h.r. 5079 directs d.h.s. to do just that by requiring the department to have a strategy to enhance engagement with fusion centers and provide fusion center personnel. additionally, h.r. 5079 would ensure that d.h.s.'s information sharing pl tissue policies include strong privacy and civil leb will be -- liberty safeguards. i therefore encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 5079 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from nebraska. mr. bacon: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bacon: i thank the gentlelady for her comments and her support of this bill. we're going to improve 70 different fusion centers with this bill and standardize the performance of all of them. i once again urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5079. thos

h.r. 1625 with a further amendment numbered 217. -- 2217. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to concur with amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. mr. mcconnell: i have a -- the presiding officer: yeas and nays will be -- the clerk will report the second-degree amendment. cleric mr. mcconnell proposes an amendment numbered 2218 to amendment number 2217. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. officer without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to refer the house message on h.r. 1625 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. cleric mr. mcconnell moves to refer the house message on h.r. 1625 to the committee on appropriations to report back forthwith with instructions with an amendment numbered 2219. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. the presidin

h.r.r is gone. the "post" headlined "trump decides to remove national security adviser and others may follow." joining us by phone is the "post's" josh dawsey. explain what you learned. >> five sources tell us, anderson, h.r. mcmaster's days of national security adviser are numbered. the president told his chief of staff earlier this week that he wanted mcmaster gone and wanted finalists to interview to become national security adviser. he has settled on several finalists. among them, john bolton who is a kind of hawkish television commentator who the president actually really likes. keith kellogg who is already at the nsc, the national security council. and there could be a wildcard that james mattis or others bring to the president. right now what we've learned is a decision to remove h.r. mcmaster has been made by the president. what it hinges on is unlike rex tillerson who the president fired via twitter and did it very unceremoniously, the president, others around him want a more stab

the clerk: h.r. 4646. a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 1900 corporate drive in birmingham, alabama, as the lance corporal thomas e. rivers jr. post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. clay, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama. mr. palmer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. palmer: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. palmer: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4646. this bill names the post office at 1900 corporate drive in birmingham, alabama, after lance corporal thomas e. rivers jr. corporal rivers was a resident of hoover, a

motion to recommit on h.r. 4607 and passage of h.r. 4607 if ordered. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit on h.r. 4607 offered by the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clarke, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will redesignate the motion. the clerk: motion to recommit on h.r. 4607 offered by ms. clarke of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

h.r. 1917, the brick act. and h.r. 453, the relief from new source performance standards. the brick act unjustifiably delays reductions in toxic air pollution from brick manufacturers by allowing them to continue to pollute all their lawsuits -- until all their lawsuits are exhausted. the bill throws out existing judicial process by providing a blanket extension for any compliance deadline regardless of the merits of the case. under well established legal norms, the court can of appeals for the district circuit may stay a rule during litigation if it finds that the party seeking the stay has demonstrated that. there is a likelihood of success on the merits, the prospect of irreparable harm to the party requesting the stay, and most importantly, whether granting the stay is in the public interest. to date not one of the industry litigants have even asked the court to stay the brick and structural clay products rule. not one. presumably it's because they recognize that they cannot meet this legal standard. mr. speaker, the existing judicial process is the appropriate method

and suspend the rules and passing h.r. 4909. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 773 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 131. house resolution 773. resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4545 to amend the federal financial institutions examination counsel act of 1978 to improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes. providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1116, to require the federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions, and for other purposes. and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4263, to amend the securities act of 1933 with respect to small company capital formation, and for other purposes

h.r. 4263. the bill to amend the securities act of 1933 with respect to small company capital formation, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 773, the amendment printed in part d of house report 115-595 adopted and the bill as amended is considered as read. the bill as amended shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services. the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, and the gentlelady from california, ms. waters, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and submit remarks extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. he

passage of h.r. 4545 if ordered. the ordering of the previous question on house resolution 780 and adoption of the house resolution 780, if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 181, the nays are 235. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 182, the nays are 235. the motion is not adopted. the question son the passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. -- is on the passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed. >> mr. speaker. mr. speaker. on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nay

just spoke to potus and general h.r.ter contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the nsc. jonathan kapart you're biassed you're employed by "the washington post." but if you have to pick for credibility, "the washington post" or the press secretary. >> that's a tough one. >> on h.r. mcmaster's future? >> i'm continuing john's laugh. look, when you read the story by ashley parker and my colleagues at "the washington post," the key line in there is that they talked to 19 sources in the administration and people who talked to the president. so yes, lawrence, if i have to choose between the president of the united states and "the washington post" i'm going to believe "the washington post." >> i have five people with direct knowledge of the plan. >> with direct knowledge and then 19 overall. >> so the sanders tweet might just delay this somewhat when she says just spoke to potus, there are no changes at nsc. >> notice the verb tense. there are no changes. >> we have no changes to a

