reince priebus out. it turns out he resigned yesterday, he says, after the name calling and allegations of leaking against him. we didn't find out about it until late today. here's part of what scaramucci said about reince priebus in a phone call to cnn yesterday, insisting they were bros. not tight bros like scaramucci says he and the president are. >> as you know from the italian character, the fish stinks from the head down. two fish that don't stink, and that's me and the president. i don't like the activity that's going on in the white house. i don't like what they're doing to my friend and doing to the president of the united states or their fellow colleagues in the west wing. if you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds and differences. when i said we were brothers from the podium, that's because we're rough on each other. some brothers are like cain and able. >> if you're not up on your bible stories, cain killed able. in the early morning hours of today, the senate voted agains

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> reporter: so, the president there explaining his decision briefly as he arrived back at andrews. wolf, this decision was actually made as the plane was just about to land. and the president held this firm, it did not leak out, of course. he has been on a tear against the leakers. so, he let virtually no one here at the white house know about it, but he announced it in his own terms on twitter. this is what he said. let's take a look at this series of messages. probably the first chief of staff in the history to be announced in this way, wolf. the president said this. he said, i am pleased to inform you that i have just named general -- secretary john f. kelly as the white house chief of staff. he is a great american and a great leader. he goes on to say john has also done a spectacular job at homeland security. hayes been a true star of my administration. and then he went on a short time later, wolf, to thank reince priebus. he said, i would like to thank reinc

to have priebus on the plane. air force one with the presses on a day when all of this is churning, almost adds to the unceremonial end to this. i took bit of time between tweets where the president announced john kelly before the thank you to priebus came about. we're told there will be a cabinet meeting on monday. they're trying to turn the page and this is one of those changes, one of those shake-ups that none of us are surprised by. but when it rattles, it really rattles this place. >> i want to bring in jonathan swan, ken vogel, a reporter for the new york times, curtis lee with the national times, and ely stokel with the national journal, and the former republican party chairman michael steele who was succeeded by reince priebus. the timing is very swren the big failure of the health care bill. it is easy enough to chalk up the ultimate career in the white house to that. but what scaramucci has been beating him up over, by nail in some cases, is over this question of leaks. if you had to guess which of those

reince priebus, a good man.hank you very much. >> his ouster caps a week of heightened tensions in the white wase where priebus embroiled in a public feud with trump's new communications director, anthony scaramucci. after an epic report from "the new yorker" where out reincecalls priebus. what do we know about what went down here? members tell you that of president trump's most trusted advisers including of his family over the past several months have grown more frustrated with reince priebus, former chairman of the party and communications director sean spicer. last week we saw the removal of with theer and then arrival of anthony scaramucci, more controversy engulfing the white house in terms of the display of the infighting in the administration, capped off with reince priebus leaving mean fordoes this policy, for tax reform, for healthcare? i can tell you this. spicer, thehat sean reason that reince priebus were fold during the transition was because of their relationship with house speaker paul ryan as wel

reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> all right, so there you see the president of the united states speaking very briefly to reporters with the announcement praising john kelly, the new white house chief of staff. this white house chief of staff does not need senate confirmation. senator john madsen of west virginia is with us. you know john kelly. what do you think? >> he's held in high regard of both democrats and republicans. i was in the armed services for six years and he came to the force many times. we just truly enjoyed having him. he was always forthright, straight talking, told us exactly what was going on, what to expect and basically what he thought needed to be done. it's going to be received well. the president has a right to put his team together. i wish reince all the best, but it's a job. the president is going to put the people around him, and every executive is going to do that who they have the most confidence in and can get the job done that needs to be done. >> he's a retired

you point out about reince priebus. we are hearing from fox news from white house sources that -- this is more breaking news. that he resigned secretly yesterday. what are your thoughts about that. >> i would not be surprised after all the stuff that went on. you know, my sense he served this as he can. i think he was probably frustrated with the loss of the health care. he played a key roll in trying to make all of that happen on the house side was very influential. i would not be surprised if he was not given something in this administration beyond what he already has. in the private sector. but he's a very experienced guy, and my guess is he made a lot of friends in his tenure in washington and will continue to serve as he can. i think the key thing here, though, is this will stop the bleeding that was going on. this is one of the worst i've seen it the presidency, and i think this will sort of turn the corner and give us an opportunity to move the ball forward. liz: it's interesting. there's an irony here. reince pr

