john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been the star. he's done an incredible job thus far. respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> bret: a wild week in washington ending with a west wing shakeup announced late this afternoon. the president speaking about his new chief of staff, homeland security retired general john kelly. the press secretary resigning and a new white house chief of staff chief of staff. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. just before 5:00 eastern time, president trump announced general kelly will be his new chief of staff, he starts monday morning. at first, there is no mention of what happened to reince priebus, who has taken a beating this week, courtesy of incoming communications director anthony scaramucci. the president, priebus and scaramucci returned to washington from long island on air force one. he thanked him for his service and dedication. the shortest tenure, 189 days, of any chief of staff not serving in an interim role in the white house. k

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it certainly can be kelly's deputy. certainly, kelly will have a big impact on who it will be. and my sense is obviously he straightened the place out pretty effectively, and it's one of the places functioning very, very well. i just think he adds -- and i don't mean to say old capacity because obviously, priebus is an adult. but i think he adds a different command. and, again, i'm a big military guy. if you get to be a four star general in the marine core, you walk on water. you straighten things out, you have plans, you have relationships across the government. he's had extraordinary relationship on the hill and many congressman said good things about him. and i think to a certain extent, it's a turning point in the administration that has been kind of disarray, partly because the president managerial style. but my sense is that he will bring a real order to it and have the ability to do that. where priebus had kind of a gang of rivals in there in there. there will be no rivals to kelly in that kelly will be the chief of staff and making it all happen. liz: you know, mark, we

>> general kelly. i mean -- >> other than general kelly? >> well, other than general kelly, yeah. again, rick perry. i was a governor with him. he's got a lot of relationships on capitol hill. i mean, price was a fellow colleague in the house. >> they are both cabinet members. they don't directly work in the white house. i'm talking about the president's immediate staff, the white house staff. >> again, it's an outsider shop and that's been part of the allure. i think that the idea of reince priebus was bringing an insider. it didn't work. they need to try something different. they're doing so. i think that, again, kelly bridges the gap between an outsider element, strong military credential, and a degree of capitol hill experience that could be the formula if they'll let him do his job. >> what is this latest very dramatic move, congressman? tell us about the influence of the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci. >> i think it's been bizarre. i think his wording has been bizarre. i think that the sort of feud you've seen develop in the white house has been d

than john kelly. he's just a great human being, good man. >> give him some advice. look, we use the word dysfunctional around this town a lot, and i say that -- and look, let's be realistic. the senate is a mess. the white house feels lining it's been a mess, both for very different reasons. what's your advice to general kelly in helping to functional eyes this dysfunctional town? >> well, they need -- we just -- you know, general kelly has gone up through the ranks, so he understands how to basically direct the functions of jobs by jobs, categorize them and know who is in charge and who has to be responsible for each other and who is going to answer to who. he can but that function together. he can put that structure together and he can hold them accountable for that. and then i think he came into this with his eyes wide open. he's been around this long enough. and the president has a comfort level with and has confidence in general kelly, and he has to have a person around him that he has that type

john kelly is in.e said he did a record shattering job at the department of homeland security and will do a spectacular job as the new chief of staff. your thoughts, robert traynham. >> very quickly. look at the optic, sitting to the president's left. that chair is often reserved either for another head of state or for the vice president. i do believe that this president looks at general kelly and says finally i have a man in charge, finally this is a map what's risen from the top, finally this is a former general. you know, he respects that. the president really loves strong leaders. and i think he sees that in general kelly, hence the reason why he placed him in the oesm office to his left. that is, again, typically used or reserved for a head of state. i think it's very telling. >> colonel, i have no training in body language but he looks to me like somebody who says i just apsalm leave the chair and get to work. we have to go through these formalities but there is stuff that has to get done. what's

general kelly is the person who reports to the president, everyone else reports to general kelly. i guess we'll see if that actually happens. >> i think this is as we discussed on friday, jake, when this all happened. i think we were still in this waiting to see moment, because it looks like right now that donald trump is giving general kelly all the tools and latitude he needs to really get up and running in this role, to really try to instill some discipline. this is one way to do that. but think about everything you understand about the way the trump administration is run, everything we see about donald trump's behavior as president these last six months. the idea that ivanka trump is not going to be able to talk to her father directly and walk into the oval office just seems a little strange credulity, i think. kelly put in the structure but donald trump still getting the streams of communication that he relies on. i find it notable that jeff sessions got a confidence boost from sarah huckabee sanders. the attorney general has been twisting in the wind. sarah says the presiden

