this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at seven. a bbc investigation finds evidence of children as young as 9 being groomed on a live—streaming app — the nspcc calls the evidence disturbing. so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes by a pack of people online. it is really shocking. the white house spokesman sean spicer has resigned after president trump appointed a wall street financier as his head of communications. farmers are told they will get eu subsidies post brexit — but only if they earn them. the hunt for missing raf airman corrie mckeague — police say the search of a huge landfill site has failed to find his body. also in the next hour — an ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen. it's believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year, with one person dying every hour in the country from the disease. and how a music video performed

by schoolchildren in a yorkshire village has caught the attention of one of the biggest music stars in the world. good evening. welcome to bbc news. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live—streaming app periscope. launched two years ago, periscope allows its millions of users to broadcast live from their phone. but our team found children streaming video live from their classrooms and even their bedrooms — leaving themselves open to abuse. twitter, which owns the app, says it has zero tolerance for this kind of conduct. our correspondent angus crawford reports. not learning, but broadcasting, live from the back of a lesson.

viewers sent her direct messages. another school, another class. more questions from total strangers. but this isn'tjust an innocent chat. are you in high school? yes, we are. we found pupils live streaming across the country. and they've all been using this — periscope, an app owned by twitter, which allows users to broadcast live from anywhere. and our investigation found children using it in their own bedrooms and being groomed in front of our eyes. this child is still in her school uniform, probably 12, no more than that. talking straight into the camera and there is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven requests already. one of them is asking the size of her bra. another one has justjoined. someone hasjust asked her to unbutton her shirt. the age limit is meant to be 13, but we easily find children younger than that. this little girl is really young. someone hasjust asked her

to unbutton her shirt. the age limit is meant to be 13, but we easily find children younger than that. this little girl is really young. hi. so right now it's my first time playing this app. i don't even know what to do. i'm nine. i actually look seven. "up top, please." what do you mean by, "up top, please? " we passed the details of all these children to the police, and showed what we found to the nspcc‘s head of online safety. hi. oh, my gosh. well, it's very disturbing, isn't it? to see children as young as nine when they're so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes by a pack of people online. it's really shocking. what's really worrying about

periscope is the way it uses maps. if i go live from here on a street corner in west london, then anyone can zoom in and find out exactly where i am. twitter refused an interview request, but said in a statement, "periscope has a strong content moderation policy and encourages viewers to report comments they feel are abusive. we have zero tolerance for any form of child sexual exploitation." but our investigation showed children openly being groomed. the question for periscope — can young people really broadcast to the world and stay safe? donald trump's press secretary sean spicer has resigned. it follows the us president's appointment of a former wall street banker as his new head of communications. mr spicer has been much lampooned

in the past as he found himself trying to defend the president against a sceptical press. one of hollywood's biggest stars appeared regularly on us television impersonating him. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a dramatic day at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the faces of the trump administration, has resigned. spicer has been involved in a number of high—profile controversies. early on, he found himself having to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, compared to that of barack obama. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. the pictures clearly suggested otherwise. then there were sean spicer‘s about comments hitler and the use of chemical weapons that drew international criticism. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii,

you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler, who didn't even sink to the, to the using chemical weapons. sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prizes good on—camera performances. in particular, president trump began looking for a strong defender as his problems mounted, in particular with the investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during last year's election. so today the president appointed anthony scaramucci, a wall street financier, as his communications director. shortly after, sean spicer abruptly resigned, suggesting some turmoil inside the white house. in recent times, there were indications sean spicer was being sidelined. he was giving fewer and fewer on—camera briefings. but his allies say there was a deeper problem. he was out there defending white house policy only for the president himself to issue a tweet later that seemed to change the plans. today's moves indicate that donald trump, under pressure, sees the need to have an able communicator who will both defend and fight for his presidency. gavin hewitt, bbc news, washington. we will be going to the white house

as soon as they are ready for the press briefing about this latest development and the decision by sean spicer to resign. he has said on twitter that he will carry on throughout august and then step down. we add expecting to hear more about his decision and possibly reaction from the administration very soon. we will go back there when they're ready. 16 children have been interviewed by social services and police this evening as part of a major investigation into child abuse in cheltenham.