at one point he said reince priebus would resign soon and that he expected priebus to launch a campaign against him. what was your reaction when you saw that interview? >> no reaction because i'm not going to respond to it. i'm not going to get into the mud on those sorts of things. look, the president and i had an understanding. we have talked about this many times. and we ultimately decided that yesterday was a good day and that we would work together. and i think that general kelly is a great pick. i'm not going to get into the weeds on that. i support what the president did. and obviously i think it's a good thing for the white house. >> but why were you opposed to anthony scaramucci even getting a job in the white house? you saw how bitter he was, how angry he was at you in that interview? >> i'm not getting into that, wolf. look, it's over. i'm moving on. support the president, and i support john kelly and the president's agenda. so that's all you're going to get from me on that. i'm not going to get into the individual personal stuff. >> he was also very angry at steve bannon, th

on a vulgar rant against him accusing priebus of leaking information to the press, but priebus tells cnn this is not a sign of a rift in the west wing. it's rather a recess. >> the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it's a good time to hit the reset button. i think he was right to hit the resut button. and i think it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it's healthy. >> will it be a reset for trump's agenda? this week was punctuated by senate republicans' failure to repeal and replace obamacare and today the president is tweeting major krcriticisms against gop lawmakers, a seeping misunderstanding about how the vote failed. more on that in a moment. but first let's talk more about this major staffing change within the executive branch. reince priebus is the sixth member of the trump administration to resign or be fired since february. i'm joined by cnn white house reporter caitlyn collins, live on the north lawn. we know priebus has also been accused of being a source of the leaks from the white house. are you hearing anything more about whether

he said at one point reince priebus would resign soon and that he expected priebus to launch a campaign against him. what was your reaction? >> no reaction. i'm not going to respond to it. i'm not going to get into the mud on those sorts of things. the president and i had an understanding. we've talked about this many times. and we ultimately decided that yesterday was a good day and that we would work together and i think general kelly's a good pick. i support what the president did. and obviously i think it's a good thing for the white house. >> but why were you opposed to anthony scaramucci even getting a job in the white house? you saw how bitter he was, how angry he was at you in that ininterview. >> i'm not getting into that, wolf. look, it's over. i'm moving on. i support the president and i support john kelly and the president's agenda. so tatsz hat's all you're going get from me on that to. i'm not going to get into the individual personal stuff. >> he was also very angry that white house chief strategist. i can't even lead to words he uttered about steve bannon but you think h

priebus is part of the problem. think was more concerned with the president when he brought him in and thought that was going to be a smooth thing. and then wants that same guy to be the lead in getting his policy passed in congress. so i think it president has some blame right now because he wasn't loyal to some of the people who got him into office, now he brought a guy that was establishment. there are a lot more people in the white house that you will see trickle out because they don't see the message the same way the president does. >> this is the new establishment we are creating. what the takeaway is, if you get behind trump early and support his policies you can't expect his loyalty. i think it will make it difficult to have the experts we want making good policies. there have been some struggles with trump's agenda. this drama doesn't help it it's a distraction. >> that's politics. athleta: w -- lea: we have to g. but with general kelly moving in as chief of staff, i think there will be a change in the whit

the president would bring it up he liked to tease priebus, belittle priebus at times. others in the white house sometimes joined in. the lack of a successful agenda. he was supposed to be with his establishment republican contacts in charge of health care as i mentioned. that has gone down in a humbling defeat. he has been unable to keep the trains you think running on time. this a white house with never having a coherent message frx from week to week because they are derailed by the president's whims and tweets. this week started with him going after his own attorney general one of his most faithful and loyal supporters. at the end of the week a week the white house dubbed american heroes week we have the departure of the shortest tenured white house chief in history. >> we want to tell the viewers at the end of the broadcast, we will have a look back at where we've been since monday. and it's a head-spinner. so, josh, because we're talking about washington and because we're talking about a cabinet department where the number two will be in charge until a number one c

