what did sarah huckabee sanders call it, the russia fever? all this kind of stuff and stephanie and i were very frustrated because we're economics journalists. we'd love tow been talking about made in america week, but in fact we get did he railed by this russia stuff because the president is going after bob mueller and his team and talks about jeff sessions and all that kind of stuff. it is kind of frustrating because you have business to do on capitol hill and the mesh public is getting more and more frustrated with the fact that basic business isn't getting done. and i think all plam goes to the white house at this point. >> yeah, you mentioned russia. look, if i were the -- if i were in the white house, my advice to the president would be here is your answer on russia every single time. oh, i've done nothing wrong. director mueller is investigating the situation and we'll be cleared when his investigation is complete. next question. that should be the answer, but because, i know, the president then will intervene in some way or interfere,

in another move it was revealed that sarah huckabee sanders would take over for sean spicer. announcement came directly from mr. scaramucci when he was announced at today's white house briefing. >> finally i would like to read a statement on the resignation of press secretary sean spicer. i am grateful for sean's work on the american people. i wish and continued success as he pursues new opportunities. anthony has been a great supporter and will help implement key aspects of our agenda violating the communications team. we have accomplished so much and being given credit for so little. the good news is that the people get it even if the media doesn't. i will be back after that to answer any follow-up questions. mr. scaramucci: thank you. i will be very brief, i will make my remarks in formal and take questions. i would like to announce formally that sarah huckabee sanders, you cannot hear me, i am sorry. sarah huckabee sanders will be the press secretary so you can congratulate her -- still can't hear me? no sound? better now? i will start over. you guys heard me in the front

but in recent weeks when they have been on camera it has been sarah huckabee sanders doing those. what i thought was interesting about watching anthony scaramucci in the briefing room is, as gavin says, he is slick and polished and he was trying to almost reset the relationship with the media. he said when he spoke to journalists, and going to take every question i can. when asked whether he would reinstate the regular daily on camera briefings he said, i will ask the president and ask sarah huckabee sanders, but i will try and do that. it seemed like he was a good operator on camera and if president trump was watching that one wonders whether he will be making more of an appearance on camera because he was a very robust defender of the president. in that report he said, i love the president. i've been very loyal to him. it seems those are the most important characteristics you need if you want to stay in the white house. thank you very much. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope. launched just two yea

as we know, sarah huckabee sanders may take that role. it's a huge role and one that affects the day-to-day relations coming out of that white house. >> it is an important role, it's somewhat diminished by their decision not to hold televised briefings every day. as we all know, it got good ratings, millions of people were tuning in every day on all of the cable news channels to see reince priebus or sarah huckabee sanders take on the press and now that they've basically, to a large degree, ended the televised briefings, that diminishes the role of the press secretary to some degree, but it's still a big role and it's important, you have to figure sarah huckabee sanders has the inside track on that. as of about 9:00 this morning and things do change in this white house, and they like the way she engages and pushes back on the press, so we'll have to wait and see what happens and we'll see if scaramucci has some say. >> harris: that's an excellent point. one of the criticisms were anybody who stepped up to that lectern, whether it be spice

huckabee sanders. darren headache has capitol hill covered. and nbc national security analyst clint wats is back in knock. he's a former fbi special agent, part of the joint terrorism task force and a senior fellow at the research institute. peter, i'm going to get into that hearing in a second, but first we just got word about what president trump has to say in an interview with cbn. it's some of his first words in days. >> that's right. christian broadcasting network. to air tomorrow, but already we are getting some clue about the conversation. a write through from the christian brofting network. the topics included north korea, his recent meeting with vladimir putin that the president in effect zriebld as productive. here is in part what he says. he says of the conversation they had that i think we got along -- we get along very well and i think that's a good thing. that's not a bad thing. people said, oh, they shouldn't get along well, who are the people that are saying that? i think we get along v

