. >> final question, in regards to chairman ed royce. who is stepping down. should you readdress the issue of term limits? on chairmanship? speaker ryan: no, i would never have become the chairman if it were not for term limits. i am a big fan of term limits. i think we should have term limits on congress itself, but given the constitutional amendment we have not been able to produce the votes for, we should at least in our own control, we should control our term for chairmanship. you are seeing chairmen retire now, and we are having a number of them because we operate in the republican house with a six-year terms, meaning three terms, six years total for a chairmanship. they are all on a similar cycle. so we have a lot of chairmen who are coming to the end of their chairmanships this year, which is why people like ed royce are retiring. but what that does is give younger, newer members the ability to move up into the ranks and take these chairmanships. it brings fresh blood to come and fresh turnover, new ideas must fresh perspectives. >> what is the biggest

are not running again, swing districts -- more vulnerable, and you mentioned the darrell issa and ed royce, who are not running again, swing districts. the party of the president historically experience his losses in the midterm. this is no different. it will be a referendum on president trump and his conduct in office. that is just a fact. we will have to deal with it, and the only question is what type of a wind will be facing in the midterms? will it be hurricane force or something less than that? i think it will be a stronger wind, and i better prepare for the worst and hope for the best. as you sat down with your family and colleagues and made that decision not to run again for office, was donald trump a factor? rep. dent: yes, a factor, but not necessarily the factor in my decision. i have run for office 13 times come i'm 13-0, and then not going to spoil a perfect record. i did not have a serious threat from the left and no credible wasat from the right, so i not worried about reelection. i just hope i'm young enough and healthy and i can do something else with my life. there has be

since they've been back and i haven't found one democrat who would vote for that deal congressman ed royce and congressman dan liason both of california both republicans are not going to seek reelection is that an indication that the democrats are going to have a good time in the. it certainly helps their case to first of all you know larry i'm former democratic chair of california and. the those are two seats that democrats can win darrell almost lost the last time and he's in northern san diego county you and i know that's not heavy democratic territory he won by less than half a percent and ed royce as a district that is changing as well i think it immensely helps the democrats' chances in california to pick up at least a couple more if not three or four more seats and they only need twenty one to take back control of the house and everybody says oh twenty one seeds man that's a that's a big lift well it's it is a big lift but in two thousand and ten when john boehner and the republicans took back the house they won sixty five seats so twenty one is not a lot when you compare it to a bo

they're not going to run for reelection ed royce and now downer allies is the latest to say he won't rerun what's your read on that well i think they saw the whole to look good for these they both had districts that hillary clinton carried by a pretty good number and i think those are those it's bally those seats but seats where we were close are probably going to tip democrat i think they saw a difficult time to get reelected ed royce has done a great job as a court affairs chair he's been an outstanding representative he and their allies are both very bright they brought a lot to congress they're both friends of mine and i'll miss their service but i understand when the tsunami come if you want to be out there on a surfboard you really think it's going to be that bad for the republicans in november and i think they deserve it. steve it's always great to talk with you thank you you're welcome larry take care larry elder is the conservative a nationally syndicated radio host new york times bestselling author he joins me here in studio we'll spend some time with him for his take on th

now, ed royce is a long-term california republican congressman who's been there for 25 years. he's chairman of the foreign affairs committee. and it is a surprise he is quitting. as recently as this fall he was insisting, he was definitely staying and anybody saying he was going to retire is nuts but all of a sudden, he's going and right after his wife got that plum job at the major agency that he oversees. mr. royce is the eighth republican member of congress who is the chair of a committee who has announced he or she will not run for re-election. it's one thing to be a run-of-the-mill member of congress but when you chair a committee and you step down, eight of them is a lot. and that's probably good news for the democratic party's chances in the mid-terms overall. that eight committee chairmen are leaving. but even just beyond the large numbers of committee chairs who are going, some of these individual ones are strange and this ed royce one today was strange and a surprise. so like i said, it's kind of a weird news day. i expect it will continue to be a weird news night. b

