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john kelly is trying to get a handle on that. as you know, the chief of staff can only do so much, only works for the president and can't kwlool he does or says 24 hour as day. >> jim acosta, stand by. and kaitlan collins is working the story. more inside information, kaitlan. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yes. obviously, we know that steve bannon is out. we do not know if he resigned or if he was asked to resign by the president today, wolf, but we know that the president was furious this week after steve bannon did this interview with a reporter for "the american prospect." as you know, wolf, in that interview, steve bannon contradicted the president on north korea saying that there is no military solution for it, and he also asserted he could make personnel changes at the state department. was badmouthing colleagues at the white house, and we know that the president was furious about that interview. that's been a problem that's come up before with steve bannon. the president does not like when steve bannon gets credit for
john kelly is trying to get a handle on that. as you know, the chief of staff can only do so much, only works for the president and can't kwlool he does or says 24 hour as day. >> jim acosta, stand by. and kaitlan collins is working the story. more inside information, kaitlan. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yes. obviously, we know that steve bannon is out. we do not know if he resigned or if he was asked to resign by the president today, wolf, but we know that the president was...
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. >> that is john kelly. it is important. the president has to deal with a number of crisis and problems, he has a national security process that involving deputy meeting and principle meeting to move forward on recommendation to president, he should follow that. he should do the same thing with economic policy. and to dom o domestic policy, to create an orderly process where information is provide, option are viewed and then presented to the president, when i was chief of staff to bill clinton before any briefing went to president it had to come to me, in the chief of staff's office at the white house. house. i think that is the right way to do business. maria: that makes sense. meanwhile the crises that administration is dealing with are the leaks. calling them damaging, they are ramping up attention on leaks, they will prosecute the leakers. what do you think about all this? secretary, how do you stop the leaking? >> you know, interestly enough, i think that a lot of that will relate to john kelly's ability to be a strong
. >> that is john kelly. it is important. the president has to deal with a number of crisis and problems, he has a national security process that involving deputy meeting and principle meeting to move forward on recommendation to president, he should follow that. he should do the same thing with economic policy. and to dom o domestic policy, to create an orderly process where information is provide, option are viewed and then presented to the president, when i was chief of staff to bill...
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>> yeah, i know john kelly. that sounds exactly how i would think john kelly would respond to this. i don't know any of the fine print. i'm learning about this the same way you are, anderson. but it's very consistent with the character of the man that i know. >> the reporting tonight from "the washington post" that was just breaking that president trump actually dictated don junior's misleading statement. again, if true, how damning is it for the president? this is certainly something that bob mueller would be looking into. >> sure. i'll leave your legal experts to go ahead and say what that might mean to mueller's investigation. i was watching the breaking news in the green room here. the thought occurred to me, when fs a mi i was a military attache in bulgaria, i got into a long discussion. and i said to my counterpart, what is truth to you? he looked me right in the eye and said, truth? truth is what serves the party. look, i know we're imperfect. sometimes we stray into gray areas, but i think most people like me, anderson, think a statement like that, truth is what serves the p
>> yeah, i know john kelly. that sounds exactly how i would think john kelly would respond to this. i don't know any of the fine print. i'm learning about this the same way you are, anderson. but it's very consistent with the character of the man that i know. >> the reporting tonight from "the washington post" that was just breaking that president trump actually dictated don junior's misleading statement. again, if true, how damning is it for the president? this is...
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-- does every special assistant go2net john kelly first? >> as i have said, john kelly has the full authority to carry out -- >> sarah, real quick. spicer, will sean he be in the administration in any way now that anthony scaramucci has announced that he will not be a part of the administration? sarah: i am not aware of any changes on that front. days ago, anthony scaramucci was introduced as the new white house commission director. 10 days later, he is out of the job. the president announced on attter that there's no chaos the white house. how would you describe what is happened over the course of the past 10 days? obviously, you would agree with your boss the president, that there is no chaos. but how do you explain that not to be the case? said that before, if you want to see chaos, you did to come to my house and we -- see the three boys. just to be clear, that is not an open invitation to come to my house. [laughter] >> does the president regret hiring anthony scaramucci? >> i will not get into anything that is beyond that front. theou
-- does every special assistant go2net john kelly first? >> as i have said, john kelly has the full authority to carry out -- >> sarah, real quick. spicer, will sean he be in the administration in any way now that anthony scaramucci has announced that he will not be a part of the administration? sarah: i am not aware of any changes on that front. days ago, anthony scaramucci was introduced as the new white house commission director. 10 days later, he is out of the job. the president...
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so the president is still miffed, but that doesn't matter because john kelly isn't miffed, and john kelly is the boss now, not the president. the information about the call from john kelly to jeff sessions was provided to the associated press by, quote, two people familiar with the call. the people demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about a private conversation, and that is the standard definition of leaking. so two people in the trump administration leaked a call between the new white house chief of staff and the attorney general. those two people could actually be john kelly and jeff sessions, or they could be two people that heard jeff sessions' end of the call or one person on the kelly end of the call, another one on the sessions end of the call. there's a bunch of possibilities and combinations there, but they're all trump administration people, and this is a leaked story from the trump administration about the new white house chief of staff who was brought in to end the leaking in the white house. the leaking will never end. the utterly insane twe
so the president is still miffed, but that doesn't matter because john kelly isn't miffed, and john kelly is the boss now, not the president. the information about the call from john kelly to jeff sessions was provided to the associated press by, quote, two people familiar with the call. the people demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about a private conversation, and that is the standard definition of leaking. so two people in the trump administration leaked a...
