reporter: a major shakeup at the white house., the homeland security secretary is his replacement. he will officially start monday. two white house sources telling fox that priebus secretly resigned yesterday. the president tweeted i am pleads into form you i just named general john kelly as

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

our reporters are covering every angle of this new shakeup. kaitlan collins is live on the north lawn and correspondent dianne gallagher from washington as well. kaitlan, we know priebus has been often considered the source of those white house leaks. did that have anything to do with his resignation? >> ana, it's safe to say that there are multiple factors that led to reince priebus' resignation this week. this has been a long rumored departure that we've been waiting on for months now. and it finally came to a fever pitch this week. but it's hard to see how the new communication director's allegations that he was leaking white house information to reporters was not a big factor in that. in fact, reince priebus was asked about this during his first interview with cnn last night after it was made known that he had resigned. listen to what he had to say to wolf blitzer. >> are you the leaker in the white house? >> that's ridiculous, wolf. come on. give me a break. i'm not going to get into his accusations. >> why not respond to them? >> because

what do make of the latest staffing shakeup in the west wing?aller: regular shakeups going down that happens in any administration. i believe the media is blowing it out of proportion so they can cover up for the other things -- testimony on the russia thing. i believe it is blown out of proportion and they are doing anything they can to avoid having to cover that and the washer mitchell's, they do not -- debbie wasserman schultz, they do not want to cover that, but this is just normal growing pains for administration that has never been in power. host: we have a chart that says reince priebus is the shortest serving chief of staff in modern u.s. history, 189 days, the only other person who served as short was one in the ronald reagan era. donald trump has gone through a number of key staffers. you say it is an exaggeration and over reported by the media. caller: how many days? 189. only difference -- host: highland mills, new york, deborah on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. i was thinking this morning that a person who is head of

what could the latest shakeup mean for the trump administration? >> reporter: keith, there is no doubt about it, this is a stunning development. i think that this marks a reset, though, here at the white house. it's an attempt to reset things here because they have been quite chaotic since the president took office about six months ago. now he has a new chief of staff, a new sheriff in town, if you will. just to take you behind the scenes of how he got to this decision. you have anthony scaramucci come in brash and bold, a lot like president trump. you have that very controversial moment last week which he unleashed that profanity laced rant against reince priebus, former chief of staff, against steve bannon and it was after that that reince priebus left and a lot of question marks about what was going to happen to anthony scaramucci if he was the right person for the job. i am told that his comments infuriated a number of people at the white house. a lot of people thought they were a disgrace and someone spoken that way shouldn't be allowed to ser

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

fox's lauren blanchard is in washington with more on the white house communications shakeup. >> reporter: the changes announced today on the white house communications team a sean spicer is out and anthony scaramucci is in and sarah huckabee sanders is the new press secretary >> i am grateful for sons were, half of my administration and the american people. i wish you continued success as he moves on to pursue new opportunities. >> reporter: in a statement from the president, the white house announcing a shakeup within the communications team a sean spicer, press secretary for the last six months for the trump administration resigns from as far as. sean spicer tweeting it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the president in this amazing country. i will continue my service through august. spicer saying he wanted to give his replacement a clean slate after the appointment of the new white house communications director, new york financier anthony scaramucci . >> i don't have any friction where sean or rice. this is the white house. we are serving the president. >> reporter: the latest

reporter: a major shakeup at the white house. general john kelly, the homeland security secretary is his replacement. he will officially start monday. two white house sources telling fox that priebus secretly resigned yesterday. the president tweeted i am pleads into form you i just named general john kelly as white house chief of staff. he is a grate american. i would like to thank reince priebus for his service and dedication to his country. we accomplished a lot together, and i am proud of him. when asked about the move, the president praised both men. >> general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, and respending by everybody. a great american. reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. reporter: priebus issuing this statement, saying it' it's beene of the greatest honors of my life to serve the president and this country. i will continue to serve as a strong supporter of the president's agenda and policies. i can't think of a better person than general john kelly to succeed me. i wish him god's blessi

another high-profile staff shakeup in the white house. john kelly in as chief of. reince priebus out. you'll sit down with the president's former campaign manager, corey lewandowski. what can we expect from kelly in terms of his leadership stipe? is this somebody who can steady the ship? >> he's got all the skills and tools to do that. all the skills in the world to do that. a retired four-star general. even his short stint in the department of homeland security as a manager and leader there, he's gotten high marks. people who have works for him for years are very loyal to him. there's no doubt he has the ability to turn an organization around, instill some discipline. but ultimately, he can't succeed if the president doesn't give him that authority. does he make the rest of the white house staff report to john kelly? does he allow everything to run through the chief of staff, as it works in most white houses? or does he continue to sort of have this structure where everything is centered in the oval office? and if he gives kelly some room there, even for a short p

