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
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
Goodlatte will weigh in live this morning with me. And the scathing new report issued of the dojs Inspector General friday night, the ig report is dropped on Andrew Mccabe, misleading investigators about the unauthorized disclosure of information and the reaction from congressman John Ratcliffe this morning coming up, and the u. N. And its allies send damascus a message after president Bashar Alassad launched a chemical attack on his own people, as we look ahead right now on sunday morning futures. Brand new reaction this morning from President Trump to the upcoming tell all book by former fbi director james comey as comey kicks off a tour promoting his book ahead of its release this tuesday. The president today tweeted this i never asked comey for personal loyalty i hardly ever even knew this guy just another of his many lies his memos are self serving and fake. My next guest is one of three gop congressional chairman requesting the detailed memos comey says he kept after encounters w
Coffee. Jillian the exact number of cups a day. Fox and friends first continues right now. Pool it up for the weekend take a shot for the weekend jillian i never heard this song but i like it. Living up to the weekend. Live it up for the weekend. Lets do that. Lets get started right now. 5 00 am on friday. You are watching fox and friends first this friday morning. Rob thanks for getting up early, a roaring crowd, drumming up support for gop Senate Candidate mike braun. A vote for mike braun is a vote, ever hear this before . Make America Great again. Jillian the president taking aim at the left cronies in the media and vowing to end corruption in the Justice System. Rob Griff Jenkins in washington with highlights from the big speech. Reporter this race between mike braun and joe donnelly is one of the most Competitive Senate races in the country. The president is urging supporters to get behind braun, continuing prosperity. Thanks to Republican Leadership our economy is booming like n