as if it's the us now where the republican house speaker paul ryan says he won't run for reelection he'll serve out his current term before retiring in january ryan's announcement follows a series of regional election wins for democrats and mounting republican concerns about holding on to their majority in the house of representatives present donald trump acknowledged the decision on twitter saying ryan would leave behind a legacy of achievement. a military plane has crashed in algeria killing at least two hundred and fifty seven people now it happened near the blue fabric military airport south of the capital algiers maria honda has more. two hundred fifty seven people were on board the military aircraft it went down shortly after takeoff crashing near a military airport south of l.g. is the defense ministry says that many of the passengers were soldiers some of them accompanied by their families a number of people survived this family was among those being treated hit when the plane crashed into a field close to where he was working going to pull over i could see that as soon as the pla

the republican party has held the house of representatives since the beginning of 2011. they won in chairman ber in the 2011 mid-terms, the tea party wave, one of the biggest partisan swings in the house in modern american history. the republicans picked up 63 seats in that first midterm after president obama was elected in the 2010 mid-terms. when you win a majority even if it's just a small majority you of course get to take control of all the committees in the house. you don't just get the leadership of the house writ large. all the committees that had previously been shared by kmkts, those democratic shares had to hand over the gafls to new republicans chairs. when that sort of transition happens it's a feeding frenzy in washington. power play writ large. lots of jockeying among members of congress for the best jobs. often chairman ships within by senior members of the house. people who have been a lot of chits to cash in. >> but when the republicans took over in 2010 mid-terms getting sworn in in 2011, the republican member of congress who managed to snag the best c

they don't seem to exist in this republican house of representatives. it may be counterintuitive to the public but democrats have always been the ones who have fought to put our fiscal house in order. in the 1990's, president clinton put us on a trajectory of job growth and smaller deficits, despite inheriting the mass i reagan-bush deficit. the last four, some would even say five, condition servetively speak, the last four clinton budgets were either in balance or in surplus. president clinton handed president george w. bush a projected $5.6 trillion 10-year budget surplus but republicans squandered that surplus with massive tax cuts for the wealthy and two unpaid for wars. their spending sprees exploded a vast new $5 trillion-plus debt that was an $11 trillion turnaround from the democratic path to surplus. under president obama, then, democrats restored responsibility spending rules. we had pay as you go. do you want to invest in something? you must cover it. you must offset it or pay for it that held true for investments as well as for tax cuts. rep

nermeen: ryan's retirement now leaves a vacuum in house republican leadership with the top contendersxpected to be house majority leader kevin mccarthy of california and the house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana. ryan's announcement also leaves open the race for wisconsin's first congressional district. the democratic front-runner randy bryce is campaigning on a platform of increasing the minimum wage, strengthening labor unions, and passing universal health care. meanwhile, the most prominent republican contender for ryan's seat is paul nehlen, a white nationalist and anti-semite who has called for deporting all muslims from the united states. amy: well, for more, we spend the rest of the hour with corey robin, a professor of political science at brooklyn college and the graduate center of the city university of new york. he is the author of "the reactionary mind: conservatism from edmund burke to donald trump." "the new yorker" magazine says it's "the book that predicted trump." professor corey robin, welcome to democracy now! you just came from giving a speech at harvard l

nermeen: ryan's retirement now leaves a vacuum in house republican leadership with the top contendersxpected to be house majority leader kevin mccarthy of california and the house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana. ryan's announcement also leaves open the race for wisconsin's first congressional district. the democratic front-runner randy bryce is campaigning on a platform of increasing the minimum wage, strengthening labor unions, and passing universal health care. meanwhile, the most prominent republican contender for ryan's seat is paul nehlen, a white nationalist and anti-semite who has called for deporting all muslims from the united states. amy: well, for more, we spend the rest of the hour with corey robin, a professor of political science at brooklyn college and the graduate center of the city university of new york. he is the author of "the reactionary mind: conservatism from edmund burke to donald trump." "the new yorker" magazine says it's "the book that predicted trump." professor corey robin, welcome to democracy now! you just came from giving a speech at harvard l

