another big, dramatic change at the trump white house. sean spicer, white house press secretary, has submitted his resignation. sean spicer has been in hot water almost from day one of the administration. we know the president repeatedly voiced dissatisfaction internally with sean spicer. you can connect the dots. the president reaching out, hiring a new communications director, anthony scaramucci coming in. sean spicer on the way out. stop the conversation i was about to have about the president's attorney and start here. it's all connected. a white house in turmoil, chaos, in staff, in-fighting since day one. sean spicer is leaving, to the american people, the face of this president, less so in recent weeks because of the fewer on-camera briefings and his deputy had been put up into a higher role what does this tell us about the internal workings, infernal frustration of this white house? >> confirms what we've known for a long time. which is, there is a great deal of turmoil and all of these separate -- priebus in the spicer wing, former spicer wing, he was in that wing and also t

under underway right now. sean spicer resigning, protests over the hiring of a new communications director. we are awaiting all white house news briefing with deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, that is to take place an hour from now. scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern time, lots to get to on this story. good afternoon to you, at least you are on the east coast. >> heather: nothing like us slow friday afternoon for this administration. >> jon: that never happens. >> heather: the white house press secretary, sean spicer reportedly resigning because of objections to the appointment of a new white house communications director, new york financier anthony scaramucci. we've got fox live coverage for you beginning with chief white house correspondent john roberts, who has been incredibly busy in the past hour. >> when are we not busy here at the white house? it's a sad day for those of us who know sean spicer very well. we know he put his all into this job. he was tireless, working 18 hours a day, neglecting his family and his children to do the best job he possibly could for th

. the white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned. the move included a bottleneck of reporters and moves inside the briefing room. it left many white house staffers shocked. a short time ago we heard from sean spicer on twitter saying, it's been an honor and a privilege to serve potus and this amazing country. i will continue my service through august. this comes as president trump announces he hired anthony scaramucci who made his debut from the podium as white house communications director. >> ic think there's been at tims a disconnect between how we see the president and love the president, and how you see the president. >> times have changed since the days when donald trump railed against scaramucci's old job and he came back with words of his own for his future boss. take a look at this. >> another hack politician. >> you called him a hack politician? >> another hack politician. he's got a big mouth and he's afraid he'll light them up on fox news and other places. but i'm not a politician. your inherited money due from queens county, bring it, donald. >> scaramuc

. president trump's press secretary sean spicer has resigned. it follows the president's appointment of a former wall street banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications and reports in the us media suggest mr spicer resigned in protest at the appointment. mr spicer‘s performance in the post had been heavily ridiculed, not least by the us tv comedy show saturday night live, on which he was regularly impersonated by hollywood actress melissa mccarthy. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage.

huckabee sanders, because sean spicer, officially out. he has resigned from this white house. again, that briefing set to happen at 2:00. this, of course, likely to be the headline in that briefing. we have got our reporters standing by. all of this coming on a day of major shakeups there at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. and for the president's private legal team, as well. stories about how the white house planning to push back on the independent counsel's investigation. all of it covered from various angles. let's start with our chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson, who is standing by for us inside that briefing room. hallie, bring us up to speed. reset for us all of our viewers and listeners joining us, 1:00 here on the east coast, how did we get here? >> if you're just joining us on this slow news friday, let's sort of take a breath of where we are now. >> let me set the scene. know it's the briefing room. you know behind me at this podium in about an hour, sara huckabee sanders will be coming out and delivering a briefing. the room is already filling up here. there has be

major report in the "new york times" that sean spicer who has been clearly not happy about the advent of a new communications director, would be his immediate boss, that perhaps sean spicer is resigning. let's discuss what we know about the new communications director, which could be the precipter during this troubled tenure of the white house press secretary. >> reporter: we know that our reporters have gone up to try to get an answer. i've reached out to all of my sources. so far, no response from the white house about whether or not press secretary sean spicer has in fact resigned. what we know is that anthony scaramucci who is a hedge fund manager we believe is being tapped for communications director. i'm told in my ear that our ali batali has confirmed that sean spicer has resigned after learning that anthony scaramucci has been named. sean spicer was doing two jobs. he was doing the job of communications director as well as press secretary. both of those jobs are 24/7 commitments. so there is no doubt that he had taken on a lot. having said that, the decision to resign in the w

