandest experiment politically that this world has ever seen. it continues to be that way, could continue to be that way. he has that reagan optimism that will do him well in the future. >> maybe you don't agree, maybe being optimistic about november and the republicans changes. his home district is a tighter race than the pennsylvania district that conor lamb just won in. now, he was going to be fine if he ran,

paul ryan has had enough of the speaker's gavel. the top republican in congress n't seek reelection. he wants to spend more time with his family. rep. ryan: if i am here for one more term, my kids will only have known me as a weekend dad. i cann let that happen. laura: and mark zuckerberg was in front of congress for a second day, and told lawmakers his own data has bn breached. laura: welcome to "world news america." president ump has warned russia to get ready for missile strikes against syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack. though tonight, the white house is that all options do remain on the table. moscow has been urgingo washington notke military action, with one diplomat said russia would shoot down u.s. missiles aimed at syria. the world health organization says people in douma have 500 symptoms consistent with s.exposure to toxic chemic our noh america editor jon sopel has more. jon: they are getting out of harm's way, from surviving the hell of eastern ghouta and the alleged chemical weapons attack, these ref

>> first off, i got a lot of respect for paul ryan. when you hear most politicians talk about leaving congress, you wonder what's up. for him, you know it's the genuine article. this is somebody who is reluctantly accepted the speakership in the first place. his colleagues basically begged him to take it because they knew he could provide that leadership at a critical time. and he did. and he has stood at the top of that conference and led them to some really important accomplishments. the next chapter is pretty difficult. he's got very big shoes to fill. >> dana: you said speaker ryan said it didn't have anything to do with the midterm they were facing. he raised a ton of money for republicans in those races, but there are historic number of republicans who decided not to seek re-election. there could be more. we had another one, dennis roth of florida deciding not to run. do the democrats feel like they've got a shot here? >> oh, for sure. paul ryan was the 40th house member of the republican caucus to retire. clearly, he made a cruc

paul ryan is a serious man and a non-serious time. it is jettisoning adulthood." explain what you mean. guest: pleasure. i think a lot of this talk is that is it paul ryan's party or jeff flake's party or donald trump's party misses the bigger picture here. went frommp are not mars and put a spell on republican voters and take over the party. he grew out of a culture. voters grew out of a culture. my argument is we have a combination here of ascendant youth culture in america that is combined with our social media and our technology to produce what i like to call a sick burn culture. everybody has to get in a sick burn. everybody is interested in getting the last word and being thrilled and excited and you can see it on twitter. getting the last dig in. everything is focused on andulation and the moment it's focused on the today makes -- the dynamics you in schools and the way that we seek attention and the way that we jockey for position. and the 2016 election dynamics we are seeing in today are a product of that culture. politics is downstream of culture. we are