service very much thank you well let's go to washington now and my coat can make a joins us so michael john kelly now all his way out why is he being dismissed and why now. well the exit of john kelly and have been rumored and talked about for a very long time and in fact the last couple days there were media reports that kelly was was about to leave his post in the next few days and that has happened now and the reason is that the chemistry between the president and kelly had deteriorated for a long time and they had that initially a good relationship but it has gone sour in s. as time moved on and so this this exit is just basically the last straw that broke the camel's back so to speak and when kelly started his his his tenure he was kind of deemed as one of the adults in the room so to speak to kind of try to curtail trump and try to bring order to the white house and as it turns out and people quickly learned trump doesn't really want to be controlled by kill you or by no one else and so this was just a matter of time until a trump and kelly parted ways but it's not actually so unusual for a

kelly. >> certainly we're hearing that, and also there was the open point that donald trump was making early on that he liked having my generals, especially michael flynn, h.r. mcmaster, johnose who is still left, of course, is secretary mattis, secretary of defense. and so i think it's been -- it was the views, as you say, which john kelly may have bonded with donald trump and also the idea of having my generals early on. >> there is a lot more wisdom in this article than just your thoughts about john kelly. everyone should read it at "the atlantic." john fallows, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. tonight's "last word" is next. rf rf your typical bank. capital one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. and one of america's best savings rates. to top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. this isn't a typical bank. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? let's do the thing that you do. let's clear a path. let's put down roots. let's build something. let's do the thing that you do. let's do the thing that changes the shape of every

kelly. >> certainly we're hearing that, and also there was the open point that donald trump was making early on that he liked having my generals, especially michael flynn, h.r. mcmaster, johnf those who is still left, of course, is secretary mattis, secretary of defense. and so i think it's been -- it was the views, as you say, which john kelly may have bonded with donald trump and also the idea of having my generals early on. >> there is a lot more wisdom in this article than just your thoughts about john kelly. everyone should read it at "the atlantic." john fallows, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. tonight's "last word" is next. which is a crying shame. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ the kenya tea development agency is an organization that is owned by tea farmers. every week we sell this tea, we get paid in multiple accounts. we were looking for a bank to provide a safe and efficient technology platform to pay our farmers. citi was the only one that was able to ensure that this was done seamlessly. and today, at the touch of a button, all the farmers are able to get their money, pay school fees and improve

matters the secretary of defense the homeland secretary was general john kelly subsequent chief of staff national security adviser michael flynn replaced by another general h.r. mcmaster when he was fired but president trump apparently growing disenchanted and unlikely that any military person having seen the way that other generals in the administration have been treated would be likely to take this post and a daunting post it is the withdrawal of troops from syria possible to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan a new joint chiefs of staff coming in place at the end of the year so certainly a very busy and very troubling time for anybody who takes over this portfolio particularly in regard to the way the one who was in that position before was treated being his resignation being announced after decades of service in a presidential tweet mike thanks very much. masses has been seen as a restraining influence on president trump during his two years defense secretary the mad dog as he was nicknamed was widely respected within the military having served for forty four years he'll keep positions during the wars in iraq

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trump is scrambling to replace john kelly. and michaelohen's guilty plea. >>> we begin the feds revealed new details of michael cohen's crimes. "the new york times" learning that federal prosecutors in new york are looking at whether other trump organization executives who were involved in the hush payments to women during the campaign, and investigators requested more documents from the trump organization in recent weeks, suggesting their work isn't over, even though cohen pleaded guilty. trump today denying cohen committed campaign finance crime, calling the hush payment a simple, private transaction. but federal prosecutors say cohen acted to influence the 2016 presidential election, and did it at the direction of individual one, who we know is the president of the united states, donald trump. here's the former fbi director jim comey's reaction to that. >> is the president of the united states right now an unindicted co-conspirator? >> i don't know. not in the formal sense that he's been named in an indictment. but if he's not there, h

