gerald r. ford report for duty as commander officer. admiral richardson, gerald r. ford is in commission and i am in command. [applause] [applause]. executive officer, set the first watch. >> aye, captain. officer of the deck, set the watch. >> aye, aye, sir. >> the officer of the deck. the commander's direct representative and while on watch is responsible for the safe operation of the ship and crew. the long blast is a traditional symbol of an officer on the deck's authority and the ship of the line. we are pleased to have mr. greg willard with us today. greg was the white house staff assistant to gerald ford while he was president and served him after he left office. greg will pass the long blast to lieutenant of south orange, new jersey. the first officer of the deck. the petty officer of the watch is quartermaster first class from miami, florida. the messenger of the watch is yeoman third class bridges of fayetteville, north carolina and t the boss is from wisconsin. [whistle] >> set the watch on deck, section one. sir, the watch is set. >> very well. >> captain

,duty and thg unit gerald r ford. ald r ford report for duty as commanding officer. gerald r ford is in commission and i am in command. [applause] >> executive officer, set the first watch. >> aye, aye, captain. >> officer of the deck, set the watch. >> aye aye, sir. plow on watch the officer of the deck is responsible for the safe operation of the ship and crew. the long glass is the official symbol. we are pleased to have mr. greg willard with us today. he was the white house staff presidentwhile he was and served him after he left office. greg will pass the long glass to sailor from south orange, new jersey, the first officer of the deck. officer. the messenger of the watch. the bus made of the watch. [whistle] >> set the watch. >> on deck, section one. >> sarah, the watch is set. -- sir, the watch is set. >> very well. captain, the watch is set. >> very well. we are delighted to have our sponsor with us. susan christened gerald r ford in 2013. susan, i would be honored if you joined me at the podium to give the ord

our sailors will ensure the gerald r. ford ready and prepared to execute tasking for decades to come. i want to thank legislators, shipbuilders,- and sailors for all your efforts from taking uss gerald r. ford from concept to delivery. and last but certainly not least, i would like to express my gratitude to the families of our servicemen and women who supported their loved ones as we work hard to prepare this ship four c. your devotion -- ship for sea. your devotion and sacrifice cannot be understated, and i want to thank you personally for all of your support. [applause] team wolverine, i have the utmost faith in confidence in your ability to handle any challenge ahead. i can think of no better team to take uss gerald r. ford to see. to sea. god bless you, your family and our navy. thank you. [applause] ships company, attention! will the guests please rise? chaplain barstow will now lead us in the benediction. >> let us pray. end thispared to celebration we pause. ♪ for a going away blessing, a sendoff, a plea for continued

you are watching the landing here on the gerald ford. it will become the uss gerald ford once the president commissions it here in just about an hour or so, as this ceremony goes on. the ship itself is 1,092 feet in length and cost 12.9 billion dollars. like so many military projects, it has been overbudget and there's been a lot of controversy surrounding the cost. we broke it down, that's 113 million dollars per foot. that includes a lot of new technology here on this ship. new what they call dual band radar that will allow it to see over the horizon for threats. we know the chinese have been trying to come up with carrier missiles. that radar will help with that. pretty loud as you hear these helicopters come in. we're told they have been doing touch and goes on the flight deck. the flight deck is so new that in the past when they land it, there's been a spraying of what they call the nonskid paint just blown off. they had to get that off for the past 48 hours or so, they have been landing here that carry the presidential support staf

gerald r. ford. and so, god bless the gerald r. ford of the united states navy. [applause] god bless the ford and the navy, a comfort to our nation and her allies, and a nightmare to our enemies. thank you very much. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, admiral richa richardson. ladies and gentlemen, secretary of the navy, acting. [applaus [applause] >> susan, you have built well and your team of ship builders, their tremendous workmanship is only exceeded by their tremendous patriotism. your your father would be very proud. mr. president, one of your predecessors famously remarked, speak softly and carry a big stick. we offer you, sir, a big stick. [applaus [applause]. for many distinguished guests officer and crew who proudly call yourself the gerald r. ford, history will remember him as the man who when the great constitutional crisis of the last century gripped our nation, would be chosen by congress to lead our nation and today, we remember him as the man who, when the seas were at their most tempest-tossed, gave orders to the helm, steady she goes. and in doin