during mina, has press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. good evening to you. never a dull moment at the white house. i think everybody who has had a chance to read through these comments from a conversation that anthony scaramucci had with ryan at the new yorker, it's a jaw dropper. the language in there is unbelievable. >> i'm sorry, martha, just the last second. can you repeat the question? >> martha: absolute. the article that came out that came out in the new yorker that detailed his conversation with anthony scaramucci who is going to be the communications director at the white house, has language in it that the that thickest jaw-dropping and really and really shocked a lot of people. he's put out a statement about that. what's your response to a? >> i think he put out a statement just moments ago, and stated that this is a guy who sometimes uses colorful and in many circles probably not appropriate language. he's very passionate about the president and the president's agenda, and i think he may let the cap best of them. >> martha: i just want to put up o

while sarah huckabee sanders was doing those. it seems he resigns just minutes after this announcement was made. brent: anthony scaramucci against the house of bannon. what do we know about this communications director anthony scaramucci and why he's such a big problem for sean spicer? correspondent: the cause of the strife within the whitehouse over anthony scaramucci we do not know. he is cut from the same cloth as donald trump. it seems that trump really admired him because a mere two weeks ago anthony scaramucci was the subject of a cnn article alleging he had close ties to agents close to the russian government. anthony scaramucci was a big fundraiser for trial during the campaign -- for trump during the campaign. these allegations of being close to russia were not good for anthony scaramucci. that story into being retracted and this three journalists retired. brent: our washington correspopondent on the story. thank you very much. now to be middle east, palestinian president mahmoud abbas says that the palestinian leadershi

host: walk us through a typical day for sarah huckabee sanders. sarah: i don't know if there is a typical day. it usually starts pretty early at 5 a.m.. it starts early 5:00 a.m. i only have one early riser. my three year old, i usually spend time visiting with him in the morning before i leave, and get to the office early enough to try to read through and catch up on any news that to place before i went to bed. then we start with a series of meetings around 7:15 talking about the news of the day, prepping for what we want the message of the day to look like and responding to any stories that might be coming up. from there, every day is a little different than the one before, which is why i love what we do. no two days are alike and every day presents new challenges and gives us a new way to be part of the administration. host: wendy you get home? sarah: it varies -- it can be 7:00 to 10:00 at night. >> if you take on this job -- sean spicer has made a couple changes. how do you approach the job of deputy press secretary, and approach relations wi

sarah huckabee sanders has proven herself very adept in these briefings. because scaramucci is taking over, he may have someone else in mind. perhaps it will be announced, we will find out when there is a rare on camera briefing today later this afternoon. it's not just a question of sean spicer leaving, there will be a rethink of the whole relationship with the media. in light of the fact the president gave that interview where he took a shot at jeff sessions with the failing "new york times" as he calls it. perhaps it doesn't need to be is constantly contentious relationship between the president and the media. we will see what scaramucci has in mind. >> heather: more resignations as a result? >> it's always dangerous to predict resignations as chris wallace mentioned. sean spicer was reince priebus' guy and didn't have the previous relationship with president trump. i don't know whether there will be a full-scale shakeup. i know the president is always reporting, this one is out, this one is out, but at the very least we will see a retooling of the comm

. >> we have sarah huckabee sanders at the podium. we're going to listen in. thanks so much, jeff. >> sure. >> waiting for you. good afternoon, everyone. before i start, i'd like to bring up national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster and treasury secretary steve mnuchin to discuss the administration's response to the maduro regime's recent democratic actions in venezuela. they will each make opening remarks and then take your questions on the topic at hand, and then as always, your favorite time of day, i'll come back up and take your questions. thank you. >> hi, good afternoon, everyone. i thought it might be best just to read the president's statement. since president trump's inauguration, the trump administration has called on maduro's regime to respect the constitution, to respect the national assembly, hold free and fair elections, address the humanitarian needs of the venezuelan people, release political prisoners and st stop opressing its great people. the regime has refused to heed this call, and the recent actions culminating in yesterday's outra