they're not going to run for reelection ed royce and now downer allies is the latest to say he won't rerun what's your read on that well i think they saw the whole to look good for these that both at districts at every clayton carried by a pretty good number and i think those are those it's bally those seats but seats where we were close are probably going to tip democrat i think they fall a difficult time to get reelected ed royce has done a great job as a court affairs chair he's been outstanding so representative he and their allies are both very bright they brought quite a lot to congress they're both friends of mine and i'll miss their service but i understand when the tsunami come she want to be out there on a surfboard you really think it's going to be that bad for the republicans in november and i think they deserve it. steve it's always great to talk with you thank you you're welcome larry take care larry elder is the conservative a nationally syndicated radio host new york times bestselling author he joins me here in studio we'll spend some time with him for his take on the

ed royce of california is not seeking re-election. ns a growing list of republicans who have decided to not run in this year's midterms. royce's seat was considered as a rule vulnerable after hillary clinton won. after news of royce's retirement the cook political report leaned to lean democrat. royce will be the eighth house republican committee chair to leave congress during or after this terms. some like royce are limited from keeping gavels. others include judiciary chairman, financial services chairman. transportation committee chair bill. science committee chair lamar smith. house administration chair. diane black is leaving congress to run for governor. former oversight committee jason chavis left congress last year. >> it is a list. and even in the best of years, when presidents's approval ratings are around 50%. party in power gets walloped. now with donald trump with his torque l historic low numbers certainly for the first year. how bad is this going to be? if we continue on this trajectory. >> my tricks are as good as the p

we have a lot of chairmen coming at the end of the chairmanship and that's why people like ed royce are retiring. what that does it gives younger, newer members the ability to move into the ranks and move up and take these chairmanships. it brings fresh blood, fresh turnover, new perspective. i think that's a good thing for congress. >> what's the biggest challenge for you in this job. >> getting things past, getting big things done. what i'm excited about, we iran on a very specific agenda in 2016 and we came around, we all got consensus and we came up with better way. now we are in the middle of executing but i'm very excited that we passed more bills this past year, in this president's first year of office and reagan, bush, bush, clinton, obama. meaning we passed, we were very successful in past our bills. we have over 400 bills stuck in the senate that have not been moving through like the house. getting these bills not just through the house but into law is the biggest challenge given the fact that they have a filibuster. we are so partisan. i hope we can get more bipartisanship th

ed royce chairs the foreign affairs committee and has represented a southern california district for 13 terms. top republicans say the tweeted announcent hillary clinton. the democratic party believes it can win his seat. >>> history overseas. the first same-sex marriages were performed at midnight across australia. marriage equality became the law of the land on the first of the -- sdees -- december 9th. but this was the first opportunity to give gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot. >>> and a heart stopper of a game in atlanta capping off the college football season. >> it was a big one. sec rivals georgia and alabama played for the championship and it had an ending fans will not be forgetting for a long time. >> the teams are tied at 20-20. this is a big kick here. 36 yard up and it goes left. it's not good. the kick was a little nervous. >> and that brought us to overtime. georgia kicked a field goal on its possession. and freshman backup qb, the last name is a tough one. tua, can i call an inaudible? there was a 41-yard score to fellow freshman devontae smith. they win on the

it comes after fellow california republican ed royce announced retirement. issa, the wealthiest member of congress stepping down, there are 31 house republicans who won't be seeking re-election. 19 are retiring and 12 are running for higher office. the last time a party had that many members retire during a midterm year was 1994 when 28 democrats left. with the midterms less than 300 days away, the growing number of retirements is fueling the fears that the party may not be able to hold on to the house. in an interview with politico yesterday, ohio congressman said even more retirements could be coming down the pike. >> joining us from washington is daniel. good to have you with us this morning. you could see somebody like darrel isis in california going to a democrat, giving where the district is. not all of those districts that have retiring republicans are leaving, or favorable to another party. how likely do you think there is a democratic land side? >> i think you are seeing people like darrell issa and ed royce see the writing on the wall. trump is goi

