said that eve ryo ne about the reporting, she said that everyone at the white house would report to mr kelly rather than direct to the president and she was asked several that mean everybody does it mean his mean his daughter, his son—in—law and she said everybody. she said that mr kerry would bring new structure and discipline to the white house of the message is very much that we are going to try and eliminate this chaotic lines of communication from the white house. the chief of staff will be required to do the job that achieve of staff have to do which is to be the main man falling communication to the president. that was her message today. —— bundling communication. thank you come back toa communication. thank you come back to a city find out anything else. the problems these press conferences is that at any point the president could pick of his own and start tweeting and everything the press conference doll —— everything be turned upside down. charlie wolf a republican broadcaster and commentator joins us now. what did you make of that? the white house was by hierarchy and hasn't had n

trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homelandher immigration policy. the resignation of mr priebus came after he was criticised by the president's new communications director, anthony scaramucci, who accused him of leaking to the press. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. another tweet, another resignation, another day in the trump presidency. reince priebus is the latest senior figure in the white house to leave his job prematurely. the shortest serving chief—of—staff in history. he is being replaced by a retired four—star general. john kelly is currently in charge of the department of homeland security. donald trump revealed that reince priebus had been replaced at the end of a tumultuous week in washington. earlier, the two men travelled together to an event in long island, where mr trump lavished praise onjohn kelly. one of our real stars. truly one of our stars. the president was heading back to the white house that he tweeted news of general kelly's newjob. he spoke briefly to reporters. reince is a good ma

mr. kelly few days ago. mr. kelly was not always in lockstep with donald trump's policies and publicly questioned the need for a full border wall with mexico and calling russia a threat to the united states as the president signaled a friendlier approach to moscow but over six months of leaving homeland security, mr. kelly who friends describe is not afraid to challenge superiors, emerged as an important and highly visible surrogate to the president. the associated press writes and asks the question, can kelly pull things together? much of his success will depend on factors outside of his control, including whether donald trump's swallowing staff will put aside rivalries that have complicated efforts to enact policy. no question looms larger than this -- can kelly do what reince curb theould not and president's tendency to focus more on settling scores than policy agenda. no other advisor has been successful on the front as a candidate and now as president, donald trump has cycled through campa

mr. kelly votes no. mr. gallagher votes no. mr. gates votes no. mr. bacon votes no. mr. banks votes no. ms. gabbard? recorded? gallego gallego is recorded aye. >> with don't have to do this too long. we will take a pause. i got it. [crowd noise] [applause] how is ms. gabbard recorded? aye.s. gabbard votes e >> clerk will report the tally. votes, 32 no votes. >> next, they put occurs on -r1, a quarterly report detailing cost in support of presidential travel, including travel to property owned by the president or his immediate family. clerk will call a role. --jim mcdermott very votes chairman thornberry votes no. mr. brady votes aye. mr. wilson votes no. this is davis votes aye. -- misses davis votes aye. mr. bishop votes no. mr. larson votes aye. mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper votes aye. mr. rogers notes no. votes no. mr. courtney votes aye. mr. schuster votes no. connolly -- conaway votes no. mr. lamborn votes no. notes no.n veci votes aye. mr. hunter votes no. ms. gabbard votes aye. mr. coffman votes aye. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. scott votes no. mr. gallego votes

mr. kelly's room. 't in the right order. >> and there that's when the altercation transpired. [ bleep ] hit kelly first. therefore,eing the aggressor, kelly defended himself. both a going to beound guilty just because kelly did more than defend himself. he participated. >> a short time later, kelly is called back in to hear the committee's decision. >> okay, mr. kelly. the board finds you guilty of a25. we are giving you a 30-day sentence. we are awarding you 15 days. you were defending yourself. you were not the addressor. however, in the report, it does state that you did continue to fight. >> you threw several punches. >> five to six punches. >> if someone's in my cell, i have the right to protect myself. >> and we did, that's why we're not giving you 30 days. but if you continue fighting -- we understand the fact that you were defending yourself. but what you've got to understand too is it was still -- turned into a mutual fight after that. >> all right. i feel like it was the wrong decision, but i

