keith schiller is now the director of oval office operations at the white house.dispatched to the fbi headquarters to deliver, hand deliver trump's letter, terminating comey. >> keith schiller his personal bodyguard, was the person who delivered the letter firing the man investigating the president's campaign? >> that -- that is cct >> seth: wow, that's even worse than breaking up with a girl by text. that's like breaking up with a girl in the chat feature on "words with friends." [ laughter ] so, to repeat that, trump actually sent one of his goons to do his dirty work. "mr. trump is very disappointed in your performance. now, i gotta take your thumbs." [ light laughter ] and if you were worried trump would send a boiler plate letter, worry not. because in his three paragraph note, he still found time to add, "i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that's i am not under investigation." he used a termination letter to defend himself. donald trump is such a troll at this point, he's going to start doing his hair like this. [ laughter and

the two things to say, keith schiller, the president's bodyguard, is employing the sticky note to hideber, and the other thing is that even when they are jotted down on yellow post notes, the actually refer to him as mad dog, he is mad dog even to his colleagues! i thought it was as that refer to him as that but even in the white house yea rs as that but even in the white house years mad dog. that is how do we always referred to you, christian cool presenter fraser! that is a lie! there are other names are not repeatable on here. an award—winning mexican journalist who reported extensively on the activities of drug cartels has been murdered. javier valdez was killed by gunmen who opened fire on his car as he travelled to work. fourjournalists have been killed in mexico injust the past two months. turkey and mexico both very dangerous countries for journalists and we have been speaking about them today. the un security council has strongly condemned north korea's recent ballistic missile test — and warned of further sanctions. north korea says the missile it tested successfully on sunda

keith schiller is now the director of oval office operations at the white house. he was dispatched to the fbi headquarters to deliver -- hand-deliver trump's letter. >> keith schiller, his personal bodyguard, was the person who delivered the letter firing the man investigating the president's campaign? >> that is correct. it was not delivered by the chief of staff, reince priebus, or by any other official in the white house. trump gave the letter to schiller to personally deliver. of course tomemy was comey was anges the time. >> did they know that? >> i don't know that they knew that. letter was delivered to the fbi building for comey to receive, but comey was not there in person. i don't know if the white house knew that in advance or not. i think that the fact that schiller is the person tapped to do that speaks volumes about how personal this was for trump. >> the president has gone back and forth on comey. he's expressed criticism. he's expressed endorsement of him. here he is in last november praising the comey letter. take a listen to this. >> it took guts

and when you have keith schiller involved in the execution of this decision, that means it came directly from the president himself, and he trusted only his longtime confidant to make it happen. >> you know, i do see the romanov aspect of this administration. the people he trusts are his family members. his bodyguards deliver that kind of information. it's monarch i cal. when a king doesn't like the minister, he fires the minister. he changes the palace guard. he makes all the decisions based upon himself. i do think -- you're going to do the headline tomorrow, aren't you? usa today in every hotel room in america, i think the headline is going to be very bad for the president with his people. i don't think they're going to like it. >> the optics of having your long time bodyguard deliver the letter saying that you've been fired, i think, is troubling. the fact that senator burr, who has been a very good republican, and some questions about how aggressively he would pursue the -- for him to call this troubling, that is a sign that republicans are finding this distressing and may not provi

he turned to a trusted loyalist, keith schiller is almost like a family member and the fact that he handelivered the letter is telling. comey is out of town today. he was not at his office to receive the letter. but apparently it was bred to him over the phone. charlie: thank you so much. charlie: mike schroepfer is here from facebook. its ambition is to one day connect the entire world. mark zuckerberg and other ceos underscored the roadmap for facebook. along with connectivity, the company reiterated it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence and virtual reality to expand its existing platform and explored new frontiers. i am pleased to have mike schroepfer at this table for the first time. what does it mean to be the chief technology officer, you're in charge of all the technology? mike: i have two jobs, making sure our engineering teams have what they need and the other foot is in the future trying to build our 10 year mission, connect the world and build a and virtual reality systems. charlie: there is a mantra around facebook, move fast, break things. what does that