aileen: ¿de comunicaciones o podrÍa ser kelly?ara trabajar, libertad, porque para esto estÁ, hará trabajar en equipo. el presidente se cargade manejar su gabinete de ministros y dirigir la funciones del gobierno. y junto con el presidente dirige relaciones con el congreso. o sea que no tiene mucho tiempo para estar viendo el tema de asesores especÍficos dentro de la casa blanca. por supuesto que todos son muy cercanos a Él. y elegidos segÚn la disposiciÓn. aileen: segÚn tu experiencia y basÁndonos un poco en quiÉn es john kelly, ¿quÉ quieres que podrÍa nombrar? -- a quien crees carlos: scaramucci no era un perfil necesariamente para este puesto. creo que veremos a una persona de bajo perfil. a partir de quien es kelly es un militar de carrera 45 aÑos en los marines. y tambiÉn estuvo aÑos de seguridad nacional del presidente trump. y es una persona sumamente organizada y respetuoso de los temas, inclusive de los que consideran sus contrincantes. --demÁs y por esto habrÍa salido del cargo, scaramucci, por como se relacionÓ con el re

let me just briefly put a human face on general john kelly, secretary john kelly. in 2001, he lost his son in battle. he became the highest ranking officer to lose a son or daughter in combat. first lieutenant robert kelly was killed in afghanistan. on this memorial day -- >> hold on for a moment, because the president now, we're getting the tape of the president walking down the stairs at air force i going back to speak to reporters about this major announcement. listen in. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> all right, so there you see the president of the united states speaking very briefly to reporters with the announcement praising john kelly, the new white house chief of staff. this white house chief of staff does not need senate confirmation. senator john madsen of west virginia is with us. you know john kelly. what do you think? >> he's held in high regard of both democrats and republ

-kelly: hi. patrick: hello. marcus, this is my sister, kelly. -kelly: hi, marcus.lemonis: hi, kelly? kelly: pleasure to meet you. yes, kelly. -lemonis: nice to meet you. -dan: hi, i'm dan. -lemonis: dan, nice to meet you. -dan: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: so you guys all wear the stuff? -dan: yeah. -kelly: yeah. lemonis: now, is that a "ladies" body? kelly: yes, this is a "ladies" body. -lemonis: okay. -kelly: yeah. lemonis: i was surprised how small the "ladies" section was in comparison to the universe of fashion. kelly: i would love to do more feminine styles for girls and tweens. i think there's a huge opportunity there. lemonis: how much business do you do overall? total company. patrick: well, in 2014 we did $1 million. last year, we did $900,000. and now this year, 'cause of all the situations we're having, we're on track to do about $600,000. patrick: you know, one of our biggest retailers that we work with, kitson, is closed. lemonis: how much business did you do with them on an annual basis? patrick: on an annual basis, about $300,000. -lemonis: an

kelly. >> we just swore in general kelly. he will do a spectacular job. i have no doubt. >> reporter: another wave of white house chaos os swept through the west wing just hours after president trump introduced his new chief of staff, retired john kelly to the white house, his recently hired and embattled communications director anthony scaramucci suddenly stepped down. >> general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house and all staff will report to him. >> i love the president. >> reporter: it was just ten days ago when the man nicknamed the mooch pledged to improve white house messaging and praised outgoing press skekt sean spicer and reince priebus. >> it speaks volumes who he is as a human being and team player. his attitude is anthony is coming in, let me clear the slate for anthony and i appreciate that about sean and i love him for it. i don't have any friction with sean. i don't have any friction with reince. >> reporter: he went to war with priebus, a profanity

and general, let me come to you, because you know general kelly, secretary kelly well. and so does retired rear admiral john kirby who wrote this for cnn.com. let's put it on the screen. retired john kelly the president just got himself a no kidding, bona fide straight shooting full-time leader as a chief of staff. here's opening that mr. trump knows how to use him. from your perspective, how do that go? >> i read john kirby's op-ed this morning and i agree with everything he said on that. john kelly, i served with him during the surge, we conducted many operations together. collaborated on quite a few things. the man i knew was an extremely good leader. very pragmatic. very common sense. great sense of humor. loved his marines and is easy to work with. he also knows how to lead up, and that's an important thing to do in the white house. when we were together in combat, both ever us would try and meet our bosses up to do the things we wanted to do. so, that's an important thing that a leader needs to know how to do. the problem is that he has a really interesting cast o

