>> we know heather nauert well.as done an outstanding job at the state department and traveled around the world and knows her brief. the question will be there are democrats lining up now to say that she doesn't have the heft -- this is a job that daniel patrick moynihan and george h.w. bush served in that post. but let's give her a chance. she will have a confirmation hearing. go before the senate foreign relations committee. i think she will do fine. i think bill barr is interesting. here is why. he is an establishment figure. you haven't just the mueller investigation that the attorney general will have to keep an eye on but you have all these democratic investigations and subpoenas coming. smart pick by the president. the potential problem is he is a bush 41 guy, not a trump guy. >> bill: i don't think there is a problem here. republicans have the majority in the senate. >> if he gets in as attorney general. about jeff sessions, he is a washington insider and never on the same page as the president. will bill ba

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others at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated.rk with nikki haley to replace nikki at the united nations. she's very talented, very smart, very quick, and i think she's going to be respected by all. so heather nauert will be nominated for the ambassador to the united nations. those are two very big ones. i have another one for tomorrow i will be announcing at the army/navy game. it will have to do with the joint chiefs of staff and succession. i look forward to telling you, and i will see you later. i will see you in kansas. >> okay. so there you have the president confirming the news that we just brought you, that he is nominating william barr to be attorney general once again. already senate confirmed. and heather nauert, the former fox news host, current spokeswoman for the secretary of state to be the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. jim, he did not take any other questions, jim, from reporters who have a lot of pertinent questions this morning about a lot of news. >> no question. and did not provide clarity on the fate

bill barr, heather nauert.sident is with acting ag whitaker and jared kushner on marine one which is kind of interesting. perhaps the president is having some of those conversations as he's headed to joint base andrews before going on to kansas city, steph. >> very busy morning. congressman, let me get your reaction. >> this is an administration of chronic chaos. by the way, the departure, reported departure of the chief of staff would be the 27th high level departure. because people believe presumably he should manage things. the new attorney general is the perfect candidate for president trump. >> does that mean democrats are going to agree with you? >> well, we'll see. actually, there's been tremendous pressure on the administration to name a replacement to whitaker. this is somebody who's been auditioning for the position. he has the perfect profile for the president. he wants an investigation of hillary clinton, while downplaying collusion. >> i think it's a strong pick. i don't know very much about him. l

the other big nomination that you mentioned at the top, that of heather nauert for u.n. ambassador, we were told weeks ago that she was offered the job and then it all went quiet for a while. now it is all a done deal. she has been a spokesperson at that state department since rex tillerson, former fox fox ns correspondent. and at the statement department, her experience has mostly been communication, not policy. but she is a quick study. the president and the secretary of state like her very much. here's what the president said about her this morning. >> she is very talented, very smart, very quick. and i think that she will be respected by all, so heather nauert will be nominated for the ambassador to the united nations. >> an important disappearance n the job as it is described to me now, it is a cabinet level position with nikki haley holding equal footing as mike pompeo even though the job of u.n. ambassador is under the offices of the secretary of state in the flowchart. but i am told that it will go back to a sub cabinet level position, much as it was in the obama

scott jennings, to you on heather nauert. the president said he picks the best, he surrounds himself with the best. no question, heather nauert is intelligent, sharp. is she the best, most qualified pick to be the u.s. ambassador to the united nations right now? >> well, a number of things, you know, you would count in the sort of bucket of qualphic quals for the job. among them is do you have the confidence of the president and does the world believe you have the president's ear. you're talking to foreign officials, foreign heads of state on a big stage. they have to know you have the full confidence and ear of the president. clearly, she has that. she's earned that. she's done a really good job by all accounts in her current job. i like it that the president is continuing on with promoting and nominating strong women for this administration in this diplomatic arena. >> to that point -- >> also, she's going to have a confirmation process. she'll be grilled. that's the thing, all these folks will be grilled and we'll see how