ford bales, with us. susan christened gerald r. ford in 2013.would be honored if you would join me at the podium to give the order to man our ship and bring her to life. [applause] >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, in the twilight of his life, dad learned of the decision to name cvn-78 to be the uss gerald r. ford. dad felt that that was one of the highest honors he ever received -- was to wear the uniform of lieutenant commander in the united states navy. so upon learning the naming decision, dad wrote a letter and he concluded his letter, quotes, "thus is a source of indescribable pride and humility, to know that an aircraft carrier bearing my name will be permanently associated with the valor and integrity of the men and women of the united states navy." there is no one, absolutely no one, who would be prouder of the commissioning of this mighty ship than the president of the the 38th presidentld r. ford.of of the united states, and as your ship sponsor, i am honored to give the command, officers and bringman our ship her to life. [appl

[applause] >> the uss gerald ford named after our 38 president served proudly in the neighbor during ii. >> donald trump presiding over the commissioning of the world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier in the world, the uss ford will be home to 4500 sailors and it is the most technologically advanced warship ever put to see. a live look from the uss eisenhower just across norfork. 100,000 tons. what one naval admiral told me, american power soon to sail the 7 seas. nice to be with you at home. >> the capital behind me, also coming up a big shakeup at the white house leads to >>s for the president's press office. we will take a closer look at it when coming white house communications director anthony scaramucci. >> congress stalls on repealing and replacing obamacare. can they find a way to move forward on any of the president's agenda for the august recess? america's news headquarters. >> we watched it unfold yesterday, staff shakeup in the white house which means big changes in the press secretary office as anthony scaramucci gets ready to join as communications director a

ford in commission. >> will the guests rise. company, attention. place thep: i hereby united states ship gerald r. ford in commission. may god bless and guide this warship and all who shall sail in her. god bless you. thank you. [applause] announcer: if you missed our live coverage earlier today, we will show you president trump speaking at the commissioning ceremony for the uss gerald r. ford nuclear powered aircraft carrier tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: joining us, ryan mccrimmon. >> a reporter on issues -- thank you for joining us. you have a piece on your website with other reporters saying that the health core will be busy next week when it comes to issues including appropriations. one of those dealing with the senate. four spending bills. walk us through this. next week the house will take up a spending package referred to as a minibus -- four appropriations bills in one, so they are taking a bills to fund the military, energy programs, water projects, the legislative

plankowner of the uss gerald r. ford. [applause] for the rest of your lives, you will be able to tell your friends and family that you served on the greatest ship in the united states navy and, in my opinion, the greatest ship anywhere in the world. everyone should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. i want to thank the many public servants who have joined us here today. treasury secretary mnuchin. governor snyder. governor mcauliffe. senator wicker. and members of congress. secretary stackley. admiral richardson. senior military leaders. and, of course, the great captain mccormack. [applause] captain, i know you will exemplify integrity at the helm. and have a good time doing it, captain. proud of you. thanks to the entire ford family, for all that you have done to support this ship on its voyage. thank you, susan. [applause] i also want to recognize to -- two other people who are very special to president ford. thank you, vice president cheney and former secretary of defense rumsfeld. [applause] they

of course gerald ford was a navy veteran. i know the navy was always special to him. we're proud as a retired sailor verks proud we have a carrier named after president ford. and this ship, fred is a leap ahead. it's a brand new ship and a brand new class. while she's about the same length and width as the old nimitz class carriers, there's lots of differences and changes, additional technology, things that will make the ship more powerful and more efficient going forward. as the president noted, this ship is going to have a service life of about 50 years. those young sailors who were talking to, he's exactly right, they're going to be in their 60s or 70s by the time the ship is decommissioned. they'll be able to watch her defend the country for the entirety of their lifetimes. at the helm, richard mccormick. >> this is a big day. any time you can command a ship it's a big thing. i never commanded, so i'm in awe and have great respect for all of those who have commanded at sea. something i never did. when you command an aircraft carrier in particular. that's as big a c

