how did that language get into rex tillerson's prepared remarks for his china trip? , page 291. quote, several officials told me, the state department's regional experts, attuned to the significance of such language have not been consulted on tillerson's statement in china. instead, it had been drafted by the white house. according to several sources there, it was drafted by the office of jared kushner. oh. seems like a big deal. particularly where we also know about repeated fbi counterintelligence warnings to the white house about mr. kushner as a target of chinese foreign influence operations. we also learn in the book that rex tillerson blames jared kushner for pushing him out as secretary of state, apparently because rex thinks jared ultimately wants the secretary of state job himself. which will be a hard one with no security clearance. but oh, wait, there's more. i'm closer to my retirement days than i am my college days. hm. i'm thinking... will i have enough? should i change something? well, you're asking the right questions. i just want to know, am i gonna b

how did that language get into rex tillerson's prepared remarks for his china trip? page 291. quote, several officials told me the state department's regional experts attuned to the significance of such language had not been consulted on tillerson's statement in china. instead it had been drafted by the white house. according to several sources there, it was drafted by the office of jared kushner. oh. seems like a big deal. particularly what we know about repeated fbi counter intelligence warnings to the white house about mr. kushner as a target of chinese foreign influence operations. >>> we also learn in the book that rex tillerson blames jared kushner for pushing him out as secretary of state apparently because rex thinks jared wants the secretary of state job himself, which would be a hard one with no security clearance. but, oh, wait, there's more. for just $15.99. you can enjoy the classics you love, along with new creations like savory crab-topped shrimp, decadent parmesan truffle shrimp scampi, and creamy shrimp and lobster pasta. your perfect shrimp plate is

rex tillerson was a moderating voice within the administration and he was at odds with the president on a lot of issues including iran. pompei always in the military when he was in congress he was very very critical of the deal although during his confirmation hearing he said that he would be open to try to keep the u.s. in the deal but now that he's there he does have the president's ear they are they do sort of walk in lockstep with each other so you would expect that you don't have this moderating voice like you had before with rex tillerson and he may be more of the mind as president trump is of maybe scrapping that deal and seeing if they can possibly come up with something better down the road but maybe just scrapping it and the clock is ticking they have less than two weeks to make a decision thank you very much dion as to broke with the latest from washington. has also been speaking out about north korea saying there is a real opportunity for a deal when u.s. president meets its leader kim jong un next month he specifically said young man must show it is taking irreversible s

we know he is putting distance between himself and rex tillerson. he is talking about filling some vacancies. for folks critical of tillerson pompeo will try to cast himself as the new man in town. that is quite a heart thing to do. he will be very much put to task here in this room today. the white house put a lot of effort into prepping him and they have backup for him in the room. u.n. ambassador nikki haley showed up. >> we will show you what nikki haley had to say to andrea mitchell who is also in the room. one of the things that mike pompeo is going to be asked about is the situation in syria as we are now in this moment where the world is watching to see what donald trump will do next. he has given some signals on twitter, some mixed signals. kelly o'donnell is standing by at the white house to talk us through that. do we have clarity on what might happen later on today as it relates to the potential for missile attack on bashar al assad? >> reporter: the president is keeping us guessing and using twitter to amplify the confusion. he is offer

the other thing that he has to work on is morale at the state department it was decimated under rex tillerson tillerson came in and made significant cuts to staff morale was very low there and so he'll need to go in and build that back up again and it seems like he does have the confidence of many of the people that work at the state department so. from washington an esoteric thank you with german chancellor angela merkel will visit the white house on friday and as it says set to issue the saying please have french counterpart the president to stay in the iran nuclear deal but the trip could be overshadowed by fresh control to seize in the trump administration like his personal doctors allege drink driving in lavish spending on travel by environmental protection agency administrator white house correspondent can really help get reports. he was the u.s. president's doctor and trump liked him so much he wanted ronnie jackson to take a cabinet position as secretary of veterans affairs but after mounting allegations that he drank on the job and handed out opioids like candy jackson withdrew his n

