. >>> the white house shakeup. the senior white house official to resign, following allegations made by two of his ex-wives, detailing alleged abuse. >>> also tonight, after the president said, let's have a shutdown several different ways, tonight, senate leaders come up with their own plan to avert it. >>> the deadly police shooting playing out on a major highway. the suspect opening fire, then speeding down the wrong way of the highway, leading to multiple collisions.

. >>> the white house shakeup. house official to resign, following allegations made by two of his ex-wives, detailing alleged abuse. >>> also tonight, after the president said, let's have a shutdown, several different ways, tonight, senate leaders come up with their own plan to avert it. >>> the deadly police shooting playing out on a major highway. the suspect opening fire, then speeding down the wrong way of the highway, leading to multiple collisions. >>> the manhunt at this hour. a suspected serial shooter already killing several people. and we h

. >>> the white house shakeup. enior white house official to resign, following allegations made by two of his ex-wives, detailing alleged abuse. >>> also tonight, after the president said, let's have a shutdown, several different ways, tonight, senate leaders come up with their own plan to avert it. >>> the deadly police shooting playing out on a major highway. the suspect opening fire, then speeding down the wrong way of the highway, leading to multiple collisions. >>> the manhunt at this hour. a suspected serial shooter already killing several people. an

. >>> the white house shakeup. the senior white house official to resign following allegations made by two of his ex-wives detailing alleged abuse. >>> also tonight, after the president said, let's have a shutdown, several different ways tonight, senate leaders come up with their own plan to avert it. >>> the deadly police shooting playing out on a major highway. the suspect opening fire then speeding down the wrong way of the highway, leading to multiple collisions. >>> the manhunt at this hour. a suspected serial shooter already killing several people. and we have the chilling surveillance video. >>> and the patriots star the break-in and tonight here, the 911 call. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. and a very messy one, too, on roads and highways across this country. a driving nightmare today. ice, snow heavy rain. even tornado warnings. and take a look at the radar tonight. that storm stretching from texas, all the way up to maine. icy conditions causing mu

refused to answer whether the white house worked with anyone on his staff as they put that memo together. lester? >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> a surprise shakeup to report at the cdc. its director dr. brenda fitzgerald resigned today amid growing conditions about financial conflicts of interest. fitzgerald, a trump appointee, came under fire after she reportedly bought stocks in tobacco and health care companies after she took over at the cdc in july. this comes, of course, as the cdc is overseeing the response of the worst flu season nearly a decade. tonight, this flu emergency is hitting home for many across the country. long lines for the flu shot, pharmacies struggling to keep tamiflu on hand. and schools and churches taking urgent action to prevent the spread. we get the latest from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: in florida, louisiana, and texas today, the offer of free flu shots brought out families like the belews. >> we know it's more prevalent this year than it has been in the past, and so we just knew it was time. >> reporter: an urgent reason to get vaccinated, cases like 45-year-old hope mccord-mcfarland. >> it's every mother's

domestic abuse allegations against a top white house official are causing a new shakeup at the white house this morning. staff secretary rob porter, gate keeper to the oval office, is on his way out after his two ex-wives claim that he abused them. one of them says he punched her in the face. >> rob porter calls the charges false and outrageous. he could leave as early as today. julianna goldman is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. the role of staff secretary is one of the most important jobs in the white house. they oversee every piece of paper that lands on the president's desk from articles to classified briefing materials. >> he is going to be leaving the white house. >> white house press secretary sara sanders said secretary aide rob porter voluntarily resigned. his ex-wife showed a picture of what she looked lyle after he punched her while on vacation. in a statement he said these allegations are false but admitted he had taken the photos. his second wife jennifer willoughby detailed it with the "washington post." >> within a matter of a couple of weeks after be

the white house is now saying about that. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. and we begin with that shakeup at the white house. a top aide to the president is now gone tonight, after multiple allegations of domestic abuse from two ex-wives. staff secretary rob porter, often at the president's side, was defended by chief of staff john kelly as a, quote, man of true integrity and honor. he's now resigned. these photos of porter's first wife who claims that black eye was just one case of physical abuse. tonight, abc news has learned that both of those women were interviewed by the fbi for his security clearance months ago. so, what did the white house know? abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the president's staff secretary, rob porter, is out. abruptly packing up his office, a day after the white house said he would not leave immediately. the west wing in crisis mode after two of porter's ex-wives came forward to publicly accuse him of domestic violence. his first wife, colbie holderness, sharing this photo, showing her black and blue eye,

the white house knew about the claim. there are reports president trump's chief of staff could be the next to go. we are joined by lauren blanchard live on capitol hill with more.>> reporter: another shakeup at the white house. there are reports chief of staff job is over the line -- is on the line over handling of abuse allegations. the second member of the president staff is out of a job after he was also accused of domestic violence.>> he said very strongly he is innocent. you will have to talk to him about that. we absolutely wish him well.>> reporter: john kelly facing criticism after the white house sponsored to alleged abuser staff secretary rob porter. among unanswered questions how much kelly new and for how long. kelly released a statement in support of porter on wednesday. when photos of one of his ex- wives with a like i became public he changed his tune in a new statement -- like i. a number of lawmakers called for kelly's resignation. california democrat jackie spirits weeding what does white house chief of staff kelly mean when he says they take domestic violence seriously? does that mean ignored the fbi review allowing a serial domestic violence abuser to work in the white