secretary, reports now according to the associated press, white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned over the hiring of new communications aide. we've been hearing since late yesterday into last evening that there is a possibility, again, reports that anthony scaramucci might be stepping in to a communications role, a role that would inform the president and a senior fashion. we know they have a long-standing commitment and friendship and working relationship. he stepped away from the white house in another capacity just months ago and now come out word that he may be back and upon that, sources with the associated press saying the white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned. let's talk about this a little bit. one of the criticism that has been so pure and clear is can the white house get on a singular message? >> sandra: can i get this in here? apparently this all went down, we knew that anthony scaramucci was meeting with the president at the white house this morning. sean spicer is said reported about "the new york times" to a vehemently disagreed with appointme

begin with breaking news. white house officials confirming press secretary sean spicer resigned. this resignation was sudden and sources inside the white house say staffering are shocked by the news. spicer's resignation coming as president trump announces he's hired anthony scaramucci as the new white house communcations director. scaramucci has been a loyal supporter of president trump serving on his campaign as well as his transition team. i want to go straight to the white house. there's going to be an on-camera briefing there in the next hour. this is where we find cnn white house correspondent sara murray live for us. sara, what are you hearing about what led up to this resignation. >> reporter: obviously, this has been a whirlwind. we reported last night president trump was seriously considering offering anthony scaramucci, someone who worked on his transition and who came from new york, knows the president well, this job as white house communications director. we are told the president was considering this without his chief of staff reince priebus knowing or steve bannon, chie

watching for. julia: press secretary sean spicer resigning today after donald trump high financier hires anthony scaramucci. we get an update from the white house at 2:00 p.m. eastern and president trump shakes of his legal team as he looks to combat and expanding russian investigation led by robert mueller. we talked representative french hill and senator ron wyden. ♪ julia: for the newsday once again in washington, a shakeup on president trump's indications team. sean spicer resigning after the president's high financier anthony scaramucci is high-risk medications director. gordon, whos craig joins us in d.c.. we understand anthony scaramucci in new york, but what is washington saying about the new hire? is twoith striking things. they'll trump's been trying to find him a job since he got elected president. he was named as a possible ambassador and a couple of other things came down. do best himself from sky bridge capital by selling to a chinese owned conglomerate which raised eyebrows in washington. centerw back front and inc. and medications director at the second thing peop

with sean spicer and reince priebus up next. stay with us. ♪ never be the same. don't miss "hannity"'s exclusive tonight. >> bret: a fox news alert. i am james rosen sitting in for bret baier. a daily siege from an aggressive hostile news media has forced out sean spicer as press secretary and seen wall street patent anthony scaramucci as the new communications director. sarah huckabee sanders, spoke a short time ago with sean hannity with the "hannity" program tonight. so sean spicer. we have howard kurtz, first to chief white house correspondents on the north lawn. good evening. >> good evening. we know the president has wanted to shake up these communication teams. what happened today was more like an earthquake. a shakeup in the communications team with the long expected but the speed and tumbled that marked this transition was a surprise. anthony scaramucci named communications director, sean spicer resigning. >> he wanted to bring some new folks in to help wrap up the communications operation and after reflection, my decision was to recommend to the president that i give antho

times reports that sean spicer has resigned as communications director of the white house. and by the way, "the new york times" also reports that spicer rejected the appointment of anthony scaramucci as his replacement. that's just happening right now. and so, too, is neil cavuto right now. sir, it's yours. neil: stuart, thank you. quoting "the new york times," that sean spicer has resigned, telling president trump that he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of anthony scaramucci as the communications director. now, there had been other incidents in the past, but this was apparently the coup de grace. the president offered mr. scaramucci this job earlier, and when sean spicer found out, he believed that the appointment was a major mistake, relayed that to officials within the administration. we're told the president himself had -- and ultimately decided to leave. i don't know of any bad blood from scaramucci towards spicer, but some of these changes come on the heels, of course, of criticism on the way the administration has been handling its press briefings, done largely wi

