it's not just fake news, communications with michael dubke.might be deeper than that. >> shepard: maybe you're saying the same thing that jennifer ruben said in the -- i should say t"the washington post" newspaper. she said "it's the trump presidency failing, not the headlines." >> there was resentment that we were able to pick up from the team over seas to the president during his middle eastern european trip. they thought they did a good job, hit their marks. then they were scratching their heads and the performance back home of the advisers that were there. they thought the budget roll-out was poor. people thought that the tax reform has been poor and that that bill seems stalled on capitol hill as is healthcare. there's managerial problems that have to be addressed. reince priebus, advisers asking about his status, whether the president might be better served with a chief of staff that might be able to pose more discipline in hierarchy. >> shepard: it's all very interesting. nice to talk to you, peter. we know these things are important to

. >> reporter: white house communications director michael dubke said in a statement today, the reasonseparture are personal. but sources tell cbs news it's expected to be the first step in a white house staff shakeup prompted by president trump's deep prus administration with his communications operations. former top campaign officials corey lewandowski and david bossy were at the white house both were under key consideration for a white house war room that would deal with stories about investigations by the fbi and congress. that would include multiple probes into the trump team's contacts with russia. jared kushner is now at the center of that story, following reports confirmed by cbs news that kushner tried to set up a secret back channel to russia during the presidential transition. sources say kushner's rivals on the staff are now taking shots at him. and for the first time, there's a sense in the white house at that kushner is quote. >> -- vulnerable. he played a key role in the trip to the middle east and trump is well-known for putting family bonds first. today trump pushed bac

. >> reporter: president trump has a resignation of his communication director michael dubke. the president is expected to shake up his communications team as the white house faces an onslaught of stories about the russia investigation. he tweeted this morning russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the democrats lost the ee l.a.x. has taken over the fake news. monday in trump's first campaign manager and deputy campaign manager were at the white house for meetings. they could be part of a new rapid response team. the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is now the focus of an investigation of possible collusion between mr. trump's associates and moscow. cbs news has confirmed that when kushner met with russian ambassador sergey kislyak in december, the two discussed setting up a back channel of communications between the trump transition team and russian officials. administration aides described that as standard procedure. john mccain disagrees. >> i don't think it's standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a pres

. >> just yesterday michael dubke stebed down from his post citing personal reasons. it could be the first of more changes to come. and yesterday sean spicer also confirmed president trump is considering two more candidates for the fbi director job, a former tsa administrator and a former assistant attorney general under president george w. bush. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >>> president trump is reportedly engaging in somewhat unusual cell phone diplomacy. he's handed out his cell phone number to world leaders. that's according to the "associated press." he's reportedly urged the leaders of mexico and canada to call him directly. so far only prime minister trudeau has exchanged numbers. the become one of the president's most recent retweeted in months in the four hours since it's been posted. >>> the pentagon has tested a defense missile system. the in ter scepter missile blasted off from the air force base in california. it maneuvered in the path of one destroying the target with a direct hit. until now it's not been tested

. >> just yesterday michael dubke stebed down from his post citing personal reasons. it could be the first of more changes to come. and yesterday sean spicer also confirmed president trump is considering two more candidates for the fbi director job, a former tsa administrator and a former assistant attorney general under president george w. bush. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >>> president trump is reportedly engaging in somewhat unusual cell phone diplomacy. he's handed out his cell phone number to world leaders. that's according to the "associated press." he's reportedly urged the leaders of mexico and canada to call him directly. so far only prime minister trudeau has exchanged numbers. the alleged practice is a breach of diplomatic protocol. calls to heads of states are usually highly orchestrated affairs. >>> on top of the president's cell phone habits, his tweets usually provide the clearest view of his thoughts but the midnight tweet has many wondering what is meant by this. despite the constant negative press, cavfefe i