so he is out, a lot has been said about the new chief of staff, mr kelly. e who has the power strings behind donald trump at the moment? well, if anybody might be able to turn this ship around, it will hopefully be general kelly. he is a navy man, he is a political, he is very well liked. in fact, i spoke to some people who worked for him at the department of homeland security today, and they were all very surprised at this turn of events. they were very surprised, because he is so apolitical. and because he was even surprised to find out that to be picked... to head up homeland security, as well. so for somebody who is apolitical to be given one job, and now to go to a job in the white house, well, that is the turn of events indeed. but he has got a great reputation, he is well liked. he isa great reputation, he is well liked. he is a military man, and we know that mr trump respect military man. so the so far it remains to be seen, but the first sign of perhaps moving forward is mr trump himself tweeted what a great day at the white house. and what we shoul

. >>> now kelly's attorneys have responded saying mr. bert kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him. >> that statement went on to say that mr. kelly unequivocally denies such allegations and will work diligently to forcibly pursue his accusers and try to clear his name. a statement there from his lawyer. >>> when we come back, "the bachelorette" analyst, jack, is next. "the bachelorette" analyst, jack, is next. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> oh, yes, skinny time. what? >> skinny in the house. >> skinny in the house. it means our weekly bachelorette update, rachel, visiting the guys' hometowns last night. >> it was an emotional scene indeed overnight. our chief analyst, bachelorette correspondent, contributor is here. >> keep it going. there's really nothing quite like, thankfully, there's nothing quite like the hometown episode. four guys, four guys, eric, peter, dean and the analyst pick brian. >> yeah. >> it is time to roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. eric's hometown. some basketball in baltimor

a former four star general, it's hoped mr kelly will bring "discipline and strength" to a white houseeemingly in chaos. well, our north america editor, jon sopel, is there. it is hard to overstate the significance of what has unfolded. ten days ago anthony scaramucci was seen as the ten days ago anthony scaramucci was seen 3s the answer ten days ago anthony scaramucci was seen as the answer to all the white house's communications problems but now he has gone, apparently escorted off the premises. there has been a sense of chaos and drift because also seen the departure of the press secretary, the previous chief of staff and now mr scaramucci. it is a white house at a crossroads, either going down the path of further chaos and discord or with a new chief of staff getting a bit of iron discipline into the way this place runs. that is why this is such a pivotal moment. i'm going to be brief and make my remarks informal. he was right about that, wasn't he? it is day one on thejob and that, wasn't he? it is day one on the job and certain things are insta ntly the job and certain things are

. - the impact mr. kelly of that is, is that we just have to schedule flights at a longer footprint. it doesn't necessarily by virtue of that make you less on time. make you less on time. - well only because you adjust the schedule to incorporate what would have been a delay otherwise, but because there's more time in the air, we burn more fuel so there is an extra cost there, and because the airplane is not being utilized as much, we may get one trip less per day, so there is a very significant cost effect on that. - right but by lengthening the amount of time, of a given flight, they push potentially other flights, so if we can't find a flight that we like, we should blame the air traffic control system, and not you guys. - well right, so if the day keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer, and that last flight is now going to depart at 11:00 p.m., it will be empty because nobody wants to be on that flight. - if it's not that the air traffic control system is responsible, what is responsible for not bei

kelly. what's the appeal to mr trump? unquestioned loyalty, more than anything. porting the anti—immigration policies. he likes whipping up the idea that america is under threat. if kelly serves as a yes—man for trump, or whether he lives with other military, hr mcmaster of the security council, the only way for trump to stop causing further damage is military alliance within the executive. you heard mr priebus talking about a reset of the administration. did he need that? he's only six months in! we are not talking about a systematic reset or anything is coherent, it's just something where trump scapegoats people. it wasjeff sessions, who was being humiliated by trump because trump blames him for not controlling the trump— russian investigation. right now, trump is denouncing republicans in congress who turned against the health care bill. trump, who has a lwa ys health care bill. trump, who has always tried to run this like a business, cannot understand politics where you do not get what you want. so instead of compromising, hejust goes on twitter and delivers h