have seen a number of them just not clicked with the over the time whether it's michael flynn to general mcmasters to john kellyjames mattis. his fascination with generals fades once the reality set in that these were not a bunch of people that would do exactly what he said he wanted and weren't going to be yemen to him. a number of the positions have been filled with people who aren't in the military. >> people who have their own set of principles and people who like to abide by a certain regimen. if you're in the military, you like to abide by a certain regimen. order over cchaos. donald trump is chaotic. who wants to work in this administration in. >> if someone is looking at the job, reince priebus had a background in republican politics, he didn't last even a year. he was out by the summer. then you have john kelly who is decorated general and came in was initially well received and over time his relationship with the president deteriorated. he became mired down in controversies and he lost the white house staff. if you're looking at that onds thi and thinking about coming into the white house, anyone who

michael: of course. laura:resident trump announces a replacement for chief of staff john kelly.ll have the latest on the pick. plus, back on dry land, a british sailor trying to raise -- race around the world was rescued last week. she has finally made it ontod soliound. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. there is no letup in the war of words between president trump and former lawyer michael cohenp mr. cohen haen out for the first time since being sentenced for crimes including campaign finance violations. he claims mr. trump told him to y off two women during t 2016 presidential election, even though he knew it was wrong. that directly contradicts what the present said. the bbc news north america editor jon sopel reports. jon: an alleged one-night stand in 2006 and then payment to buy stormy daniels' silence just before the 2016 election, still causing donald trump and those around him endless legal nightmares. the president's longtime lawye , mr.en fix-it, michael c was sentenced to three years in prison, and he has given an interview

mcmaster such as john kelly have left the trumpet ministration or leaving the trumpet ministration with a reputation somewhat tarnished by this o.c.a. ok thanks michael. well donald trump has been defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria and end the air campaign against eisel the announcement has alarmed both washington's western allies and kurdish fighters in syria who say the move will allow the armed groups to gain more ground there from says it's time for other countries to step in alan fischer now from washington. u.s. president has declared the war against eisel has been won in syria we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly and he's taken to twitter to reject the idea the decision was unexpected writing getting out of syria was no surprise i've been campaigning on it for years and six months ago when i very publicly wanted to do it i agreed to steal longer the white house is pushing back hard against two stories that have been circulating in washington since the decision was made first of all the president at the one of turkey told donald trump he was about to launch an attack against the kurds in syria a key u.s. ally an

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort o

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kellywho was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates debility everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going back to some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strained everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold. the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of

john kelly. also breaking, the special counsel is refusing to let michael flynn suggest fbi agents were in any way responsible for his lies, lies the former national security adviser has admitted to in court. mueller's team refuting flynn's claims in his sentencing memo and indirectly rebuking president trump who tried to down play flynn's admitted crime. this as michael cohen says mr. trump is lying to this day, including to mueller's probe. >>> i will get reaction from congressman and correspondents and analysts are standing by. we will have more in a moment. let's go to cnn senior white house correspondent pamela brown and cnn justice correspondent evan perez. pamela, walk us through the special counsel's sharply-worded response to michael flynn? >> it was quite a scolding, special counsel mueller punching back that the former national security adviser wasn't warned about the repercussions of lying to the fbi. he says flynn chose to dlie wees before the fbi interviewed him and he was committed to his false story. nothing about the way the interview was arranged or conducted caused the defendant

kids i baby sat didn't die. ( laughter ) >> trevor: but michael, even if you get the job, it's not going to end well. look how trump treats john kellye was insulting rex tillerson. he hue mill yates people. >> oh, okay, and this job isn't uh humiliating? every time i come out here you have me holding a chart of a penis or a butthole. i don't even tell my family i work here. they think i'm an intern for i.s.i.s. >> trevor: shit on this job all you want. the fact is you will never ever be chief of staff. simple as that. really? is that what you think? well guess what, buddy? i'm going down to washington and i'm going to apply right now! >> trevor: you're wasting your time, michael. you're a loser. you always will be. >> you just wait. the next time you hair from me, i'm going to the next chief of staff! hear that? ( applause ) so so long suckers! >> trevor: mic, everybody. -- michael kosta, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) the thing is, i'm not trying to be mean, but chief of staff, like, he will never ever be -- sorry. what's that? when? now? oh. wow. ladies and gentlemen, i'm getting breaking news -- michael kosta, former "the dai