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. >> that is john kelly. it is important. the president has to deal with a number of crisis and problems, he has a national security process that involving deputy meeting and principle meeting to move forward on recommendation to president, he should follow that. he should do the same thing with economic policy. and to dom o domestic policy, to create an orderly process where information is provide, option are viewed and then presented to the president, when i was chief of staff to bill clinton before any briefing went to president it had to come to me, in the chief of staff's office at the white house. house. i think that is the right way to do business. maria: that makes sense. meanwhile the crises that administration is dealing with are the leaks. calling them damaging, they are ramping up attention on leaks, they will prosecute the leakers. what do you think about all this? secretary, how do you stop the leaking? >> you know, interestly enough, i think that a lot of that will relate to john kelly's ability to be a strong
. >> that is john kelly. it is important. the president has to deal with a number of crisis and problems, he has a national security process that involving deputy meeting and principle meeting to move forward on recommendation to president, he should follow that. he should do the same thing with economic policy. and to dom o domestic policy, to create an orderly process where information is provide, option are viewed and then presented to the president, when i was chief of staff to bill...
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>> john kelly was the one that delivered the news to john kelly, when the white house put out an official statement about this. i think she in charge. this was a john kelly move. he was predisposed to do it. steve bannon felt worried that ban n bannon was leaking information. and the book that came out asserting that steve bannon was the master mind. >> you also had a time, it may have ultimately been a decision that two men came to at the same time. >> whether or not there was some thought, and if there was not consider about making the administration's life and the president's life more difficult, he might have been left it. kelly was said to have delivered the news. it is unclear and unknown, it's a wild card. he goes outside independently. steve bannon is now a household name. there is people that will be upset that he left this white house. i talked to a bannon ally earlier this week. they said we had a sense this is coming and we look at this white house now and we see new york democrats and generals. that is not what we worked for in 2016. steve bannon is the leader of a coalition
>> john kelly was the one that delivered the news to john kelly, when the white house put out an official statement about this. i think she in charge. this was a john kelly move. he was predisposed to do it. steve bannon felt worried that ban n bannon was leaking information. and the book that came out asserting that steve bannon was the master mind. >> you also had a time, it may have ultimately been a decision that two men came to at the same time. >> whether or not there...
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chief of staff john kelly. bye bye. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ [theme music] >>> welcome to potus 2017 where we keep watch on the oval office and pour cold hard facts on the over heated political rhetoric. i'm brian lehrer. today a special program. we have gathered some political specialists and general practitioners to examine the administration's effect so far on the country and on the presidency itself. even without passing a major piece of legislation, it's safe to say that the effect has been profound. let's get right to our panel. first via skype in los angeles
chief of staff john kelly. bye bye. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ [theme music] >>> welcome to potus 2017 where we keep watch on the oval office and pour cold hard facts on the over heated political rhetoric. i'm brian lehrer. today a special program. we have gathered some political specialists and general practitioners to examine the administration's effect so far on the...
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john kelly hopes that he can work with democrats. a year ago, he gave an interview, he did endorse either candidate and that he would work for a president trump or president hillary clinton. that he is not ideological. he is very different in that way then the reince priebus, who very much was sort of born and bred of the republican party. think because he is gone, we are going to see is mike pence more and more take on that role as the administration's conduit to republican members of congress at least until kelly is able to build some of those relationships. >> jon: james homan and caitlin healy burns, thank you very much. we will found out in the coming days whether ivanka trump is working alongside general kelly or somewhere a little further down the white house hierarchy. also waiting for the white house briefing set to start at the top of the hour. we will take you there live when that begins. molly? >> causing some damage in the sunshine state. as the worst of it over? more where that storm is heading next. plus lots of pressu
john kelly hopes that he can work with democrats. a year ago, he gave an interview, he did endorse either candidate and that he would work for a president trump or president hillary clinton. that he is not ideological. he is very different in that way then the reince priebus, who very much was sort of born and bred of the republican party. think because he is gone, we are going to see is mike pence more and more take on that role as the administration's conduit to republican members of congress...
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this is john kelly over there on the far left. this is in the old executive office building address and the entire white house staff late this week. telling them their responsibilities, the chain of command and saying, your duties are first to country, second to the president and as far as your own self interest is concerned, that does not count. some trump supporters suggesting this could be a turning point in the trump presidency. is that overly dramatic? >> you know, it depends on which kind of trump supporters you're talking about. some see john kelly as a savior. someone who will stabilize and it will be a turning point. and there are some trump supporters that see this as a betrayal of the true trump. that john kelly is in some way being brought in to blunt the sharp ideological edges of nationalism and so forth. that trump had promised.and look, that white house is a snake pit. you talk about the military bearing of john kelly impressing people. hr mcmaster has i believe three stars on his shoulder and his military bearing
this is john kelly over there on the far left. this is in the old executive office building address and the entire white house staff late this week. telling them their responsibilities, the chain of command and saying, your duties are first to country, second to the president and as far as your own self interest is concerned, that does not count. some trump supporters suggesting this could be a turning point in the trump presidency. is that overly dramatic? >> you know, it depends on...