aboutjohn kelly, i mean, what is he bringing to thejob? what‘s the appeal there for mr trump? omeland security, john kelly has been quite vocal in supporting the very aggressive anti—immigration policies of the trump administration, he‘s been vocal in whipping up the idea that america is under threat, a trump theme. but the question is, whether kelly serves just as a yes man for trump or whether he allied with other pragmatists in the administration, military men like james mattis at the pentegon, hr mcmaster at the national security council. in other words, the idea that the only way to hem in trump now from causing further damage is this effectively military alliance within the executive. did mr trump, you heard mr priebus there speaking about a reset of of the administration, did mr trump needs that? it was only six months in, wasn‘t it? we‘re not talking about a systematic reset or anything that is coherent. we are talking about something day after day where trump decides someone has to go or be scapegoated. remember a few days earlier, it was the attorney generaljeff sessi

duncan: i recognize mr. kelly from pennsylvania for 10 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kelly: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2210. this bill will designate the community living center in high hometown as the sergeant joseph george kusick living center. i want you to understand something and if we could look for a minute outside the people's house and who we are as a people, this is a young guy 22 years old. at the very beginning of his life, at a time when most of us are looking forward to so many great things happening to us, he put himself in harm's way. now when you think of what sergeant kusick did, it is incredible that this young man on a hillside in vietnam under heavy fire and being seriously wounded himself, they are saying, sergeant get you on the helicopter. he said no, because if i leave, my comrades cannot be saved. what an incredible place to put yourself. a 22-year-old, who just a couple of years earlier was in butler, pennsylvania enjoying life and putting the welfare of other

the legislative agenda mr. kelly will have an awful lot on his plate when he begins his first day on the job monday morning. an urgent plea from pope francis during his weekly prayer today he asked the world to show graiter commitment to fight human trafficking. the pontiff referred to the practice as, quote, a form of modern slavery it's estimated that 21 million people worldwide are victims of forced labor. developing in somalia at least ate people are dead and several more injured it shattered a month of relative calm in the city. at least five people were killed and dozens wounded. most of the victims were civilians. the blast targeted a con invoice, the terror group the el sha bobbies claiming responsibility. still ahead today marks one year since the deadly flooding in ellicott city, maryland. how the city is commemorating the lives lost and coming together. we'll be right back. >> all right. another beautiful day in the books. although we can't say the same forth entire weekend, but at least today made it up f

and there's no shot that mr. kelly, that general kelly, has anything to do -- >> you said shot >> i thought it was -- >> or would have any ability to -- >> he was the head of the rnc. no kidding >> what are the things that have caused volatility for financial markets is really the question here and to me, what this signals is very soon, we'll have jeff sessions out republicans have already said they would be disappointed about that ref reince out, former head of the rnc. we'll have sessions out. then he's going to fire murelle woe okay that's the thing >> but does that matter -- >> hold on >> -- a political roundtable -- >> there is a chance -- >> but back to the markets >> i actually think this is the sort of thing. you're talking about legislative gridlock i'm talking about a constitutional crisis. i'm talking about something far greater here and that's the source of like -- that could be the source of a lot of volatility, at a market that's all-time highs, very complacent -- >> all-time lows -- i hear what you're sa

trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homelandity, where he injured asa homeland security, where he injured as a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr probus came after he was criticised by the present‘s new communications director who accused him of leading to the press. another treat, and other day, . another treat, and other day,. john kelly is currently in charge of homeland security. donald trump replaced by his priebus at the end of another to much is weak in washington. the two men travelled to long island, where trump lavished praise on kelly. another one of our stars. president trump was heading back to the white house when he tweeted the news. he spoke briefly to reporters. he is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, has done an incredible job this far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. there was a time when they seemed close. ever since the election, right—hand man reince priebus, rarely farfrom election, right—hand man reince

awhile, there were questions about how effective reince priebus was in that role >> and how effective mr. kelly in this role as well. sarah westwood white house correspond with the washington examiner. thank you for talking with us. >>> let's take a break to break down what's going on in mother nature's crazy world, torrential maryland and virginia dc, - >> gwen standing by with a look at what we can expect tonight and this weekend. >> we'll not get much of a break until the early hours of sunday at least. so let's take a look where we stand right now, because some dangerous situations out there with all this rising water. as heavy rain fall continues to hit our area, take a look at this widespread rain across the midatlantic. a lot of cloud to ground lightening to the south, thunderstorms that are causing heavier areas of rainfall, some moving its way towardsin george's and maryland as well as into delmarva. of we still do have an aerial flood warning, right to midnight, the alexandria, the district, prince george's and montgomery county as well. turn around don't drown as we say, this is dang