sean spicer, reince priebus and anthony scaramucci. that will be a big show. >> jon: thank you for joining us, see you >> fox news alert for you now. huge day at the white house. we await the first white house briefing since a june 29th, by the way. it is on camera. hello, everyone i am melissa francis. sean spicer resigning as press secretary after just six months on the job. it comes as president trump has named anthony scaramucci the new white house communications director. we have fox team coverage fox news sunday chris wallace is here. fox news politics editor, chris stirewalt. ed henry. washington correspondent, james rosen. they are all standing by. those of the all-stars right there. we're going to start with chief white house correspondent and also an all star, john roberts. john, huge day. it's. >> melissa, good afternoon to you. it's been 22 days since we've had in on camera briefing and longer than that simply been been in this briefing. doing lab reports. we understand the anthony scaramucci will be coming out to greet the press. sarah huckabee sanders will actually co

is really shocking. the white house spokesman sean spicer has resigned after president trump appointed a wall street financier as his head of communications. farmers are told they will get eu subsidies post brexit — but only if they earn them. the hunt for missing raf airman corrie mckeague — police say the search of a huge landfill site has failed to find his body. also in the next hour — an ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen. it's believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year, with one person dying every hour in the country from the disease. and how a music video performed by schoolchildren in a yorkshire village has caught the attention of one of the biggest music stars in the world. good evening. welcome to bbc news. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live—streaming app periscope. launched two years ago, periscope allows its millions of users to broadcast live from their phone. but our team found children streaming video live from their classrooms and even their bedrooms

. sean spicer is out as press secretary after six months, he submitted his resignation minutes after anthony scaramucci , a former wall street financier, accepted the communication director job and replacing sean spicer is former sarah press secretary huckabee sanders. showing amp frustration over the russian scandal and anthony scaramucci will highlight what he sees as the advances the white house is making which he says the media's not paying attention to. taking your calls about that and the other news. democrats call 202-748-8000. republicans call 202-748-8001. independents call 202-748-8002. media atline on social and facebookanwj at facebook.com/c-span. this story is leading the front pages of the washington post and new york times. the headline from the post, abrupt reaction for trump. the times, spicer leaving, angry over pick made by donald trump. the president's health care efforts floundered in the senate and next week promises no respite with donald trump jr. and son-in-law jared kushner to testify before congress. more explanation about how these events unfolded, reince

white house. adriana: the associated press is reporting that sources are telling them sean spicer has resigned over the hiring of the new communications director. in about 2.5 hours, three of the five remaining survivors from the uss arizona in pearl harbor are being honored at the white house. all three were rescued by a sailor who to a rope to them, but they did not learn his identity until 50 years later. sam sweeney has the story. these threes after long on a rope to escape the flames of the uss arizona, they were honored. for donald, warren, and ken, it is not about to limiting themselves. these members of the greatest generation wanted to honor the man who through the rope to them. his name is jo been recognized. his daughter came to washington to accept the award. >> he knew what he was doing in that moment of time. he did not think about anything but helping those men get down that road because he knew their lives mattered. that is what i think of. sam: joann taylor says her father did not tell anyone about what he did for decades. taylor would eventually find out her father d

bombshell, major shakeup at the white house nbc reports press secretary sean spicer is reportedly out he quit. wall street veteran anthony scaramucci expected to be named white house communications director the fallout straight ahead >>> secret protectionism the u.s. has rejected an historic historically high number of foreign deals lately is china's buying spree at risk under this trump administration? >>> they say a home is only worth what someone is willing to pay. well, that price tag just hit its highest level in history "power lunch" starts right now >>> welcome to "power lunch. i'm tyler mathison the major averages in the red, the dow and s&p 500 on track for their biggest daily losses in two weeks. nasdaq on track to break a ten-session winning streak still, the s&p and nasdaq are both positive for the week, by the way. one of the biggest drags of course, we were talking about it all day, general electric, the stock falling to its lowest level since october 2015 on the back of its latest earnings reports. what's working on this down day? capital one is e-trade and moody's,

