Today Vice President joe biden officially closed the door on running for president. Ending 82 days of pure Political Drama andnd framing the final chapter of his long career. But with that door closed another may have opened for Hillary Clinton. While she tonight is the benefactor o othe news it t s not on the other end of a shot by the vp. Kristin welker broke the news on monday that a biden decision would come dow in the next 48 hours leading off tonight. Kristin. Joe biden said he wont run but disapproves of Hillary Clinton split on the transpacififi trade and healtltcare and immigration. He didnt endorse anybody but delivered a strong message to all of the democratic candidates. I believe were out of time. And with those words, Vice President joe biden closed the door on his lifelong al of running for president. An extraordinary moment in the rose gardens, bowing out but delivering a call to action and taking a swipe at Hillary Clinton who has moved away froro some of obamams policy. Thihi partrt our nation, will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attempt to undo the obama legacy. Reporter biden, who made his decision last night, said the grieving process over his late son beau was pivotal. Ive said all along, what ive said time and again to others, that it may very well be that tha process, by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a real estatistic campaign for president. That it might close. Ive concluded it has closed. Reporter but biden said he wont sit on the side lines. But while i will not be a candidate, i will not be pilent. Reporter clinton called biden after his speech and tweeted, the Vice President is a good friend and great man. Today and always inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better. The buzz emerged in august as Hillary Clintons campaign was floundering, when the new w rk times reported beau biden, before his death, has encouraged his father torun. But with his recent poll numbers dropping and clintons strong debate performance, essure mounted and put the white house in an increasingly awkward position. What is going on . Well, again, you guys are the ones that can read the political tea leaves. Biden rann 1987 and again in 2008, unsuccessful campaigns marked by missteps and guffaws. You cannot go to a 7eleven or Dunkin Donuts unless you have an accent. Reporter and it was clear he came to the decision reluctantly, knowing at 72, this was likely his last chance. Nbc news, the white house. Reporter this is sanders. And in the latest wall street journal popo, clintons lead over sanders increases by five points without biden competing for the same voters. Especially with minorities, africanamericans and latinos. A primary contest between clinton and bidenould have split the party and the obama white house. It would have been to have been a personal and bitter campaign. That would have left an injur Hillary Clinton to go into the fall campaign. Repororr biden stayed clear of anyny endorsement today. Instead taking a not so subtle jab at clinton that shes proud to call republics her enemy. They are not our enems. And for the sakak of cocotry, we have to work together. Reporter bidens strongest supporters like the firefighters are still reluctant to back clinton. If a marriage doesnt work, were not going to just jumum into another marriage. Reporter and clintons Washington Home has become a war room, with husband bill, Campaign Chairman john pedesta and lawyers and former aides. R game plan, unlike last time what difference does it make. This time she will try to stay cool and play up republican missteps. It is a partisan vehicle as admitted by the House Republican majority leader mr. Mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. Big surprise. Reporwer but the benghaha controversy could still hang on. A movie coming out soon all but blames clinton. A grieving mothers whose sonas killed also blames clinton. It was her department. How come she let my son be killed . How come . She knew this was happening. Reporter and im told that clinton is planning to tell the committee that the slain ambassador Chris Stevens would not wanan totoull dipipmats back from the front lines. The lesson will be to make them more secure. But 44 of the americans in the new poll say they are not satisfied by her answers so far on nghazi. Those people are her audience tomorrow. Thank you. The announcement rocketing across washington and far beyond the campaign trail. Donald trump treats, i think joe biden made correct decision for him and his family. Personally i would rather run against hillary because her record is so bad, he tweeted. And from meet the press, chchk todd, lets put this perspective. Bernie sanders has defyied political standards and Hillary Clinton was seen as the nomination was hers to lose. How does the equation change. It c cnges sim comply right now in that had joe biden gotten in, we would be talking about Bernie Sanders as the frontrunnern the next six months because just as a area mitchell out ned, it would split the party. But he has a hard core 3540 . In a twoway race it is a way to losey 20 but it is also a way to win. In july, well be in philadelphia looking at the Democratic Convention and if she is the nominee well lookack at the ten dayyperiod, ending saturday with t t jj dinner in iowa, benghazi testimony, and biden getting out, we may look at this as the period that hillary clintod clinched the president ial. And now to paul ryan. Under pressure to take one of the most powerful and stressful positions of the country. He said le do it but only if his conditions are met first. Nbcc Kelly Odonnell joins us from capitol hill with more on that. Reporter