he's the second in california behind ed royce, who said he wouldn't seek re-election earlier this week. so far 19 house republicans are retiring outright before the midterms. 12 more house republicans are leaving to run for higher office. governor or senator. making a total of 31 republican house seats being vacated so far. by the way, the month isn't over. there are now of those 31, 8 of those house republican retirements are from hillary clinton either carried in 2016 or narrowly lost including martha mcsally, expected to announce a senator bid later this week. those seats represent one-third of the 24 seats the democrats need to win back the house in november. why do we care about the numbers so much? we haven't seen this many open seats for the majority party since 1994 when president clinton faced his first mid-terms. that cycle, 28 democrats decided to leave the house. we know what happened there. republicans gained a whopping 54 seats that year and control of the house. at that time, the first time in nearly two generations. we'll be right back. hello mom. amanda's mom's appoint

ed royce was a surprise to republican officials.a is someone they thought might happen right now. what are the karncandidates are seeing that are making them flee? >> there are other things for them do. darrell issa has plenty of money and doesn't need the headaches they have in washington, and he's going home to spend more time with his family and make money. there are a lot of reasons why members of congress decide to run for office and not to run for office. that being said, it's concerning as a republican that as of now, virtually 29 gop held seats in the house that will be up come midterms and there's a lot of work to be done. the key is looking at how things will play out moving forward with regard to the economy and if the economy is strong, i think that is good for republicans and that will be positive sign come mid terms no matter how many are up for election. >> a lot aren't waiting and getting out now. they see maybe they don't think it will improve by enough by next november, and tara, there is a statistic i saw from coo

seven of them including ed royce announced yesterday for chairman. some of the most powerful members of the house. the chairman deciding i've had enough. run for something else or want to go home. those are important numbers. here's the most important. mid-term election year, a president's first is generally defined by this number. what do the american people think. do they approve or disapprove. this president remains historically unpopular. 37%. in 2010 he was at 46% right around election day. president trump has time to recover, but he is nine points below where president obama was. president obama's party lost 63 seats in the house and lost control to the republicans. that is what republicans are worried about. democrats think make it about trump, we take back the house. they are trying to make it about someone else. >> we know we will have a tough election cycle later this year. we are preparing for it, but we will work hard to make sure we keep the majority. a lot of people understand how devastating it would be to have nancy pelosi as speaker

paul ryan little bit of a different story, ed royce became the 35th republican to announce plans to leavee many of the seats are safe gop districts this one is not. hillary clinton won in 2016. turn over happens in dc, part of politics this one is a surprise paul ryan races like this are why democrats seem to think there's some chae over the house too. that's the final five on this monday night, good to have yous with, morning crew is here at 4:25 in the morning, be careful. make it a good night. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: there is a huge, huge development after oprah's speech last night because she's always said she's not going to run for president. stedman now says she absolutely would if the people say yes. >> we've got a bunch of celebrities out after we got her best friend gayle king, we got laurence fishburne. seems if it were up to them, oprah would be running in 2020. >> does anybody know what oprah's policies are on anything? >> no, you get equality and you get equality and you get equality. >> sean penn had his annual charity event. one of the items at the silent aucti

republicans are dealing with the president, the fact that increasing numbers of republicans last week ed royce and daryl issa, decided to leave the house rather than seek re-election. 30 republicans are leaving the house and prospects for democrats taking over are increasing, that's an indication for you of how donald trump is playing right now for the entire country. >> issa's case the handwriting was on the wall based on the results of last election. i want to talk about business and the head lelines this week. you have major company, walmart, chrysler. does this out weigh anything the president says no matter how oifsly it may be. >> it's not everything. we have seen that over and over in recent years. al gore ran for president against george w. bush when the economy had a sustained boom for quite a long time. he didn't win. it's good for him. it's better than the alternative but that's not sufficient. >> okay. thanks, guys. >>> coming up, a new report claims president trump's lawyer paid $100,000 to an adult film star, but the question is why. that's next. mom, i have to tell you something