officers have searched properties and seized mobile phones and computers. steve knibbs has the details. tonight, this is still alive investigation. police are describing it as significant. information first came to like last friday of allegations of recent and non—recent child sexual abuse. yesterday, a number of police officers, company by social care teams, visited four homes in cheltenham. at the same time, 16 children of all ages were also spoken to at a number of locations in cheltenham. that is a sensitive part of the investigation. let's get more on that from the man leading the enquiry. we spoke to those children, along with collea g u es those children, along with colleagues from social care. from children's services. to do that, we used specially trained police officers from our child protection teams. what we would call a joint

visit. that consisted of a social worker and police officer, and just explore if the child is happy, if there is anything the child wants to disclose, and just make sure the child is happy and safe. all 16 children involved are now back with theirfamilies children involved are now back with their families and are children involved are now back with theirfamilies and are being supported by police and social care teams. in terms of the evidence seized during searches, it is things like computers, laptops, tablets and phones. they are now being fore nsically phones. they are now being forensically examined right in high—tech team. —— by a. no arrests have been made. this is alive investigation in the early stages. the priority for everyone involved, police and social care teams, is that safeguarding and welfare of the 16 children at the centre of a major investigation of child sexual abuse in gloucestershire. the environment secretary michael

gove has promised to deliver a "green brexit" as he told environmental and countryside groups that leaving the european union offers "once—in—a—lifetime opportunity" to reform britain's farming and fisheries policies. mr gove also said future farming subsidies must be earned rather than be simply handed out. our science editor david shukman reports. in a cloud of dust, the harvest begins this evening in hertfordshire. a key moment in the farming calendar. along with another important event, the arrival of the annual eu subsidies. the payments are based on how much land farmers own. so the richest benefit most. and the environment secretary wants brexit to change that. leaving the eu gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to reform how we manage agriculture and fisheries. and, therefore, how we care for ourland, our rivers and our seas. and we can recast our ambition for our country's environment and for the planet. in short, leaving the european union should mean a green brexit. at the moment, eu farming subsidies

are worth some £3 billion a year. it amounts to about 50% of the total of farmers' incomes. because 70% of uk land is farmed, any change in policy will have a big impact. the idea proposed by michael gove is to link future payments to farmers to better care of the soil, the water and the wildlife. one farmer, robert law, says he's worried the bureaucracy around this just be too complicated. how we're actually going to have the time to get out and do our core activity of farming and growing crops, you know, we're told we are going to receive probably less payment in the future. there's got to be a balance. what michael gove is suggesting is pretty radical by any standards. shifting the emphasis of agricultural policy from food production to encouraging wildlife. none of this is going to happen quickly.

the government has promised that the current system of farm payments will continue until 2022. but some environmental changes may happen more quickly. mr gove promised a new law banning microbeads. tiny plastic particles used in facial scrubs and toothpaste. that can end up polluting the oceans. he wants the new move to save stocks of fish. mr gove says the eu allows overfishing, and he believes britain acting alone could be more sustainable. and he described climate change as a threat. and criticised donald trump for pulling out of the paris agreement on global warming. ultimately, any minister isjudged by their actions. and although mr gove's pledges seem much greener than many expected, what counts is the hard detail on everything from what's grown in the field to how farmers are after brexit. david shukman, bbc news, hertfordshire. back to what is happening in the us.

