ron klain worked senator biden in 1987, klain was mentioned by name in this clip in 1989. >> there's a number of people on my staff ron klain who is here all of the time as you know. >> klain has been the longest serving chief of staff to a president. during the obama administration he worked as then vice president biden's chief of staff and oversaw relief plan and infrastructure program. today on fox news program pennsylvania congressman brian fitzpatrick was asked if klain's depdeparture can impact? >> we worked well with a lot of people over there and i expect that to continue. >> a search for klain's replacement is reportedly underway. mike: alexandria hoff, thanks very much. the justice department recovers another batch of documents from the president's home. republican strategist policy director and former deputy chief of staff and dan, democratic strategist and arc initiative ceo, welcome to both of you. >> thanks, mike. mike: democratic strategist, what do you think of revelations of the documents? >> two things to keep in mind which is to take a pause and wait and see what h

who knows what ron klain would do on the outside. i'm sure he's going to stay in the biden orbit and be involved with his re-election campaign. there's going to be moving people around i suspect. i'm not surprised it probably makes sense if he is, in fact, going to run for re-election. i suspect the move. was largely due to the fact that that this is a brutal job, he's done his two years. he has a lot that he can say he accomplished, and that's why he's moving on. >> and keith, this is all happhappen ing as the white house is contending with a republican-controlled house. the next chief of staff might have a decidedly more difficult position when they become chief of staff. but the new house oversight committee, for example, includes some republicans who have been pushing these deranged conspiracy theories. marjorie taylor greene who claimed a -- suggested that a plane did not hit the pentagon on 9/11, paul gosar who has appeared at a white supremacist conference, scott perry who is a key figure in the effort to help trump subvert th

ron klain has allegedly been the mastermind. just saying it is curious that with this fbi latest, fifth fbi investigation of the classified documents, all of a sudden ron klain is announcing his retirement. stuart: all right, charles, is ron klain the fall guy for the documents fiasco? >> i don't know if he will be the fall guy successfully. i don't know that they will successfully pin it on him in the first place. clearly this is a far bigger problem than just ron klain but either way, it is, i think the timing is very curious. at the very least in the middle of a maelstrom like this it is not the best time for ron klain to signal that he is leaving but the other side of all of this in addition to the fact i think probably evidence ron klain doesn't think either that joe biden has much of a future here. at the very least you know, he has got two years to cash in and which is also an indication that he doesn't think much of joe biden's future beyond two years from now. stuart: extraordinary mess, isn't it? pops up, all of sudden

start with ron klain. one year ago after the first year of the biden presidency i said that he should be fired. because the only person who couldn't be fired was joe biden. and ron klain has been the architect of this disastrous presidency which has hurt every american through 40-year high inflation, through wide open border, afghanistan, and the easy lying that's come out of the white house. he's been -- ron klain's an embarrassment. mike huckabee says is so hard working in the biden white house. ron klain is the architect of the policies including the nightmare of a speech in georgia, talking about the horrific voting laws in georgia. ron klain is busy retweeting the most ridiculous people on twitter. he tweeted two years ago joe biden inherited a total dumpster fire, considering the uncongress unprecedented challenges he faced i would say he did a pretty darn good job. 1.4% inflation and an economy that was growing nearly 4% that didn't need $5 trillion in new debt and new spending. sos he's not even a

>> the fact it isn't, ron klain, not just "a" ron klain, it isn't ron klain. a singular character and a singular kind of person in joe biden's world because they've gone back since he was joe biden's staff director on the judiciary committee. they go back so long. because of the experience he has on the hill and on campaigns it is just different. so sort of by definition, there is going to be a new approach. biden, because he has so many people around him still from the senate, and people like louisa terrell, his longtime aide now a legislative affairs person, he has people in place to do the yauch outreach to the hill. even low zients will do a lot of that. did a lot of it as covid coordinator. no question about it, but the fact the president is choosing somebody who is part of his comfort zone and not thinking outside the box so to speak tells you a lot about that. about that he is thinking about the campaign ahead. he wants to have the white house well run so he can focus his other people on the campaign. >> something else that struck me, too, how quickly t

let's start with ron klain.for this white house which took office days after january 6 insurrection and height of the covid pandemic. >> absolutely. great to be with you this morning. you're right, he played a role in every decision the biden administration made over the past two years. i spoke with the person that wrote the book on chiefs of staff called "gate keepers." he ranked him among the best in modern history putting him on the same level as james baker and leon panetta, reagan and clinton respectively. some of their chiefs of staff. and ron klain, part of his skill as i talk to other people that worked with ron over the past few years, just the depth of experience that he brought to the job. he served as biden's chief of staff when vice president. he also served as al gore's chief of staff. he has experience on the hill. experience in the department of justice. and with the supreme court. he brought just a wealth of experience understanding how to navigate the federal government and the political landsc