the shower in a rage. >> another shakeup at the white house. >> the resignation of one of the president's closest aides. >> staff secretary rob porter resigning wednesday after his two ex-wives first told the "daily mail" he physically and verbally abused them. >> he helped flow the information to the president. he was a frequent presence at trump's side. >> the "daily mail" publishing this photo of porter's first wife. >> multiple outlets are reporting that porter is dating communications director hope hicks. >> now the question is, who knew what and when? >> his updated response reads, in part, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. >> sources say he knew about the two domestic abuse charges. certainly reflects poorly on the general. >> which means, kelly didn't care and, even now, is defending this conduct, which is so sickening. >> he just decided that the white male employee working for him couldn't possibly beat his former wives because he said he didn't. well, that's ridiculous and shame on john kelly. >> the central question, when did the president first learn of

. >>> domestic abuse allegations against a top white house official are causing a new shakeup at the , one of the staffers who was involved in drafting statements defending porter. >> north korea has really dominated the run up to these games staging this massive military parade on the eve of the opening ceremony. >> the pentagon says u.s. air strikes that killed about 100 militants loyal to bashar al assad were self-defense. >>> the senate is expected to okay a deal to avoid a government shutdown in less than a month but the house may not go along. >>> researchers at the university of maryland created a one-of-a-kind device that collects virus samples from your breath. >> people started lightning up around midnight to get a glimpse of the winning team as they get ready to make their way down this parade route and we all know that. >> in soens to teenagers eating tide pods new york state lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would force companies to make their detergent pods look less appetizing. to absolutely guarantee that american kids won't eat them, here's what the new tide

>>chris: talk about possible white house a shakeup after a domestic abuse scandal. while thes no go. we will discuss what the deal means for the nation's debt, stock market and coming debate over the dreamers with white house the director, mick mulvaney was being talked about as a possible replacement for chief of staff. then, the deficit hawks in congress feel betrayed by a republican president and congressional leaders. >> a country cannot go on spending money like this forever. >> this is the second-largest discretionary increase seco

>>chris: talk about possible white house a shakeup after a domestic abuse scandal. while thego. we will discuss what the deal means for the nation's debt, stock market and coming debate over the dreamers with white house the director, mick mulvaney was being talked about as a possible replacement for chief of staff. then, the deficit hawks in congress feel betrayed by a republican president and congressional leaders. >> a country cannot go on spending money like this forever. >> this is the second-largest discretionary increase seco

>>chris: talk about possible white house a shakeup after a domestic abuse scandal. while thego. we will discuss what the deal means for the nation's debt, stock market and coming debate over the dreamers with white house the director, mick mulvaney was being talked about as a possible replacement for chief of staff. then, the deficit hawks in congress feel betrayed by a republican president and congressional leaders. >> a country cannot go on spending money like this forever. >> this is the second-largest discretionary increase se

>>chris: talk about possible white house a shakeup after a domestic abuse scandal. while the president has no go. we will discuss what the deal means for the nation's debt, stock market and coming debate over the dreamers with white house the director, mick mulvaney was being talked about as a possible replacement for chief of staff. then, the deficit hawks in congress feel betrayed by a republican president and congressional leaders. >> a country cannot go on spending money like this forever. >> this is the second-largest discretionary increase second only to obama. >> we will ask ohio congressman jim jordan whether his house freedom caucus is out of business. >> we wish him well. >>chris: backlash to president trump's defense of the senior staff are accused of being abused by two ex-wives. >> as you probably know, he says he's innocent. >> no question he could've handled it better. >>chris: we will ask our panel about the mishandling of the rob porter affair will cost others their jobs. and our power player of the week. the keeper of the truth of nazi art glorifying adolf h

that's from hope hicks, announcing that she is set to leave the white house in the next couple of weeks. joe, back to your point, directly, shakeupsrump world, that's watercooler talk du jour here, inside the beltway. kushner's political orbit has made clear that he has no intention of backing off the roles he has been assigned. julia: three down, white house communications director, an unlucky title. three down in eight months. great work, kevin, as always. more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: some investors are sleeping on the so-called frontier markets. it's in areas that citigroup has a constructive view on. joining us now to discuss, andrew howell. andrew, before we get to the markets that you like, let's talk about the backdrop for why this is a good time to look at these kinds of markets. what does it say about the cycle? andrew: the main, defining accept -- aspects of frontier markets is they are less closely followed and they tend to lag behind in bull markets, economic recovery. however, as the bull market matures, that's the time for fronting markets to shine. this year is a very good opportunity for that to contin