>> i move to suspend the rules 4725.ss the bill h.r. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. he clerk: h.r. 4725, a bill to require short form reports for certain depository institutions. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. barr, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. barr: madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4725, the community bank reporting relief act. community banks were hit hard by the great recession and the ensuing regulations. numerous bankers have told me they are spending more and more money and resources and time on compliance costs and less money and resources on actually providing services to customers. this is particularly alarming because these small banks are so critical to their communities. from sponsoring the local t-ball team to lending money to a farmer for the next year's crop, to helping the single mom purchase a used car so she can get to w

buck: i yield to the sponsor of h.r. 1116 and h.r. 4545, mr. tipton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tipton: i would like to thank my colleague for consideration of the rule here today. both of the bills being considered under this rule amount to real relief for our nation's community banks and credit unions. h.r. 1116, the tailor act which passed out of committee will direct financial regulators to tailor to the business model of our institutions, meaning regulation intended for the largest institutions will no longer burden the smallest of our institutions. r community banks and credit unions have cop applied with heavy handed regulations that were created after the 2008 financial crisis. while many of these regulations are necessary for financial institutions of all sizes, many are not. complying with regulations has hampered the ability of our community institutions to offer credit to small businesses, help families get a mortgage and extend loans to retirees and recently employed. as one community banker wrote to me, we h

h.r. 5247 by the yeas and nays. h.r. 4465 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5247. -- on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5247, a bill to authorize the use of eligible investigational drugs by eligible patient who was been diagnosed with a stage of a ts or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur in a matter of months or with another eligible illness and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned cove

general h.r. mcmaster is leaving his role as national security adviser. he's out. he will be replaced by john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. what that means for the direction of the country's national security policy is clear. mcmaster's was a moderating force in the white house who urged the president not to rip up the nuclear deal with iran. bolton is hard-liner and called the deal with iran the biggest single act of appeasement by the west since munich. in the past he called for bombing of iran. i'm joined by vivian solama. and, of course, move that back, please, joliet ainsley, former tate department official, and stunned by the news. i don't know if this is wag the dog, is this to get away from stormy daniels and the whole rest of this hell or what, but they are bringest the biggest neo-con in the world. the one exec that so many millions of voters voted against in 2016, who voted against stupid wars and bring in the biggest hawk there's ever been and put him as head of

speaker, h.r. exempts most nonbank financial institutions like mutual funds from costly stress test requirements. in this, mr. speaker, and mr. chairman, ask so important to our small saves -- savers across the country because when you have costly, cumbersome, and unnecessary regulations, they are paid for by the savers in these mutual funds and fence fund investors. and when they are paid -- and pension fund investors. and when they are paid out of the rate of return the rates of return dropped. and the value of their nest eggs drop. mr. speaker, government should be in the job of helping our families live better lives with more financial security. 4566 helps y h.r. us do just that by removing one size fits all regulations that fit for lots of banks but not for the asset management community. today, mr. speaker, approximately 4% of the expenses of asset managers are for complying to regulations. if we do nothing, that number is expected to go up to 4566 helps us do just that 10% of their expenses

but we have known for some time the president is done with h.r. mcmaster. h.r. mcmaster also is essentially done with the job. it is not that he wouldn't stay if conditions weren't better. >> it would almost be better that it happens because you don't have policy. >> that's right. what is billed as healthy disputes and battles of ideas and changeover for fresh blood, none of that is accurate in terms of the dynamic. it's firing people and people wondering if they're next. what is striking about comey, or frankly with reince priebus, he is rarely that decisive. he lets them fester for months and months and months. in the case of priebus, he did. he was seen as a toxic force. bannon was seen as a toxic force. but the president didn't connect steve bannon. the president liked watching the show. one of his advisers said he can either do the job or watch the show. and almost every time he chooses the to watch the show. >> and you were tweeted to that effect last night. he said if he floats his own story, meaning the president, of what he will or could do, the story a