every time you see somebody good like ed royce leave the loss to the institution, but we are going tok hard we make sure we keep this majority. a lot of people out there understand just how devastating it would be to have nancy pelosi as speaker and they don't want that to happen. they saw about it was when she was speaker for four years and what it did to our country. we are getting our country back on track to get the economy moving again. want to keep that positive influence going forward. >> martha: good to speak with you, congressman steve scalise as always. we hope you will come back next week because there's a lot to talk about as you had towards the deadlines. thank you, it's good to see you. >> thank you. >> martha: 's or the president sit down for an interview with the special counsel robert mueller? house oversight committee trey gowdy is up next with his new insight on the investigation tonight. democrats attempt to keep this investigation alive for a long time. when we come back. >> i do have confidence about mueller to reach the right decision and interview the right peo

when you look at ed royce, bill shuster, they are coming to the end of their term.t's a natural time. history shows on off election years after the party has the white house it is usually not good for those individuals so there is a little headwind here. remember this? when was the last time the dow jones was ever this high. unemployment at a 17-year low but more important look what wal-mart just announced. ages are up. you had a billion dollars go out in bonuses to more than a million people and have had energy rates going down because of the tax plan. i think 10 months from now republicans are going to be in a very strong position. remember what happened in 1998? actually the party in power won seats. >> sandra: right. i have two seconds left. that deadline next friday, is it a tall order to think it will get done? a deal will get done? >> no, we've been meeting at this. no problem with getting a deal done when it comes to the budget agreement. we're meeting about the daca and the border going forward but those two should not shut the government down. >> sandra: a

were close are probably going to tip democrat i think they saw a difficult time to get reelected ed royce has done a great job as a foreign affairs chair and he's been outstanding so representative he and their allies are both very bright and they brought a lot to congress and they're both friends of mine and i'll miss their service but i understand when the tsunami comes she want to be out there on a surfboard you really think it's going to be that bad for the republicans in november and i think they deserve it it's just so steve it's always great to talk with you thank you you're welcome larry take care larry elder is the conservative nationally syndicated radio host. times bestselling author he joins me here in studio we'll spend some time with him for his take on the dot com program as well as the effort to keep government funding past the end of the month he also wrote a book i'm anxious to read dear father dear son two lives eight hours ok during an intense fight over this doctor program a federal judge issues an injunction. the white house calls it outrages. my democratic guests ha

this coming day as of orange county congressman ed royce said he will not seek office either. >>> head's up for anyone traveling to mexico. u.s. state department issued a revised travel alert warning americans not to travel to five states including two popular to tourists, they are home to matzlan, acuapulco and others putting those states in the same drug category as yemen, syria or afghanistan. state department said they should reconsider travel to jalisco which includes puerto valarta and lifted cancun. >>> two items in high tech gadgets caught the eye of associate digital editor for consumer. >> reporter:s reports. dprz . >> weerp struck weir fwlap. >> we're struck by two clothes rolling machines. you put the clothes in the top and the robotic arms close the clothes and they pop out the bottom. taking that further another one that actually has visual recognition technology so it sorts the clothes by the person it belongs to. the price tag may be a bit of a draw back it is about $16,000. >>. >> well also causing buzz is all electric suv from company called biton saying it used interes

the announcement last week from issa's fellow california republican ed royce he'll be retiring mean eight gop are kwaulg -- calling it quits. this is what you spend every day doing behind-the-scenes here. can you put this in a little bit of historical context. how does it help us understand whether or not there will be a democratic wave. >> we look at previous waves. there are 30 open republican seats right now. more than in 2010, more than in 2006, more than in 1994. already starting with playing field where republicans have to play defense. looking into these seats obviously not every one of these 30 is going to be competitive, although having an open seat is never something you want to have as an incumbent party when your president is in the white house. but of those 30, right, so five of them are in districts that hillary clinton won. 23 districts nationwide that are represented by a republican that hillary clinton won, five of those are now open because of these retirements. additional three were within eight points of hillary clinton winning. so, obviously, you got just eight of tho