you will see jimmy carter starts surging, over 30 points ahead of gerald ford. a weak position in the national race. so he challenged jimmy carter to a debate. >> mr. president, i would like to explore a little more deeply our relationship with the russians. max frankel asked ford a question about whether the united states was accepting of soviet domination of eastern europe. >> there is no soviet domination of eastern europe and there never will be under a ford administration. >> i'm sorry, could i just follow. did i understand you to say that the russians are not using eastern europe as their own spirit of influence? >> everybody's jaw just dropped. are you alive? are you aware? what he meant to say is i will not accept any soviet domination of eastern europ >> governor rterhave you a response? >> charitably that was a momentary blip. uncharitably it was a loss of touch with reality. >> clearly a huge moment where the country makes the judgment, you know, that maybe we do need to go in a different dirtion and replace the president. [ indiscernible ] >> ford ha

you didn't mention ford in much detail here but tell me what is his view of gerald ford? is ford simply the establishment? >> ford and reagan don't much like each other. ms. reagan andmoking gun, what you talking about? anyway, nixon is revealed ordering the cia to halt the fbi investigation into watergate and that is the end of richard nixon. gerald ford ascends to the presidency but gerald ford has no republicans made a psychic investment in gerald ford, nobody outside of one congressional district has voted to for gerald ford. he has his hold on the republican party very tenuous and he wants to run for 76 but he confuses nixon's appeal with nixon's policies. he was barely conservative but not as conservative as reagan. [train horn] >> he pursues nixon's policies, continues dÉtente, his fiscal policies, to the bench. this creates an opening for conservative challenger 76 and some looked at it but re >> the reality is carter beat ford by an extremely slight difference. carter carries ohio in 1976 by 6,000 votes out of over 3 million cast. he carried -- the headquarters ar

thank you for those comments, i look forward to this book about gerald ford that should be read. >> the ford library. >> and amazingly profound evening. when issue i had for many years, kids are not taught civics anymore. i taught civics in the eighth grade. i have been a political junkie all my life. when i talk to people about things like the constitution and study common-law in -- a history and government major. i am appalled at the total lack of knowledge and disinterest in the constitution. and in grade school, the chances they will carry their interest and concern and responsibility as adults is pretty slim. i would like to hear your thoughts and what can we do to bring it back? >> guest: make it required. truly, absolutely. it should be required. one of the things about the military academies, they all require that kind of course. in many ways their graduates have an advantage, students in regular universities, not necessarily going to have. when i was in college, we had to take a science course too. the word was out, pretty commonly understood that the easiest science course was

ford bales. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] -- she is escorted today by command master chief, united states navy, command master chief uss gerald r. ford. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, escorted today by captain richard mccormick, united states navy, perspective commanding officer uss gerald r. ford. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, honors to the president of the united states. platform and salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem will be performed by gerald r. ford's own chief petty officer. advance the colors. ♪ >> platform and salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> platform, ready, two. ladies and gentlemen, chaplain barstow will offer the invocation. >> please pray with me. we gather together here today as one body, though we come from many different backgrounds, representing many different religions and from many different cultures today we gather as one. we are here to celebrate together. we gather to celebrate the commissioning of this mighty ship, the uss gerald r. ford. we gather here to celebrate the accomplishments of the united states navy. through living out our code of honor c

then interestingly gerald ford one of the reasons is that ford had a. a white house a model that was very much like donald trump so it was a free for all with people coming and going. in and out of the oval office it was a disaster called it spokes of the wheel with. gerald ford at the center. are within a month he was begging his old pal don rumsfeld to come in and and to exert. a assert this a plan which he did. what james baker is a legendary chief of staff said it's good to focus on the star off base of the jo? and not the chief base of the job was i going to maine for chuck yeah do you well that's that's the danger here is that. you can't be an imperial trees don regan who was. famously. james baker's successor was a disaster he was a former. merrill lynch co chairmen he was imperious he was arrogance he was. get a you know he. out nancy reagan said of him famously that he liked the. the sound of chief but not the sound of staff so much. you it's a crucial job you have to have. you have to be at the ultimate diplomat to to juggle all of these compe