kelly. he will do a spectacular job, i have no doubt. what he has done in terms of oklahomaland security, record shattering. you look at the border, and the tremendous results we had, and you look at the spirit, and with a very controversial situation, there has been very little controversy which is amazing by itself. i want to congratulate you on having done a fantastic job, general, and we look forward to if it is possible an even better job as chief of staff. >> as you know, as you have been reporting, this is a president that likes military service members. who thinks that people that understand the chain of command brings strength to this type of administration. the big question is can he get the president's legislative agenda to move forward. what happens with health care. all eyes could be on that for a critical first test. >> and the president did go to military school. that is one of the reasons he likes generals. john kelly is coming in and he is facing a lot of hurdles. not only t

john kelly is one of our great stars. >> martha: that wasn't too long until he said this. >> john kelly will they do fantastic job. he has done an incredible job thus far and respected by everyone. a great american. reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> martha: it's been quite a roller coaster for reince priebus. today they both boarded air force one together. it's called a game of survivor between the president's big players. what happens now at the white house? here now, kelly and hot an end. what's different at the white house? >> i'm really glad everyone is taking the high road tonight. and there has been so much sacrifice in this administration and the president called him a good man. he also says that secretary kelly has served his country honorably. and i think everyone in this administration should know, if you don't see your name on the list, you should get with the program. why are we here, we are here because americans elected one person over the other based on the issues. they do want obamacare repealed and replaced. they do want less government. >> martha: let

kelly wanted him out. kelly found scaramucci undisciplined after his profanity-laced tirade to a reporter. it was just ten days ago that trump was praising scaramucci saying that he had, quote, great respect for him and calling him a great supporter and, quote, important addition. but then today, this was all the white house had to say about him. >> he does not have a role at this time in the trump administration. >> well, it's shocking in many ways, especially because sanders added at this time whether scaramucci could return to a job in the administration. now, here's the thing. even after reince priebus resigned on friday, after scaramucci said he had to go and it begs the question of who is next. this is the new york post who is usually supportive of trump. it's not a contest or entertainment. this is the group of people tasked with running the way they manage and carry themselves has a direct effect on the reputation of the united states of america. never mind on the practical part of it. the presiden

scaramucci, or have you been told you report to john kelly?> i will speak with general kelly and the president about that, as i'm sure anthony scaramucci will. >> up in the air, we don't know what's coming out of this cabinet meeting which was under way as we took air. and that's the question now, who reports to john kelly or do they all wanter in and out of the oval office? >> kelly has been told that people report through him, whether or not he can force that, though, is a different matter. because everybody in the west wing, including some fairly junior level staffers seem to have walk in privileges with the president, and if you're someone like jared kushner or ivanka trump and you're used to being able to walk in and speak to the president, you'll have general kelly granting permission for things you didn't used to have to have permission. >> obviously his daughter and son-in-law spend time with him that is outside the structure of the white house. even if the idea that everyone will report to general kelly instead of just the president,

, and what steve bannon, kelly anne conway, jared kushner, are they then reporting to general kelly oresident? do we know? >> it would seem that way. >> we have not heard them one by one, but kelly ann conway was asked that question, and her answer was, i am here to serve the president and the chief of staff leads, however i can best be deployed to do that. it was not clear. >> she could communicate with him through the television. >> this is up to the president. he has abopen-door policy, like you or i might have. come on in. presidents don't normally have that. oval office privileges. so will that change? that remains to be seen. this is donald trump has run his business this way, for decades. he likes chaos. he likes competition among the people who work for him and this outsourcing of being the person in charges is new to him. >>ist just thinking about it took months to full -- spicer was filling in in the job, and then scaramucci is filing in, trump had been trying to bring him in for a while, reince had been apparently trying to block him. who's going to get that job now? there w

general kelly can help here i think. >> talk about what you -- what you think general kelly is walkingnto. you've worked with many white houses over the years. >> yes. >> you have a sense how it operates how it should operate what an efficient white house feels like, what an inefficient white house feels like. this is utterly chaotic unlike anything we've seen and in walks general kelly monday morning. >> i feel bad for him. he is an honorable man. i'm sure he did in because public service it is in his dna. he's a 45-year marine veteran. he will tell you in his 45 years in the morins he never had a political movement. he is a public servant, very serious person, very disciplined. he is walking into a terrible situation. certainly the most chaotic white house i've heard of and i've served seven presidents, known the white house interior pretty well in three or four administrations. i think he has his job cut out. one thing worth thinking about is i think he and h.r. mcmaster have a natural alliance. to the extent that mcmaster has been trying to bring some traction to this mess in the w