also head there now or will be nominated for the ambassador to the united states so we've got heather nauert slated to replace nikki haley nikki haley trump's ambassador to the united nations is stepping down now heather nauert has been at the state department and it was highlighted when she was confirmed for that position as the spokesperson for the state department that she had no previous foreign policy experience now she's been holding that post for a little while here some of the highlights of heather nauert at the u.s. state department briefings i don't know if you all are working for r.t. today or what but i remember to get a monitor so i go i can be funny to manage my. high points. my children are in the back today so i haven't started school just. so if you see a couple little wild wild man good to see you know you are getting ready for thanksgiving. yes no ok they're small to take in the united states it was. sent a different direction so i had to say that they are you take out iran from russian i'm going to leave me here yeah ok ok enough said and i'll move on. which is when you g

i am pleased to announce that heather nauert, spokeswoman for the united states department of state, will be nominated to serve as u.n. ambassador. i want to congratulate heather and thank ambassador nikki haley

he also said that heather nauert is going to be his pick for u.s. ambassador. she's been the spokesperson at the state department. she's also someone who might get scrutiny, because of course the question becomes, she doesn't have experience in foreign policy and in diplomacy, in that capacity. and our sources say john kelly could be out in the days ahead. we asked president trump about that after the two big announcements. he ignored our shouted questions when we asked about john kelly, but let's remind our viewers how he answered a question about that a few weeks ago. >> i want to confirm that bill barr, one of the most respected jurists in the country, highly respected lawyer, former attorney general under the bush administration, a terrific man. a terrific person, a brilliant man. i did not know him until recently when i went through the process of looking at people he was my choice day one. he will be nominated for the united states attorney general hopefully that process will go very quickly. i've seen very good things about him even over the last day or

trump is expected to nominate heather nauert as the u.s.e united nations as early as today. lawmakers already raising questions about her qualifications. >> our foreign policy is a mess and the president was laughed at in his last speech before the u.n., and i am not sure anybody would advise him to correct his mistakes is to put a fox & friends anchor, and it's not as if she has no experience but she has no experience as a diplomat or in the government, and she's clearly not qualified for this job but these days it seems the most important qualification is you show up on donald trump's tv screen and if you are successful in that endeavor you seem to be a top candidate to get a whole bunch of positions in the u.s. government. >> there's one take. we are back with john avlon and senior writer and analyst for cnn politics, harry enten. i would venture out to the limb and say that's not the last we will hear today in the assessment of heather nauert's confirmation. >> international diplomacy is literally the job of the u.n. ambassador, so it's

>> it's a pretty impressive list. >> nothing against heather nauert. >> i think she did a pretty good the podium at the state department but how does that translate, again, to getting 192 other representatives to achieve a consensus? >> but the answer is the president has her trust. we're seeing a merger between fox news and the white house. it's a merger that's good for the president but bad for america. >> thank you both. wisconsin governor scott walker's about to sign off on a slew of measures aimed at cushing the powers of the incoming democratic governor, and republicans aren't even hiding why they're doing it. y s. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999... intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. it can even warm your feet to help you fall asleep faster. how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you shed those sugar cookies, get a running start on the holidays, and take it all in with the patience of a saint. don't miss the last chance to save up to $500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. ends

but then the president also added that he has named heather nauert, who is the current state department spokeswoman, as the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. a post filled by nikki haley, who is staying until the end of this year. now, nauert has been at state for a year now. she has risen steadily in that post. she's a former journalist for fox news. and there are questions now about whether she has the qualifications for that post. the national security and foreign policy experience for that. so i think we're going to see in both of these nominations a lot of questions as they proceed towards senate confirmation. but one outstanding issue is on the future of chief of staff john kelly. we have heard from two sources inside the white house that kelly is expected to resign in the coming days. the president has started the process of looking and planning for his replacement. the problem, there has not been a decision, a firm decision made on who might replace him. a top candidate for thatpulsion would be nick ayers. he's been floated around as a possible replacement for a long t