we didn't hear anything about john kelly at that point, but we're playing what we have there. michaelour interpretation of this news about john kellry. again, we can confirm the president said that, unfortunately the tape froze. >> what will be the stature and authority that that person will have. clearly being a chief of staff in a trump white house is a challenging position to say the least he tried to keep him from these tweet storms. >> now i think we have a proper version. >> i know both teams will do great. general mark millie, as you know, was just appointed the head of the joint chiefs of staff, to be determined date, a bit later in the year. they usually give a lot of notice for a lot of reasons. mark millie is a great gentleman, a great soldier, a great gentleman. on the mueller situation we're very happy with what we are reading, because there was no collusion whatsoever the last thing i want is help from russia on a campaign. you should ask hillary clinton about russia, because she financed the fake dossier, which i understand they tried to get some information and help fr

we've seen whether it's michael flynn or general mcmaster, his national security adviser and john kelly and even james mattis his still defense secretary but we've seen him and the president be at odds and most recently the president rejected mattis' advice on who to name as the next chairman of the joint chiefs and caught him off guard with that announcement over the weekend. so, you know, the president had this idea or he liked the idea of these generals, these tough guys that he thought would work for him and then he didn't so much like the reality. >> of course, carol, you bring up the point of the president ignoring james mattis' suggestions and then catching him off guard. that's why who the next chief of staff is just isn't going to matter because he doesn't follow anybody's advice. that's really been, joyce vance, the biggest problem with the trump administration. i remember asking him in the middle of the campaign who do you talk to, you know, after yet another explosion and another undisciplined ranting on his part, i said who do you talk to? who comes in that you can talk to

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going mattison particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge. is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of a d

john kelly, they both look. happier. and no surprise with michael cohen dominating the news cycle, that the president will try to throw out a bright shrine ainy , and he's done just that selecting pimick mulvaney as chiefs of staff. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >>> and we're following events in france, that nation bracing for another weekend of protests that could rock the city of protest and other parts of the country. this live look at 10:13 in the morning. when we return, why some protesters say concessions that were made this week but the president there, those concessions still aren't enough. >>> also, australia's prime minister says his country now recognizes west jerusalem as the capital of israel. ahead, we'll tell you the reason behind that big announcement. stay with us. today is the day you're going to get motivated... get stronger... get closer. start listening today to the world's largest selection of audiobooks on audible. and now, get more. for just $14.95 a month, you'll get a credit a month good for any audiobook, plus two audi

especially questionable when john kelly was going to announce his stepping down on monday. he was asked point blank if he directed michael cohen to conduct violations by paying two women who allegedly had affairs with him. he said no. then he said they were having discussions with senior administration officials during an indictment. he ignored that question and started talking about his chief of staff john kelly. with apparent remarks on the russia investigation, listen to what he said. >> with the mueller situation, we're very happy with what we're reading because there was no collusion whatsoever, there never has been. the last thing i want is help from russia on a campaign. very one-sided situation but i think it's all turning around very nicely. but as far as the report that we see, according to everybody i've spoken to, i have not read it, there's absolutely no collusion which is very important. >> two quick points there. you just heard the president say that he didn't read those sentencing documents that were filed against paul manafort and michael cohen. the president hearing from others that it essentially clear