relates to kelly general john kelly is one of the true stars of the.d seal the border and reduced illegal immigration by 70%. user selected by everyone especially the people at the department of homeland security, the entire administration loves them and no one is comparable end quote and went on to thank reince priebus as well. he was president trump earlier this afternoon. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star and done an incredible job thus far respected by everybody and a great, great american. reince priebus a good man, thank you very much. >> moments ago priebus himself put out a statement that reads as follows quote it's been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve as president and our country that i want to thank the president for giving me the special opportunity that i will continue to serve as a strong supporter of the president's agenda and policies. i can think of a better person than general john kelly to succeed me and i wish them god's blessing and grace success. leah kelly beg

tonight who is general john kelly?an who had been running homeland security and can he bring an actual chain of command to the wild west of the west wing? as the president shrugs off the most spectacular failure of the gop in years. no repeal, no replace and no way to predict what's next except wing? as the president shrugs off the most spectacular failure of the gop in years. no repeal, no replace and no way to predict what's next except for the 11th hour which begins now. >>> on a friday night good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 190 of the trump administration. and reince priebus of kenosha, wisconsin will soon be a private citizen again. and tonight he is making plan -- plans to, as they say, spend more time with his family. his replacement is homemade secretary john kelly, a retired four-star u.s. marine general. he starts on monday and in trump white house terms that is ages from now. priebus granted his exit

kelly as white house chief of staff. a short time later, he follows up the tweed and says, and a great leader. john has also done a spectacular security.eland he's been a truce star of my administration. it fits that this is how the news would be announced. he's taken twitter to a whole new level, and white house communication. marty: go ahead. scarlet: i was going to say, it also opens up a new vacancy that needs to be filled. homeland security needs a new head of that department. marty: it does, and that will be subject to senate confirmation. it also -- it will be interesting to see -- typically, when you make an appointment like this, the white house will issue a press release that they distribute to the media. it will be interesting to see how long that takes. this could have happened completely during that plane ride back from rhode island, and nobody -- long island, and nobody in the white house has any knowledge of it. julia: we are showing you pictures of donald trump stepping out of air force one off the back o

i hope general kelly has real authority. the president has to give him that authority and then respect that authority. i hope that happens. again, reince priebus, good man, but he never stood a chance. he was never fully empowered. i hope that all changes now. >> chaotic and dysfunctional. what do you mean? >> well, just the scaramucci interview last week, there's an example. the tweets that go out all the time on things that are, frankly, not very important. constant infighting, factionalism in the white house. it appears they're all competing for power. it's pretty obvious to all of us that there's a fair amount of dysfunction. i expect a certain amount of dysfunction in government. i've been around long enough but they're taking the fun out of dysfunction right now. we have to get back to a better spot there. >> do you have faith? when you go to sleep at night, do you feel like this white house, what happens starting today with general kelly going forward aside, do you feel safe? do you feel like this white house has the

here's the deal with general kelly.o b.s., a very serious person, and then the next line was, what's going to happen to ban no one -- bannon? we know steve bannon will stay in the white house and he certainly survived the reince priebus firing. but going forward, what role does steve bannon see himself playing in the white house? i'm fairly certain a four-star general is not going to succumb to anyone such as steve bannon or anyone else in that oval office. another thing just very quickly, i was told on friday from a close confidante of anthony scaramucci that they were going to overhaul the rnc. they were going to go in there, turn it over and cut contracts with public consultants because they were all holdovers from reince priebus. someone sent me a note today saying, guess what, that's probably not going to happen right now, breathing a sigh of relief because scaramucci is now gone. scaramucci fwetweeted out over weekend that he had a very nice conversation with the and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a m

