starts to get things done. people want tax reform done. people are even support on health care is getting less. people are starting to support obamacare more and more because the republicans have not made a case for what they re going to do that s going the make people comfortable. if they don t come back from this two week recess with some real action, some steps they re going to take, i don t think these numbers are going to be improving at all. leland: as you point out, some independents have been pleased, as you might say, with the gorsuch confirmation, with the syria attack, which, as you said, doing something. politico had a very interesting peeing. the headline piece. the headline, trump base turns on him. it was like here s the chance to do something different, and that s why people s hopes are dashed. there was always the question of, quote, did he really believe this stuff. apparently, the answer is not as much as you d like. lee strahan, former breitbart news writer. wha
immigration. at least half of you tried to get that right because it continually comes up in the reporting. reporter: you can see, jake, why people might be mistaking this since the president is calling it a military operation. but from a purely factual standpoint, it s not a military operation. i.c.e. is a law enforcement agency, it is not a military agency. that is who is enforcing these rules at the border. today sean spicer was asked about that in the briefing and he said the president was just using military as an adjective to describe that they were going to implement their immigration guidance with precision. back to you. maybe general kelly should voice his frustration to someone other than the media on that issue. sara murray, thank you so much. former breitbart chairman steve bannon said he wanted to destroy all of today s establishment. now that the outsider is the ultimate insider with a vast portfolio as the white house chief strategist, the big question, have his
he has a certain idea of what he wants to do and he will have to press forward with that. as we know from his conduct and writings as a military officer, he does speak truth to power and that s a quality the president needs right now. the new york times has an interesting segment. his task now will be to take over a rattled and demoralized apparatus that remains uncertain about its place in the white house given the foreign policy interests of bannon, former breitbart news chairman, who is the president s chief strategist. morale, when it comes about what the president said to intelligence agencies and now flynn is out and the next pick said no to the president and now this third pick comes in, and how does he boost morale? well, by probably leadership by example, and he brings with him a great reputation, and i think people will rally around him, as i said, the big
pence, the vice president-elect this morning. now, paul ryan also would not criticize donald trump in any way whatsoever, even over that very controversial pick to name steve bannon, former breitbart news, as a senior adviser in the white house. saying donald trump will be judged by his results, not necessarily the people he picked. i asked if there are any concerns about donald trump s children potentially having security clearances as well as them running the family business if that was a conflict of interest in any way. and paul ryan really downplayed that. he said that he surrounds himself with good people and that s why he s made good decisions. so a real theme of unity here, carol. all right, manu raju, reporting live, i ll get you back to it. thanks so much. thank you for joining me today. i m carol costello. at this hour after a break.
federal lawyers have asked the judge to postpone hearings on trump university. preparing to testify will take away from trump s critical and all hp consuming presidential transition work. the federal class action lawsuit over alleged fraud had been rescheduled to begin on november 28th to avoid the presidential campaign. we ll have more on this in a moment. donald trump s transition is about to take a step ahead. the first key role, chief of staff, could be announced as soon as tomorrow. rnc chair reince priebus and steve bannon from breitbart. here s what trump s transition advisor kellyanne conway said yesterday about the timing of that announcement. do you have a sense of a timetable for chief of staff? it s imminent. it s imminent.