white house press secretary sean spicer has announced he is going to resign from his post. let's be to oui’ resign from his post. let's be to our washington correspondent, outside the white house, where it is rather hard, i imagine. and humid. what has he said about white he is going? nothing so far from sean spicer officially. but what we understand is that the appointment of financier and wall street insider as director of communications, is the thing he objects to. he a p pa re ntly the thing he objects to. he apparently told the president that would be a mistake. the president was determined to do it. sean spicer decided to resign as a result. he is a pretty high—profile casualty of this administration. he was the face of the ministration for months and months and months. but in recent times, he had begun to be frozen

out. he did not want the president's trip to paris last week for example. he was not allowed to go and see the pope when the president went to europe previously, despite being a pretty devout roman catholic. and he has been really cut out of doing a lot of briefings and on camera briefings because it seems the president did not much like his performance. his position was becoming increasingly untenable and i think this appointment was, in a sense, the straw that broke the camel's back. he has been marked a great deal. melissa mccarthy has impersonated him so successfully. but how much can you blame him for the message having to give out? —— he is having to. he did not get off toa he is having to. he did not get off to a good start with reporters in particular. in a sense, you could argue that his primary responsibility is to not... he was

mocked for things like the non—barzagli inauguration, which he was claiming well the biggest ever. —— like the inauguration. that created a battle touring the pressure. this is often an adversarial relationship but it has to be corporative at times as well. and that never really happened. and i think and that never really happened. and ithinka and that never really happened. and i think a lot of reporters in there felt that there were times that he was defending the indefensible and that was truly stretching loyalty beyond where it should be stretched. so, i would think they will hope for a little bit of a restart on this one. anthony scaramucci, we understand the president likes the way that he appears on tv. whether he will do a lot of the more public facing staff. director of communications is normally a behind—the—scenes type job, rather than being in front of the press. but anthony scaramucci has been doing a lot of that the gaffe of the president recently so we will see exactly how the rules are shaken up.

i'm sure we'll hear a bit about that the next few minutes because sarah sanders is due to start speaking to the press imminently. gary, for the moment, thank you very much. we're keeping an eye on what is going on inside the white house as well and we will be back there when sarah sanders takes to the podium. the headlines on bbc news... a bbc investigation finds evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope. white house press secretary sean spicer resigns after objecting to the appointment of a new communications director. farmers are told they will get eu subsidies post brexit, but only if they earn them. suffolk police say an extensive search of a landfill site has failed to find the remains of a missing raf airman. corrie mckeague disappeared last september after a night out

with friends in bury st edmunds. cctv cameras showed him going into a bin loading bay. ben ando reports. after 20 weeks and having sifted through thousands of tonnes of rubbish at this landfill site in cambridge, the police have turned up nothing. it's tough, it's dirty, it's expensive, but now, says the officer in charge, it has to stop. we searched over 6,500 tonnes of waste, excavating a huge area. without anything further to tell us where he might be on such a vast site, the search cannot continue. 23—year—old corrie mckeague disappeared during a night out in bury st edmunds. he told friends he would walk home but never made it to the raf base nearby. months of searching led nowhere, though police knew his phone seemed to track the path of a bin lorry and that took them to the landfill site. his disappearance prompted a huge social media campaign. his family crowd —funded their own investigation. six weeks ago, his girlfriend april, who was pregnant at the time he went

missing, revealed she'd had his daughter. for his mum, nicola, herself a police officer in scotland, stopping the search is hard to accept. i do believe they should search the area and be able to come back and say that either he is in there or he's not. how can theyjust leave him in there? if... how can theyjust leave him in there? his family said they would be happy to use the fund to pay for more searching and say they are urging the police not to close this investigation because a breakthrough could be just inches away. the ongoing cholera epidemic in yemen is one of the largest recorded in a single year in modern times, according to oxfam. more than 360,000 people are said to have been infected in the country,

one of the poorest on the arabian peninsula. it's a nation devastated by a war between forces loyal to its president and those allied to the houthi rebel movement. amid this, a preventable deadly disease is spreading. nawal al—maghafi reports. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but may be fortunate to make it in time. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping

their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading. and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and it is that they feel completely forgotten by the world. people face the biggest threat in rural areas. in this one village alone, 20 people have died in the space of three months. hours from the nearest town, it was impossible for people without money to get help. abdullah has recently become sick. together with his sister hind, they can't afford the medicine for the illness. the truth is that for many