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that's john kelly's job now. john kelly is now the commander of a ship of fools. the challenge that he faces now is unlike any challenge he has ever faced. tomorrow's challenge and the challenge for the day after that and the day after that will be which fool did he control or get rid of that day. joining us now, chris whipple, the author of the gate keepers. max boot, a former foreign policy adviser to presidential campaigns of john mccain, mitt romney, and marco rubio. also with us, jeremy bash, a former chief of staff at the cia and defense department. jeremy, i want to start with you because you know general kelly, have worked with him, and i want to get your sense of what he's going to be able to accomplish going forward. first of all, in this leak patrol that the president very much wants him to be the leader of. >> i think general kelly sees his primary job not so much as constraining the leaks because i think over time he has seen in the pentagon and other jobs really the only way to combat leaks is loyalty. it's not by investigations and by trying to chas
that's john kelly's job now. john kelly is now the commander of a ship of fools. the challenge that he faces now is unlike any challenge he has ever faced. tomorrow's challenge and the challenge for the day after that and the day after that will be which fool did he control or get rid of that day. joining us now, chris whipple, the author of the gate keepers. max boot, a former foreign policy adviser to presidential campaigns of john mccain, mitt romney, and marco rubio. also with us, jeremy...
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john kelly is a breath of fresh air because he does have more of 40. -- authority. i don't think the president grass that the ceo of a country can change the way it corporation is going very quickly. he doesn't have to obey a lot of norms and rules. the president is bound by the cap to share in and tradition and a range of things. the american people voted for somebody who would break from that. the president is constrained. if you were to a point every single person to the federal the only way a president can read that troop of people he did not bring in with them is to inspire them and say we are going in the same direction. talk about what you seen with the president addressing the work of the attorney general. the justice department's handling of the russia thing has raised questions. if frankly, i don't take that's fair. jeff sessions was interviewed by the president for the job. there were scenarios as to what would happen with the russia question. wante president did not jeff sessions to recuse himself, he should have asked him. i think this is a mistake on m
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it's a clear victory for john kelly. it fortifies and strengthens his control over what has clearly been a wild west end of white house. i would now expect a more sort of military discipline given that he is a general over the white house. there,bannon out of especially after the events of charlottesville and the president's unfortunate reaction to it, i think it would be a serious calming influence. they might actually begin to get onto the agenda that they promised the american people that they would focus on, which has been completely diluted and all this -- and all this that has been going on. vonnie: definitely some insiders agitating for that. stick with us. i want to bring in marty schenker. there are conflicting reports. times"a new york saying that trump is still debating, while abc news saying that steve bannon resigned two weeks ago. what does it mean for the so-called all right movement and that vein of thinking in a macon society? -- in american society? marty: i think is alive and well frankly. with all def
it's a clear victory for john kelly. it fortifies and strengthens his control over what has clearly been a wild west end of white house. i would now expect a more sort of military discipline given that he is a general over the white house. there,bannon out of especially after the events of charlottesville and the president's unfortunate reaction to it, i think it would be a serious calming influence. they might actually begin to get onto the agenda that they promised the american people that...
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john kelly putting a quick end to a whirlwind 11 days. boy, the new york tabloids are having a field day. "va-mooch" reads the "new york post," "adios mooch-cacho" another. two down. >> i love that. >> what a day it was. it is tuesday, hard to believe. good morning, welcome to "early start" iem'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. new reporting suggesting president trump himself personally dictated the initial misleading statement about don jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer during the campaign. according to the "washington post," the president insisted on a change in strategy after advisers planned to issue a truthful statement to get ahead of the original story before it broke in "the new york times." the "post" citing people with knowledge of the deliberations says the president dictated a statement saying his son and the russian lawyer discussed a program about the adoption of russian children. the statement was worked out on air force one on the flight home from the g20 summit in g
john kelly putting a quick end to a whirlwind 11 days. boy, the new york tabloids are having a field day. "va-mooch" reads the "new york post," "adios mooch-cacho" another. two down. >> i love that. >> what a day it was. it is tuesday, hard to believe. good morning, welcome to "early start" iem'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. new reporting suggesting president trump himself...