but biden and klain are very close. this departure would come at a time when the president is turning to his expected reelection announcement. your thoughts? >> well, ron klain is set for a long time that he claimed to depart in the administration. this is a fairly lengthy tenure for the chief of staff, at least in recent times. it is a grueling job. people have said that it is second only to the presidency in terms of the pressures of the office. so i think that it makes sense. of course, wherever he goes, they are probably having telephones. so he could still be brought in for his knowledge and background. but it is a good time for a change. first of all, the first two years for biden were incredibly productive. top off by a performance by democrats much better than even many democrats expected. so if you are going to get off of the stage, it is better to get off at a time like this of triumph, and second, the second part of this term will be defined inevitably by the fact that republicans, even by islam majority, con

what was ron klain's role in the afghanistan catastrophe, what is ron klain's role in the immigrationder catastrophe. ron klain was the guy who said there was no inflation and that he was, he tweeted out that inflation is only a rich man's problem. i mean, he has been a very key figure, and i'm just saying -- i don't know this, okay? i'm just saying it's curious that with this fbi latest, the fifth fbi investigation of the classified documents, all of a sudden ron klain is announcing his retirement if, in fact, that's true. of and i want9 to a make one more point that my pal dana perino, i think, has made too. you know, the press secretary, karine jean-pierre who, you know, it's been a farce what she's said in the white house. she has no story, she can't get it straight. it's because, it's because the innards of the white house won't tell her about document scandal. and and i believe that the chief of staff's role should have been to include the press secretary all along. they have destroyed her career and her credibility. i don't agree with any of these, their politics, but i'm just

not even to mention just the big shoes of ron klain's that he will have to fill as ron klain has beenne of the more visible chief of staffs we can remember in the last few administrations as well as he's well liked in the building, is often working until late hours and of course tweets a lot. folks say will not see that as much from zients, if at all. zients, even though he hasn't been in the biden orbit like klain, he is well liked within the administration. he hooked up with him during the transition, helped during that period. also ran that covid response. and he finds that folks who work for him become very loyal under his tenure. now, he will have to not only help biden work the divided government, but he is also seen as a chief of staff which is one of biden picked him as someone who can implement the large policies that president biden and the white house were able to shepherd through congress over the last year. but, of course, he will have his work cut out for him when president biden has really kind of tumultuous next few months while in office. >> a lot to do. jasmine, nice

sunday it emerged the chief of staff ron klain will leave. is he the fall guy for the documents mess? democrats are not happy. senator manchin calls the handl ing of the documents totally irresponsible. senator durbin says he's lost the high ground. today the justice department is considering searching biden's beach house. considering, what? trump's house was raided by armed agents. they are telling him they they are going to look at the place before they get there. in my opinion, biden's re-election efforts are in doubt to the markets we start with bitcoin another breakout. it has reached the 22000 level. 22, 784 to be precise right now. a modest gain for stocks, solid gain last friday, modest gain this monday morning. dow could be up 80-100 points, nasdaq up maybe 15. this is a big week for earnings reports. microsoft tomorrow, tesla wednesday, both stocks are higher before the opening bell. gas keeps on going up, 3.42 is the average now for regular and that's up $0.32 in a month. on the show today, the far left and egg prices? robert resch

i'm not surprised that ron klain is resigning.e would he want to stay on, given what's likely to take place in the coming months. the gop and th the house seem le they have a fire in their belly and there's a lot of things they want to address. it will be a rough job for the chief of staff, whoever that is. maria: coming up, the crisis at the border is deepening as border agents report the highest number of one month encounters in history and a continuing number of terrorists are apprehended. then what's next in the debt ceiling debate, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle need to come together and avert financial di disaster. we broke the news w that self kv kevinmccarthy will meet with joe manchin. pierce mopiers morgan is here, l join me on thea alec baldwin rut shooting drama and the upcoming coronation. don't miss it, coming up on "mornings with maria" on fox business. ♪ there are some things that go better...together. burger and fries...soup and salad. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. with voya, conside

like klain. i don't think this is going to be a huge deal for him and i think this -- i mean, i think this was pretty expected. >> se what do you think? expected all along? this does happen inside administrations. republican or democrat. after the midterms, sometimes you have people with fresh legs coming in? >> yeah. that's very usual and typical and, in fact, i think ron intimated early on he wasn't going to be a lifer, as it were. that's because as molly says the job is very grueling. it's a big job and presidents usually go through one or two or three are four of these over the course of their terms. so not a huge surprise. >> and i want both of you to weigh in on this. molly, you first. investigation at the supreme court apparently failed to discover who was responsible for the leak of the draft decision of the dobbs decision ultimately overturning roe v. wade. the supreme court kcourt-martiad -- court marshall found nothing. this is starting to feel like a nice ms nies mystery. meryl streep

