and money, power, politics. attention turns to tax reform. but will the plan match the promise? we re going to be submitting a tax bill in the very near future. we re going to begin this morning with the trump administration trying to spin some good news on a wild 24 hours after bringing in a new chief of staff to clean up the white house, president trump tweeted aed inst all of that, think of the day we had yesterday, he tweeted a great day at the white house. then just 90 minutes later, a new bombshell out, trump and russia again. allegations he had his own son deliberately mislead the public about his meeting with a russian lawyer. we have to talk about this for the next hour. i have the best team in the biz to talk all about it. starting with nbc s kristen welker live at the white house. kristen, we need to star first, let s get to the bottom of this washington post report. the fact that the president says great day at the white house,
far. helping the peshmerga take that territory. moving in other villages around here as well. turkey, though one of the many different powers here trying to make their claim on this offensive has put a bit of a bombshell out today, saying its jets were involved in the air strikes we ve been hearing recently. that s controversial because baghdad and iraqi government has said stay out of this offensive. turkey said we ll get involved because we need to protect some of the sunnis who live the sunni sect here of islam in the middle east, that they need to protect them, as they re much of the population in the city of mosul. a lot here happening. we re only in the second day of the offensive. we heard from the iraqi commander today telling cnn it could last as long as two months. the resistance isis is putting up, pretty intense. carol. all right, nick paton-walsh reporting live from inside iraq. it is a make or break face-off for both candidates at tomorrow night s debate. what are t
and i think that s the effect of having 17 candidates in primary right now. last question, angela, 17 candidates, who do you think is going to be dropping out next? well, you know, i think with that first tier we can look at santorum, who i like. we can also look at gilmore who i like. i wish we could put all of them on the same stage. excellent. money takes money. absolutely. and it s a long race so we have more than a year before the actual election. a lot more headlines to make. angela and marcy, thank you so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. thank you. thank you. bombshell out of baltimore this week. stephanie rawlings-blake, the embattled mayor says she s not running for re-election again over criticism how she handled the riots, and criticism the crime rate in that city soars, the new police commissioner of baltimore is here for an interview to break it all down. plus, coming back to earth. it s a mission where three astronauts, one who spent this
kidnapping and killing the warden s own stepdaughter. and we have major storms hitting the east coast at this hour. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a friday night. it wouldn t be the end of another week without another major bombshell out of washington. tonight, the shakeup at the white house. the chief of staff, reince priebus, seen getting on to air force with the president today, but by the end of the day, he would no longer have his job. tonight, in the pouring rain, the president answering questions about the latest figure in his administration to go. and about the retired general about to arrive in the west wing. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. reporter: tonight, standing in the pouring rain, president trump announced that reince priebus, his chief of staff, is out. replaced by homeland security secretary, general john kelly. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star