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y tres semanas despuÉs de que john kelly tomar el puesto como jefe de gabinete. vemos que tambiÉn saliÓ hace dÍas scaramucci. javier:fÍjate la lista de personas, scaramucci, spicer, flyn, james comey, entre tantos otros. y las personas que han entrado y se han ido. caro: bueno, se dice que donald trump es el hombre mÁs poderoso en estados unidos y del mundo. hablando del presidente, les cuento que publicÓ su cuenta oficial de instagram eel momento que llamÓ el presidente del gobierno espaÑol, mariano, y la imagen de la conversaciÓn fue junto a su jefe de gabinete john kelly. y tambiÉn activan su cuenta de instagram. javier: sigamos en espaÑa. ahÍ, en donde parecía que habÍa un rÍo humano de personas, hicieron un homenaje a las 14 vÍctimas. y digo 14 porque subiÓ el nÚmero de personas fallecidas. una de ellas estaba hospitalizada. y pasÓ ahÍ, en barcelona con un sentido minuto de silencio que asistieron diferentes personalidades, y que terminan una gran ovaciÓn a la playa --plaza de catÁlogo ya. >> no tengo miedo, fue la consigna. tras el ras
y tres semanas despuÉs de que john kelly tomar el puesto como jefe de gabinete. vemos que tambiÉn saliÓ hace dÍas scaramucci. javier:fÍjate la lista de personas, scaramucci, spicer, flyn, james comey, entre tantos otros. y las personas que han entrado y se han ido. caro: bueno, se dice que donald trump es el hombre mÁs poderoso en estados unidos y del mundo. hablando del presidente, les cuento que publicÓ su cuenta oficial de instagram eel momento que llamÓ el presidente del gobierno...
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john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general h.r. mcmaster, kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. steve bannon told people he wasn't involved in that but nobody in the west wing believed that. but all of these things came together. he was fired. you hear the resignation. that was a face-saving conversation but he was told his time was up. >> and let's not forget, i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea. >> that interview was -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> to be clear, though. i was still stick by my reporting on that story. that was the one interview that he really did not intend that to be on the record. that was purely bannon excited about a china ally and it was truly a blunder. that interview. >> it was on the phone with a veteran journalist with a progressive leaning website. kristen welker in the flesh. >> it is good to see you. >> and i'm reminded camp david with a day trip for an afghanistan meeting. president is back in bedminster tonight. so talk about bannon's baliwick, and it was an inte
john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general h.r. mcmaster, kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. steve bannon told people he wasn't involved in that but nobody in the west wing believed that. but all of these things came together. he was fired. you hear the resignation. that was a face-saving conversation but he was told his time was up. >> and let's not forget, i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea....
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or john kelly was chief of staff. i do think you're pointing out something interesting, though. when you unceremoniously fire and get rid of your chief of staff, there is the possibility they might come around and bite you. i'm not saying they're responsible for "the washington post" story but you have to wonder what kind of stuff they can tell the press. i'm also struck by what willie said, which is there's sort of like this ham fistedness to all of this, this utter lack of discretion from the trump team about how they're handling all of this that is just puzzling to me. the cover-up is just so poorly executed that it's just raising all these suspicions. why is he in there crafting that statement? why is he talking to putin so much in why is he firing comey? i mean, everything he's doing leads a casual observer to say what's going on here? something must be happening. i'm wondering why they're so bad at being discrete. >> it raises the question again and again, to elise's point, whenever it comes to russia, there's a
or john kelly was chief of staff. i do think you're pointing out something interesting, though. when you unceremoniously fire and get rid of your chief of staff, there is the possibility they might come around and bite you. i'm not saying they're responsible for "the washington post" story but you have to wonder what kind of stuff they can tell the press. i'm also struck by what willie said, which is there's sort of like this ham fistedness to all of this, this utter lack of...
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we were waiting on a review by chief of staff john kelly. apparently that is going to be negative for steve bannon. if that does indeed happen, would it be a surprise to anyone? kevin: no, i've spoken to three political republican consultants who are frequently worked with the white house. all them eagerly anticipating this. one told me that this will hopefully have a "clean slate for this white house. : " another said it will hopefully stop some of the damage but not all of it. a third told me that this has been "imminent" for quite some time. several folks i've spoken within the last 24 hours said that the idea that steve bannon, while the president's chief strategist will be able to rein in president trump from his rhetoric, it's foolish to think that. you can see trump speaking off prompter at a press conference several days ago. vonnie: whether retired or not, will he still have the presence ear?'s there were plant people close to the president who got distant but now again have the ear of the president. kevin: general kelly removing an
we were waiting on a review by chief of staff john kelly. apparently that is going to be negative for steve bannon. if that does indeed happen, would it be a surprise to anyone? kevin: no, i've spoken to three political republican consultants who are frequently worked with the white house. all them eagerly anticipating this. one told me that this will hopefully have a "clean slate for this white house. : " another said it will hopefully stop some of the damage but not all of it. a...
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so you do know what john kelly is going through. oven obviously, there's some differences between perhaps the public discipline of donald trump and bill clinton. but let's focus on the similarities. explain what you think john kelly is going through right now that you remember. >> well, i think the big challenge is to walk into the white house and really be able to get your arms around the operations within the white house. it's really critical that he establish relationships first and foremost, obviously with the president. there has to be a relationship of trust between the president and the chief of staff. now, in addition to that, he's got to be able to establish a relationship with the staff that's there, and make them understand that he's going to be chief of staff, and that they're going to have to go through him. so i think the real challenge for john right now is to be able to put in place elements of discipline, a strong chain of command, the ability to develop some kind of orderly process or policy. those are the big chal
so you do know what john kelly is going through. oven obviously, there's some differences between perhaps the public discipline of donald trump and bill clinton. but let's focus on the similarities. explain what you think john kelly is going through right now that you remember. >> well, i think the big challenge is to walk into the white house and really be able to get your arms around the operations within the white house. it's really critical that he establish relationships first and...
