retailer at tempurpedic.com >> martha: new to houston i as rumors were over a stick chat strategist stephen bannonortedly increasingly at odds with president trump's son-in-law and advisor jared kushner, who has had to be a souring event on bannon's agenda. earlier today, white house spokesman sean spicer stopped short of denying that there was a feud. watch. >> i think a lot of it is overblown what you see in the media. there's obviously going to be spirited debates. the thing that is a healthy way for the president to get guidance and ultimately make decisions. i understand there's always going to be a little palace intrigue but i think the proportion that i've seen of palace intrigue versus policy is a little out of whack. >> martha: joining me now, a man who knows the players well, from a deputy campaign manager for donald trump and fox news contributor david bossi. good to have you here. thanks for having me. >> martha: you do know a lot of these players here, so you see this all the time on the internet and everywhere else, what you make of it? >> i think sean was right on. this is a lot of

so just now, stephen bannon is being removed.ch raises the question of why. >> why the time delay? that is a good question. president trump has downgraded stephen bannon which means he still keeps his national security clearance. is he still a force to be reckoned with? is he have the year of the president? >> they are being careful to describe this as a devotion. we know that he is very much a part of trumps inner circle. one of his closest advisers. so the question is still open, however, after this reshuffling, why, what other role he could possibly have, and are there more allegations that will come forward that they are trying to preempt? >> thank you very much. here in germany, the cabinet has approved a draft to a law that would impose big fines on social media companies to faye fail to delete hate speech from their websites. fines could go as high as 50 million euros. a majority in the parliament and the government looks likely to get this passed. >> insults, hate speech, fake news. the internet is full of these things bu

it is stephen bannon's world.tephen bannon took breitbart from a blocked one of the top 50 sites in the world. he took a struggling august campaign of president trump to being president trump. he someone that knows the mainstream media is very much the enemy of the people. jared comes from a very different world, from the wall street world, the new york world and that's a valuable contributor within the white house. >> martha: the supporters of that camp would say but the beginning. back of the presidency, they didn't get too far. we ran into two different judicial roadblocks on extreme vetting which is something he felt very strong about, didn't go over well. the president's approval numbers tanked, that he the health care debacle. they feel like he is connected to those failures and they want to move onto successes which the president appears to be good doing the past couple of weeks. >> there is advantages to definitely succeeding but it depends on what price that comes with it and if it comes at the price of l

who's in, who was out i think this particular and interesting delight in this one, because stephen bannonnt figure for the first month, month and a half of this presidency. and bannon was the one talking about the media as the enemy and we are going to drain the swamp. the swamp likes to fight back. i think they are taking the picketers delight in stephen bannon's fall from grace. a couple of aspects. when he appeared in february on the cover of "time" magazine as the master strategist, you knew that wasn't going to sit well with this president who actually counts the number of times he's been on the cover of "time" magazine. >> martha: he likes to be the cover person. >> right. he doesn't like the idea of being upstaged by one of his advisors. in the addition, trump likes to win. he likes to close the deal. and when bannon presided the executive order over the travel ban animatedly got blocked in courts and even the second one, that kyle blocked in the courts, i don't think trump like that. he followed bannon's advice on repeal and replace, the idea that they were going to get the house

reports that stephen bannon is feuding with the president's son-in-law has dared question or takes ononsibility in the west wing. but another white house senior advisor, kellyanne conway says that the rumors are just that pretty rumors. >> heard nothing but rumors and innuendos. that would make any of us believe that anything other than the real shakeup going on in washington is a way that donald trump is coming in as a duress rupture. in other people want to write stories about the process, personnel, who is up, who is down, who is in, who was out, but you have to go back to the way that president trump is. he appreciates the diversity of opinion. he likes when people disagree or give him differences in viewpoints. he has never had a bunch of yes-men or yes women around him. we all appreciate that. >> jon: let's talk about this with the white house correspondent. and pulitzer prize-winning reporter judith miller. the white house you could say had a pretty good week last week. they got neil gorsuch confirmed by the u.s. senate. they had a host of a number of foreign leaders, including