members of the house intelligence committee. i think the republicans side, less so, i think and hope on the senate side, although i'm skeptical about them too at this point, are constantly seeking to find various ways to create a pretext on which donald trump can act against some combination of jeff sessions, rod rosenstein, bob mueller, if he so chooses. i think what we saw tonight it's right to say he would not commit to not firing rosenstein or not trying to fire mueller. it's right that he was trying to present a picture of calm about it, but we know that as with the firing of jim comey, when the day comes when trump decides to make a move on any of these people, he will do it in a fit of peak, the one thing we know, although his peak from last week about rod rosenstein may have subsided, it will be back. the question is when. >> let's look at what house republicans did while james comey was actually on the view this morning. they actually managed to get themselves inserted right into the middle of the program. let's watch this. >> it appears that

i urge republicans and democrats alike on the rules committee to reject this terribly ill-advised proposal. now, on another matter, mr. president. over the last few months house republicans have heaped enormous pressure on the dpiewrt attorney general rod rosenstein in a transparent attempt to bullying into providing documents pertinent to an ongoing investigation, something we've hardly ever seen before, something that really gets in the way of law enforcement doing their job. representative nunes who has shown his partisanship repeatedly, and others, went so far to threaten mr. rosenstein with contempt of congress if he didn't hand over comey's memos and other documents related to special counsel mueller's investigation. mr. rosenstein gave him that information which, of course, was leaked afterwards out into the press. it is not justice department protocol, nor any other prosecutor's protocol, to share information beyond the investigation. it just welcomes interference. that's true even with the most objective of those who get the information, which i think 95% of america believes congressman nunes is not objective. it is not hard to understand why we don'

republicans passed it all on their own in the house, senate, and the whithouse. >> ladies and gentlemen,he president of the united states... >> they finally passed the tax cut bill, less because of donald trump and more because the republicans recognized, "we've got to have an accomplishmentne year. we can't go into the midterms with nothing to run on besides whatever the latest donald trump controversy is." and so they cobbled together a coalition. >> i guess it's very simple. when you think-- you haven't heard this expression, but we are making america great again. you haven't heard that, have you? >> narrator: one by one, congressional leaders came forward to praise president trump. >> mitch, how about you start it? (talking quietly) >> well, let me just say, mr.en pres you made the case for the tax bill, but this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. we've cemented the supreme cou right of center for a generation. you've ended the overregulatio of the american economy. thank you, mr. president, for all you're doing. (applause) >> what the repu

paul ryan annt wednesday that he would not >>> welcome back, when republican house speaker paul ryan unced last wednesday that he would not seek re-election, house republicans immediately began to scramble for position. on friday, ryan gave his support to majority leader kevin mccarthy for the leadership position, leaving the bakersfield republican as the overwhelming favorite. nbc bay area political analyst larry gursten is here. of course part of us wants to tote he's from california. what's so significant about this development? >> this is big news, it really is. that's because the speaker is really the most important person in the house of representatives. he or she as we see in the past, controlled just about everything in a majority party from the organization of committees and their chairs to the timing of house votes on bills if they even take place. so in terms of sheer power, there's nobody like it. the speaker has more clout than his or her counterpart. even in the senate. the senate majority leader because the house is a more tightly organized institution. and when the spe

the house has clearly devolved into a partisan battle here with republicans deciding it is their job defend the president. and democrats trying to point that out and then continuing an investigation, but without the subpoena powers they need to really do that. so on the house side this has completely broken down. and certainly i think you know from the perspective of the democrats in the house, they're looking to robert muler to ultimately issue findings and a report for them to get some clear conclusions on this. >> jonathan, your thoughts as well on this question. give me your thoughts on what you think is the greatest threat to the president, whether it's stormy daniels, whether it's the russia investigation, whether it's michael cohen. where is he most vulnerable? >> well first of all, exactly right. i think there is at least some suggestion that the senate is sort of conducting this investigation in a more bipartisan, more thorough way, there's no question that the house probe was far more politicized and has handed the president something he can wave around. we saw yesterday in

