Capitol hill House Speaker paul ryan will be in front of reporters one hour from now as we learn about his future and fate as that news comes in today. Sandra peter doocy is live on capitol hill. What are you hearing . Were hearing that the speaker of the house, paul ryan, does not plan to seek reelection in his district in wisconsin but he does plan to stay on until january and this is going to come as a surprise to a lot of members, a lot of the rank and file in the republican conference who are set to meet now any minute weve been watching them file in across the hallway here. A lot of the republicans tasked with trying to maintain the House Majority were expecting to lose some seats in competitive districts but were not expecting to lose the speaker of the house. Every indication that ryan has given he has said to this point that he plans to stay on as speaker. Now apparently that has an expiration date. Only will be the speaker until january. The question becomes who will succeed
Retire. I am told he said that would be unfair to his district and that would be unfair to his constituents, as well and it would be unfair to the republican conference which now has a lot of decisions to make in a pretty short time period in the face of major headwinds during those Midterm Elections. That is the message the speaker has conveyed and there will be a lot of talk over the course of the next couple of days of his legacy and what he brought to the table and completing the 2017 tax overhaul that he came to congress electing to do, not just as a lawmaker, but a congressional aide. It was made clear to multiple people throughout this morning that it was primarily a family decision, and if he was going to leave congress best to do it now and give people the opportunity to plan, john. It makes things complicated, though, manu raju, and you are getting reaction from some members up there about what this might mean. Yeah, thats right. There was a lot of surprise in this room. Memb
Hard line on syria tweeting missiles will be coming. Lets begin with capitol hill and the news about paul ryan. Joining me now is garrett haake. We have seen this long line of people deciding not to run ag n again. No name bigger than paul ryan telling staff and frebs and others in congress recently he decided he will not seek reelection this year. This is a big blow to the Republican Party and their chances of holding on to the house in thov. Ryan has been a prolific fundraiser and has despite how fractious the conference has been largely been able to hold them together on the big issues that they were able to accomplish this year. Remember in the house, they passed their Obamacare Repeal bill. They passed the tax reform package. That was something ryan championed for a long time. While we havent gotten the full read out into his decision, tax reform has been an issue that has driven him to congress and driven him through his congressional career. To not seek reelection in wisconsin.
Republican senator. It is wednesday. Im bill hemmer. How are you doing . Sandra good morning, ifm owe sandra smith. Republicans dominating control of the senate. Hyde smythe beating out mike espy by nearly 8 last night making the republican the first woman elected to congress from the state of mississippi. Here is what she told supporters last night. I am so grateful. Im so humbled for the honor you have given me to elect me as your United States senator. It shard to describe the feelings tonight for me and my family. Tonight in this victory the reason we won is because mississippians know me and they know my heart and thank you for stepping up, mississippi. Bill that victory gives republicans 5347 edge in the Upper Chamber and thats where we stand now. Sandra Jonathan Serrie is live from jackson with more this morning for us. Good morning. Good morning, sandra and bill. Cindy hydesmith is wasting no time getting right back to work. She is on an early flight back to washington, d. C. T
That is totally up to a thought. But i can tell you is that the president has made it very clear that when it comes to weapons of mass distraction. No tolerance and we are watching out for the interest of the American People. He made a point and hopefully assad gets it. If assad doesnt get it it will hurt. We have fox News Coverage on this. We live pentagon and we began with kevin work with latest from the white house. Once again white house continuing to take a look at the Battle Damage assessment. All eyes on syria tonight as we also continue to watch for any possible reaction from the russians. As you pointed out earlier, the president was active on peter today. He said this about the operation i knew they would seize on this but it felt it is such a great military term, it should be brought back. The damage from the strike was limited due to the targeted nature of the plan that they were thought to have severely degraded the assad regime chemical weapons capability. Meanwhile, toda