priebus is out of the door. at the russian investigation. donald trump is frustrated, he feels his message isn't getting out. when it comes to this investigation, he would like to ramp up the rhetoric with regards to fighting it. reince priebus is mild—mannered and in the past he asked donald trump to tone things down. that's not mr trump's mode or character at all. here we have him trying to battle this russian investigation, trying to get a new team around him and he's chosen a general, generaljohn kelly, a0 years in the armed forces. 0utspoken himself. he's choosing people that he believes are a bit like him, to be around him and be pa rt like him, to be around him and be part of his administration. he certainly known for being outspoken, he is blunt in what he has to say, he's going to have to be to get things in order, starting with the lea ks 7 things in order, starting with the leaks? when it comes to those leaks it's quite interesting because we heard from anthony scaramucci that heard from anthony scara

just reince priebus is leaving. as you know, typically in most white houses the chief of staff is the one who is in charge of funneling all the information to the president, people report to him, he reports to the president. but this this white house there are so many people who report directly to donald trump including jared kushner, ivanka trump, anthony scaramucci, steve bannon. so it will be interesting to see how john kelly takes the reins in this white house. >> this white house is far from traditional. that's for sure. diane, there's been a lot of speculation already as to who might replace now general kelly as the department of homeland security secretary. one name raising eyebrows that has been thrown out is embattled attorney general jeff sessions. >> yeah. we need to say this is a wild theory that is being tossed around by politicos and talking heads right now, so we have to be clear. there's no evidence to suggest that this is anything more than that. at least right now. but look, it's something that sen

but reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> at this point let us bring in tonight's starting panel for a friday night nbc news white house correspondent kristin welker who was busy to do. "washington post" white house burrow -- bureau chief, white house reporter for politico. you reported what you saw contemporaneously, it speaks to the kind of continuing diminishing of reince priebus, but tell us what you saw when they landed. >> well, they were quite delayed in landing, about an extra half hour in the air coming down from new york. i think they were circling for sometime due to bad weather. when they finally landed and pulled up at the parking place there we saw a bunch of staffers come out of the back of the plane and we saw the senior staffers, reince priebus, and steven miller and the director there at the white house all go into a vehicle together. and this was just at the time that the tweet was coming out from the president that john kelly would be the new chief of staff. and then just moments af

he channels priebus. he believed priebus leaked this to me so he was channeling priebus saying bill shine, he is getting into the head of what he believes. former fox news executive. he says bill shine is coming. let me leak the expletive thing and see if i can expletively block these people the way i blocked scaramucci for six months. he believes the dinner he had was leaked by reince priebus because he was paranoied that scaramucci was bringing folks into the white house without his knowledge. i should say that is wrong. reince priebus did not leak that information to me. >> i want you to read a few more quotes. he really hit you for not revealing who leaked the fact that there was a dinner. i don't know why he was so sensitive to the fact that this was coming out. it was going to come out in any case. he wanted you to share. >> he was really pushing on me and he said i asked these guys not to leak anything and they can't help themselves. appealing to my sense of patriotism. you are an american citizen.

his got reince priebus. priebus is out. the bad news for scaramucci is the chief of staff is a marine corp general, retired. i'm wondering how long kelly will put up with the guy that scaramucci can talk with donald trump any time he wants without going through the chain of command. that will be interesting to see. i know the word is out today that reince priebus knew all about this yesterday and they were going through the motions. i don't buy it for a second. i think this was executed gangland style. they for this event at which the president widely, lavishly praised kelly who is about to take over. then when they get back to joint base andrews, trump stays on the plane. the president asks reince to stay behind. they have a discussion and then reince priebus gets off the plane and then gets in a car with two other trump aides who then after a few seconds or so get out of the car and leave reince priebus alone in the car to read the tweets announcing his own dismissal. that's the way i put the tick tock together. that is r

. >>> trump to priebus, you're fired! let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm joy reed in los angeles in for chris matthews, after months of speculation, white house chief of staff reince priebus is officially out. last night donald trump announced his replacement on twitter, quote, i am pleased to inform you that i have just named general/secretary john f. kelly as a knew chief of staff. he's a great leader. john has done a spectacular job at homeland security, a true star of my administration, after touching down on air force one trump offered these words of praise for his out going and incoming chief of staff. >> why senator kelly? >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american, reince priebus a food man, thank you very much. >> the question is, did reince jump or was he pushed? a source close to priebus tells nbc news the embattled top aides to the president had enough and turned in his re