. that's it for today, have a great week. we'll see you next fox news howie: sean spicer stepping down as press secretary in a white house shakeup and the president brings in anthony scaramucci. >> the cameras are back. can you commit to allowing cameras. >> i need a lot of hair and makeup, maybe. howie: can he change the hostile relationship between the president and the press? donald trump going after his own attorney general for bowing out of the russia probe and doing it before a reporter at the "new york times." >> after he gets the job he recuses himself. >> was that a mistake? >> sessions should never have recuses himself. and he should have told me before he took the job and i would have chosen somebody else. >> i don't know why dumping on sessions makes sense. >> he criticizes attorney general jeff sessions in such a way that in normal times we would expect an official criticized this way by the president the resign before the evening is over. >> we have one of the biggest investigation the justice investigation since watergate being run by somebody not appointed by the president

years. former white house press secretary sean spicer has moved to minimise talk of divisions within the trump administration after announcing his resignation. ijust thought it was in the best interests of our communications department, of our press organisation, not to have too many cooks in the kitchen. also in the next hour: the government plans to bring in closer monitoring of drones. owners of the small unmanned aircraft will have to register and take safety awareness courses. an official portrait of prince george has been released to mark his fourth birthday. in golf, world number three jordan spieth takes the lead going into the third round of the open. and donald trump's stalled plans to reform obamacare will be among the topics discussed on dateline london at 11:30am with jane hill. boots the chemist has apologised for its response to a row about the cost it charges for the morning—after—pill. the chain initially rejected calls to reduce the price, saying it didn't want to encourage the misuse of emergency contraception. but after criticism from a string of labour mps an

stories together. here's sean spicer today. >> i'm not going to get into the specifics of this. but i will say that it is quite often for people who are given information during the heat of the a campaign to ask what that is. that's what similply he did. the president made it clear through his tweet and there was nothing as far as we know that would lead anyone to believe there was anything other than adoption. >> that's simply not true. we have donald trump jr.'s e-mails. we know the goal of the meeting was to get dirt on hillary clinton. and here is sean spicer contradicting the explanations given from the president and his son. >> i'm not sure if sean spicer has been reading the news lately. but he issued a statement saying the meeting was about getting opposition information on his opponent and donald trump jr. like you said released the e-mails where we saw in the subject line it said

white house shakeup. sean spicer resigning and a wall street veteran, a wall street investor. scaramucci smooth as ever with a number of topics in the briefing room. >> i would love to have sean here. ryan is and i have been personal friend for six years. we are a little bit like brothers. we rub each other off every once in a while which is normal for brothers. i want to keep my ego low and work with steve bannon as closely as i can. i have huge respect for him this is an opportunity to serve the country. i love the president and i love the country. reporter: i want to jump away from today and what's next in this. the chief of staff and steve bannon were both mentioned. charlie: i know for a fact this. take away infighting between priebus and anthony the last couple months. a lot of people close to scare muchy believe bannon was the impediment to him getting a job. that there was something priebus didn't like about ca scaramucci. before anthony was in this job when he was at the export-import bank, -- he was an advisor to trump. trump asked him what he thought about reince p

with sean spicer and reince >> sean: tonight. >> i would like to read a statement from the president on the resignation of sean spicer. >> sean: change comes to the white house. press secretary sean spicer resigned. >> he is a true american patriot. he is a military serviceman. he has a great family. he has done an amazing job. >> sean: and anthony scaramucci is named communications director. >> as candidates i would like to be with you guys. it feels like there is a lot of media bias. >> sean: how all these moves impact the trump administration? >> there has been some speculation about me and priebus. we are a little bit like brothers, but we were up each other up a little bit. >> sean: sean spicer and reince priebus will join us tonight in two exclusive interviews. "hannity" starts right here, right now. this is a fox news alert. welcome to "hannity" on on this major breaking news night. press secretary sean spicer, and white house chief of staff reince priebus will be joining us in exclusive interviews tonight. also buchanan, ari fleischer are here with reaction paid by john roberts,

, donald trump jr., and their lawyers, to the table. >> i want to thank personally sean spicer, not only on behalf of myself, the president, the administration. >> i just think it was in the best interest of our communications department, of our press organization to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. >> i like the team -- let me rephrase that, i love the team. i think he's got some of the best political instincts in the world and perhaps in history. >> announcer: this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. welcome to your weekend. a seismic shake up six months in. the white house pushing the forward this morning after embattled press secretary sean spicer's really sudden departure. >> spicer resigning from his post after trump named anthony scaramucci as communications director. spicer says he wanted to give the new team a clean slate. >> i went into the president after we had the discussion earlier with anthony and sarah about what the president's desirous were. and i said, sir, i've had the opportunity to think about this. i think it