john kelly is expected to resign soon. that news comes as we await new details of course today on the russia investigation from robert mueller's team. details about paul manafort and michaelaiting on those court filings today. joining me now akem jeffrey. chief of staff john kelly expected to resign soon and that a leading contender is vice president mike pence's chief of staff nick ayers. >> i don't know much about the leading contender. but i can say as it relates to john kelly, it's been a tremendous disappointment. he had done a lot for our country in terms of his service prior to arriving at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. once he arrived there it was a total disaster. he was supposed to change the chaos that has been the trump administration, but it's really gone from bad to worse. at the end of the day, his tenure should be judged based on output. the only legislative thing they have accomplished in the first two years has been a tax scam where 83% of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1%, exploded our debt and they will stick senior citizens with the bill and young people in terms of trying to strip away social security and medicare. we'll see what comes next. but by a

john kelly will be out by the end of the year. tonight, who's next in line? >>> also, inside the court filings against michael cohen.rosecutors alleging what he first said in court. the president directed his longtime fixer to violate campaign finance laws. president trump now responding. >>> paris lockdown. the city of lights. the major sites shutting down. police firing tear gas as

. >> michael, the president is about to have a third chief staff. he and general john kellytedly not even on speaking terms right now. reince priebus and john kelly were very different. what kind of person would serve this president best? >> i think if he could appoint mike pence, that might be a good choice because he is about the only one that seems to be able to get along with the president consistently. and he may do that just by staying out of his way. it is hard to say that there is one personality type that would work here. kelly and reince priebus were very different, but they both failed. for all the wonderful things that people were saying about kelly now that he is a dead man walking, he was not able to bring order to the white house. he wasn't able to get control over the tweeting. and he wasn't able to get control or access to the president. and he didn't serve position well with some of the stubts s pulled like the briefing where only those who knew gold star families could ask a question. so i think that you see nick ayers turning down the idea of him becoming

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going matterson particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of a d

john kelly is pleased with the choice. mick mulvaney's deputy will take over as directer for now fox news. >>> president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen speaking out for the first time since being sentenced to three years in prison. >> i am done with the lying. i am done being loyal to president trump. >> michael cohen said president trump directed him to make hush money payments to two women during the campaign. they both claim to have had apairs with donald trump. the president -- affairs with donald trump. the president denies the affairs. and said he never asked michael cohen to do anything illegal. michael cohen disputes that. michael cohen is due to report to prison march 6. >>> u.s. stocks closed lower today as traders worry about weaker economic growth in china. dow fell 800 points. nasdaq lower abye 159 and s&p 500 -- by 159 and the s&p 500 fell 50. >>> a storm system bringing inches of rain. i will time it out for you for the weekend. >> two oakland men are giving back this holiday season. the make over they gave to a homeless man who says he feels like he won the lottery. >> excitement in san jose outside the sap cent

the president announced last week that john kelly would be leaving the post at the end of the year. >>> trumps former attorney, michael cohen has been sentenced to 3 years in prison. he also maintains the president may not be as innocent as he claims to be. lauren is in washington with more on this. >>> reporter: hello andre. michael cohen must surrender to prison on march 6. before he goes he is giving some parting blows. he said he is willing to cooperate with prosecutors and special counsel. >> i am done lying. i am done being loyal to president trump. >> michael cohen is speaking publicly since the first time after his sentencing. he made strong accusations in the interview saying then candidate trump directed him to make us money payments to protect his campaign and said mr. trump knew it was wrong. >> nothing was ever done unless it was run through mr. trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters. >> the payments were made to heather mcdougal and stormie daniels through america media inc.. both women claimed to have affairs with mr. trump which trump strongly den

john kelly will be out by the end of the year. tonight, who's next in line? >>> also, inside the court filings against michael cohen. prosecutors alleging what he first said in court. the president directed his longtime fixer to violate campaign finance laws. president trump now responding. >>> paris lockdown. the city of lights. the major sites shutting down. police firing tear gas as protests turn violent for the fourth straight weekend. >>> plus, the deadly stampede inside an overcrowded nightclub. what witnesses are telling us about the terrifying scene. >>> and the high-speed chase at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. what police did to stop a suspect on the run. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin tonight with the massive storm system sweeping across the south. heavy snow and rain making its way to the east. creating whiteout conditions in texas. look at that right there. with parts of the state getting close to a foot of snow and flash flooding in houston. first responders there on the move, saving trapped victims from rising waters. that system str