but i don't think anyone can deny many been a shakeup. kellyanne: anthony and i and the president have said the same thing. the path wanted sean to stay. the first mother ever sarah huckabee sanders will take the podium and be our press secretary. i find that particularly gratifying, she is a republican and it's a great perspective. anthony is a self-made businessman. and a true american success story. people are misleading this that this is to get somebody to defend the president. we are going to get out there and play offense. sean spicer had a great communications mind when it came to pulling out of paris accords and tax reform and made in america week. he had a good way of marshaling the resources to make sure the president's message is breaking through. but we need more of that. this media decided to be hostile and every chance it gets. a great follow very quickly. people are asked which of the following is most of important to you. healthcare got 35%. russia, 6% most of important. got 75% of the coverage. so this white house with an

. >> in a statement from the president the white house announces a big shakeup within the communications team. sean spicer who has served for the past six months resigns from his post. sean spicer tweeting, it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the president in this amazing country. i will continue my service through august. spicer saying he wanted to give his successor a clean slate. i don't have any friction where sean. this is the white house. we are serving the president. >> the latest upheaval coming as mueller widens his investigation into russia's meddling in the election for the trump finances and shakeups within the president's team. the incoming communications director saying he takes issue whether it will help right the ship. >> we are on track and doing a good job. >> he was a trump critic during the primary and he says he hopes the president will forgive him for that. he believes the president is doing great things for the country. >>> the white house is denying reports that trump has been asking questions about his power to grant pardons. the president had been asking

so that was a big shakeup. we've had other shakeups in the past.lexander haig and the national security advisor both leaving within a year of the new president reagan. but this is pretty unprecedented. first of all, you've got 28 days in and the national security advisor leaving with mike flynn. you've got an administration under fire, under investigation from multiple congressional committees and a special counsel. now you've got the press spokesman leaving, a new communications director who's never before worked in washington but clearly reflects what the president wants, which is an aggressive, really aggressive stance and outreach for the president's desires. and you've got a president who really has his own sense of his communication strategy ignoring legal advice from all quarters and communications advice and going on twitter and sitdown with "the new york times" going after mueller and of course the firing of comey but going after the special counsel in such an aggressive way that a lot of lawyers involved in the case are reportedly really

shakeup at the white house.nications director is out just after 11 days on the job as a new chief of staff is sworn in. >>> search is on for the shooting suspect wanted for the random murder of a man in haverford township. >> also a drug den cleanup. work gets under way to clear a property notorious with heroin dealers in philadelphia. that and much more coming up next at 6:00. now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody jeff skversky ducis rodgers monica malpass the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. have a nice evening. >> good night. >> good night. >> ♪ mmmm. so areers are the veggies.hs) that one is mine. nice job guys. hope it tastes as good as it looks. (giggles) hey gus, i brought something else you might like. million dollar silver and gold. yeah. the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. with top prizes of a million bucks! you've always had good taste. (laughter) keep on scratchin'! >> ♪ >> action news delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorol

trump talking about his new chief of staff, general john kelly he is in charge after a west wing shakeup. >>> first to the accuweather alert, meteorologist chris sowers is here with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're talking about a lot of rain, chris. >> reporter: fortunately a lot of it has fallen when we are sound asleep and it will be out of here when many get up this morning. it was not a pleasant trip into work this morning, lots of heavy rain and ponding on roads, the fact that the rain is coming down so heavily, it's making it difficult to see at times. let's go over to storm tracker 6 live, we'll go wider to start, the general movement is southwest to northeast. only the back edge you will see the break in central pennsylvania, the rain has stopped in baltimore and washington, d.c. this is the last of it in the process of pushing through. the worst is affecting portions of the jersey shore. some locations are picking up an incredible amount of rain. heavy rains from mays landing to sea isle and cape may. take a look at the estimated rainfall totals. th

