he told me katie walsh was a divisive character. original trump campaign hires were very much against anyone coming from the republican national committee. with her out, that seemingly indicates that this is an assertion on behalf of president trump that he wants to have a return to the original campaign staffers. the second note with regards to outside groups is that we have seen this play out within the last couple of weeks. these outside groups are coming to formation as this administration looks to 2018 and 2020. me ask you about these financial disclosures we are set to get from the white house. what kind of detail are we going to get tomorrow? kevin: we will have to see their financial holdings and stock disclosure options. tomorrow is that financial disclosure deadline. a lot of the folks who are monitoring this are critics of this trump administration. they point out that some of the thenet appointees and staffing positions are having to be a bit more transparent on their financial disclosures and the president himself. davi

our sources is saying katie w walsh is not being fired. she is going outside the white house to build a coalition for his message. the hiring of ivanka officially certainly has everyone on edge in some respects and on watch here at the white house to see if other staff shakeups will occur because of that. in terms of if they're connected, we don't think so at this time. >> we know she worked very, very closely with reince priebus. >> yes, she was. >> jeff, thanks very much. meanwhile as the senate intelligence committee moves forward with its investigation, the same cannot be said for the house intelligence committee. right now that investigation is at a standstill. let's bring in a member of that committee. republican congressman chris stewart of utah. kr congressman, thanks very much for joining us. >> good afternoon, wolf. congressman, the speaker paul ryan, he acknowledged this morning that the back and forth of the -- over the house intelligence committee's investigation has gotten in his words a little political and there needs to be

. >> ed: quick fox news alert, we've just confirmed katie walsh is resigning from her job as white houseeputy chief of staff. she was number two to reince priebus appeared fox news has learned she was leaving for an outside political group, more of this as there is intrigue about a reince priebus loyalist leaving. and more about the russian investigation coming up, that will pocket many questions in the briefing starting moments from now, we will take you there live. plus secretary of state rex tillerson overseas for an intense day of meetings in turkey as the u.s. prepares for a new battle and the fight to defeat isis. we are live with that story off the ground. hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer and i finally found our big idaho potato truck. it's been touring the country telling folks about our heart healthy idaho potatoes, america's favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the way. but now it's finally back home where it belongs. aw man. hey, wait up. where you goin'? here we go again. ( ♪ ) upstate new york is a good place to pursue your dreams. at vicarious visions,

but back to the -- let's get back to katie walsh, matt.atie walsh is a key ally of reince priebus. served as his chief of staff at the rnc. what do you think this move means for priebus' future in the trump administration? does it change anything? >> well, reading the -- you could read the tea leaves and try to speculate on that. it could be nothing. or it could be something. i mean, this -- he's losing his key lieutenant, you know, rumor was that, you know, reince felt like he needed to physically be with donald trump all the time because that's the way you get influence is to actually constantly be in front of donald trump and then she would actually be essentially fulfilling the traditional role of the chief of staff. >> yeah. >> so now he's losing this trusted aide who's, you know, very competent and respected. so it's not good for him trying to -- he's already got a tough job as it is. >> matt took up most of your time, so it's a lightning round for everybody else. john, you predicted that when ivanka came on with her role officially,

close to the white house saying that katie walsh had been fired.ean spice better that yesterday and he said it was false. then i got a phone call to come to the white house. so i went in and sat down with steve bannon and katie walsh and they explained she was leaving to join the main pro trump outside group. they were very dissatisfied with the group during the health care fight. they wanted some air cover, some advertising to put pressure on members, that never came. so they want her to go run the group. now, i went out and did a lot of reporting after that meeting and have come to the conclusion that that is correct. that she was certainly not fired. there are other rumors doing the rounds on the internet that she was caught leaking. there is no evidence of that. i've spoken to a number of peel in the white house. not communications people, people who have no inthe centive to protect her. >> xags she wanted to leave? because she didn't want to be in the administration any longer? >> yes. i've spoken to people who are close to her. not just close

the second major white house departure -- and we're 69, 70 days into the administration, katie walsh,ief of staff, gone. what does it tell you about the inner workings of the white house? >> it tells the direction the staff is moving is not where you would expect it to be at this point in the administration. this is an administration that is understaffed as it is. they have not filled out all of the sort of senior posts in the cabinet, even some in the white house. to have a staff departure at this point, you know, what they came out and said is katie walsh was going to support an outside group that will provide air covering with advertising for president trump's agenda. it is really, really early in the political cycle for that kind of thing to happen. you know, the folks i have spoken to in washington are skeptical of the notion everything is fine except they want more television advertising. >> look, it is importance. she is a rienls priebus guy. her loyalty was to the republican national committee and reince priebus and what his future holds. we will wait to see what it holds for

have the ground gain in place when they were trying to pass the healthcare legislation so you have katie walshchief of staff who just left the white house, she's going to outside group to get mailers out there and tv ads and start to persuade people that these are good policies, call senators and house members an let's get the bills through. lauren: all right, kirsten for your perspective. nicole: thanks, kirsten. president trump is set to sign executive orders, aimed after identifying factors that are causing massive u.s. trade deficits. the orders are also seek to go strengthen antidumping rules and enforcement. this comes as the president prepares for the first face to face meeting with chinese president xi jinping in florida where trade issues could be a major source of tension. china was the biggest contributor to trade deficit last year. for more on this white house trade adviser peter navarro will be on mornings with maria at 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. lauren: let's get you caught up on global market action overnight. nikkei in japan down .8% as the hang seng in hong kong. the