that the white house says ron klain, the president's chief of staff's departure, expected departure,have to do with this investigation. >> yeah. >> there will still be republicans who will not believe that, but it is important to note that is what the white house is saying. but hold on, i want to get to alice is saying, look, this is about national security, this isn't about politics. but, you know, there are people who have watched all this play out with trump, now biden, who are maybe looking at how the democrats are responding saying, you can't have it both ways. the democrats were attacking trump, will they stick when biden has to defend his own behavior? what do you think? >> yes, absolutely it will stick, pam. because my dear friend alice is talking about how republicans are now up in arms. i'm sorry, but that laughable. because when they were confronted with the more than 300 documents that will donald trump took, stole, and then lied about and continues to lie about and says he doesn't want to turn them over and says they're his and says he didn't do anything wrong. that is,

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ron klain is the chief of staff at the white house.e been a lot of departures at this white house over time, both in the president's office, the vice president's office. according to anonymous store source so ron klain is expected to step down from biden staff in coming weeks. very vocal, definitely someone behind the scenes for weekend at bernie's. he is leaving in couple weeks. interesting timing this stuff comes out and we're determining whether or not joe biden will run again. rachel: what does it tell you? pete: tells me knows what is coming. he see as gathering storm and that gathering storm is the combination of what we've seen with the document problems, you've seen with. i will get out the name is good. will: is a name people sucked the power behind the thrown, making the calls in the united states government. whether or not that is true i think you're exactly right. this is the indication the beginning of the end started for joe biden. here is ron klain, some of his work defending the biden administration. president biden: tu

people felt like ron klain was ron brain. they felt like he was running things.mop and broom and clean up after joe's every moment at podium. he says that is it, i'm done, i got to get out of here to get my life back together. i don't think this is tied anything to other typical normal cycle after chief of staff after about 18 months, two years, packing it up and doing something different. pete: you're right, if you have to be chief of staff and president at the same time that can be really exhausting work. what do you make as we found more documents were found yesterday? 12 hour search in this case, the department of justice was accompanied by joe biden's lawyers. much different than how donald trump was treated. is this a cascading problem for joe biden? >> yeah the big find they had, they went up in his attic, they actually found joe biden. that was the real find. he has been is inning action for quite sometime. in all seriousness, the thing that is so different, look the fbi finally shows up. the first discovery of these documents in the garage by his 'vette,

but ron klain has been one of the president's closest advisers since the start of this administration. and really there has been very little turnover when it comes to the senior staff at the white house. this would mark a pretty big shift. now klain has overseen a host of issues and accomplishments for this white house, including navigating through the covid-19 pandemic, getting infrastructure passed up on capitol hill, as well as one of the largest investments in climate change initiatives that was passed earlier in the fall. this would certainly mark a big moment of change for the white house, as president biden is entering his final two years of office, and potentially launching another re-election bid. ron klain has worked with biden for a very long time, dating back to his time in the senate, also as vice president and advising his campaign from the outside back in 2020. cnn has reached out to the white house for comment on this and has yet to receive comments specifically. "the new york times" today is reporting on a very significant development as they say the white house chaff

he's tapped the former covid czar as klain's replacement. this will unfold after the state of the union, which has been the marker for when the president will announce his 2024 plans, martha. >> martha: thanks, jacqui. with that, we bring in karl rove, the former deputy chief of staff to george w. bush. kellyanne conway, former president to president trump and mark penn, polster, chairman and ceo of stagwell incorporated. great to have all three of you. you've worked in the white house. karl, let's start with you. go down the line here. ron klain leaving significant, not significant given the moment that we're in with the classified documents and the scandal surrounding them? >> significant in the since that he's been a guiding force keeping this white house leak proof, focused and highly political. now he's going to be leaving and we'll see what the the new chief of staff has as his particular strengths. remember, the chief of staff is merely an expression of the president. the new chief of staff is not going to mean that we'll have more mi

it is good to cupd ron klain is the longest- good to see you.the longest-serving chief of staff or any president. why is he leaving now? laura: it is a clean exit for ron klain right now, the doment scandal aside. it is a two year marker, he had a number of successes that a lot of democrats credit him for, including the infrastructure law being passed as well as other democratic priorities, including prescription drug reform. sources confirm he is indeed stepping down in the coming weeks and will be potentially replaced by jeffrey zients. klain had some criticism for democrats, he dealt with their frustrations about passing the priorities president biden had. ultimately they came together, saw those past, and had productive midterms. he is leaving on a high note. geoff: tell us about jeff zients . laura: he is the former coronavirus czar, he crafted the response for president biden, and he worked under the obama administration and is well-known for fixing the affordable care act website in 2013 and it was having all of those issues. i spoke to s