. >> reporter: white house communications michael dubke said in a statement today, "the reasons for myarture are personal." but sources tell cbs news it's expected to be just the first step in a white house staff shake-up prompted by president trump's deep frustration with his communications operation. former top trump campaign officials corey lewandowski and david bossie were at the white house yesterday. both are under consideration for key roles in a white house war room that would deal with stories about investigations of the white house by the f.b.i. and congress. that would include multiple probes into the trump team's contacts with russia. trump son-in-law jared kushner is now at the center of that story, following reports, confirmed by cbs news, that kushner tried to set up a secret back channel to russia during the presidential transition. sources say kushner's rivals on the staff are now taking shots at him, and for the first time, there's a sense in the white house that kushner is "vulnerable." president trump, though, is said to value kushner's work, including his key role

white house communications director michael dubke has resigned for, quote, personal reasons. the president said to be reevaluating his communications team and making continuing news coverage of his campaign and transition teams communications with russia. he tweeted russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and our lame excuse for why the de ms lost the election has taken over the fake news. president trump held a meeting at the white house monday night with his former campaign manager cory lewandowski and deputy campaign manager as he looks to make changes. spicer also answered questions about the russia investigation. he declined to give details. cbs news has confirmed that when white house senior viruses and the president's son-in-law jared kushner met with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak in december they discussed setting up a back channel of communications. >> mr. kushner's attorney has said that mr. kushner has volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings and he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry.

michael dubke announced resignation. pleasespress secretary talking about the confidence in his team. >> i think he is frustrated like i am and others that are false and narratives that are wrong. >> flynn should hand over documents by next week. >>> donald trump's personal attorney says he has declined a request for information. time magazine was told he would testify if subpoenaed. he is the closest confidant. >>> cool temperatures. tomorrow little in the way of change. a little more sunshine. that's good news. 57 in santa rosa. it cooled off a little more. temperatures continued to fall. the cloud cover wide spread with partly cloudy skies. we will have a chance just in case, a damp start. 55 oakland. 53 san francisco. upper 60s to 70s around the bay and 70s expected inland. mild day, breezy. temperatures will climb as we get closer to the bay area weekend. the numbers coming up. >>> a bay area coach retiring after a storied career. >> a remarkable man who helps boys into men. >> the team sends him off with a champion

the first person out the door white house communication director michael dubke resigning after 3 months this the beginning of the white house staffing overhaul to get president trump and his agenda back in the drivers seat. something is not working. changes need to ham. you can't have trump saying one thing and his team saying another thing. communication is what it comes down to. >> eric: as far as the russian investigation goes, we talked about how trump is hiring a staff but putting together a war room to combat any narrative they don't feel is fair, which i think is a great start. of course you will have turnover. you have people in communication, all levels. miller, i can't remember his first name. he was going to be their communication's director. it will come to me. sean spicer was going to take that job. they realized he could not do both. they brought in dubke. dubke didn't like the way the operation was running. he put in his resignation 10 days ago. i said for a long time on this show, the communications department was the first thing they needed to fix. i think they are doin

. >> reporter: amid the scrutiny, the the white house communications director michael dubke has saiding aside. >>> three years after the shooting of a boy in ohio, two police officers are being disciplined >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day.. >>> in england today. the train station next to the bombing location reopened. the station is attached to the arena where the arianna grande concert was going on. the station was closed while the investigation into the attack continued. in the meantime, ariana grande will be holding a benefit concert for the victims of the bombing. she will be joined by other stars and the proceeds will go to an emergency fund set up by the state of manchester and the british red cross. >>> two police officers in cleveland are facing discipline. one received a 10 day suspension for violating tactical rules after he drove near the location where tim rice was shot. the boy's mother said both officers should have been fired. >> th

but, we begin with new reaction to the announcement that white house communications director michael dubkeome to the second hour of "happening now" on this tuesday. i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee.

michael dubke had been in a turbulent time with communication. and sean spicer was pushing back hard today on the president and his team. kevin on the lawn. >> you are right for the first time of in over two weeks sean spicer the press secretary briefed reporters but left the podium abruptly after sparring with reporters over fake news. it was as sudden as it was heated. sean spicer first on-camera briefing unravelled after he was asked about the president's tweet on fake news. mr. trump said russian officials must be laughing at the united states and how the lame excuse as to where the democrats lost the election according to fake news. >> the president was having a great discussion. someone from the bbc re-tweeted that the president was being rude. >> some reporters said that was not a big deal. the press secretary shot back. >> the president is frustrated because there is use of unem named sources over things over and over again that are not happening. >> mike dubke resigned after just 3 months on the job. he wrote the reasons are personal but