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deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving the white house after the house -- the health care repeal failed. she will join a nonprofit group. in official says she was not fired. attorney general jeff sessions plans to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants guilty of federal crimes. he will expand an existing program aimed at holding hearings for immigrants serving sentences, then deport the right afterwards. north carolina governor ray cooper has signed a bill to repeal the bathroom law. legislatures in charge of policies on restroom while local governments are barred from passing new protections until 2020. global news powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. i'm alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. i'm cory johnson. coming up, interest is after new ad revenue sources. drones are going industrial. on his speak to d.j.i. latest offerings. recent moves by the trump administration have e.u. privacy watchdog worried. a positive day for u.s. stocks. the nasdaq closing at a record high. abigail doolittle, what happened? funnily enough, i

the white house is confirming that white house deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving the whitestaff shakeup. white house official e-mailing me this statement, has accepted a position with an outside organization. she has been a tremendous asset to the president and we are confident she will be so in her new role as well. reportedly the outside organization here is going to be a group that helps defend the trump agenda from outside the white house. brian, this is an interesting staff shakeup because katie walsh was seen as an ally of reince priebus the white house chief of staff who has reportedly been under some fire himself. there's intrigue going on at the bhous. we'll wait and see what white house press secretary sean spicer says when he briefs the moment in just a few moments. >> more palace intrigue is right. thank you. >>> let's get to subaru with a news update. >> thank you very much. house speaker paul ryan in his daily briefing says he understands president trump's frustrations with conservatives. the president this morning tweeted that the house freedom caucus is bloc

former -- current until yesterday, now former deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving the whiteng to the south side group america first. the white house line on this is it's "air cover" because they saw with the failure of the health care bill, they need help pushing their message and agenda outside of the white house. she is tight with reince priebus, former rnc. is this about the president's inner circle changing a lot, and what do you think it means for reince priebus? >> i don't want to suggest i actually have insight into this particular move. it does make sense for somebody that has a close relationship, professional relationship with the chief of staff, to go out and take on something like this. but i think probably there is going to be a broader shaking out in the white house. it occurs in most white houses. you have a lot of people who are involved in the campaign who have come into the white house, and i think they need more discipline, and that's going to only come as you begin to, you know, shake out some of that staff inside the white house. >> all right, final thin

deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving the white house after the house -- the health care repealin a nonprofit group. in official says she was not fired. attorney general jeff sessions plans to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants guilty of federal crimes. he will expand an existing program aimed at holding hearings for immigrants serving sentences, then deport the right afterwards. north carolina governor ray cooper has signed a bill to repeal the bathroom law. legislatures in charge of policies on restroom while local governments are barred

deputy chief of staff katie walsh said she's joining an outside group that supports the president. think cut d toses plned parenthood and other abortion providers. vice president pence was called on to cast the tie breaking vote in the senate after two republican women senators broke with their party and voted no. names susan colins and alaska's lisa mur cowsky. the u.s. and turkey struggled today over the role of kurdish forces in fighting the islamic state group. turkey wants the u.s. to partner with its military, but the pentagon has backed syrian kurdish troops. secretary of state rex tillerson was in ankara today, and said the countries see eye-to-eye on fighting isis, also known as daesh. >> there is no space between turkey and the united states and our commitment to defeat daesh. these are not easy decisions, they are difficult choices that have to be made so this has been very gd, the conversations today, let me be very frank, very candid. >> woodruff: tillerson is set to attend a meeting of nato foreign ministers in brussels tomorrow. president trump has given the milita m

was a staff shakeup announced earlier today where it was announced that the deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving the white house for an outside group helping promote the president's agenda. no question about it, that news was overshadowed in a major fashion by this report in "the new york times" that the white house is just not really acknowledging at this point, brook. >> so just quickly, though, to follow up, jim, if the white house had this information and they were concerned about this information and instead of potentially calling mr. nunes and knowing that both the house and intel senate and house committees would be heading over there, why not make that phone call and say why not get over to the white house all of you a week ago? >> reporter: exactly. it was last week that white house press secretary sean spicer was asked the question whether white house officials were the ones who provided this information to chairman nunes and sean spicer said from the podium and the briefing room that that did not pass the smell test, that he did not believe that that was correct. now, he wa