chairman and congressman ed royce. welcome back to "america's newsroom." the pakistanis would argue they've given the u.s. military access to bases in their country for 15 plus years. why would you expect their behavior to change if you take away a couple hundred million dollars? >> well, the focus here on these resources is to get the point across with the pakistani government. what they've been doing in our view is allowing the feeding of alligators with the hopes the alligators eat them last. despite our efforts to shut down schools that teach jihad basically in our view, they teach clerics and then leave those institutions and carry out attacks and despite our efforts to get them to crack down on the haqqani network, we still have this problem. so it is a lot in the way of resources. if we cut off those resources to make this point we might get more cooperation. however, at the same time -- this is why we have to look at this carefully -- we have certain interests in afghanistan and as a consequence we use pakistan basically as a transit point. and the

two orange county republicans darrell issa and ed royce now join some 30 other gop house members not seeking reelection. democrats here pressing their advantage. two dozen groups on the left working in unison to flip all four orange county seats from red to blue. >> are you finding in trump areas support? >> it's funny, because there are a lot of democrats in there. they just don't show up to the polls. >> and what is the level of engagement now? >> they are on fire. >> reporter: democrats say they need to turn out 15% more of their voters next november to offset the advantage of gop incumbents. republicans say good luck. democrats are so confident that they can win seats in orange county that the d kcdccc say by election day they expect to have at least a dozen staffers and several offices all focused solely on orange county. miguel marquez, cnn in california. >> we're going to take a break. but when we come back, candidate trump promised a big beautiful border wall. as he kept his word? >> and there l that be an issue in the midterm elections. >> >>> and we'll show you what was hap

we have young kim in ed royce seat in orange county, california. ed announced he was retiring.hin 24 hours young kim was in the seat. it's a 25% asian-american seat. and she's going to be a great candidate. she's already raising money. ed has endorsed her. she will be very competitive. i think she's going to win that seat. i would be remiss if i didn't stalk about pete stauber up in the iron range in minnesota. he is an incredible recruit. he's deputy sheriff, professional hockey player. he is minnesota. he's going to be a great member. >> dana: he's like picture perfect. like, i want that guy. how has it been recruiting women in the republican party to try to run this year? >> well, just this week, as i said, young kim got in. we had lea marques-peterson got in. we have a record number of women running. another seat on offense that we're going to take back, tim walls is retiring in minnesota's 1st district. we've got a great female recruit there. she's gonna be very competitive. i think she can win that seat back. >> dana: do you think the democrats are overconfident that they

they were really surprised by ed royce. they expected him to win his seat. get any warning of it. that's one more thing they have to fight and i think if you talk to republicans, they do look at these historic numbers of a president and his first midterm. even if donald trump's job approval rating was 15 points higher, they would still be in trouble. stu and newt gingrich another say it's all about the economy. when we come back, and if size does matter. a little racy, guys. on the international space station. here comes a new year. make the most of every hour. of every single day. with the power of tempur-pedic sleep. choose the mattress brand ranked highest in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. tempur-pedic sleep is power. they cahow many of 'em?e, sir! we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as peo

. >> ed royce is the chairman announced he is retiring, and republicans said this is a surprise and thishis is a seat they thought he could hold and they don't think they could hold. >> it went from leaning republican to leaning democrat. they are going to capitalize on this. the road to the house is through california. if they can win back some of the seats in california, win back darryl isis' seat, they will win the house. democrats are feeling very confident right now, and republicans are a little nervous and that's why you are seeing the tension play out on the floor right now. >> we would love to have him on the show to ask him has the president and his actions last year any part of the reason you are not running again and see what he says. thank you, guys. we appreciate it. thank you. >>> the president's lawyers are working on a plan that if the president is interviewed by mueller, they hope the scope is quite narrow. >>> moments away from the opening bell on wall street, and futures high again, and investors not showing any signs of concern as far as we can see head into the earni