. >> that's john kelly. >> that's john kelly. and he understands that. >> does the president believe that? that's the question. >>ible that john kelly is educating the president to the realities of how real leadership has to function. >> do you think he'll listen? >> i'm hoping that he will. now, it won't be perfect and i think the president will continue to reach out to the american people through his ability to tweet. i'm just hoping that he's very careful with the words that he uses and there's a decision to understand the consequence before the words go out. >> so what if donald trump decides to tweet early tomorrow morning late tonight going against something he saw on cable news or deciding to denigrate the republican party for not pursuing health care the way that he wanted them to do that, what does general kelly, now i guess civilian john kelly who is chief of staff, do with a president who has his own microphone and chooses to use it as he has choeds ento use it. >> well, i hope he walks into the o

kelly, with a good saturday to you, let's get to the new chief of staff, general john kelly. he's scheduled to take over on monday. what do you think we can expect on day one? >> reporter: it will be really the start of a new structure. one of the things that we heard so often about the priebus tenure here was that he was unable to lead among fiefdoms. you have the family, jared kushner and ivanka trump who are a power base like no other. you had steve bannon from the nationalist part of the president's sort of core base of supporters, and priebus came from the traditional republican ranks. so successful raising money and getting republicans elected when he was chairman of the rnc, but inside a trump white house, he never really got traction. so john kelly, here we see the president again going to a general. he doesn't come from the normal political path, so that may explain why he seems to conflict with people that have political experience, but the president as a part of his overall theme or agen agenda, a respect for veterans and in many ways that comes out in a selection

i think with general kelly, he has selected a leader. that's not to say that reince priebus was not. it was a week ago that reince priebus said that there is a fresh start. i think people will look upon this the same way too. it's a pressure cooker environment. people want us to get it clouded up with the noise and not cover anything. >> martha: sometimes there is so much noise it makes things difficult. so you're saying that all of the difficult things that existed was because of reince priebus? that things will go away under general kelly and what's the advantage on the list? and the scathing comments made by anthony scaramucci. >> the only one to answer those questions are the president. let me repeat again for my third or fourth time for the viewers, i want to thank reince priebus. he also was part of our campaig campaign. just as i thanked spicer. every place of work, has to understand the rules, structure, protocol, pecking order and follow those rules. we all work in an unconventional president. he vanquished 16 opponents who were

they all go to general kelly first? >> i think i'm clear general kelly has the full authority to carry out business as he sees fit. john? >> real quickly. with regard to sean spicer. will he be in the administration in any way now that anthony scaramucci has announced he won't be part of the trump administration? >> i'm not aware of any changes on that front. >> my second one is ten days ago, anthony scaramucci was introduced as the new white house communications director. ten days later, he's out of a job. the president announced on twitter that there's no chaos at the white house. how would you describe what has happened over the course of the past ten days? obviously you'll agree with your boss, the president, that there's no chaos. how do you explain that not to be the case? >> it's simple. i've said it before. if you want to see, come to my house with three preschoolers. this doesn't hold a candle. just to be clear, that's not an open invitation to come to my house. if you want to schedule baby-sitting time, bill h

there's john kelly right there. many of us are wondering why it had been delayed, and part of that may be because this news about anthony scaramucci is going to be discussed. so we've got a very, very busy hour for you, but let's start with nbc's peered alexander, who is in the white house press briefing room where we're going to get that briefing very shortly. peter, this is news that has developed in the last ten minutes or so. >> yeah. that's right. i was upstairs behind me behind the closed doors on the west wing outside of what remains sean spicer's office where we know some of the communications team is now gathered as they prepare to at release some sort of formal statement about anthony scaramucci's dpor tour. it's striking as we talk about what the headline should be for this white house which is the awarding to a medal of honor to a medic who fought nearly 350 years ago. instead it's in effect the selfish is actions in the eyes of many by anthony scaramucci where he was targeting reince priebus and steve b

general kelly is not here. he will officially start next week on a monday and he is going to start getting his hands around the organizational structures here. i think a question here tonight is we know that reince priebus will be taking his leave. he is vowing to work with general kelly as well, but how many more people from the rnc will be going with him? i think that is something that this is about, clearing house. robert: you mentioned the rnc wing and the other wings of the white house, steve bannon, jared kushner, more established republican wing. how is general kelly going to fit into that order? jeff: that is a great question. i think we will have to see how it works before we know the answer completely. there are so many wings, more wings that always here in the west wing. i think one thing that general kelly brings in, one thing the president trusts about him is his organizational structure and his strength. one thing the president likes is wealth and like strength. he found reince priebus as weak. th