heather nauert has been at the state department, is it's not as if she has no experience.ience as a diplomat. no meaningful experience in the government. she's clearly not qualified for this job, but these days, it seems that the most important qualification is that you show up on donald trump's tv screen and if you're successful in that endeavor, then you seem to be a top candidate to get a whole bunch of top positions in the u.s. government. >> senator, appreciate your time. we'll continue to follow the situation. >>> let's check in with chris and see what he's working on. >>> new information about what the deputy a.g. rod rosenstein, what the truth was of his level of concern with the president, his and others at the fbi. maybe they were joking about wearing a wire, but they weren't joking about starting an obstruction of justice investigation even before bob mueller. we have the details on that. and the announcement about heather nauert, the news personality, being put up to replace nikki haley. makes us wonder when the president says, only the best. >> we'll check in

heather nauert as his new nominee to replace nikki haley at the u.n. all of that taken together, yes, there are those who are making that suggestion. >> julia, nick ayers taking over an office like this, it's very much a white house in turmoil. he's going to be taking on a lot. he's also a political operative, a washington insider. we know president trump has always tried to distance himself from washington insiders, drain the swamp. talk to us about what nick ayers is really taking on here. >> that's an interesting point. when the president came on, he campaigned on getting insiders there. now he's turning to insiders. nick ayers is someone straight out of central casting. he's a multi millionaire. he's very young. jared and ivanka do like him. he polarizes others. th the president likes that discourse. he likes people to disagree and fight it out and for the stronger person to come out on top, and this is kind of the person who i think the president would want from what i understand to be in a position for longer. he's just now only committing to doi

whether someone like heather nauert can be an adviser who can talk back to the president.haley did occasionally. >> yeah, but this job doesn't necessarily have to be someone who is an adviser. one of the big questions is whether if she is confirmed, andrea, if she has the rank of a c cabinet rank and whether she is an adviser or essentially like some of our other 150-plus ambassadors, and quite possible, she is the u.s. permanent representative to the united states, and she s gois going to instructions which by the way is the same way that every other u.s. ambassador works. she is going to have the support of the secretary of state mike pompeo, and john bolton has his own confrontational approaches to the united nations and other institutions, and so she is going to have to navigate that relationship, but one thing to watch for again is what is her role, and whether she is a spokesperson for the united states or she remains or becomes a foreign policy principle and adviser to compete and interact with the others. >> and another role of course is to be a negotiator, and goi

heather nauert has been at the state department, is it's not as if she has no experience.. no meaningful experience in the government. she's clearly not qualified for this job, but these days, it seems that the most important qualification is that you show up on donald trump's tv screen and if you're successful in that endeavor, then you seem to be a top candidate to get a whole bunch of top positions in the u.s. government. >> senator, appreciate your time. we'll continue to follow the situation. >>> let's check in with chris and see what he's working on. for cuomo "prime time". >>> new information about what the deputy a.g. rod rosenstein, what the truth was of his level of concern with the president, his and others at the fbi. maybe they were joking about wearing a wire, but they weren't joking about starting an obstruction of justice investigation even before bob mueller. we have the details on that. and the announcement about heather nauert, the news personality, being put up to replace nikki haley. another eye popping decision makes us wonder when the president says,

the president expected to nominate state department spokeswoman heather nauert.ent expected in a matter of hours. good evening. hello once again. what is your reaction to heather nauert, the fox news former personality tapped to be the next ambassador to the u.n.? >> i don't think we needed any clear message that president trump doesn't have any real sense or desire to engage in a multilateral institution like the united nations. we've seen him withdraw and now he's going to put a woman into this organization that really lacks any shred of background to make her effective in this post. i worked with the u.n. ambassadors in the past and let pea tell you talking to the russian ambassador to the united nations takes skill. the other 192 members of the united nations to pass a resolution on russia, on iran under the best of circumstances requires real diplomatic finesse and heather nauert doesn't have that. >> she's been a journalist but i would say primarily a commentator for 20 years. and i say that to emphasize she is sharp. i mean she knows what she's doing on te

