corey lewandowski and dave bossie will be here. media mania as michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress over the planning to build a trump tower during the campaign. the president calls him a threat. president trump: he's a weak person. he's trying to get a reduced sentence by lying about a project everybody knew about. >> the president is lying that he was never doing business with a foreign power which was committing criminal acts. >> the president's history of. michael cohen's history of lying to congress. is he lying now? >> the trump organization has no buildings in russia. >> it was in the works at a time when the president said he had no business with russia. no investments. not doing the deal doesn't excuse the president from trying to get a deal done. howie: are the pundits siding with michael cohen against his former boss. the media say the president has signaled a possible pardon as manafort's plea deal blows up. >> there is the president of the united states. there he is. committing the crime of obstruction of j

corey lewandowski and dave bossi both, you will remember, were top figures in donald trump's presidentialat race long over, where they still paying attention to the news? how much did they know about giant australian cows or melania's white house decorations? we decided to find out. >> tucker: i cannot believe you agreed to do this. >> we are excited. >> tucker: we are not above stunt casting the segment. that is what we are doing tonight. i'm not even going to bet there is a kind of line in the studio on who going to win. i am going to read you the rules. no cheating. >> then he's out. it's not going to work. [laughter] >> tucker: we are watching carefully.y. i asked the question, the first one to buzz in gets to answer the question. this is key. you have to wait until i finish asking before you answer. you can answer once i acknowledge your name. each correct answer worth one point, each incorrect answer detractswe t a point from your l very fluid scoring system. best of five wins. are you ready? >> he can't count that high. >> tucker: he may have the voice advantage. we will see who's

director mick mulvaney, acting attorney general matthew whitaker, former deputy campaign manager dave bossy, and former new jersey governor chris christie. >> john kelly will be leaving -- >> reporter: the president abruptly announced kelly's departure saturday. >> we'll be announcing who will be taking john's place. it might be on an interim basis. i'll be announcing that over the next day or two. >> reporter: nick ayers, mike pence's chief of staff, was the leading candidate but took his name out of consideration. >> it's tough under any circumstances. under this kind of white house, extremely difficult. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill realize the next chief of staff will have his or her hands full. a house of representatives controlled by democrats, and the russia investigation will keep the white house on edge. >> the president needs to find somebody who he's got confidence in and whose judgment he trusts and knows how to manage a complicated office. >> reporter: the new chief of staff will be the president's third in under two years. and the chief of staff isn't the only shakeup

former new jersey governor chris christie, budget director mick mulvaney, deputy campaign manager dave bossie, and acting attorney general attthew whitaker. aksterday, christie gave voice to one concern about taking on the role at this stage of tecial counsel robert mueller's investigation. m until bob mueller shuts down and hands the keys and his credentials back in, no one's in the clear. the nf staff will also have to contend with a flood of congressional investigations once deat take control of the house. and a potential push for impeachment. late today outside of his capitol hill office, meadows hiid this: >> i think the campaign for the job would be the wrong thing to do. ake president has a number of good candidates. he'll make the right decision for his administration and for the country. >> reporter: according to the eaookings institution, the president has already set the record for chief of staff turnover, three in less than two full years. in 2012, on twitter, of course, mr. trump mocked president obama for having three chiefs of staff rs three years. jeff? >> glor: major garrett

former new jersey governor chris christie, budget director mick mulvaney, deputy campaign manager dave bossie acting attorney general matthew whitaker. yesterday christieaveoice to one concern taking on the role at this stage special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> until bob mueller shuts down and hands the keys and his credentials back in, no one is in the clear. >> reporter: the next chief of staff will also have to contend with a flood of congressional investigations once democrats take control of the house. late todayutsif hisl office mea said this. >> i think the campaign for the job would be the wrong thing to do. the president has a number of good candidates. he'll make the right decision for his administration and for the country. >> reporter: according to the brookings institution, the president has already set the record for chief of staff turnovers, three in less than two full years. in 2012 on twitter, of course, mr. trump mocked president obama for having three chiefs of staff in three years. >> people in the carolinas are still digging out after a deadly weekend snows

deputy campaign manager dave bossy and former new jersey governor chris christie. took hise consideration. >> the president needs to find somebody he's got confidence in and that whose judgment he trusts. >> lawmakers on capitol hill realize the next chief of staff will have his or her hands full. a house of representatives controlled by democrats and the russia investigation will keep the white house on edge. the new chief of staff will be the president's third in under two years. >>> british prime minister teresa may has delayed today's vote on brexit. may said the deal was likely to be rejected by significant laws by parliament. >>> time check it is 5:09. >> a shocking new number this morning about those suffering from a heart attack. coming up why it takes women than>>ell we hav a foget help advisory for the bay area. until 10:00 a.m. due to thick fog across much of our region. we'll talk about that. we'll also talk about when we'll nd that fog is going tor affect your drive this morning. we've got a crash on the 101. bay area bridges pretty stocked in this mor

dave bossie, deputy campaign manager of the campaign. he knows both sides of these things and he's a person who brings sides together to get things done. kennedy: and you have to act as a filter which was one of john kelly's prime roles when he became chief of staff was keeping certain people out of the oval office which cut down on leaks and distraction for the president. i think you could say that that was essentially a good thing. you talk about someone who needs to understand the political atmosphere, also someone who respects the president's temperament. it sounds like you're describing kellyanne conway. why isn't her name being bandied about for that role. >> i don't know that she has the interest. she has young children. i don't know if she wants that role. i haven't spoken to her about it. she would be a great choice but other choices could include governor chris christie -- kennedy: no. he would be awful. he's way too thin skinned. he responds to criticism. too much of a hot head and he like to insert himself. the best chiefs of

corey lewandowski and dave bossie will be here.leads guilty to lying to congress over the planning to build a trump tower during the campaign. the president calls him a threat. president trump: he's a weak person. he's trying to get a reduced sentence by lying about a project everybody knew about. >> the president is lying

corey lewandowski and dave bossie will be here. media mania as michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress over the planning to build a trump tower during the campaign. the president calls him a threat. president trump: he's a weak person. he's trying to get a reduced sentence by lying about a project everybody knew about. >> the president is