one senior republican house member thinks he's going to be gone by the summer. worry among donors that if he stays that could further divide the party. but just this morning paul stuck his finger in everybody's eye saying he has no plans to step

agent nobody choke her father remains critically ill in the hospital in the united states the republican house speaker paul ryan says he will not run for reelection when his term expires in january decision is seen as another blow to the republican party as he tries to retain his ribs already in the house of representatives in the elections later this year. well the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has ended two days of questioning by u.s. lawmakers about data privacy he testified following revelations that millions of people had their facebook data misused by the political consulting firm cambridge analytic. for a second day mark zuckerberg faced the cameras and sat through hours of questioning from u.s. lawmakers accused of compromising the private data of tens of millions of facebook users he repeated his apology from a day earlier or it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well and that goes for fake news foreign interference in elections and hate speech as well as developers and data privacy it was my mistake and i'm sorry. zuckerberg gav

favorite words, no collusion with russia while standing next to the german chancellor based on the republican house intelligence committee report, correct. >> that's right. it was clear that russia was top of mind for the president today for a couple of reasons. there was a house intelligence report by the republicans that said there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and so the president was referring to that sitting next to angela merkel saying he was honored by the report that there was no collusion, again reiterate whag we heard so many times that this was a witch hunt. but also how is the report that natalia veselnitskaya, the russian attorney who met with don jr. during the election to offer dirt on hillary clinton, that she admitted to the media she is an informant for the russian government, despite previous denials. it was interesting, john, during the joint press conference today, the president unprompted even though he wasn't asked a question about russia brought it up in an unrelated question about dr. ronnie jackson. he said he understands what jackson is going thr

house? just as it did with roy moore, the republican establishment will go so far.ardener adding the last thing west virginias it want is the committee telling them what they should want. the gop super pac has taken him on with a attack ad. it might be too little too late. >> criminal don blankenship. his company got caught pumping 1.4 billion gallons of toxic coal slurry, contaminating water supplies. isn't there enough toxic sludge in washington? >>> we have to get the best people. we need to get the best and the finest and if we don't, we'll be in trouble for a long period of time. maybe never come out of it. >> an update tonight ob one of donald trump's best people, epa chief scott pruitt. nick mulvaney telling a house committee today he will investigate pruitt for spending $43,000 on installing a soundproof phone booth in his office in an apparent violation of the law. and tonight, abc news reports on the foia they filed on pruitt's controversial trip to morocco last december, an odd location for the head of the epa. they got that back with large portions of pr

we get the latest from nbc's kasie hunt on the hill. >> reporter: in a major blow for house republicans. >> i'm announcing this year will be my last one as a member of the house. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan rocking the capital with his decision not to run for reelection. >> you all know that i did not seek this job. i took it reluctantly, but i have given this job everything that i have. >> reporter: just before ryan took the podium, the president tweeting the news calling ryan quote a truly good man. ryan insisting he's leaving to spend more time with his three teenage children. >> my kids weren't even born when i was first elected. what i realize is, if i'm here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad. >> reporter: after just two and a half years, an already tough job was only getting harder trying to manage the stubborn conservatives who pushed out john boehner and given ryan the gavel. known as a policy wonk, ryan was a fast-rising star. the republican 2012 nominee for vice president. then at 45, the youngest speaker in more than a century but the

in the united states the republican house speaker paul ryan says he will not run for reelection when his term expires in january ryan's decision is seen as another blow to the republican party as it tries to retain its majority in the house of representatives elections later this year. a un court has overturned the acquittal of vojislav schussel finding the serbian ultranationalist guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the nine hundred ninety balkans conflict he was sentenced to ten years in prison but will not return to custody as he has already spent eleven years in pretrial detention. well tonight an investigation is underway in algeria after two hundred fifty seven people were killed in a military plane crash the aircraft was packed with soldiers and their families when it crashed soon after take off near the capital. the death toll makes it one of the deadliest plane crashes ever three days of national mourning have been in its. rescuers pick through the rubble at the sites of algeria's worst ever plane crash hundreds of people were killed when a mili