heather nauert is a former fox news anchor and current state department spokesperson.tion of george h w bush. he succeedsjeff sessions, who was fired by the president in the wake of the midterm elections. president trump told reporters gathered on the white house lawn about the new appointments earlier this afternoon. i want to confirm that bill barr, one of the most respected jurists in the country, highly respected lawyer, former attorney general under the bush administration, respected by republicans and respected by democrats, he will be nominated for the united states attorney general. i also want to inform you that heather nauert, somebody that we know very well has done a greatjob as... working with mike pompeo and others over at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated. she is going to work with nikki haley to replace nikki at the united nations. she will be ambassador to the united nations. she's very talented, very smart, very quick, and i think she's going to be respected by all. time for a look at the weather with lucy. some of us saw a beauti

this person, heather nauert is a spokesperson.erent from being someone who has her own political and policy opinions. listen, if i was a megalomaniac, i want want someone interacting with the most powerful nations in the world through the u.n. and doing our foreign policy negotiations to a certain degree who is just going to say xkexacy what i told them to say. >> i am much more troubled by the bill barr pick because we know that donald trump thinks that the attorney general is basically his defense counsel. he's tweeted against jeff sessions, wanted to get rid of jeff sessions. we know why whita ker is there, attacking the mueller investigation and a person who also thinks christian judges are the best judges. but with bill barr, in addition to the expansionist he has with the presidency, he gave up the pardons in the iran contra affair and he has antibiotic tack -- attacked the robert mueller investigation. also on immigration, i just want to say that he supports jeff session's vision on immigration and he specifically wanted to

he chose heather nauert to replace nikki haley in the un and john kelly looks to be on his way out. first our cnn exclusive report with evan perez or dana bash who broke the news of the latest twist in this mueller investigation. this is a big deal, evan. the chief of staff to the president is being interviewed by the special counsel over nos. >> that's right. in recent months this is a drama behind the scenes at the white house. unlike the dozens of people who have gone in for interviews, john kelly is different not only because he is the chief of staff obviously, but because he came into the administration in july of 2017. one of the thing that is the special counsel wanted to ask him was a narrow set of questions. it has to do with some reporting out there that the president had ordered don mcgahn, his white house counsel at the time to order the firing of robert mueller, the special counsel. the internal behind the scenes of when that story broke. the new york times reported the story and the president blew up at don mcgahn and he wanted him to go out and deny the stories. don b

it looks like it will be heather nauert. brian: we know after heather be carley shimkus. off the coast of japan. rain storms complicating efforts after two american warplanes collided during a training exercise. two marines have been recovered so far. one is in fair condition. the other is dead. now on to a fox news alert. major -- former major league baseball players killed in a car crash. the athletes traveling in venezuela when their car hit a rock and swerved off the road. the driver, former infielder carlos rivera survived the crash. castillo played five years in the majors, buevena played 11 years. they were are in venezuela to play in a winter league. sad. senator elizabeth warren may be running for president in 2020 but her hometown newspaper is warning against it the "boston globe" editorial board writing, quote: while warren is an effective and impactful senator with an important voice nationally. she has become a divisive figure. a unifying voice is what the country needs now after the polarizing politics of donald trump. the globe encouraged her to run in 2016

heather nauer, somebody we know very well, who has done a great job at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated. will work with nikki haley to replace nikki haley at the united nations. she is very talented, very smart, very quick and i think she will be respected by all. those are the very big ones. i have another one for tomorrow that i will announce at the army navy game. i can give you a hint. it will have to do with the joint chiefs of staff and succession. i will tell you later. >> president trump speaking later today at a conference in kansas city. we are live now in washington at the center for new american security. secretary vice chair, mark warner of virginia, will be speaking. it is set to get underway shortly. [indistinct conversations] >> thank you for your patience, senator warner is running a few minutes late. we will get started in about five minutes. we will have a little time at the end for a q&a session. bear with us. [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] is the center for new american security in washington. from