this, as deputy chief of staff katie walsh leaves the white house for a nonprofit job...nd with a daunting list of congressional showdowns on the horizon-- including a potential government shutdown and the vote on supreme court pick judge neil gorsuch-- it's going to take bipartisanship for the administration to weather the storm. in washington, i'm kristen holmes. (vicki) mixed feelings about how the president is doing so far... a new survey shows americans mostly disapprove of his overall performance but are more upbeat about his handling of the economy. the poll was conducted by the associated press it finds that 42 percent of americans approve and 58 percent disapprove of the job president trump is doing. and are about 50/50 when it comes to the economy. at this point in their presidencies, barack obama's approval rating was above 60 percent in gallup's polling, and george w. bush's approval rating was above 50 percent. (grant) coming up on kron4 news at 5...(vicki) we are learning new details about the church bus crash... that killed 13 people coming back from a retr

what are you hearing about the move, katie walsh, deputy assistant chief of staff?ere were plenty of people in the west ring who thought she was ranked as a spy and are happy to see her go. >> i read a couple stories yesterday that said, oh, they had this meeting. the meeting was to get her to good out. she'll help from the outside. i don't know her. i've seen her once or twice, going into and out of the white house. >> all i can tell you is that we'll put it out here. you know, she excluded gary kohn from several meetings at reince's behest. gary kohn -- >> gets colorful. >> gary kohn kicked down the door and said why was i left out of here. you can tell from everyone we heard inside the white house that her days were numbered from that day. i'm sure the white house will deny that, et cetera. that's exactly what happened. what this shows is -- not even reading the tea leaves, reince priebus and steve bannon are increasingly isolated. i personally think that reince priebus will survive longer than bannon well. you will be surprised at highway dean that powell, jared

get her, also bill, "weekly standard," joan walsh, charlie sykes, thank you for joining me for that quick ten minutes. that wraps things up for me. i'm katy tur. kate snow picks things up with a full hour, we promise. >> yes, thank you so much. hello to you. i'm kate snow. here are our top stories at this hour. it is full speed ahead for republicans on the hill. work has started now on modifying their obamacare replacement plan, but it is far from a sure thing. coming up, the faxes inside the gop, each fighting for their own visions of what this law should be. also this afternoon, rallies across the country. it is international women's day. we have a live report for you along with one of our favorite stories of the day. a wall street firm, did you see this, they put up a statue of a little girl fearlessly staring down that well-known bronze charging bull. it's coming, i promise. there it is. she's staring him down. >>> finally, the survivors club, an important look back at the horrors of auschwitz with someone who was there, actually in the photograph you're looking at. as yet another bomb threat called into a jewish community center in c

get her, also bill, "weekly standard," joan walsh, charlie sykes, thank you for joining me for that quick ten minutes. that wraps things up for me. i'm katy tur. kate snow picks things up with a full hour, we promise. >> yes, thank you so much. hello to you. i'm kate snow. here are our top stories at this hour. it is full speed ahead for republicans on the hill. work has started now on modifying their obamacare replacement plan, but it is far from a sure thing. coming up, the faxes inside the gop, each fighting for their own si

walsh of illinois. so, joe, i want to get you first. got to get on you the record about this. do you believe because he's put the attention, katy instead of the topic you and i want to talk b repealing obamacare. >> who gets in his ear and tells him to just stop tweeting? >> i think -- katy, i think it's to distract. look, jeff sessions, jeff sessions who? i think donald trump wanted to take the attention off of jeff sessions so he put out this blitzkrieg saturday morning, which i think is bad no matter how you cut it. >> how does paul ryan -- let's talk about obamacare. how does paul ryan balance all the demands of his congress and -- excuse me, of his conference, and also get this new repeal plan through? >> i think it's almost impossible now katy, because he's waited so long. this is an unforced error. republicans have created this mess. if they have a mandate for anything, katy, it's to repeal obamacare. it's what got me elected in 2010. it's what gave the republicans the senate in 2014. the fact they've waited 45 days, and just as my dad would say, difficult dilly-dallied around and created legitimate protests out there. t

deputy chief of staff katie walsh is leaving her job.ico reports the president is sending her to help bolster outside groups formed to support his agenda. priebus' teen reince for a few years now. the president faces one last hurdle to ending years of lawsuits over trump university. lawsuit alleged that trump university gave nationwide seminars that were like infomercials, constantly reassuring people to spend more and failing to deliver on the promises. mr. trump has admitted no wrongdoing. jacob zuma faces a rebellion if you fires -- if you fires the finance minister -- if he fires the prime i finance minister. the president told political allies he wants to fire gordon because he is blocking his policies. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. oliver: president donald trump met with treasury secretary steven mnuchin today to begin crafting a tax reform policy. the plan includes a reduction of corporate taxes paid for by raising re