sean spicer has resigned from the white house after mr trump itu communications chief. found hard communications chief. something that sean spicerfound hard to communications chief. something that sean spicer found hard to stomach. now, let's admit it, sean spicer may have broken the first cardinal rule of comms, don't become the story, but some people will miss him at his unique approach. we have the mpr white house correspondentjoining me from america. good evening. if nothing else, mr spicer was great sport and gave you lot in the press lobby of the white house plenty to talk about. you are going to miss him? yeah, sure. he definitely got good ratings as the president said in his statement bidding sean spicer farewell. the white house press briefings became must see television. you know, the saturday night live skit that came out of it and also there were quite a few viral videos, including one with the faces of correspondence in the room reacting to some of the things that he said. some of us would rather not be part of those viral videos, but suchis be part of thos

mr spicer, famous for his angry outbursts at reporters during media briefings, hasn't been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation he'd been sidelined. sarah huckabee ‘s spicer will replace mr spicer. i'm grateful for sean's work on behalf of the administration and the american people. i wish him continued success as he moves onto pursue new opportunities. just look at his great television ratings. sean will continue to serve the administration through august. the president has also appointed anthony scaramucci as communications director. i have a statement on his appointment as well. anthony is a person i have great respect for. he will be in a pool, an important addition to this administration. he has been a great supporter and will now help implement key aspects of our agenda while leading the communications team. we have accomplished so much and we are being given credit for so little. the good news is that people get it, even if the media doesn't. well, the man she was just talking about, is president trump's new communications director anthony scaramucci, a former wall

but in his first interview since resigning, mr spicer insisted he was proud of the chance to work for president. gavin hewitt has this report. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late—night comedy shows. when i say rocky start, i mean it in the sense of rocky the movie, because i came out here to punch you! in the face. also, i don't talk so good. sean spicer found himsel

mr. spicer lost the confidence of the president and he couldn't stay in that role anymore.ow you have a new communications director and he was going to be basically put into a closet and do talking points. it's no surprised that he left. it was only a matter of time. >> you have done this job. you have seen -- how do you characterize how sean spicer did the job? what does it say about the divisions in the trump white house? you have got jared and ivanka pushing the new guy, anthony scaramucci. reince priebus looks on the outs. it looks like a disaster. >> well, it's an audience of one. i think that the president didn't think that mr. spicer was defending him and appropriately putting his messages forward and he felt compelled to do it him on his twitter. i'm not sure anybody can live up to what the president's expectations are. being the communications director is a big job arc hard job. >> he has to have relationships with the press even if it is, you know, not the best one at this point with the trump white house. he has the please his boss. as you mentioned there is all

mr. spicer, mr. spicer, mr. spicer. yes, thank you. seth meyers, "late night with seth meyers." t feels like every day there is a new scandal in the white house to deal with. how long did last week seem to you? >> frankly, well over a year. [ light laughter ] >> seth: and how long do you think it will be until mike pence becomes the president? >> i think we've got an hour or two before he's actually sworn in. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] >> seth: an hour or two? what's been the biggest challenge so far for president trump? >> coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury and head trauma. [ laughter ] >> seth: your job seems pretty stressful. what do you do to keep yourself from taking up smoking? >> use the patches that are available to ensure that it doesn't happen. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what do you call when it a really tall man sits down in front of you at the movie theater? >> a historic show of obstructionism. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what is the republican party doing to ensure that trump gets re- elected in 2020? >> we are calling on all of those folks

banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications — and reports in the us media suggest mr spicer protest at the appointment. mr spicer‘s performance in the post had been heavily ridiculed — not least by the us tv comedy show saturday night live, on which he was regularly impersonated by hollywood actress melissa mccarthy. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a dramatic day at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the faces of the trump administration, has resigned. spicer has been involved in a number of high—profile controversies. early on, he found himself having to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, compared to that of barack obama. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. the pictures clearly suggested otherwise. then there were sean spicer‘s about comments hitler and the use of chemical weapons that drew international criticism. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii, you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler, who