another sort of different example is rex tillerson. the president chose him because he sort of liked the guy, liked the look, liked his swagger. had he done any actual vetting he would have realized they had divergent world views and that was what led to his demise. >> and he has to live with a guy whose likes he doesn't like, john bolton and his mustache. let me read you one more piece. >>> james comey' book about kelly calling comey after the president unsermon iously fired him to say he depth want to work for dishonorable people according to five officials. this has been swirling around, it's not surprising that carol and her colleagues -- and we've nailed that down today, but just talk about the bigger picture of the kelly/trump relationship and any predictions of reporting you have about how long kelly is for the post of white house chief of staff. >> well, and carol has great reporting here and the question here is why are we seeing a number of these threads about kelly coming out now, just in the past couple of days there were a

. >> i wish rex tillerson well. >> gary cohn, the president of goldman sachs. >> hope hicks. >>> director comey. >> the greatest businessman in the world. carl icahn. >> general mike flynn. >>> sean spicer, he is a wonderful human being. >>> i like mr. bannon. ask >>> reince is really a star. >>> secretary price. >>> i'm really at a point where we're close to having the cabinet and other things that i want. i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i'm turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free.

pompeo will get somewhere between 52 and 55 votes on the floor, more than betsy devos, less than rex tillerson, but i think this shows drama could continue, expect him to make it out of thb senathe end of the week and that's important because there is a n.a.t.o. summit for foreign ministers in brussels friday, and are owning he can make it to that. >> lisa desjardins with thea dr from the senate foreign relations committee today. our poiltics monday team pick it up with other confirmation battles looming and how vulnerable democratic senators are considering their votes. i'm joined by amy walter of the "cook political report" and eliana johnson of politico, welcome to you boh. >> nawaz: let's talk about the

the president himself hired rex tillerson because he looked the part. the report is that he has nominated admiral jackson because he looked the part.

when rex tillerson and his advisors insulted her and there was some reporting about the vice-president and rex talking about her, sort of evaluating her job performance, she stood up for herself. so, she does have a record internally for standing up for herself and prevailing. >> i also think it's fascinating this is happening now that rex is gone -- i should say mr. tillerson, mr. tillerson is gone. she played him effectively as a nial foil to some extent. nikki haley was able to stay close to president trump in part by positioning herself in contrast -- >> there are words that are going to stick with us. 2020, 2024, remember those words, i don't get confused. every ad she does, they're confused. let's say trump is out of office. she can own the me, too clarity, a southern woman pointing, i don't get confused. >> remember i told you that. >> let me bring phil rucker back in. it seems if there is an achilles heel other than what your colleague ashley parker had to tweet out over the weekend, somebody had to write the pee-pee story. it was my favorite. i actually saved it. i took a pict

for rex tillerson. i very much for that service. and i wish him well did dole trump tweet the firing of his secretary of state rex tillerson because of russia and to raise a may we speak to award winning balls are in rolling stone john this might be and andrew p.s. the daily mail is consulted it's a writes off jeremy corbyn even though they just opinion polls show you the odds on favorite to be britain's next prime minister the list of all coming up about two of going underground. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all children but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. you guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure come out you have to go meet the center of the beach but tell we are with you and we will show the great game the great game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get the doll going let's go. a low as i want to you know and i'm really happy to join the team for the

house lying about the timing of when exactly rex tillerson was fired and then the white house firing another senior state department official thanks guy. ding. when that guy told the truth about when tillerson actually got canned. i know that i'm sort of the only person in the media fix saated this but it's an intriguing question. why did the white house go to such lengths to concoct a proven false story about when exactly rex tillerson got fired as secretary of state? we still don't know but that false story is why they had to fire that other guy on the way out the door, as well. then there was david schulkin and the white house went to some length to concoct a false story about that. in his case at v.a., administration said that he resigned when in fact david schulkin didn't resign. he didn't quit. they fired him and the white house has been caught in a lie trying to convince people he quit when he didn't. the number of high-level departures from the most chaotic presidential administration is a remarkable spectacle. i didn't used to have a chair that swivelled. when it comes to ca