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president trump has tapped heather nauert former fox news host to replace nikki haley at the u.n.ou've been at the white house all day, abbyle will shehape u.s. foreign policy or is she more of a spokesperson,? >> it does seem like the pick signals has shifted in that role. nikki haley was a cabinet level ambassador. he wanted to be on equal footing with the secretary of state and other national security officials. she viewed herself as an advisor -- a policy advisor to the president not jt a spokesperson. heather nauert is a spokesperson, a foreman journalist who communicates well and effectively what the president wan her to communicate. but the big question mark in her rio is her lack of experience in foreign policy at least a lengthy experience there. ha but might be what the president likes about her and also what mike pompeo likes r.out he pompeo, our reporting at cnn wants that role to be not --ot a cabinet level transition in part to treamline the foreign policy through the state department which is more traditional for presidents. so i think we'll see that role diminishin

he announced his pick for the next un ambassador, heather nauert. he announced the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and will replace the outgoing chairman joseph dunford and he ended speculation by saying that his chief of staff john kelly would be leaving the white house. in that same conversation with reporters here at the white house as he was leaving to attend the army-navy game in philadelphia, he said the team was happy with the filings that prosecutors submitted on friday although he had not read the memos himself. because they didn't include evidence of russian collusion. they did tie the president to the alleged campaign violations related to payments made to women who had alleged that they had affairs with president trump trying to come forward during the 2016 race. congressman jerry nadler, the top democrat on the judiciary committee said his involvement would be impeachable offenses in his view even if politically they didn't rise to the level of impeachment. listen to what he told jake tapper this morning. >> if it is proven t

heather nauert will be nominated for the ambassador to the united nations. >> nauert is a former host and has been the spokes woman for rex tillerson and the current secretary of state, mike pompeo. taking questions from the travel ban to the negotiations. it comes amid reports that secretary pompeo wants to downgrade the position and make it no longer a cabinet level. with me to share insights, "new york times." one of the questions will be, does she have the foreign policy experience to do this job? another question i have, i get it. ronald reagan elevated to cabinet level. both bushes took it down. obama elevated it again. that's a president's choice. after this selection where the republicans get shellacked in the gender job, you name any woman and say up or downgrading it. >> it doesn't look good. there was an amazing picture from one of the recent meetings that the president had with president xi of china. every official on both of chinese and the u.s. side were all men. it was an incredible image and this is an opportunity to put a woman at the table. now, you can argue that he

president trump made it official that heather nauert was his pick for u.n. ambassador.urrent state department spokeswoman previously worked for fox news and will be replacing nikki haley in the post. at the same time the presidentno anced that william barr willom be hisee to be next attorney general following the departure of jeff sessions. t it is a positihat mr. barr knows very well, having served in the job under president george hw bush. if that wasn't enough, the shakeup newcontinues with reports that chief of staff john kelly could be leaving his job in a matter of days. for more on all of the shakeups, i spoke a brief while ago with niall stanage of "the hill." let's start with the attorney general. an appointment after many weeks of an acng attorney general. do you think that the democrats are likely to support this? niall: i don't think so, partly because i don't thinkts that the democre likely to support anything president trump does that has some relation s.e robert mueller probe, which this obviously d now, william barr -- it depends on what lens you look at

." >> betsy devos, no teaches experience, and then we have heather nauert as well.e of experience, geoff, help us understand that. the president says he wants to change things. why is he going for folks who might not be the most qualified, at least on paper. >> reporter: if you talk about the lack of experience, you know who else lacked experience when they got a top job? donald trump. he's the first president to never have government or military experience when elected to office. we've seen he picks people based on whether or not he likes them or whether or not he fit the part, as he says. so he's dismissed in certain cases all of the traditionally categories of relevant experiences. with heather nauert, this is certainly a job, a job like ambassador, will shift based on the world view, and in this case the person who happens to occupy the job. we know donald trump sees little use for multinational organizations like the u.n. we also now heather has a relatively thin resume that if confirmed, she's eventually have. that's one of the reasons why this is a sub-cabine