from the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders. she writes, "anthony scaramucci will be leaving his role as white house communications director. mr. scaramucci felt it was best to give the chief of staff, john kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. we wish him all the best." so they sent him to the wishing well. his own people, his own supporters, the president's own supporters -- there's general kelly there as we wait for this medal of honor ceremony. it's his own supporters none other than the editorial board of the "wall street journal" saying this isn't a communications problem, this is a presidential problem. are they addressing that at all, john? >> the only thing we've heard on that front, you have to let trump be trump. anybody that tries to make the president something other than he is going to fail and fail miserably and likely won't have a very long tenure here at the white house. we know that john kelly's work at dhs, the senior military adviser to leon gates and from the marine corps is one tough co

an hour and a half before this press briefing, sarah huckabee sanders -- what's happening? >> meghan: how do you stop the bleeding at this point? >> ari: it's controlled mad chaos. that's what it is. meetings began on time and ended on time. you want to take the podium, but you keep getting more stuff coming into you. what do you do? i don't think the white house press secretary is calling donald trump, jr., and saying tell me all the facts because he is not a white house staffer and they probably shouldn't do that anyway. it's going to be a miserable briefing because the press secretary doesn't have a lot of knowledge. >> harris: sarah huckabee sanders standard answer in the past as i have not talked to the president about that. hopefully she's talking to the president about those. those questions are going to come. >> ari: it's a legitimate question. >> sandra: much more in our top story brick in a and plus an attorney for president trump now says a fired fbi director james comey appears to have broken the law. this amid growing questions of whether or not comey's menus c

eastern by sarah huckabee sanders. for a change, not focusing necessarily on policy or rules were speculation regarding the russian probe. today it's breaking news in the communications department itself -- sean spicer has stepped down and anthony scaramucci, former principal at sky bridge is said to be taking over very shortly. we have comments from sean spicer. kevin: sean spicer just tweeted his first tweet since he announced his regular nation. it's been an honor and a privilege to serve. i will continue my service. this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: the white house press briefing has been filling up over the last 30 minutes or so. we are going to be getting a briefing at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, sarah huckabee sanders we assume discussing sean spicer stepping down at anthony scaramucci formally set to take over. what does this mean in terms of future strategy going forward? and the relationships within the white house administration, and the intrigue their? i'm texting with my trump sources throughout the show, and i ca

at did they tell sarah: keep up the good work and hang in there. >> sarah huckabee sanders, thank you for your time. sarah: thank you. house coming white medications director anthony scaramucci announced that sarah sanders will be white house press secretary. mr. scaramucci: i will make my remarks in formal and take questions. i would like to announce formally that sarah huckabee sanders is going to be -- you cannot hear me, better question mark huckabee sanders will be the press secretary so you can congratulate her after -- still can hear me, no sound? ok. better? better now? i will start over. you guys heard me in the front. sarah is going to be the press secretary. so congratulations. >> there is an interview with sarah sanders tonight. she sat -- pledged to do her best as press secretary. we will show you that briefing now.

sarah huckabee sanders said at the briefing today that the president was just joking about that. i tried to ask, as sarah huckabee sanders was leaving the room, how could the president of the united states joke about police brutality. she did not answer that one. >> she is saying steve bannon and other white house officials want to go speak and the president said all white house staff will answer to john kelly. >> that will be contested in the next couple weeks, not only because jared kushner and ivanka trump are part of the president's families and have sort of walk-in privileges as adviser that can walk into the oval office without going to the chief of staff. obviously this is something reince priebus did not have control on when he was the chief of staff here at the white house, wolf. various officials could simply go around reince priebus and meet with the president without the chief of staff having any knowledge of that. obviously retired general kelly wants to put a stop to that and have the staff report directly to him. but as you know, even with anthony scaramucci steppi