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than any job john kelly has had before. what i handle my own kelly is going to have the white house staff report to him chris but when you have? the president's door sat in the white house how is that really going to work in practice do you think. well first let's see if that's true. you mean that the deep fundamental most important thing of all is that kelly has to be empowered. as first among equals in the white house and and the staff needs to report through him. now that doesn't apply to family. you know the reagan white house was fractious and it was. complicated and you had family involved and james a baker the third who was ronald reagan's quintessential chief during the first term was savvy enough. to form alliances with nancy reagan. and with michael deaver who a deputy chief who was like a son to reagan. yeah as a result he was able to prevail even when the the hard right ideologues came after him. but you know it's it's it's not at all clear that john kelly is a jim baker. story klee how have generals down and th
than any job john kelly has had before. what i handle my own kelly is going to have the white house staff report to him chris but when you have? the president's door sat in the white house how is that really going to work in practice do you think. well first let's see if that's true. you mean that the deep fundamental most important thing of all is that kelly has to be empowered. as first among equals in the white house and and the staff needs to report through him. now that doesn't apply to...
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so maybe this is a message to john kelly. maybe this is a message to his supporters but i don't -- even john kelly cannot imagine he's going to take this job and suddenly be able to stop this president from tweeting, you want to help this president, the last thing you want him to do, don't use social media. it's how he uses social media. we don't want you to stop. senate majority leader, speaker of the house, committee chairman on capitol hill, they might. you were going to say -- i'm sorry. >> no lie. i think sara is right. i don't think anybody wants the particular ed to stop tweeting. you saw a story, forgive me, this morning, kelly trying to wri right the president in terms of afghanistan. in terms of the travel ban. he's taken him, closed the door and had a face-to-face with the president. you're already seeing seeds this is not someone who will be steamrolled by the president. perhaps because he's a general and the president likes to surround himself by folks in the military. perhaps that will maybe not change things, t
so maybe this is a message to john kelly. maybe this is a message to his supporters but i don't -- even john kelly cannot imagine he's going to take this job and suddenly be able to stop this president from tweeting, you want to help this president, the last thing you want him to do, don't use social media. it's how he uses social media. we don't want you to stop. senate majority leader, speaker of the house, committee chairman on capitol hill, they might. you were going to say -- i'm sorry....
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john kelly putting a quick end to a whirlwind 11 days. boy, the new york tabloids are having a field day. "va-mooch" reads the "new york post," "adios mooch-cacho" another. two down. >> i love that. >> what a day it was. it is tuesday, hard to believe. good morning, welcome to "early start" iem'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. new reporting suggesting president trump himself personally dictated the initial misleading statement about don jr.'s meeting with a
john kelly putting a quick end to a whirlwind 11 days. boy, the new york tabloids are having a field day. "va-mooch" reads the "new york post," "adios mooch-cacho" another. two down. >> i love that. >> what a day it was. it is tuesday, hard to believe. good morning, welcome to "early start" iem'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. new reporting suggesting president trump himself...
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>> well, i like john kelly a lot. he was my military aide for two years when i was secretary at the defense department. and the best thing to know about john kelly is he is first and foremost a marine. he's dedicated his life to public service. committed to whoever is commander-in-chief. and he's somebody who believes deeply in discipline and a strong chain of command and an orderly process for decision making and doesn't tolerate chaos very easily. so i think he's the right guy to be able to try to get the white house back in order. i think the real question is going to be whether or not the president gives him the room to make the changes that are going to be necessary in order to improve the operations of the white house. >> meanwhile the crisis that the administration is dealing with now are these leaks. attorney general jeff sessions on friday came out, gave a press conference, called these leaks incredibly damaging. they are ramping up the attention on leaks, and they are going to prosecute the leakers. what do
>> well, i like john kelly a lot. he was my military aide for two years when i was secretary at the defense department. and the best thing to know about john kelly is he is first and foremost a marine. he's dedicated his life to public service. committed to whoever is commander-in-chief. and he's somebody who believes deeply in discipline and a strong chain of command and an orderly process for decision making and doesn't tolerate chaos very easily. so i think he's the right guy to be...
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it's true john kelly really hasn't reined in donald trump. i don't know that anyone can rein in donald trump. >> that's also being said today as well. ladies, thank you so much. >>> the very latest on boat rescues in and around houston. msnbc's meteorologist bill carron says in the next 48 hours another 23 inches of rain is possible for houston. we're waiting for a briefing from the governor of that state. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. i expect a lifetime guarantee. and so should you. on struts, brakes, shocks. does he turn everything to gold? not everything. at midas we're always a touch better. book an appointment at midas.com a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home... ...with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection
it's true john kelly really hasn't reined in donald trump. i don't know that anyone can rein in donald trump. >> that's also being said today as well. ladies, thank you so much. >>> the very latest on boat rescues in and around houston. msnbc's meteorologist bill carron says in the next 48 hours another 23 inches of rain is possible for houston. we're waiting for a briefing from the governor of that state. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments....