liu going on to tweet at secretary john kelly, saying dear white house chief of staff, john kelly, good luck. fred? >> boris sanchez, thank you so much for that, from washington. here with us to discuss with our panel, adam ensis, a staff writer for the "washington post." patrick healey, a cnn political loirt and chris cillizza, cnn politics reporter and editor at large. chris, you first, you wrote an article for cnn.com making the point that priebus' departure completes the purge from the washington insiders from the president's inner circle could signal a harder turn if trump's outsider rhetoric and approach. explain what you think we're about to embark on. >> sure, fred. it speeds up the purge, it doesn't mean that there's no one with ties to the washington and the washington establishment, kellyanne conway was a washington pollster prior to her time with president trump and vice president mike pence before. john kelly is someone spent a long time around washington. is but he's not a washington establishment political figure that is reince priebus. he was the olive branch. he was the

reince priebus is out, general john kelly is in. the president accepting the resignation of his chief-of-staff and learning that priebus resigned privately yesterday but the writing had been on the wall. president trump making the announcement, of course, on twitter and going on to say this. >> reince priebus was a good man, john kelly will do a fantastic job. >> and reince priebus tells our wolf blitzer that he's just fine with all of this. >> he intuitively determined that it was time to do something differently and i think he's right. >>> we have breaking news tonight on the russia investigation and the question that's been looming over this administration during a week of chaos and upheaval. president trump will sign the russian sanctions bill we've learned tonight. in a statement the white house said, president trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it. he has now reviewed the final version and based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it. t

general john kelly is in. before we get into the details of how this all happened, let's just take a look at all the frankly bizarre things that have gone on this week. monday, jared kushner appeared before the senate intense committee admitting he had four meetings with russians. on the same day, the president gave a speech in front of thousands of cheering boy scouts, a speech the boy scouts later had to apologize for. in the same vein, the suffolk county police department distanced itself from a speech the president gave. back to the timeline, tuesday the president said that he was disappointed in attorney general jeff sessions for recusing himself for the russian investigation. the president followed that up bright and early wednesday, announcing on twitter that transgender people are banned from serving in the military. and yesterday, we heard more than we ever thought we would hear about white house dysfunction from the white house of anthony scaramucci, which brings us to today. reince priebus out. it t

i admire general kelly, our president is autocratic, narcissistic, general kelly can't fix that withter organizational chart. >> no matter how much organization, to paul's point, and i'm not going to use the words he used, but no matter how well he organizes things, and has people reporting through him, which is a victory if he's able to do that. the president is still the president, and he's not going to change tweeting at 6:00 a.m. in the morning, surprises that kelly probably doesn't know about. >> right. i think that will be the big unknown moving forward. what we have seen is there's positive energy coming from those in the white house. they're encouraged by the changes with regard to the general coming in. they say he'll bring about respectability and discipline in the white house and create unity. here's one thing moving forward. this is not just about changing the chess pieces on the board. another thing he must do moving forward, working with scaramucci and the team to not only define the message but help execute. that's not only just the general and the comm shop, but worki

did general kelly ask him to leave 01’ did general kelly ask him to leave ordid did general kelly asksident asked him to leave 7 or did the president asked him to leave? did he volunteer?” or did the president asked him to leave? did he volunteer? i will not get into the process. what matters most to us is not who was employed in the white house but he was employed in the rest of the country, we are focused on the president's agenda of growing the economy and creating jobs. was it a chain of command issue because scaramucci said he had a direct line of communication to the president? there has been speculation that general kelly may have tried to tighten up, so was it something about the chain of command or didn't have anything to do with the interview he gave last week? the president felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn't want to burden general kelly with that line of succession, as i think we have made clear over the course of the last few days, general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house and all staff r

also, general john kelly, now secretary kelly, will soon be chief kelly approximate this all goes asngs a chain of command experience -- i'm sorry i'm breathless. i literally ran. >> let me throw in some of what i heard just dovetails on what you heard and maybe let you take one inhale from that sprint. it is not as close as it looks, people. that front door is very far away. >> thank you. >> so what i heard today from one source inside the white house, one sort in regular contact with the president was that it wasn't a matter of if reince was fired today 6789 it was a matter of whether he had sort of gotten up the nerve to do it yet. for a president so closely associated with the words you're fired, he actually doesn't like doing it, kelly. >> that is true. we've seen that play out. he's been reluctant when pressed. we've also been told that this was something he would want to do after a lot of consultation. and earlier when speaking and peter baker talked about the packet that p secretary kelly's name was come out of the mouth of the president toefd at an event sort of unrelated wa