thank you, h.r., and god bless. the vice president followed up with a congrats to you, his tweet, do we have the tweet here? congratulation to new national security adviser john bolton. ambassador bolton is a highly respected american pay tree yait whpay tree yat.potus will contip america strong and secure. agreed? >> well i appreciate vice president pence's kind words about me and i endorse 100% what he said about h.r. >> now i was looking at tape. just after this big announcement, i think martha was playing it or maybe it was on special report. they had videotape of when he announced h.r. mcmaster as his national security adviser and then he had some good words for you. he said we're also going to be talking in an advisory capacity with ambassador john bolton, a great guy with a lot of great ideas. were you considered for this back then in. >> yes. i think it was pretty well known. i remember seeing h.r. down at mar-a-lago, he was coming in for his interview as i was leaving. so we go back a long way on that. >> n

speaker, that i rise in opposition to h.r. 4257. because it creates a dangerous back door for modern day snake aroundesmen, a back door the f.d.a. approval process. for people who may or may not be preying on desperate people and ignores that there actually is a safe pathway for terminally ill patients to get treatment. this bill failed to pass last week and it should fail again. it is a harmful policy that both republican and democratic appointed former f.d.a. commissioners concluded that there is, quote, no evidence, unquote, that this bill, quote, would meaningfully approve access for patients, but would just remove the f.d.a. from the approval process and create a dangerous precedent that would erode protections for vulnerable patients, unquote. the most vulnerable patients. people who are, you know, their life is in danger. they feel that they'll try anything. and there are people out there who will prey on that. this bill denies patients what they really need, which is a safe and effective treatment. this bill strips away impo

h.r. 4566, by mr. poliquin, will help alleviate some of the regulations that were put in place find a way for those millions under the dodd-frank a h.r. 5247, the right to try bill, which garnered majority bipartisan support last week will give patients who have nowhere else to turn another option to fight the potentially fatal health conditions with which they have been diagnosed. i do want to thank president trump, i want to thank vice president pence for their adership on this issue and understand here in this body how important it is to move forward with this patient centered legislation. i urge my colleagues to support today's rule and the two underlying pieces of legislation. with that i yield back the balance of my time. i move the previous question un this body how important it is to move forward with this patient centered legislation. on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields. the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. so many as are

speaker, that i rise in opposition to h.r. 4257. because it creates a dangerous back door for modern day snake aroundesmen, a back door the f.d.a.pproval ocess. for people who may or may no be preying on desperate people and ignores that there actually is a safe pathway for terminally ill patients to get treatment. this bill failed to pass last week and it should fail again. it is a harmful policy that both republican and democratic appointed former f.d.a. commissioners concluded that there is, quote, no evidence, unquote, that this bill, quote, would meaningfully approve access for patients, but would just remove the f.d.a. from the approval process and create a dangerous precedent that would erode protections for vulnerable patients, unquote. the most vulnerable patients. people who are, you know, their life is in danger. they feel that they'll try anything. and there are people out there who will prey on that. this bill denies patients what they really need, which is a safe and effective treatment. this bill strips away important

speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4909, the stop school violence act, as amended. i to so with serious concerns about some of its provisions and mostly about what the bill fails to do. h.r. 4909 would authorize $50 million annually for grants administered by the department of justice to fund various training and other initiatives intended to enhance school safety. and it would authorize another $25 million annually to be used , r other related purposes including physical improvements such as metal detectors, better locks and systems for schools to notify law enforcement of emergencies. the bill is fine as far as it goes. we should certainly do more to make our schools safer, but it is shameful we must do so because of our failure to reduce the threat of gun violence to children. it should be unacceptable to all of us that we must take steps to train staff and students to protect themselves against these types of incidents instead of spending more money on educating our young people. this bill does not include any provisions to strengthen our gun laws or to help kee

h.r. mcmaster is being replaced with john bolton. >>> plus, president trump's top lawyer handling the russia probe has re-signesigned. and a $1 .5 trillion spending bill is heading to the president's desk. averting what would have been the third government shutdown of the year. >>> good morning, everyone. it's from friday, march 23rd. we begin with more change at the white house. after a year and two months in office, president donald trump announced he will move on to his third national security adviser with the ouster of army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster for john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations under president george w. bush. the change goes into effect on april 9th. bolton, who promotes his views through a foundation and is a political action committee was spotted at the white house late afternoon and he discussed his appointment on fox news. >> sir, your reaction to your new job? >> well, i think i still am i fox news contributor. >> no, you're not, apparently. >> i