this on a day when president trump fresh off a shakeup in his communications team was hoping to shift focus from russia to things like defense, health care and taxes. our kelly o'donnell has the story. >> reporter: with a cinematic flair, today, the marine one landed on the deck of the "uss gerald ford." the 45th president there to honor the 48th and an aircraft carrier bay eier bearing his name. >> may god bless and guide this warship and all who shall sail in her. >> reporter: there were tributes to those in uniform and a nod to former president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld. both served under ford. >> they look great. they look great. >> reporter: getting down to business, president trump urged congress to deliver on higher defense spending but added another political plug. >> by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> reporter: before today's pomp and ceremony, the president launched a twitter blitz. ten tweets, from demanding action on health care to attacking hillary clinton. he even noted that a president has the comple

we're continuing to follow the shakeup in president trump's communications team sean spicer is out as press secretary, and there's a new communications director anthony scaramucci. we did not immediately hear from spicer about his resignation, but he did appear on fox news last night. here's what he had to say about his departure. >> you started chair the podium with sarah huckabee sanders, anthony scaramucci comes in, did you feel in any way this was against you, did you feel you were pushed out in any way, or this was totally your decision? >> no, as you mentioned the president obviously wanted to add to the team more than anything. i just think it was in the best interest of our communications department, of our press organization to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. >> joining me right now alice stewart, former communications director for ted cruz back with us. she's also a cnn political commentator and republican strategist. >> hi, fred. >> so as a former communications director yourself, what has been your reaction to the shakeup within the communications team? >> fred, i

the white house shakeup, it's a strange reaction as you heard in the twitter-verse. to ever approve of anything president trump does. tammy: if people like bill kristol like the, i worry. you want to see these usual suspects upset. lou: kristol decide it's a third worldization. i don't quite get the third world reference. tammy: the bret stevens column in the "new york times." it's an anti-intellectual. scaramucci goes to harvard but he's italian and there are issues regarding that. it was remarkable. but giuliani being the mayor of new york then running for president? there is still an issue. lou: resurrected bigotry in america. tammy: anti-intellectualism. you didn't go to the right schools or you just like donald trump. that's the new dynamic that sets you apart. there must be something wrong. lou: you think bret stevens has a snooty establishment way about it? tammy: these individual, they like having the dynamic they enjoyed and they don't want to share it. fred: i'm not going to name any names. but it's certainly out there, and we see it in the so much of the m

it reminds me of the campaign shakeup a year ago.ou 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 today with the president. we all serve at the pleasure of the president. it doesn't matter who wants you to serve or not to serve as long as the president does and the vice president does. judge jeanine: one of the things i know full well, if you have a team, you have to make sure that that team can get along and that they are not under cutting each other. kellyanne: you are there to serve the pres

a classic shakeup with all such a commentary. and how the white house emerges from this tumultuous period. -- joe, the democratic strategist and a fox news contributor. given the saturation coverage of these ouster is, reince priebus before that it was sean spicer, the press using words like chaos and dysfunction. is it fair over the top? >> the white house did in a bit acknowledge themselves with the shakeup that things have gotten out of control. they need to reign the sin. there's too much freelancing, too much leaking, i do not they use chaos but that kelly was here to restore order. i mean we have seen this play out in the media. inciting, backstabbing and now the white house is acknowledging that is the case by putting kelly in the two get order. >> care about 10,000 story saying that reince priebus is gone and now course is finally out. are they happy that he is left the job because he didn't get good press? >> i don't know if they are necessarily happy. i think that he would eventually go is accurate and that reince prieb

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we have new reaction today on the white house shakeup. some republicans say they were shocked by some of the president's tweets and that recent profanity-laced attack from new white house communications chief anthony scaramucci. here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn't say that a lot of my republican colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country, and like some of us right now are actually talking about doing things in a bipartisan nature on health care, coming up with some ideas that will probably be announced on monday so we have a lot going on, but it's hard to break through on those types of issues if we're talking about the latest drama in the white house. >> meanwhile, white house officials are hoping now that reince priebus is out, incoming chief of staff general john kelly will bring discipline and order to the west wing. >> many of us are very excited about this new infusion of energy and discipline, and i

a major shakeup at the white house. chief of staff reince preibus is out, general john f kelly will take that position beginning monday. president trump announced his pick through tweets about an hour ago. "i am pleased to inform you i have just named general secretary john f kelly as white house chief of staff. he's a great american an great john has also done a spectacular job at homeland security. he's been a true star of my administration ." president trump went on toli toe preibus for his service and dedication to his country. we accomplished a lot together and i am proud of him. communications director anthony scaramucci have reportedly been at odds inside the white house. earlier this week scaramucci claimed priebus was the source of some leaks coming from inside the administration. world news tonight of course with david muir will have much more on the latest white house shakeup coming up after thisoad. >> ♪ >>> now to an accuweather alert. heavy rain is headed our way. the potential for flooding is high because