in this country there is no escaping cholera. here on the edge of the village is the only source of water. the people know it is infected, but with no other options, they continue to rely on it. with me is george graham, director of conflict and humanitarian policy at save the children. thank you very much for coming in. the scale of this outbreak is unprecedented. we have heard how it spreads, but why is it such a monumental scale this time? spreads, but why is it such a monumental scale this time ?m spreads, but why is it such a monumental scale this time? it has taken everyone monumental scale this time? it has ta ken everyone by monumental scale this time? it has taken everyone by surprise. people are not used to call other outbreaks going at this case and to this size. the reason is because the countries already devastated. —— pace. you have incredibly prevalent malnutrition. country on the break

offamine. malnutrition. country on the break of famine. already very vulnerable. the sewage system is not working. clea n water the sewage system is not working. clean water not available. this conflict has been going on for too long and we have an entirely man—made crisis. long and we have an entirely man-made crisis. we can see from these pictures that efforts are being made to treat people, so why is it still running away with itself? there is a chink of good news that there has been a scale up and shipments have been arriving. the aid agencies are doing what we can but in an incredibly difficult context. it is notjust the difficulty of getting around in a hot conflict so on, there is also impediments at the port. earlier this year, we have to be life—saving shipments block. we have no commercial gain access into the city. so aid effort is being

hampered. surely behind the scenes, all the aid agencies must make approaches to those involved on a political level. what is the reaction you get? we're hitting a brick wall, to be honest. we have been calling and calling for months and months and months about this crisis. the world's largest humanitarian crisis in terms of impactand it humanitarian crisis in terms of impact and it has so little visibility, more so because journalists can't get into dock about it. the general public and politicians are not aware and that makes it difficult. and so sorry because we have to stop their baby will try and raise more awareness of this problem. —— we have to stop there but we will try. over to the white house, and sarah sanders is telling us why sean sanders is telling us why sean sanders has resigned as press secretary. this order has

commissioned the first—ever whole government... the first time since president eisenhower that there has been such an investment into the net is these industrial base. president trump is committed to securing the supply chains and robust workforce that will supply nation's heroes for months to come. we will be highlighting american heroes like the world war ii veterans, the first responders who keep our community safe everyday and the boys and girls are all got to be the next generation of american leaders. while i am on the topic of the men and women who protect us, i also wa nted and women who protect us, i also wanted to note that the president commended to the house yesterday for voting to reauthorise the department for homeland security for the first time. the homeland security authorisation act also authorises us immigration and customs enforcement for the first time. secretary kelly has already made tremendous progress in fulfilling the president's promised to end illegal immigration

and fully enforce the laws of the united states. this bill reflects the president's strong commitment to ensuring that progress continues. also on the hill, senate republicans this week work toward our shared goal of saving the american people from the disaster of obamacare. earlier this week, representatives we re earlier this week, representatives were posted from several grassroots organisations, calling on the senate to ta ke organisations, calling on the senate to take action on health care legislation. as the president has said, in action is simply not an option. these groups want lawmakers to know that their members wanted to follow through on their promise to the american people. finally, i would like to read a statement from the president on the resignation of press secretary sean spicer. i am grateful for his work on behalf of my administration and the american people. i wish continued success as he moves on to pursue new opportunities. just look at his great television ratings. he will

continue to serve the imagination through august and the president has also appointed anthony scaramucci as communities is director. a statement on his appointment as well. anthony has a dozen have great respect for and table be an important addition to this administration. yet been a great supporter and well—known help implement key aspects of our agenda well leading the communications team. we have accomplished so much and been given credit for so little. the good news is that the people get it even if the media doesn't. i would like to bring antony hart to say a few words and take a few questions. as always, and will be back after that to answer any follow—up westerns. —— follow—up questions. i'm going to be very brief. i will make my marks informally and then take questions. firstly, i would like to announce formally that sarah huckabee sanders... i'm sorry. is that