i was here on profiles encourage panel the year we gave gerald ford profiles encourage award because of his pardoning nixon and when he did that he knew it would probably cost him reelection but he did it anyway. did the right thing and saved us all kinds of grief and contentious behavior on the part of all people in all roles. and but the big difference today is start taking a look at gerald ford and i discovers this when working on harry truman, the volume of materials that you have to deal with as a researcher, as a biographer is overwhelming. otherwise you are just skimming through all this material. what is in this collection here could keep one doing research for a full lifetime and never get through all of it. not is not of importance that we have this wonderful material but it is a staggering fountain to try and climb. every book of the kind that i write and others right, biography and history is a joint effort, it is a group project because you have got editors and copy editors and archivists and librarians and specialists you want to interview so when you see those acknowle

this is the commissioning of the "uss gerald r. ford."cauliffe is about to speak there are a number of speakers who will precede president trump and we promise we will be there when the commander-in-chief is ready to address that crowd. in the meantime, plenty of twitter activity. plenty of facebook activity during the course of the program. thank you for that. if you ever miss any of the program you can catch us at any time at cnn go, online and through your connected devices and apps and thanks for the twitter and facebook reaction. what do we have? smerkonish, fast-forward six more months, any predictions? >> stephen, i have surrendered my card for progostication. they don't let me make predictions any more, because i was so often wrong during the build-up to election day in 2016. if i say bet on black, you want to bet on red. you follow? give me another one. stop pretending you're not a crazy lib. wow, we're not dumb. oh, i get it, angelo. so today is one of those days when i'm a crazy lib. let's see, during the course of my broadcast

norfolk, virginia, where he officially commissioned the newest and largest aircraft carrier, the "uss gerald ford" but before leaving the president went on a tweet storm, ten tweets within just two hours on all kinds of topics ranging from his power to pardon to leaks against attorney general jeff sessions and friday's staffing shake-up. white house press secretary sean spicer resigned as president trump named long-time wall street fund manager anthony scaramucci as the new communications director. >> 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. >>> and a very big week ahead as the russia investigation continues to drip, drip, drip. nbc reports that jared kushner, paul manafort, and donald trump jr. will be interviewed by congress next week, all behind closed doors as questions swirl around their roles in the russia investigation. >>> meanwhile, "the washington post" is reporting that u.s. spy agencies intercepted conversations o

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the gerald ford is now the most advanced carrier in the world.art carrier will send a 100,000 ton message to world. its construction has been a bit controversial but that ceremony just spectacular. we have more from norfolk, virginia. >> this is now officially the uss gerald ford, 12.9 billion dollars, just about 1100 feet. do the math. that's 118 million dollars a foot on board this crew will now have new ways of launching aircraft off with an electromagnetic catapult. new ways of retrieving aircraft when they land, and new radar, new weapons systems, all that president trump says is one piece of making america's military mightier than ever. >> your skill and your grit build the instruments of war that preserve peace. this ship is the deterrent that keeps us from having to fight in the first place. but this ship also ensures that if a fight does come, it will always end the same way. we will win, win, win. we will never lose. we will win. >> the president paying honor to the namesake of this ship, president gerald ford, 38th president of the uni

the president landing in norfolk virginia to celebrate -- celebrate the commissioning of the uss gerald fordllion dollars. the biggest, the best. >> we want to bring in lee carter this morning to talk about some of the changes at the white house. over on friday we saw anthony scaramucci who is heading up the white house communications team. this comes at an interesting time, during the summer, sort of the reset button, moving kind of beyond healthcare maybe on to tax reform? what does scaramucci need to do to get this white house back on track, their narrative back on track? >> one of the biggest problems the white house has had is they have been on their heels the last six months reacting to every attack. they have been trying to take down obama care and haven't been talking about proactively on their agenda. whenever they do, they start reacting to what the issue of the day is. i think scaramucci has an opportunity right now to come in, set the agenda and start selling to the american people what is tax reform going to do for them. he will focus i think really on those things that matter m

the two closest comparisons we can find, alex, are gerald ford and bill clinton. at six months in, right here, you can see that it was 58% disapprove of president trump, 43% approved at that point of gerald ford. 51%, interestingly, of bill clinton, six months in. but president trump's 36% approval is the lowest in 70 years. your thoughts? >> by far the weakest new president we've had. certainly in my lifetime. the fact that gerald ford is the most recent really available comparison is striking since ford never won election as president, accidental president with no political base in the same way you would expect. people look at these numbers and people sympathetic to the president look at these numbers and say he doesn't have to run for re-election for several more years. the reality, alisyn, these numbers affect him right now when he's trying to sell these difficult agenda items on capitol hill, trying to persuade members on congress, take a tough vote with me because i'm your president. >> obviously these numbers are much higher for republicans. republican part

