About whether the g. O. P. Can maintain its majority in the house. It has ryans colleagues jockeying for position in the race to replace him. We have Fox Team Coverage from capitol hill. Peter doocy looks at what ryans retirement may mean for the midterms among a roster of republican incumbents deciding not to run again. We start off with chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel on announcement most people did not see coming, at least not today. Good evening to you. The demands of being House Speaker huge in terms of fundraising, travel, overall stress. Paul ryan says hes had enough. Much work remains. I like to think i have done my part, my little part in history to set us on a better course. A source says ryan made the final decision with his wife over easter recess and that as recently as february ryan considered running for another term. Speaker told his staff early this morning and received a standing ovation from his team. Ryan told his republican colleagues and reporters,
Chemical attack . Is there enough evidence . And breaking minutes ago. A new report that the fbi agents that raided the president s lawyer were looking for records related to mr. Trumps infamous access hollywood recording. That is new. Lets get to it. Here we go. Not much happening today. President trump putting syrian dictator Bashar Alassad and his allies on notice after russia threatened military retaliation for any strike on syria. The russians have threatened to retaliate if the u. S. President does what he says hes going to do. The defense secretary jim mattis at the white house right now for a meeting about syria. The president tweeted. This was historic. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. Get ready, russia. Because they will be coming. Nice and new and smart. You shouldnt be partners with a gaskilling animal that kills his people and enjoys it. Well, the russian president putin says the situation in the world is getting more chaotic. Russian lawmaker
In the middle east this hour. An explicit warning this morning from President Trump to russia, not to interfew against u. S. Action against syria. The president writing on twitter, russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. Get ready, russia, because they will be coming. Nice and new and smart. Weer partners with a gaskilling animal who kills his people and enjoys it. We are studying that situation extremely closely. We are meeting with our military and everybody else, and well be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. By our math, that deadline has now passed. More details now from our correspondents and analysts who are spread out across the globe. Nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely in beirut. Kelly odonnell at the white house for us. Our pentagon correspondent, hans nichols standing by. Cal perry and executive eder kevin barren. Bill, start with you in beirut. Weve learned airlines rerouted flights away from the areas. There are rep
Donald trump in the search warrant. Sources say it appeared in connection to the tape. This warrant is the first indication that the investigators suspect there was an effort to suppress the tape. We dont know what, if any, role cohen or the president would have played in that. We are also learning that investigators wanted records pertaining to bank fraud and wire fraud investigations and on top of that, the warrant involved communications about other potential negative information about trump that the campaign might have wanted to contain ahead of the election. What we dont know is what Additional Information that might be. Alex and christine. Gloria, thank you. A former white house strategist steve bannon has a plan to crush the special counsel investigation. According to the Washington Post the plan involves firing Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein and having the president end all cooperation with Robert Muellers team. He is calling on the president to invoke executive privile
Sham blue was the deputy to the former Deputy Campaign chairman paul manafort. Good to see you again, good to have you as one of our legal analysts. Walk us through your thoughts on Michael Cohen. He hasnt been charged with any crime. Hes being investigated in a criminal investigation underway, but what is goldbergs warning to the president . Goldberg knows how to reach his client. He addressed him through the media and thats probably the best way to get information to this particular client. Its good advice. Its telling him to be very cautious. Dont trust cohen who is a man under tremendous pressure right now. Anybody facing a criminal investigation has enormous pressure and this is a particularly aggressive information. I know, ive been there. But the republican records, taking a step whether to execute a search warrant probably puts pressure on Michael Cohen. You served in the Justice Department as a special prosecutor for serl years, so you know whats going on. Do you think this is