reince priebus out, general john kelly in. a whirlwind week for the white house end with a dramatic resignation from the president's chief of staff. priebus is the sixth member of the trump administration to resign or be fired since february. priebus tells cnn his resignation could bring a fresh start for the white house. >> the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it's a good time to hit the reset button. i think he was right to hit the reset button. and i think that it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it's healthy. >> i'm joined by cnn white house reporter kaitlan collins, who is live for us on the north lawn of the white house. what more are you learning about the priebus resignation? >> reporter: we've learned a lot of details in the past 24 hours. the resignation has been long coming and rumored for months but it came to a fever pitch this week with the new communications director making pretty serious allegation against reince priebus saying he was leaking information to reporters

taking aim at reince priebus. when you heard that, obviously it signals that perhaps priebus' days were numbered. his term here has been obviously pretty up and down when you look at what the chief of staff is trying to do. but this, to reince priebus' defense, is a tough presidency to steer and keep all the cats herded, if you will. there's a lot of cooks in the donald trump kitchen. now you will have a general at the helm who he try to straighten out the white house behind the scenes. >> speaking of kat. >> hi, bret. the president just tweeted out thanks reince priebus for his service. it doesn't seem to be -- every time a switch like this happens, people try to paint it as turmoil is. there more excitement or are people freaking out? >> any time there's a chief of staff that doesn't make it a full year that is a big deal for a white house that is trying to get its sea legs under it and just lost a major legislative battle on capitol hill with the healthcare loss early this morning. so i don't think you can dimi

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 comes out the day of inauguration on a saturday and skoel scolds them for their inaugural description of the inaugural crowd and didn't take questions. and it didn't get any better from there. these briefings now held off-camera have obviously upset particularly the television journalists. and more importantly, he didn't seem to really satisfy president trump. as you say, he was not a trump guy. he was part of the rnc, which had not been particularly supportive of president

priebus way outlasted him. the reason was jerry ford had a white house structure -- one of the reasons, had a white house structure just like trump's. nobody was empowered. everybody came and went from the oval willy nilly. he called it the spokes of the wheel with the president in the center. it was a disaster. it's very much like donald trump's model of governance. >> so you don't think john kelly and making this switch will make the difference? >> the fact that kelly -- you know, so far at least there's no indication that he has asked for or made conditions that would show that he understands the nature of the job. he's got to be the guy who is in charge of executing the agenda. people need to report to him through him to the president. if scaramucci is going directly to trump and reporting directly to trump, that way lies disaster. >> all right. chris whipple, thanks for the insight. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> let's bring in our panel now, political analyst and with us historian professor

was that, you know, my information had come from priebus, whether priebus had given information to politico. a series of sort of paranoid accusations about that. >> have you ever had an official at this level speak to you like this in a way that's not off the record? i mean, you know, usually -- >> no. >> look, adults have frank conversations, and use expletives all the time. but on the record, have you ever had somebody have a conversation like this with you? >> i've never had someone at that level, the communications director for the white house, sort of unsolicited, call up and start in, one, on demanding to know, you know, who my sources are. that's just not done. nobody would do that. or they would just think it was a waste of time. and then two, you know, without saying, oh, this is off the record, or, oh, this is on background, just answering questions in a frank way about his rivals in the white house, what was going on with the leakers. and doing it in such a colorful and sort of -- i guess you could say transparent manner. one thing you have to say as a journalist, i think it's gr

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but reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> at this point let us bring in tonight's starting panel for a friday night nbc news white house correspondent kristin welker who was busy to do. "washington post" white house bureau chief dit o senior kwhous reporter for politico. josh gerritsen. dit o another business man jonathan le mere white house reporter for the associated press. great to have you all. josh i'll begin with you because of your placements today. you were a pool reporter for the arrival at the place i will always call andrews air force base ofs air force one. it was the smaller version of the plane today, a 757. and you reported what you saw contemporaneously it speaks to the ongoing diminishment of reince priebus. but tell us what you saw when they landed. >> they were quite delayed in landing, about an extra half hour in the air coming down from new york. i think they were circling for some time due to bad weather. when they finally did land and pull up at the parking place we saw a bunch o

president straight-up fire priebus? >> i think it was a combination of both. i don't think there is anyone in the west wing department thought that that interview with "the new yorker" was something that was an assess to the white house and team in accomplishing their mission. when you take a broader step back at the departures from chief of staff, reince priebus, to communications director, sean spicer, this is the president looking at a new direction. he had brought on these folks during the transition period from the republican party. they were essentially the republican party in terms of leadership because of their connections with congress and house speaker, paul ryan, and their ability to pass a legislative agenda through congress. there is more in line with the failure of health care reform passing than "the new yorker" story. >> how did president trump land on john kelly for this job and what does this mean for scaramucci going forward? >> this is someone who is very well respected within the military community