i went back and watched mr. kelly, general kelly during some of his interviews.nd what i see, the exact notes, authentic, sober, no nonsense. he does not sound like a politician. >> joe, you could write for "the new york times" ." >> jon: he was a top aide ted two secretaries of defense, and you have to sort of know the political ways of washington, don't you? >> you do, but being the secretary of defense level is different from being in the white house. different sets of skills. and by the way, remember, military people are not supposed to be involved in policy into they are not supposed to be involved in politics. now he is going to find himself in the middle of both. >> and he does not like the political end of the job. he has said, he actually admitted that i don't like that particular part of the job. but you talk about a love affair. all i remember is john mccain used to have a love affair with the media as well. then he ran for president. everybody turn on him. and we saw last week, the address aggressive form of brain cancer, and then he votes for the hea

trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homelandintroduced a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr priebus came after he was criticised by the president's new communications director, anthony scaramucci, who accused him of leaking to the press. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. sorry, we don't have that of et, but we do have donald trump. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. let's get a bit more background on the president's new chief of staff, generaljohn f kelly. as a four star general he holds the highest possible rank in the us military. during a career spanning four decades he served as a commanding general in iraq. his son robert died in action when he stepped on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010. it made general kelly the highest ranking officer to lose a child in the afghan and iraq wars. president trump appointed him the secretary of homeland security injanuary, where he

is a bit vague they're saying that you believe that it would be better if the new chief of staff mr kelly was able to start with a clean slate of course all the reports are flying around that kelly demand his record resignation kelly only came into the position today after the former chief of staff was had resigned now. screwed she was accused by c.n.n. in the past of having ties to a russian investment banker that story was however a later recanted scare in which he himself seemed to just blow that off a bit. they had a couple of conversations with senior stab at c.n.n. and i made it very clear to them that the story was not accurate. now on friday a scare in which he had filled the headlines after he gave an interview to the new yorker and he used some very colorful language to describe a number of senior white house officials and today we see he's out and i want to see what else happens in the white house. yeah priebus and sponsor of course they left partly because of his arrival they've become very interesting to see the developments. in the u.s. . or through the news german federal p

it's not clear whether mr kelly's predecessor, reince priebus, was sacked or resigned. failure last night in the senate and republican attempts to reform the health care system. joining me to unpack all this is politico's daniel lippman. good evening, within the last few minutes, cnn reports that reince priebus resigned privately yesterday. what do you know about what has been happening? so, yeah, there are conflicting reports on that. sources close to reince say he resigned, other white house sources said he was fired today. he was seen on air force one travelling with the president today and we do not know what happened. the broader issue is that this underscores that the white house chaos in the west wing is continuing. reince leaving the white house is not going to stop that. he was not the biggest problem in the white house. let's talk about priebus for a minute. he was the republicans' point man. a kind of insider, republican insider, in this slightly strange west wing we have now and donald trump has edged him out. was there any question that that had anything to

they've been experienced in a lot of things and mr. kelly, i think -- the question is, can he negotiate some high-level legislative deals and provide the president with a skill that he does not have either? >> jeffrey, also ahead, a big cabinet meeting at 10:00 am in less than an hour. this is the first time sessions and the president has been in the same room since that scathing "new york times" interview he gave about sessions and all the subsequent tweets but he hasn't said anything about sessions in a few days. so? >> look at the bright side. one of the curious things about donald trump he's very good at attacking people when they're not directly in front of him, in person. he does shy away from personal confrontation. he has other people do his dirty work. i anticipate he will shake sessions' hand. they will not discuss the past. i don't think there will be any confrontation between them. certainly sessions doesn't want that. and the president is not disposed to that, especially now that he knows that if he were to make a move on sessio