my hats off to sarah huckabee sanders, i'm real happy for her. i think it's a great fit. i think you'll continue to see folks that work with the president to get his message out there. right now his best message is not getting out there like it needs to be. >> one thing about sarah huckabee sanders, we should point out, she is the first female white house press secretary since dana perino. congratulations to her. one thing that was very interesting about scaramucci's appearance today, there were more preservations of love than you hear on the not rock channel in an hour. he was very pro-use of the word. >> he is generally a wonderful human being, and i think as members of congress get to know him better and get comfortable with him, they're going to led him lead them to the right things for the american people. >> first off, karma takes place in the next life. without getting into that, is this going to work? >> this is part of the gig when you work for president trump, you have to do some of that. i think also when he had that disagreement with him and called him names o

you heard sarah huckabee sanders defer on that. but one thing i have heard from sources outside the white house and inside, it's difficult to bring somebody on board when they do not have the assurances that they can have their own people in place. that has been a refrain that i have heard again and again from people who have had conversations around this in recent weeks. so it would make sense for that to have been something that general kelly came in and made clear before taking the job. because that autonomy issue is one that has come up in the west wing before. again, this is clearly a statement from kelly it's his show now. at least on the one level below the president. we keep saying this, nicolle but it's true. it may be the start of a new era and a new leader and it's still the same boss and still president trump in the oval office. >> the day started as many do with the president sharing his inner monologue with the world on twitter, talking about how the white house is not in chaos and ramping up a war of words with china

there was sarah huckabee sanders there. really two main topics that dominated discussion there, one being what's going on still with the president publicly belittling, over twitter, his current a.g. and then two, what is the deal with these tweets from the president today, which really blind sided even the department of defense when it comes to reinstating this ban on transgender individuals serving in the u.s. military. so david, let me just open this up to you, beginning on the sessions issue, and i think the news that was made there was hearing sarah huckabee sanders saying the president can be disappointed in someone but still want him on the job and saying that they hadn't talked at least in the last week. disappointed, still wants him in the job. how do you reconcile that. >> it's hard to do so because that sort of now begs the question with every one of attorney general session's actions serving in president trump's cabinet, are now still disappointed with that, sir? are you still disappointed with that? it's a very

we're told that sarah huckabee sanders will be giving one in about an hour from now. but we'll watch it closely. in the meantime, blake burman at the white house on the fast moving developments. blake? >> reporter: and neil, the update from the white house at this moment is there is going to be an on-camera briefing here at the white house, 2:00. sarah huckabee sanders, in which they will sort of spell everything out or what they want to spell out as to how everything plays. we will see if anthony scaramucci is involved with that briefing. as you know, recently, the white house has been bringing several cabinet members. top principals to the briefings to spell out whatever the topic du jour is and turn it over to sarah sanders. to take it from there, we don't know if scaramucci will be brought in or sarah sanders doing the briefing, either way, the white house will spell out in about an hour how all of this played out and how communications shop will work going forward? this has all developed within the last few hours, and what have you at the white house right now, n

the spokesperson will be sarah huckabee sanders. i spoke to anthony several times. he says what so many of us in the white house say. we'll do what the president needs to us do. and everybody takes different skill sets into the west wing. it's the president who decides what combination are best. anthony has that new york swagger. when we hear his life story, he's a very generous humble person that i have known to be that way. it reminds me of the campaign shakeup a year ago. you want to put the people in place who can help the leader be who he is and help him succeed. judge jeanine: there are reports that reince priebus and bannon were dead set against it and over my dead body with scaramucci coming in. what happens to reince priebus now and those people who were so opposed to scaramucci coming in, and scaramucci to his credit never lost his cool, he stayed on course, and it makes me a believer he's going to be able to deliver for the president. what about priebus, are these days numbered? kellyanne: we have been hearing that since day won. he was down in norfolk to

sarah huckabee sanders, the lady in read today. and there is anthony scaramucci, communications director at the white house officially. >> the president will welcome several living survivors of the attack on the u.s.s. arizona at pearl harbor and their families. truly the most prized thing have come out of our country have been the brave men and women that risked their lives protecting the freedom of americans and allies around the globe. at 2:00 the president signed an executive order near will ensure the men and women of the greatest military in the world have the ships, aircraft, vehicles, and other supplies they need to keep us safe in the years today. this is the first ever whole assessment of the home defense industrial base. marks the first time that an american president is investing personal attention into the united states defense health. he is supporting our nation's heros for decades to come. next week we will be highlighting american heros like the world war ii veterans, the first responders that keep our community saf

