the president would like to put rick perry with his long track record of helping veterans into a position like that. as to what happened today, we first reported the likelihood that this was going to happen to you last fall, that is getting rid of rex tillerson and putting in mike pompeo. five months after we first reported it, finally happened this morning. but it was not a surprise. it had been rumored for months. but the sudden announcement that secretary of state rex tillerson was fired sent shock waves through washington. >> we got along quite well. but we disagreed on things. when you look at the iran deal. i think it's terrible. i guess he thought it was okay. >> president trump made the decision last week. white house officials say chief of staff john kelly called tillerson who was traveling in africa on friday to tell him he would have to step aside. officials say tillerson asked kelly if the president would wait until he returned.