. >> the commission of the uss gerald ford. a number of sailors about the motto of that ship, integrity from the helm become to gerald ford and his integrity and there are actually lessons on the ship, history courses for sailers and marines who end up on what the name sake is and what it means specially in the case who is after, somebody who served so selflessly and marines will take you that the name sake of their ship means an awful lot and that's who they are fighting for and whose legacy they will carry on who set sail. >> big news about testing that took place. >> we have some video of it for you. this was the new catapult on the uss gerald ford. there was questions whether or not it would work. >> perfect weather. >> yeah, and i will say, i don't think it was an accident that it was perfect weather. they wanted to give themselves every opportunity but now comes what they call the shakedown. >> there was obviously a huge investment. $13billion. >> $13 billion. we wish them fair wins. chris wallace coming up next i thought

-- norfolk, virginia. -- the uss gerald ford has a generator that can -- in thected to be diploma nets for years and house as many as 2600 crew members. the commissioning ceremony. explained -- he is expected to be deployed in the next few years and house as many as 2600 crew members. >> ship company, tension. arrive --uests please -- ship company, attention. -- will the guests please rise? please rise.

it is named the gerald r. ford. president trump said nothing in his remarks about how gerald r. ford became president of the united states, nothing about gerald r. ford never having actually been elected president, but simply rising to the office after richard nixon resigned rather than face impeachment in the house of representatives and a trial in the united states senate at which president nixon would most assuredly have been found guilty and removed from office on the basis of information discovered and developed into a series of criminal cases by a special prosecutor. that's how gerald ford became president. it was not mentioned at the naming, commissioning of that aircraft carrier in gerald r. ford's name. it was exactly the kind of special prosecutor that president trump and his family and campaign associates are facing now. donald trump may be driven to distraction by the special prosecutor. donald trump may be provoked into bursts of twitter madness by the special prosecutor. but no one in trump world is taking the special prosecutor more seriously than the president's s

. >> about the same time gerald ford becomes president, charlie in prison writes to squeaky that he'ses. they want to do one big thing that's going to get the nation's attention back on charlie. so squeaky, wearing a red robe, comes up to the president of the united states with a big gun, points the gun in his face. the secret servicemen wrestle her to the ground and squeaky's first words were, can you believe the gun didn't go off? >> following your own close brush with death in sacramento i wonder if this has convinced you all that we need tough gun legislation in this country? >> i prefer to go after the person who uses the gun for an illegal or criminal purpose. that to me is a far better approach than the one where you require registration of the individual or the gun. >> just minutes after making those statements, gerald ford walked in to the street and heard the sound of gunfire. >> my god, there's been a shot! there's been a shot. they're being pushed back by the police. somebody has fired a shot here. we don't know if anybody has been hit. my god! somebody fired a shot. >> th

this is the "gerald ford" the first of a new class of super carriers.g the ship was delivered to the navy just over a month ago. what makes this new class special, well, at almost $13 billion, it is the single most expensive warship ever built. and is much more powerful than the old nimitz class in use since 1975. critics of the "uss gerald ford" say the ship is too costly with too many delays and a lot of questionable technology. but as president trump said from the deck -- >> this ship will make an extraordinary addition to the fleet. like no other. like no other. anywhere in the world, there's nothing like this. >> when it comes to aircraft carriers, america's might is not exactly challenged. no nation in the world has more than one aircraft carrier that is active except of course the u.s. when the "gerald ford" is commissioned later this month it will eleven. so the old adage that he who controls the sea controls everything holds true, american military dominance will likely be safe for decades to come. the answer to my gps challenge is "b," don qui