for rex tillerson. i very much. and i wish him well. the firing of his secretary of state rex tillerson because of the russia and to resume we speak to award winning author in rolling stone journalist matt taibbi and andrew pierce the daily mail's consulting editor writes off jeremy corbyn even though the latest opinion polls show you the odds on favorite to be britain's prime minister all of them all coming up to him going underground. pranking gave americans a lot of job opportunities i needed to come up here to make some money twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could make fifty thousand dollars a year truck so i chose to drive trucks people who rushed to a small town in north dakota was an unemployment rate of zero percent like gold rush is very very similar to gold but this beautiful story ended with pollution and devastation a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here anymore just slow down so much they lost their jobs got laid off the american dream is changing that's not what it used to be. and th

the first confirmation that rex tillerson had, that he'd been fired, was on twitter?how the secretary bude. and yet you were fired? for that statement. how the secretary bude. and yet you were fired? for that statementm is the prerogative of the statement to have whoever he or she chooses in these roles. this was not my first rodeo, as we say in america, i worked for the first president bush, all four years. you go into thejob understanding that is the case. you are right, the secretary of state serves at the pleasure of the president, it is his prerogative to fire him if he wants to but many people say there is a way to do that. i have great respect for the administration and ungrateful to the president for nominating me and the senator for confirming me. president for nominating me and the senatorfor confirming me. but no one should be fired on twitter. when he appeared at a press conference to give his side of things, he looked crestfallen. his throat was very dry, one of the reasons people have that view i think. he had had very little rest. surely, he's a very pr

mike pompei as the current cia director selected him to replace rex tillerson was fired last month a state department correspondent rosalind jordan reports. confirmation hearing is at hand for the cia director michael. to become the next u.s. secretary of state service. some say if confirmed. eagerly will embrace president donald trump's america first approach to foreign policy he's a kind of guy that approaches the world thinking about how to use force and how to use coercion before he thinks about how to use diplomacy and that's you know the secretary of state is america's first diplomat so it's concerning to me. as cia director has been skeptical that negotiations will lead north korea. to abandon its nuclear weapons program even as trump prepares for a key meeting with him in the coming weeks. during his time as a congressman called the iran nuclear deal terrible and wants the u.s. to walk away from it and he has long accused muslims and arabs of being security threats a belief after this say disqualifies pompei o from serving as the country's lead diplomat if confirmed as our ne

what did you learn from what rex tillerson told you? >> i think in each of these conversations with all of the living secretaries of state, people will find something surprising, some moment of candor they didn't expect. you mentioned how searing colin powell was. this is a man who cared deep by about the workforce at the state department. that was a common sent moment george p. shultz saying you don't have to take a job when he surveys the way rex tillerson acted on these orders. the as you say rex tillerson surprisably candid. >> for example, he says he did not want those state department cuts. he privately argued against them, but they thought once the decision was made he had to be a loyal soldier. >> he did, although he also said, i may have just been too inexperienced. he said when he started defending the deep, deep cuts, he had only been on the job briefly and he might not have known better. he said, with hindsight, maybe he would have done things differently. that seems to be the suggestion. >> he said something peculiar, that

his stature, which we feared had been significantly undercut by the departure of his friend rex tillerson still in tact. he got the president to slow down, think about it, think about the targeting, think about the danger of conflict with russia. i thought that was important. second point, i think we're working together much more closely than this administration had in some other kri seize with allies. role of france and president macron saying he is responsible for shaping the policy. interesting not least because our allies feel a stake in what we're doing. they feel connected to it. i think that's an improvement. finally to richard's point, do we have a strategy for syria? the answer is no, but we're a little closer than where we were a week, ten days ago. we have nikki haley, i wish i was hearing this from the president, but nikki haley saying we're going to keep your troops in eastern syria for some long while. our goals there are complicated. we need to defeat isis. we need to enforce the norm on chemical weapons and we need to stabilize parts of the country. i'm told that the presi