people felt that ron klain was really brought a brain. he was he want running things.hat's the case he had to also get the mop and broom and clean up after every moment at the podium place probably ready say that that, i am done. quick search for klain or placement is reportedly under way. super mentioned that help wanted ad? help wanted, so long so much coming into play. thank you. arthel: [background noises] eric, oh boy a night of rage in atlanta as anti- police protests writers smashing windows, destroyed storm fronts and torched a cop car but several people were arrested. all this in response the deadly shooting of an activist last week during a confrontation with officers. alexis mcadams is following all of the latest veltman's on this, alexis. >> hi arthel we take a look at this video you will see just how chaotic it was. at least six people were arrested after a violent night on the streets of atlanta all stemming from plan to build a 90 million-dollar police training facility. it's not just about the police preaching to the large crowds in downtown and people

and klain as hospitaled to be sort of the liaison to the left wing of the democratic party.t's also notable that klain is one of the longest serving chiefs of staff in american history. aides for a while now pushed back on suspicions or just the prospect of him leaving. he's a pretty popular chief of staff in the white house. it's also hard to suss out those things, but even privately, there's sort of lock step support among most of white house staff toward him. so, the change is somewhat usual but at the same time it's significant. it also comes at a time where the administration and its major focus has changed from when klain first became chief of staff. it's not so much stabilizing the country and moving on from january 6th and the trump administration, it's executing the biden agenda and preparing for his re-election fight. >> daniel strauss, as always, we appreciate the time. thanks so much. >> thanks so much. >>> and we continue to follow this breaking news out of monterey park, california. a suburb just outside of los angeles. officials say at least nine people are de

jose, i'd say ron klain is leaving but not going very far.'s going to step down from the role he's held for the last two years now as the white house chief of staff. he's actually the longest serving chief of staff for an incoming democratic president in history, so he made a bit of history here in the last few months. there had always been a sense that not at the end of last year following the midterms, but following the president's staff the union address here in just a few weeks, we will begin to see a bit of movement among the upper echelons of the west wing beginning of course with ron klain. part of that is because people -- these are very difficult jobs. they wear you out, and two years is a long time in the life of a white house staffer, let alone a senior staffer, but also the president is going to be gearing up that election campaign. as ron klain leaves his post, he's likely to remain a close confidant as he has for more than three decades. he first entered senator biden's life as the staff director of the senate judiciary committe

taking over for ron klain who has been in the job for quite a long time.very long time to be chief of staff. it's a very tough job and really demanding. it's interesting that jeff sooins zients is taking over. one, he was picked by ron klain for the talent sf, not necessarily for the chief of staff job. they thought there would be a lot of turnover after the midterms and thought democrats weren't going to do well. he was looking for more senior staff, cabinet officials. they didn't have the turnover they thought they were going to happen. he was conducting the search. it didn't really materialize. ron klain is the most significant departure. >> what about the moment, the middle of the fourth batch of classified documents they found improperly stored by president biden and weeks ahead, potentially, of his official announcement to run for president again. >> it's not an easy job he's walking into by any means. the chief of staff job is famously tough. you're managing the west wing, also working so closely with the president. what we heard from sources is ess

cnn is learning who will replace ron klain at white house chief of staff. he is expected to step down in the coming weeks. arlette saenz is in rehoboth beach, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. what could you tell us? >> reporter: well, fred, cnn has learned that jeff zients, the man who led the coronavirus response is expected to replace white house chief of staff ron klain once he leaves his post. no exact date has been set for that transition but it is expected to take place after the state of union which is currently slated for february 7th. now zients stepping into that reel comes at a critical juncture for president biden. they are facing the handling of classified documents after his time in the obama white house and expecting battles from republicans up on capitol hill as they're facing this divided congress for the very first time. and also as republicans in the house have been promising investigations into the biden administration. as well as are expected to put up road blocks to many of the president's domestic agenda. and at

eric: about ron klain, he's been with the president for a long time, lucas.was chief of staff for mr. bide when he was vice president -- >> reporter: right. eric: -- in the obama administration. any word on when he will be moving on and who could be tapped for the job? >> reporter: that's a good point, the second time that ron klain is resigning and leaving joe biden after serving as chief of staff back during the obama administration. of course, there's a slew of candidates, anita dunn, other top advisers who have been very close to president biden. just no telling exactly who will step forward. eric? if. eric: we'll see. lucas, as always, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. this just in to fox news, police have now captured all five inmates who escaped a missouri jail. the group had been on the run since tuesday, and police say they made their way onto the roof, then stole a car from a nearby parking lot. one of the inmates was captured yesterday after being spotted at a bar. the rest were found in ohio a short time later. >>> and now we're going to