better? sarah huckabee sanders is known to be press secretary. you can congratulate her after the session. we still can't iain mcwhirter mark wilson? 0k. —— you still can't hear me? better now? i am going to start over. sarah huckabee sanders is gone to be the press secretary. congratulations. i want to personally thank sean spicer, not only on behalf of myself, the president and administration. but he isa president and administration. but he is a military patriot, great servicemen and he has a great family. this is a difficultjob and situation to be in and out what is efforts. i love the guy and wish them well. i hope he goes on to make a commended amount of money. as it relates to me in this position, i will spend a couple of weeks getting to know the people here and i am

going to be as co—ordinated as i can with people inside the west wing. there has been suspected lesion in the press about —— some speculation in the press. we are like brothers and we rough each other up once in a while. but he isa each other up once in a while. but he is a dear friend. he brought me into the political system and into the republican national committee network. he introduced me to governor walker. we spent many times together socially. a lot of people we re together socially. a lot of people were not aware about this but after the romney campaign, i invited him to skye bridge. it reflects poorly on him not to come in and be our chief operating officer, but i say that injest. he was my first call

this morning when i sat in the oval office. we are committed as true professionals to the team and getting our message out. that is a big goal for us. i said it in the transition and i said it here. there has been attained a disconnect between the winner we see the president and love the president and the way that some of you perhaps see the way that some of you perhaps see the president. the american people probably see the president the way i do but we want to get the message out there. the user wall street expression, that might be spread between how doing and how well some of you guys think we are doing. we're going to work hard to close that spread. i will take questions. what we have seen so far is the president being his own messenger very frequently and that has caused some struggles for the community ‘s staff. how can this wait to get back onto? i takes slight issue with the

statement. we add on track and doing a good job. we have a whole list of things. i didn't want to come out here with a list of a compost and is and start advertising, i want to talk about personnel movement and how we think about things, but i think we are doing an amazing job. the president himself has always gone to be a president in the oval office. earlier today, we talked about letting him being self and expressing his fill identity. i think he has some of the best political instincts in the world and perhaps in history. if you think about it, he started as political ascent two years and two months ago and he has done a phenomenaljob for the american people. people i grew up the american people. people i grew up with, they so identify with the president and love them. we want to get that message out. how do you plan to handle conflict of interests, how was this offer

need to you? what was the conversation? it is not there to be president to go into the exact conversation, i want that to be private. we talked a little bit about the white house, we talked about the white house, we talked about our personal relationship. when he extended the offer to me i saidi when he extended the offer to me i said i would do it. i want to serve the president, i have a lot of family members that served in the american military. i did not serve, i feel out of selective service, it is one of the regrets of my life. it is one of the regrets of my life. it is an opportunity for a need to serve my country, i love the president. it is an honour to be here. in terms of my personal business? i have words with the governmental ethics to take care of all my business conflicts, my start date is in a couple of weeks so it is 100% totally cleansed and cleaned. i don't see an issue with it. one thing i want to say about

this, when you are bringing american business people into the administration and we have some level of success in society, they have too an incumbent themselves, it is very interesting and somewhat ironic, you want to serve the country but you have to take on this mega opportunity cost by getting rid of all your assets. i am only going to do that because i love the country. you have been watching this white house from outside through your own perspectives, what is the first thing you are going to change to try to write this ship and put it ona to try to write this ship and put it on a course? i take issue with that, this ship is going in the right direction. we have got to radio signal the direction very, very clearly. i love the team. i am an

incremental is, most entrepreneurs are. they say something overly bold and dramatic, what good entrepreneurs do is start the day and goes through the process. the seals would tell you you have got to eat an elephant one bite at a time and see and i are going to do that together. did you have any hesitation taking this job knowing it might cause some friction? in that it might lead to sean spicer leaving, which is what is going to happen? the two are at least somewhat coincidental. did you have any hesitation about how you would relate to the rest of the white house is how you came in under the circumstances? i am a business person, what happens in business is you have some rotation personnel as you have some rotation personnel as you are making changes and lifestyle choices people are also making. i would love to have sean spicer is here, he decided he thought it would be better to gold. for me, it speaks volumes to who he is as a human

