joshua dietz, alpine capital portfolio manager. scarlet: coming up, we go live to brazil. ♪ sposcarpapaiÑa+)2.and -- house speaker paul ryan held a press conference today and ruled out any possibility of running for president. do not want nor will i expect the nomination for our party. directly to the delegates on this. if no candidate has a majority on the first ballot, i believe you should only choose a person in has actually participated the primary. count me out. mark: ryan was the 2012 republican vice presidential nominee. he has repeatedly said he is not interested in running for president. republican front runner donald trump floated a short list of potential vice presidential candidates in an interview with usa today. names include marco rubio, john kasich, and scott walker, but some candidates appear less than enthusiastic to be considered. said there is less than zero chance he would join the ticket. scott walker laughed when he heard his name was mentioned. no reaction from marco rubio. chairman grassley met with merit g