with mike pompeo over at the state department, heather nauert will be nominated.ns. she's very talented and smart. very quick. i think she is going to be respected by all. the american comedian kevin hart has stepped down as host of next year's oscars ceremony, after criticism tweets he posted years ago were homophobic. hart said he did not want to be a distraction on oscars night and that he was "sorry he had hurt people". our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it was only a few days ago that the academy announced that kevin hart, once an invited guest at the oscars, was to be the next host of the show watched by millions but that was before it emerged the comedian turned actor had a decade earlier made homophobic comments in his stand—up show and on social media. his response did not help, it actually made things worse. i was told that the world is upset about a tweet i did years ago. i am almost a0 years old. if you don't believe that people change, grow, evolve, as they get older, then i don't know what to tell you. the academy asked him to apolo

is it clever to appoint heather nauert as the ambassador to the united nations?been out there for so long. she's been a very assured performer at the state department, talking on behalf of the secretary of state. a p pa re ntly of the secretary of state. apparently donald trump has been impressed with her performance there and of course he has the background from fox news, which the president will like. the question being raised is whether or not it will be quite a senior a role as nikki haley enjoyed. in the sense, will it be a cabinet role or a sub cabinet role appointment, given the administration's attitude towards the un, which has sometimes been dismissive, it wouldn't be surprising if he made it a non—cabinet role, to send a message to the un. . thanks forjoining us. a teenager has been jailed for three years after making bogus bomb threats to hundreds of uk schools, and sparking an airport security scare. george duke—cohen, who is 19 and from hertfordshire, sent the hoaxes in emails to more than 1,700 schools claiming he would set off a device if money wa

the other nomination that you mention, heather nauert for u.n. ambassador. we were told weeks ago that she had been offered the job. a lot of people came around and denied that. now she has been nominated by the president, so it looks like it was there all the time. she was the spokesperson in the state department, still is pretty since the days of rex tillerson. former fox news correspondent. not a great amount of foreign policy experience before coming to the state department, but gaining a lot since then. the president is a big fan, so is mike pompeo, the secretary of state. and so is lindsey graham, who of course will be integral to her confirmation. saying "i have known heather for many years, she is a fine and capable person. she was an effective spokeswoman for the department of state and enjoys the confidence of secretary pompeo and president trump. i'm sure that she will perform well at her hearing, and i look forward to supporting her nomination." when those will be nominated for, not a lot of time and this month, but they may try to get it in befo

bush and he named former fox news anchor heather nauert to be ambassador to the united natio nations. the new no. 2 in thing is at republican leadership south dakota john thune will weigh in on their confirmation process and tell because is on the mus must-do list in the lame duck session. finally with economic anxiety and trade disputes making headlines around the world, both u.s. trade representative ambassador robert lighthizer anh more news of the week just ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation." we've got a lot to get to today and we begin with florida republican senator marco rubio he is in orlando this morning. senator, welcome to "face the nation." >> good morning. >> brennan: chief of staff john kelly set to leave, he was often seen as force of stabili stability. what will his departure mean in terms of being able to work with the white house and get things done? >> i don't think it will impact negatively any way our ability to work with the white house or to get things done. i have a lot of admiration for general kelly, he was a professional,

so is heather nauert? as a journalism graduate, she worked at fox as an anchor and a correspondent between 2001 and 2017. she hosted the president's favorite show on the network, "fox & friends." she is the latest former fox news staffer hired by trump. >> back in april of 2017, president trump selected heather nauert to be the state department spokesperson and in charge of this year she was selected as the acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department, that position wrapped up in october. >> also nbc news confirmed moments ago that the united nations ambassador position is being downgraded to a non cabinet level role and we should point out that this has been done before in prior administrations. >> there are more cabinet shake-ups on the way. new reports suggest john kelly, white house chief of staff, might be out the door. we have heard this a lot. >> a lot. >> but now they're saying it could be soon. possible replacement, chief of staff to the vice president nick

president trump is expected to pick heather nauert to be america's new ambassador to the u.n. she is currently the spokeswoman for the state department and nomination would need to be indorsed by the republican controlled senate if she is an approved header knowledge will replace nikki haley who leaves at the end of the month. now a u.s. resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes at the u.n. general assembly it fell short of the required two thirds majority and that angered the u.s. ambassador nikki haley hughes said it would have been a chance to quote right and historic wrong here's our diplomatic editor james space . this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itse