mr. spicer said it is time for me to go?orrespondent: it seems it is directly connected with the announcement that anthony scaramucci, this is new york lawyer would be stepping in as communications director. the stories around washington are saying chavez admires -- trump admires anthony scaramucci and wanted to bring him in before this but he was blocked by his chief of staff reince priebus who does not like anthony scaramucci. stephen bannon also does not like anthony scaramucci and the problem is he is coming into this communication director role and spicer was being called back from his press secretary role. the cameras had been turned off from the daily briefings welfare huckabee sanders was doing those -- while sarah huckabee sanders was doing those. it seems he resigns just minutes after this announcement was made. brent: anthony scaramucci against the house of bannon. what do we know about this communications director anthony scaramucci and why he's such a big problem for sean spicer? correspondent: the cause of the

mr. spicer wants your ice box,' e [ light laughter ] they refused to give it up. [ laughter ] so mr. er waited until sundown after his young staffers had left to take matters into his own hands. [ light laughter ] he was spotted by a fellow white house official lugging the ice box down the white house driveway after 8:00 p.m." [ laughter ] man, working for trump is like doing crack cocaine. at first, it must be an amazing high. but eventually, your life falls apart and you start stealing appliances. [ laughter ] so who would fill the void left by spicer's absence, not to mention his presence? enter -- the mooch! >> we won the presidency because of donald j. trump. he is a unbelievable politician. >> seth: that's right, trump's new communication director is wall street financier anthony scaramucci. now we're talking! i mean, look at this guy. he is a human pinkie ring. [ laughter ] he is the human embodiment of a double-parked bmw. [ light laughter ] he looks like the guy who leaves a doo-wop group over creative differences. [ laughter ] he looks like the only magician you could get on

president. [ laughter ] >> seth: there's a good chance when spicer went into the oval office to resign, trump didn't have any idea who he was. [ laughter ] "mresident, i'm resigning." "oh, that's too bad, you were my favorite -- groundskeeper?" [ laughter ] now spicer, obviously, got off to a rough start, from his oversized suits to his lies about undersized inauguration crowds, and never really recovered. but according to a new report on spicer's departure, his problems also included food storage. as the "wall street journal" explained, "less than a month into his new job, white house press secretary sean spicer needed to keep his food and drink cold. he wanted a mini-fridge. he dispatched a top aide to a nearby executive office building where junior research employees are crammed into a room. 'mr. spicer wants your ice box,' the aide said. [ light laughter ] they refused to give it up. [ laughter ] so mr. spicer waited until sundown after his young staffers had left to take matters into his own hands. [ light laughter ] he was spotted by a fellow white house official lugging the ice box down the white house driveway after 8:00 p.m." [ laug

mr. spicer and so forth. when i was in the bush white house, i remember one meeting where people were complaining that the war wasn't going well, they were complaining about the speeches, and i remember saying, give me a better work, you will get better speeches. often, the problem with messaging is the message, rather than the messenger, and it is so easy to change messenger, you saw how everyone was into it, sort of a feeding frenzy, but the real issue is that there is a problem at the white house, lack of discipline over what their messages is. i am not a guy who always dumps on donald trump or so forth, but it does come from the top. >> harris: interesting. it's although he was parodied, sometimes changing the messenger cannot do that. >> if the next guy still has to defend things that contradict efficient policy, i'm not sure what you can do. the message that you have to be disciplined about, look, i will say another thing, i think that in the choice of messaging, i think that twitter is an incredible as

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mr. spicer could have affect of alien desecrating or demoralizing the trump loyalists both in and owl of the administration. >> i think the trump loyalists particularly within the administration but certainly across the country are energized by the accomplishments of the president. stock markets are high, jobs are growing, regulations are coming off the the country is become more secure, the border is becoming more secure, immigration is down. i think we have a lot of things to celebrate. a lot of things to be excited about i think our morale is pretty high. take one last. >> first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. >> you approach this new role, if you can reflect on the five or six months on what you've learned how it is to speak for the president, is it a tough job, you found it easy? >> i think it's probably one of certainly professionally one of the greatest honors that any person could ever have to work unany capacity within this building and to get to do that up here in such a public way and speak on behalf of the president is absolutely an honor and something i will cherish a

mr spicer had been much lampooned in his role, trying to defend the president against a sceptical press mr trump's new head of communications, anthony scaramucci, was forced to apologise for calling the president a "hack politician" in the past. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack 0bama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late—night comedy shows. isaid i said that wrong

