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

i give reince credit. he didn't tip his hand at all, on the way up or back down. >> did they exchange any words, scaramucci and reince priebus? >> i didn't see -- i certainly didn't see any hostility. >> you spoke yesterday, congressman king. you and i spoke at this time yesterday. you knew what was going on, the interview that scaramucci gave "the new yorker" magazine. how awkward was it for you to be on the plane with both of them? >> it was a very interesting situation. i'll leave it at that. >> when you say very interesting, give me a little bit more. >> only because everyone knew the backdrop, but it was, you know, the 800 pound gorilla in the room that nobody was talking about. and we were talking about everything else. also, to be honest with you, i was working on this -- i was going to introduce the president. anthony was working on what he was doing. reince was on the phone quite a bit. so, generally air force one planes are not a place where you get too social, especially when you're on the way t

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> the question is, did reince jump or way pushed? sources close to priebus tell nbc news, the embattled top aide had had enough and turned in his private resignation last night. others say it was the failure of the republican health care bill, although the person running point on that bill was mike pence. we know for sure this came after the losing battle with anthony scaramucci who was named communications director last week. on his first official day on the job, scaramucci said, vinls an expletive paranoid schizophrenic while threatening a purge of white house staffers. he accused him for leaking and said he'll be asked to resign very shortly. the ouster is a clear sign the president intends to give his communications director a free hand despite the embarrassment he's already cost the administration. even in the midst of the tirade, few at the white house were willing to defend embattled chief of staff. >> is reince priebus in trouble, may i ask? >> you would have to ask the president that. we all serve at the pleasure of the pres

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

i think reince did a good job. but there's a lot of disconnect there because he's very different in terms of how he runs things and scaramucci, someone like president trump. liz: let's bring in washington times contributor eric schiffer and basically, eric, what are your thoughts about this bombshell news general kelly now chief of staff replacing reince priebus. he's out. >> i think it is likely a good thing, liz. because i think what it can do is actually bring needed discipline to this white house. i mean, i think trump works well with military leaders and certainly it's a structured system that he'll bring. he's an adult, he's mature, he's experienced. he had to get rid of priebus. there was just too much that was dropping. there were too many areas in which he wasn't executing, and there's clearly a system of leaks that was happening that needed some type of lock down. and who knows. it could have been priebus that was doing a lot of these leaks. scaramucci brought in to be the henchman, to wipe him out. there

howard, listen to donald trump speaking about reince priebus on electi night. >> i'll tell you reince is really a star. he is the hardest working guy and in a certain way i did this. come up here. it's about time you did this. >> there's the embrace, howard. what happened? >> well, first of all, don't forget that during the campaign when the whole bus incident happened with billy bush comments and so forth that shocked so many people about what the then candidate trump had said earlier on, reince priebus suggested that candidate donald trump might want to consider getting out of the race. i don't think he recovered from that to begin with. he was on borrowed time from the moment he became chief of staff. he was never given the authority to really run the white house. he was never highly regarded by other people. he was called r reincey by the president as though he were a pet and not the chief of staff. the good news for anthony scaramucci here is he got his man. his got reince priebus. priebus is out. the bad news for scaramucci is the chief of staff is a marine corp general, retired

reince priebus said that he resigned, but we know from very early on that reince priebus had been on the list of those who had a bulls eye on his back. reince priebus is someone who was the establishment, who was going to help reign in this white house that's in chaos. you know, i remember hearing many stories from many sources about how he would tell people within the white house who had walk-in privileges all the time, you have to do it this way. you are under my purview. there were people who would buck him. but reince priebus tried to keep order in a chaotic place where people felt they could run in at any time. and dan will tell you that when you have a chief of staff everyone all the senior officials come in under that chief of staff and have their back and forth, if you will, and then work it out before it goes to the president and instead reince priebus was trying to keep order, but those people who had the issues kept going to the president keeping the chaos going. so reince priebus did as much as he could do in this administration, but he's trying to save face. he was a big