the white house isn't saying. today he will be delivering remarks at the national prayer breakfast, but obviously this shakeup is loomingministration and there will be tough questions throughout the day this white hou house, mika. >>> coming up, not everyone is in step with president trump's plans for a military parade. we'll get congressman adam ki kinsinger's take. he's a pilot in the air national guard. that's ahead. don't we need that cable box to watch tv? nope. don't we need to run? nope. it just explodes in a high pitched 'yeahhh.' yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. this is the story of green mountain coffee roasters dark magic told in the time it takes to brew your cup. first, we head to vermont. and go to our coffee shop. and meet dave. hey. why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good, he asks? let me show you. let's go. so w

the white house says they're saving more than a billion dollars. they want the jets by 2021. we'll have more on that. >>> in the meantime, a huge shakeupplomats calls it quits. joseph yun retiring at the end of this week. our senior international correspondent ivan watson joins us with the latest. what have you learned on this? >> reporter: rex tillerson, the secretary of state has reluctantly accepted this resignation coming from joseph yun, the man who was the special representative since 2016 on north korea. yun tells cnn this retirement is completely his own decision. a lot of his colleagues are saying this is a big loss to the state department because yun is a more than 30-year veteran of the u.s. foreign service with a lot of experience here in east asia. he had that delicate and ultimately tragic assignment last year of traveling to pyongyang to try to retrieve the imprisoned american university student otto warmbier only to learn he was basically dying of brain damage, in a coma. some of the former state department officials we talked to are saying this is a setback because now diplomacy is more important than ever here in kore

the answer to that, we could all just go home. i don't know if anybody is checking twitter, but please let us know if there is a white house shakeup happening while we are talking here. you might have missed it. did you notice it was on president trump's schedule today for a meeting in the oval office? henry kissinger. to me, that was sort of a perfect setup for this conversation tonight. washington is something that both nixon and donald trump loved to bash. nixon as you said, loved to set himself up in opposition to the georgetown set, he hated the elitists in washington, they just did not get him, donald trump ran against the swamp, but in many ways you are saying one year into trump's experiment on all of us. [laughter] susan: that washington, it is like a casino. historically the house always finds a way to win. henry kissinger will adapt to any power in the white house. he is still getting active meetings at the age of 93 or whatever it is. they are not the same, and we seem to be engaged in this incredible moment of history echoing or rhyming or maybe just laughing at us. i will admit, one of the first things i did after ja

shakeup is the big question. multiple people here say the president doesn't really have an appetite for more drama within his white house. and so that may be the one thing that holds him back. even as he contemplates potential replacements for john kelly and potentially some other people involved in this matter. the one thing holding him back is that he wants to row jekprojs steady hship. >> and with conversations i've had with folks in washington, not that many people want to serve in this administration. even with sterling reputations that go in to that west wing come out very battered and bruised. think of the way people were talking about john kell i will before he took this role and the way they are talking about him now. i can't imagine there are folks that think gosh, that is a great place to work and i can really make a difference. kristen welker, thank you very much. matt, peetter, maria, thank you for your time. and we'll talk to the president of now who is causing on john kelly to resign and we'll also look at what this all says about the culture inside the white house. the "new york times" might be she would

a shakeup is very possible, and the reality is that the picture that is emerging is that john kelly, perhaps donald mcgahn as well, the white housensel, was aware, at least, of some of these allegations against rob porter for months, or at least certainly that he wasn't going to be able to get an fbi security clearance. does it become tenable for the white house chief of staff to basically have known about -- that there were credible allegations against this man in terms of his treatment of women and yet was still letting him handle classified documents and being in a position with the president? look, this is a president who very much wants to kind of circle the wagons. that's what he's always done. he put out that statement yesterday that just, again, seemed to be like julian said, attacking the me too movement because it comes very close to him. so many figures in this country have said, this is a period where we need to listen to what women are saying, to think about what women are saying, to take seriously these allegations. not once in awfll of these mont has donald trump said, myself, my staff, we're going to sort of take

white house aides to resign. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. we absolutely wish him well. >> staff shakeup. reports general john kelly could be among thetion from the west wing. outrage grows as how the chief of staff handled those allegations. and i'll talk to one of the women who accused the president himself of sexual misconduct. we begin this hour with that tweet from president trump, warning people's lives are being shattered and destroyed

white house aides to resign. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. we absolutely wish him well. >> staff shakeup. reports general john kelly could be among the next wave of resignation from the west wing. outrage grows as how the chief of staff handled those allegations. and i'll talk to one of the women who accused the president himself of sexual misconduct. we begin this hour with that tweet from president trump, warning people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. the president not saying what led to that tweet this morning. it did come during the week in which two west wing aides, former staff secretary rob porter and former speech writer resigned amid allegations they abused their ex-wives. i know you spoke to john kelly about rob porter's departure. what did the chief of staff have to say? >> good afternoon, david. there is confusion here and there have been conflicting facts coming from the white house, making this harder to sort out. david sorensen, speech writer, was pressed to resign. he was confronted with the allegations and chose to leave, denying the allegations, the white house says. both of these set