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

they can now share to end this standoff and actually really cut away some of the power that house republicans would be able to hold over rod rosenstein's head. >> matt, why were you shaking your head? >> so, two things. first of all on what the house republicans are doing, it is a completely inappropriate request. congress has legitimate oversight of the justice department but the justice department has never turned over records about ongoing investigations. it is not hard to figure out why. if those records were to leak or to be made public or to be given covertly to the subjects of the investigation, then it can give those subjects the chance to change their story, to know what the justice department is looking at, to be able to react and somehow thwart the investigation. republicans have been pretty clear, that's their goal. they want this investigation shut down. mark meadows, jim jordan and others that are asking for them. from the justice department standpoint, i have some sympathy for rod. he is in a tough place here. no one will really stand up for the rule of law and the justice depa

house of representatives. every pole shows the republicans losing the house. and that is because of paul ryan's leadership, which has been no leadership at all. none. and i am one of the many congressional observers who is deeply disappointed in paul ryan. i never fell for the media picture of paul ryan as a policy won because i know few qualify for that description on any subject. they are always guided by their staffs on policy. the staffs always know more on policy. but paul ryan had done more than others in memorizing talking points and every once in a while he showed a tiny bit of hope that he might actually be thinking about policy. like when he chaired a hearing that included testimony from a woman who was a food stamp recipient, a working poor mother, it was some soft most important poverty testimony i have seen in congress, and paul ryan followed the lead bringing that woman into the committee to be heard. and i reported on that hearing that night right here with a slight glimmer of optimism about what that could mean. optimism that was crushed by pau

and the united states the republican house speaker paul ryan said that he would not run for reelection when his term expires in january ryan's decision is seen as another blow to the republican party as it tries to retain its majority in the house of representatives and elections later this year. so they can get a public memorial service has been held in south africa for the late winnie mandela the anti apartheid activist and former wife of nelson mandela passed away last week after a long illness she was eighty one. the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has been answering more questions from u.s. lawmakers about data privacy sucker burgas testifying following revelations that millions of people have their facebook used by the political consulting firm cambridge analytical as you did yesterday's october began by apologizing to lawmakers over the scandal and during the questioning later on zuckerberg told democrat one of the lawmakers there that his own personal data was among those affected have a listen. we're going to have included in the garden sold to the malicious third parties you

a majority but ryan is one of forty three republicans choosing not to run for reelection democrats need to capture just twenty three seats to regain the house that's the same number of. republican held districts which trumps democratic foe hillary clinton won in the twenty sixteen presidential election and we're already seeing that the g.o.p. is having a difficult time recruiting top flight candidates actually run i'll have to do is look at what we saw and alabama and pennsylvania where they just haven't been able to attract the candidates who can put together both the political and fund raising and for structure to compete against very seasoned savvy politicians with their chances of a takeover growing some democrats are already calling for impeaching trump in expectation that special prosecutor robert muller will provide them the ammunition to implicate him or members of his twenty six thousand campaign i don't care what the republicans say i say impeach but if if trump follows through on his reported threats to fire muller and his justice department superior so dislike the investigation that could further doom the republicans prospects i

house chaplain? that story is next. >>> a brand-new controversy on capitol hill. it is not just democrats, some republicans are also demanding answers from house speaker paul ryan about his sudden decision to fire the house chaplain pat conroy after seven years on the job. i'm back with the panel. and the latest update, he defended his decision to let the chaplain go and told republicans in the caucus meeting that certain house members felt he was not giving proper counsel and peter king called that defense unsatisfactory. take a listen. >> you give no real reasons other than some people felt that service wasn't enough -- i never heard that from anyone and i hope it was not done by political pressure to push him out and [ inaudible ]. >> again, that is a republican congressman peter king. this is causing a lot of trouble for paul ryan. not serious trouble, he's retiring any way. but this is not how you want your legacy to be remembered. >> i think there are people on both sides of the aisle, including and perhaps especially catholic members who felt fondly about the house chaplain and do want the answers.

