part of the reason it took so long to get coree lewandowski out who is i am told part of the problem, literally stopping donald trump from taking advice and allowing him to be himself, let trump by trump be trump. he was winning during the primaries. an he needs off these large rallies that he has. so when he goes and sees five, ten, 12,000 people show up, he assumes that he is doing well. the recent drop in polls was a real wake-up call for him that things did need to change. is he going to be able to clang? that is the million dollar question. so far we have seen from his past actions, it hasn't worked. >> however you can look at the firing of lewandowski and say therefore he had begun to change? i mean this was the guy that helped him get to where he was. he was willing to kick him off. does that say he finally realizes. >> i think it says yes, he is starting to realizement i wouldn't go so far as to say that everything is going to be hunky-dory now. it is not going to be a traditional candidate. >> i'm outside the campaign but i think it is the influence of the family. >> rose: he

>> so it appears coree lewandowski's grip on power was not as strong as his grip on young female reporters. and i can only imagine what it must have been like for him when done all trump told him he was offer the campaign. lewandowski probably walked into the conference room. trump was sitting in a big chair behind a mahogany table and trump looked at him and said, corey, your services are no longer necessary. you're a liability to the campaign and need to leave. oh, and one more thing, you're fired up and that will sirve well in the future. oh, an you're fired. now firing his controversial campaign manager as he pivots to the general election may be one of the smartest decisions this entire campaign. and just like mops of trump's other smart decisions, it turns out someone else made it. >> we hear from sources inside the campaign that it really was done ald trump's children who were responsible for the final decision. >> first and fore most, i'm told that it was his daughter daughter ivanka. >> she said either he goes or i can't do this any more. >> trevor: wow, ivanka with the ultimate u

is this step of progress, ultimately, if you think the core problem of this campaign, is corey lewandowskiting this go forward, okay, fine. but the evidence isn't pointing towards that. >> is that a little bit strong? not to say the whole problem, he is a problem and you've been sitting here smiling like the whole time like, i'm a democrat. mayhem for the republican nominee, what a great day this is for me. however, if you get a campaign manager and wasn't doing the job, and you replace that person with someone who made you a better job, isn't this a point where things could start going better for donald trump and wouldn't that be a concern for hillary clinton? >> if it weren't donald trump, perhaps. i think the reality is that every point where he said, kate just mentioned it, a pivot point, it's another pivot point. if we continue to look like there will be real change, perhaps. that is the problem right there. he was going to start being more presidential. we see where that's gotten us. i think corey lewandowski, i don't know him like you do, sir. he's a reflection of his candidate and

core strategy. he wasn't well liked, multiple sources tell me. lewandowski found out this morning by phone.at it came as a surprise out of left field, if you will, that he didn't see it coming at all. i'm also told by one source that he was escorted from the premises by security. after the meeting, donald trump understood what his family members and what people close to him were saying when it came to corey, he understood the problems that he faced and he realized and agreed that it was time to let corey go. paul manafort is now the campaign manager. he has been in charge of strategy for months now nominally, but corey behind the scenes i'm told from multiple sources was trying to undercut his power, undercut his influence and maintain his own position within the campaign. corey has been with donald trump now since the very beginning, before the beginning when no other campaign manager would necessarily sign on to this campaign. this motto, corey's motto was let trump be trump and all of the sources credit him with being able to get to this point, with bringing donald trump to the point whe

lewandowski was he is cored from campaign offices.campaign >> i don't know if it's so much of a surprise.noisto say how honored i amoi to be part of this team and it'a been such a privilege to be pare of the team. >> reporter: cam opinion willami man fort who has sizeablesea challenge in front of him. trying to build an entirentire general election campaignampa apparatus almost from scratch.. running up against hillaryst clinton's massive staff and deed cash reserves. >> with lewandowski at the helmh of the trauma many campaign his mantra let trump be trump it wat a strategy that worked through the primary at least but now b those around trump seem to think they they needing to a different direction.dire n washington, doug luzader, fox news. news >> on the democratic sidec sid hillary clinton has reportedlypd narrowed down her list ofown het potential vladimir putin picksts and bernie sanders not on the ot list. the short list reportedlyordl includes virginia senator timent cane and massachusetts senator t elizabeth warren. wre the associated press reports clinton's aids they're gatherini mor

trump for president has today announced that corey lewandowski will no longer be working with the campaign. the campaign is grateful to coreory for his hard work and dedication. he's from the state of new hampshire. he comes down to trump tower. they sit and have one conversation and do a handshake and they were a team at that point. that was about a year ago. now today they part ways. martha: you can't ignore the paul manafort argument to this. and there are some polls showing some pulling away of hillary clinton. a lot of discussion about perhaps he hasn't hand the post nomination period and squandered some of the opportunity. brit hume will speak to us about this major news from the trump campaign when he joins us just a few minutes away. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. oa skin transformation that rivals the leading department store moisturizer. revives skin to fight 7 signs of aging. with olay, you age less, so you can be ageless. olay. ageless. you grab your 10-gallon jug of coffee, and back out of the garage. righ

to fire corey lewandowski is a pivot point where the campaign can start consolidating within one leader. there was a lot of in-fighting within the campaign that distracted it from the core mission. hopefully now they can focus on helping trump become a better candidate. there's a lot of work to do. fund-raising work, message work. he hasn't really done anything in the first month and time is ticking. the election is in november. that seems like a ways away, but this is not something where you can just flick a switch and this type of apparatus comes forth. it takes a while to build it. >> listen, if this is a $1 million campaign, and hillary clinton has a $41 million head start, that is nothing. >> you have no concerns? >> money is not going to be the determining factor in this election. that i guarantee you. >> patti, on the subject of campaign managers, this is something you know a little bit about. >> very well. >> david axelrod put out a tweet yesterday, ax says purge of corey lewandowski reflects what a tough business politics can be. things don't go well, you can't fire candidates so you fire staff. you responded simply by saying -- >> yep. >> you've been there. >>