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> bret: a wild week in washington ending with a west wing shakeup announced late this afternoon. the president speaking about his new chief of staff, homeland security retired general john kelly. the press secretary resigning and a new white house chief of staff chief of staff. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. just before 5:00 eastern time, president trump announced general kelly will be his new chief of staff, he starts monday morning. at first, there is no mention of what happened to reince priebus, who has taken a beating this week, courtesy of incoming communications director anthony scaramucci. the president, priebus and scaramucci returned to washington from long island on air force one. he thanked him for his service and dedication. the shortest tenure, 189 days, of any chief of staff not serving in an interim role in the white house. kevin corke with all the breaking news of a dramatically changing white house. kevin. >> quite a day here at the whi

>> reince priebus is really a star, and he is the hardest working guy. >> for months, reince priebus had the president's back, like when questions for asked about a conflict of interest when trump and his businesses. >> all of these things will be followed, and they will be done properly. >> fending off questions about why the president still hadn't released his tax returns. >> and president trump, one of the most historic presidential victories in this country and the other people asking me this question is people like you. >> soon after taking office, reince priebus found himself unable to contain a laundry list of controversies, the immigration ban, the russia investigation and the failure of the senate's plan to repeal and replace obamacare. >> still reince priebus kept up a brave face. >> i'm not in my trouble. i've got a great relationship with the president. we talk all the time. in fact, just before coming on the set, he gave me a call. >> reince priebus, who was never an outsider and always a republican party guy, lost an important ally when press secretary sean spicer resig

at one point reince priebus would resign soon and that he expected priebus to launch a campaign against him. what was your reaction when he saw that interview? >> no reaction because i'm not going to respond to it, i'm not going to get into the mud. look, the president and i had an understanding. we've talked about this many times and we ultimately decided that yesterday was a good day and that we would work together and i think that general kelly's a great pick. i'm not going to get into the weeds on that. i support what the president did and obviously i think it's a good thing for the white house. >> but why were you opposed to anthony scaramucci even getting a job in the white house? you saw how bitter, how bitter he was, how angry he was at you in that interview? >> i'm not getting into that, wolf. it's over. i'm moving on. support the president and i support john kelly and the president's agenda. that's all you're going to get from me on that. i'm not going to get into the individual personal stuff. >> he was also very angry at steve bannon, the white house chief strategist. i can'

this is not about reince priebus. this is a recognition that six months into this presidency it is a failed presidency. he has not done any of the big things that he promised he would do. and he doesn't have momentum on any of the big things. so it's a reflection that there needed to be a shake up mt that's what this is about. >> i've got to think capitol hill is looking at this going oh, okay. this will be okay. >> yeah. i think there's a couple of different layers of that. i mean, reince priebus has a great relationship with speaker ryan. on the other hand, he doesn't have deep legislative experience. he comes from the political side of the operation. obviously general kelly doesn't either. but the big question is whether the president is going to undercut his new chief of staff the way he undercut his old chief of staffment the problem with reince priebus as chief of staff had nothing to do with reince. >> he never had a chance to be chief of staff. >> correct. >> let's be fair here. did he ever have a chance? >> n

at one point he said priebus, reince priebus would resign soon, and that he expected priebus to launch a campaign against him. what was your reaction when you saw that interview? >> no reaction, because -- i'm not going to respond to it. i'm not going to get into the mud on those sorts of things. look, the president and i had an understanding. we've talked about this many times. and we ultimately decided that yesterday was a good day and we would work together. i think general kelly is a great pick. i'm not going to get into the weeds on this. i support what the president did, and obviously, i think it's a good thing for the white house. >> can you just clear up the other charge? it was a bitter charge that scaramucci levelled against you, that you're a leaker, and that you're really not that loyal to the president. you've got your own agenda. he makes a bitter accusation against you, specifically the leaking. are you the leaker in the white house? >> that's ridiculous, wolf. give me a break. i'm not going to get into his -- >> why not respond to him this. >> because i'm not going to.