from the national security counsel, the reason given, stephen bannon was elevated to the counselnning of president donald trump's presidency, but now others are saying it was not appropriate for him to be in on national security matters, so he has been removed. >>> president donald trump met with the king of jordan. the meeting came after a suspected chemical attack in syria that killed more than 80 people including 11 children. >> these heinous actions by the regime cannot be tolerated. we stand with our allies to condemn this horrific attack and all other horrific attacks. >> president donald trump said he and the kipg of jordan talked about exating terrorism. he also said the united states will be contribute additional funds to jordan to host refugees in syria. >>> united states sources said the deadly gas sarin was detected in syria. the eye nighted nations security counsel held an emergency meeting. >> reporter: rescue workers are still sorting through the wreckage of the latest chemical attack in syria. the united states is blaming syria and russia. but the russians are say

joe: staying on the story, president trump removing stephen bannon from the national security council now with the latest is our white house reporter from washington. what is the official story here from the white house, and what is the real story? potentially tog bring different stories. the white house is saying this is a natural progression, that steve bannon was put on this principals committee of the national security council to ,onitor general michael flynn who was fired by trump about 25 days into his term. now that he is gone and trump has appointed a new national security advisor, the white stephen saying that bannon is no longer needed to play that role. that does raise questions about why trump would appoint someone as his national security adviser if he needed to have someone watching over his shoulder, but that is the line we are getting from the white house, not a big change, just a natural progression. in terms of what stephen bannon has access to, does he still have the security grants of someone who sits on the council? >> he does still have security clearance and can

he stephen bannon there was jared kushner, his son-in-law and the chief of staff.ere's what i'm hearing from the president's advisors. that the president like some of the chaos early on, he likes that competitive tension when he's winning. when he was on a bit of a streak early in the administration and back in the campaign. will but now that he l health care find at least round one, they hope to bring it back, struggling to get a tax reform battle going. he does bullying in private this is a big distraction and he wants to move on from all of this. he's not going to fire his son-in-law jared kushner, so bannon is the one on the hot seat and those lukewarm comments from the present about bannon didn't help his case. >> in bannon's defense, there is a block of voters who appreciated what bannon was pushing and i know it's hard to corral everybody and try to find consensus in a big electorate like they have them, but does have a very good hold with that voter base. a >> the best thing going first. according to his trump advisors i've talked to is he does have that po

the current white house, last week stephen bannon seem to be on thin ice.his week, he's on more solid ground. what do you know? >> what i'm hearing is in palm beach over the weekend, the president spent a lot of time doing what he loves to do, dinner, and golf and all that in asking people what you think? what you think about sean spicer? what he think about brian previous? i came away from that reporting out from some of the president's advisors that he wants to keep stephen bannon. thanks that he is a critical part of the team but is very angry that ben has allowed -- has indirectly done all a lot of the credit to go to him and that he was particularly upset about that "time" magazine cover that he was the great architect, called him up great manipulator. >> dana: i felt bad for bannon about that because he didn't come up with the headline and the media was egging that on. speaking have to decide that as an advisor and you know you've been there where they are going to cooperate with some of these prone files, feed these narratives. >> dana: that was the

i want to stay with this story about stephen bannon, reports are still coming in.ike to go to gary o'donoghue in washington. bring us up o'donoghue in washington. bring us up today. first of all, the credibility of these reports, we are assuming they are fully stood up. what does it mean? it looks to be pretty concrete now. a number of people carrying those reports. it does look as if it is a clipping of steve bannon‘s wings, a reversal of the establishment of a national security council with him at the table prominently, but without people like the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the most senior military official in the country. he gets back to the table. there has been a bit of a power struggle inside the white house involving the national security adviser. he tried to remove a key figure from the nsc recently and was overruled on that and this might be pa rt overruled on that and this might be part of his price for accepting that. i think your previous guest was right. do not, for one minute, think the official removal of steve bannon as chair from the ta

largely because the president got here through stephen bannon with whispering politics in his ear. he would understand politics largely the way bannon, he's been the political cat. i don't think he realizes the value of a guy like bannon. i think the fact that a lot has been made of this meeting between bannon and kushner will come i think the fact that they were pressed into sitting down together in the first place more than anything reveals the strength that bannon still has in the white house because if there's a dispute between those two people, why would you just sort of off with his so i think a lot of people are making a whole lot out of this and, these guys got elected because their disruptive outsiders who, of course there's going to be in disruption, certainly at the beginning and for a long time in the way. >> president trump it's fair to say i think likes to be liked. he likes that there's an article that's positive about him, if there's a tv spot that's positive about him, in the wake of this move in syria, there are a lot of articles that are positive about him. but it