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but we did see him praise john kelly there. we have really seen john kelly create a sobering mood here in this very divided west wing of the white house. we found out from the "new york times" yesterday that john kelly is going to great lengths to streamline information that is getting to the president. he even cuts off rambling advisers in the middle of their sentences, listens in on phone calls with cabinet secretaries and the president, and is booting staffers from high level meetings if they don't need to be there. we saw him make changes right away when he ousted the ten day old communications director anthony scaramucci because he didn't think he was disciplined enough. we are seeing him really create a sense of order. even the president's children, ivanka trump and his son-in-law jared kushner go through kelly before getting to the president. we have seen all of that happen. we will see if he's still able to keep a tight leash on the president this week while he's here on vacation. the white house is billing this as a wo
but we did see him praise john kelly there. we have really seen john kelly create a sobering mood here in this very divided west wing of the white house. we found out from the "new york times" yesterday that john kelly is going to great lengths to streamline information that is getting to the president. he even cuts off rambling advisers in the middle of their sentences, listens in on phone calls with cabinet secretaries and the president, and is booting staffers from high level...
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john kelly taking raines as the chief of staff, bringing order to the white house showing the communications director the door is donald trump tweeted it was a great day at the white house and predicted general kelly will go down as one of the greatest. >> we respect what he has done, what he has done nothing short of miraculous. i predict general kelly will go down in terms of the position of chief of staff one of the great ever. we are going to make america great again. it is all about making america great again. >> reporter: the change brings a new chain of command leveling authority rights priebus did not, even steve bannon, jared kushner will answer to him. sarah huckabee sanders said he will not have a role elsewhere in the administration as his profanity laced comments were inappropriate. >> he does not have a role at this time in the trump administration. the president felt anthony's comments were inappropriate for person in that position. and he didn't want to burden general kelly with that. >> reporter: no official word on his replacement but the daily caller is reporting senior ad
john kelly taking raines as the chief of staff, bringing order to the white house showing the communications director the door is donald trump tweeted it was a great day at the white house and predicted general kelly will go down as one of the greatest. >> we respect what he has done, what he has done nothing short of miraculous. i predict general kelly will go down in terms of the position of chief of staff one of the great ever. we are going to make america great again. it is all about...
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when kelly came in and told john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general hr mcmaster. kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. bannon told people that he was not involved but nobody in the west wing believed him. he was fired. that was a face savoring conversation but he was told that his time was up. >> that's also, now i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea. >> to be clear though, i would still stick by my reporting. that's the one interview that he did not intend on the record. it was truly a blender of that interview. >> wow, i guess so. he was on the phone with a veteran journalist. kristen welker in the flesh. i thought you live in a television for a couple of months there. >> i do. good to see you in person. >> we never get to see knew the studio. thank you for coming over. camp david for the meeting and president trump is back for the night. chief strategist was an interesting title. a lot of people agreed he had no business on the national security council and he was eased out of of that early on. ho
when kelly came in and told john kelly that steve bannon was encouraging the outside campaign against general hr mcmaster. kelly was stunned by that and horrified by that. bannon told people that he was not involved but nobody in the west wing believed him. he was fired. that was a face savoring conversation but he was told that his time was up. >> that's also, now i remember that bannon said there is no military option in north korea. >> to be clear though, i would still stick by...
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this is maybe part of the new john kelly era. the chris, you do note that generals, military officials in the past, it doesn't always necessarily work as a perfect fit for the political chief of staff role. why? >> no. the in fact the only press accidedent we have the last one was alexander hague. he lasted a little bit more than a month. so the press i -- kelly to do that would serve donald trump, serve the country, and serve his place in history. the and it would be very simple thing to do, perhaps. and that is to tell the staff, look, we are going to aggressively defend the president's agenda, advance it, but do something else too. we're going to tell the truth. i think that would be an enormous step in not only advancing the trump cause, and the cause of the country, but it would also, you know i think help the morale within the white house. >> truth is a powerful thing. chris, you've also said that this is mission impossible. right? for kelly? i mean why? >> look, it's the most dysfunctional white house in modern history. it
this is maybe part of the new john kelly era. the chris, you do note that generals, military officials in the past, it doesn't always necessarily work as a perfect fit for the political chief of staff role. why? >> no. the in fact the only press accidedent we have the last one was alexander hague. he lasted a little bit more than a month. so the press i -- kelly to do that would serve donald trump, serve the country, and serve his place in history. the and it would be very simple thing to...