now, as with h.r. mcmaster and his russia criticism in that afternoon speech right before the white house put out word last night he would be fired, like the situation with mcmaster, this could be coincidence. there could be no connection between the vents at all. it could happen the president wants to fire these guys or mulling over firing these guys at the same time this russia crisis is happening with what appears to have been a russian state attack using a nerve agent on a private citizen. it could be this is coincidentally happening at the same time. these are public remarks these national security officials would be making regardless whether the president was in the process of firing them or not. but now we have seen this same dynamic play out twice in a week. we saw this play out in very quick secession with the mcmaster news last night and before that with the tillerson firing on monday night into tuesday morning. and because it's now happened twice, it may be worth looking into what is going o

just spoke to the president, she tweeted, and general h.r. mcmaster, contrary to reports, they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the nsc. that's unequivocal for that hour. >> for that hour, right. i could say to you i'm not eating breakfast and i'm not literally eating breakfast but i'm going to. >> what is the point of putting that out? if he is going out today, what is the importance of putting that out? >> the president does have a habgt of throwing out these ideas. i'll probably get rid of somebody. then it gets reported in the press. suddenly he pulls back from it. >> if he floats his own stories and the story amounts to a reality show cliff hanger to keep you until after a commercial. that's the question. sarah sanders plays her part in this fiction about what is fact and what is fiction. she's going to say this today. if it changes, she will have a reason for it and have the same straight face. it's why people don't know what to believe and not believe anymore. >> the president will eventually do what he is t

the headline last thursday night, h.r. mcmaster gives the kremlin a double bird solute, strongest anti-russia comments he made. by the following day there was urgent reporting mcmaster would be fired and now he's out and it may be that it is a totally weird coincidence that tillerson's last public comments before he was fired were his strongest anti russia comments as secretary of state and then days later, mcmaster's last public comments were the strongest as national security advisor but both things happened in the span of less than a week and a half and in the context of the russia investigation around this president and in between these two firings, the president's mysterious lly differential and complementary call where he ignored advice not to congratulate putin and ignored advice he must condemn russia for the poisoning attack, it may just be that all these things happen to be happening at the same time. they may be unconnected but it's a very compressed timeline and there is a real similarity between what happened

coming at a time when, of course, h.r.ly involved in setting up the discussions for a potential meeting with president trump and kim jong-un. he was central to all of those meetings with the south korean diplomats. he was in san francisco last weekend, planning for that. so, wolf, this is something that is going to certainly shake up that meeting. you know, i would argue that it, you know, could certainly change it from even potentially happening. now, we were asking senior officials all last week and earlier this week, is this going to happen? and the white house chief of staff and others said the president still has the confidence of h.r. mcmaster. but clearly you wonder if something changed, perhaps earlier this week. that phone call with vladimir putin that the president made. there was a leak in this white house by, it's suspected at least, by perhaps someone on the national security team, who said that he was advised not to congratulate putin. he did that. so it is a question tonight, wolf, if that set this into moti

that was the first time we saw the president take a shot at h.r. mcmaster on twitter and then ultimately fired him after these last remarks. do you -- i wanted to know what you make of that, whether you think those things might be coincidental in timing or whether you think they're related. >> i don't know. i did note the pattern. the question i have in my mind is why is president trump firing h.r. mcmaster at this time? did he do something with respect to policy such as russia that they disagree with or just about body language and chemistry that the president talks about so much? he didn't like the guy. he feels more comfortable with john bolton. we don't know that but we should know that because it is extraordinary that he is replacing somebody that i have a lot of respect for, h.r. mcmaster after a few months on the job. why is he doing that now? is it related to policy or personality? what does it mean for the future that he's chosen bolton now? we'll have to wait and see. i'm nervous about it. i think it's a bad choice. former u.s. ambassador

national security adviser h.r. mcmaster has resigned from the trumpet ministration he will be replaced by john bolton who also advised to. george w. bush on foreign policy issues mcmaster replaced michael flynn fourteen months ago bolton as a hawk he has previously advocated the use of military force against iran and north korea. is also become as has become customary for trump's major personnel and policy decisions the announcement was made on twitter trump tweeted i'm pleased to announce that effective april the ninth john bolton will be my new national security advisor i'm very thankful for the service of general h.r. mcmaster who's done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend kimberly how could now has more on h.r. mcmasters time with the trump administration and general h.r. mcmaster will become the national security advisor he arrived at a tumultuous time just a month into his presidency trump had fired national security advisor michael flynn for lying to the vice president over his conversations