your problem was reince priebus. anthony scaramucci is, i don't mean this in a way, this she a chameleon, he learned donald trump's head movements to do very well. so anthony scaramucci will figure et all out. i hard he would have liked that job, himself. the bottom line is john kelly and anthony scaramucci both have said they think leaks are the absolute worst thing that can happen to this administration so if they can get a hand him on that they will consider it a success. i don't think they will get a hand him on it. there are reasons administrations leak. they are both going towards that goal. >> if he achieves his goal of getting his main rival out of the way, other than trying to figure when he's on the record and not on the record with reporters, what is it that his mission is now? clearly communications steam lining and making it smooth and adult feeling is not his strength? >> so i'm of that group that doesn't think this is the priority, an thine scaramucci came in for different reasons, he sticks up for the

is donald trump saying it's come from reince priebus? we haven't heard from reince priebus himself.nce priebus for not stopping it? that's one of the things that perhaps when he valuables loyalty, that's one of the reason why we wonder what's going on in this west wing and who exactly is to blame for the leaks. when it comes to stopping it, scaramucci said he will battle it and get rid of anyone leaking and they will be out of the door and generaljohn kelly has there in the armed forces for a number of years, he has served in iraq and when it comes to getting the leakers out and being able to seek them out and deal with them harshly, who better than a general to do that? laura bicker speaking to me earlier. this just happened within the past couple of hours and at the moment reince priebus is giving an interview to cnn and some of the lines coming out of it are that he is actually being quite conciliatory given that he has just left his position in the white house. he a p pa re ntly position in the white house. he apparently has told cnn i always talked to the president about making

>> well, look, reince -- let's look at what reince has accomplished.e really redefined what a modern political party does, rebuilding the rnc and helping president trump win. president trump won the election but reince helped to build the channel in the states for him to get the message out. then he worked alongside the president and the vice president pence in the transition that was starting from scratch to build out the superb cabinet and a great staff at the white house and that transition sort of carried on for the next six months as trump -- as president trump had someone like reince with him coming into the white house and getting it set up. but the fact is that the president is an outsider. he was elected to be an outsider. 63 million people voted for him to be an outsider and he's going don't to do that. so he was going in a different direction and reince said, i have done my duty here -- >> wait a minute because what you just describe happening, would have resulted in priebus getting a raise, not resigning or getting fired. i mean, if it was

fair or not, that is scaramucci's feelings about reince. >> can reince last through this? it wasn't like he was the president's first pick, first man to come in and be chief of staff. i mean, many people say he did this to appease a lot of folks in the establishment. can reince make it through this? >> you know, it depends. it depends how this turns out. reince has been trying to, you know, play nice, again, in public. there are two -- there are already two very clear camps. there was the rnc camp in the white house, obviously led by the former chair, now the chief of staff, reince priebus and the always trumpers, the new york crew, which includes the president's family and his kids. the rnc crowd is shrinking. so, the question is how is this going to play out? the fact that scaramucci had that conversation with the president before coming on cnn, then he continued to go after reince for leaking, i think tells you a lot. the other, i think most notable quote from that 30 minute conversation he had with chris cuomo was there are people inside the white house who don't think

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

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

reince priebus is out, general john kelly is in. the president accepting the resignation of his chief-of-staff and learning that priebus resigned privately yesterday but the writing had been on the wall. president trump making the announcement, of course, on twitter and going on to say this. >> reince priebus was a good man, john kelly will do a fantastic job. >> and reince priebus tells our wolf blitzer that he's just fine with all of this. >> he intuitively determined that it was time to do something differently and i think he's right. >>> we have breaking news tonight on the russia investigation and the question that's been looming over this administration during a week of chaos and upheaval. president trump will sign the russian sanctions bill we've learned tonight. in a statement the white house said, president trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it. he has now reviewed the final version and based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it. t