moments —— in the last few moments. the white house books and sean spicer has resigned. these are the pictures that you would be familiar with. the man who frequently gives the white house daily briefing and talks tojohn lusts. had a very controversial relationship and has some controversial comments since the trump administration came into power. we're hearing that he has resigned. let's get the very latest from our correspondent. what more can you tell us? the new york times is reporting, as you said, that sean spicer has resigned his position as white house press secretary, and according to the times the reason that he did this is because a supporter of donald trump had been appointed to head the white house can occasion is office, overseeing all the press operation, including sean spicer‘s position as press secretary. and sean spicer raheem only objected to this. he felt he was not right for the role and as a result, because of his reservations, he offered his resignation. in the early days of the administration, he had regular white house press briefings on camera. sometimes co

filings. the new details coming amid fallout over white house press secretary's sean spicer's resignation yesterday morning. here is clip from spicer's interview last night on fox news. >> have you been thinking about this for a while? >> no. >> so it was really sudden. >> i knew what the right thing to do is. i think i have a pretty good compass. i made a zigs it was in the best interest of not just myself, but for the president and this administration, was to step aside and let anthony and sarah lead the team. >> over the hours of this morning, we're going to be watching president trump giving remarks at a commissioning of a naval ship coming up in virginia in norfolk. in the last couple hours the president has gone on a tweet storm about "the washington post" report that the alleged conversations jeff sessions had with the russian ambassador. here is one of the tweets. new intelligence leak from the amazon "washington post," this time against a.g. jeff sessions. these illegal leaks like comey's must stop. he also tweeted the failing "new york times" foiled u.s. attempt to kill the sing

trump shakes up his communications office in a west wing reeling from shock and turmoil, sean spicer calling it quits after mr. trump hired new york financier and staunch support supporter anthony scaramucci as communications director. he revealed spicer's deputy sara sanders is going to replace spicer. scaramucci says he will report directly to mr. trump. we are told top white house officials steve bannon and reince priebus were opposed to scaramucci's hiring as was spicer. >>> also breaking, no official confirmation yet from donald trump, jr. or paul manafort on whether they'll testify before the senate judiciary committee next week as asked. the panel set tonight as a deadline to hear from the president's son and his former campaign chairman, or face the threat of subpoenas. a third witness just responded to the committee. glenn simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the russian dossier on mr. trump, is refusing to testify. and tonight cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller has asked the white house to preserve all documents related to a 2016 meeting that included trump j

are also following another big day of breaking news in washington. sean spicer is out as a press secretary. sarah huckabee sanders has impaired and anthony scaramucci will now lead the white house communications team. spencer resigned after the president appointed scaramucci to the post. he gave his interview to sean hannity. it will air in an hour from now. we have some previews. >> from when i understand, all of the reports are, the president did not want two to go. tell us what happened. >> he has been very gracious throughout the process pretty wanted to bring some new folks in to rev up the communications operation. and after reflection, my decision was to recommend to the president that i gave anthony and sarah a clean slate to start from so that they can talk about the president's agenda and help move it forward. and he after some back and forth understood that the offer that i was making was something that was in the best interest of the administration. i thanked him for the opportunity. i'm looking forward to watching anthony and sarah do a tremendous job. >> kimberly: a

shakeup at the white house which also of course includes the exit of sean spicer coming the end of august, what do we expect? kristin fisher is live at the white house with more. what do we think scaramucci will do that's different than sean spicer? >> today scaramucci said that he's going to focus on three things, first he really wants to reset the culture inside the white house's communications team. second, he wants to stop the leaks. and he's willing to take dramatic action to do just that. and then third, he really wants to work on focusing and refining the message that's coming out of this white house. now, just to double back on point number two, because this is a big one, if you look at what he's saying, he is saying that these staff shakeups may not be over yet. when he says he's willing to take dramatic action to stop the

this is bbc news. the top stories: the white house secretary sean spicer quits. his resignation comes after a new communications director is named, just six months into the trump administration. war, hunger and trump administration. war, hungerand an trump administration. war, hunger and an outbreak of cholera which has reached humanitarian crisis. pockets of hunger are growing, cholera is spreading and doctors and nurses haven't received a salary for ten months. palestinian leader mahmood basa suspends all come on occasions with israel, as three palestinians and three israelis are killed in a day of clashes. a bbc investigation into online abuse reveals children as young as nine are being groomed using the periscope app, owned by twitter. welcome to bbc news. donald trump's press secretary sean spicer, one of the most recognisable faces of the current administration, has resigned, apparently in processed at the decision to appoint anthony scaramucci as the new head of communications. however, speaking to reporters, anthony scaramucci played down the clash of personalities. sean