we talked to sarah huckabee sanders about what it is like. here is a bit of what you will see tonight. >> when did you say to yourself that you are going to work for donald trump? after my dad got out of the race, even during the campaign, i noticed there were a lot of similarities in the rhetoric between my father and donald trump. populist,an economic so i found a lot of similarity in that. frankly, one of the things i loved about my dad is that even though he had been in politics, he was an outsider particularly to washington. i felt like that was something we desperately needed. i saw that same thing in donald trump, even when my dad was still in the race. i was able tout, get on board pretty quickly with now president trump. i felt like he was not only the right person to shake up washington, and i wanted to be a part of that. -- what dida juicy you see? >> i spent a lot of time talking to people in south carolina, iowa, new hampshire, arkansas, and everything in between, and they were hungry for change, for somebody to really come in an

sarah huckabee sanders picked up just moments ago. kristen welker is at the white house where she has been listening. in kristen, what did you hear so far? >> well,ic speak to what mark short, the legislative afarce director has been talking about. we know that lawmakers, senators are going to be meeting on capitol hill tonight. they're going to try to get some traction toward moving forward with a repeal and replace plan for obamacare. of course, initially when this day started, the thinking was that republicans would focus on repealing obamacare only and then replacing it some time down the road. but after that lunch with the president, obviously the plan seemed to shift a little bit. so i think there's going to be an attempt to get on the same page. so mark short was pressed on this about the fact that the president seems to be shifting and changing his strategy. he pushed back against that characterization and said, look, there's nothing inconsistent about wanting to repeal and replace obamacare. but acknowledged that that might n

what did sarah huckabee sanders say about that? >> reporter: jared kushner has come under a fair amount of scrutiny over the last couple of days after it was he vealreveal also attended that meeting at trump tower last summer with the russian lawyer who promised to have incriminating information on hillary clinton. so sarah huckabee sanders was asked today about jared kushner's future in the white house, and his security clearance. take a listen to what she said. >> some congressional leaders, particularly democrats, are very concerned about the trust factor when it comes to jared kushner, and his security clearance. and also still remaining in the job. what does the president have to say about his son-in-law right now in the midst of this storm with the fact that more information continues to come out after he gave his initial statements? and they're concerned about the trust factor when he has a critical piece of security clearance that deals with issues of trust. is the president considering allowing him to stay on leave? and sh

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here's sarah huckabee sanders in her own words a short time ago. >> don jr. took a very short meeting from which there was absolutely no follow-up. frankly, i think sometimes that may make sense just looking at the democratic national committee coordinated opposition research directly with the ukrainian embassy. this is not an accusation, but an on the record action they took. if you're looking for an example of a campaign coordinatoring with -- coordinating with a foreign country or a foreign source look no further than the dnc who actually coordinated opposition research with the ukrainian embassy and nobody had a big problem with that. the only thing i see inappropriate about the meeting was the people that leaked the information on the meeting after it was voluntarily disclosed. >> one other new detail that came out, we had heard that the president's son and from the president's outside counsel both agree that president trump was not aware of that meeting that he didn't participate in that meeting in june of 2016. but during this briefing sarah huckabee s