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

now we know it's reince priebus.uch of an effect do you think anthony scaramucci had on reince priebus' resignation? >> we have seen signs of this for quite some time. but since it happened right after the rift, it sends a message that it's okay to talk about your colleagues like this. i don't think priebus deserves this. he was very successful at the rnc. he was instrumental in getting the party to rally after trump after the bruising primaries. >> i'm so sorry. but the notion that reince priebus is responsible for the republican victory is absurd. >> i didn't say that. >> these were the tea party wave that got republicans in. priebus has always been part of the establishment it was donald trump's message that got him elected. it wasn't like he was in line with the republican party. priebus is part of the problem. and i 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 congres

let's read the first one probably the most explosive about reince priebus. he is expletive paranoid schizophrenic. he was talking about what he believed priebus was thinking when priebus allegedly leaked something to me which didn't actually happen. oh, bill shine is coming in. let me leak thepletive thing. what he was saying is for six months reince priebus wouldn't let him come to the white house and wouldn't let his job go through so last night he believed that my source was reince priebus when i reported on a dinner that scaramucci had with sean hannity of fox news and bill shine, former fox news executive. >> and the president. >> exactly. >> a bit of paranoia from both camps. he assumed that this had to come from his rival. that is what that quote is all about. i think we have one more here. absolutely obsessed with leakers and getting to the bottom of who is getting unauthorized information to journalists at the white house. he said he told me what i want to do is i want to kill all the leakers and i want to get the president's agenda on track so we c

. >> reince is a good man. jon kelly will do a fantastic job. >> he will not put up with some of the b.s. that's been going on in the white house. >> our president is impulsive, deceitful, autocratic, general kelly can't fix that with an organizational chart. >> thanks for being with me. i'm fredricka whitfield. welcome to the "newsroom." so resign and replaced after a dramatic week of very public infighting at the white house. chief of staff reince priebus steps down. trump named homeland security secretary and retired general jon kelly as his new right-hand man. priebus made the announcement just 24 hours after new communications director anthony scaramucci went 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 th

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

and he thought reince priebus is weak. one of the reasons he's been so angry at jeff sessions is that he recused himself. and he thought that recusal was weak. so he's looking at the general as a strong person and perhaps someone he regards as peer and somebody he might be able to go to for advice and take that advice, which perhaps he doesn't feel like he has had in this white house. will he listen to him? wloo knows. >> david, axelrod, the definition of strength and weakness in this white house is so fascinating. the idea that being bombastic is strength but a guy like reince priebus who's offered multiple opportunities to bad mouth too, respond with fire or harsh words for anthony scaramucci chooses not to do that and tries to lead in an elegant way. that's viewed as weakness. one wonders if he had called in right after anthony scaramucci had called in and bashed back if the president would view that as strength. >> it's interesting. the president brought in a general and he left as a good soldier. but i have to say i t

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 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

reince priebus out. homeland security secretary, john kelly, in. could it be the change that brings new stability to the chaotic west wing. >>> north korea's ballistic missile, they fear it has major range to hit cities not just on the west coast. the path forward for health care after friday's defeat. >>> new this morning, president trump expected to sign a bill with new sanctions on russia which restricts the president's abilities to lift sanctions. congress passed the bill by an overwhelming margin. sarah huckabee sanders says, president jondonald j. trump ha read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical issues and approves the bill and intends to sign it. >>> president trump encouraging police to take an aggressive approach with suspects. >> when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough, i said, please don't be too nice, like when you put somebody in the car and you are protecting their head, don't hit their head and they have just killed somebody, don't hit their hea

priebus' name is connected to this every time it comes out. >> reince, reince, reince, reince priebus can speak to you about that and he can address that himself. >> all right. we will ask him. >> people know my history between me and reince. >> yes. >> okay. i can speak for my own actions. he's going to need to speak for his own actions. >> let's talk about all of that. because there's quite a bit to unpack. jackie kucinich is here, david swerdlick, jackie, this is the head of all white house communications who does not report to reince priebus, reports right to the president publicly knifing reince priebus on live television this morning saying reince can come out. he can explain himself. what is going on? what are the implications? >> what you said at the beginning there, this is someone the president has made, he doesn't have to report to reince. anthony scaramucci reports straight to the president. so in some ways the president did set up this rival dynamic because usually the president -- the communications director would report to the chief of staff, for whatever reason that ch