. sean spicer resigned and a new communications director was named. anthony scaramucci is a new york head -- hedge fund manager. today he talked about the future of the messaging. fox's lauren blanchard is in washington with more on the white house communications shakeup. >> reporter: the changes announced today on the white house communications team a sean spicer is out and anthony scaramucci is in and sarah huckabee sanders is the new press secretary >> i am grateful for sons were, half of my administration and the american people. i wish you continued success as he moves on to pursue new opportunities. >> reporter: in a statement from the president, the white house announcing a shakeup within the communications team a sean spicer, press secretary for the last six months for the trump administration resigns from as far as. sean spicer tweeting it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the president in this amazing country. i will continue my service through august. spicer saying he wanted to give his replacement a clean slate after the appointment of the new white house communica

of medications for donald trump. leaving will be sean spicer, resigning as press secretary, he will hang on until the end of august. anthony scaramucci saying he is grateful for sean's work on behalf of the administration and the american people, washington continued success as he moves on to new opportunities. just look at his great television ratings. for better 01’ great television ratings. for better or worse, he also said he hopes to go on and make a lot of money. a lot of questions there. how are they going to get the white house back on track, what is the conflict of interest having come from wall street? let's talk to daniel lippman a reporter for politico in washington. he loves a lot of people, scaramucci. he is a hedge fund manager. very successful on wall street. in the leave and extreme showboat. he has ingratiated himself among republican candidates. he worked on the romney campaign as a volunteer. he has donated a lot of money and attached himself to donald trumpa yearortwo money and attached himself to donald trump a year or two ago after previously criticising him

very interesting in the white house today, because sean spicer has stepped down from the west wing press podium, he is the much lampooned press secretary, sean spicer. he has now resigned because someone spicer. he has now resigned because someone has been parachuted in above him as director of communications, and on with a rather marvellous name, anthony scaramucci, can he do the fandango asked steve humphries on twitter? so, melissa mccarthy is going to be out ofjob on saturday night live with no one to impersonate. it seems to have taken people out of surprise this one.“ anything, that's the greatest tragedy of it. the melissa mccarthy routine presumably not up for much longer, doing that amazing parity. sean spicer seemed too... i mean, everybody presents a boss suddenly been parachuted everybody presents a boss suddenly been pa rachuted about everybody presents a boss suddenly been parachuted about them and perhaps they thought that job may be encompassed in a job title. he made it clear privately he did not want to see anthony scaramucci given this job as director of commun

afternoon to you. sean spicer is out as white house press secretary. that news spled like wild fire moments after we learned that anthony scaramucci would be taking up the vacant post of white house communications director. and those two things happening nearly simultaneously is reportedly not a coincidence. a source with knowledge of the situation tells my colleague katy terr who is with me here that spicer was telling people last night he would resign if scaramucci was hired. katy is going to join me to tell us more about that. but first a short time ago, the first on-camera press briefing since june, and guess who showed up? >> i would love to have sean here. sean decided that he thought it would be better to go. and for me as it relates to sean, it speaks volumes to who he is as a human being, who he is as a team player. so his attitude is if anthony is coming in, let me clear the slate for anthony. and i do appreciate that about sean and i love him for it. but i don't have any friction with sean. is i don't have any friction with rienls. this is the white house, the united stat

media battle tank, the provider of alternative facts. and tonight he's gone. sean spicer, the president's official spokesman and bulldog in chief, resigned from the white house after mr trump hired a new communications chief, anthony scaramucci, as mr spicer‘s boss, something that mr spicer found hard to stomach. sean spicer has resigned from the white house after mr trump itu communications chief. something that sean spicer found hard communications chief. something that sean spicerfound hard to communications chief. something that sean spicer found hard to stomach. now, let's admit it, sean spicer may have broken the first cardinal rule of comms, don't become the story, but some people will miss him at his unique approach. we have the mpr white house correspondentjoining me from america. good evening. if nothing else, mr spicer was great sport and gave you lot in the press lobby of the white house plenty to talk about. you are going to miss him? yeah, sure. he definitely got good ratings as the president said in his statement bidding sean spicer farewell. the white house p

