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Thats an unsatisfactory answer. he said this is such an unprecedented move, something very serious would have had to prompt it. so clearly many more questions, john, not only from lawmakers but certainly from the house chaplain himself. >> some on capitol hill appreciate that. some of it is important to the members, someone who is friendly to the members. paul ryan is on his way out. hes created a little controversy here. >> this comes from way out. this wasnt on anybodys radar as a problem, inc...

Brought both parties together to balance the state budget with record investments in public schools... and new career training programs. as mayor of la, he brought police and residents together to get illegal guns off the streets and keep kids out of gangs, and on the right path. thats antonio villaraigosa. a governor for all of california. outrage on the hill over the ouster of the house chaplain. speaker paul ryan asked for the fathers resignation. he spent seven years on the job before step...

Had come upon dishonestly, that would help the trump campaign. the trump campaign said yes, we want that information. we want you to help. i want one more thing to ask you quickly. a lot of anger, democrats and republicans at the house speaker for r firing the house chaplain. ryan basically said he got rid of him based on member feedback about pastoral care. do you know why he was fired? >> no. we dont know. there is speculation that its because in the sermon that we should be fair to everybody ...

Political pressure to push him out and [ inaudible ]. >> again, that is a republican congressman peter king. this is causing a lot of trouble for paul ryan. not serious trouble, hes retiring any way. but this is not how you want your legacy to be remembered. >> i think there are people on both sides of the aisle, including and perhaps especially catholic members who felt fondly about the house chaplain and do want the answers. on the other hand i can somewhat understand the rational of the speak...

Is going to be more facts to come out about this. >> i was just going to say, whats interesting is that both paul ryan and nancy pelosi are practicing catholics, the leader of the democratic and republican caucuses in the house. and while, i guess, its not unusual these days to have a catholic chaplain, it was a big deal when the first one came on in the house. and so the fact that this is happening, and again, we dont really know all the facts about why, its certainly noteworthy given the fact ...

Short term, how much does muthe president advance in the election? the chaplain and the house of representatives given his walking paper by house speaker paul ryan. the speaker just explained why he did it. some of ryans colleagues arent buying it. dients. kind never had to. we choose real ingredients like almonds, peanuts and a drizzle of dark chocolate. find your favorite and give kind® a try. but how do i know if im im getting a good deal? i tell truecar my zip and which car i want and tru...

Because he says and other members tell me that they havent heard these concerns expressed either. and weve heard in recent days from democrats reacting to his firing wanting to know more, but it is very clear this morning coming out of that meeting that republicans want to know more as well. >> and just for everyone -- so everyone knows, the house chaplain serves all members. he is the pastor to all members of the house and has the key duty of saying the prayer at the open of every session of th...

Chaplain. patrick conroy has been the chambers prayer leader and spirit cual counselor for some years now. he doesnt know why hes being fired. has he addressed this? >> reporter: he has, john, and he had to really defend himself over that controversial decision to fire the house chaplain. two sources tell me during a closed door meeting with the caucus this morning, paul ryan was directly confronted by two republicans in that meeting asking why it happened, asking for a full explanation of why h...

Investigate his firing, and now there is a motion on the table to push it aside. it is expected essentially this motion would go down so that would not happen. but this push by house democrats really underscores how much concern and consternation there is behind the scenes about what led to his firing, about the reasons that paul ryan is giving publicly for -- to call for his ouster. we heard that not only from house democrats but notably from some house republicans this morning, wondering why h...

And that doesnt mean he cant be the handmaden of an action of those who dont like having an urban catholic jessuity chaplain and the sort of point of view and experience that brings with many of those people have complained about the jesuit pope in rome so it is not far-fetched to suspect there is something else at work here and speaker ryan handed that to this element in his caucus. >> so you are saying, to make sure i understand you correctly, you believe paul ryan is doing somebody elses bidd...