. >> i'm hearing from the two republicans at the table, you guys sound very bullish on dave bossy. >> whitaker. there are a lot of folks. chris christie, as everyone says, everyone is projecting, there is this chaos, the president has no one to choose from. he has some talented folks to choose from. >> can any of them tell president trump, you really shouldn't do that, put down the phone, stop tweeting. >> absolutely. >> who? >> all three. >> it doesn't matter -- >> is he going to listen, right? >> that's what i mean! >> you can't manage the guy! >> that's what i'm talking about. >> they all three have the chops. they're serious folks. the president listens to them. they have gravitas. but the president makes the decision. ultimately, president obama made the decisions based on what his staff -- clinton, bush. they all -- he's the decider-in-chief. >> we're going to take a very quick break. when we come back, she cozied up to the nra and dated a republican political operative. now the accused russian spy could be released from that virginia jail. we'll explain why. stay with us. fact

i'm still reeling from the dave bossie thing, fired at newt gingrich's gingrich's insistence becauset of control sort of character. then went into sort of various sleazy direct mail things and so forth for 15 years. then was a big trump guy because, why not? you know, birds of a feather and all of that. the fact he could be chief of staff is so jaw-dropping, it almost trumps everything else. but errorrin hatch, it's just pathetic. >> i have to say, what's interesting is, you have a portion of his statement from 1999 dealing with president clinton. and i was reading earlier, there was this other piece. i know none of us enjoy sitting in judgment of the president. our fellow human being. but that is our job, and we cannot ignore our responsibility. i believe most of us will do a sincere job of trying to fulfill our oath to do impartial justice. and i just would ask him, what happened to impartial justice and at what point did that become partisan, especially when you should be at your most courageous on your way out and he's going in the exact opposite direction, talking about the succ

dave bossy. the president respects him. he understands how to handle investigations. he can become the chief of staff. steve: indeed. famously we know john kelly has done a great job with the president and white house staff. we heard incidental information at times he and president disagreed about the direction policy it should take. ultimately the president's decision. it would make sense for him to pick somebody like mark meadows, the guy who is the chairman of the house freedom caucus. because the house freedom caucus last two years is squarely in the president's corner agendawise and legislatively. mark meadows would know now to get tough through congress. but we'll see how it pose. brian: here is the question. mark meadows and president see things the same way i understand that is important. but do you understand you need someone that understands moderates and democrats. do you think that is something might hold mark meadows back? >> i think he knows how congress works. ultimately it is the president's decision. he will announce it very shortly. ainsley: that's r

dave bossie is a name thrown out there.d fit? >> somebody that interacts well with the president and garner his trust. that the president will listen to and trust. it is all about the trust between those two people. >> sandra: brad blakeman wrote an opinion piece in the mill over the weekend talking about how the chief of staff is the first person the president sees when he wakes up and the last person he sees before he goes to bed at night. a person devoted to the president. the president is saying he is in the process of interviewing great people for this position. we know now the news today nick ayers it is not. this is an important decision for the president. >> used to be a chief of staff to the governor of utah. and the chief of staff usually delivers the bad news, the chief executive in my case the governor got to deliver the good news. but there is a lot that happens behind the scenes in a government that is so big and so wide and expansive as the federal government. >> sandra: the latest on the war of words between

caller: i don't have a problem with mark meadows or dave bossi. are two men they can look over their shoulder and smell a rat. they are two guys that stand by the president and what he wants to get done with his agenda and i just believe they know how to we people out and he will set the record straight. itthere is somebody wrong shouldn't be in the cabinet or anything like that. these guys have been around for a while and they are pretty smart. host: what about this other name also in the mix? matthew whitaker, the acting attorney general who was recently passed over for permanent attorney general. president trump saying he would nominate william barr for that. caller: i don't have a problem with whitaker and i don't have a problem with kris kobach. we have to get somebody in who's going to do the job and that's all there is to it and i think mr. kelly, he was a good man. but he just wasn't there. you know what i mean? host: what do you mean? caller: i just think he was in the previous administration and i don't think that's good. a few minutes l

bossie introducedow to donald trump. >> yes, life is so amazing. i get a phone call and dave asked me to could come to new york city to meet mr. trump in the office on the 26th floor of trump tower and i had a job at the time but i drove over from nam and he asked me, he was going to run for president, i think he could win and what strategy i would i employ if i wanted to run the campaign in new new hampshire. he said would you run the wholing? i said yes and would spend his money like it was my own, and then we laid out aing extra to be competitive in the first three states, iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina, and six months late her came down the big, beautiful escalator with mrs. trump, now fir latey trump, and changed the direction of our country and i stood by million and sat next to him listening to the direction he wanted to take the country and knew i was in the right place and with very fortunate that a small role in helping him secure the republican nomination and maybe a small role in helping him win the presidency. >> your book, trump's enemies, we'll go into