Corner. I think our country is in desperate need of leadership. Reporter the 45 former Vice President ial nominee is stepping up, saying hes willing to replace House Speaker john boehner. But not so fast. Ryan says if and only if, the three Largest Coalitions in the gop house back his candidacy and agree to the following conditions by friday. Ryan demanding that, first, the Republican Party goes from, quote, an Opposition Party to being a proposition party. We think the nation is on the wrong path. We have a beauty ought duty to t one. Our next speaker has to be a visionary. Reporter reporter next, requesting an update to house rules, making it harder to overthrow a sitting speaker. You have the Freedom Caucus. Where you have the grass roots theyre concerned about paul ryans past. I think paul would be a great speaker. I think he has the skills to do the job. Reporter time is running out as boehner makes it clear he wants out soon. I expect to be out of there by the ended of this month
most part in terms of was there a lot of indication there was a threat? yes. was there specific information that they were going to take planes and do what they did? no. so where do you come out on whether trump is making this up? well, you re in a rough position of he s right in august before 9/11. there was the famous national security briefing that george w. bush got where he was warned with of a threat. he didn t know what or how or necessarily when. and in hindsight it s easy to read that the right way. what trump is doing, is tapping into this open wound still within the gop 14 years later over do they have to defend a president who is still somewhat popular or not. for trump supporters, the outsiders, folks angry at the system are just as angry with george w. bush as they are with barack obama in a lot of ways. for him to sort of isolate on that thing, forcing jeb bush to defend his brother is boosting
you know this is politics. politics is about optics to get paul ryan in that position would be a coup for them. it s an ugly business down there, let s not forget but being the speaker of the house is a big job, zeke. what would it mean if ryan got in there in terms of how pivotal he would be with whatever happens with whomever win for president? democrats see him as somebody they can work together with, the president back in 2011 was pointing out paul ryan as his negotiating partner as the potential negotiating partner on some sort of grand bargain fiscal deal that never really materialized because he started negotiating with john boehner and majority leader eric cantor. we heard from congressman ryan last night, maybe soon to be speaker ryan if everything works out within his conference, that he wants to turn the gop into the proposition party. he wants to start offering affirmative legislation instead of just trying to repeal obamacare, offer that replacement that republicans
third term for president obama. another contrast with hillary clinton who has been criticizing some of the president s policies lately. it s a no-lose for the union, right, jim? the democrat whoever it is will need them any way so they can say whatever they want. that s true. thank you very much, jim acosta. tomorrow is a very big day, not just for vice president joe biden but for the race for 2016 and all the players. because here is the day that former secretary of state hillary clinton squares off with the house benghazi committee. now, this morning, cnn is learning more about her game plan and how her supporters are already planning an attack against this beleaguered republican-led panel. let s bring in cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar live in washington with the latest. everything can change in terms of the dynamic of this race based on what happens tomorrow. what are you hearing, my friend? her campaign is very aware of that, chris. what we re seeing is a
michaela, what is also interesting and what the vice president has been saying the last couple days, he seems to be offering up a rationale for his candidacy that he would essentially be the third term of an obama presidency. that can be a contrast with hillary clinton. she s been criticizing some of the president s policies in roone the days. could be an interesting contrast if joe biden gets in the race. still a big if, michaela. seems, if, all these words, all these tea leaves. thanks so much. hillary clinton is expected to face eight hours of questioning when she appears before the house benghazi committee tomorrow. we re learning more about how she s preparing. brianna keilar from washington for us. reporter: there s a multifront democratic attack taking place against this republican-red house benghazi committee. this is rally the latest volley. this is a book by david brock who s hillary clinton s chief defender and his super pac correct the record which is working in con