nbc has learned, klain will leave his post in the coming weeks according to two sources., as we mark the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade, this weekend. seven months after the landmark ruling protecting abortion rights at the federal level was overturned by conservative dominated supreme court. it is another hot button issue that will no doubt demand the president's attention. in the next few years. joining me now, congresswoman sarah jacobs, democrat of california. she is the house democratic caucus leadership representative. congresswoman jacobs, first of all, thank you for joining us. and before we get into the legacy of roe v. wade, i want to get your take on that news that white house chief of staff ronnycleide is stepping down. clean separate celebrated his second anniversary just yesterday in a position where the average tenure is about 18 months. what is your reaction? >> i think ron is going to be very messed in that position. although he is allowed his much deserved rest, i think by virtue of all the things we have been able to accomplish in these two years it is

now the person who is going to be taking over for ron klain as you said it jeff zients.e covid coordinator for president biden. and he is seen as sort of an implementations guy. an operational guy. with less sort of political experience and certainly not a part of the very small, very tight circle of advisers that ron klain has been a part of. but what we're told is that the skills that jeff zients would bring to the table were seen as being critical for the next stage of the biden white house. including implementing some of the legislation that got passed during the first two years that biden has been in office. now, of course, i don't have to tell you this comes at a very pivotal moment for president biden politically as well. we are expecting a 2024 decision in the coming weeks and of course the whole issue of the classified documents, that is really ramping up as well. so there is going to be a whole lot on jeff zients' plate when you takes over in a couple of weeks. >> mj, thank you. >>> joining me for now is correspondent jeff zeleny. let's start there. let's start

you can't underestimate the departure of klain.ave aides with them at decades at a senior level. obviously ron klain is still in joe biden's ear. >> he said perhaps on the campaign. >> that day-to-day running the west wing and the white house and the administration for the president, the president's losing someone he knows very well and getting someone he doesn't know nearly as well but has faith. >> what the white house didn't really foresee is the documents issue that created a special counsel to contend with. it's created some real problems. we don't know how longstanding they will be. >> they are dealing with this and will. look. if you want to sort of unpack this plan is when a president is facing an investigation what you want to do is say the investigation's over there. over here i will go about the business of the american people. the success of that plan means you have to get it right on the execution side. he is in there to handle implementation and to a great degree it is the campaign. in a world where the chips implemen

ron klain is arguably belongs in elite company, james baker, leon panetta, some of the best chiefs ofound. so i think it's going to be a really, really important decision. >> they didn't tweet like he does. he's very active on twitter. let's go to something serious here, afghanistan. that was a huge black mark on the biden administration. >> it was. >> to really have such a chaotic withdrawal on something they really didn't expect to go sideways the way it did. >> i think this is a tale of two presidencies, the first year and the second year. the first year overshadowed by afghanistan, even though he had a lot of accomplishments that first year. it was chaotic, god knows, watching it on television, but what i discovered and reporta. yes. >> and tony blinken, the secretary of state told me in no uncertain terms that everything we did was based on a fatally flawed intelligence assessment that the afghan government would last for 18 months. this was news to cia director bill burns when i sat down with him and talked to him at length about it. he said, look, if you pulled out two legs of

ron klain won't be stepping up to any microphones any time soon. he is the outgoing chief of staff.by karine jean-pierre when she said dozens of times that the president takes classified documents very seriously. you can't keep saying that on a loop while the thing called reality shows the complete opposite with new revelations coming out every ten minutes keep happening. find another line, please. it is not working. >> bill: from a foxnews.com piece saying fox news's dew point slammed the white house for allowing the press second to twist in the wind. >> dana: i said that on fifsh fifsh. >> bill: the mayor of new york city says he can't get a fair shake. here it is, the need for him to adopt a different communication style. watch. >> you can report a distorted version of what i say. i want to speak directly to the people of this city and hear directly from the person they elected. that's the purpose so we can communicate, give them accurate information. i'm not at your mercy. if colgate was at the mercy of the tabloids they would go out of business. so i am the colgate. i can't go

i think klain was not identified with kind of compromise the administration is going to have to makeults, now that house has gone republican. maria: a good point quick, mark what are your i know early for 2024 who is on bench for at in party to run for president, if not joe biden? is it only kamala harris? or are there other ideas? >> well, harris is only one that any significant support right now. you know. i think if joe biden does not run, going to be one of those wide open primaries for you just don't know who is going to end up, the governor from california? other governors, someone we don't know comes in, as a self-fundr? a wide-open race harris the edge but she is far away from catching it, unlike desantis, if trump is not running, really has an incredibly strong position right now in the republican party. maria: are trump said he is running. >> well, right now our -- head-to-head trump against desantis, 55-45 in favor of trump, that means it could be quite a horse race if this early within 10 points. >> well, giddyup going to be an important interesting couple years mark we a

