Your helpful notes. This involves two possible scenarios going forward. There is possibly no scenario at all, there was a plan being developed, i tillerson has said he wants to stay a year. Certainly the president has been critical of him in the past, a large number of people in the state department deal Rex Tillerson doesnt fit in the way they think a secretary of state show to fit in. There are plans in place for departure which i am told likely would happen sometime in the latter part of january, after january 20th. Dont forget tillerson was confirmed on february 1st, his oneyear anniversary would would actually be then. Lets put back up on the screen possible scenarios for succession here. The president really wants mike pompeo, the president would potentially move him in the secretary of state position and nominate tom cotton, senator from arkansas to become the new cia director. Cotton Whose Campaign i followed in arkansas a couple years back would buy all intents and purposes be
Kelly anne conway here, counsel to the president. President s Office Thinks we need an fbi thats objective. He is concerned to think any type of investigation was compromised. The revelation that an fbi had to be reassigned or taken out of this particular investigation because he was antitrump in his text and had interviewed general flynn and was more favorable for Hillary Clinton when she was being questioned. Thats very troubling for any american who knows justice should be blind and our fbi should be independent. Harris were learning more about this person with the antitrump texting. Catherine herridge is joining us. As part of our on going reporting on the clinton email case, our Team Revealed an fbi summary of her 2016 interview. It shows the same fbi agent was there in a formal capacity. The fbi summary reads in part, present for the interview were clintons attorneys david e. Kendall, sheryl d. Mills, heather samuelson. Also peter p. Struck. Fbi agent struck also weighed in on th
Issued a subpoena to Deutsche Bank to look into donald trump and families records in terms of their financial dealings. Just got a call 30 seconds ago. Again, im told by a source with knowledge of the investigation, a source who would be in the know, that there is no subpoena of Deutsche Bank by Robert Mueller the special counsel. Well dig more into that. Now, to what you were talking about just a second ago, sandra, we are expecting Sarah Huckabee sanders in the next hour or so to hold the briefing at which im told she will announce that the president will be making some sort of speech, some sort of announcement tomorrow on what the future of the u. S. Embassy in israel will be. I have been told for about a week now that the president is there in terms of wanting to make the move. Hes just been hearing from our allies in the region and around the world as to whether or not its a good idea and how to go ahead and do that. Deadline to resign the waiver that prevents the move of the emba
Now. John, what are the options that are being looked at currently . Reporter sandra, good afternoon. I want to point out that within the last hour the wall street journal is quoting john kelly, the chief of staff here as saying, whoa, theres no plan to remove Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. We should point out thereofnt a plan to remove him, only to replace him if and when he decides he wants to remove himself. So lets go back to where we started. That is plans to replace secretary of state rex tiller son, whom im told is expected to leave. This could all change. But, its kind of an open secret around here that he probably wants to step down at some point. Im told late january might be the timing. Mike pompeo, leading candidate to replace tillerson as secretary of state. If pompeo leaves the cia to go to the state department, the plan here would be, and this could also change as well, because this is still a long way off politically, for the president to get arkansas senator tom