but, we begin with new reaction to the announcement that white house communications director michael dubke is resigning. welcome to the second hour of "happening now" on this tuesday. i am jon scott. >> jenna: i am jenna lee. >> jon: mike handed in his resignation, and offered to remain onboard and told the transition is concluded. the president's policies moving forward. for more on all of this, kristin fisher joins us life in the white house. >> this big staff shakeup that we've been hearing so much about, but then again, sean spicer, who will had also been rumored to be on the way out, he is going to be back behind the podium in less than an hour. so if there's anything we learned about this white house is that nothing is final until it actually happens. >> in terms of staff shakeup's, i always read things that simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more collaborative than people realize. i think were constantly being told by people who have never worked in any white house let alone this white house what is going on here. >> now one change that is definitely being discusse

s michael dubke resigning. what's w.h.hose owes's on the bubble and who's on the move. >> the macro view of it is that there's been a recognition at the top they're not prepared with to deal with the new normal, daily stories about fbi investigation, russia, comey, they don't have the tools to deal with that. for who's ascended, in one way you could say steve bannon, somewhat ascended because the people that are being discussed now to potentially come into the white house or support from the outside are folks like david bossie, corey lewandowski, former campaign hands like david urban, people that are friendly to steve bannon. >> so stephanie, one of the folks that may be headed to the white house, bossie, deputy campaign manager, what he said this morning when asked about whether there was even an opening. >> they've talked to, you know, many people including me. >> david, is that a yes, have you been asked? >> no. i'm not going to say that there's something sitting on the table for me to pick. that would be a little -- i

white house communications director michael dubke has resigned for personal reasons. the president is said to be reevaluating his communications team amid continuing news coverage of his campaign and transition team's communications with russia h he tweeted, quote, russian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the deems dems lost the election has taken over the fake news. he met with his campaign manager and deputy campaign manager looking to make changes. spicer answered questions about the russia investigation although he declined to give details. cbs news has learned that when white house senior adviser and the president's son-in-law jared kushner met with the russian ambassador in december, the two discussed setting up a back channel of communications. >> mr. kushner's attorney has said that mr. kushner volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings and will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other communication. >> reporter: the president is dealing with the ongoing investigation. spicer sai

president trump's communication director michael dubke has resigned. the 47-year-old was on the job only three months. abc news has learned he resigned on may 18 but offered to stay olen in the end of the president's first foreign trip. we expect to hear more at a white house briefing later today. new information in the trump/russia investigation. cnn reporting russian government officials discussed having potentially derogatory information about president trump during the 2016 election. the conversations were intercepted by u.s. intelligence and were financial in nature, meantime, members of the president's inner circle are pushing senior trump adviser jared kushner to take a leave of absence amid reports of an fbi investigation. sources say he tried to create a secret communications channel with moscow after intelligence agencies found russia meddled in the election. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan charles weighed in on the latest development. >> he's now at the center of the russia investigation. not a target, no indication he will be

that's happening as white house communications director michael dubke is leaving the west wing. despite all that, spicer insisted the support happy with his team and then took a jab at the news media. >> i think he's very pleased with the work of his staff. i think that he is frustrated, like i am and like so many others, to see stories come out that are patently false, to see narratives that are wrong, to see quote, unquote fake news. when you see stories get perpetrated that are absolutely false, that are not based in fact, that is troubling, and -- and he's rightly concerned. >> can you give an example of fake news. >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: spicer's only example an erroneous tweet that the president wasn't listening to a translation at the g7 what he really was. >> that's the kind of thing that the bbc and a reporter that is joining the "new york times" push out and perpetuate. you're shaking your head, pieter. it's true. >> reporter: but he refruited to say whether report on a pending white house shake-up is true. the white house not backing down from criticism the

michael dubke submitted his resignation after just a few months as communication director. he planned to stay on through the end of the president's first foreign trip, but he'll now remain until there's a transition in place. >>> and the white house is facing more questions about jared kushner. "the washington post" reported kushner tried to establish a back channel for communications with russia during the transition period after the today press secretary sean spicer did not deny that report and referred only to a statement by kushner's attorney. >> mr. kushner's volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings and he will do the same if he's contacted and connected with any other inquiry. >> did the president discuss it? >> i'm not going to get into what the president did or didn't discuss. but your question assumes facts that are not substantiated by anything but anonymous sources that are being leaked out. >> sources have told nbc news that scrutiny of kushner does not mean he is suspected of a crime. >>> taking back the streets. neighbors are bandi