klain has been a close adviser to mr. biden for decades and his departure signals a major shakeup in the white house staff. sources say klain is expected to step down after next month's state of the union address. but the timing isn't ideal for the president, who must now find a replacement. among the various names being circulated for the job are two cabinet officials. agriculture secretary tom vilsack and labor secretary marty walsh. >>> george santos, the embattled u.s. congressman who admitted to embellishing his resume, is again denying claims that he once performed as a drag queen in brazil. last week a brazilian drag performer shared these photos of a person dressed in drag, claiming that it was santos back in 2008. saturday the republican lawmaker was asked about the allegations, and here's how he responded. >> congressman, were you ever a drag queen in brazil? >> no, i was not a drag queen in brazil, guys. i was young and i had fun at a festival. sue me for having a life. >> during that exchange, santos also refu

ally, al ron klain prepares to step down in the coming weeks and we know now who's going to replace him. >> reporter: kate, that's right klain preparing to leave at this critical moment for the administration jeff zients, who led the administration's covid-19 response, is expected to be named the next white house chief of staff, ka >> all right ally, thank you. >>> coming up, damar hamlin's triumphant return the big surprise at the bills game today and the emotional moment when fans found out he was there >>> also the famous people who came to graceland today, their moving good-byes for lisa marie presley y, their moving good-byes for lisa marie presley. i always wanted to know more about my grandfather. he...was a hardworking man who came to new york from puerto rico when he was 17. with ancestry, being able to put the pieces of the puzzle together... ...it's amazing. it's honestly amazing. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? the last thing i want to do.as well, i switched to swiffer wetjet, and it's awesome. it's an all-in-one, so it's ready to go when i am. the clea

klain has served as president biden's top aides since the start of his administration. it's the longest run for a first chief of staff for a democratic president in more than half a century. klain is expected to move on sometime after president biden's state of the union address next month. he nor the white house have yet to comment. the justice department has launched a criminal investigation of abbott laboratories, infant formula plant in michigan. it's in connection to a contamination probe that closed the plant last year. the months long shutdown help trigger a nationwide formula shortage. federal authorities discovered bacteria inside abbott's michigan plant. that prompted a massive voluntary formula recall in february after 4 babies who had consumed the formula contracted an infection. new details tonight, actor jeremy renner revealed that he suffered 30 plus broken bones as he shared a new health update after his devastating snowplow accident on new year's day. the accident in tahoe left him hospitalized with blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries. runners sn

that's white house chief of staff ron klain. today he made it official, announcing that he is stepping down after two busy years as chief of staff in president joe biden's white house. we are pleased to welcome ron klain, live from the white house. thank you for taking the time today of all days to talk to us. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> we often start with this reality that i'm very familiar with, anything that's happening in the country that's very difficult is something that a white house tries to come in and offer some back support. i just want to start with memphis. i know the president spoke to the family today. i know you have access to some of the best intelligence with concerns on the ground, if you could take me through the personal, anything you can say about the call and what the country might be experiencing in just a few hours? >> yeah, the president did want to work out to tyre's family, as a parent, as someone who has lost a child himself. you know, and express his condolences, express his det

ron klain instrumental in every element of the white house over the course of the last two years, butres, efforts to run president biden's covid-19 response operation, held several roles in the obama administration as well. and given the moment the white house finds itself in, look at the president's agenda implementation at this point in time. passed a lot of those bills, now laws. want to get them in play when zients come into play. keeping train running on time. not ak the investigation so much making sure the west wing, operations of the day-to-day white house are separate from what the president's lawyers, what the white house counsel office is working on and why zients was selected. in part with house republicans in their majority, very much on the attack, too. something they are cognizant of as well and the driving force of this in a very critical moment for the president as he weighs re-election as well. >> certainly. phil and paula, thank you both. >>> a man dies after a traffic stop and five memphis police officers lose their jobs. now community is bracing for video of that

i think nobody was better prepared than ron klain to become white house chief of staff. tell you he had better preparation. he worked for nine previous democratic white house chiefs. he's politically savvy. he knows biden well, for 30 years. and this is a really battened down, disciplined, on script white house most of the time. i mean, lately, not so much. so i think he's a guy for this moment as well, and it's going to be interesting to see what happens if klain moves on. those are going to be big shoes to fill, i think. >> and in your view, what is the single biggest thing he put his hands on that would have turned out differently? >> i think it has to be north korea. it has to be the way he tried to ratchet trump back and the world back from conflict. we will never know the alternative history to what would have happened if trump continued down the path of the rhetoric that he was using both publicly and privately about what he wanted to do to north korea. and i just think that kelly saw that as the biggest problem, and when he tried to appeal to trump and said, look