good evening. Capitol hill in suspense tonight. The search for a new speakner unchartered territory. Paul ryan has set cocoitions he said must be m m in order for him to take the powerful top job. Ryan wants to change house rules to make it harder to force out a future speaker, and will personally insist on going home on weweends to wisconsin to be with his schoolage children. And not go fundraising around the country as Speaker Boehner usually does. Ryan spent today meeting with small groups of conservatives, most resistant to backing m, including taef republicans who call themselves the freedom caucus. Without their endorsement, paul ryan said he wont run. And he wants their answer by friday. And the election for the next speaker is next week. So this all comeses just as congress is staring at a debt line to increase the debt limit, the governments ability to borrow. Thank you, kelly. Nor trouble for the director of the cia. Wiki leeks is spilling some of the contents of his personal account days after stealing it on social media. Pete williams tells us somemef the data includes advice the cia chief gave the president on iran. Reporter through twitter messages, the hackers themselves left behind some of the best clues to their identity. As thehe emails thehe stste show up elsewhere. Example in a memo drafted in 2007, john brennan, then advising the obama campaign, recommend the next president tone down the rhetoric on ahmadinejad. That is among documents published tonight by wikileaks, stolen from brennans personal aol email account by hackers. Includudg one who called himself cracker and compares himself to Edward Snowden now evading capture in moscow. Tweeting, hey russia, if you are reading this, was wondering if you could help us out with a place to stay. And said what are those flashing lights. The hackers had already revealed emails, including names and Social Security numbers of current and former telligence officials and claim they got into a comcast account of jeh johnson. The one thing i will say is dont believe everything you read in the newspaper cause a lotot o o it is inaccurate. Reporter the hackers used a phony verizon employee code to trick them into revealing enough of the account information to reset the password on his account and take it over. The cia director of all people should have known better. Never bank on security being 100 certain in any worldwide web o oine babad open email account. Reporter Law EnforcementOfficials Say that finding the hackers has become an urge event priority for the f and the cia condemns what it calls the malicious crime off plundering the Electronic Holdings of the brennan family. Lester. Pete, thank you. For five years president assad has hunkered down in damascus while h countrtr zis integrated. It was surprising to see hem today with vladimir putin. It is three weeks since they hbve begun air strikes in syria. But as rich and engle tells us night, the meeting i i moscow was more than just a thank you visit. Reporter president assad made a surprise visit to moscow to meet with his defender, vladimir putin. Hihi first known trip abroad since the war began. How assad traveled was kept secret. The trip revealed only after he was back in damascus. Russia seems to want to show the world its a superpower once more. Releasing new footage today of what it claims are more than 40 airstrikes over syria in the past 24 hours. A lifeline for assad. But russia may be ying to broker an end to the conflict. Putin saying military the base for a longterm political settlement. Bu after a quarter million dead, cananny political solution include assad . U. S. Officials tell nbc news that putin may be propping up assad, only to transition him out later. Whatever the mastete plan, the score also has a fringe benefit for russia, showcasing the latest weapons. Advanced cruise missiles and fighter jets. Russia is milking the conflict for every drop of propaganda. State controlled media drags about russias military prowess, releasing footage from a drone flying low over battlefields near damascus. Putin has brought them to the front lines of syria. And wants theorld to know it. Maybe to sell weapons or to gain as much prestige as possible. Here at home. Another wild day of weather in the southwes and hail bombarded southern new mexico. Some as big as golf balls. Storms have been wreaking havoc in the region and the risk of strong storms and heavy rain continues tomorrow into west texas. 14 inches of rain are possible. Later in the week the risk o oflooding shifts t t the central and southeastern part of the state. Still ahead tonight, a fatal case of suspected road rage. 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Unlike his run for the Vice President , where his family would live in washington, as speaker ryan would still have to commute to wisconsin on wrangling fundraising trips that cut in quality time at home. It is four days a week a a it is. Im not going to spend the other three days a week running around. He considered his family time as oxygen, is debating how to balance work and home. Online reaction raising from applause to envieh. One man tweeting, too bad that isnt an option for others. Ryan, taking some heat for his position against a federal paid leave bill, even as st men sayhey support paid paternity leave. These are issues for everybody. This is what everybody wants. This is not just women or mommy issues reporter over the last four decades, many have tripped time but half feel they are not around their kids enough and dads who are face fire. Remember when Daniel Murphy missed two mets me with the birth of his son. 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