day trip to the region won by zero was sworn into his new post on thursday off his predecessor rex tillerson was sacked last month is due to hold talks with the saudi foreign minister there before having dinner with the crown prince mohammed bin cell none are expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following donald trump's threats to pull the u.s. out of the accord next month kristen salumi joins us live now from washington this is first visit as secretary of state what is the saudi view of him compared to his predecessor rex tillerson. well certainly mike pompei as views on iran are more in line with president trumps president trump of course has been very disparaging of the agreement that was reached with world powers in iran to do nuclearized the country and mike palm pale when he was in congress was known as an iran hawk he's talked about wanting to roll back the deal and. take on the iranian administration more head on so we know that this is where he's coming from whereas rex tillerson had a more european view about the deal he was no big fan of the agreement but he was more sympathe

for rex tillerson concert i very much prefer the food service and i wish him well. tweet the firing of his secretary of state rex tillerson because of russia and to resume we speak to award winning both are in rolling stone journalist much tybee and andrew p.s. the daily mail is consulted editor writes off jeremy corbett even though they just opinion polls show you may be the odds on favorite to be britain's next prime minister all of them all coming up about two and going underground. sensors financial survival guide i don't buy any i'm on a futures. based on almost five years as of last summer my ex from the future the trucker was kaiser. seemed wrong when all along just don't call. me that he's yet to shape out his day he comes to advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back well the stakes could arguably never be higher and what some are already predicting could turn into a nuclear confrontation between britain and russia no wonder some way to argue that labor leader jeremy c

secretary of state rex tillerson in stockholm that plan changed when president trump surprised his own officials saying he wanted a face to face meeting with kim jong un and then secret dispatched his cia director mike pompei o. to pyongyang to begin the negotiations i've been speaking to diplomats at the u.n. in new york and here on the korean peninsula strategic discussions here in north korea are made at the highest level and done in secret but everyone i've spoken to believes that the bellicose speech by donald trump at the u.n. general assembly was what kick started the current diplomatic efforts james per hour just era pyongyang well we've been talking to koreans from both sides of the border about their expectations of the summit here's what some of them had to say. i wish for the summit is that our people can travel back and forth and live together. once again he completed nuclear weapons and his missiles can reach qualm what's left as a leader he must inspire loyalty in twenty three million people with a given loyalty no because they are on the verge of starvation following th

rex tillerson never was really comfortable in that role he was a businessman he wasn't a political animal he was more moderate here the president didn't see eye to eye and he was often undercut by president now you have a man who does have the confidence of the president and he is a political animal might pale served in the military he served in congress and so i think he is on the same page with president he has the confidence he has president confidence in so that he can go out more confidently and present his case to the world and of course you know as you say he hunts prison terms confidence president trump wants to see results so really in the long term do his master's bidding well that is the wild card and will he be able to do that i think it remains to be seen i think i think what we're seeing now though is at least there is a strategy there on the same page and i think you can more effectively communicate the president's strategy than rex tillerson could oversee what happens and for the moment thanks so much for joining us from d.c. viewers. please stay in the region the because

what did you learn from what rex tillerson told you? >> so i think in each of these conversations with all of the living secretaries of state, people will find something surprising. some moment of candor they didn't expect. you mentioned how searing colin powell was, saying we're mortgaging our future right now. this is a man who cared deeply about the work force at the state department. that was a common sentiment. you know, george p. schultz saying, you don't have to take a job when he surveys the way rex tillerson acted on these orders to gut the state department. and as you say, rex tillerson himself really surprisingly candid in his last days in the job. >> for example, he says, he did not want those state department cuts. he privately argued against them. but he thought i think this may be his corporate background, once the decision was made, he had to be a loyal soldier. >> he did. although he also said, look, i may judge just been too inexperienced. he said when he started defending those deep, deep cuts to the state department