between russia's retaliatory response and the legislative agenda, mr. kelly will have an awful lot on his plate when he begins his first day on the job monday morning. >> at the white house, doug mack kel way, fox news. developing in sa malyeah at least ate people are dead and serial more injured following a bombing at the capital. at least five people were killed and dozens wounded. most of the victims were civilians. the blast targeted a military con invoice near the police station. the terror group al sha bobbies claiming responsibility. >> pope francis during his weekly prayer today he asked the world to show greater commitment to fight human traffickerring. they referred to it as a form of modern slavely. it's estimated that 21 million people world wide are victims of human trafficking and exploitation. the powers to re write the country's 18 year old cons ticketed event teution, the opposition says it's a paragraph. the government, however, says it's the only way to bring back piece. the at least 13 are reportedly dead in the troubled country in the pas

the white house followed up with a statement praising reince priebus for his loyalty and mr. kellyor being universally respected. is national security adviser is aeral, and james mattis retired general. of toprobably the end -- the white house. anthony in maryland, support line. hi. caller: good morning. i do support it. it is already legalize. legalized. godan see in genesis where created everything on earth and said it is good. man, the firstd commandment was for him to every seat and every tree that eat it.uit, .e are not supposed to smoke we are supposed to eat it. if you go to israel today, people can look this up online and see the videos. inry senior citizen place israel, they feed senior citizens marijuana. that helps all types of conditions that might be having. it was legal when it was created in the bible. other drugs like cocaine and heroin, they have to be process. even alcohol has to be processed. marijuana grows naturally out of the ground. it is supposed to be good. a poll,s news to 61% of americans think marijuana should be legal, a 5% increase from last year. that

jerry kelly i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker -- mr. kelly: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of my amendment to the ndaa act for fiscal year 2018 to prohibit federal funds from being used to implement the united nations armed trade treaty unless the senate first ratifies the treaty. this language is identical to the version of my amendment that was enacted into law in last year's ndaa and reflects the consistent will of the american people and the unified position of congress in opposition to this misguided and dangerous treaty. unatt is a deeply flawed agreement signed by the obama administration in 2013. it would undermine our national sovereignty, harm our most vulnerable allies, and threaten the second amendment rights of every single american. turning over our arms trade policy to the united nations is just wrong-headed. untt would force the united states, the world's most important defender of liberty and democracy, onto equal footing with the world's worst dictatorships and terrorist sponsors. it would readily politicize by bad actors

kelly's attorney telling us in a statement mr. kellyboth alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him and mr. kelly unequivocally denies such allegations. after the savages filed another police report this january in illinois, officers did do a wellness check on their daughter speaking with her at kelly's chicago recording studio. they say she told them she was fine and just didn't want to be bothered with her parents and police say she appeared to be in overnight the woman telling tmz she is fine and is not being held against her will. >> i am in a happy place with my life and i'm not being brainwashed. >> reporter: still, her parents say they just aren't buying it. >> we just want him to release her and let her go on with her life. >> reporter: and meanwhile, those parents say they are working with the fbi and local police departments and that they plan to present more evidence to support their claims in the coming days. r. kelly is no stranger to salacious allegations involving some women and underage girls. he w

. >>> at the end of the column, trump better listen to mr. kellyis present course, his presidency is careening toward -- when jimmy carter and nixon resign. when you see those questions come up from the journal editorial board, how do you react? >> i think there's a difference between the wall street journal and fox news. so i do certainly think that there is a distinction there, i do think that health care reform is something he's going to have to go back to, he's going to have to push this thing through, i don't think it's been a disaster, the fact that he got neil gorsuch on the supreme court, the stock market is at all-time highs. he does need a legislate ty victory. i thought that would come up with health care. he needs to go short, do some arm twisting and deal making and get that deal through. >> does this all come down to what john mccain said earlier in the week, that it's radio hosts and tv hosts that will support the president at all costs, that won't show the shades of gray that john was referring to, as long as there are those voices

these may ere make my believe there was a problem with that before and these might be fix window mr. kelly. >> everything we're hear as good that it lacked and people were wondering in and out with their own issues and that sort of thing, and every chief of staff at the white house who i have ever spoken with says that has to be brought under control as job one. >> new chief of staff, new communications director, new press secretary, the president insisted in morning there's no chaos, i guess, you could say, do you think this we have heard, do you see the president moving on awe from that, and more border security, the budget, spending bills, whatever it may be. >> you can hope you can handle one more than issue at that time, and how things are debated in white house will lead to more order, to the white house can -- and a lot of it is the president's own fault, on issues that are side bars to the important issues facing that county. >> john coal mri the president, the president insisted about could being the stock market, unemployment, right. >> is he correct, those are all in the positiv