the fact that in the last two days a stephen bannon is pushed aside, let's say, you're seeing h.r. from democrats and republicans move up, devin nunes now saying you know what? i'm going to step down. what is this telling us about the president? >> the president is in control whether devin nunes is conducting the investigation into russia. that's a paul ryan decision. >> hold on the president -- >> you want the president involved in deciding who investigates him? >> i'm not telling you what i want. why do you think devin nunes went to the white house to see the president? to please him. >> i disagree. paul ryan and the republican house leadership made a decision to turn the page on what was going on and created an environment where people felt they were comfortable with the investigation. the president played no role whether devin was removed around. bannon conflicting voices are a good thing in an administration. it happened in reagan. it happened in clinton. it happened in w. bush, it happened in herbert walker bush. this is a pass of it thing. the country has diverse voices thro

priebus -- stephen bannon things we should not get our sales involved and that it is not in america'snal interest to decide who will run syria, and he lost basically. president trump decided to launch that cruise missile strike, he argued against it, whereas jared kushner was in favor of a robust response to send a message, so there are differences in the administration playing out. they have a supreme court justice now confirmed. where did they go next? peter: president trump seem to be eager to get credit for it. he is right. it is a big deal. it is key to his political support and conservative base. he promised he would put a conservative in that seat that justice scalia vacated when he passed away. important to consolidate conservatives behind him, and he accomplished that. where we go next, justice anthony kennedy. olds a swing vote, 80 years , and feeling his health lately. encourage desire to him if he wants to think about retiring. did neil gorsuch clerk for kennedy? peter: he did. and for byron white. charlie: thank you for joining us. pleasure. peter: great talking to you. ♪

stephen bannon, jared kushner, reince priebus -- stephen bannon is a believer that we should not getselves more involved in these middle east conflicts and that it is not in america's national interest to decide who we shouldhe syria and not presume to get involved. he lost that fight, temporarily this week, when president trump decided to launch that cruise missile strike. he argued against a. whereas jared kushner was in favor of a robust response to send a message, so there are differences within the administration playing out. charlie: they have a supreme court justice they nominated and now confirmed. where do they go next? peter: that is a big deal for them. president trump seem to be eager to get credit for it. he said i did that in 100 days and that is not easy. he is right. it is a big deal. it is key to his political support in a conservative base. he promised he would put a conservative in that seat that justice scalia vacated when he passed away last year. that was important to consolidate conservatives behind him, and he for phil that promise today by putting neil gorsuc

another and a lot of intrigue about who is in or out in the trump administration, for instance, stephen bannonthe guy that helped him win office, is he in or out? >> he seems to be drifting sideways at the moment with gary cohen, the head of the international economic council and jared kushner, donald trump's son-in-law. >> jon: the guy he cannot fire. >> i think as important is the fact that clearly donald trump as now rely a lot on his national security advisor, general h.r. mcmaster, in the defense secretary james mattis. these are the sorts of people who are individuals like gary cohen, mcmaster, they can't execute, can get things done, and stephen bannon was responsible for the original travel ban that got the administration interest so much difficulty, has not shown yet he is able to put policies in place that can benefit the president. >> jon: the last line of your piece i thought was interesting, and i want to share it with our viewers now. "we have arrived in the foothills of the trump presidency and warnings no doubt abound, not least his republican obsession with this sort of cliff

maybe this is a sign that peter navarro, stephen bannons are getting farther away from trump. jared kushner may be sitting next to him now, but he was also sitting next to president trump when he made those claims that didn't make a lot of sense. >> in our final 60 seconds, donald trump's base voted for the businessman they had seen on television, figuring that on the base line economy, he would be right most of the time. is he right most of the time? >> he flip-flops basically. but basically now the turns he's making, make it sound more like he is listening to more rational people who have a deeper understanding of the economy. i mean, steve mnuchin himself said not thatong ago, well, some of theata a information that the trump campaign team was looking at might not have been the best. we didn't have that much money. steve mnuchin wasn't advising him on the economy at the time, he was a finance chair. but it is amazing, it is a stark contrast to where he was. a lot of those hard-core trump supporters are not economic gurus, they're people who want jobs, they want their wages