one senior republican house member thinks he's going to be gone by the summer. and there's worry among donors that if he stays that could further divide the party. but just this morning paul stuck his finger in everybody's eye saying he has no plans to step down now. >> there's not that's come close to being able to raise the kinds of funds i have and still can raise for the majority. it's oob yousl obviously in yout to keeping the majority that every player is on the field raising for this majority and it makes no sense to take the biggest fundraiser off of the field. kennedy: nancy pelosi is also a former speaker of the house. is it better for ryan to finish out his term or does he need to hit the road as soon as possible. let me ask someone on the field, floferred republicaflorida repun matt gates. should he stay or go? >> speaker ryan should do whatever his heart leads him to do. kennedy: you don't believe that. >> i absolutely believe that. here's the problem. if we take paul ryan off of the field right now, instead of finishing strong, we will shatter into

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he's going to investigate the leads that the republicans on the house intelligence committee did not. he will interview the witnesses they did not. he will make them answer the questions that the republicans did not ask. so i have faith in special counsel mueller, and the american people should wait to see what that investigation reveals. >> but that wasn't my question to you. my question is, the house intel committee spent all this time on this investigation. spent all this time issuing this report, which both sides say doesn't add up to anything. so was it just a waste of time of our congress members? >> possibly. i think this entire investigation was compromised last year when devin nunes did his infamous midnight run to the white house and misled the american people, saying he had this super secret and classified information he had to share with the white house. it turned out it was the white house that gave him that information. it was already compromised from the beginning. devin nunes simply was not serious about this investigation. >> i want to get so some other news as well.

of course democrats are going to say that, republicans have to the senate, republicans have the houseblicans have all those state legislative chambers and governor ships. but ask republicans, they got everything i just put out there in terms of political power, yet a majority of republicans say their side is losing more than it's winning. why is that? well, maybe that's just sort of a natural condition, maybe as humans we like to think negatively. maybe there's something more, maybe there's something that's bigger with politics, it has gotten more liberal in the last few years, maybe not congress, but culture has. maybe republicans, maybe conservatives, look at that and say i don't care, we got a legislature here, we got a senate there, maybe culture has gotten so liberal. that's overwhelming us, maybe that's why i feel like my side is losing. each side right now thinks it's losing more than it's winning and that may well us why that divide is so persistent in this country. can one medicine help treat both blood sugar and cardiovascular risk? i asked my doctor. she told me about non-i

with our report. >> the government source confirmed to fox news late today that the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes and along with trey gowdy, as well as committee republican staffers went to the justice department open met with rod rosenstein and viewed a copy of the two-page memo. not a clean copy. the government sources told fox the redactions were minimal and justified. based on fox's reporting, the two-page memo from july 16, drafted by or had significant input by fbi agent peter strzok, removed from the russia probe after the discovery of the anti-trump text messages. legal action was warranted after months of delay by the fbi and the justice department. >> they're not giving this to us tells me there's something wrong here. >> what are the chances you're going to hold them in contempt of congress right now? >> i can just tell you that we're not going to just hold in contempt. we will have a plan to hold in contempt and to impeach. >> to impeach christopher wray? >> absolutely. we're not messing around here. >> despite the 11th hour resolution, fox news is t

