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Them to say what some of us would consider outrageous and it doesn't seem to have an effect. >> let's move on to paul ryan who says he's willing to step up for the speaker job. the void being left by john boehner. there's a few catches here with the house republican conference. congressman ryan laid out the terms on which he'll be willing to serve as speaker. ryan said he's not interested in the job and told his republican colleagues he's willing to serve. but only if the caucus united behind him by friday and he has a few other requests. >> first, we need to move from an opposition party to b...

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Tracie poths is in washington for us this morning. he really laid out a set of conditions for this. >> exactly, betty. so turns out, yeah, he wants the job now. but under certain circumstances paul ryan told the republican congress he thought about it, and he thought about the consequences of not stepping up. he says that the party at this point is desperate for leadership. so, here are his conditions. he wants the republican party essentially to no longer be what democrats call the party of no. he says they need to move from being opposition party to a proposition party. coming up with some p...

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Held a short press briefing in which he laid down his four conditions for being speaker. only one of which is actually substantive -- update house rules. >> first, we need to move from an opposition party to being a proposition party. second, we need to update our house rules and it needs to include fixes that ensure we do not experience constant leadership challenges and crises. third, we as a conference should unify now and not after divisive speaker election. last point is personal. i cannot and i will not give up my family time. but i pledge to try and make up for it with more time communi...