felt those comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn't want to burden mr. kellyither for a person in that position. >> in sarah's defense, it's possible president trump chained his mind, but that's a complete contradiction. >> it seems to me kelly is the one who had a problem with this way of doing business, and he may have a problem with that way of doing business in general, as we see with perhaps this discussion of comey and the fact he didn't like the way that went down. he's a person of professionalism and skill and duty, and he's been in the marine corps for a long time, so he's going to do things in a very different way than the white house. i think normally the white house chief of staff runs the white house. to paraphrase the old joke in the trump white house, the white house runs you. i think general kelly is much less likely to be run than perhaps reince priebus was. the question is whether trump actually wants him to be in charge of the process. >> you're absolutely right, the president has instincts and he always puts in the right person at the right

he welcomed mr kelly and said he will be the best chief of staff in history etc, those kind of statenk many people are hoping he would bring some sort of order to the scene bring some sort of order to the scene at the white house, not only in terms of the internal infighting, which compete with each other and reports directly to mr trump, so it can be quite dysfunctional, as we have seen. but also to try to bring control and discipline to mr trump himself, who seems to thrive on operating in an atmosphere of his own chaos. that will be a test as well. mr trump will have two seed a certain amount of authority tojohn kelly in orderfor the certain amount of authority tojohn kelly in order for the whole thing to work. it could be interesting. as well as battles in the white house and on the home front, battles abroad. north korea particularly worrying right now. what are the options on the table when it comes to north korea? we the table when it comes to north korea ? we know the table when it comes to north korea? we know mr trump showed his frustration over china over the weekend. so t

us media reporting that the new chief of staffjohn kelly wanted him gone. mr scarramucci spun it with more grace than had been evident in most of his communications. he felt it was best to give the new chief of staffjohn kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team, the white house statement said. at the end of a turbulent week it does seem that president trump has yielded to the argument that stability is better than chaos. here's chris cook. you're here to stay? we'll see, i'm here to serve at the discretion of the president. if he wants me to leave tomorrow then i'm not going to be here to stay. anthony scaramucci is an excommunications director. this interview from the white house was recorded earlier today. so the chief of staff was literally sworn in about 52 minutes ago, so he is setting in place the procedures by which he will run the white house internally. where anthony fits into that you would have to ask general kelly. we'll talk to anthony. but let's give him more than 52 minutes and find out later in the week. we didn't need that lon

it is a tall, tall order for mr. kelly. arthel: a full plate. no doubt. for more about the new chief of staff. melissa quinn, reporter for washington examiner. hi, melissa. >> hi. arthel: what's going to change and how quickly will it be noticeable and will this shake-up shore up the unstable foundation at the white house? >> that's the biggest question that's facing president trump and the administration right now. obviously, secretary kelly coming in as the new white house chief of staff. there is a lot of hope that given his military background, he comes, in provides a little more discipline, a little more organization to the west wing, and also that he moves forward and tries to diffuse the warring factions that we've seen among white house aides and tries to streamline the various power centers that we've seen emerge in the west wing as well. arthel: speaking of that, you are talking about anthony scaramucci, a big personality, just got into the president's camp. steve bannon has been inside this white house from the start. so can general kelly contr

trump has a soft spot for military men, so perhaps he'll listen to mr. kelly. that general kelly can basically crack down this white house and get it ready for prime time? >> i think that is the great question. the "wall street journal" is absolutely right, the source of the chaos is that president trump likes having a kayotic white house. he likes having different power centers that are at each other's throat and fighting at his feet as he presides over the dysfunction and figures out who is in the dog house and who is in his favor every day and that is a recipe for leaks for sure and for dysfunction as well. and so bringing in a military man clearly president trump likes to surround himself with military men, i'm not sure why that would change the underlying dynamic. and i'll tell you something else, too, i've had some an counters with with john kelly when he was in charge of the southern command and i was covering guantanamo and he always struck me and i know this is a reputation among many, as a very blunt, candid, straightforward to a fault person who is w