failed attempt to repeal the affordable care act >> plus another chapter at the white house, reince priebusout of a job. what we're talking about tonight. at 6:30. >>> homeland security secretary john kelly is the new white house chief of staff. the president then thanked the now former chief of staff. reince priebus saying i would like to thank reince for this service and dedication, we of him >> it follows speculation that priebus could be ousted a short time ago the president commented at joint base andrews in maryland. there's a video of ♪ ♪. >> that is not the president but -- i can tell you -- i can tell you he called reince priebus a good man, thank you very much and invited him to get down with the uptown funk >> the big question is what happens next. i'm talking about generally in politics, what's going to happen now >> joining us is mike lane and david brown, two friends of 5at630. good evening, let's talk about first of all the replacement, he announced he's replacing reince priebus with john kelly and the night he was nominated, mike lane, you were our guest and you've known him

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> john kelly leaves his post as homeland security secretary where he oversaw the trump administration's draconian crackdown on immigration. it will now occupy the most powerful staff position in the white house. there's no replace am as of yet for that homeland security post. the president first announced the news on twitter where he offered kind words from priebus. i would like to thank reince priebus for his service and dedication to his country. we accomplish a lot together, and i am proud of him. a source close to priebus tells nbc news he resigned last night, making his tenure 190 days. the shortest for any non-interim chief of staff in the white house. a move coming months after a report that the president was considering firing priebus, and less than 48 hours after the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci directed the fbi to investigate priebus for leaking a scaramucci financial disclosure forum that was, in fact, a publicly available

one will reince priebus go ? he came over from the rnc there has been definite friction between rnc and trump. this has been talked about for months. reince priebus remained loyal to the last he said it is time to go in a new direction. i remained loyal to the president and his policies. >> could there be anyone else ? are there other members of the chief of staff office leaving ? as a result of reince priebus leaving ? >> it could be. john kelly me come in. he loves sean spicer. reince priebus is a rnc guy anthony scaramucci is in charge of the medications. he threatened to fire the entire staff if he doesn't get to the bottom of leaks . accusing reince priebus of leaks. and an expletive laced tirade. more changes could be coming. steve bannon, anthony scaramucci went off on him also . is steve bannon the next to go ? sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that she said it has nothing to do with anthony scaramucci. i know nothing about bannon. i think everyone is watching who is next.>>> earlier today president

again, reince priebus is taught back to the republican leadership.what he is doing. but the leadership of the republican party has been at odds with trump. we will have to leave it there for now. thank you very much. you were a very welcome. the family of a man who died after being apprehended by police has appealed for peace — after unrest broke out on the streets in the wake of his death. the independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of 20—year—old rashan charles. last night angry clashes broke out as protesters blocked a road in dalston, east london, and set mattresses alight. richard lister reports. the vigil here has passed off peacefully. i think the campaigners very much wanted to bring their message right to the door of the police. some were chanting justice for rashan, some holding pictures of him. among the crowd was his father. i know the family have seemed worried about the violent scenes we saw last night in hackney, with objects being thrown out the police. a spokesperson for the family addressed the crowd. thi

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> general john kelly leaves his post has homeland security sector where he offer saw the trufrpgsz dra coinian crackdown on immigration will occupy the most powerful staff position in the white house. no replacement for the homeland security post. the president first announced news on twitter where he offered kind words for priebus. we accomplished a lot together and i'm proud of hi. a source close to priebus tell us nbc news he be resigned last night. the move after the president was considering priebus. financi scaramucci also, of course, went obligates profanity list tirade in an interview published yesterday describing priebus as an effing pair annoyed schizophrenic. the president was dismissive for not returning fire. everyone wants to know there's no hard feelings. >> this is not like a situation where there's a bunch of ill will feelings. this is, i think, good for the president. i think it's smart for him to pick general kelly. i'm always going to be a tr