of concessions out of out of this time that's right and how different is approach compared to rex tillerson. well mike i'm pale has long been a hard liner on iran when he was in congress he was very critical of the iran deal and he got this job essentially because president trump was not happy with his predecessor rex tillerson and how he was handling the negotiations regarding the iran deal not that tillerson was a big supporter of the deal but he had taken a more european approach after consulting with allies that scrapping the deal that he had the same view that scrapping the deal would ultimately be worse then they should just try to strengthen it instead to scrapping the deal some fear could actually push iran to resume its nuclear program and make them move more quickly so . while in the fact that mike pompei o made his first trip to south saudi arabia and israel the same places that president trump went on his first foreign trip he did talk to european allies as well but we saw him talking to saudi arabia and israel that perhaps two of the biggest enemies of iran in the region and no

of a three day trip to the region was sworn into his new post on thursday off his predecessor rex tillerson was sacked last month is due to hold talks with the saudi foreign minister before having dinner out with the crown prince mohammed bin salmond are expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal following trump's threats to polar united states out of the cold next month kristen's louis joins us now from washington and so has wasted no time off his confirmation in heading to the middle east he's going to be in saudi arabia israel and jordan. from what we know so far how does he compare to his predecessor. well my pump aoe is known as a hawk on iran when he was in congress he talked about looking forward to rolling back the j.c. the international agreement signed by six countries and iran to denuclearize the country so this in this way he is much closer to president trump than his predecessor rex tillerson was of course we know that one of the main issues that led to rex tillerson departure from the administration was his sympathy for the european point of view on the agreement which was to s

speak for me, and rex tillerson would have to be quiet. making clear she's not confused here. >> nikki haley very well prepared, very bright woman, yes and has political experience unlike a lot of people in the white house. her butting heads with people in the white house, could her days be numbered? >> i think everybody's days in this white house are pretty numbered. it's pretty clear she does not speak for the white house. again, this gets to the problem we've seen repeatedly with rex tillerson. we'll see if it's a problem with mike pompeo. they say stuff and then trump contradicts them. so what's pretty clear here is the only person who speaks for the u.s. government is donald trump. and his aides keep saying and embarrassed republicans keep saying don't pay attention to his tweets, his deranged crazy tweets. but in fact that turns out that is pretty much the only thing you should pay attention because that's what's coming directly out of trump's mouth are his tweets. >> someone said at the podium, i don't know if it was sean spicer or

speak for me, and rex tillerson would have to be quiet.being quiet. she's making clear she's not confused here. >> nikki haley very well prepared, very bright woman, yes and has political experience unlike a lot of people in the white house. nikki haley, very well prepared, very bright woman. and has political experience unlike a lot of people in the white house. her butting heads with people in the white house, could her days be numbered? >> i think everybody's days in this white house are pretty numbered. it's amazing she lasted as long as she has. it's clear she does not speak for the white house. this gets to the problem with rex tillerson. we'll see if it's a problem with mike pompeo. you can have people supposed to represent the united states and the administration, they say stuff and trump contradicts them. the only person who speaks for the u.s. government is donald trump. his aides keep saying and embarrassed republicans keep saying don't pay attention to his tweet. in fact, it turns out that is pretty much it the only thing you s

as it turned out, rex tillerson was almost like a moderating voice in the administration and that he did favor the continuation of the koran deal, which vladimir putin and russia worked very closely with barack obama and the u.s. in order to facilitate. the fact that he was booted out in exchange for mike pompeo who was much more kind of maniacal when it comes t to sticking confrontation in the world, including with putin in russia, again, i think signifies this administration under donald trump has moved away from barack obama's posture of trying to accommodate putin, and moving inard' front in russia ukraine, especially in syria, and when it comes to iran. the is why, amy, i think whole debate around russia over the last 12 months has been so dangerous because this climate has been created in washington, the premise of which is that vladimir putin and russia are an existential threat to the u.s., that they are our prime enemy and much like the cold war, and we need to confront them further. in any failure on the part of trump to confront putin militaristic leann directly as proof t