being, who he is as a team player. his attitude is that i am coming in, let me clear at this late, i appreciate that, but i don't have any friction with sean, this is the white house. we are serving the president. i want to make sure our cultural template is reboot the president's agenda first, which is perfect for the american people, and we serve his interest. if we have friction inside the white house as a result of that we can live with that. i am used to dealing with fiction. was disappointing you did not land a post here from the get go? again, as an entrepreneur, you have to be accustomed to setbacks, i have to be accustomed to setbacks, i have very series in my life which i have very series in my life which i have wrote about. i wrote a bestselling book and if you don't believe me, you can come in to my basement, i will show you every copy. i am very honest about m ista kes copy. i am very honest about mistakes and setbacks. was i

disappointed? yes, isaid mistakes and setbacks. was i disappointed? yes, i said that candidly. but i love the president that i am very, very loyal to the present and i love the mission that the president has since the early days of the campaign. when i went to these rallies and i saw the lovely people have the president, i grew up in the middle class, there is a struggle out there, the president saw that. he taught it to me. i feel that struggle and have empathy for that struggle and have empathy for that struggle and want to help make things better for the american people. charlotte told us that the president needed a clean slate. how does that compare... how badly does the president need a win on health care? here is one problem with the way our society is working, we are micromanaging the seconds of the new cycle. i predicted the president

would get a win on health care, i saw him in operation over the last 20 plus years. he has really good karma. the world turns back to him, he is genuinely a wonderful human being. if members of congress get to know him better and get comfortable with him, they are going to let him lead to the right things for the american people. we are also going to get tax reform done. whatever else is on the president's agenda, we're going to work very studiously to make it happen. will you hold regular on camera briefings? to make it happen. will you hold regular on camera briefings7m to make it happen. will you hold regular on camera briefings? if she supplies here and make up, i will consider it. i don't know, maybe. this is the press secretary, i am a cute today only because i think it's the first day we made a mutual decision, it would make sense only to come up here and try to answer as many questions as possible. i have to talk to the president. i like

consulting with the president before any decisions like that.|j consulting with the president before any decisions like that. i know you have been one of the president's stronger supporters, but if you know what you said about him back in 2015 when you said he was a hack politician? he brings it up every 15 seconds, one of the biggest mistakes i have made, i wasn't an experienced person in the world of politics, i was supporting another candidate. i should never have said that. i personally apologise for saying that. here is the wonderful thing about the news media, that was three minutes of my life, he has never forgotten it and neither has he. i hope someday, mr president, you will forget it. there has been a question about credibility, that have been said in this rumour. let me ask you about what i asked sean spicer on his first day, is at your commitment to the best of your ability to give accurate information and truth?|j

accurate information and truth?” feel like i don't even have to a nswer feel like i don't even have to answer that question, i hope you can feel that for me from my body language. i will do the best i can. you mentioned your relationship with ryan, was he involved in offering you this position? was he consulted by the president ahead of time? yes, he was consulted and involved, there isa he was consulted and involved, there is a lot of speculation in the press about the timing and so one and so forth. i am about the timing and so one and so forth. iam here about the timing and so one and so forth. i am here to tell you that we area team. forth. i am here to tell you that we are a team. i think some of this stuff is unnecessary to go into that granular detail, because then it is almost like the book, the circle, you are wearing a camera almost like the book, the circle, you are wearing a camera on you almost like the book, the circle, you are wearing a camera on you when you are wearing a camera on you when you are wearing a camera on you when you are having conversations. i am a tea m you are having conversations. i am a team player. i have played team sports my whole life, at least as a kid, i believe you have two subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team. if team—mates don't have disagreements about