john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been the star. he's done an incredible job thus far. respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> bret: a wild week in washington ending with a west wing shakeup announced late this afternoon. the president speaking about his new chief of staff, homeland security retired general john kelly. the press secretary resigning and a new white house chief of staff chief of staff. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. just before

i spied general kelly. then after this, there's ivanka trump, and then we are supposed to have, stelter, correct me if we have changed it, 3:45 eastern time this on-camera press breers. >> what does this say? sarah huckabee sanders is still scheduled to have -- -- may get delayed. i wonder if she knew this was going to happen. she has become the only one of other press secretaries was pushed out. remember a few days ago he vowed to fire all the leakers. snl didn't have enough time to cast him. there was even online chatter about this. >> just looking at ivanka trump, we knew to the two of you, ivanka trump and jared kushner, top advisers and son-in-law, they are fans, but also of general kelly and this move. no? yes? >> yes. >> yes, they were fans of what they hoped scaramucci was going to do. they were support of john kelly get order. someone the president would regard as a peer of anyone we have seen in the white house. hoe regarded him as just another staffer, didn't go to him for advice, et cetera, et c

and now, you know, kelly would do the same. but already you've got the president who's been tweeting a lot today, all over the map from the stock market to health care, et cetera. so isn't this just testament to no one really can control the message out of the white house except for the president of the united states? >> right. so i think to some degree any white house chief of staff who comes in is a little bit doomed as long as trump continues to really be trump. i think we look at reince priebus and obviously he wasn't empowered to be an effective chief of staff, but you wonder regardless of how well john kelly is able to sort of address these warring factions that we're hearing about in the west wing, it matters to some extent but also at the end of the day so much chaos has been created by the president himself. and if he refuses to, you know, listen to the guidance of his advisors and ultimately his chief of staff, i think whoever fills that position is doomed to some degree. >> and, dylan, you know, the president wants t

that's why he brought in kelly. he said kelly was an emerging star in the administration.he president love what's he did at dhs. he's been engaging in policies that are potentially very controversial without much controversy at all. there was the controversy over the immigration ban. but what kelly has been doing in terms of enforcing law and deporting people here in this country illegally really has been carried out without a lot of controversy. so the president looked at his track record there, he knows that he's got vast political experience here in washington because he served as the top military aide to leon panetta and bob gates. he has the commander experience and the sort of guy who president trumps think can run a tight ship here. again, the big question here is how many lines, district lines of communication will be there to the president. will everything or most things flow through kelly or continued to be these parallel tracks for the president listening to different people? the one thing that i hear from some of the president's aides is that he will do whateve

what would you tell john kelly? >> i would say focus on the staff, get it organized, but focus on what you can do for the american people. you've got to get results here from the white house and for people to feel that their lives are going to be better. you need to push it outward, not inward. >> mack, thank you for that insider's perspective. i'll ask you to stick around because we're watching to see what comes out of the cabinet meeting happening right now. everything john kelly has going on right now as the west wing watches what happens overseas. north korea's latest test launch. russia's retaliation for that sanctions bill from congress. we're doing a deep dive on the new foreign policy problems facing this president and his options, next. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time

tonight who is general john kelly?he man who had been running homeland security and can he bring an actual chain of command to the wild west of the west wing? as the president shrugs off the most spectacular failure of the gop in years. no repeal, no replace and no way to predict what's next except

general john kelly is in. before we get into the details of how this all happened, let's just take a look at all the frankly bizarre things that have gone on this week. monday, jared kushner appeared before the senate intense committee admitting he had four meetings with russians. on the same day, the president gave a speech in front of thousands of cheering boy scouts, a speech the boy

look, i don't know that secretary kelly or now chief of staff kelly will be able to bring, get rid ofhaos the way trump operates. but one thing he can do is fight very hard to restore the dignity of the office itself. i think scaramucci's comments last week, which were arguably the most disgusting things ever said on the record by any spokes person of any white house in the modern era of american policy. they were offensive. my teenage kids read the language that he used and asked me about it at dinner the other night. i think secretary kelly has an incredible opportunity to help donald trump become a dignified, thoughtful leader, which is what i think everyone in both parties wants that, right? i think we're all a little disappointed with the way he's conducted himself. hopefully that's one of the things we'll see. i think scaramucci's departure is a step in the right direction. >> harris: having worked with president bush, i'm curious to pick your brain on how things go inside of the white house when a new person comes in, especially as powerful and important a pentagon as general k

