reporter: people saying, i saw a funny looking guy over at the lake the other day? yes. had venus gone missing before. i came home, she wasn t there. my kids weren t there. i didn t know what to do. when dateline continues. every night. right after dinner. definitely after meatloaf. like clockwork. do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum and save water. did you know an energy star certified dishwasher uses less than four gallons per cycle? while a running sink uses that, every two minutes. that means even small loads can save water. so why not do it? run your dishwasher every night with cascade platinum. the surprising way to save water.
remained there. he gave a reporter from wood-tv a telephone interview. now that the timeline has gone so far, i m getting very worried and very concerned. reporter: despite their ceaseless marital battles, doug insisted he still cared about her. i don t know what is next, to be honest with you. i ll just keep watching the news and pray and hope for the best. reporter: but he was also still bitter about losing his kids in that custody showdown, just two weeks before. so his take on her disappearance was a unique one. he wasn t upset, he said, because he believed venus was a runaway mom. my theory, my wife pulled another fast one. she ran off, couldn t handle the commitment of the situation she was in, with the children, by herself. reporter: the way doug saw it, this was no different than that time, two months earlier, when venus had suddenly, and surprisingly bolted with the kids. i came home. she wasn t there. my kids weren t there. my dog wasn t there.
my kids weren t there. my dog wasn t. there i didn t know what to do. doug said he thought venus had disappeared that they too. it was starting to get a little darker, i called her cell phone but she didn t respond to pick up the phone, i got very worried, i called the police and i said i m very worried that my wife is in home, i don t know what to. do newport used to dog tried to file and listens pursing reported, but police told dog not to bother, venus had been to the station herself earlier that day to follow complaint against him. one police refused to look into it. she decided to take off from michigan with the kids in the dog. effectively, ending the marriage. the police officers informed him that she was not missing, that when you were her whereabouts were, and that she was not coming home. now it was early may, and her prints in michigan were certain that venus was really messing this time and in serious danger, or worse.
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of the house. to be clear, i am not resigning. i intend to fulfill my term as i was elected but i will be retiring in january, leaving this majority in good hands with what i believe is a very bright future. my kids weren t even born when i was first elected. our oldest was 13 years old when i became speaker. now all three of our kids are teenagers. one thing i ve learned about teenagers is their idea of an ideal weekend is not necessarily to spend all of their time with their parents. what i realize is if i am here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad. i just can t let that happen. sean: i understand that. i ve worked nights all my career. unfortunately i would say i totally get it, mr. speaker. we wish you the best in all that you do. unfortunately that s all the time we have left this evening.