mr. spicer's job in the days ahead. how do you represent somebody who, you know, says what he says without sticking to the script, and can contradict what has been said from the podium by his spokesman, the very next day? it's a very challenging job, one that most of the, you know, top talent in the republican party would want to stay away from. >> peter, to be clear, sean spicer was never really the president's guy. i mean, spicer, by all accounts, he is priebus' guy. he and reince priebus have a history. a fairly lengthy history in republican circles. did you get the sense, or do you get the sense, that this was just a matter of time, that sean spicer probably wasn't very likely to ever been in the press secretary position for more than a few months or years? >> yeah, i think this is always the inevitable outcome. certainly seemed that way, anyway. the betting was, would he last a whole year or not. he lasted half a year, six months and one day. he had a bad start in terms of his relationship with the press when he co

mr spicer is famous for his angry outbursts at reporters during heated media briefings, but hasn't beent weeks, prompting speculation he'd been sidelined. these latest developments have added to the impression that the white house is reeling as an investigation into alleged russian interference during the presidential election gathers pace. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports from washington. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack 0bama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even

mr. president. >> let me say congratulations. i hear your ratings will go through the roof plus, i fired sean spicer today and this will be the highest rated greg gutfeld episode of all time. by the way, greg has a great show. tom: thank you, mr. president. i hope i can do his show justice. >> i have a lot of faith in you. you're very good. tom: thank you. any tips for what i should do? >> you need to mention to me every 50-30 seconds and everything will be tremendous. i don't even need to be there. there's something about hearing my name that makes people sit up and listen and it makes him happy, i have to say. tom: mr. president, o.j. simpson dominating the news coverage and what you think about that mark. >> oj absolutely killed it on thursday. he cut through all the stories and iran away with it. i have to tell you. tom: that's an interesting choice of words. >> he murdered those people tom. tom: it seems like the oj story clipped your news for the week. you were promoting made in america and are you concerned about that? >> tom, not at all. if o.j. simpson wants to beat me in the ratings he'll have to climb back into that withou

mr spicer has been much lampooned in the past as he found himself trying to defend the president againstof hollywood's biggest stars appeared regularly on us television impersonating him. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a dramatic day at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the faces of the trump administration, has resigned. spicer has been involved ina number of resigned. spicer has been involved in a number of high profile controversies. early on he found himself having to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, compared to that of barack 0bama. this was the largest audience to ever witnessed an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. the pictures clearly suggested otherwise. then there were sean spicer‘s about comments hitler and the use of chemical weapons that drew international criticism. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii, you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler, who didn't even think to the, to the using chemical weapons. sean spicer found himself under close

mr. president, you will forget it. let's go to the next question. reporter: a question about credibility, things that have been said in this room. a don't have to -- variation of what i asked sean spicer's first day -- is it your commitment to give accurate information to the best of your ability from that podium? mr. scaramucci: i almost feel i don't have to answer that question. you can tell from me and my body language what kind of person i am. reince involved in offering you this position? was he consulted by the president ahead of time? mr. scaramucci: yes, he was consulted firs. there was a lot of speculation about the timing and so forth. we are a team. reporter: job was offered? mr. scaramucci: some of this stuff, it is unnecessary to going to the granular detail. it is like that book "the circle," you have a camera on you. i'm a team player. i've played team sports my whole life, at least as a kid. i believe you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team. if teammates don't have disagreements about certain things, they are not going to get the championship. you have got to get together and mix it up a little bit from time to time. i have no problem mixing up w

mr. spicer, sean. >> it was just 10 days ago he stepped down. on the payroll. but in retrospect people are realizing he had a challenging position and he handled it well. but he might have had enough in that six-month period. but he might be able to help figure out the transition. david: let's talk about general kelly. will he have the discipline to organize thing so that the president has more impact on what happens in congress? >> i think general kelly is a brilliant choice. he's a field general and they don't like loose ca loose canno. counting votes is an important thing and that wasn't even done right. that's the kind of stuff general kelly will do correctly. david: specifically on healthcare some people say it's not dead yet. but they may give it another shot. is he the guy to do it? >> nobody is the man to do it. government can't get healthcare done properly. it's not going to happen. you have to get the cost down and pull the understand subsidy away from congress. how much do they get? david: 74%. rush limbaugh brought it up on the radio