>> to that point that sarah huckabee sanders was making. support for the magnitsky sanctions is remarkably, remarkably strong. the magnitsky act something to steer clear of. thank you, hans, good tasee you. >>> i want to bring in aaron blake. thank you for being with us. we have a story that you've written that you've outlined six potential defenses that donald trump jr. could use or has used for his meeting. i want to just put that up on the screen to show you that donald trump jr. is young. he's inexperienced. the secret service didn't stop it, even though it happened at trump tower. that loretta lynch let the russian lawyer into the u.s. issued her visa, which is just odd because that's not generally something done by an attorney general. it's not collusion unless it's extensive or planned and veselitskaya was the lawywas ju lobbyist not a government lawyer. >> the big take away is an ever-evolving list of these things. many of them implausible. the secret service one offered by president trump's lawyer is questionable given donald trump

obviously sarah huckabee sanders did not want to move beyond any of the language that president trump has already said about a.g. sessions. we've learned that they did not talk at all this week. that much was clear, and that she would keep us posted if indeed they do. i also thought it was interesting that she said the president wants the attorney general to focus on his duties as attorney general. now, i would imagine jeff sessions would say, that's exactly what i've been doing and by the way, that's what i was doing when i recused myself from the russia investigation. >> right. >> was to stay focused on my duties as attorney general. and ones where i won't have a conflict of interest. it is odd to have the president have his attorney general twisting in the wind the way he is but say, i want him to focus on his job. i want him to do his job and even though i'm disappointed in him, he can do his job. this story's not over, brooke. they're going to have to, as anthony scaramucci has said, they're going to have to resolve this in some way between the two of them. >> number one on sessi

jim sciutto, you heard from sarah huckabee sanders there. this is certainly probably the biggest development in this russian -- alleged russian coconclusic collusion story that we have seen this far. >> we've been covering the story since the very beginning. the senate and house intelligence committees have been digging on this question for weeks, months now. fbi, now the special counsel. that collusion question, and it's still a question, has been based purely on the fact that meetings took place. a number of meetings, a frequency that caught the notice, we have reported, of the sbenls community and law enforcement, particularly the fact that it was with so many russians, both here in the u.s. and conversations and meetings in europe as well. this is the first time we have the substance of the meeting. the impetus behind that meeting, what, in fact, was offered for the son of the president to take that meeting and very explicitly, in black and white, damaging information to the hillary clinton from the russian government with the intention

here is how sarah huckabee sanders responded to those claims.

sarah huckabee sanders will take over in august. holding the first on camera press briefing since june. talking about reports of friction from the white house. >> he decided it would be better to go. >> sean felt like it would be best for that team to be able to start with a totally clean slate. reince and i have been friends for six years. i like the team. i love the mission that the president has. >> loyalty counts in the white house. spicer leaving after 182 days. there were clashes with reporter. there were saturday night live sketches. there were reports president trump was unhappy with his performance and then there were no more on camera briefings. >> the cameras are back. will you commit now to holding regular on camera briefings, sir? >> if she supplies hair and makeup, i will consider it. i need a lot of hair and makeup. i don't know. maybe. the answer is we may. i have to talk to the president about it. >> the staffing changes coming two hours after two bombshell reports about whether the president's lawyers are trying to

how do you see press briefings moving forward, now that we have sarah huckabee sanders >>> you know, i don't think -- first of all, brooke, i don't think scaramucci -- scaramucci sounds like the last guy who is going to rein trump in. he said how brilliant his political instincts are, how important his tweeting is, and he measures importance only by followers. this is a guy who from the world of business and finance where numbers are everything. the bigger trump's audience gets, the easier they are. they're going to be smoother. they're not going to be as contentious in materials of the press briefings. there was a beligerence to sean spicer's press briefings. when she told angela not to shake her head -- >> and when she was asking about the black caucus? pardon me, that was the president, not sean spicer. >> spicer -- scaramucci is going to be an improvement over spicer in terms of being less contentious, less a brabrasive. he said trump is the one you want to see in the mirror. i think he's got a sagging team who has a great press conference and says we're going to win, we're going