did ron klain make the decision? did the president make the decision in who made the decision to not tell the american people six days before an american election? >> i think we have to get the answer to that. james comer asking that questions and others as his committee probes this classified document issue. he will join us in moments. karl rove and mark penn on the politician at play. first to jacqui heinrich at the white house. >> another question that oversight committee chairman comer may not get an answer to is who was coming and going from the president's delaware home while the classified documents were in the garage. last night he asked the white house to release visitor logs. the white house tells fox news that they don't keep track of that because they say the president's personal residence is personal. now that is fuelling another layer of questions in planned gop probes. >> i think it's particularly concerning to the american people considering that hunter biden has all of these unsavory relationships wi

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you worked in the white house, you know the biden family, you know ron klain. is the right time?ut what is the perception that ron klain is stepping down a missile of this trauma? >> this is all pretty typical in terms of staff turnover, i think president trump had three chiefs of staff at this point. look, ron coach the president through 11 primary debates, to general election debates. he came into the white house, first of all, managing a transition from one presidency to the other, without much help from his predecessors. coming into administration, coming into a white house in a nation under crisis, that we haven't seen in generations, and administering the most successful vaccination rollout in history, and frankly, you know, the first two years of this administration has been the most productive, and most effective than any other in modern history. because, nuts in no small part because of leadership. look, he is served the president for very long time in the senate. the vice president's office -- and through a national crisis. i think he probably deserves to take a -- >> c

lester >> all right president biden saying that chief of staff ron klain will step meagan fitzgerald,nk you. >>> now to the shake-up at the white house. president biden saying that chief of staff ron klain will step down after two years on the job his replacement is jeff zeits who served as the white house coronavirus response coordinator. his first day on job will be next week. >>> and former vice president ke pence said today he takes full responsibility for thos classified documents found at his indiana home pence said the documents should not have been there and that mistakes were made the national archives asked all former presidents and vice presidents to check if there are classified materials in their possession >>> the man who pepper sprayed the capitol police officer who died after the attack on the capitol was sentenced today to 80 months in prison. he admitted in a guilty plea last september that he used the pepper spray againsofficer sicknick and at least two other officers sicknick died of a stroke he was 42 years old. >>> in 60 seconds, the new video of alex murdaugh ju

ron klain has been an integral part of the first two years and of biden's successes.n who really helped to engineer his remarkable performance in the midterms, agnst all odds, and those will be very big shoes to fill. he's one of the most qualified ople ever to have that job. and i think that it's going to be someone probably within the inner circle. it's hard to imagine someone coming in from outside, but also people with that rare combination of political savvy, knowledge of how governance works, ability to run the white house, to manage not only joe biden up, but to manage the staff down, that's a tough combination to find. amna: chris, i'm curious. out of everyone you talked to, did anyone express any doubt about mr. biden running for reelection? chris: i haven't spoken to anyone who doesn't think that joe biden is running. and his inner circle really believes that that's the case. think about it. when was the last time a president voluntarily walked away from the oval office? it was 1968 with lyndon johnson. if you reach that point, it's very hard to surrender po

and that is what is the definition of a leader is, and that is ron klain. and with that, i'll say ron will always be part of the family. we are also -- also very much looking forward to have someone like jeff lead this team. he is someone who many of us know very well and how to get big things done, he's tackled the toughest issues in government throughout his career, from fixing healthcare.com to leading our historic covid response. he led the national economic council during obama-biden administration, and shares the president's focus on strengthening the economy and growing it from the bottom up and middle out. he led our administration's transition into office under incredibly trying circumstances, you all were there, and watched us try to get our -- get the administration together at that time, and thanks to jeff we had a historically diverse team in place on day one ready to work. now in year three a big task ahead, ensuring the historic laws we pass are implemented efficiently and fairly. no person -- no better person to do that than jeff, and also a

the president's chief of staff, ron klain, will soon be stepping down after two years on the job to be replaced by the former covid czar jeff zients. norah. >> nancy cordes, thank you very much. >>> well, in tonight's weather, there are two significant winter storms keeping an eye on. the fers first is a dangerous storm that slammed new england with more than a foot of snow in some areas. the second storm could be more serious. stng houons areni o w obile,ba al s as eig states. people in arkansas, st. louis, indianapolis, and detroit could all get up to a half a foot of snow. new england could get hit again by this storm at the end of the week. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long eno