trump's first secretary of state rex tillerson. we call it a resignation but it would appear to most that mr. tillerson was ousted. joined, now, by nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. p.j. crowley, former assistant secretary of state under obama. wesley clark, former commander. and garrett, let me start with you. just outside that hearing room. what is the consensus so far there on mike pompeo's appearance? >> i think pompeo has probably helped himself so far today. has been the stance he's taken thus far on russia as a hostile actor in the united states corner of the world. and on beefg beefing up the state department in general. i want to play a little bit of sound of those kinds of moments just for a second. >> what behavior has the kremlin shown it indicates it wants to get along with the united states? please share it with me. >> senator, i take a back seat to no one with my views. threat that is presented to america from russia. >> will you argue that we need t

he certainly has a lot more in common with president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson tillerson was not a big fan of the deal which would cut which oversees the deceased disarming of iran's nuclear facilities. he was not a big fan of it either but he was more sympathetic to the european point of view which is that withdrawing from this agreement would set things back and blow things up so there's been a lot of pressure on the trump administration from these allies to stay in the deal but pompei o as i said very much in keeping with the trump position that the deal is a bad one for the united states and they are fast approaching the deadline of may twelve which is when the president must decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on iran which many believe will be the end of the deal if that goes forward and pompei o has been warning european allies that that is likely to be the case moving forward he's also likely to talk to his counterparts in the middle east about what's happening in syria as well we know the trump administration is calling on countries in the gulf

as it turned out, rex tillerson was almost like a moderating voice in the administration and that he did favor the continuation of the koran deal, which vladimir putin and russia worked very closely with barack obama and the u.s. in order to facilitate. the fact that he was booted out in exchange for mike pompeo who was much more kind of maniacal when it comes to sticking confrontation in the world, including with putin in russia, again, i think signifies this administration under donald trump has moved away from barack obama's posture of trying to accommodate putin, and moving inard' front in russia ukraine, especially in syria, and when it comes to iran. the is why, amy, i think whole debate around russia over the last 12 months has been so dangerous because this climate has been created in washington, the premise of which is that vladimir putin and russia are an existential threat to the u.s., that they are our prime enemy and much like the cold war, and we need to confront them further. in any failure on the part of trump to confront putin militaristic leann directly as proof tha

one of the problems with rex tillerson is he was not se by america's allies around the world or adversaries as speaking for the man in the oval office. but with that comes the balancing act of standing up to i know you asked him about this in the hearings. do you think he will stand up to the president on other issues like iran apart from russia? sen. cardin: there's a couple points hersu on some key , it appears he agrees with the president. it looks like he agrees with the prarident on the iranian nuc strategy, he agrees with the president on withdrawal from the paris climate talks. i find it ve regrettable, because the head diplomat for america needs to worwith allies around the world on issues such as iran's nuclear capacity and the climate change issues. will he stand up to the president when he disagrees? we don't know that,ut it looks like he agrees with the president more than disagreeing. katty: senator cardin, thanks for joining me. sen. cardin: thank you. jane: for more on today's confirmation hearing, i'm joined by barbara plett-usher. thanks for coming in. cardin, likeator many

the iran nuclear deal my camp aoe is much closer to president on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that micron pale will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president trump has called on gulf countries do more to stabilize the situation there in terms of troops and funding from saudi arabia pompei o heads to israel and then to jordan or room and turned over foreign policy committee publishing he says the troubled ministrations approach to diplomacy is likely to change with time. president trump eventually will. move toward a globalist position what is that a globalist position is one where allies count much more than your campaign promises who did he have come to washington macross he had merkel and he would have to rescind may but to be surveying is not in shape to travel anywhere including europe probably so i think that the global institutions will set in in addition. i have had the opportunity

well he's much different he's much more hawkish than rex tillerson as harry pointed out rex tillerson was more detached from the white house he and president trump did not see eye to eye on a lot of issues he thought that the u.s. should keep stay in the iran nuclear deal he sort of sided with the europeans in that that this was a deal that had problems but it could be expanded and it could be improved in that the u.s. was obligated to stay with it might come peo was in the military and then was in congress and while he was in congress he was a severe critic of the iran nuclear deal he railed against it in fact during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state he said he would do everything he could to try to stay in the deal but he is of similar minds with president trump in that this was not a good deal that it needs to be improved so you know we're now seeing a white house we're seeing a president who is surrounding himself with people that are more hardline than some of the people that he had in the white house originally and we're talking about. rex tillerson for one thank