gerald ford named after 38 pre warship will be home to sailors. garrett steny has the latest. >> president trump was joined by defense secretary james mad is and gerald ford daughter to commission state of theard uss gerald ford r aircraft car carrier. first member of the next generation of nuclear aircraft carriers. >> american steel and american hands of constructed a 100,000 ton message to the world. america might is second to none and we're getting bigger and better and stronger every day of my administration. >> construction on the u.s.s. ford started in 2009 and was sposed to be completed late 2015. navy says budget overruns and complications with state of th project. >> where this vessel cuts you tlo the horizon our allies will rest easy and enemies will shake with fear because everyone will know america is coming and america is coming strong. >>> 5,000 american ship builders manufactured what is now the most tech logically built warship it's length of three football feels and will house sailors and is fist of its design sense 1975. >> i he

gerald ford commissioned today it's a big deal, isn't it? >> it's a huge deal.t will hurt my heart as a sole zoar to say this, the way a nation displays its military is through its naval force. when you think about some of the things that happened in the 8 years of the obama administration where we had gaps in our area of the carriers especially in the persian gulf. i'm somewhere why it was overbudget and overschedule. but we need to get it out there. judge jeanine: i understand the technological advances on this, the necessity of having fewer -- something like 500 fewer people on the ship, and they can carry more aircraft it sounds incredible. let's move on. i want to talk to you about what we have been talking about with the panel. that is the whole idea of the republicans not supporting this president. you know what? we have the house and senate and the white house. to me it is very frustrating and you were in congress. how did they whip you into shape or did they? >> one of the things the republican party has to ask itself is what do they extend for? what ar

uss gerald r. ford should be operational by 2020. president trump will be joined by the daughter of the ship's namesake, our late president gerald ford. she has earned her place on the deck. she rolled up her sleeves and worked with ship builders over the years as they constructed the warship. >> while the president in norfolk, back in d.c. major developments this morning. this surrounding the russia investigation. reports that attorney general jeff sessions discussed campaign matters with russia's ambassador during last year's presidential campaign. this is according to "the washington post." they are citing u.s. intelligence intercepts. with sergey kislyak. >>> former campaign manager paul manafort and trump jr. will not attend senate judiciary committee hearing next week. instead they have agreed to turn over documents requested by the committee and submit to interviews. the president's son-in-law jared kushner will be interviewed by intelligence community. that will happen tuesday. >>> revolving door at the white house turning ag

gerald ford" and he chose to make a pitch on the ship to assembled seamen. let's take a look. >> so call that congressman. call that senator, and make sure you get it. and by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> it raised a lot of eyebrows. including ben rhodes. who worked for president obama. he said this is a huge deal. obamas or bushes would never have done this. violate the the most fundamental norms separatinging military and politics. why does the president believe it was appropriate to make a political pitch like that in this forum? >> the president is committed to repealing and replacing obamacare. we have a system that's completely collapsing. it's failed at all levels. we have to make a major shift. inaction is not an option. the president was making that clear yesterday and speaking to not just the people in the room but the american people. >> what does he want the senate to do this week? it sure seems like repeal and replace has died. does he want them to repeal obamacare and replace it at the same time?

the uss gerald r. fordident of the united states who served on a war ship will be home to 4500 united states sailors. fox's garrett tenney has the details. >> reporter: president trump was joined by virginia governor terry mcauliffe defensive secretary james mattis and gerald ford's daughter susan to commission the state of the art uss gerald r. ford aircraft carrier. the navy welcome this $12.9 billion war ship as the first member of the next generation of nuclear powered aircraft carriers. >> american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,00 world. america might is second to 91. and we're getting bigger and better and stronger every day of my administration. >> reporter: construction on the uss ford started in 2000 nip was supposed to be completed by late 2015. but the navy says budget overruns and complications with the state of the art systems delayed the project. >> wherever this vessel cuts through the horizon, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear because everyone w