a knock to priebus saying i would like to thank reince priebus for his dedication to the service. we accomplished a lot together. alexis, tell me about the timing of this decision by president trump. alexis: in this particular case, the president had a long string of disappointments and so the idea that the president was already unhappy with his staff and the chief of and we have seen them already make a change in the communications, we can tell whether it was the russian investigation, the way health care is going, his poll numbers, how the communications and the staff were operating, the president was already deeply frustrated. the timing coming immediately after what the president considered an exasperating, frustrating loss in the senate over the health care bill is not that shocking, especially when you consider the president is being perched to look ahead and looking ahead to his domestic agenda, whether it is moving to tax reform or maybe infrastructure. this idea that he has to put something up on the board. the international situation is not getting simpler, it is getting

priebus, farfrom when they seemed so close. priebus, far from the when they seemed so close.dent's when they seemed so close. priebus, he ‘ar from the president's ”57 h%§u§gmn 2:25 l £55,772; i é— figfiim: i think several days of discussion. i think it's a good time for him to reset. i think he has decided to press the reset button. i think it's healthy think he has decided to press the reset button. i think it's hl needs. i and what the white holisqjjlqilsj him in it. he was support him in it. he was described by the new white house communications chief as a paranoid schizophrenic. peter bosz, bbc news. joining me now from our studio in birmingham is scott lucas, professor of american studies at the university of birmingham. thank you for joining university of birmingham. thank you forjoining us. what a week and what a forjoining us. what a week and what 324 forjoining us. what a week and what a 2k hours! what of the white house looked like at the moment? chaos. the watchword you will get from trump and his loyalists is stability, everything is sorted out, but the fact is that

he also accused priebus of being the source of major media leaks. but priebus tells cnn this is not a sign of a rift in the west wing, it is rather a reset. >> the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it's a good time to hit the reset button. i think he was right to hit the reset button. and i think that it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it's healthy. >> priebus will be replaced by homeland security secretary and retired general john kelly. and he will certainly have his hands full. aside from the investigations involving the white house, this week was punctuated by senate republicans' failure to repeal and replace obamacare. well, today the president is tweeting a major criticisms against gop lawmakers. a misunderstanding about how the vote failed? more on that in a moment. but first, let's talk about this major staffing change within the executive branch. reince priebus is the sixth member of the trump administration to resign or be fired since february. i'm joined now by cnn white house reporter kaitlan

rooins priebus is out. but he will still stay on team trump. >> the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it's a good time to hit the reset button and i think that it was an -- it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it's healthy and i support him in it. >>> also, north korea launched yet ood missianother missile bue has the potential to hit cities like chicago and denvernd possibly even new york. >>> moscow has been quick to fire back ordering staff cuts and seizing two embassy facilities. first though, picking up speed with reince priebus out. what does this latest change mean for the white house? >> good morning. well, this latest change could be an opportunity to right the ship. as we all know, the white house has been getting a lot of attention, most of it negative in the recent weeks over a perceived environment of chaos and instability within this white house. there has been infighting going on since the beginning that has emerged in public just very much in public

he was brought in by priebus.nd for him to be let go or quit when it was a choice of scaramucci or spicer, again, very much raises questions about priebus' standing in this white house. it's become clear, as we see with jeff sessions that there is no tenure. there is no permanence. you serve at the pleasure of the president and the president's pleasure contains on a dime. that seems to have happened without sessions, seems to have happen with spicer to some degree. you have to wonder now about reince priebus. >> sandra: and we are left wondering who steps into that everyday role of holding the press briefing at the white house. as we know, sarah huckabee sanders may take that role. it's a huge role and one that affects the day-to-day relations coming out of that white house. >> it is an important role, it's somewhat diminished by their decision not to hold televised briefings every day. as we all know, it got good ratings, millions of people were tuning in every day on all of the cable news channels to see reince

we should note priebus and saramucci were both on air force one but priebus fretty much left on the tarmac. >> this was all in the works for weeks. tonight on cnn he didn't get into timeline how it played out but praises kelly. >> i have a very close relationship with the press and will continue to have a close relationship with the president and out of respect for him you know i'm not going to get into our own private conversations. i'll put at this change it going he wanted to go a different direction i support him in that and look forward to working with general kelly over the next couple weeks. >> apologies every tweet there's an opposite and equal sweet. i have to read this grammatically incorrect way three chief of staffs in less than three years of being president part of the reason why barack obama can't manage to pass his agenda and now presidents will have end second chief of staff in 189 days and plural will be chiefs of staff. >> amid turmoil in west wing former director of office of ethics is blasting trump administration when he le signed he cited repeated clashes of presiden