stephen bannon provides the president with advice on a broad range of issues and will continue to do so. >> chris: general mcmaster, thank you. we covered a long-range of issues today. thank you for your time, sir, and we will follow what happened next in syria and around the world. >> general mcmaster: thanks, chris, it was a pleasure to be with you. thank you. >> chris: coming up, should congress have had a say in the missile attack? the men from both sides. two leading senators join us next. ♪ ♪ ♪ what we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. except that the next morning... it all makes sense. fedex powers global e-commerce... with networks built over 40 years... that are massive... far-reaching... and, yes... maybe a bit magical. ♪ visit fedex.com slash dream you're hetruck, suv. used car, that's smart. truecar can help. it's great for finding a new car, but you already knew that. it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. so, no matter what you're looking for... there

lot of speculation and rumor and i'm not going to to the speculation and rumor. >> chris: and stephen bannoneculation and rumor and i'm not going to add to the speculation and rumor. >> would you stop? >> [laughs] >> chris: that was a definite maybe. when we come back president trump seeks a strategy for dealing with the north korean regime. yes, the fuel is complimentary for up to three years. yes, it has an epa-estimated range of 312 miles. yes, you will probably have to answer lots of silly questions from strangers. yes, this is a mind-blowing marvel of technology. and, yes, you can buy it today- because the future doesn't start next week, next month or next year... the future starts now. in the hydrogen-fueled toyota mirai. >> all options are on the table. we want to bring him to his senses, not to his knees. >> chris: admiral harry harris, the top u.s. commander in the pacific emphasizing that the trump administration is not looking for a military confrontation with north korea and we're back now with the panel. clearly the policy of these three presidents, clinton, bush 43 and obama ha

there are a lot of stories that the head of the heritage foundation is going to be out and that stephen bannonis going to be his safety net as he is forced out of the white house, what can you tell us connect >> that there is a lot of speculation in the room or in the media that never misses a chance to divide and attack conservatives. he's had a courageous career in washington and the conservative movement are far better because of that. the heritage foundation that is committed to formulating and promoting conservative policies, that is not going to change. >> chris: but is the outcome of the story that the board wants amount. >> i don't know, there is a lot of speculation and not going to to the speculation and rumor. >> chris: and stephen bannon? >> there's a lot of speculation and rumor and i'm not going to add to the speculation and rumor. >> would you stop? >> [laughs] >> chris: that was a definite maybe. when we come back president trump seeks a strategy for dealing with the north korean regime. on the front lines of health care, there are always new challenges and opportunities. at un

news bombshell from the white house paid fox news confirms president trump's chief strategist stephen bannon has been removed from his position on the national security council. it was a controversial move when the president announced it. the fact that the man who is widely credited with helping him win the white house would be put in a position where he was privy to the nation's most sensitive intelligence. he is a former investment banker and the head of breitbart, again widely considered one of the architects of the president's victory. he is a navy veteran, but other than that, holds not typically the kind of credentials that would allow him to be considering our nation's foreign policy and intelligence credentials. he is going to be out now on the national security council, the president obviously reversing that controversial earlier decision. we will have more on that in just a moment. hello and welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie bender in fort jenna lee today. we are awaiting a joint news conference between president trump and king abdullah ii o

stephen bannon versus jared kushner.ef white house strategist clashing with the president's son-in-law. tonight inside their mar-a-lago sit-down to end their differences. manhunt. new images of the armed suspect at the center of a nationwide manhunt. is he plotting to kill, plus his message for the president. breaking news. bounce house disaster. multiple children rushed to the hospital. two bounce houses sent airborne hitting power lines. the danger with this party attraction.