. >> reporter: yesterday white house communication michael dubke resigned citing personal reasons. sources say it could be the first of more changes. sean spicer confirmed president trump is considering two more candidates for fbi director. former tsa administrator john [ indiscernible ] and chris ray who served as sis stant attorney general under former president george w. bush. >>> hundreds of bills face a looming friday deadline in the california assembly and senate including overhaul of the bail system. supporters say the current system leaves too many people behind bars because they can't afford bail. however, opponents say that the bill would result in a decrease in public safety. another high-profile proposal expected to be voted on, a single payor healthcare plan which would replace private health insurance. >>> today a public hearing in san francisco will center on emissions from oil refineries. jessica flores is live in san francisco on the regulations that could spark major change. jessica. >> reporter: kenny, regulators could be cracking down on oil refineries across th

this comes as word broke that michael dubke has resigned. back with the panel. sources within the white house probably and elsewhere. is there a sense that the president needs to have a shakeup inside the white house? do they think it's working well? >> it's hard to tell on any given day. you saw the press conference today with sean spicer. that did not go well. especially on the russia stuff, on the russia front, there's this avalanche of you can't come home from europe to this kind of news and think things are going well. i mean maggie knows these guys incredibly well and i think we're all finding they're having difficulty managing this and difficulty absorbing these developments that seem to happen aev other day now. >> within the last hour said this is the personality of the president. this is how he ran his company. it's obviously a very different thing when you're the most powerful person on the planet. what do you hear? >> i thinking there are a kuchel of things. i think there are people who are there and are in a tough spot and are there because they bel

. >>> the white house communications director has resigned, michael dubke stepped down after only three months on the job. he said it was for personal reasons. the white house has promised a staff shake up following a series of media leaks. >>> the russia investigation has expanded to include president trump's personal attorney and former white house press officer. the president continues to dismiss questions about the probe and any connections to his son-in-law. abc7 news reporter lana zach live in washington where, lana, there is a lot going on. >> reporter: there always seems to be, isn't that the case, larry? good evening to you. white house press secretary sean spicer said that even though dubke is out of communications director is the best communicator the administration has is the president himself. he's tweeting on the russian allegations calling them a lame excuse by fake media. for the first time in more than two weeks, white house press secretary sean spicer took to the podium asked about the allegation that the president's son-in-law jared kushner suggested setting up a secr

this is the same day that michael dubke, the communications director that sean spicer helped bring into the white house, resigned after just three months, a sign of the changes people think may or may not be coming. and so, yeah, there's, i think, underlying this rather sort of testy exchange at the briefing today is a lot of, you know, underlying frustration in this white house and a feeling that they have lost traction and are trying to find ways of getting their momentum back. >> ashley, you were busy this weekend. we were busy reading all the journalism that came out under your byline. one of the headlines, snubs and slights are part of the job in trump's white house. in another piece, though, mostly about how the president consumes and thus how they prepare intelligence for him, this sentence sure stood out to a lot of people. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, receives his own intelligence briefing earlier in the morning than the president's according to two white house officials. ashley, what do you think is going on in there? >> well, i will say that d

first to go was communications director michael dubke, who resigned, who is next is a question that everyoneo know. press secretary sean spicer was back at the podium. he has this to say but the presidents communication team. >> i think he is very pleased with the burger for staff. i think he is frustrated, like i am, and like so many others, to see stories, that are patently false, narratives that are wrong, to see quote unquote fake news. when you see stories get perpetrated that are absolutely false, that are not based in fact, that is troubling. he is rightly concerned. >> martha: chief national correspondent ed henry joins us from the white house with breaking details on what could be in store for the trump team and the west wing. what do you know? >> good evening, martha. what is interesting, president trump has finally started moving to retool his white house staff. there are some signs tonight, as you suggested, bigger changes coming. in fact, two advisors to the president announced yesterday, hugh had two former campaign advisors, corey lewandowski and david bossi coburn addressed i