i want to thank my good friends ed royce and eliot engel in bringing this resolution to the floor and chairwoman emeritus for her work towards the years about iran and trying to get a policy to help them and end their terrorism. mr. speaker, over the past several weeks tens of thousands of iranians participated in nationwide protests to condemn the corruption, repression and brutality that together represent the unique legacy of iran's nearly 40-year-old theocracy. the regime responded with characteristic coercion, intimidating activists and their families and deploying government-sponsored thugs and military units to quell the unrest. approximately 20 protesters died in clashes with security forces. at least 1,000 people were arrested. and i'm sure those 1,000 are being tortured as we meet today. in some estimates the number is closer to 4,000 people. this unrest is the inevitable consequence of a dictatorship built on brutality and corruption and the service of domestic repression and hugeminy. ambassador hay lie said when the rights of the people are denied the people rightly resis

joining a low and growing week, another california republican, congressman ed royce announced that he. and besides losing the republican incumbents for this year's election, those two california districts have something else in common that's important. hillary clinton won both of those districts in the presidential election in 2016. so that's two seats in california being vacated by retiring republicans where the district leans blue. clinton won there. we're seeing this phenomenon not just in california but around the country. there have been eight announced house republican retirements of districts that hillary clinton either carried in 2016 or only very narrowly lost. republicans need to pick up 24 seats to take back the house. eight retirements already? that's getting democrats maybe a third of the way there. democrats got another boost this week when a federal court struck down the congressional map in the great state of north carolina. struck it down specifically because of partisan gerrymandering. that had favored republicans. now, that ruling if it's upheld will put republican

of its critical members if you notice on monday, another republican house member from california ed roycese not to run for re-election. you can see people deserting their team in a very surprising way. and i think it says a lot about the kind of momentum that they don't have and the kind of internal support, which they are clearly losing >> but tom, how does it differ from any other midterm cycle we know how these things generally go >> i think this is a different midterm. to me, we have such a stark choice in this midterm between two completely different value systems and views of america's future i think that you can see that the republicans have chosen to have a very divisive, openly racist way of thinking about world, and i think that what we are trying to do is talk much more about an inclusive, just, and prosperous future. i think americans are going to have a very, very stark choice to make. i don't think we can have one shred of overconfidence, because i believe that we are absolutely in a fight for the soul of america for who we are and our most basic values. >> tom, we know, of

house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce of california will not seek reelection. he becomes the third committee chair in the g.o.p. house majority to announce retirement plans since last tuesday. stocks were mixed today. dow lost 13. s&p 500 gained 5. nasdaq up 21, record high closes for the fifth trading day in a row. president trump is right now heading to the side of tonight's national college football champion ship game in atlanta. a short time ago in nashville the president told a group of american farmers that for them the american dream is roaring back to life. but there's plenty more on the president's table. chief white house correspondent john roberts has the report. >> good evening. president with a friendly group of farmers today as he touted the effects of his policies on the family farm, and this as his legal team prepares for a far more uncertain audience and a possible interview of the president by the special counsel robert mueller. agriculture, trade, and tax cuts were on top of president trump the agenda today speaking to the national farm burea

across the aisle, house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce, republican from california, hasounced his retirement. the third committee chair to step down in the last seven days. -bunny goes free and the feds go into damage control. what happened with the government's case? plus a republican versus republican showdown over government subsidies. government subsidies. so who won?for 100 years, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers in boston -- we're proud of giving you our best. gillette. the best a man can get. ♪ >> shannon: cliven bundy is a free man tonight after a federal judge dismissed criminal charges against of the nevada rancher and two of his sons with prejudice, meaning they cannot be put on trial again. bundy says he's been jailed for almost two years as a political prisoner. trace gallagher has the details. >> hey, shannon. it's a major blow to the federal government's effort to paint the bundy family as a group of violent extremists. instead, it tends