robert: a stunning staff shakeup at the white house. chief of staff reince priebus is out. : security chief john kelly steps in. i'm robert costa. we take you inside the west wing where power intentions are boiling over tonight on washington week. unplugged. incoming communications director anthony scaramucci launched a vulgar rant. that fight comes as the president slams the attorney general, calling jeff sessions beleaguered. president trump: i want the attorney general to be much tougher. robert: leaders are warning the president to back off. >> there will be hell to pay. >> this was a disappointment. robert: seven year republican quest to dismantle the affordable care act goes down to defeat after three gop senators joined democrats to vote down the latest measure. gop leaders say it is time to move on and democrats see the failure as a chance to start over. >> we are relieved that millions and millions of people who have been so drastically hurt by the proposals put forward with police retain their health care. robert: we tackle at

. >> now washington where senior white house aides are calling for more shakeup. mona rivera has the latest. >> reporter: rallying for change. that rule known as closure requires lawmakers to end the debate. they used a process called reconciliation. the president is still reeling from the failure of the obamacare repeal vote. trump also replacing chief of staff reince priebus with john kelly. friday night priebus hannity change could be a good thing. >> it is always a little mix when things like this happen. i generally feel pretty good. >> reporter: senior white housen aides are calling for more shakeup. some aides are encouraging the president to move sessions at the vacant top shop such a move would allow a new attorney general. >> a new state of the art fire station is open for business to serve residents of central alameda county. local leaders and firefighters and residents came to celebrate the grand opening of station 23. it replaces an older firehouse. >> quarters were cramped. it was small. challenging for the firefighters to be there. but they stuck it

here's a very latest on the shakeup from the capital. >> big changes on the white house communications team. sean spicer is out and anthony scaramucci is in and sarah huckabee sanders is the new press secretary >> i am grateful for sean's work for the american people and i wish him continued success as he moves on to pursue new opportunities. look at his great television ratings. >> reporter: the white house announcing a big shakeup within his communications team as sean spicer, the man who has served as press secretary the last six months for the trump administration, resigned from his post. sean spicer tweeting it's been an honor and a privilege to serve the president and this amazing country. i will continue my service to august. he wanted to give his replacement a clean slate after the appointment of the new white house communications director new york financier at denise carlucci.>> i don't have any friction. this is the white house. we are serving the president. robert mueller widens his investigation into russia's meddling to examine the trump family finances and shakeups within

the president trump biggest staff shakeup yet.dent hitting the reset button replacing his right hand man. in fact, general john kelly is the new white house chief of staff, a role generally considered the most crucial position in the west wing. now, all of washington is wondering who president trump might tap to replace general kelly as homeland security secretary. kelly takes over the office -- squarely in the cross hairs of trump's colorful new communications director anthony scaramucci, the man who calls himself the mooch refers to priebus as a paranoid schizophrenia. he's the six member of the organization to resign or be fired. trump began his morning today in a very familiar way on twitter. he tweet slammed republicans for failing to pass health care reform and complained about the russia investigation. our reporters are covering every angle of this new shakeup. kaitlan collins is live on the north lawn and correspondent dianne gallagher from washington as well. kaitlan, we know priebus has been often considered the source o

white house staff shakeup.another member of the senior staff out of a job and we have reince priebus. >>> and a first alert. i'll continue to prepare you for the heavy rain and flooding hitting parts of our area. it's going to hit differently deading on your neighborhood. i'll tell you who will get hit the. >>> breaking news at 6:00, white house chaos. another senior staff shakeup within the last hour a new chief of staff has been named. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. right now john kelly is in and reince priebus is out as white house chief of staff. meanwhile there's more trouble for the communications director. erin coleman is live in our breaking news center to sort all this out. a lot has happened in the few minutes. >> the the president went to twitter to announce john kelly as his chief of staff. kelly was the secretary of homeland security and replaces reince priebus who was ousted just one day after he was verbally attacked by the communications director anthony scaramucci. priebus's fate as the chie