reince priebus is out. anthony scaramucci has ascended and the trump administration is reeling after one of the most dramatic votes in recent senate history brought an end, at least for now, to the gop's seven-year effort to repeal obamacare. president trump announcing he is replacing reince priebus with john kelly. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. 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. john kelly leaves his post. he will now occupy the most powerful staff position in the white house. there's no replacement as of yet. the president he also announced the news on twitter where he offered kind words on twitter saying i would like the thank reince priebus for his service and dedication to this country. a source close to priebus says he resigned last night, making his tenure the shortest for any interim chief of staff in the history of the white house. the move co

what will reince priebus do. we know he pushed back very vigorously against this decision to appoint anthony scaramucci as communications director. he didn't think this was the right direction for the white house. he didn't think he had experience. there were other people who were concerned about this within the white house. he's being supported by jared and ivanka. you have that divide presenting itself yet again. this is a white house that is no stranger to sharp divides. remember, also, andrea, reince priebus has been really one of the main point people to oversee healthcare reform at the white house. and so in the wake of what we have seen with healthcare reform, it has stumbled, it has fallen. by all accounts it was dead earlier this week. there was an attempt to revive it when the president and, frankly, reince priebus decided to call the gop senators to the president. you have to get this done. this is what we campaigned on. it's what you all campaigned on for the past seven years. but the background to th

reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> martha: it's been quite a roller coaster for reince priebus. today they both boarded air force one together. it's called a game of survivor between the president's big players. what happens now at the white house? here now, kelly and hot an end. what's different at the white house? >> i'm really glad everyone is taking the high road tonight. and there has been so much sacrifice in this administration and the president called him a good man. he also says that secretary kelly has served his country honorably. and i think everyone in this administration should know, if you don't see your name on the list, you should get with the program. why are we here, we are here because americans elected one person over the other based on the issues. they do want obamacare repealed and replaced. they do want less government. >> martha: let me ask you this this, my question is what changed since monday? this week has been pretty ugly. what's different? when john kelly walks in

reince priebus of leaks and reince priebus goes. really on the war path for reince priebus. in his first appearance last week, when scaramucci was named, he tried to play it off as him and priebus being brothers. that escalated this week when he compared him and priebus the cain and abel, of course the biblical characters wear one killed the other. so not a very subtle signal publicly, that he had it in for priebus and was interested in not necessarily having them both at the helm at the white house. general john kelly is now set to take over. are we going to see the tensions simmer down? is this the end of the soap opera? well, john kelly is a retired general. it is an interesting pic for a white house chief of staff. of course he is well experienced on the national security side of things, but it remains to be seen side of things, but it remains to be seen how he is going to do on the political side of things. he is widely accepted for having leadership skills and for bringing a certain kind of management style to thejob, it remai

reince priebus a good man. there was a time when they seemed so close.om the president‘s side. but he tendered his resignation on thursday, following what he said was several days of discussions. the president wanted to go in a different direction. i support him in that. the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it‘s a good time to hit the reset button. i think he was right to hit the reset button and i think that it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it‘s healthy and i support him in it. asked about an interview in which he was described by the new white house communications chief, anthony scaramucci, as "a paranoid schizophrenic," mr priebus said "he didn‘t want to get into the mud." next week a new start at the white house with a general in charge. 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

that never happened with reince priebus. priebus was, in my opinion, a sick offense. he was not able to tell donald trump hard truths and we've seen the results, almost six months with nothing accomplished. >> well, "the washington post" is reporting that the president offered general john kelly the chief of staff job all the way back in may. has this really been in the works for that long? >> i don't know about that, but here's the critical question right now, and that is did kelly have any conditions for taking this job, because if not, if he is simply taking the job of the unempowered white house chief, which priebus has doing, then that really betrays a real ignorance of what the job requires. i mean for openers, he needs to know -- he needs donald trump to know that scaramucci has to report through kelly and not directly to the president. quite frankly, if i were kelly, i would insist that i get a look at donald trump's tweets before they go out, as tough as that request might be. this cannot work if kelly is unempowered in the same way that priebus was. that way