white house communications director michael dubke has quit after only three months on the job, and the white house may set up a rapid-response "war room" to deal with the russia investigations. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: and we'll take a closer look at how all this affects work at the white house, later in the program. in the day's other news, the u.s. military announced it knocked a mock warhead out of the sky, in the first such test in three years. it targeted a long-range missile like the one that north korea is developing. an interceptor launched from southern california hit the warhead that was launched from more than 4,000 miles away, over the pacific ocean. south korea's president charged today that the u.s. delivered more anti-missile launchers to his country without his approval, and he demanded an investigation. moon jae-in took office this month after his predecessor was ousted in a corruption scandal. moon wants to review the decision to deploy the "thaad" anti-missile system. now, a spokesman says he wasn't told about new launchers arriving. >> ( tra

all this comes as trump's communication director michael dubke has resigned. in syria, a monitoring group says u.s.-led airstrikes killed more than 100 civilians, including 47 children, on thursday and friday in the isis-held town of al mayadeen in eastern syria. the syrian observatory for human rights says the two rounds of strikes targeted the families of isis fighters, and that the vast majority of the victims were civilian women and their children. the u.s.-led coalition has acknowledged launching the airstrikes on the town. in iraq, as many as 27 people have died after isis militants detonated a car bomb outside an ice cream parlor as families were gathering to break their ramadan fast early tuesday. meanwhile, thousands of families continue to flee mosul amid the u.s. and iraqi militaries' campaign to retake the city from isis. over the weekend, u.s.-led airstrikes on old mosul reportedly killed at least 15 civilians, including women and children. as many as 700,000 civilians have already fled mosul amid months of fighting. egypt has launched airstrikes

the communications director michael dubke tendered his resignation on may 18th. no date yet on when he's leaving but it's an important position inside the west wing and we're hearing a lot of talk, a lot of buzz about perhaps a return of some old faces from the campaign. corey lewandowski, david bossi, former deputy campaign manager. they were spotted outside the white house and they've been talked about in terms of being part of this war room rapid response team that's being propped up both inside the white house and among the president's outside supporters. a lot to discuss for sean spicer and just going by the way things have been going, he may get a note in the mid dedle of the briefing advising him that there are other things to discuss. i was on that foreign trip for eight or nine days. we didn't get a presidential news conference. got very few briefings by top officials and those briefings that we did get were off camera. so it's comforting to see this white house put somebody forward and take questions from us. >> it has been a minute since we've seen sea

there he is right there, michael dubke? >> reporter: well, i think that there are probably more changes from everything we hear from the white house. it is interesting that sean spicer is back out, or will be momentarily there at the briefing in the white house. it was thought sarah huckabee was going to be front and center. so i think we have to take things one day at a time with this white house, as far as the moves that they make. but all indications are that there will be others coming in and perhaps corey lewandowski, perhaps dave bossey in a communications response team that can answer some of these questions. >> melissa: you are a master of the media. you've watched this game be played through all different administrations. this idea that the team isn't pushing back enough against what they call fake news stories or the russia stories, it feels like, especially when you watch the press room, they're pushing back. is that what they're not doing enough of? or explain that to us. >> reporter: it depends. sometimes it's

the white house communications director, michael dubke, has resigned, just three months after being appointed a zoo in cambridgeshire yesterday — says she loved herjob and wouldn't have done anything else. time for a look at the day's sport now with holly hamilton. good afternoon. the bbc has learned that arsene wenger will be staying at arsenal — after agreeing a new two year contract. it follows a meeting with majority owner stan kroenke yesterday — where his future was to be dicussed. it's understood the 67—year—old will remain manager until at least 2019 — extending his tenure into a 23rd year. the bbc‘s sports editor dan roanjoined me earlier. i think it will divide opinion among arsenal's many supporters. let's not forget it wasn't long ago that arsenal were being dropped 10—2 on aggregate by bayern munich in the champions league and they finished fifth in the premier league, meaning they miss out on champions league football which is crucial to any big clu b football which is crucial to any big club for the first time in two decades. the pressure on arsene wenger in the last couple of