not.is and stephen bannon's future is topic one in washington.ce for white house tradition. good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance." is in charge of the divorce in london. this is a big deal. sometime today, the two parties will meet. will get going. you saw the reaction of the pound, sterling softening when the news broke that the meeting would take place. this is where the rubber meets the road. lawyers will be getting busy. who has the prime minister's back? who is supporting her as they have the meeting today? guy: let's have fun with this. should we say boris johnson? good way to go. our first word news, here is taylor riggs. said thehild -- trump gas attack in syria "crossed a lot of lines for me." he has changed his mind on syria and president assad. a one that they will take action if the security council fails to act. the u.s. has expelled a russian spa -- a russian spy. authorities say that he posed as a banker while serving as a russian agent. he was convicted of spying and spent almost 30 months in prison. according to buzzfeed

chief strategist stephen bannon reporting nearly $200,000 in con sut consulting fees last year from breitbart news. the vast disclosures answering some questiony more. nieporter: tonight, a rare us glimpse inside the rarefied world of donald trump's west wing. the collective net worth of the president's senior staff and cabinet officials, at least $12 billion. trump's son-in-law jared kushner alone details a real estate and business empire worth up to $740 million. benefiting him and his wife, ivanka. both are unpaid white house staff member but ivanka trump retains her stake in t n open trump internationalotel here in d.c. property her father frequently visits. her stake valued at $5 to $25 million. >> that hotel is full of conflicts of interest. it's going to be an ethics quagmire. >> reporter: the president's controversial chief sttegist steve bannon lists assets worth up to $54 million. populist rage channeled through conservative media enterprises and consulting has clearly been lucrative for him. adviser kelly ann and her his, worth up to $40 million when trump took office.est membf the

stephen bannon versus jared kushner. the chief white house strategist clashing with the president's son-in-law. tonight inside their mar-a-lago sit-down to end their differences. manhunt. new images of the armed suspect at the center of a nationwide manhunt. is he plotting to kill, plus his message for the president. breaking news. bounce house disaster. multiple children rushed to the hospital. two bounce houses sent airborne hitting power lines. the danger with this party attraction. and tax warning. the new change affecting millions of taxpayers. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on a saturday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with new bombings by president bashar al assad on his own people in that chemical attack. this as images are emerging of syrian jets taking off from the airbase targeted by u.s. tomahawk missiles. president trump defending and explaining the decision not to bomb the runways and tonight we hear from one of the most visible victims from the syrian attack. the father of baby twins killed by the chemi

stephen bannon, the former executive chairman of breitbart news was put on the national security counsel at the start of the administration. critics said it was not appropriate for a political adviser to have a seat on the counsel. >>> president donald trump said today that the deadly chemical attack against civilians in syria crossed a line but he did not specify what steps he might take in response. >> reporter: president donald trump today said the image of innocent civilians, particularly children and little babies killed in the syrian gas attack hit him hard. in a press conference, the president said his whole approach towards syria may be changing. >> that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. i will tell you, it's already happened that my attitude towards syria and assad has changed very much. >> reporter: white house policy had been that regime change in syria was not a priority. in 2012, president obama famously declared it would cross a red line if syria used used chemical weapons. president donald trump was more strident. >> when you kill babies it crosses many

president trump's chief strategist, stephen bannon has been removed from his position on the national

"the new york times" saying that they encountered a conversation, they say, between stephen bannon anderry kushner who they said were not getting along and they said that this is the reason there is no middle ground, you are a democrat! what do you say? >> stories like that do not help the president, and some stories distract from the success he's had this week. the fact that we are talking about all the things that he has had this week, the first time in six years, the nation has a new associate justice in the supreme court. but that is such an -- but it is a very important one. speaker mcconnell deserves enormous credit for exercising his power and the nuclear option, the democratic obstruction, but we have a new justice of the supreme court. that is one of the major accomplishments this president will count, not just in his first 80 days, martha, but i believe in the first year in office, it's historic. the palace, i work with all these people. i know them very well and we expect them enormously. donald trump as a businessman and as president of the units he surrounds himself with a

vonnie: does it say anything about the role of stephen bannon going forward in terms of being the chief strategist? does it change that? >> steve bannon was the architect of sorts and large portion -- a large portion of campaignidate trump's who activated the conservative grassroots that no one else in the republican party had been able to do. he is also at the forefront of a nationalistic movement, that brand of audiology within the conservative party that other folks were simply unable to capitalize on. he is at the forefront, as well, as working with gary cohn on infrastructure, a $1 billion plan that will come from this administration. on the issue of national security, our own jennifer jacobs is reporting that he has not been stripped of any claimants, he will still have the highest clearance and can attend any meeting he wants. he simply is no longer a member of the national security council. vonnie: fascinating. thank you to you and jennifer jacobs of bloomberg news, who reported this story originally. that get the bloomberg first word news with courtney donohoe. >> and the u.s.,