mr. spicer perhaps could not and solve the big communications problem that the president has, which is of own making, which is that he, the president, does not do message, his own message discipline very well at all. arthel: okay. that's the main thing that mr. scaramucci brings. he brings other experiences, of course -- >> sure. arthel: -- as it per tapes to this particular -- pertains to this particular job. david hawking, thank you so much. nice to see you. >> thank you. arthel: of course, you can watch anthony scaramucci when the new white house communications director will be interviewed by our own chris wallace on "fox news sunday." check your local listings or, of course, also watch right here on the fox news channel. that's happening at 2 p.m. and again at 10 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. eric: and that should be very interesting. meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions, well, he may be in some more hot water over the russia issue. "the washington post" reporting that mr. sessions did discuss the trump campaign and its intentions with moscow. doing that supposedly with russian amb

mr. president, you will forget it. let's go to the next question. question abouta credibility, some things that have been said in this room. let me ask you a variation of what i asked sean spicer, is it your commitment to the best of your ability to give accurate information? mr. scaramucci: i sort of feel like i do not have to answer that question, and hope you can feel that from me by my a-day language, that is the best -- the kind of person i am. e involved in this position, was he involved in consulting -- and consulted? >> mr. scaramucci: there was a lot of speculation in the press. we are a team. some of this stuff, it is unnecessary to go into that granular detail because then it is a must like the book the circle where you are wearing a police camera when you're having conversations. i do not think that is fair to the president. i am a team player, i played team sports might whole life it -- at least as a kid. you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team and if he meets do not have disagreements about certain things, they are not going to get to the championship. you have to get together and mix it up. i have no time mixing up with these guys, i lov

mr. spicer could havial -- >> are energized by the accomplishments of the president in the first six months. stock market is at a high. the country is becoming more secured, immigration is down, i think we have a lot of things to celebrate, a lot of things to be excited about and our morale is pretty high. one last. >> first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. >> if you approach this new role -- [inaudible] >> if you could reflect on the last six months one day on what you've learned on how it is to speak to the president, is it a tough job or have you found it easy? >> i think it's probably one of certainly professionally one of the greatest honors that any person could ever have to work in any capacity within this building and to get to do that up here in such a public way and speak on behalf of the president is absolutely an honor and something i will cherish and hope to do my very, very best every single day and be as open, honest and transparent with you all as humanly possible and will always work to operate at the highest level and certainly with the most amount of integrity as yo

mr. spicer, this could have the effect of alienating or demoralizing trompe l'oeil us ,oth in and -- trump loyalists both in and out of the administration? deputy huckabee-sanders: i think they are energized by the combatants of the president in the first six months. the stock market is at a high, jobs are growing, regulation is coming off, the country and borders are becoming more secure. immigration is down. we have a lot of things to celebrate and be excited about, and are more now is pretty high morale isality -- pretty high. approach this new role with apprehension, anything like that, and if you can reflect on these last six months and what you have learned speaking for the president? deputy huckabee-sanders: i think , certainlybly one of professionally, one of the greatest honors anyone could have, to work in any capacity within this building. to get to do that appear in such a public way and speak only half of the president is absolutely an honor and something -- on behalf of the president's absolutely honor -- in absolutely an honor and something else harris -- something i will ch

mr. spicer the best and making -- hoping he makes tons of money. fragmentation,of in the white house there is two different camps, but i think and is a planned position mr. scaramucci was waiting in the wings until he cleared his own affairs, i do not think it will make it better. host: is the issue a problem with the messaging or a problem with the policy? caller: both the messaging, the twittering is an interesting aspect, i do not think the president can get on top of and it makes it difficult for anyone, sean spicer, sarah huckabee, scaramucci to get rid of the disconnect, saying one thing and doing another. in the same moments, practically , same day and it takes away from the focus of what the president should be doing, taking care of issues that pertain to america. having not done anything in his agenda that he wanted, not my agenda, he has not been successful with any of the issues with creating jobs, health care, this is becoming debacles and the woman from orerville said the distrust about the russians, these are pertinent issues. duty to

mr. spicer there's never been an official from the west wing of the white house that has prevaricated more directly, more shamelessly to the american people than she has. the serialized lying, the nonstop dishonesty, the management payoff. this has a serious point when you get to it. if you think about the type of military alliance that george herbert walker bush had to put together to face down a real existential threat to the security of the world, this president absolutely lacks the moral authority in part because of the chaos and in part because of the dishonesty to lead the western alliance. what do you think the reaction around the british prime minister or the canadian prime minister or the french president is to this nonstop chaos? there will come an hour in this administration where this country faces a real crisis. where this white house's credibility has to be intact to communicate to the american people and it's a disgraceful shambles. every day there is another assault launched from within this administration by the president, by the people around him on the dignity of the off