was reince. reince was behind it, he thought he should have gotten the job at the white house a lot sooner than he did. >> he's very, very frustrated. that's what was behind all the anger and the comments about reince. he basically believes -- >> can i -- >> yeah. mike, go ahead. i know you know a lot about this. you can respond. i want to say from scaramucci's perspective, that's what all the builtup tension and anger is about. >> go ahead. >> two quick points. one is, reince and bannon and other people that didn't think he was a good fit for this job, we saw in the last 24 hours what their apprehension was having him come to the communications director. he's a very skilled spokesman. this is a really big job in the government that has important responsibilities. the thing i will give scaramucci a compliment on, he took a named position. there are a lot of people that come and set fires and then leave and have no accountability or no responsibility for the complaint. this isn't working well, the

in wolf's interview with, with reince, you saw reince sort of tense up when it came to scaramucci. willing to say negative things about him. but he was willing to strongly dismiss some of the things that scaramucci had alleged. like leaking. so i think bannon is in a tough place now. reince was his most obvious ally within that core group. you now have as you mentioned, fred, ivanka, jared, scaramucci, john kelly, john kelly's loyalties are harder to figure out because he hasn't been in that group as long. but in a way bannon is sort of you know, i think he is someone who you have to keep an eye on. adam in the last segment mentioned don't assume that just because we've had some changes there will be no more changes. i think change is a a constant with this president. and i would keep an eye on bannon, solely because of where all the loyalties have shaken out and he's lost a few allies. >> it would seem that kelly is willing to demonstrate loyalty because of his willingness to take the job. >>> after a stunning repeat. republicans are wondering where the fight to repeal and replace

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

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. 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

reince priebus saying i would like to thank reince for this service and dedication, we of him >> it followsculation 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 in the past >> in the late 70's. when i was marine corp and then lieutenant john kelly was in my basic class in quantico. we spent six months together, six hard, bonding months, he's a great man. everybody in our platoon or our company knew he was going to graduate number one and going to become a ranked o

dhs secretary don kelly with now replace reince priebus. reince priebus will be here. but first, the five forces that are working to destroy president trump have created an unprecedented environment of difficulty for any white house. it amounts to what i call political warfare. and that's tonight's monologue. >> it wasn't total surprise that there was a change earlier today. here's the thing when it comes to the trump white house. everyone working over there are beyond extraordinarily difficult. there are five forces working to destroy, damage, and delegitimize. they want to run the president out of office and overturn the election that you voted in. we start with the most dangerous. the most dangerous of all the actors against the president is the deep state. look at this headline from circa news. fbi lawyer, their chief counsel, allegedly under an investigation. their top attorney now under investigation for leaking national security information to the media. and then you have comey writing memos, removing that information and then having a friend leak it to the new

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

i believe that reince did slap back. i believe reince did slap back at scaramucci because he said, you know, he's going to be professional and that was a slap because he basically said scaramucci had not been professional in the way he's been handling this, telling the family business publicly via twitter, via the interview where he used profane language, you know. reince did slap back in a very subtle way, but a poignant way at the same time, but the next question is what's next? you know, what's next for reince and then what's next for this administration? reince kept taing abt this reset button that this white house is looking at i think about mitt romney with the etch-a-sketch moment, the other republican who tried for the white house didn't win but this seems almost like that reset moment to me, you know? whose next? is it steve bannon? is it jeff sessions? is it general mcmaster? who is it? so could it be rex tillerson, we don't know. we want to see how far this reset goes but i believe that reince did slap back no

i wish reince the best.n -- general john kelly, you can't find a finer human being and a more committed american, a patriot than john kelly. i think he's just a great human being, good man. >> give him some advice. look, we use the word dysfunctional around this town a lot, and i say that -- and look, let's be realistic. the senate is a mess. the white house feels lining it's been a mess, both for very different reasons. what's your advice to general kelly in helping to functional eyes this dysfunctional town? >> well, they need -- we just -- you know, general kelly has gone up through the ranks, so he understands how to basically direct the functions of jobs by jobs, categorize them and know who is in charge and who has to be responsible for each other and who is going to answer to who. he can but that function together. he can put that structure together and he can hold them accountable for that. and then i think he came into this with his eyes wide open. he's been around this long enough. and the presiden