know, the fact is that as you mentioned, you had other lower level aides who were there like keith schillerhope hicks was there, his social media aide. so i think this under scores once again it's family and loyalty that matter the most to him, the people that have been with him for a long time. sean spicer came in with reince priebus and as we all know his job is often talked about as one of the ones that might be on the ropes even on a given day it's unclear whose job is on the ropes. this was a snub and a hurtful one and it may tell us something about future. donald trump does need to change his mind about where people are on his gold star list on a daily basis. >> do we know if the snub directly came from the president? >> we don't know that from our reporting. what our white house team was told by a senior administration official was just that spicer was very upset about this. i don't think that we know the details yet of who made out the list and made the decision. obviously with a high-profile visit like this, there would be a lot of planning that would go into it and, you know, deci

this coming from keith chiller, former nypd detective turned donald trump bodyguard. schilleren ripping a sign out of the hands of a nonviolent protester and punching him in the face when the protester tries to get the sign back. here's schiller pushing jorge ramos out of a press conference for asking a question without being called on. but schiller isn't just hired muscle, he is one of the president's closest aides in the white house where he sits at a desk just steps from the president as director of oval office operations. while chief strategist steve bannon learned about james comey's firing from tv, schiller was among those trump consulted about comey. the president then had schiller personally deliver a letter to the fbi offices while comey was in l.a. informing him he had been fired. but it is what schiller is carrying in this photo that's problematic for the white house, specifically that post-it note. what's on that little sticky note is thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> "the washington post" published an article about the president's bodyguard, keith schiller, and originall

. >> what's so interesting the man you're seeing there keith schiller he has been a long time confidant security guard for president trump dating back to 199. on the campaign trail people talked about how he was one of president trump or candidate trump's closest confidant. he was dispatched to give this letter to director comey at the fbi headquarters. of course director comey was out in l.a. at the field office talking to staff. >> thank you so much. nice to see you. another busy day here in washington. >>> indeed. on capitol hill comey's firing met with shock across the political spectrum. republicans expressing a range of concerns. many of them focused on the timing of the dismissal months into trump's term and a year after comey's news conference on the clinton e-mail. bob corker one of six republicans critical of the timing saying his removal at this particular time will raise questions. >> senator flake tweeting i spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable ration rationale firing. i can't do it. lindsay graham voiced support. >> as did susan collins. on the other s

think they i told the communications team essentially as keith schiller was on his way to justice withhe removal letter they had no opportunity to plan, no opportunity to develop a communications strategy, and then, you know, you heard all these aides pinning it on rosen stein and then last night or yesterday to lester holt, he said, oh, no, i was going to fire him no matter what he said. >> can you imagine if he had come out and had that lester holt interview and said right then, i have decided that director comey can no longer stay and then gone through all of the reasons with lester holt. we would still be discussing it today, but we wouldn't have spent the last ten minutes talking about how the people around him -- you can't really trust to say what is going on. like why not have done that interview in the very first place. >> who can you trust? he's the president of the united states, but, i mean, you know, doing dough that to beat up kellyanne conway or the vice president of the united states. they are people at moments of crisis who have to speak to the american people. here peo

it was, i mean, the vision of keith schiller, donald trump's security handing this to the doj and comey giving a speech, finding out about it on television. it is like the most brutal thing you can possibly imagine, and frankly last night white house officials, look, this was kept at a very close level. there were some fairly senior, not going to say the most senior, fairly senior white house officials trying to figure out what was going on last night and the preparation for this was terrible. there was no briefing of press really and it was a mad scramble to find of cover it, sort of clean up after this detonated. >> let me ask you about that letter, that infamous letter everyone is sharing it in particular about the second line or second paragraph in it. obviously there's a lot of consternation after reports that the white house tried to get comey to knock down claims of a russia probe. is that made worse by the line where the president writes that he appreciates being informed on three separate occasions that he is not under investigation? >> yeah, yeah, and look, this has already in

