Plug on summer plans and the new efforts to get the power back on this morning. And ride of terror. Survivors speaking out about the deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair. Fire ball ride breaking apart. We put her down on the ground and i was checking for a pulse. And new legal action this morning. Live from abc news in new york, this is good morning america. Good saturday morning, everyone. Dan, as you can see, has the morning off. I dont know what we owe this honer to but we are so glad to have chief White House Correspondent jon karl in the house. Good to be here. Like the White House Briefing room. A little, just as friendly. We are so glad youre here. We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I love the tie by the way. Dan never wears colorful ties. Jon, great to have you. We are going to begin with morning with the white house shakeup. The president s chief of staff Reince Priebus resigns and replaced by john kelly. A fourstar general. Its been six months of chaos in
Probably only person that night who voted for donald trump and i thought i would be be back and, in fact, staid until 2 a. M. I did my show an saw the president spoke at 8 30 a. M. And stunned if there was i have been saying this everywhere if the nfl was like them we would be in the publisher protocol. We doapght need the Republican Party and, in fact, they said they dont. When you write a book about what the republicans should do with president elect trumple and i said general do that. Can you do it in 60 days because ive been thinking what would it be like as a republican majority and a republican president . And so slowed down. I did the next few days to put the book on the 24th of the monday after the president was sworn in and its about what . And ought to support the congress, what liberals ought to think about us and how we can actually get stuff done. What do liberals think about us . That were not crazy but the best interest in the country at heart and care about poor people
Revolutionary at a time when people on the left and the right are handwringing about what to do about donald trump who has become president. You wrote a book about how to get things done. Tell me why you wanted to do this project. When did you start this project . Guest the day after the election. I had meetings planned with my agent, bob burnett, at the big publishers in new york the day after the election which i send donald trump would lose by 10 00 at night. I was probably the only person i can be sure, but i was probably the only person in 30 rock at nbc that night who voted for donald trump and i thought i would be home by 10 00 to do my readers show the next morning. We stayed until 2 a. M. And did much of the next morning. I saw the president speak at two am and was stunned, and if there was, i can sing this paper, if the meeting was like the nfl would also be in the concussion protocol. I went to all this may be expecting the to say thank you very much, we dont need a book on
Are two factions within the Transition Team trying to get the president elects ear. What do you make of all this . You are right. Donald trump is building this team of dissenting voices. You see that with his pick of the chief of staff trains priebus and chief strategist steve bannon. Some are taling them to pick an olive branch to the party, the part of the gop that rejected him when he clinched the nomination. The other faction would say romney would be a disappointment to people who put them in if the white house. That romney represents the failures of the Republican Party. Which side of that argument that sarah laid out, which side will the president elect listen to. I think its a wise decision to think about bringing in a former leader that speaks to the never trump movement. But at the same time i do understand that in trump is going to analyze to see who is the best person qualified to in the prestigious position as secretary of state. Reporter if you had to pick between rudy an
Appearance. Has listen been out of the public eye. Castros reign was marked by the bay of pigs invasion in 1961 and the cuban missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Fidel castro turned over the power to his brother in 2008. Last year, president obama became the first president to visit cuba since 1928. Stay with us for continuing coverage on the death of fidel castro. We are working to bring you the latest on air and online. Now, to a recount in wisconsin. After the state accepts the petition to reexamine votes for the president of the United States. We are standing up for a Voting System we deserve and we can have confidence in. That has integrity. That is former president ial candidate and Green Party Nominee jill stein whose effort to fund recounts have collected 5 million. In addition to wisconsin, she is pushing for recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. Reporter our analyst says he doesnt expect the recount to change the outcome. But, that it is good f