certain things then there are not going to get a championship. you have got to get together and mix it up have got to get together and mix it up from time to time. i have no problem mixing it up with these guys, problem mixing it up with these guys, i love them, i respect them. is that perfect every single day? tell me who's life is perfect every single day? here i am making to you and the american people and the president, i am and the american people and the president, iam here and the american people and the president, i am here to serve him and the people. are you going to be in regular televised briefings and having a transparent relationship with the press? i am obviously committed to being transparent because i am standing here, but i would like to talk that over with the president. we have a new press secretary, i would like to dog over with her. then we will get back to you. the president has been feeling under siege with the russian investigations. do you feel like he

was feeling exposed, he did not have people adequately coming to his defence, is that part of the reason we have used here today? is one of the things i am doing today is i didn't have my white house counsel briefing before i am having the press briefing, i am going to limit my remarks related to the russian situation. he is the most competitive person, the president, i have seen this guy threw a dead spiral through a tire, i have seen him at madison square garden hitting foul shots and swishing them. he thinks three foot putts. i don't see him as ever been under siege, he is a very competitive person. there is a very competitive person. there is a lot of income into the white house, the president is a winner and we are going to do a lot of winning. one other question in terms of the relationship that the press operations have with news outlets.

they don't like fake news, don't like things like that. is that the kind of relationship you want with media outlets? i want to speak for myself right now. it is my first day on thejob, i've got myself right now. it is my first day on the job, i've got to get familiar with everybody and get direction from the president. i had a personal incident with your news organisation andi incident with your news organisation and i thought i handed it well. you quys and i thought i handed it well. you guys said something about me that was totally unfair and untrue, you retracted it and issued me an apology and i accepted the apology immediately. for me, i have never been a journalist i have played a journalist and television, i used to host wall street week for fox business. i have empathy for journalists, sometimes they will get the story is wrong. i don't like the fa ke the story is wrong. i don't like the fake news and if you said to me that there is some media bias, if you wa nt there is some media bias, if you want me to be candid, there feels like there is a little bit of media bias. we're hoping what we can do is

de—escalated that and let's let them, the message from the president, get out of the american people. the president is no one to see himself has its own best spokesperson. that was clearly a challenge that sean had at this podium, how do you plan on navigating that? i thought shonda the very very good job. he is very articulate, he has had 30 years into medications. there are people here —— in the communications. he will be a very effective communicator for wherever he goes. as it relates to standing at a podium, everyone has their own individual personality. i do believe the best messenger and media person, the most savvy person in the white house is the president of the united states and i am hoping to learn from him. what is your

relationship with the president... the first person i time i met, we we re the first person i time i met, we were at goldman sachs together, he introduced me to be president, i had met ina introduced me to be president, i had met in a few more times. the president of the yankees introduce me to him. we got closer during the mid—romney campaign when we did a couple of fundraisers in his magnificent apartment. i don't think i would be standing here if i didn't have a good relationship with him, i love the president. i have been very, very loyal. iam love the president. i have been very, very loyal. i am going to do the best i can in thisjob and try to serve him the best i can. do you plan on changes? i know there was

some speculation about people stealing, i just some speculation about people stealing, ijust spoke some speculation about people stealing, i just spoke to some speculation about people stealing, ijust spoke to both of them, i love the two of them, i go back a long way with them. they are a phenomenal people. i have got to get to know the rest of the people,, sean was incredibly gracious. you spoke to people on my behalf. i have got to get to know the people. they've got to get to know me, hopefully they will like me and want to stay. we will see what happens. we are going to make it a very fun place to work. are you willing to discuss more... it is an appropriate for me to answer that question right now. i will half to get back to you on that, need some direction from the president. i'm going to do

everything i can to get to every person in this room. will president trump have a news conference with us in the near future? i will talk to him. the president is phenomenal with the press. he is a great communicator. he won the selection, —— this election. we spent 60% of the money and we had one third of the money and we had one third of the personnel, we won the presidency because of donaldj trump, he is an unbelievable politician. of course, at some point, we will make sure that happens. i have to talk to him. iam going that happens. i have to talk to him. i am going to do my very best to get to everyone. you seem like a very