i ll answer first. we have a fluid list of those who are still unaccounted for. and they definitely include foreign nationals. it is a fluid list. we can t say it s a final list. and we ve been in touch with the consulates for the various countries represented. and we are working with the state department as well . i m listening to the county officials, the mayor, the governor of the first responders on the scene. on the right of the scene, you see the horrific collapse of the condominium tower in surfside, florida. let s bring into the conversation one of the most concerned, the spiritual leader at a sin notynagogue in surfsid.
i will answer first. obviously we have a fluid list of those who are still unaccounted for and they definitely include national. we can t say it s the final list. we been in touch with the consulate for the various countries represented and we are working with the state department. [speaking spanish] thank you, last question before we go over.
white house chief of staff? a question being asked more and more often now with general john kelly due to exit his post at the end of the month. it s a fluid list, and of those on it a number who have reportedly signaled to the white house, a number of folks have said we re not interested. the latest to be out of the running, congressman mark meadows. the white house says he s too valuable there in congress. let me bring in gabby orr, white house reporter for politico, shannon petty piece also with me, a white house reporter for bloomberg. whose idea was it to remoove hi from the running? the white house said it was theirs. is that true? there was a lot of speculation that meadows in a way removed hills from the running by being too visible about wanting the job. it s kind of known in trump s orbit that if you lobby too hard for a job, it s sort of a turnoff for the president. he wants someone who plays hard
the way he did. it is a fluid list. white house officials are cautioning nothing is final. we have mark meadows at the top of the list and robert lighthizer and steve mnuchin also on the list along with a few others whose names have been floated in the past during discussions of john kelly s job and now brought up again. john kelly was at work in his office on monday, but people at the white house are saying they are aware they have three weeks left to find a new chief of staff. dave and christine. steve mnuchin and robert lighthizer are negotiating on trade. it is hard to believe they will leave those jobs. president trump will meet with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi later this morning at the white house. democrats, republicans and white house have until december 21st to reach a budget deal and avert a partial government shutdown.
he and president trump could not come to agreement on the timing. president trump wanted him to commit to two years. he said he has a desire to move back to his home state and wanted to do the job of a temporary basis. that is leaving president trump to find someone to take his place. unlike what donald trump has done in the past, two people up for consideration for a job, he only had nick ayers as taking over for john kelly and did not think he would turn down the job the way he did. it is a fluid list. white house officials are cautioning north thing is final. we have mark meadows at the top of the list and robert lighthizer and steve mnuchin also on the list along with a few others whose names have been floated in the past during discussions of john kelly s job and now brought up again.