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going back to some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates debility everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge. is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of

michael steele, anna and jeff are back with me. tha thanks for coming on. >> we have some additions to the administration. we also have some potential changes with john kelly we made a bunch of calls, days ahead john kelly is out, nick ayers probably going to end up replacing him. >> you know, this has been sort of the long bleed on kelly, but i think you can get past that and look at who's coming in, and nick ayers is a political operative. he's not run a government agency. he's had no government elected or otherwise experience in that regard. >> i had somebody say to me ayers is not coming on to run china policy. he's coming on to focus on the 2020 re-election. >> that's where i was going to. this is a political move. >> i got there before you. >> donald trump -- i know. donald trump will continue to run the white house the way donald trump wants to run the white house, and nick aiers wil coordinate. >> the thing that is more interesting to me looking ahead, nick ayers is not the guy who's going to say hey, let's get with democrats. let's make a deal in congress. let's work on infrastructure. this sounds to me like they're working for investigations to m

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going matterson particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of a d

john kelly. opting to head a pro trump pac next year. back to "headliners: michaeler the surprise raids of michael cohen's home, hotel and office by the fbi in april, president trump said the operation showed the problems with the special counsel probe. >> i have this witch hunt constantly going on for over 12 months now. >> but the search warrant depart come from robert mueller's office in the first place. it came from separate federal prosecutors in new york. >> it sounds like in mueller's investigation, he uncovered some evidence of wrongdoing by michael cohen. and referred it to the southern district of new york because it didn't seem to fall neatly within the investigation of russian interference. >> week after the raid, the federal inquiry into cohen's business practices broadened when a judge ordered cohen to disclose his roster of recent clients. besides president trump it turned out there were only two more. fox host sean hannity and a prominent trump donor and gop official named elliott brody. >> elliott brody is a wealthy california financier and it's bee

john kelly who is leaving at the end of the year. mulvaney will have to deal with a lot of turmoil and legal issues. that includes president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen. you see him there. he is now telling his side of the story after getting that three-year prison sentence. >> i should not be the only one taking responsibility for his actions. >> so he's still lying? >> yes. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. >> and so it goes, back and forth. more focus on the russia investigation is expected next week when michael flynn is sentenced. [ bell rings ] >>> and stocks staggering to an eight-month low today. weak economic data from china and europe set off more worries about the global economy. the dow losing 2% of its value. the nasdaq dropping nearly 160 points. apple was a major part of today's decline dropping more than five points. >>> a man with a history of violent attacks is back in jail tonight. san francisco police just announced they arrested this man. investigators say he killed a homeless man in chinatown back in april. he was already in jail for an unrelated case when they rearrested him. they say he atacted a different ho

generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going matterson particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service members matters slow rolled the order until courts put it on hold the president's disenchantment was inevitably made public i think is sort of a d

john kelly spoke about this issue. it leads to the president's firing of james comey. it leads to michael flynn who the president asked, can you see your way to letting it go. >> he said that to comey. >> with flynn being so critical in the news this week. >> i find it so interesting about the view that it gives us into what the special counsel is looking at. they were specifically curious about this narrow situation where don mcgahn asked by trump to publicly go out and say this "new york times" report, the details and how the president ordered mcgahn to order the firing of robert mueller, is that right? and this is the specific thing that the special counsel is curious about. john kelly has to talk about it that don mcgahn told them about. what does that tell you about not only what they are zeroing in on, but how high it's going? >> they are questioning in on the intent factor. the interrupt intent. hypothetically is the president is ranting and raving that if he is rapting and raving about how it has to stop, you are in gray territory. what strikes me here is it shows how robert muell