normal step for president and one thing that underscore that is that president trump dispatched keith schiller who is his longtime former body card -- bodyguard, he is the white house director of oval office operations, the person who hand-delivered the firing lever -- letter to comey's office at the fbi headquarters at washington. charlie: that suggests to you what? phil: it is a situation that trump is keeping personally and keeping close to the vest. he did not deploy the white house counsel or reince priebus. loyalist,to a trusted case-shiller is a must like a family member and the fact that he hand delivered the letter is telling. comey as out-of-town today. he was not at his office to receive the letter. but apparently it was bred to him over the phone. charlie: thank you so much. an extra ordinary story. we will be reporting on it tomorrow. back in a moment. isrlie: mike schroepfer here from facebook. its ambition is to one day connect the entire world. ceoszuckerberg and other underscored the roadmap for facebook. along with connectivity, the company reiterated it continues to invest h

. >> one of the closest people to him is keith schiller, former nypd police officer who long ago became his head of security and kind of made the transition to washington. hiss official title is director of oval office operations. but otherwise because he's living the life of a bachelor with his wife and son here in new york while he pursues his schooling, this president's kind of banging around in that big old house every night, is he not? >> yeah. i mean every president sort of adapts to the building somewhat differently. with the first lady, melania trump and barron trump in new york, the president is essentially all alone in that 20,000 square foot mansion, all alone most nights. the reason why we wanted to tell this story was, you know, he doesn't sleep very much at night. he spends 10, 11 hours a day in the west wing. and what does he do with the rest of his time? we wanted to tell that side of the story. and the stwer answer is he hoste dinners just about every right, in this case with reporters but usually ceos, political supporters, cabinet secretaries, white house staffers, so

president trump's long-time aid keith schiller leaving the fbi after hand delivers the letter firing. >> reporter: an act that put the former new york detective usually in the background, front and center. the shy father of two that once was in the navy, joined president trump as a bodyguard in 1999. >> i had a great rapport with president trump. >> we'll give you one more. >> if it doesn't work out well -- >> schiler is eventually made head of security in 2005. he now serves as president trump's director of oval office matters. he plays multiple roles for a president who prizes loyalty. >> you know, i have nothing but good things to say about him. >> reporter: frequently spotted by trump's side, the 6'4" ssc schiller has provided security for trump for years. a protester is suing schiller for a -- out of a press conference in iowa in the summer of 2015, for trying repeatedly to ask trump about immigration. and while schiller is not interested in celebrity in his own require, he took on vince mcmahon in 2007, but he's not likely to be jumping in front of television cameras any time s

nobody in the white house trusts him or likes him besides donald trump, steve bannon, maybe keith schillerstretch. he's widely regarded as one of the most dishonest people in politics. >> and he's been talked about as a comeback kid. howard, you're laughing because it's ludicrous. >> i'm not laughing. i think skbrjohn's absolutely r. i think part of it is there are three brancheof government and they're all inside the white house, crammed in there. there's three. there's the nationalists, the new york money people, and then there's the republican regulars, who are priebus and sean and so on. if you go in, you've got to know which faction you're working for because the other two factions are going to be against you. >> how do you blame -- >> that's what i was going to say. the problem the white house has is not with its staff. the problem it has is with its president. it doesn't matter who comes and who goes. yes, there are different competing voices in his ear. yes, they have different degrees of influence depending on the topic. but no one is going to stop him except for a temporary time-

i want to go to pamela brown, our justice correspondent, and pamela, as we point out it was keith schiller, long-time bodyguard, head of operations at the white house now personally walked over to deliver to it the fbi director. he was not there. obviously, this is shocking. what is the reaction at the fbi in this moment? >> it is a shocking turn of events which has taken the most senior people at the fbi by surprise. i'm told, one says the it feels like we've lost a family member. another person i talked to said it's upsetting and shocking for a lot of the rank and file. a lot of people don't even know yet. this came as a surprise. senior staff at the fbi was notified moments ago. they're having an emergency meeting. you talk to some people and they say they're shocked but at the same time they're not surprised in a way, because of the fact that james comey has really been at the center of controversy over his handling of the hillary clinton investigation as well as the trump campaign associates and russia investigation. there was consternation within the fbi, internal conflict. what peop