if you didn't get fired today, you had a better day than reince priebus. >> reince is doing a fantastic job at the white house. and i believe he has the president's confidence. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. >> that war of priebus and anth scaramucci ending very well for mr. scaramucci. >> i'm beginning to believe that scaramucci was brought in for a purpose, and that was to humiliate reince. >> he was called "reincy" by the president as if he was a pet and not the chief of staff. >> the president has confidence in general kelly. he has to have a person around him that he has confidence in. >> at no turn has this white house demonstrated functionality. i don't think introducing one competent person is going to change that. >> they should have approved health care last night. you can't have everything. boy, oh, boy. they have been working on that for seven years. can you believe this? >> the credit goes to a lot of people. at the top of the list are the three who showed amazing courage to resist the pressure and do what's good for the country. >> at the end

ending the rocky six-month tenure of reince priebus. he made the announcement on twitter, calling kelly a great leader and a true star of the administration. 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

. >> reince is a good man. john kelly largesse fantastic >> that war of words between reince priebus and anthony scaramucci ending very well for mr. scaramucci. his promise that reince would be out by the end of the week coming true. >> i'm beginning to believe that scaramucci was brought in for a purpose, and it was to humiliate reince. >> he was called reincy by the president as though he were a pet and not the chief of staff. >> the president has a comfort level with and has confidence in general kelly, and he has to have a person around him that he has that type of confidence in. >> at no turn has his white house demonstrated functionality, and i don't think that introducing one competent person is going to change that. >> they should have approved health care last night, but you can't have everything. boy, oh boy. they've been working on that one for seven years. can you believe that? >> the credit goes to a lot of people, but at the top of the list are the three who showed amazing courage to resist the pr

and reince priebus of wisconsin, will soon be a private citizen again. and tonight, he's making plans to, as they say, spend more time with his family. his replacement as homeland security secretary, john kelly, a four-star marine general. he starts on monday. and in trump white house terms, that is ages from now. priebus granted his exit interview, the first one to cnn. notable because the president never misses a chance to call them fake. and priebus said his departure symbolized the president pressing the reset button, what trump accused hillary clinton for being with russia. bre priebus was graceful in parting, as he praised trump for his unmatched political instincts. >> i've been, obviously, talking to the president. for a few days about this. and ultimately, i formally resigned yesterday. it was something i talked to the president about. i always said to him and he said to me, that either one of us need to move in a different direction, let's talk about it and get it done. i'm going to be a trump fan. i'm on team trump. he has the best political i

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

do you believe he suspects reince priebus or do you think he believes he knows it was reince priebus? >> that's a great question. i assume -- let's see. does he know or -- i would say suspect. i don't know if he knows. >> that's a strong accusation against a chief of staff in the white house, don't you think? and to be tweeting this out, that's certainly indicates something. >> i thin it's interesting that there's a real rush on the justice department to show they can be strong and prosecute leaks. this is something donald trump has said we want a strong department of yjustice and for n embattled attorney general proving he can be strong, maybe this is jeff sessions' opportunity to fall back into favor with his boss. >> and the financial disclosure forms are filed and they're not classified, just so you know. >> one of things we need to figure out is, is the accusation something that would eventually end up on a financial disclosure form and is that -- is there anything problematic about that? >> and the statement that i read from the doj spokesperson needs to clarify it's from the de

reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> reince priebus gets some credit for helping getting president trump elected in the ground game. he's out near ours after a major failure on health care. when he urged the g.o.p. nominee to get out of the race because of that access hollywood tape. the president tweeted about that in private. and scaramucci comments against his strong comments against reince priebus. it was written in giant letters last night that an interview where he called reince priebus a bleeping schizophrenic. and as the president was getting off the plane, reince priebus secretly left the motorcade. tonight he put out a statement that said it was one of the greatest honors of his life to serve the president. and then he told sean hannity this. >> i think going a different direction and hitting the reset button is a good thing. the president did that and i think he's happy. i think it's always a little mixed when things like this happen. i generally feel pretty good. >> he will be preceded

will we see reince priebus today? will we get a statement from him, sort of publicly, sent to every member of the press? who will be named press secretary now? because there is an opening for that. as of about two hours ago. so just another friday. >> just another friday. hallie jackson for us there. our chief white house correspondent inside the briefing room, where, again, we expect to hear from the deputy press secretary in about 55 minutes. the first on-camera briefing in some 22 days. we'll come back to you in just a bit, hallie. we also have our team standing by for us here in new york, as well, katy tur. and steve kornacki, as well. let me come to you, because i know you've got a lot of sources inside this administration, a lot of folks you have been talking to. is it true that spicer last night was telling folks that he would walk if they hired scaramucci -- >> yeah, according to sources that i spoke to. spicer said last night, when he found out the news that scaramucci was going to be named communications dir

why has reince priebus gone?shment figure and he came very late to the donald trump campaign, just right at the very end, and there were reports during that time that he asked crumpy to tone down some of his rhetoric. now, that's just not donald trump's style at all —— donald trump. look at who he appointed the new director of communications, antony scaramucci, this flamboyant figure from wall street who has come in in the last week and certainly used colourful language over the last 2a hours to describe reince priebus. he even indirectly accused him of leaking information about the trump administration to the press. now we have reince priebus, whojust a few hours after that report came out, reportedly resigned, donald trump announced that now. when it comes to why reince priebus is out the door, it doesn't seem like he had the ear of the president or the confidence of the president or the confidence of the president and there's one thing we know donald trump values and that is loyalty. reince priebus‘s loyalty i

reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> sean: as we continue with reince priebus who resigned late last evening. i want to ask you this question because i think how many people when you are comparing contrast past administrations and able to get their appointments through the senate on a slow process, you are kind mitch mcconnell earlier and i for the life of me don't understand why some of these people, the president doesn't have a small team on board, still a lot of obama holdovers. do we need to just get rid of the filibusters, the 60 vote margin at this point? >> i heard a rumor last week that the democrats may stop their blockade after obamacare. we are hoping that that's going toar be the case with senator schumer. i have heard that, that they might be happening now in august, that all of those nominees go through. people don't realize we have hundreds of nominees either sitting in clearance or in the senate committees right now. and senate rules are very complicated and they are mind-numbing.

a direct attack of reince priebus. he admitted he wants to intimidate him by raising the specter of an fbi director, even though this is purportedly a public document. it was all about anthony scaramucci which is interesting. it was part trump infomercial as well as how great the president is and how much support he has, especially from anthony. normally aides get in trouble when they come onto the spotlight and make it about them. so far in the last few days we've heard a lot about how anthony scaramucci is going to run this, what he's mad about, he doesn't like to have a private dinner leaked out to the public with the president. it's not about the president's agenda. it's a total distraction designed to get us to stop talking about the disarray and disruption of that transgender ban and what he's doing to sessions and the fact that several cabinet secretaries are really tempted to leave this administration. >> josh, you've been taking notes along with us? >> i've been taking notes and doing reporting. it's been very

air force one with reince priebus. that tweet came out while they were on the same plane once they did disembark from that plane, dh had bewhich had new york, the president apparently said that reince is a good man and that john kelly will do a fantastic job. now, there are several news outlets reporting that reince priebus actually had resigned privately on thursday. so perhaps there was some -- perhaps there was some indication that this was coming down the line as this health care bill failed we do have the bite of president trump commenting on priebus's departure. >> 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. >> reporter: so a big shake up here in washington a lot of internal politics coming out into the open for all to see, guys, this weekend we'll see what happens over the next 48 hours. >> it is, ylan, and some speculation about this, as we