a shakeup by the president who has removed his chief strategist, stephen bannon, the former executivebreitbart news and has downgraded the role of his homeland security adviser, tom boxer. -- tom wasser after criticism from congress and washington foreign-policy establishment. the national intelligence director, dan coats, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, joseph dunford, they are regular attendees of the nsc's principal committee. steve bannon no longer on the national security council. nejra: interesting because steve bannon was supposed to be part of the delegation going with the president to meet xi jinping this week. let's get and big changes at deutsche bank after it slashed bonuses for the second straight year. three senior executives have left. running us is our managing editor for finance in europe, the middle east, and africa. thank you for joining us. was the second year of bonus cap suspected -- bonus cuts suspected? >> yes, difficult for the banks and legacy issues they have dealt with. clearing most of those by the end of last year. cutting back on compensation.

we heard of sparring between stephen bannon and jared kushner and one side of that -- so clearly, the president's team is not on the same page, a lot of in fighting and it sounds unclear of how the president will sort it all out by the end of this weekend. jim acosta. >> thank you very much down in florida. chelsea gabbert of hawaii, foreign affairs committee served in u.s. army and back in january in damascus with president bashar al-assad. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. >> wolf, good to talk to you. lets talk about this chemical attack. you tweeted about the attack and i will put it up on the screen. you tweeted this. whoever that's found responsible, be if the syrian government, al-qaeda or isis, must be held accountable. >> here is the issue, wolf, what i believe or what you believe or others believe is irrelevant. what matters is the evidence and facts. if bashar al-assad is responsible for these horrific chemical weapon attacks. i will be the first one to denounce him and call him a war criminal and prosecution at the international court and make sure the consequences

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security council, some changes were announced to its composition today with chief travis just stephen bannon effectively removed from it. in a statement today, bennett returned the focus to this unmasking controversy saying "susan rice operationalized the nsc during last ministry should so i was put on nsc to make sure it was the operationalized." referring to the new national security advisor has nsc back to its proper function. chuck, despite the use of phrases that are new to my ears, does his removal from the nsc represent a kind of a demotion for him? what should washington insiders who love to play the parlor game of testing people's relative power status conclude from this about steve banning? >> reporting of bob coston my paper who points out that he had sources saying the whole reason bannon was there was not too operationalize anything that was to keep an eye on michael flynn. it's also necessary to have bannon there anymore. at least that's what they're putting out. i think mcmaster has from the beginning taken a job with at least the understanding of the condition that over time

peter navarro and stephen bannon would have a stronger voice than that, i think what we are seeing is the administration is swinging back and forth. right now, they don't know what to do and is one reason that this meeting seems rushed. he didn't need to have this meeting right away, he should have come up with this policy first. the dangers of the chinese would run the table in that meeting, that's clearly not going to happen but it doesn't mean they have a strategy yet. >> julie: it does seem a perfect time to come to some sort of agreement with china and the u.s. we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much. >> jon: as julie and michael just told you, the president's meeting with chinese president she -- these are pictures from that event. the television and news pool has just left a meeting between the two leaders, the beginnings of a meeting most likely. president trump said they have made great progress, tremendous progress and relationship with china, lots of potentially bad problems would be going away he said. we expect that those remarks are on tape and we'll play that

. >> stephen: bannon just got kicked off the national security council. ( cheers and applause ) >> yupe been on there because the message that sends to, like, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who is removed from the n.s.c., the same day, says politics is at the heart of policy decision making. and i was in hundreds of hours of situation room meetings and we never, ever talked about politics because it shouldn't matter. you should make those decisions based on the merits and not based on rea re-election. >> stephen: what do you think obama and clinton should be doing, you know-- she didn't get into office and he's out of office? should they just lay back, or do you think it's proper for the opponent and the previous president to be out there and vocally opposing the actions of the sitting president? >> he said, you know, he's going to pick his battles and when they're important he's going to stip. and i think hillary has been speaking more lately, and i think that's good. i do think that, like, if there's one thing we have to take away from trump being president we don't need a

