Including the hard right House Freedom caucus, the group that helped push boehner out of his post. He wants to make it harder to overthrow sitting speaker and the 45yearolds father of three schoolaged kids wants a better work life balance. I cannot and will give up my family time. I may not be on the road as often as previous speakers but i pledge to try to make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. Reporter california congressman Kevin Mccarthy was up for the job but abruptly withdrew following outcries from some conservatives and these comments about Hillary Clinton and the house benghazi committee. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right . But we put together a Benghazi Special committee. A select committee. What are her numbers today . Her numbers are dropping. Reporter Kevin Mccarthy says he does support paul ryan as speaker. Some democrats, though remain cautiously optimistic. Reena and kendis, back to you. Stephanie ramos live in washing
Of a daycarr, the green hoose. Miccael dommer livv nearby. He remembers hearing some kind of commotion outside his home, last night, but wasnt sure what it was. My wife and i, probably sometime after 9 30, we heard like a boom or something. We both kind of looked at each other and said, what was that . On social media, neighbors recall hearing at least six gun shots. Authorities say two crpd officers were exchanging fire with a suspect, after he fled a vehicle during a traffic stop. Police had used a dog to track the man down. Authorities say, when officerswent to make an arre, the man pulled ut a gun and started shooting. Police returned fire, fatally wounding the suspect. Those in the area waking up to the news were startled. Its scary. It seems the shootings ar all that way, toward the Southeast Side and northeast side. Now, theyre starting to move more towards the Northwest Side. Its like everybody says, you never think it happens to you or in your area, until it does. The suspect,
Hey there, good wednesday morning. We begin with developments in the race to replace john boehner. Paul ryan says hell take the job as speaker but only if his gop colleagues agree to support him. Hes given them a friday deadline to make their opinions known. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has been monitoring the situation overnight from washington. Reporter paul ryan is no longer resisting the pressure to run for House Speaker. I consider to do this with reluctance. Reporter after weekses of lobbying to take on the job of leading a divided house. Now the wisconsin lawmaker and former vp candidate finally says hes down to do the job agreeing hell run to replace john boehner as House Speaker only if republicans unify behind him. If i can truly be a unifying figure then i will gladly serve. Reporter but ryans got a few conditions. Even though he has support from most republicans he says hell only run if supported by all the key groups within the gop including the hard right House Freedom caucus, th
We begin with developments in the race to replace john boehner. Paul ryan says hell take the job as speaker but only if his gop colleagues agree to support him. Hes given them a friday deadline to make their opinions known. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has been monitoring the situation overnight from washington. Reporter paul ryan is no longer resisting the pressure to run for House Speaker. I consider to do this with reluctance. Reporter after weekses of lobbying to take on the job of leading a divided house. Now the wisconsin lawmaker and former vp candidate finally says hes down to do the job agreeing hell run to replace john boehner as House Speaker only if republicans unify behind him. If i can truly be a unifying figure then i will gladly serve. Reporter but ryans got a few conditions. Even though he has support from most republicans he says hell only run if supported by all the key groups within the gop freedom caucus, the group that helped push boehner out of his post. He wants to make
Get right and what did it get wrong . We begin with developments in boehner. Paul ryan says hell take the job as speaker but only if his gop colleagues agree to support him. Hes given them a friday deadline to make their opinions known. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has been monitoring the situation overnight from washington. Reporter paul ryan is no longer resisting the pressure to run for House Speaker. I consider to do this with reluctance. Reporter after weekses of lobbying to take on the job of leading a divided house. Now the wisconsin lawmaker and former vp candidate finally says hes down to do the job agreeing hell run to replace john boehner as House Speaker only if republicans unify behind him. If i can truly be a unifying figure then i will gladly serve. Few conditions. Even though he has support from most republicans he says hell only run if supported by all the key groups within the gop including the hard right House Freedom caucus, the group that helped push boehner out of his pos