cbs confirms white house communications director michael dubke has resigned.lso considering changes to his communications approach for stories about the russia investigation. >> he and senior staff met yesterday with former campaign manager corey lewandowski and deputy campaign manager david boske. bosse is being considered for a job inside the white house. sources say that, though, no decisions about those changes have been made. >> the shake-up follows new scrutiny for the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. cbs news confirms kushner discussed setting up back channel communications between the trump transition team and moscow when he met with russia's u.s. ambassador in december. president trump says he is confident in kushner. julianna goldman is at the white house with a look at jared kushner's role. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. jared kushner only has a few months of government experience but in that time, he's become one of the most powerful people here in the west wing and in the country. but current and former national s

considers a new communications strategy, cbs news confirms white house communications director michael dubke the president is also considering changes to his communications approach for communicatout the russia investigation. >> he and senior staff met yesterday with former spain inside tcorey liewandoski. could be considered and sources no that no decisions about the shanges have been made. >>> the shakeup follows new scrutiny for the president's son-in-law and senior adviser settingshner. communi confirms kushner n teamsed setting up back-channel communications 'stween the trump transition team and moscow when he met with russia's am bassor in december. confident trump says he is kushnert in kushner. juliana goldman is in the the white house with a look at jared kushner's role. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. jared kushner only has a few months of government experience but in that time he's become one of the most powerful people here in the west wing and in the but in they but current informer national security officials say his vast and undefined portfolio en the midst of the fbi

maria: this as communications director that michael dubke will leave post.richer and the coauthor of two books written with donald trump robert is with us. robert, good to see you. >> thank you, nice being in the studio. maria: nice to have you here because you wrote two books with president trump and we want to get behind that and find out what your thoughts are. how effective do you believe the president's messaging has been so far? >> i think it's been extremely effective. i worked with him for about 12 years. what saddens me is how we use russia and tweets and we miss the big picture. for example, when he was at nato, i thought that was wonderful. either pay up or shut up, you know, that's called leadership, that's called leadership. he's not in a popularity contest like obama was and hillary. i'm not republican or democrat but it's about time we had a leer that says either you pay up or shut up or we done participate in here and that's leadership. maria: the media is not reporting that. >> no. maria: talking about the russian investigation. >> and that'

dubke has been on the job for three months. today is the deadline for president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn to comply with new subpoenas from the senate intelligence committee. in the last five minutes, flynn said he will provide some documents to the senate. the senate intelligence committee is possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. larry: something we are just getting in the newsroom now. new video of the first intercept launch of its kind since 2014. this missile knocked down a match war -- a mach war head. this does not confirm it's capable of defending itself against an intercontinental range missile which is fired by north korea. this just means that it is able to intercept the missile. whether it could work is what they want to know. there is a warning after somebody left two bottle bombs on a trail. they found them in clarksburg. it had a mixture to explode that would send caustic mixture in all directions. if you see look like this, get away from it and give police a call. to build transit center is back in the county's pocket. tim legler announced -- ike leggett announced

michael flynn. what does he know about these meetings and was he supportive of them. secondly, we saw mike dubken. is this the beginning of a big wave of people leaving? we've heard about sean spicer leaving or moving into another role. what is going to happen to reince priebus? could we see someone like david urban, who is a contributor at cnn but is well liked and corey lewandowski has been seen at the white house in the last few days. it's been said that senate should change its rules to get 51 votes to pass legislation on taxes and health care. a couple things are in play here. one is, he's trying to throw out the government system that has been in play now for a very long time and really has run our democracy very well. he also seems to not understand what the separation of government is. there are three branches of government. also, mitch mcconnell has said it never, ever is going to happen. and as our phil mattingly points out, the bottom problem is, trump's problems are not on capitol hill, it's people within his own party. >> they had the nuclear option for federal judges, for supreme c