what we are seeing with h.r.aster, there are possible replacements whether it is keith kellogg or even john bolton. both choices right there present a shift in where president trump could go to a hawkish stance over what he is dealing with over keith kellogg. president trump has his beliefs, but depends on his advisers and what he is told that influences his policy. >> you mentioned john bolton. he was advocating a military strike on north korea. context on that possible selection. >> let's talk about mcmaster and the whole musical chairs in the white house. it is no secret that the president has clashed with mcmaster on foreign policy issues. with that in mind, listen to something the president said. listen. >> i like conflict. i like two people with two different points of view. i like that. i like watching it. i like seeing it. i like different points of view. >> that is what the president said last week. he likes different points of view. here is the problem. he is showing the door to people who have the diff

h.r.cmaster, general mcmaster is out as his national security advisor and former ambassador john bolton, a fox news contributor, is in as the national security advisor. i think it's fair to say -- let me first bring in the panel, byron york of the washington examiner, susan page of usa today and jonathan swan of axuous. i think it's fair to say while the timing may be a bit of a surprise, the fact that mcmaster was going to be out sooner rather than later, the surprise at the timing of it. jonathan, you've been covering this, as to whether mcmaster was going to be out, your thoughts? >> i tell you, this has shocked people inside the building. again, it's the timing of it. there was an assumption at some point he was going to remove h.r. mcmaster. they never fortunateli fortunatelied -- formed a chemistry. he never figured out how to brief the president. this is not about ideology. john bolton is about as hawkish as they come. this is about chemistry with the president of the united states.

h.r. mcmaster becomes the sixth close advisor or aide to announce a departure from the white house in just six turbulent weeks at the white house. according to the ap mcmaster showed up to work yesterday as usual. hours later in a phone call with the president, was he down the hall? it was clear that his time was up. he was fired. joe scarborough has been off with his kids last week but he filed a piece on this big story of the week. he calls the appointment of john bolton a fitting conclusion to the failures of conservatism. joe writes in part this, six decades of republican overreach and corrosive causes have led to the rise of donald trump and a foreign policy run by john bolton, an economy guided by larry kudlow and a legal team led by conspiracy theorist joseph digenova. called for the pre-emptive bombing of north korea and iran while defending his role in the worst foreign policy disaster since vietnam. this was the predictable outcome of my republican party aligning its interests wi

i want to read here, lieutenant general h.r.master, the battle tested army officer tapped as president trump's national security advisor will resign and be replaced by john bolton. as i mentioned peter alexander from nbc news confirming this statement as well. i'm pleased to announce that effective on april 9, ambassador john bolton will be my new national security advisor. he adds, he's thankful for the service of general mcmaster. this is of course something that had been rumored. he also adds mcmaster has done an outstanding job, that will always remain my friend, there will be an official handover on april 9. this was one of the generals who reportedly had clashed with trump and reflects a continuation of a clear reshuffling that we have seen of this national security team. you now have the chief diplomat out, you have the chief economic advisor gary cohn out, and trump's criminal defense attorney john dowd also out. this appears to others that donald trump is moving with the unbridled trump. john bolton is certainly conside

lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. two sources telling cnn the president has not decided who will replace mcmaster. one delay is mcmaster stemming from finalizing the next steps. the president wants a softer landing than rex tillerson whom he fired via twitter. >> president trump has a personality and stylish you with mcmaster. sarah sanders tweeting this, contrary to reports, the president and mcmaster have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the national security council. for his part, president trump called the staff changes ex-a - exaggerated and false. >> i have been in washington for a year. some people have been here 30 or 40 years. i have gotten to know great people. there will always be change. >> the president has signalled he is prepared to get rid of aides he clashed with after a year in office. mr. trump is starting to trust his gut more. >>> the russian investigation is picking up steam. a source tells us special counsel robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization for business

but h.r. mcmaster was generally the odd man out in this sea of military figures with whom the president has surrounded himself. john kelly did not want john bolton. this is not a pick that the chief of staff wanted. knowing this president and how he makes decisions as you do and i do, you can envision a world where, yes, maybe it was to knock off your interview with karen mcdougal later tonight, certainly a possibility -- >> you think that's possible? >> anything is possible with him. i think there's a possibility because john bolton resisted he decided to do it for that reason, the latest of a series of impulse purchases on staff. >> david gergen, what do you make of the choice? >> two things. first of all, once again they sort of ushered someone out the door in the least gracious way you can do it. one thing that friends of h.r. mcmaster said he wanted out of this was a fourth star. he wanted to command and go back out on the field and continue serving his country. he didn't particularly wan