. >> bret: here is ed royce. >> should be be supporting the iranian people, who want a better life, whoom instead of suffering under the brutal repression of an ideologically inspired hateful regime. we have no will towards the iranian people. it is their government that greatly threatens us and threatens our allies. >> bret: chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. >> to your earlier question about the meddling and what the president campaigned on and not wanting to get bald. he sees this as in the u.s. interest for couple reasons. the first is the terrorism aspect. iran is a huge state sponsor of terrorism. we sought nikki haley's presentation about them attacking an airport in saudi arabia. the other thing is he has to make peace with this nuclear deal or not. that deadline is coming up. this gives them leverage. the administration was ready for the protest like this to happen. all of them are on the same page in terms of messaging. you're the president coming out with the tweet. nikki haley on the same page at the state department. obviously their messages came out of the sa

. >> house foreign affairs chairman republican ed royce of california is not seeking re-election. the 13 terms congressman joins a growing list of republicans who have decided not to run in this year's midterm races. royce' seat was considered vulnerable after hillary clinton won his district by not that i know points in 2016. after news of royce's retirement, the cook political report has shifted the race from lean republican to lean democrat. meanwhile, republican leaders reportedly urging jd advance to run for u.s. senate in ohio. politico reports that mitch mcconnell has talked to advance about launching a bid against democratic senator brown and other political news former republican presidential candidate mitt romney was treated for prostate cancer last year according to an aide. aide said romney was successfully treated over the summer. news comes as he considers a run for utah's senate seat. democratic hedge fund manager announced he will not run for office in 2018. told reporters he would instead pour $30 million in an effort to flip the house from republican control. his

ed royce also from california also announced he's retiring. where these republicans are going to have who probably haven't had a race with the exception of issa in awhile. dana rohrabacher is one of the people in the margin signal districts now. i think there are five of them among some of the most vulnerable republicans. it's definitely a state to watch and see how some of these other republicans, either, you know, mount a defense or decide this is the last -- >> symone, i think there about 23 house seats where there are republicans in districts that hillary clinton won. >> that hillary clinton won and darrell issa's seat is one of those seats. he had a very tough time during the health care fight and he was faced with different town halls and just a lot of british. so i think we will see a number of other folks be challenged coming up for 2018. >> thanks one and all. really, really appreciate it. be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter @jaketapper. tweet the show @theleadcnn. i turn you over to wolf blitzer. rhyme next door in "the situ

host: nina olson, national the i.r.s.vocate for taxpayer advocate.ooh >> ed royce said i have a southern california job creator as my guest. ames lynn is the c.e.o. head quartered in walnut, california. representative murphy said i sat down with my guest and his family today to learn more about the challenges that displaced american families face when they relocate to central florida from puerto rico. their courage inspires me to keep fighting on their behalf. >> the president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> tonight, president trump gives his first state of the union address. join us on c-span for a preview of the evening at 8:00 p.m. and the state of the union speech live at 9:00 p.m. following the speech, the democratic response from congressman joe kennedy and hear your reaction and comments from members of congress. president trump's state of the union address tonight live on c-span. span live on the free c .adio app now today's f.c.c. open meeting on its investigation into the false emergency missile alert that happened in hawaii earlier this month. >> good morning, w

california republican congressman ed royce won't seek re-election next year. the powerful house foreign affairs committee. already this cycle seen a number of retirements from republican committee chairmen, might not be only motivation. hillary clinton won his suburban district in orange countiy by almost double digits. romney was able to carry it by slimmer margin and moved it from lean republican to lean democrat. that's all for tonight. chuck back tomorrow with more "mtp daily." i'll be on at 2:00 p.m., "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. ari i missed you. >> was going to say what i missed most. not all of work but these long pauses. >> love it. saw you earlier with the beard and little sad to see it's gone. >> professional work environment, monday evening, try to dress for success. >> encourage all viewers to check out instagram to see ari with a beard. >> after the show, sure. katy tur, thank you very much. >>> tonight the country is hurtling towards something significant, potential pivot in