president, and i think one thing today that underscored that is that president trump dispatched keith schiller who is his former long-time body guard and head of personal security at trump tower. he now is white house director of oval operations. he is the person who hand delivered trump's firing letter to the comey office today at f.b.i. headquarters in washington. >> rose: that suggested to you what? >> a situation trump is taking personally and keeping close to the vest. he did not deploy reince priebus or don mcghan, instead turned to a trusted loyalist. keith schiewler is almost like a family member to president trump and the fact he hand delivered the letter is telling. comey was out of town and not at his office to receive the letter but apparently it was read to him over the phone. >> rose: margaret and phil, thank you so much. extraordinary story. we'll be reporting on it tomorrow. back in a moment. >> rose: mike schroepfer is here, chief technology officer at facebook, the social networking giant used by nearly 2 billion people globally. its am p bigs is to one day connect the entire

but when you see keith schiller his long time confidante and bodyguard now head of oval office operationing be the bern who hand delivers the envelope, the letter to the fbi building earlier today that tells you how deeply personal and involved the president was. it was a contrasting scene though tonight brian at the white house as ashley was saying so well. you had the white house talking about the democrats and how they really shouldn't be surprised here and how they are really against comey, too. among my sources on the capitol hill, among republicans they are nervous tonight, brian. they are privately telling me and other reporters that this puts them in a tough spot. of course in a partisan way many of them are rallying to the president. but this is an ongoing investigation by the fbi. the congressional committees are still looking into russian interference. now to have the president making the stark decision without much consultation with congress, if any. >> michael your newspaper is reporting tonight quote senior white house and justice department officials have been working on buil

a copy of the electronic letter because he was in los angeles at the time and the president's keith schiller took a copy -- a hard copy over to the fbi earlier today. the president wanted to make sure there was a formal deliver delivery. it may not have come as a surprise to comey. he may have known that his head was on the chopping block but from everything that we can glean since this has happened, this came as the suppressor just about everybody involved. >> it might not have satisfied many in the media but the white house could actually have just said the fbi director served at the pleasure of the president, the president is no longer pleased or just to say we thank him for his service. we appreciate what he has done for the country, we are now nominating a new fbi director in the meantime and until we have a chance to fact, nominate and confirm a new fbi director -- andrew mccabe will be acting director. using july 5th and hillary clinton piece actually leads to more questions and speculation rather than just saying we have nothing more to say here. >> something else that i found very c

a copy of the electronic letter because he was in los angeles at the time and the president's keith schiller took a copy -- a hard copy over to the fbi earlier today. the president wanted to make sure there was a formal delivery. it may not have come as a surprise to comey. he may have known that his head was on the chopping block but from everything that we can glean since this has happened, this came as the suppressor just about everybody involved. >> it might not have satisfied many in the media but the white house could actually have just said the fbi director served at the pleasure of the president, the president is no longer pleased or just to say we thank him for his service. we appreciate what he has done for the country, we are now nominating a new fbi director in the meantime and until we have a chance to fact, nominate and confirm a new fbi director -- andrew mccabe will be acting director. using july 5th and hillary clinton piece actually leads to more questions and speculation rather than just saying we have nothing more to say here. >> something else that i found very curious a

electronically and in person by his former head of security, now his chief of oval office operations keith schiller to the fbi even though comey was in los angeles at the time. the president said that he appreciated the fact that comey had told him on three separate occasions that he was not under investigation in connection with this investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia to influence the u.s. election. nbc news anchor lester holt tried to drill that with the president to find out on what occasion he was told that he was not under investigation and what the circumstances were surrounding those occasions. listen here. >> the phone call he said it and then during another phone call he said it. he said it once at dinner and then he said it twice during phone calls. >> did you call him? >> in one case i called him. one case he called me. >> did you ask him, am i under investigation? >> i actually asked him. i said, if it's possible, would you let me know, am i under investigation? he said, you not under investigation. >> reporter: the chairman of the judiciary comm