. >> another day, another shakeup. we'll see you soon with those stories and more. >> you've got it. that sign -- >> the uptown. >> it's on maryland monroe on the building. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> yeah. >> all right. guys. >> thank you. >>> we are looking at a good streak up weather -- after really wet weekend. >> doug and amelia are standing by with a look at how this week is shaping up. how does it look, guys? >> we ended the month of july on wet note and move in, i think we'll get pretty good. t this week with the humidity levels, you start august, you think like hot and muggy, not too bad this week. >> we have a heat wave moving in. it's not going to be all that much of one, rock field looking pretty good. we've got clouds across the area. most of us seeing plenty of sunshine as we move on down towards downtown looking really nice here. great day to be on the water if you've got that chance. 91 degrees, with humidity lower, not all that big of a deal. 85 degrees by 8:00. by 11:00, we're at 78 degrees. nice night

there needed to be a shakeup. he was not able to do his job and the best thing for everybody is for him to move on. howie: scaramucci vowed to stop leaks from the white house. >> you are either going to work with the culture as the president wants it or you will be out on the streets. when i put reince's name out in a tweet they assume it's him because the journalists know who the leakers are. there are people inside the administration who think it's their job to save america from this president. that's not their job. howie: can scaramucci stop the leaks? or is that a hopeless mission? >> how much longer with the attorney general be able to take all this trolling? >> he's thinking this is what it's like to be president of the united states. my attorney general should defend me. he will be my protector. >> the first senator who endorsed donald trump for president now apparently is donald trump's enemy, according to donald trump. >> the washington political elite are apoplectic about the president criticizing his at

next, why political observers say the latest shakeup could be a new sign of stunt in the white house. >>> also, closing time. tomorrow is the last day of business for several jcpenney stores in our region. we'll show you exactly which stores will go dark and explain why. >>> all right. i camera up. still clear blue sky. all the pictures look nice. we go from easton to spring city. still a blue sky.ng a the skies this morning. we may see a spot cloud here or there in the afternoon, but otherwise, a sunny. temperatures are starting to warm nicely. sittin 7 parkside, the same. manying 61. that might be a 72 in bustleton and port richmond at 72. these will make it to the 80s, but that be this afternoon. on our radar and satellite view, the wide picture, look north, west, south, nothing to no rain. this is going to be one of those dry days that really doesn't exactly feel like summer because humidity is going to be low. about, and temperatures will be cooler than average. heren t center city anderten. low to some mid 80s possible near the suburbs. most around 82. ladoylestown. 83 in allent

i do want to dig into russia, but i want to talk about shakeups very briefly. was there blame placed on sean spicer for the trail of this russian investigation looming over the president he and on top of that, the reason i ask you not is is it going to change the week ahead? we are talking about previews in the senate in hearings that could take place. >> yes and the second question now. and for his inability and i was frankly unfair and to change the narrative away from russia. the president watching the press conference has become increasingly frustrated. with this investigation continuing, with the testimony coming on capitol hill, which will inevitably necessarily create coverage. it isn't going away. one positive for the president is with mr. scaramucci coming in and been quite critical that this is damaging for us, there will at least be some efficient in terms of how the white house goes on message on topic instead of simply bloviating the russian investigation. >> this week we've all been talking about "the new york times" piece for the president was cr

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shakeup going down in the white house. of course a lot of talk about that going on with big shakeup reince priebus out at chief of staff and also big crackdown ms-13 underway president takes a shot at new york city mayor. aftermath skinny repeal lele rolling across washington and problems overseas courtesy north korea and russia. rest easy. first up big news all day l long. reince priebus is out and president trump putting john callly as chief of staff. according to "new york times" president trump became convinced the former national committee head was not strong enough and need aid general to take charge lit ray ail general he made announcements on twitter calling john kelly great american and leader and president briefly spoke to reporters as he was getting off air force one joint base andrews where he was coming back from event in new york. >> reince was a good man and john kelly will do a fantastic job general kelly has done an incredible job. and reince a good man. thank you very much. >> and previous appeared to be

the departure of priebus casts a rocky seven days of staff shakeups, the latest move comes a day afternications director anthony scaramucci alluded priebus might be behind media leaks from the white house. on sean hannity last night, those are backstage drama that are way off base. >> the palace intrigue stuff is annoying and a distraction that takes away from the president's agenda. elizabeth: here to talk about the future a fair and balanced political panel, former chief of staff for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the democratic strategist and former epa liaison for barack obama. thank you for joining us. i want to start with you, dan. interested in your reaction, one of the most are manic shakeups we have seen but some articles blaming priebus for things like not being able to keep the white house focused. is that fair? he had a strong leadership role but there are a lot of moving parts. >> it is complicated. i have known priebus for a long time in the state senate campaign and 2004, a guy i have known for quite a bit. he had a tough job. there is a great story and polit