president trump named heather nauert the state department spokeswoman to be the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and some pundits are disparaging the choice. >> in terms of what we look for at the united nations, her experience is very thin. her experience in diplomacy is nonexistent as far as i can tell. >> choosing her as u.n. ambassador makes no sense. >> all the skeptics lining up on the left, bring it on. when she goes before them for confirmation she'll knock it out of the park. howie: it's easy to say she is just a tv personality. but she has done a good job. and trump may see this as a communications job. some of her predecessors have had tremendous credentials such as george h.w. bush. but others were academics and even journalists. samantha power was a terrific journalist when she worked for barack obama's campaign then got the u.n. job. so this question. would the reaction have been different if say heather nauert worked for the "today show" instead of "fox and friends." the parent company is exploring options for "the standard." it has lost circulati

he's chosen a former fox news journalist, heather nauert, to take up the role of us ambassador to thelly — he's nominated william barr to take up the role of attorney general, replacing jeff sessions. here's the president speaking about his decision... i was also thrilled to announce earlier today that i am nominating william barr to take the helm as i new attorney general. he is an outstanding man. he previously led as attorney general under george a stu bby as attorney general under george a stubby was following this unanimous confirmation by the united states senate. during his tenure, he demonstrated an unwavering adherence to the rule of law, which the people in the to hear. there is no one more capable or more qualified for this role. he deserves overwhelming bipartisan support. i suspect he will probably be getting. one of the task facing mr barr, if his nomination is confirmed as donald trump expects, is how much influence he can have on the russia probe led by the special counsel robert mueller, a point i put to eric ham, who is a political analyst in washington. you wonder h

i think that heather nauert enjoys the respect of the president. he thinks that she has been very forceful in her position at the state department as a spokesperson, but i think it's also important to note, you're absolutely right. there has been some skepticism because she lacks foreign policy experience. of course, prior to her post at the state department, she was a fox news analyst, and so if you talk to republicans and some democrats, they say there are concerns about that. will she get confirmed. she would take over that job in a very different position than ambassador haley because it has been downgraded to a non-cabinet level position. that, by the way, we should point out, that position has gone back and forth between being a cabinet level position and non-cabinet level position under different administrations. it's really under the discretion of the president. that raises the question of how much respect she would enjoy on the international stage if she does get confirmed. i think that's where a lot of the questions are. you talk to ambas

some time today, president president is expected to name state department spokes woman heather nauert as his ambassador to the united nations. the former fox host is relatively inexperienced. she will replace nicki hailey who reportedly sparred with other administration officials. john bolton and mike pompeo are currently looking to downgrade the jab to no longer be a cabinet level position. >>> a review of absentee ballot envelopes has revealed irregularities with signatures. this comes as dan mccreedy withdraws his investigation. drew griffin has the latest from north carolina. >> christine and dave, major developments again in the validity of the election in the congressional district 9 here in north carolina. the loser in this race, the democrat, dan mccready has now rescinded his concession. he no longer thinks he lost. he lost by 905 votes. he's now wondering if those are valid because of the voter fraud investigations and the other big development is our own review. cnn's review has expanded now into two counties, the review of absentee mail-in ballot signatures shows dozens of

heather nauert - the current state department spokesperson and former fox news anchor is the president'sfor un ambassador. and william barr will be nominated as attorney general. barr previously served as attorney general under president george hw bush. both positions require senate confirmation and it will be an intersting process. particularly in the case of heather nauert who previous to her position as state departent spokespersonhad no government experience whatsoever. so her qualifications for the job will undoubtedly be scrutenized by u-s senators. and the president says there are more changes coming. (ááácont voááá) there are also reports that the departure of the white house chief of staff john kelly is imminent. in fact some leaks indicate the president and chief of staff don't speak to eachother. president trump did not answer questions about that this morning. also happening today here on capitol hill