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just hours after general john kelly steps in. scaramucci was not officially scheduled to start until august 15. he leaves 15 days before that in ten days after he was announced in the job. that brings us to at least eight white house staffers out in the past six months. some see this as president trump running his administration like a business, making decisions quickly. critics say it's an inexperienced white house scrambling to find its footing in washington. fox team coverage. chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us. how general kelly will discharge his duties. we begin with john roberts and the changing white house staff on a monday. >> good evening. ten days ago press secretary sean spicer stepped down in order to clear the decks for anthony scaramucci to build a new communications team. today the white house cleared the decks again. it ranks among the shortest ten years and white house history after ten days on the job, anthony scaramucci is out as white house communications director. general john kelly, new whi
just hours after general john kelly steps in. scaramucci was not officially scheduled to start until august 15. he leaves 15 days before that in ten days after he was announced in the job. that brings us to at least eight white house staffers out in the past six months. some see this as president trump running his administration like a business, making decisions quickly. critics say it's an inexperienced white house scrambling to find its footing in washington. fox team coverage. chief...
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kelly was brought on, general john kelly a lot of speculation he's one of the people that kelly would likely want to see out. because he is such a lightening rod figure. >> high profile. let's bring in niles standage for from the hill. there's a lot to break down, first, let's start with the fact this has been rumored this was coming before, but who and what do you believe was kind of the final push to get him out the door? >> i think a couple of things, sarah, you mentioned john kelly becoming chief of staff. that had a big impact. kelly perceived to want to cut down on in the white house but the north korea point that tony alluded to one of my sources was saying it was that that was the final straw. because the white house was trying to lay out a strategy trying to basically suggest there could be military action as a deter ent and bannon said it's not going to happen >> seems like it's a possible exit strategy for anyone who wants to be fired. do an interview or something, where you seem to contradict or overshadow the president >> i think the second point you made about overshadow
kelly was brought on, general john kelly a lot of speculation he's one of the people that kelly would likely want to see out. because he is such a lightening rod figure. >> high profile. let's bring in niles standage for from the hill. there's a lot to break down, first, let's start with the fact this has been rumored this was coming before, but who and what do you believe was kind of the final push to get him out the door? >> i think a couple of things, sarah, you mentioned john...
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chief of staff john kelly. and john kelly has gone to bat for the president publicly. via on the wiretapping issue. be it on the travel ban. so he has sort of earned the president's trust at this point. now, the longevity of that, we'll have to see. another thing about the tweets that was interesting, kind of old favorites. it was the media. it was democrats. he could have, with this pence story gone after ben sasse and some of the republicans that were named as sort of -- sort of seeing theirs blood in the water. he didn't. he didn't. >> could have gone after his vice president. >> could have done that, too. >> instead went after the "new york times." look at one of the tweets in this morning. the fails "new york times" made every wrong prediction about me including my big election win apologized is totally inept. never mind he talks to the "new york times" more than anyone else. leave that aside. >> and apologized. >> yeah. but this is also following on something really extraordinary yesterday. the vice president of the united states releasing a formal statement sayi
chief of staff john kelly. and john kelly has gone to bat for the president publicly. via on the wiretapping issue. be it on the travel ban. so he has sort of earned the president's trust at this point. now, the longevity of that, we'll have to see. another thing about the tweets that was interesting, kind of old favorites. it was the media. it was democrats. he could have, with this pence story gone after ben sasse and some of the republicans that were named as sort of -- sort of seeing theirs...
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john kelly taking business at dhs has meant immigration arrests are up 40%. dhs being one of the branches of government that have been willing and able to execute trump's policy principles. now that he's in the oval office, the only questions that matter are whether kelly can prevent trump from moving against special counsel robert mueller and whether he'll resign if he can't. joining us is brian broiler. thank you for being here. have you been able to determine whether or not general kelly, who has been a loyalist up to now, has any intention whatsoever of reining trump in. >> it's clear 24 hours in that's fixed everything, that there's nothing wrong at the trump white house anymore and that all of the problems there are solved. even if you set aside everything that you said in your lead-up which creates a damning portrait of kelly as more of a loyalist than a truth teller. if john kelly could be the most effective chief of staff in history, more effective than panetta and james baker and could lock down the oval office so people weren't coming in and out ge
john kelly taking business at dhs has meant immigration arrests are up 40%. dhs being one of the branches of government that have been willing and able to execute trump's policy principles. now that he's in the oval office, the only questions that matter are whether kelly can prevent trump from moving against special counsel robert mueller and whether he'll resign if he can't. joining us is brian broiler. thank you for being here. have you been able to determine whether or not general kelly,...
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tonight general john kelly showed him who is in charge. >> just swore in general john kelly. >> reporter: general john kelly in, anthony scaramucci out. days after his profanity-laced tirade in the new yorker against former chief of staff reince priebus. >> the president felt that his comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. >> disappointed that he didn't do as well. >> reporter: he knows anthony scaramucci. >> when you have defeat you could have upheaval in the white house and this is a chance for the white house to do a recelt. refocus on their agenda -- reset. refocus on the agenda. >> reporter: the third time it started over in 10 days. >> the president has a right to hit a reset button. >> reporter: he has had enough. >> this is disgraceful. the petty dramas. the chaos that has come to dominate the news is standing in the way of us getting things done for the american people. >> our president, our commander in chief. >> reporter: general john kelly is expected to impose discipline on competing power factions in the white house. one formerly led by reince priebus, s
tonight general john kelly showed him who is in charge. >> just swore in general john kelly. >> reporter: general john kelly in, anthony scaramucci out. days after his profanity-laced tirade in the new yorker against former chief of staff reince priebus. >> the president felt that his comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. >> disappointed that he didn't do as well. >> reporter: he knows anthony scaramucci. >> when you have defeat you could...
