what had been described as a benign kidney condition, but tonight, you re learning she s appearing at an official white house event? reporter: it s a closed event, david, but the white house tells us she took part in events here at the white house with gold star families. we haven t seen the first lady in public since she helped greet those american prisoners from north korea some 24 days ago. mrs. trump s spokesman put out a statement, saying, quote, she is a strong and independent woman who puts her health above all else. as for the speculation about what she has been up to, the statement said she s confident in what she is doing and in her role, and knows the rest is just speculation and nonsense. david? we re just glad she s okay. jon karl live at the white house. jon, thank you. and with that face-to-face summit just one week away now with kim jong-un, reports of a major leadership shakeup in north korea tonight. south korean media now reporting that kim has replaced his top
again, i am proud of what this conference has achieved. i believe its future is bright. the economy is strong. we ve given americans greater confidence in their lives. and i have every confidence i ll be hand thing gavel on to the next republican speaker of the house next year. that from the speaker earlier today. the timing of his announcement came to a surprise to many, on and off capitol hill. last week, the lawmaker leading the effort to keep the majority down played the possibility of a shakeup. i spoke to him a few moments ago. congressman, thanks for joining us on this very important day. a week ago, you said i don t see a shakeup coming any time soon. what happened? well, paul ryan decided he met with his family this weekend, and he decided that it was time for him to go home to janesville, wisconsin after this congress. so it s important to note that there s not a leadership shakeup coming too soon, because he s
and you know have steve scalise and kevin mccarthy, his two most likely successors jockeying behind the scenes. they understand the writing is on the wall and at some point in the next year, there will be a leadership shakeup. tim, you re touching on the point of curiosity to me. what will your report, and the reports that the speaker will leave in after 2018, what will that set off? what is it going to look like in the congress? you ll have scalise and mccarthy. we have a bunch of other possible candidates for the job. what s it going to look like? well, i think it s going to be a bit of a mess, frankly. kevin mccarthy had the opportunity to become speaker several years ago when john boehner left, and kevin mccarthy didn t have the votes to get the job. and others were uncomfortable with him taking over.
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the president flying back to washington after a visit here. of course, much on his plate remains in washington today. thanks for that. a growing number of democrats are looking for a leadership shakeup after that devastating loss in georgia s sixth district. so several house members are directing frustration at minority leader nancy pelosi. among them, tim ryan who ran an unsuccessful bid to succeed her as house leader. you think that nancy pelosi is more rocks toic than donald trump more toxic than donald trump? you know, the honest answer is, in some areas of the country, yes, she is. as unfair as it is, there have been a lot of people that have spent a lot of money running negative ads against her. and i think that in certain areas like in some of these special election districts, it doesn t benefit our candidates to be tied to her. and it s not fair, but it is true. and there s a reason why the republicans are still using it.