michael flynn is sentenced tomorrow for lying to the fbi. >>> disparaging past comments about president trump could complicate his relationship with his next chief of staff. as mick mulvaney prepares to replace john kelly, an old video of mulvaney emerged of him slamming president trump. it comes from a debate just before the days of the 2016 election as he was defending his congressional seat. >> yes, i'm supporting donald trump. i'm doing so as enthusiastically as i can even though he is a terrible human being. >> he called him a terrible human being. mulvaney's words happened before he met trump, and he now believes in the president. when he becomes acting chief of staff, he'll continue to serve as budget director. >>> the family of a 7-year-old guatemalan girl who died in u.s. custody is demanding an investigation in disputing the official count of her death. officials said the girl had no food or water for several days, but her father says that's not true. she became sick after she was taken into custody while crossing the border illegally. the commissioner of the u.s. border patrol says he didn't disclose the girl's step during testimony because he didn't want to politicize it. he defended the ag

john kelly. the big question now, who could be next? >>> robert mueller is slamming a memo sent by michaelwyers, it claims he was caught off guard when he lied to two fbi agents. what about the other lies he told. >>> a texas judge strikes it down as unconstitutional, just 24 hours before today's enrollment deadline. the president making his first public comments about the decision just moments ago. >> it was a big ruling, a big ruling for our country. we'll be able to get great health care, we'll sit down with the democrats, sitting down with the democr

so shan, remember, john kelly was not chief of staff when trump first took office. he wasn't chief of staff when michael fired. or when james comey was fired. but according to cnn's reporting, he was there during the time when president trump reportedly tried to fire mueller. how useful could kelly be to mueller's team? >> he could be very useful because the whole issue of the obstruction is what kind of intent is there? and so the prosecutors want to assess, was there a corrupt intent? and if the testimony by an eyewitness to those discussions like kelly may have been, is that the president was angry and felt that let's say mueller was incompetent, that's okay, that's not obstruction, but if he is very any grip because he just thinks he -- angry because he just thinks he shouldn't do this and i want him out of there because i want an end to this, that's a gray area and that could be obstruction to. sam's point, one of the problems here, is the complete lack of zbli discipline in the trump white house. there is no way there should be this many witnesses converted into, many people converted into witness

john kelly. the big question now, who could be next? >>> robert mueller is slamming a memo sent by michael flynn's lawyers, it claims he was caught off guard when he lied to two fbi agents. what about the other lies he told. >>> a texas judge strikes it down as unconstitutional, just 24 hours before today's enrollment deadline. the president making his first public comments about the decision just moments ago. >> it was a big ruling, a big ruling for our country. we'll be able to get great health care, we'll sit down with the democrats, sitting down with the democrats, and we will get great health care for our people. let's say repeal and replace, handled a little differently. it was a big, big victory by a highly respected judge. highly, highly respected in texas. on the assumption that the supreme court upholds, we will get great, great health care for our people. we'll have to sit down with the democrats to do it, but i'm sure they want to do it also. >> first this afternoon, we begin with the revolvining doort the white house. embattled interior secretary ryan zinke is stepping down. t

sources tell us that the outgoing chief of staff john kelly has confided that he's relieved that he's leaving his post. it's no wonder why in light of michael cohen. the white house is not commenti commenting. in the last few moments the white house press secretary sarah sanders was talking to reporters on the driveway outside the white house here. she was asked about this new criminal investigation into the president's inauguration in early 2017, january 2017. sarah sanders telling reporters just a few moments ago that that investigation does not deal with the president. top aides and people that are close to the president may well be under investigation, wolf. >> we're going to get a lot more in just a few moments. jim acosta, thanks very much. let's talk about our new reporting of the president being in the room when michael cohen and david pecker discussed hush money back in 2015. mj lee, how significant is this breaking news? >> reporter: what is significant tonight is that now we have confirmed all of the three actors who were in that meeting in august 2015. let's walk through the three people that we know attended that meeting. ami o