i certainly hope john kelly is successful. no matter what props remain, it is impossible to know this is a different situation. >> you are the cnn political director. will it will less trump tweets on foreign policy measures? will it be less erratic behavior to say, hey, i think kell y is having an impact. >> they are going to look for a strategic plan that gets executed. that is a consistent driven through all pieces of the white house and the administration. are we going to see the focus and discipline without the distractions that many people in the president's party say to me and others all the time they would like to see. >> betsy, the distraction last week was one word, scaramucci. i mean it was long phone interviews he was doing, not talking about policy. this ranch to ryan lizza that was on the record. he became the story. when he took that job as chief communications director, he reports to the president. we do not know if he will go through kelly. is that problematic? >> it will be problematic. kelly understands the

i think we were all wondering if admiral kelly, general kelly.eneral kelly would be the chief of staff or chief of some staff. looks like he's going to be the chief of staff and that's what t the white house needs. >> bret: do you think this white house can get big things done with the current staff and organization it has? >> there is a lot we need to do. the white house has done some good things. neil gorsuch on the supreme court was a great thing. some regulatory reforms have been great. we've got tax reform to go through. that's going to be a big lift. i don't think it's as difficult as health care reform but it's going to be difficult. it's going to require a disciplined administration and congress to get it done. i hope so. >> bret: this is the office of management and budget, mick mulvaney over the weekend. >> i think what you are seeing is the president reflecting the mood of the people. the white house can't move on. in the people's view, they should move on in the senate. they should find a way to solve the problem. >> bret: talking abo

let's talk about the move john kelly just sworn in moments ago. you'll see it play here in a moment. general kelly as chief of staff, good thing for america? >> hopefully. the first 6 1/2 plus months of the trump administration has been characterized as chaos, crisis and confusion. sort of like circus atmosphere that has not put forth, you know, any policy proposals in a meaningful way. >> put fourth proposals. you think it's a good thing for america? all of us want to see government working. it's broken right now. if he can restore some semblance of responsibility and get the president of the united states under control, it will be a good thing for the american people. >> he has serve this had country and given this country his all, his own son, who died fighting for this country. i'm hearing we're waiting for video. you tweeted over the weekend that the president is, quote, a sick guy that language has been condemn bid so many on the left and the right. why are you doing the same? >> encouraging police officers essentially to engage in police br

kelly odom joi kelly o'donnell joins us from the white house. will this help the president hit the reset button? the big question is, can a retired four-star general bring some stability and order to a white house has really been in so much trouble with in-fighting and turbulence? reince priebus was a well-respected chairman at the republican national committee and all of his time at the white house has been tense. after the health care defeat, he is out. >> after a stormy six months in office, president trump paused in a downpour to explain another shake-up. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. >> rumor to be in jeopardy for months, outgoing chief of staff, reince priebus, says he privately offered his resignation thursday. >> i think he was right to hit the reset button. i think it was something that i think the white house needs. >> his exit follows a humiliating broadside by new communications director, ant

mooch, kelly. pick one. if general kelly can't bring order to this white house this white house is gone forever. >> and that is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell on this show with me yesterday. >>> eliza collins and molly cooper. big hello to both of you. i'm asking you where the smart money is, that the two will not be able to coexist for very long. if not, does that mean the tumult in the west wing will continue? >> john kelly and the mooch as he was calling him, are pretty different personalities. stunning interview from scaramucci as he went down the list, i will fire anybody on this staff. he said awful things about priebus, steve bannon. he has shown already he has no problem publicly going against people in the white house. john kelly is about order. he's a military general. he's used to kind of the chain of command. and we'll see how having him and scaramucci as communications director but clearly high up in trump's eyes and has access to the president already, we'll see how they go together. >

kelly. he will do a spectacular job. i have no doubt, as chief of staff. what he's done in terms of homeland security is record shattering. >> this big white house reboot comes amid big global tensions. russia expels u.s. diplomats to retaliate for new sanctions and the white house talks tough at both china and north korea. >> we'll handle -- we'll be able to handle it. it will be handled. we handle everything. >> tensions here at home, too, as the president again criticizes his own party for failing to repeal obamacare, and threatens to cut off payments to the health care program that covers most members of congress. with us to share reporting and insights, julie pace of the associated press, cnn's jeff zeleny, kiron demergs of the "washington post" and mary katharine ham of the federalist. beginning at the white house, john kelly sworn in chief of staff this morning and praised by the president at the top of a cabinet meeting called as part of the trump team reboot. >> overall i think we'r