. >>> to washington, and the shakeup in the trump white house. sean spicer is out. he resigned earlier today. the appointment of a new white house communications director didn't sit well with sean spicer. >> reporter: a shakeup in the communications team was long expected but the speed that marked the transition was a surprise. anthony scaramucci named communications director, sean spicer resigning. >> he wanted to bring new folks in to fire up the communications operation, and after reflection, my decision was to, i recommended to the president i give them a clean slate to start. >> reporter: the transition happened in less than 24 hours. scaramucci talked to the president, who said he wanted him to take over communications. after a night of reported strong opposition from senior strategist steve bannon, and rinse priebus, he came to the white house where the president gave him the job of rioting a badly listing ship. >> the ship is going in the right direction. >>> they start the day and go through the process. >> reporter: as a result, sarah huckabee sanders is p

they needed to be a shakeup. the lack of success, the obamacare repeal was just the latest on top of all this. this needed to happen. the cost in the end i think charles raises it quite correctly when he said it's not so much that the structure is fair, does president trump want to live within the structure? will he abide by a structure that kelly can bring to it? i don't have any doubt that the former dhs secretary could do that with precision. you have to have a president willing to do those things. will we see this moving the agenda forward? what happens next on obamacare? on taxes? with the debt ceiling? there's a lot of frustration on capitol hill, it has been brewing for some time. the president and white house hasn't done a good job in putting forward a very clear agenda and then fighting for that agenda every single day. instead, what they saw this week, a very good week for a legislative process with the president who spent as much time tweeting about his attorney general as he did about health care. tha

shakeup going down in the white house. of course a lot of talk about that going on with big shakeup reince priebus out at chief of staff and also big crackdown ms-13 underway president takes a shot at new york city mayor. aftermath skinny repeal lele rolling across washington and problems overseas courtesy north korea and russia.

we have new reaction today on the white house shakeup. some republicans say they were shocked by the president's tweets and the recent profanity-laced attack from new white house communications chief anthony scaramucci. here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn't say to you that a lot of my republican colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country. and like some of us right now, we are actually talking about doing things in a bipartisan nature on health care coming up with some ideas that will probably be announced on monday. so we have a lot going on, but it's hard to break through on those types of issues if we're talking about the latest -- the latest drama in the white house. >>> meanwhile, there are reports that the ousting of reince priebus and the installation of general john kelly as chief of staff may be part of a bigger plan. >> republicans and conservatives that came to jeff sessions' defense this week all

the new threats come as the president deals with a major white house shakeup.ris pollone shows us, this has been a dramatic week for the administration. >> reporter: as president donald trump strug hgles to deliver on campaign promises, a littnew shakeup. a new chief of staff will start next week. john kelly. >> congratulate john kelly who ha one of our real stars. >> and reince priebus was out and kelly was in. >> reince was a good man, john kelly will do a fantastic man. he's done an incredible job, respected would i everyboby eve american. >> kelly is respected to bring a new order to west wing operations. the question is whether the president will listen to him. it comes of a it a week which shaw sean spicer resign, new communications director anthony scaramucci blast fellow white house staffers, and the president caught the pentagon off guard banning transgender, and failing to replace the health care law. will john kelly's brand of discipline finally lied the white house to linlgs la white house to legislative success? chris pollone, nbc, new york. >>> an

one of your colleagues is reporting on what the shakeup means for everyone in the west wing, notably reince priebus. what are you hearing? >> so in the private press briefing scaramucci gave a shout out to dan ska mean oh, those people are keeping their jobs, the other people have to reapply for their jobs. with reince priebus, you have harshly opposed scaramucci's pick, didn't think he had government experience that was necessary and he needs to reassure scaramucci who has a better relationship with the president than rains does that priebus can keep his job and also reince faces a lot of internal bickering from inside the family because ivanka and jarrod, they don't think he is doing the best job. they brought in reince priebus to get wins on capitol hill and yet we haven't seen any major legislative victories. his knew the you afuture is in . he wants to make it a year. don't know if he canon th on th >> jay sekulow is down playing reports of lawyers looking into his pardoning power. what is the strategy for president trump bringing up this issue of pardoning? he was tweeting abou

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