but there's no indication whether rex tillerson managed to tip the balance of power during the visit after all why would anyone listen to a man who was shown the door the day he returned to american shores if i were a betting man i would bet the united states would lose the competition not only with china but with russia turkey perhaps even with friends. because in part united states has a very arrogant attitude that it takes two people from africa and that's to set aside which is a states does not have the economic right nancy to compete with china in any case and then finally there is. nation on the african continent with regard to u.s. interference in the internal affairs of african continents all in all i would say that united states prospects in africa going forward are rather. the u.s. department of homeland security is recruiting staff to compile a database aimed monitoring journalists around the world under the un plan the government will track more than two hundred ninety thousand global news sources in more than one hundred languages including chinese arabic and russian it

former secretary of state rex tillerson was quoted saying things like that. so it's just very disturbing on its face. but i think what it also shows is that the trump white house is a really wretched place to work. people aren't just stabbing each other in the back, they're stabbing each other in the back, they're stabbing each other in the side. the fact that people in the white house wanted to get this story out, and many of the details in this story suggest that there were a lot of people there trying to get rid of chief of staff kelly. and this is kind of a second time around on the rumors that kelly is going. a couple of months ago there was speculation that trump was looking at new chiefs of staff. mick mulvaney, the budget director and also home of the consumer financial protection bureau. tom baric, a businessman and kevin mccarthy, although i don't think mccarthy would could -- do it. so this just suggests a white house in considerable turmoil and a lot of people seem to have it out for john kelly. >> donna, let me ask you to weigh in on this as well

nuclear deal mike pompei o is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president trump has called on gulf countries to do more to stabilize the situation there in terms of troops and funding from saudi arabia pompei o heads to israel and then to jordan still to come on the program we speak to rahane refugees about the horrors they say they face at the hands of mammals and military and how the sea is there is a book for politico we'll tell you what's driving this to christmas. however got some rather unsettled and cool weather making its way into western parts of europe now as the cloud stilling in from the atlantic is going to a bit grim over the next few days actually temperatures really struggling areas of low pressure just piling in a very nasty storm this one actually which will run its way across the north

which encourages dependency using opaque contracts predatory loan practices and corrupt deals rex tillerson then washington's chief a mystery went on a charm offensive to africa back in march his trip coincided with russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov visit a clear sign more school is fos to do business with africa to their diplomatic marathon across the continent set off from the same hotel in the open but there's no indication whether rex tillerson managed to tip the balance of power during the visit after all why would anyone listen to a man who was shown the door the day he returned to american shores if i were a betting man i would bet the united states would lose the competition not only with china but with russia and turkey perhaps even with friends i say that because in part united states has a very arrogant attitude that it takes towards people from africa and that's just set aside which is a united states does not have the economic or right answer to compete with china in any case and then finally there is. nation on the african continent with regard to u.s. interference in th

nuclear deal mike pompei o is much closer to president trump on this issue than his predecessor rex tillerson was tillerson was sympathetic to the european point of view which is the deal should be strengthened and not abandoned he lost his job essentially over that mike pompei a will also no doubt be talking about the situation in syria during this visit president chavez has called on gulf countries to do more to stabilize the situation there in terms of troops and funding from saudi arabia pompei zero heads to israel and then to jordan like a visit to saudi arabia comes as iran backed with the rebels in yemen fired new rounds of missiles into the kingdom this follows a saudi led coalition air strike that killed two rebel leaders in yemen's capital last week a high ranking rebel commander was killed in a strike thousands gathered in sana to honor him the torah gate and the reports he supposes descend on the center of center protesting against the death of the most senior the official to be killed by the saudi led coalition in yemen's three year war. died in an airstrike on the coastal who da