sarah huckabee sanders has taken his place. anthony scaramucci posting the news on twitter yesterday writing simply, the tv cameras are back on. sarah huckabee sanders later added there would be a mix of on and off camera. >> harris: oh, my gosh, they made that boo-boo on this story? >> sandra: right away, there is a question of the messaging. >> eric: i'm not sure when the briefings will come back, my guess is they'll come back on camera. anthony scaramucci, it's important to note, he's a good friend of mine for a very long time. i think he's going to clean up the shop, they need a lot of cleaning up, but he reports directly to president trump and that is very important, spicer didn't, other directors have been, he will, but he's also catapulted into this very powerful position. he is now firing people. it's as senior advisor role to the president as well, he's the right guy. >> sandra: going back to these on camera briefings, this has been a very important element of the white house and transparency for whoever is in the whit

this is sarah huckabee sanders giving the white house briefing today. let's listen in. >>> thanks, sarah. at what point did the president discuss with donald trump jr. that meeting? have you had a chance to get a sense of what he feels about this entire story as it continues to unfold? what's your sense on that? >> i have a quick statement that i will read from the president. "my son is a high quality person, and i applaud his transparency." and beyond that, i'm going to have to refer everything on this matter to john jr.'s counsel and outside counsel and won't have anything else to add beyond that today. >> is that the -- >> that's the end. i'm sorry. >> if i could follow up really quickly about the accident. how soon afterwards did the president learn about what happened? what was the tick tock in terms of that? did he get immediate word or did that sort of go through a concerted chain? >> i'm not sure on the exact process. i'll have to check. i know he was aware of the situation, briefed on the situation, and continued to get updates on it. but i don

sarah huckabee sanders is in it. 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. at 10:00 p.m. eastern. we have some previews. >> from what i understand, all of the reports are, the president did not want you to go. tell us what happened. >> he didn't. >> he has been very gracious throughout the process 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 lot of nice thin

and we have just received the first comments from the president through his spokesperson, sarah huckabee sanders. quote, myon is a high-quality

sarah huckabee sanders or an her to -- anthony scaramucci? and jeff zeleny, often compared to shakespearean, others used "house of cards." you have information how it played out internally, the decision to bring anthony scaramucci in, leading sean spicer to say it's time to get out. take us behind the curtain? >> reporter: indeed, john. interesting as we learn more about this. one white house official explained to me more of the process that went into this and there were some pretty big voices in the west wingo posed to this decision. one of them is steve bannon. of course, the chief strat jit -strategist, largely responsible or in part responsible for the president's populist rise but has not been very visible as of late and he was, i'm told, left -- essentially left out of this decision because the president knew he was opposed to it. steve bannon i am told has been trying to block mr. scaramucci from other jobs. he had, you know, hope he would not work inside the west wing here and he was not pleased about this at all, but i am also told t

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sarah huckabee sanders is in it. 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

sarah huckabee sanders saying nothing about don jr.'s meeting was inappropriate. >> there was simply no collusion. they try to create that there was. >> reporter: kellyann conway coming to his defense. >> he had no idea who this person was until she entered the room. >> reporter: now that detail raising eyebrows. why donald jr. would agree to a meeting at trump tower with an unknown russian lawyer who has ties to the kremlin and invite two of the most powerful people

yesterday sarah huckabee sanders said the same thing. she said the president had only learned of this meeting in the last couple days. shepard? >> shepard: ellison, thank you. more ahead on donald trump jr.'s e-mail. we'll speak with a reporter who has been investigating the trump team's connections to russia. we'll hear more from the lawmakers about today's development. we're expecting further comments from capitol hill. that's coming up from the fox news deck on this very busy tuesday afternoon. ♪ binders, done. super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. but who takes care of mom? office depot/office max. this week, get this ream of paper for just one cent after rewards. ♪ taking care of business. fitting into my skinny jeans ♪again? that's cool. feeling good in slim fit? that's cool. looking fabulous in my little black dress? that's cool. getting the body you want without surgery, needles, or downtime? that's coolsculpting. coolsculpting is the only fda-cleared non-invasive treatment that targets and freezes