president trump has now removed his chief strategist stephen bannon from the national security councilson was given for his removal. the executive chairman of bryce barton's was elevated to the national security council principles committee. the move drew concern from critics who said it was inappropriate for the political adviser to play a role in national security matters.>>> republicans are also gearing up for another push to pass healthcare legislation. members of the conservative freedom caucus medley into the night with vice president mike pence. republicans are trying to bridge the gap between conservatives and moderates on a measure to change the nation's healthcare laws. members of the freedom caucus still want a full repeal of obama care. >> i'm glad people are pushing ideas. at the end of the day this is not the final analysis. this is not the end of the road. >> today a white house official said progress is being made. there is no timetable on a deal right now. one member the freedom caucus says it's unlikely to happen before congress goes on its two- week easter recess. >>

. >> you should be in with stephen bannon's people.advise him to chill and put rex tillerson forward and these great people forward.'s show that he has an experience, a deep bench and team, pro-american. we are going to get things going again. accentuate the positive. he's doing it at times. i like what he is doing with north korea right now.hi very measured with mexico and canada. we can get it done but he has to overcome his own excesses. >> sean: mercedes. >> i hate to say it but when we look at the democrats, from the beginning calling for possible impeachment, the fact that they believe there is collusion with russia and the fact that they are determined to take down this president -- this is not about president trump. he is focused on his agenda and moving forward. the democrats are there to stop his agenda and doing everythingg they can to do so. that liberal media -- they are part of that resistances movemet and i think it's incredibly harmful for america.a. our country, where we need to push forward for economic and national s

there will be a question about stephen bannon. he had a position on the national security council and of human to go, he is being removed from that position. and what is the security council going to look like after these changes? kevin: yeah, big scoop from our very own jennifer jacobs. following general h.r. mcmaster's promotion to being national security advisory. you'll remember that general mcmaster had replaced summoner bought -- resigning from the to viceing the campaign president mike pence. another name that i would this man. goldpulled over a former -- goldman sachs advisor. the sources that i'm speaking to following that great reporting that this is an assertion that general mcmaster has fully assumed to the position and they refute any criticism that steve bannon's influence is waning. they are arguing that this was the plan all along, to reshape the national security council. to bring in someone to succeed general flynn halloween his resignation. is no question that this has raised new questions about just whether or

news bombshell from the white house paid fox news confirms president trump's chief strategist stephen bannon position on the national security council. it was a controversial move when the president announced it. the fact that the man who is widely credited with helping him win the white house would be put in a position where he was privy to the nation's most sensitive intelligence. he is a former investment banker and the head of breitbart, again widely considered one of the architects of the president's victory. he is a navy veteran, but other than that, holds not typically the kind of credentials that would allow him to

capped off aattack week in which mcmaster consolidated his power with stephen bannon from the nationalecurity council. we now have eddie calling in from los angeles. what do you think? are you confident in the president's foreign-policy? caller: no. losing confidence in my fellow americans rapidly. i don't know. i don't understand why we can't see the harm we caused, but we can see the harm everybody else caused. this country, we spent so much oney devastation devastation. we got many to kill, but not money to heal. our country is falling apart. our schools are falling apart. ed byds every poison lead, the we ignore that wars for decades. you hear people saying god bless america. are you crazy? really? thou shall not kill, lie, or steel. nobody knows what sets that stuff over there. you're going off of with the .ideo said they have to get up and fight infrastructure, water, food. we need to get off of our high horse, really. trump is wrong. we are wrong. we need to ask for forgiveness. host: let's take a look at what some of the reaction is for congress to the airstrike last week. repu

tribe of new yorkers and their followers, there is the bannon neo-populist neo-nationalist of stephen bannon steve miller and their people and their followers and then there's the everybody else and they take wax at each other. i don't think i've seen a white house going back at least the last five presidents in which there's been as much evident infighting that spills out into the press. these people have no loyalty to the man they serve. they're not doing him any good by doing this. >> sandra: other reporting reveals that they get along, they just have differences philosophically. >> fine, and you want that, you want that. you want disagreements over policy, but you wantof purpose m spilling into the papers and into the media with stories of how those other guys are complete idiots and where the only crew true keepers of the p plan. where the only competent people around. none of that serves the president. >> sandra: it back to your point, it's about controlling that narrative. karl rove, things for being here. still to come, the frantic search for a fugitive who is believed to be armed an