a big shake-up. sean spicer resigning after president trump naming anthony scaramucci as the communication director. alison: scaramucci insists there is no bad blood. >> it speaks volumes to who he is as a human being and team player. he wants to clean the sleet for anthony. i appreciate it and love him for it. this is a difficultvation to be in. i applaud his efforts and i love the guy and i wish him well. i hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money. >> meanwhile, today anthony scaramucci named sarah huckabee sanders as the new press secretary. michelle: but it is the departure of sean spicer that has the city buzzing. jeff goldberg has reaction tonight from northwest washington. jeff? jeff: you could make the case that sean spicer was the most well-known price secretary in modern history. his daily press briefing became must-see tv for millions of americans. alike. outside the white house today, feeling that the news was inevitable. >> i'm not shocked. >> i'm not surprised. jeff: that sean spicer on the job six months and a day resigned as press secretary. >> he

sean spicer a number of times over the past decade or so. you're saying that sean spicer, we know, memorable and it's been sure, you see he had an impact on us here, locally. >> quietly and sometimes, not so quietly at other times. first of all, there was a level of time when sean spicer took the job at white house press secretary. president trump campaigned and took office as an outside force. spicer was high profile member, the gop communications as working as congressionalee back then. he truly authored on political activities. he later worked for the u.s. trade representative and republican national committee. the epi center of establishment. he had a local impact here. you'll recall, publicly, he expressed concern about the allegations this spring of rape inside rockdale high school. he did so before national audience. he also answered questions about dc's dignity law, saying the white house will not weigh in on it formerly until congress first intervened. these are not common topics. he involved local journalist including the tall dude on the left. he did that way before oth

matters to us ♪ hey, everybody i'm eboni williams and eric bolling and kat timpf. sean spicer resigning as house press secretary his decision coming as anthony scaramucci communications director. fast-moving developments. we will go to chief white house correspondent john roberts who has more. john? >> eboni good afternoon to you, this happened very quickly in the space of 24 hours. anthony scaramucci was at the white house yesterday talking to the president, the subject of the communications job came up. the president said hey, i like you. you are a great guy. you are very loyal. i like the way you get out there and you battle. the president referring to the battle that scaramucci had with cnn recently and thenned up with three journalists being fired from that network and said how would you like to be my communications correct. scaramucci said fine, no problem. there was a bit of a war overnight when steve bannon the president's streef strategist and ribs were chief of staff making the case against it scaramucci went back in to seat president at 10:00 this morning. the president said

, if it is friday, what we've got here is a failure to communicate. >> tonight, sean spicer steps down as white house press secretary as sarah huckabee sanders officially steps in. >> he understood that the president wanted to bring in and add new people to the team. >> and another long time trump ally steps up. >> if you want to eat an elephant, you've got to eat it one bite at a time and sarah and i are going to do that together. >> how will anthony scaramucci change the messaging out of the oval office. >> it has been a very successful life experience for president trump to be president trump. let's let him do that. >> plus, the palace intrigue. >> i don't have any friction are sean. i don't have any friction are reince. >> how is it all shaking out across the borders of the west wing? >> we are a little bit like brothers where we rough each other one once in a while, which is totally normal for brothers. >> and pardon me, does the president believe he has the power to pardon himself? this is mtp daily, and it starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm katy terr in new york in for

. quoting intelligence intercepts. >>> plus sean spicer's out sometimes only as good as donald trump's cell phone. >>> as jared kushner prepares to answer questions on the hill we're learning more about his finances, what he didn't disclose before. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a friday night. he did b eleventh hour gets underway on friday night. >>> good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here. "the friday night edition. day one of the 83rd trump administration. a year to the day since he accepted the nomination. sean spicer was ordered to berate the media on how we reported the crowd size. we'll talk about his tenure and replacement. first to our friday night breaking news story. this centers on attorney general jeff sessions. this one comes from the washington post. the headline tonight, sessions discussed trump campaign-related matters with russian ambassador, u.s. intelligence intercept show. that's just a headline. quoting here, russia's ambassador to washington told his superiors in moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters including policy issues important t