gerald ford, the most advance aircraft carrier ever built. >> this ship insures if a fight does come it will always end the same way, we will win, win, win. >> reporter: but it is the president fighting his corner now blasting out tweets what he he calls the fake news media. this one aimed at the washington post and it's bombshell scoop on jeff sessions, despite sessions' denial that he ever met with the russia during the campaign. >> i never meet with meetings. >> reporter: intelligence community intercepted phone calls sessions is in trouble with trump. president expressed his frustration with sessions not having recused himself from the russian investigation. >> he is not afraid to throw loyalist under the bus. >> the president fires the attorney general and tries to replace him that's a position that is confirmed by the u.s. senate. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer is out. businessman anthony scaramucci is in. >> he was not always a trump fan. >> full transparency, i'm deleting old tweets past views evolved and should not be a distraction, purging his account of all past

gerald ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built. >> this ship insures if a fight does come, it will also end the same way, we will win, within, - win, win. >>> the president blasting out tweets at the fake news media. this one aimed at the washington post and it's bombshell scoop on jeff sessions despite sessions' denial that he ever met with russians about the campaign. >> i never had meeting with russian operatives or russian intermediaries. >> reporter: the post reports that the intelligence agencies intercepted phone calls with the russian ambassadors. sessions is in trouble with trump, days ago the president compressed his frustration at sessions' decision to recuse himself from the rush investigation. >> he is not afraid to throw loyalists under the bus. >> if the president fires the attorney general and tries to replace him that's a position that gets confirmed by the u.s. senate. >> reporter: a major changing of the guard, press secretary sean spicer is out, anthony scaramucci is in. he was not always a trump fan. scaramucci tweeted full transparency, i'm deleting o

>> our live coverage of the commissioning of the uss gerald r ford is today at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the super carrier named after our 30th president is the newest aircraft carrier. president trump will attend the ceremony in virginia and deliver remarks. 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the c-span radio app. >> a commissioning family marks the beginning of active duty for a newly built naval vessel. we will show you three aircraft commissioner ceremonies featuring presidents clinton, bush, and vice president dick cheney. we begin with the uss harry truman. >> in 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. but as always, he did not give up easily. he wrote to his sweetheart and future wife bess these words. harry truman was a man of his word. it took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, harry truman's ship has come in. [applause] president clinton: of course, president truman's home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. coming from the state just so

gerald r. ford. everywhere it sails that, great scout's name will be feared and revered because that ship will be a symbol of american power, prestige, and strength. our president honored gerald ford today because he led his life the scouting way. boy scouts celebrate american patriots, especially the brave members of our armed forces. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. american hearts are warmed every year when we read about boy scouts placing thousands and thousands of flags next to veterans' grave sites all across the country. by honoring our heroes, you help to ensure that their memory never, ever dies. you should take great pride in the example you set for every citizen of our country to follow. generations of american boy scouts have sworn the same oath and lived according to the same law. you inherit a tradition, as you embark on your lives, never cease to be proud of who you are and the principles you hold dear and stand by. wear your values as your badge of honor. what you've done, f

president trump speaks for the uss gerald ford. remarks by george w. bush on a ship bearing his father's name. george bush senior also speaks of the event which launched the last nimitz class carrier. the george h.w. bush can operate for more than 20 years without feeling, and carries more than 80 aircraft. president bush: i want to thank you all for coming. laura and i are thrilled to help commission an awesome ship, and to honor an awesome man, president george h w bush. >> [applause] to care for the study i went up to some of my father's letters. i thought it was especially interesting to read one that he wrote in the league 1940's. -- the late 1940's. he sent it to a friend. he said, you should see georgy now. when i come home he greets me and talks a blue streak. sentences disjointed of course. >> [laughter] >> he tries to say everything, and the results are often hilarious. change.gs do not >> [laughter] aircraft carrier which we commissioned today may be the navy's newest ship, but she has already had an interesting past. her catapult testing to

later today and continues on wednesday and finally on saturday, guys, the commissioning of the uss gerald ford and at 3:00 o'clock event we will see if the president takes neglect questions about any of this. rob: we would like to hear what he has to say about all of this. heather: that's why he was elected an why he was elected, i think, because he we wanted to make america great again. rob: that kind of view of this country and kind of focusing on who we are and what we want and not necessarily what the world wants, i think that really was his big push. i remember election night, blue states you started them seeing turn red that was a big moment in the country and really an indication that we had not been thinking about our people and it was so much so that it wasn't a political thing, it have these were manufacturers, people with blue-collar jobs and people in the middle class that hadn't gotten any attention. heather: before he took over, he made good on some of the promises by bringing jobs back to america halting some jobs from being overseas. as you were discussing last week, a lot of w

