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Lot more experience and name recognition than i do. i think hes very honorable, and i know hes a very honorable man. unfortunately, our kids are grown and theyre both getting married in the next year and part of our decision, as well. >> congratulations. >> thank you. i understand. this is a citizen democracy and its citizen legislature. this wears on you and when you become a stranger in your own hometown you need to sit back and say wait a second, do i need to keep doing this or is it time for...

But its a very big deal. >> sure and the timing is extremely significant. there have been rumors of course that he was planning to step down but by announcing this now, it raises a lot of questions about, you know, him being a lame duck for the next several months. what a republican congress can do in that time especially heading into a midterm let alone the message that it sends about the house republicans chances of losing the house in november that was already a precarious situation, this cer...

What does this mean for republicans heading into the midterm right now? plus the presidents anger toward his own justice department is boiling over. it seemed it was boiling over last week and last month. lets call it a double boilover, i guess, but will he actually fire top officials there? officials telling cnn the president is considering it at this moment. stay with us.

Massive, almost insane level of fixation on this stuff, because remember, we have no idea what michael cohen did or was said to have done or anything. >> shannon: this may be completely about stormy daniels and metal situation. it may have nothing to do with russia. >> or something unrelated. we have no idea. everyone is shadowboxing pretending like they know. nobody knows. we have this, this giant kerfuffle, they make a kerfuffle of all time. taking place around us. if we look at the lodgers fo...

Run for the senate. >> thats one thing. it missed by one vote in the senate. do i regret the senate missing this opportunity of a life time to reduce the debt and bring down healthcare premiums? yeah. im proud of the fact that the house has consistently passed these bills. the house passed this bill. the senate didnt. so theres more to do. but i do feel like weve done a lot to advance this cause. were not there yet, but i think well get there because we have to do this. >> dana: some people migh...

If by the time you get to november, byron, the state of the economy is still cooking, could this potential wave of democratic wins in the house may be not materialized as many people think? >> the only reason to be really cautious and modest about talking about this blue wave thats maybe coming in november is what happened in 2016. the fact that donald trump won the white house on a day in which his personal disapproval rating was 60%. if, in fact, things dont operate the way they used to do, pe...

>> i think we need a person that can bring the entire conference together. a unifier. someone who recognizes that we are a great nation moving forward. and we have quite a few leaders in that regard. steve scullys, kevin mccarthy and perhaps others as well, harris. >> harris: moving into the midterm election, what type of support would you like to see the speaker gift? hes raising a lot of money for the party. >> we want to be as competitive as possible. this is an indication that we have an exc...

Gingrich is on the political consequences, shattering the republican party, take a party that right now if we were to lay aside massive level of fixation, we have no idea what michael cohen did. shannon: this is about stormy daniels, nothing to do -- >> something even more unrelated. everybody shadowboxing pretending they know. and taking place around that. the ledger for the republican, they edged back up. map is expanding, in this midterm, they could expand the majority in the senate. they hav...

President. he will do everything he can until the last hour to make sure they hold the house and keep the losses to a minimum. >> bret: byron, its seeming like its more of an uphill battle to do that, hold on to the house. you have 26 retirements, 13 running for other office, three seats are vacant. now you are at 41 republicans, including now the speaker not running for reelection. and the democrats need to pick up 25. its getting tougher. >> this is not the sign of a party thats working well o...

Awhile. he had not filed to run for reelection yet. it does come as pretty big news and will set off a scramble for who is going to be the next spooker. josh holmes, your thoughts? >> first off, i got a lot of respect for paul ryan. when you hear most politicians talk about leaving congress, you wonder whats up. for him, you know its the genuine article. this is somebody who is reluctantly accepted the speakership in the first place. his colleagues basically begged him to take it because they kn...