mr. spicer have to say? brief phone call, and the gist is what i wanted to know, which i think is what everybody wants to know is, why now? after problem after problem after problem, slight embarrassment, you know, being sent out to do things that, you know, any other press secretary would be uncomfortable with, why now? why this? and his answer was, he wanted to give a clean slate, that was his term, clean slate to the president and to the new team. he said that the president did ask him to stay, but that he, sean, said that given the situation, he thought it was better for the white house and it was also better for sean, personally, to leave now. >> but what was the issue with the scaramucci hiring? he didn't -- he was going to have to report to scaramucci? what exactly was the issue? >> we didn't get into that that. it was a very brief conversation but i can answer that based on other people who have talked to machine and are familiar with the situation that, yes, not only would he have to report to scara

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mr. spicer could have the effect of alienating or demoralizing trump loyalists both in and out of the administration. >> i think that trump loyalists, particularly within the administration, but certainly across the country are energized by the accomplishments of the president in the first six months, stock market's at a high, jobs are growing, regulations are coming off, the country i country's becoming more secure, the board's becoming more secure, immigration's down. i think we have a lot of things to celebrate. >> first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. >> just wondering if you approach this new role with excitement, with trepidation, with apprehension? and if you could reflect on these last six months on what you've learned about how it is to speak for the president. is it a tough job? have you found it easy? >> i think it's probably the -- one of certainly professionally, one of the greatest honors that any person could ever have to work in any capacity within this building and so get to do that up here in such a public way and speak on behalf of the president is absolutely an honor and s

mr spicer quit his role as the white house press secretary, reportedly in response to an organisationalst let's remind ourselves of some of his most memorable moments. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. both in person and around the globe. these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration of shameful and wrong. the default narrative is always negative. some one as despicable as hitler who didn't even think to using chemical weapons. there was not, he brought them into the... to the holocaust centres, i understand that. with the bashar al—al. .. bashar al—assad in charge. bashar al—assad, and now you've mispronounced his name a few times. i'm sorry, please stop shaking your head at me. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that about the russian connection. hey, jonathan, somebody‘s asking a question, it's not your press briefing. julie's asking a question, please calm down. ok, you don'tjust get to yell out questions, you've got to raise your hand like big boys and girls. major, i... you want to come on u

mr. spicer decided it was time to go. jim? >> reporter: yeah, john. i talked to a source close to the white house just a few moments ago about all of this, and it sounds like there is a lot of turmoil going on behind the scenes ins they press shop, in this communications shop. i am told by a source close to the white house that trump wanted scaramucci on television essentially as a surrogate to the white house. likes the way he performs on television and wanted to give him a more formal title, but according to the source, john, there was simply no understanding by the president that the communications director title comes with lots of responsibilities, not just going on television, and get this -- the president was expecting in all of this as he was topping, tapping scaramucci for this job, expecting sean spicer to stay on as press secretary and essentially as the communications director while scaramucci would play the ceremonial role essentially have the title but go on tv as a surrogate for the white house. i mean, it's very clear, john, that -- and

mr. spicer could have the effect of alienating or demoralizing trump loyalists both in and out of the administration. >> i think that trump oilists, particularly within the administration but certainly across the country are inner jiesd by the accomplishments of the president in the first six months. stock marngt is at a high. joblz are growing. regular lagtsz are coming off 6789 the country is becoming more security, the border is becoming more secure. immigration is down. i think we have a lot of things to celebrate, a lot of things to be excited about, and i think our moral is pretty high. take one last. steve zbloof first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. i was wondering if you approach this new role with excitement, with trep i addition, apprehension? and if you can reflect on these last six months of one day on what you've learned about how it is to speak for the president? is it a tough job? have you found it easy? >> i think it's probably one of certainly policyel one of the greatest honors that any person could ever have to work in any capacity within this building and to get to do tha

mr. spicer, could it have the effect of alienating or demoralizing trump loyalists in and out of the administration i think trumpers: loyalists across the country and in the administration are energized by viacom was miserably president within the first six months. stock market at a high, regulations coming off, the country becoming more secure, the border becoming more secure, immigration is down. i think we have a lot of things to celebrate, a lot of things to be excited about and i think our morale is pretty high. >> congratulations. secretary sanders: thank you. withu come into this role excitement, trepidation, apprehension? can you reflect on what you have learned about how it is to speak to the president? is it a tough job? it does not look easy. secretary sanders: certainly professionally it is one of the greatest honors any person could ever have to work with any capacity with anyone in this building and to do that appear in such a public way and speak on behalf of the president is absolutely an honor in something i will cherish and hope to do my very, very best every single day and be as