allowed this loophole to come in and she can kind of taint the entire thing. >> jackie said house republicans will be embarrassed but the ranking member of the house committee adam shiffrin told cnn veselnitskaya reached back to the campaign after the election. why would she do that? >> i don't know. you know -- >> as simple as that. >> again, i think just as -- so many of us have said so many times the special council is so far ahead of us. i think the russians are pretty far ahead of us too in terms of engineering these things. >> also, when you think about the willingness that some of the trump campaign officials you know based on a lot of the reporting they have done emboldened the russians. why not reach out again because they were so willing to take their phone calls or take these meetings, so perhaps -- >> mis. >> reporter: them like jeff sessions and michael flynn which is why he ended up getting fired and the russians are trying to have as many ten thtacles into administration as possible. >> house republicans released the intelligence committee's redacted report, right? saying they

us republican house speaker paul ryan says he won't run for reelection in january his announcement follows a series of regional election wins for the democrats and mounting republican concern about holding on to their majority in the house of representatives. a memorial service has been held in south africa for the woman many call the mother of the nation thousands attended the ceremony for winnie mandela and so went to where she lived in force against apartheid the activist and former wife of south africa's first black president nelson mandela died last week at the age of eighty one. those are the latest headlines al-jazeera world is next. to each . the voice of. the third king of the house of my kingdom of jordan. a controversial. political crisis. and. he came to power in a succession crisis after his grandfather's. that. he joined egypt and syria in the one nine hundred sixty seven. he walked a tightrope between the arab world israel the palestinians and the west. cynical opportunists maneuvering to stay in power or a major political figure whose legacy is still felt in the middle east

and the senate and a republican in the white house. if you walked into washington without looking at the culture and how things are right now, why would anyone if you're a republican would be retiring? how much does the president affect that? >> i've done eight years and eight years is long enough for me. again, you shouldn't make a career out of it, but also, we're better off today than we were two years ago. the economy's doing well. we're seeing unemployment at an all-time low. we're seeing immigration and illegal border crossing is down tremendously and we're seeing this country come back and yes, i think there is a polarization and it feeds off of each other and the republicans and the democrats have all played a part in it, but that's also part of the process, and it just can't be what dictates and guides us through this process. >> i found this fascinating and i ran the tampa bay times that you were telling your staff of your decision and you saw that paul ryan was not also going to be seeking reelection. what do you make of his

almost four dozen republicans resigning tiring from the house. three republican senators.hat do you think of ryan's decision? what do you think it will mean potentially for the midterms if anything? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport or on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. now to other stories. the situation between the u.s., syria, and russia could hardly be more tense. president trump threatening or promising to launch air strikes against syria over alleged chemical attacks on civilians there. russia, serious major ally, says such an attack would be an act f war, inviting a military response. chief white house correspondent john roberts tells us what he is hearing from the administration tonight. >> good evening. at this point in time, military strike against syria certainly looks like likely in all sides are rattling sabers in ways we haven't seen before. a couple big questions remain. was it actually a chemical attack and is there a way to avoid air strikes? in military strike against syria is on a hot boil at the warehouse but the pr

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 him to do some of the things last minute that he's wanted to do, maybe go on immigration. >> full bore. i've got nothing constraining me now. the thing that paul ryan really wants is entitlement reform and that's not going to happen. matt louis, there's a lot of reasons paul ryan is retiring and you don't want to overgeneralize but normally if you thought you had a good chance of being house speaker come next january, you wouldn't leave? >> absolutely right. i think i put the republicans chances

tell the story of the good news of our accomplishments over the first year and a half of the republican house and senate and the white house. an incredible list of accomplishments all good for all americans not just conservatives or republicans but all americans. so i urge all of you to be involved in this every minute of every day it is hard not to be negative and i find myself in the same position fox every day is much as they will have me but it is important to talk about the incredible accomplishments of this president over the last 15 and then going into the midterms. if we do that you will bring about real change because we will keep the house and add to the senate. with that i say thank you very much for having me. so i try to always do the next thing. and would try to tell my kids as well. and i would be happy to take a couple of questions no questions? thank you very much. [laughter] try to get out of here - >> so i saw a little bit of confusion when the new jersey governor left new people came on. i would like to get all the people the president needs in there because remember the p