cnn is now reporting, jim, h.r. mcmaster could leave the white house by the end of the month and i'm guessing the white house is pushing back on that? >> they are pushing back on that. there was a quote from one spokesman over here that the president is referring to some of these reports as fake news. now, of course, don, as you and i have talked about frequently on your program, when the president describes something as fake news, more often than not it's not fake news. and we're hearing from our sources jim sciutto, barbara starr and others here at cnn, hearing that mcmaster could be out by the end of the month. jim sciutto and i are also hearing that plans may be in the works for h.r. mcmaster to join the think tank, the hoover institution, which is based here in washington and out at stanford, and that that may be the landing spot for h.r. mcmaster after he leaves the white house. no plans have been finalized or anything like that, but that is something that is being discussed at the moment. and so in addition t

h.r. mcmaster is out, we told you this was going to happen, it is not new, it was weeks in the making, it was denied by the white house, they said it was fake news, they were lying to you, it was real then and it just happened today. former u.n. ambassador john bolton is in, that could mean very real changes to how the white house deals with north korea, iran and russia. >> and a shake up in the president's legal team, the presidents insists he still wants to talk to mueller's investigators. >>> and in france, the french president calling this a terrorist act. we'll bring you a live report on that in just minutes. >>> we have cnn political analyst and senior editor for the thick ron brownstein and chief political correspondent dana bash. this was an example of the ugly side of the white house when it comes to messaging and it's media relationship. even kellyanne, i didn't want to get into it too much, because the opepiod crisis is a real problem. >> we reported it was going to happen, we k

i rise in opposition to h.r. 1116, the tailor act. them to requires reduce the scale and scope of their regulations based on the size and profile of the financial institution or class of institutions. let me be clear. like many of the bill's supporters, i strongly believe should not take a one-size-fits-all approach to financial regulation. financial regulation must be appropriately adjusted according to the size and complexity of an institution or class of institutions. that is why democrats worked so hard to create this flexibility in dodd-frank and regulators are already required to adjust their rules accordingly. for example, the cfpb has exempted community banks from many of the requirements under the qualified mortgage rule and the federal reserve has developed different capital standards for banks based on size. moreover, we already have laws like the economic growth and regulate paperwork reduction act that instructs financial regulators to go through extensive lookback reviews to update and improve their regulations. so while

general h.r. mcmaster will become the national security adviser he arrived at a tumultuous time just a month into his presidency trump had fired national security advisor michael flynn for lying to the vice president over his conversations with the russians it is both diplomacy and sanctions working together but it wasn't long before make master was enveloped in his own controversy within months of his hiring many trump supporters wanted macmaster out after reports surfaced he were new to the security clearance of president barack obama's national security advisor susan rice they also blamed him for leaked white house conversations with world leaders even starting a hash tag fire mcmaster. although trump stood by his national security adviser publicly privately he reportedly clashed with the army general who didn't like trump's and disciplined style of governing but it was a comment at a security summit in germany in february that many believe was the beginning of the end following a department of

h.r.aster was in the camp int rex tillerson was in terms of remaining in the iranian nuclear deal. that eventually led to rex tillerson's ouster. getting more news on that as it becomes available. changes, we saw it with gary cohn. have a look at dollar-yen. line going to draw a between this and what the boj was saying, but the news you mentioned seems to be what is behind this drop we are seeing in dollar-yen. there we go. we are closer to that one of sex handle on dollar-yen, which was the level we were trading at this time yesterday. we will get you more details later on. in the meantime, let's get an update of your first word news. >> thanks. qualcomm jumped after the financial times said the former chairman is seeking funding for a buyout. ft says the jacobs has approached several investors, including softbank, in a bid to acquire the chipmaker founded by his father. he has informed the board about his plan. the news comes after president trump blocked broad comes to for qualcomm. say

national security adviser h.r. mcmaster next? kristen welker has the details. >> reporter: with the white house already in turmoil, five people familiar with the discussion tell nbc news national security adviser h.r. mcmaster may be on his way out as early as this month. those sources say the ouster is being orchestrated by chief of staff john kelly and defense secretary james mattis. white house spokesman michael anton dismissing the story, writing i was just with president trump and h.r. mcmaster in the oval office. president trump said the nbc news story is fake news and told mcmaster that he is doing a great job. >> he is a man of tremendous talent. >> reporter: mcmaster an active duty three-star general was brought into the administration from the pentagon a year ago to replace michael flynn who has since pleaded guilty in the russia investigation to lying to the fbi. it all comes as the president's inner circle is getting increasingly smaller. one of his closest advisers, hope hicks announced her resignation and new focus