ed royce on monday. 21 republican house members who are quitting and it's only january of this midterm year, compared to seven democratic house members now retiring outright. discrepancy may not bode well for republicans but democrats need 24 seats to flip the house, no easy feat. but as issa and others retire, more they seem at risk. other question, why are they retiring? may be fearing backlash against their party in next election as result of donald trump. here's what dave trot said about his decision to quick. >> you're not running again? >> i'm not. >> why not? >> just not the right time for me to be in washington. we're not that productive, not just consequence of president trump, not that productive before he got there, not right to be serving. >> how much is president trump a part of this. >> it's a factor. we have different styles and don't always understand what he does and says. >> david, you are what these individuals are planning to become, a former republican member of congress. >> god bless them. >> do people in that line of work sometimes retire because they're afraid t

you want to talk about a sea change in the way that congress is run, he's the seventh chairman, ed royce was, when he announced the other day that he was stepping down, seventh chairman not to seek reelection this time around. that's extraordinary. people did not expect to give up those jobs. >> i want to ask ruth about the paid disparity of women in hollywood and men in hollywood, the reshooting of those scenes. the movie that kevin spacey had to be eliminated from. michelle williams, the lead actress, the actor mark wahlberg apparently was paid more than a million dollars. she was paid a thousand dollars for reshooting her scenes and didn't know about it. >> yes. >> and it's the same representation. >> there are many potential people at fault here, and it would be nice if we could tell ourselves, but we would be wrong, that this is just a hollywood problem. it may be a particular hollywood problem because the market power of male actors may be greater than the market power of female actors in hollywood, and clearly, you know, there is something wrong with the agents negotiating differe

across the aisle, house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce, republican from california, hasnced his retirement. the third committee chair to step down in the last seven days. -bunny goes free and the feds go into damage control. what happened with the government's case? plus a republican versus republican showdown over government subsidies. so who won? ♪ due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but whatever trail i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... ...and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of

the news that got democrats excited was ed royce, republican from california, he's been in this districtith the locals. he says he's retiring. clinton won the district. popular republican retiring, open-seat race. if it becomes the wave year democrats hope it is, that becomes a very, very prime pickup opportunity. same story down here. darrell issa, republican incumbent, clinton district. he says this week he's retiring. these become two prime pickup opportunities for democrats. in arizona, a little different, martha mcsally, popular republican is running for the senate. might help republicans in the senate race in arizona, but that means her house seat in a clinton district, it's now open. it's now up for grabs. earlier this year you saw dave reichert there in washington, you saw ros-lehtinen in florida, retiring in clinton districts. in total, five republicans in clinton districts say i'm not running in 2018, so that gets democrats excited. remember, 24 being their target. moving this one tier out, we showed you the districts that are clinton districts with republican representatives,

ed royce this week in california. a clinton-won republican held district.ring, now an open seat. democrats like open seats in these districts. dave ryker up here in washington. a clinton held district. the republican is now retiring. he announced that a while ago. and also one in florida. in total, five republicans are giving up seats, creating vacancies, creating open seats in districts hillary clinton won. so for democrats, trying to get to 24, those are five ripe and juicy targets. look at the other ones, they will target those as well. if you back this up and go to the next tier, these are districts closed. trump won them, republicans hold them, but trump's margin was within five points. you have already got two republicans from in here who say they are retiring. that's two more ripe targets for the democrats. this is extending it further out. trump won these districts. republicans hold them. the margin was within ten here. you got two more republican retirements. so in the three tiers, clinton won them, trump won them and they were close. trump won the

three more, including california's ed royce have called it quits as of last night. today an 18th house republican announced that he will retire at the end of his term, california congressman darrell issa. i issa was considered very vulnerable having barely won 2016. the dominos continue to fall. today issa made it number 18. democrats need just 24 seats to regain control of the u.s. house and we'll be right back. but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous romance, to ridiculous plot twists. (gasping) son? dad! we also know you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so we're partnering with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. doctor poses! dad! cigna. together, all the way. dad! hey, need fast try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac. no pill relieves heartburn faster. discover card. i justis this for real?match, yep. we match all the cash back new cardme