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>> any final words? >> the busiest newsday i've ever been here before. so much news going on. i love it. >> we will see you at 4:00 p.m. david and melissa. thanks, everybody. we are back tomorrow at our usual time. here's harris. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. a big shift in the hall to power. let's go, welcome to "outnumbered: overtime." i am harris faulkner. house speaker paul ryan says he will not seek reelection in november. there have been talks about it for weeks. reporters even asking ryan's staff about it. it took many people in washington by surprise. ryan says his primary...

Will be retiring in january, leaving this majority in good hands with what i believe is a very bright future. it's almost hard to believe but i have been a member of congress for almost two decades. this is my 20th year in congress. my kids weren't even born when i was first elected. our oldest was 13 years old when i became speaker. now all three of our kids are teenagers. and one thing i've learned about teenagers is their idea of an ideal weekend is not necessarily to spend all their time with their parents. what i realize is if i'm here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known ...

Colleagues and reporters, family was a key consideration. >> what i realizes if i'm here for one more term, my kids will only have ever known me as a weekend dad. i just can't let that happen. >> ryan also spoke by phone this morning with his house g.o.p. leadership team, vice president pence, and president trump. the president saluted ryan's service on twitter, calling him a truly good man who will leave an unquestionable legacy of achievement. among the challenges for ryan, a vocal block of house conservatives who challenged his leadership. in negotiating partner in the president who at time...

On. i'm proud of the fact that the house passed the biggest entitlement reform bill. do i regret that the senate didn't pass it? yes. from all the budget i've passed normal ao*idsing entitlement reform and the house passing it i'm proud of that fact. of course, more work needs to be done and it is entitlements. that's where the work needs to be done and i'll keep fighting for that. over here. >> mr. speaker did the chance that you might not be speaker come november if democrats take the house factor into the decision? >> no. none whatsoever. i'm not a guy who thinks about it like that. this re...

Them to follow his lead. he is putting on the best face he can to try to hold the republican majority in the house. >> sandra: your point is well taken. hard to argue with the reasons he is providing behind this, right, john? he doesn't want his kids to only know him as a weekend dad. he has a young and big family and made it clear he loves his time back in his home state of wisconsin. as far as the future of his party he said i have every confidence that i will be handing the gavel to the next republican speaker of the house next year. >> that remains up in the air. ryan is probably right in ...