> alex, any thoughts on the shake up, michael dub key leaving, issues floating around, former people like boris epstein getting asked questions. >> well, look, dubkelly gelled with the staff. he never fit in. we never saw him in front of the camera at all. who is next? could it be someone like reince priebus who you mentioned? he's on thin ice from the beginning. >> why? what is putting these people on thin ice? >> well, you know, it's interesting. priebus is someone who clearly is not the strongest chief of staff -- >> because he can't get the president to stop tweeting? i mean really. what could he do? >> it's a fair point, which is who can control this president. if you bring in dave urban, is that going to change anything? i don't know. urban has been around d.c. for a long time, but could he change anything? that's a question some people are going to ask. as it would anyone else who is being mentioned for the chief of staff job. >> i think your point is right, greta. i think what is being talked about here in a shake up is addressing a communications problem. and this white house has actual agenda problems and investigation problems that need

mike dubke, the communications director for the white house announcing today that he will resign effect i immediately. ken and julie? >> so joel, we are hearing michael flynn might turn over business documents as part of this senate investigation. do we have any idea what the business documents might contain or pertain to? >> reporter: the details are very vague. we know this is happening because it is being asked for under subpoena. keep in mind, general flynn refused to testify invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. this is as some might say, a step forward. we know that some of the documents pertained to his personal business. the other, it is still unclear. >> joel, thank you. >>> well, house minority leader nancy pelosi was in san francisco during the holiday recess for congress. she spoke at the commonwealth club saying she was able to work with previous republican administrations because leaders looked for common ground. >> you are not going to stipulate to a set of facts, it will be very hard for us to negotiate and make progress. so, hopefully, he will understand that data, evidence, facts, matter. >> the minority lea

michael cohen. and it comes on a day where we're witnessing the beginnings of a staff shake-up. it appears as such. the communications director, mike dubkeout, tendering his resignation. new questions tonight about whether or not reince priebus may also be on the chopping block. some suggestions that the president is mulling over people to replace him as well. we're focused on all of it tonight. we'll have more tonight on "nightly news." >> also what was interesting, sean spicer, not only the brevity of that briefing, but al notes, reading from it, not only in regards to jared kushner, but also when asked about the tension between president trump and german chancellor angela merkel. what does that tell you? >> i think you're right. this has been a challenge for a white house where the president said, how can you expect my surrogates to speak with perfect accuracy, because i'm so busy. it's tough for them to deliver his message, which is the explanation for some of the notes today. spicer read the statement from kushner's attorney, saying that kushner is willing to communicate his message to whoever asks, including the fbi, if the inquiry

for bloomberg news, michael lupica columnist for the daily news and msnbc contributor and megan murphy editor of bloomberg's businessweek. shannon, what do you make of mike dubke's resignation? how significant is that? >> i don't think it's surprising. he never seemed to really get in sync at the white house. there was a story, a comment that leaked out where he said there was no trump doctrine that was sort of early around the 100 day mark and trump did not like that. he was upset by that. from then on the writing on the wall was there for dubke he wasn't fit out to cut it. i don't think that's surprising and i don't think it signals anything, any bigger about a shakeup in that individual move. >> all right. maybe not that move but megan, i want to talk to you about this idea that president trump may go back on the road doing these rallies. his campaign-style tactic. who does that serve besides the president and his hard core base who aren't leaving him anyway? if why you are a member of his administration, he could make promises and claims they can't deliver on, a la health care. >> this has been this administration the divide between the presidential governin

michael flynn and others. the committee is seeking information about russian contacts, any communications with the trump campaign and russia. all that have going on as we learn mick ail dubke here at the white house submitted his resignation on may 18th. it's coming out because he told the president he would stay in place. the president is now back so that announcement has been made. reince priebus says he will assist and be a strong advocate for the president and policies moving forward. now we're seeing the president communicating for himself. one he says shrussian officials must be laughing at the u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the dems lost the election has taken over the fake news. the coverage of russia and talking about germany as well sort of expand iing his conflic with angela merkel the leader of germany. a lot going on at the white house. we have that briefing coming up at the top of 2:00. >> a comment and a question for you. i wonder why the president puts this out on twitter but not facebook. twitter is younger and more liberal. it's like he's trolling because he doesn't put it on his facebook page. in the meetings, the conversations i've had with people i