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john kelly first i have to ask you, he's going to hold the staff responsible. is he going inform hold the commander in chief responsible? will he challenge president trump? >> we hope so. otherwise there will continue to be chaos in the office. he has to hold all of the trump family. that will be the biggest task, loading the president in check and holding ivanka and kushner in check. as you said, supposedly they have to go through him. >> how realistic is that? this has been run like a family business. >> it is run like a family business. you can't fire your daughter and son-in-law. especially when your son-in-law has seven jobs. overseeing the veterans department, looking for peace in the middle east. come on. you can't do that. >> is it different because john kelsey a retired marine. he's, you know, a stand up straight kind of guy. that image. and the tone of firing scaramucci on day one. >> right. >> this guy is no nonaccepts. maybe trump, president trump, you know, respects that more. >> if the president does not listen to retired four star marine general,
john kelly first i have to ask you, he's going to hold the staff responsible. is he going inform hold the commander in chief responsible? will he challenge president trump? >> we hope so. otherwise there will continue to be chaos in the office. he has to hold all of the trump family. that will be the biggest task, loading the president in check and holding ivanka and kushner in check. as you said, supposedly they have to go through him. >> how realistic is that? this has been run...
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we've got scaramucci who is out, john kelly is in. priebus is out. do you think this is the trump administration finally getting its footing after six months. i don't think we can get a dismantling l of administration as getting his footing. our military is here to protect all americans regard less of race, creed, sexual orientation and so should our president. that's not just what had discussed before is what our querns here in the media and it may jive with what voters are worried about, the pocketbook kitchen table issues. what are the issues in people in prince george's county, what are they concerned about? are they keeping one eye on this and just looking at other issues. >> there's a lot of issues, work ing families particularly. but healthcare is important to uses in prince george's county, particularly when we talk about the medical center that is coming down to largo. that directly impacts people in my community in landover and upper marlboro and across prince george's county. this healthcare thing is very serious to us. >> yes, it is and c
we've got scaramucci who is out, john kelly is in. priebus is out. do you think this is the trump administration finally getting its footing after six months. i don't think we can get a dismantling l of administration as getting his footing. our military is here to protect all americans regard less of race, creed, sexual orientation and so should our president. that's not just what had discussed before is what our querns here in the media and it may jive with what voters are worried about, the...
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also the issue of good chief of staff john kelly wanting mr. scaramucci out and the president not been happy with scaramucci's choice of words in an interview last week. here's what white house press secretary terry sanders had to say about it. >> the president certainly felt the comments were not appropriate for a person in that position and he didn't want to burden general kelly also with that line of succession as they think we've made clear a few times over the course of the last couple days. general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house. reporter: when asked if scaramouche you would advise the president or have any role, and the answer was essentially no. that view. lauren: and schapiro commit thank you. today president trump is scheduled to meet with small business leaders at the white house as they continue to get the economic agenda on track. cheryl: overseas who got some breaking news to bring to you this morning. the wife of venezuelan opposition leader leopold lopez says he's been taken from his home by autho
also the issue of good chief of staff john kelly wanting mr. scaramucci out and the president not been happy with scaramucci's choice of words in an interview last week. here's what white house press secretary terry sanders had to say about it. >> the president certainly felt the comments were not appropriate for a person in that position and he didn't want to burden general kelly also with that line of succession as they think we've made clear a few times over the course of the last...
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just as a a new chief of staff, john kelly is taking over. >>> and we're left with tropical storm emily, now a tropical depression dumping lots of rain overnight. thousands are without power. >>> then the olympic games are returning to the united states, los angeles, as it's been picked to host for the third time. now the countdown gets under way. you >>> and all you really need is two pieces of bread and something to put in between them, right? pretty simple. not so much. we're checking out some of the greatest sandwich-making fails as we take part in a challenge. we'll no doubt fail ourselves. national sandwich month. i failed at saying the word sandwich. the month begins on this tuesday, august 1st. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> yeah. >> sandwiches are delicious. >> yes, they are. >>> it's a great month of celebrating. we have, august is here. do you believe it? august 1st? basically, we're like one tenth of the way through the scaramucci communications dir t director career at the white house. >> let's start off with that, should we? a new head-spinning day as the
just as a a new chief of staff, john kelly is taking over. >>> and we're left with tropical storm emily, now a tropical depression dumping lots of rain overnight. thousands are without power. >>> then the olympic games are returning to the united states, los angeles, as it's been picked to host for the third time. now the countdown gets under way. you >>> and all you really need is two pieces of bread and something to put in between them, right? pretty simple. not so...