speaker paul ryan, a republican in the house -- a retired republican. so republican leadership is still very much behind this administration. until there's a space between them, i don't really see the back and forth between whether or not he'll fire bob mueller really going forward. >> and camilla, kellyanne conway says president trump might start calling into fox every month, especially during breaking news. where is this coming from, especially if it poses a legal threat there? is there no longer anyone who can act as a filter for the president? >> right. well, president trump has been very clear that why he even uses twitter in the first place is because he wants to directly communicate to his base, to his supporters. so what you're really seeing here is just another method and another means to him communicating with his supporters about what he's doing. there's no secret that he loves fox & friends and that he goes on frequently to talk about about his accomplish manies and what he's doing in the white house. this is like an

. >> absolutely with president trump you have a republican house and senate and now they are complaining and nagging everyday. republicans realize they cannot get things done among t themselves. but the one sitting is back to politicize the lives of millions eligible's through daca in this country just to make a political point. >> so what do you do with that argument? they don't have 60 in the senate but this did not get done? >> i agree with theee fact that appointing is perfect in congress but they don't have 60 in the senate and that is a roadblock. democrats repeatedly play football with the president they would find a deal and they got release then refused. that is where it lies that deal can still be had except now both party legislators and the highest issue in politics and that is al real shame. >> what do you say about that? it is april they say that congress will not get anything substantive done the rest of the year? >> right. it is april it is too late tax season is almost over. but that popular offshoot to the factey despite getting heat from their own base. to say that was

and ryan is far from the only house republican deciding to call it quits this year. fact, for a party that controls the white house and congress an awful lot of its members aren't interested in sticking around. ryan's departure is perhaps the bige blow yet. john cornan of texas acknowledged to rotters today that ryan's retirement creates another element of urn sent in the leadup to the 2019 election. while some republicans are walking aig away completely there are indications that those sticking around are trying to set red lines. mr. mueller's investigation is one of them. top officials say they don't believe mr. trump would fire mr. mueller because it would be disastrous for his presidency. yet there was a bill introduced today that would indeed attempt to protect mueller. even senate judicial year committee chairman chuck grassley says he wants to move on this bill as soon as tomorrow. president trump is once again testing his adoptive party's limits. who will prevail in this case? joining me now senator ron johnson from wisconsin. welcome back. >> chuck, how are

daniels' lawyer tweeted: >>> just moments ago, cbs learned that republican house speaker is not paul ryan is not running for re-election. he said he wasn't going to seek another term as speaker but he isn't going to run for congress at all this november. no word yet on what prompted this decision. cbs will continue to follow this developing story and bring you details as they arrive. >>> in the bay area, many businesses are on high alert for more potential i.c.e. raids. earlier this year the agency swept across northern california arrest over 1150 illegal immigrants. in the last few months, numerous businesses in the area have received a notice of inspection from i.c.e. but so far, no raids have been reported. >>> the sanctuary city debate takes center stage at a bay area courtroom today. >> kpix 5's anne makovec reports. >> reporter: yeah. this original lawsuit was brought by the counties of santa clara and san francisco and the latest hearing is going to be had here today in downtown san francisco in front of the federal ninth district court of appeals. the trump administration is

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the house republican conference. whereas, the speaker's team said, quote, the decision to remove the chaplain was his, speaker ryan's, end quote. whereas the lack of notification of his forced resignation or adequate resignation provide bide speaker paul d. ryan is not reflected of the integrity of the house of representatives. whereas on november 6, 2017, during debate on the g.o.p. tax scam, the chaplain led in opening prayer asking god to bless congress can and for congress to quote, guarantee that there are not winners and losers under the new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all americans, end quote. whereas this prayer reflects the core values of many americans, in particular people of the catholic faith, including care and concern for the poor and the marginalized. whereas on april 9, 2018, pope francis published his third apoe stolic exhortation entitled, rejoice and be heard, which states that christians must care for the poor, the sick, and the immigrant. whereas under the g.o.p. tax bill, more