klain has been abide inside the legislative triumphs of his first two years.nter a supreme court confirmation. but also through major controversies like the disastrous u.s. departure from afghanistan. maybe best known for helping the president passed a massive spending bills, like the $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. the 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill, and the inflation reduction act. critics say the spending help accelerate the current inflation crisis. and added to the national debt. edit 2000 the debt was just over $5 trillion. it has climbed to over $31 trillion today. it is money already spent. and now the u.s. is over its borrowing limit which could put the credit rating at risk. >> you threaten default, to threaten economic catastrophe nobody democrat or republican should do that no matter how much they believe in their agenda. >> republicans say they need spending cuts they raise the debt limit higher. the white house says raise the limit. no negotiations. >> it is a basic responsibility that congress has to deal the debt ceiling. top democratic

it's not surprising that ron klain would move after two years. that's about the tenure.eally difficult. you have to make all the difficult calls for the president. you have to represent him to people. it's a demands job. and we'll see how he does it. enough to they are gearing up. they have got a lot of investigations. this is a white house that's going to be answering requests from congress for a while. so, he has a lot of work to do. >> carley: house speaker announced adam schiff is off. he has earned his ouster from the intelligence committee. what do you mean by that? >> well, two things. on the one hand, he wouldn't let republicans pick their choices for the january 6th committee. and that was really unprecedented to do that sort of thing and i don't like to see the tit-for-tat. but, if you don't do it, it kind of is like unilateral disarmament. republicans have to make a statement to democrats be careful what you do because it's going to rebound on you. second, adam schiff in particular, for the intelligence committee, you know, they see documents that we don't see

ron klain retweets a lot of things and jeff zients doesn't tweet at all. but when you're talking about the president shifting maybe from a policy-based first two years where both houses of congress were under democratic control, to a more antagonistic position in campaign focused position, i think this appointment is particularly significant. jeff zients also has a ton of economic experience that will come in handy, considering the big fights we talked about on this program before -- debt limit and government funding. you're bringing in somebody who is market fluent with both of those issues and guiding that response. i think that's another significant thing to be talking about. dani: i know biden has spoken about his meeting with mccarthy and essentially saying no changes to the debt limit and what republicans want to push off the table. thank you, derek, getting is caught up on all things d.c. in europe, germany and france pushing for huge spending increases at european businesses so they can compete with u.s. and chinese competitors. this after the infl

ron klain is leaving. jeff zients coming on board.bamacare website and implementation. is thereth a moment you might see a reset? >> i certainly hope so. as supportive as i am of president biden, he has been woefully inept in terms of dealing with the border. the fact he waited two years to go to the southern border is such glaring testimony to his indifference or his fear that if he went close to the problem it would be associated with the problem. there is a glimmer of hope. you did have senator cornyn and senator coombs in a senate visit to the border. they must get together. we need comprehensive immigration reform. we need to speed up the asylum process. all the people that were reported sneaking over that bridge this morning, the guatemalan most single men it looked to me or young adult men. they really have no right to remain under the current implementation that president biden is using. i think most of them will be deported. what do you do, for instance, dana, if you have an unaccompanied toddler? an 8-year-old crossing the b

and just to be very clear, ron klain is still very much the chief of staff.e is still here with us. i just don't have anything to share. >> does the president think jeff zients would be a good chief of staff? >> what about steve holland? ms. jean-pierre: steve holland, do you want to be chief of staff? i think i hear a name. someone just called you out as chief of staff material. >> so, this popped up on friday. when will speaker mccarthy visit president biden? ms. jean-pierre: so don't have a meeting to share at this --with all of you at this time. the president is looking forward to sitting down with speaker mccarthy to talk about an array of issues that -- and this is normal, right? during a new congress, it is normal for the president to sit down with the speaker to talk about how they can work together. you heard the president say this right after the midterms, how he wants to work in a bipartisan way with members of congress to continue to deliver on the successes that he has had this first two years in good faith. he wants to do this in good faith. so,

ron klain the president's chief of staff is going to be leaving and replaced by jeff zients who has a good reputation as a manager. an opportunity for reset when a new chief of staff comes in. do you think he would have a different approach on the documents or any other thing? you already hear rumors the left is wary of zients because he is not known as a progressive guy. maybe he is but not known for that. >> first of all ron klain presided over the worst two years of any presidency in my lifetime. think of the disasters he presided over. the worst inflation in 40 years, worst collapse in real wages in four decades, worst border crisis in american history, the worst crime wave since the 1990. the worst labor shortage in american history. this is the first major turnover since the election. this election was a couple months ago. if there had been a red wave not only would people be trying to push biden aside he would be cleaning up his white house to demonstrate he is changing course. instead it is basically he has asked what will you do differently? he says nothing. he will change hi