to be fair, the president did tweet about the "uss gerald ford" which he's going to be here to commissionhe greatest warship in his words in history. and also of engineering. that one single tweet compared to several other tweets shows you where the president's focus is, specifically when it comes to hillary clinton. it's been more than eight months since the president defeated her in the general election and yet, she is a consistent target of his. also railing against the media and leaks. notice he doesn't specifically deny that "washington post" reporting that some of jeff sessions' testimony before congress doesn't really line up with what the intelligence community knows about his contacts with sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador. it just shows the message from the president hasn't really changed despite the changes in the white house. we saw the new attorney for the white house council ty cobb getting sworn in. and now anthony scaramucci replacing sean spicer as communications chief. this is after all, made in america week. back to you. >> boris sanchez, thank you so much. good to

kimberly: sure, happe kimberly: just one week after its commissioning, the uss gerald ford has made historyff the coast of virginia. the carrier launched and retrieved a jet using new electromagnetic catapult system for the first time. that technology replaces the steam catapult used on carriers for decades. the first ship in its class come it must undergo additional testing before it's expected deployment in 2020. i love how that lands right on a dime. getting of a valet knocked out. they warning that this video is knocking him out. rodriguez said he told the man the parking service was $18 per day. the man said he should not have to pay or move his fancy pickup truck. this happened tuesday, but fort lauderdale police did not see the video until friday. they are now investigating. final check of the weather next. ♪ kimberly: aw, that his nine-year-old dane miller singing with passion, right along with dad. a family member recorded the video and people across the country fell in love with dane. m

message to rebuild our nation's military with the commissioning of the aircraft carrier, the uss gerald ford as he tries toing right the trip among his staff. >> thank you. >> the commander in chief naming a new communications director, former wall street executive anthony scaramucci who wasn't always on the trump train, kwuns calling him a hack. >> i love the president. >> and thanking former white house press secretary sean spicer saying he's a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the fake news media but his future is bright. the message among a hail of early morning tweets. another one aimed at the washington polls. their bombshell report that u.s. intelligence intercepted phone called from the washington last year. sessions had denied these talk took place. trump's reaction, these illegal leaks must stop. session was already in trouble with trump. days ago the. expressed his drugs trags as session's zbigsz to recuse himself. had he known he would have picked somebody else. >> he's not afraid to throw loyalists under the bus. joochb act . >> jon herd died yesterday where he was

just gotten off marine one heading to air force one for a quick trip of the christening are the gerald r. ford aircraft carrier. the gerald r. ford is notable for having pardoned richard nixon. so scaramucci of course is now the new white house communications director. it will be interesting to see how he will change the role or how he will put his own imprint on it. we got a sense of his sort of feelings about the president and the direction in the way that he talked to reporters in the briefing room yesterday. >> i think there's been at times a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president and the way some of you perhaps see the president. i think we're doing an amazing job. i was in the oval office with him earlier today. we were talking about letting him be himself, letting him express his full identity. i think he's got some of the best political instincts in the world. the people i grow up with, they so identify with the president and they love him. i love the president, i obviously love the country. sean decided he thought it would be better to go. h

message to rebuild our nation's military with the commissionering of the aircraft carrier the uss gerald fordhe tries to right the ship among his staff. the commander in chief naming a new communications director former wall street executive anthony scaramucci who wasn't always on board the trump train once calling him a hack. >> i personally apologize for the 50th time i love the president. >> reporter: and thanking former white house secretary sean spicer following his resignation saying sean spicer is a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the fake news media but his future is bright. the message among a hail of tweets another aimed at the washington post their bomb shell reports that u.s. intelligence intercepted phone calls from the russian ambassador last year reporting discussions with jeff sessions about the campaign. >> i never had. >> reporter: sessions has denied these talks took place and trump reaction quote these illegal leaks like comey's must stop and sessions was already in trouble with trump and days ago the president expressed his frustration at sessions decision