we understand the president's personal guard keith schiller is the fellow who hand delivered a letter to the fbi yesterday afternoon indicating that the president of the united states was firing that tall man walking down that hall right there. brain brian the question is. even if you love james comey or didn't or you were one of the many people critical of what he has done over the last couple of years. you think he deserves better to find out 3,000 miles away in los angeles about to give a speech. i think he could have waited day or two to say listen, you are out of here for multiple of reason in a formal declaration rather than find out through somebody else. ainsley: that's why people were saying why did this happen? and sarah huckabee sanders she is the deputy white house principle spokesperson. this is what she said the reason was. listen. >> director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file within the fbi. he had certainly, i think, lost the confidence from members of both sides, republicans and democrats in the house and the senate. and, frankly, most importantly, tu

that dismissal letter hand delivered to fbi headquarters by the keith schiller. comey in los angeles for an event to recruit fbi agents >> comey was not fired because of hillary. comey was fired because of the russians. blasting his handling of the he brought it back. >> i have have to tell you, i respect the fact that director comey was able to come back after what he did, and it took guts for director comey to make the move he made. >> the white house pushing back on those comments. >> this has nothing to do with the campaign from six months ago, everything to do with the performance of the fbi director since the president has been in the white house. >> reporter: claiming the fbi director informed him on three separate occasions he was not under investigation. when asked, the white house couldn't identify those occasions. overnight, press sec tai sean spicer. >> this is a decision should have been shared by most democrats, chuck shuk her, nancy pelosi. >> instead the top democrats are demanding answers on russia. >> if an independent special prosecutor is appo

he walking around the white house in the early evening hours and late at night, perhaps with keith schillerny of the decisions that he makes? >> well, one of the things that our reporting showed is that we thought he was going away to bedminster, new jersey, over the weekend to play golf. of course, he said he was having meetings. in fact, what he was doing was watching the testimony over and over again that comey gave. the thing that he really hated was when comey said it made hiss him slightly nauseous to think he helped elect donald trump. apparently that really got under his skin. back to an earlier point, people who raised a slight red flag, more like a matador, was bannon, who questioned the timing, said the optics would be terrible. priebus, apparently that portrait showed that priebus was not willing to stand up to trump and probably never will. he raised those issues and backed off. trump has made it so that both bannon and priebus are fundamentally marginalized. and one of the surprising things was jared kushner, his son-in-law, who is supposed to be a moderating influence. >> is

former's head of private security and now director of oval office operations keith schiller hand delivered the termination notice to the department of justice. michael schmitt, your reporting is amazing. what else do you know? >> comey started his day yesterday in florida where he was speaking to some police officers. he flew out to california where he was supposed to actually, as you pointed out, give this diversity speech. all this came as a complete shock at the fbi. they had no idea the justice department had been working on this for several days, it dated back to at least last week and probably sooner than that, and there was actually some question last night how comey was actually going to get home from los angeles because he was no longer the fbi director and it wasn't clear whether he should still use the government plane to get home. ultimately he does get on that plane and he does come back. it's not clear whether he even went into the bureau last night after he got here to pick up his stuff or anything like that. today at the fbi it's a brand new day. the real question is whethe

keith still stiller. >> this is a case and point. mr. schiller and he managed to get a job with trump in 1999. and also the able to keep his mouth shut, that's a key component when working with donald trump and there's one star on stage which is him and he showed he could be trusted and loyal almost to a fault. this is classic trump operating procedure, you're suppose to pledge your loyalty to him. so i heard perhaps he had asked fbi director comey to express his commitment and loyalty that sounded about right to me. i think this is a much different circumstance thank you the people who work in the government pledge their loyal to the constitution and serve the american people not the whelm of the chief executive. so, again this is something that work for him in private business and worked for him as the sole propriter of multiple businesses but it doesn't work with the press of the world are focused on you or when it's a branch of government that win the power of commencement with yours, it's just dynamic. so when i saw schiller deliver this mes