mr trump has brought in some on here demise very much, generaljohn kelly, the former director of homelandr of homeland security. this is a man who could potentially impose order on the chaos of the white house, because he has a history of enforcing it. he is a former military general from the marine corps. he has worked in government before and he would be somebody who would want to put ina would be somebody who would want to put in a single chain of command three him to the president which is what a chief of staff is supposed to do. it will not only be up to him. there are different factions in the white house who have their own lines to the president. will the president allow himself to be disciplined, even though he likes military men, will he let mr kelly do his job? that is what many people are wondering and many people are hoping. on top of that we have a tit—for—tat retaliation in moscow, picking out a number of those who work in the us embassy there. we'll donald trump react? i have not looked at twitter in the last 30 seconds, i don't know if he has done anything yet but you don'

mr. scarramucci meet general kelly and mr. scarramucci meet general kelly. it does not sound very well.e getting the news in our ears and trying the figure it out how to put nit tit in our sw i will ask you and the white house with all of the personnel changes have seen to be a little bit soap opera-esque, 30 military men hard to otherwise, characterize them such as, daniel, do you believe that we'll see more stability finally from the white house and the personnel? >> i will say that if they manage to get rid of scarramucci, that's a signal of some what stability. scarramucci had only been there for ten days and certainly an event ten days you don't want to get rid of someone quickly because that means you are acknowledging you are making a mistake first, john kelly clearly is a powerful chief of staff than reince priebus was second, donald trump is clearly okay kelly's request that he would be able to get rid of scarramucci. >> nbc has confirmed that anthony scarramucci is out as white house of communications director after ten days on the job. nbc confirmed that scarramucci is out we

know, kind of brutal towards immigrants and those kinds of folks are going to be exasperated with mr. kellythe white house. >> all right, we'll see. thank you all. >>> coming up a live report from venezuela where demonstrators are shutting down streets in neighborhoods around the capital there ahead of a controversial vote tomorrow. what's going on here? um...i'm babysitting. that'll be $50 bucks. you said $30. yeah, well it was $30 before my fees, like the pizza-ordering fee and the dog-sitting fee... and the rummage through your closet fee. who is she, verizon? are those my heels? yeah! yeah, we're the same size...in shoes. with t-mobile taxes and fees are already included, so you get four lines of unlimited for just $40 bucks each. the price we say is the price you pay. i enjoy the fresher things in life. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest prices. so if you're anything like me... ...you'll want to check tripadvisor. we now instantly compare prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to find you the lowest price... ...on the hotel you want. go on, try s

this will only work if he empowers mr. kelly.t me read the second part of the tweet from the president. great leader, john has done a spectacular job at homeland security. a true star of my administration. is blake burman with us? maybe? yes? >> reporter: hi. melissa: hey, blake. so i mean putting a general in as your chief of staff, that seems about right with this group. you might need a general to straighten things out. >> reporter: the one point we heard donald trump say, he has high respect for generals, and now he institutes a former top member of the military who was the head of his department of homeland security now as his white house chief of staff. here's what i'll add to the conversation briefly, melissa. speaking to a source not yesterday but two or three days ago, close to the president, a source close to the president. as all of the health care stuff is going on, and i asked well, what about reince? and this person had told me that if health care were to fail, there was probably a major shake-up coming. melissa: in

perhaps he'll listen more to mr. kelly. he had better, because on president's course, his presidency is careening toward a historic reputation where names like jimmy carter and richard nixon reside. ouch. can he make the turn? >> i think trump can say that, you know, it's all smooth-sailing and nothing is wrong here. but the fact that he is putting general kelly in as chief of staff is an acknowledgment that things need to change. that he has not been successful, his approval ratings are low. he's had legislative disappointment after legislative disappointment. >> i agree -- he believes he has not been successful. he believed reince priebus was not successful. and apparently the straw that broke the camel's back was health care. >> right. so a lot of people are looking at this and saying, at least president trump respects general kelly. general kelly was not involved in the campaign. i've been texting with people close to trump's inner circle. they say that could be a good thing. he's not chummy with the family. that could

