with president trump s approach. also, stephen hadley, who was the national security advisor under president bush 43, being considered for the job. an old hand, could do it with his eyes closed. the reason why all this is happening this week it is because vice admiral robert harward, a navy seal, defeated commander at centcom, said no to the job offer. he has been working with lockheed in the private sector. it wasn t really working for his family to come back in the government for four years, probably one of the most intense jobs anywhere on the planet. his wife has convinced him, got to make a nice living in thepri. i don t want to say that you set your own hours, but maybe work less, decided not to take the job. back to square one trying to find a replacement for general flynn. gillian? thanks for that. it seems like every hour there is another person on the list. getting better and better, it s
meeting with the group. and vice president mike pence arriving in germany a short while ago. he is making his debut on the world stage as vice president. pence attending the munich security conference. he s going to speak there tomorrow. he s also planning to meet with german chancellor angela merkel. and bill cosby scoring a legal victory against one of his accusers today. a federal judge in massachusetts dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by a woman who says that he raped her back in 1974. cosby though still facing criminal charges i pennsyla where he has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting anoth man in 2014. he denies the allegations. republicans and democrats at this hour paying tribute to former house republican leader bob michael, republican from illinois, former aide says michael passed away today at the age of 93. he held the role of minority leader in the u.s. house for 14 years. that spanned the reagan, george h.w. bush and part of the clinton administrations.
announcements at the school that were not in english. somebody who richard spencer, white supremacist, claims he mentored at duke, although now stephen miller denies it. why isn t the republican party up in arms with someone like that with that kind of racial history being not just part of the administration but leading the policy hop? . let s go above the racial questions if you will. this is the quiet anxiety of most republicans including congressional republicans is how serious is the president taking this job? he is our president, president donald trump, like him or loathe him. how seriously is he accepting this responsibility? and the anxiety we have is based upon the decisions he made in the first 30 days. the people he is surrounding himself with. at some point, joy, this is very important, i mentioned bush 43, you know, nine months into bush 43 s administration, he became a war president. politics can be fun and games, it can be sport during a campaign, but this is real life.
bring in the steady hand. bush 43 came in in a similar environment. people are questioning his fitness. lost the popular vote. he surrounded himself by dick cheney and andy card, people whether you liked them or not were a steady hand. look, flynn s next. he s got to go. after that, who goes next? we will see turnover and frankly this 31-year-old should not have been the voice of the president on sunday morning tv when we re at such a pivotal moment. donald trump, president of the united states, who stephen miller worked for, who hired him, he seemed to be quite z satisfied with that defense of him. he tweeted out, congratulations, stephen miller on representing me this morning on the various sunday morning shows. he thought he did an absolutely great job. if the president likes this defense of him, has no problems with it so far, what would possibly change his mind? he s a narcissist that likes the loyalty. listen, what s he going to do with sean spicer? a good person but is be
and on the flynn issue, at the end of the day, we will see turnover in this administration. bush 43 came into office with an electoral college, popular vote issue. a lot of people saw him as a weak, young president. nine months later we were at nation at war. at some point we can t be a nation so divided. and this is where trump needs a senior steady hand who prepares this administration for whatever comes next, the politics of a campaign can be fun. the fights can be something we have around the kitchen table. but at some point we re going to be a nation united and it s going to require presidential leadership surrounded by intelligent, thoughtful, steady advisers. you think we re going to see anybody get removed? i think you re counting the days. sean spicer is a great guy, right? president trump makes business decisio decisions. when you re being lampooned on saturday night live, poor sean spicer. president trump has to say, look, is he doing his job or