we'll tell you what sarah huckabee sanders is saying as she says it. we'll have live updates when she starts and then play back the sound when it's over as i mentioned. first president trump is defending his oldest son and lashing out at the news media for its coverage with a russian lawyer. donald trump jr. told hannity he went for the meeting as a courtesy for an acquaintance. his own e-mails show "i love it" after a middleman told him a russian lawyer had information that was part of russia's effort to help candidate trump. donald trump jr. in that interview described the meeting as nothing. he said he doesn't think his sirens went up because it was all pre-russia mania. >> in retrospect, i would have done things differently, this is before the russia mania. this is before they were building it in the press. this is opposition research. they had something, maybe concrete evidence to the stories i had been hearing about, that were probably been reported for years, not just during the campaign. i wanted to hear it out. really, it went nowhere and was

huckabee sanders in many ways. and then you have this other faction, the burr cats, intelligence folks, mind you, who are kind of over in their own little word. so you have that. the second thing is there is no real bond in the sense that if this was a ted cruz or marco rubio that had won, there would be the real strong bond of republicanism, this idea that there was shared values. donald trump is still not viewed by a lot of republicans certainly here in washington as being a true conservative, and they can't necessarily trust him. and that's what you're seeing. quite frankly, erin, it is unfair for the likes of reince priebus and those folks to be getting thrown under the bus all the time when the blame lays directly with the president

sarah huckabee sanders saying something about don jr.'s meeting was inappropriate. >> there was simply no collusion, that they keep trying to create there was. his defense on g.m.a. >> he didn't know her name. he had no idea who she was until she entered the room. >> now that detail raising eyebrows. why donald jr. would agree to a woman at trump tower with an unknown russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin and invite two of the powerful people on campaign, paul manafort and jared kushner to join him. after first saying it was discussion russian adoption it's now to learn about the administration to hurt hillary clinton. trump -- learn about information to hurt hillary clinton.

mirror and promoted today for sarah huckabee sanders . is reince priebus the next friction point? would you buy that they are like brothers and they fight occasionally? >> what i buy and don't buy is really nobody cares but it's important what you heard anthony scaramucci say because at the end of the day, this is about president trump's message. so when blake berman, our correspondent who was asking questions asked anthony scaramucci why he would want this job, it always comes back to other questions like that. the president's message and anthony scaramucci feeling about what the president is trying to do. here is anthony scaramucci in his own words. >> i'm a business person and so what happens in business a lot of the times is you have rotation in personnel as you're making changes and you have lifestyle choices that people are also making. i would love to have sean here. sean decide that had he thought it would be better to go and for me it speaks volumes to who he is as a human being and team player, his attitude is, anthony is coming

that from donald trump through sarah huckabee sanders. next, we're back on the hill with how these e-mails could be a pivotal moment for members of congress. james mcgovern gives me his take after the break. we continue to keep an eye on today's audio only press briefing at the white house. we'll bring it to you as soon as it wraps up. no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® great-granddaughter of benjamin rush.h he was actually the only medical doctor that signed the declaration of independence. i myself am a nurse, my daughter is going to physician's assistant school. we're passing on family traditions. ♪ you myour joints...thing for your heart... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something f

. >>> sarah huckabee sanders did allude to the event at the white house any minute. the president will be addressing the american legion boys and girls nation, so before the president speaks and before we take that live, i wanted to make sure that we get to health care just a short time from now. the senate is expected to begin

you are hearing it all over the place because sarah huckabee sanders also opened that door. i hate that analogy, i've used it 12 times, opened the door just a slight bit. >> reporter: and the press briefing here, liz, at the white house with sarah huckabee sanders is currently ongoing, topic a, topic b, topic c, health care, health care, health care, and sarah huckabee sanders had to defend this comment trump made at the white house in regards to health care earlier today. >> we're probably in the position where we let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it, i'm not going to own it, i can tell you the republicans are not going to own it. we'll let obamacare fail and the democrats are going to say how do we fix it? how do we fix it? or how do we come up with a new plan. >> reporter: at the briefing still ongoing, i asked sarah huckabee sanders why is it good policy to let obamacare fail? she responded saying it is the democrats to blame because they have not been involved in the process. they were the ones to put the health care system intact in the first place and she sai