mr priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly. mp described him as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. earlier i spoke with our washington correspondent laura bicker about how the white house wound up in this situation. we are hearing from reuters that two weeks ago donald trump and reince priebus decided to part ways. all of the reports that reince priebus decided to go last night are unconfirmed. you have to look at it in the backdrop of donald trump's administration, what he believes and what he stands for. donald trump values loyalty and reince priebus‘s loyalty has always been to the republican party, he is part of the establishment and has been part of it for many years. you always

he did not have the expertise required for this job, and it appears that job kelly has shared that view and has requested for mr. scare mutual toe resign. >> kayla, on this theme of general kelly coming in and scaramucci a controversial ten days it and reince, always questions and rumors swirling that he would depart anyone else that we're looking at, that we're wondering about as he cleans house >> reporter: there's questions about how well general kelly and steve bannon will get along at this point bannon and reince priebus butted heads on more than one occasion, but bannon is said to have developed a relationship with jared kushner, the president's son-in-law somewhere along the way. it's unclear exactly who his alliance becomes at this point and whether general kelly will bristle at some of the nationalist-type policies that bannon has traditionally espoused or whether he'll be a more moderating an stabilizing force within the west wing as far as policy and legislation is concerned, this is not necessarily kelly's wheelhouse, brings a wealth of geopolitical experience, a retire marine corps commander and ge

kelly. the white house said that mr. scaramucci wanted to give john kelly a clean slate. press secretary sanders: i think anthony wants general kelly to be able to operate fully with a clean slate while at the same time, the president felt his comments were inappropriate. they're not mutually exquisite. -- exclusive. out, generalid new structureng to the white house and discipline, and strength. we are all really excited to work with him. i will not draw out a chart right now but we will keep you posted. >> does everything go through general kelly? press secretary sanders: he has the full authority to carry out business as he sees fit. >> a really quick one. sean spicer, will he be in the administration in any way now that anthony scaramucci announced that he will not be a part of the chocolate ministration? trump administration. ? i'm notcretary sanders: aware of that. >> is there no chaos at the white house? how would you describe what happened over the course of the past 10 days? of course you will agree with your boss that there is no chaos. press secretary sanders: i

us media reporting that the new chief of staffjohn kelly wanted him gone. mr most of his communications. he felt it was best to give the new chief of staffjohn kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team, the white house statement said. at the end of a turbulent week it does seem that president trump has yielded to the argument that stability is better than chaos. here's chris cook. you're here to stay? we'll see, i'm here to serve at the discretion of the president.

kelly? has he shown any indication that he's backing this piece of legislation? mr. graham: when john kelly speaks, everybody listens he says you need legislation not executive actions to deal with the immigration system. he's calling on congress to fix it. secretary tellly -- kelly serbs at the pleasure of the president. i think john kelly is the guy we should go to and say come up with a border security plan that you believe will protect our nation from illegal crossings and also do something about the 40% of illegal immigrants who overstay their visit. he's a four-star marine corps general. he was in charge of southern command. if john kelly came out with a border security plan it would be hard for most of us to vote no because he's so qualified. general kelly has said as to these kids, he has no animosity. he has called on congress to act. here's what i bet. he came out with an interior border security plan that was rational and met our needs as a nation and there was legislation that would deal with these kids, knowing general kelly the way i do, he would be incl

mr. president, why secretary kelly? president trump: reince is a good man. kellha

let's go to kelly o'donnell near mr. trump's golf club in new jersey. kelly, good saturday to you. first, let's talk about health care. where did the president's tweet and senator, senator mcculloch's response, where does that leave the health care battle? >> reporter: well, there are big question marks what the senate can possibly achieve on health care after they miss the first big deadline. they hoped to have voted this past week. that didn't happen. there is a lot of disagreement within just the republican members of the senate about how to proceed. concerns about the cost to americans that would lose health insurance if they change the structure of how insurance is provided. lawmakers in the home states for the fourth of july break, they will talk what to do and work on the bill but when the president tweeted about perhaps they should just repeal now and replace later, that breaks months if not a couple years of his rhetoric on the campaign trail and since he's been in office, about the need to do that simultaneously. that's what he promised the public. that's what republicans