huckabee sanders. the new white house press secretary we were just told. she's replacing sean spicer who announced he is resigning. his last day will be in august. the move comes after president trump hired anthony scaramucci as the new white house communications director. scaramucci is a close friend of the trumps. he's a wealthy financer and an entrepreneur. he's 53 years old. he worked with the president during the campaign. let's talk about what we just saw with our panel. i think it is fair to say, dana, that his was a smooth and affable presentation. and yet, when it comes to facts, there is reason to be concerned. he's tried to lend some credence to the false claim by president trump that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally. he talked about how polls indicate that the president is beloved. i don't know what polls they are. the president has a lot of work to do. he's currently in the 30s when it comes to his approval rating. so, i don't doubt for a second that he pleased an audience of one, but for those of us who are fans of the truth, the jury's still out. >> if the president s

press secretary sean spicer announced his resignation after president donald trump hired financier andrew --rritt lucci -- scare emoji mucciw scaramucci -- scara on -- >> with us all first started to come out, that is anthony was actually interviewing for the job at 10:00 this morning. the job was offered to him specifically, and then following that, sean spicer has resigned. this is a very clear shakeup in the communications department of the west wing, something that has shown as the most combative with the media but also the most visible. and sources outside of the white house have said the president has grown frustrated with sean spicer. vonnie: the story we are learning is that the president did not particularly want him to resign. >> it depends on who you ask, but this is the white house trying to move on and get a new beginning from all of the russia investigations that continue to cloud it. vonnie: there have been so many times when we were wondering that there would be a communications shakeup, but it is now coming. sean spicer resigning under process that he was being sid

sean spicer's resignation. alison: the decision and spicer highlights ahead. but first a stormwatch7 weather alert for you. nancy: heat advisory continuing in the afternoon was we track potential for pop-up storms again. for the latest on this go to stormwatch7's meteorologist brian van de graaff. a hot and huggy week coming to a close -- muggy week coming to the close. brian: but the heat and the humidity not going to break until next week. there are a few storms to the far west. we talk about in a bit. go to the map and see that we are under a heat advisory that is in effect until 8:00. feeling like at times up to 105 degrees out there. currently as we look at the capital wheel. 95 in the city. when you factor in the humidity it feels like1 104 in quantico. it feels like 104 in culpeper. as we look at the radar, it's off to the west. along 81, showers and thunderstorms to warrenton and woodstock. a cell that is closer in to the west but that is continuing to fizzle and we head to the evening, hit-or-miss showers and storms. warm and muggy. through the weekend, strong to severe stor

secretary sean spicer is resigning after just six months. >> he had one of the toughest jobs in washington, press secretary sean spicer did not have it easy, due to donald trump's need for communication and his constant tweaking. --constant tweeting. insiders say he left in anger after trump picked anthony scaramucci to become the official director of white house communications. spicer was on trump's washington team from day one. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness and her operation -- an and inauguration period. correspondent: his battles with the washington press corps was f odder for comedians. he was memorably parodied by saturday night live's melissa mccarthy. it has been announced as the deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will replace him. brent: let's bring in our correspondent. what a day. do we know the back story here, why mr. spicer said it is time for me to go? correspondent: it seems it is directly connected with the announcement that anthony scaramucci, this is new york lawyer would be stepping in as communications director. the stories arou

resignation of press secretary sean spicer. >> change comes to the white house. >> press secretary sean spicer resigns. >> sean is a true american patriot. he's got a great family, and he's done an amazing job. >> and anthony scaramucci is named communications director. >> you want me to be as candid as you would like me to be with you guys? there feels like there's some media bias. >> there's been some speculation in the press about me and reince. we rough each other up once in a while, but he's a dear friend. >> sean spicer and chief of staff reince priebus will join us tonight in two exclusive interviews. "hannity" starts right here,e, right now. . this is a fox news alert. welcome to "hannity" on on this major breaking news night. press secretary sean spicer, and white house chief of staff reince priebus will be joining us in exclusive interviews tonight. also buchanan, ari fleischer are here with reaction paid by john roberts, standing by the latest on the changes to the president's communications team. >> good evening to you. this has been going on for months, coming together