mr. spicer could have the effect of alienating or demoralizing the trump loyalists, both in and out of the administration. >> well, i think that trump loyalists particularly within the administration and certainly across the country are energized by the accomplishments of the president in the first six months stock market is at a high, jobs are growing, regulations are coming off the country is becoming more secure the border is becoming more secure immigration is down. i think we have a lot of things to celebrate, a lot of things to be excited about, and i think our morale is pretty high. >> take one last steve. >> first of all, congratulations. >> thank you. >> wondering as you approach this new role with excitement, with trepidation, with apprehension, and if you could reflect on these last six months on what you've learned about how it is to speak for the president. is it a tough job? have you found it easy >> i think it's probably one -- certainly professionally one of the greatest honors that anybody person could have to work in any capacity within this building and to get to do that

mr. trump hoped to accomplish with risk staff shake up. >> make america great again. >> reporter: saying spicer and mr. trump are parting ways on good terms. >> i've seen how the world around the president works, and it's very healthy, and he cares about his people. >> the white house is denying reports that president trump has been asking questions about his power to grant pardons. the white house post said he had been asking questions. the prize's legal team has called the report nonsense. during the nixon years, the supreme court ruled that a presidential pardon can be granted even before charges are brought. >>> on the evening newscast, we spoke with university of san francisco political science professor james taylor for his take on spicer's resignation. >> this is a protest, he quit, resigned because he did not agree. he verb al iced this was a -- verbalized this was a mistake. >> taylor said he wouldn't be surprised to see more changing to the white house staff, including the president's chief of staff. >>> tracking that weekend forecast. it's warming up out there. as we head into saturd

spicer. announcement came directly from mr. scaramucci when he was announced at today's white house briefing. >> finally i would like to read a statement on the resignation of press secretary sean spicer. i am grateful for sean's work on the american people. i wish and continued success as he pursues new opportunities. anthony has been a great supporter and will help implement key aspects of our agenda violating the communications team. we have accomplished so much and being given credit for so little. the good news is that the people get it even if the media doesn't. i will be back after that to answer any follow-up questions. mr. scaramucci: thank you. i will be very brief, i will make my remarks in formal and take questions. i would like to announce formally that sarah huckabee sanders, you cannot hear me, i am sorry. sarah huckabee sanders will be the press secretary so you can congratulate her -- still can't hear me? no sound? better now? i will start over. you guys heard me in the front though. sarah will be the press secr

spicer. scaramucci says he will report directly to mr. trump. we are told top white house officials steve bannon and reince priebus were opposed to scaramucci's hiring as was spicer. >>> also breaking, no official confirmation yet from donald trump, jr. or paul manafort on whether they'll testify before the senate judiciary committee next week as asked. the panel set tonight as a deadline to hear from the president's son and his former campaign chairman, or face the threat of subpoenas. a third witness just responded to the committee. glenn simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the russian dossier on mr. trump, is refusing to testify. and tonight cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller has asked the white house to preserve all documents related to a 2016 meeting that included trump junior, manafort, a russian lawyer and five other people. a source who has seen the letter say the request for information is broad. it includes text messages, e-mails, as well as voice mails. this hour i'll discuss those stories and more with congress

mr. mccarthy's career that spicer is gone now as well. who knows. thanks very much tracie potts joining us from washington president trump says his next big priority is to overhaul the u.s. tax code by slashing corporate rates to 15% and giving middle class taxpayers a break. speaking to the "wall street journal," he added any hike in taxes would be levied upon the wealthiest >>> making america great again one iphone at a time according toapple is planning to open new factories in the white house he said he spoke to tim cook who said they made a promise to build three big plachnts in the u.s. the company came under fire during his campaign to making most of its products in china. >>> spanish prime minister has testified that he had no knowledge of the campaign accounting practices of his popular party while he was on the electoral campaign director from '94 to 2000 rajoy's testimony comes amid a long running investigation he is his country's first sitting prime minister to appear as a witness in a court case >>> coming up on the show, is the faceboo