I dont know. And the reason im thinking, you know, the comparison that would make that point best is saudi arabia, qatar, right . I mean, qatars a very interesting place in the sense that it has no citizens, right . I think its about 275,000 now, everybody else is an expat. All there is is money, and there has been extremely effective use of that money and qatari diplomacy. And if you compare sort of the last ten years of diplomacy, aljazeera, qatari use of money with the saudis, you would absolutely conclude they punch below their weight. But if you compare to iran, you know, iran has roughly three times the population of saudi arabia, and the percentage of the population that is in a sense involved in the life of the country, that is, for example, has a decent education, are professionals, women who are active in some way in the economy, iran is a much more, much more modern country than saudi arabia. And it isnt surprising in a way that the saudis would have a very hard time taking
Better relations with russia. But recent diplomatic action taken by moscow will not deter the commitment of the United States of america to our security, the security of our allies, and the security of freedomloving nations around the world. Bill that from a bit earlier. The new chapter begins in the west wing. General john kelly will be sworn in later this hour as the new chief of staff. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts to kick it all off now. Welcome back there and good morning. Good morning to you. Another hohum nothing much to talk about week here at the white house. The Vice President with some sharp words for russia today. Tempering the tough talk with the possibility that things can get better but only if russia lives up to the demands of the World Community to reverse its actions, aggressive actions in crimea and ukraine. In a speech today in estonia to nato troops. He said the president will soon sign the new russia sanctions bill. He also said that the russian act
Naming to the new chief of staff position, old chief of staff position, naming a new chief of staff, general john kelly, the former secretary of the department of Homeland Security. The president believes kelly is an emerging rock star in the administration and wants that level of expertise drive and discipline with him in the west wing. Listen to what the president said earlier today. What hes done in terms of Homeland Security is record shattering. You look at the border. Look at the tremendous results weve had. And you look at the spirit. And with a very controversial situation theres been very little controversy which is Pretty Amazing by itself. Reporter in the Oval Office Following kellys swearing in, in a Cabinet Meeting that occurred and on twitter, the president dismissing the notion that theres crisis in the west wing tweeting, highest stock market ever, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border securist, Supreme Court no white hou
He didnt want to burden general kelly also with that line of succession as i think weve made clear a few times over the course of the last couple of days to several of these individually but general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house and all staff will report to him. All staff will report to general kelly including ivanka trump and Jared Kushner which is a change in the chain of command at the white house because it used to be that ivanka and jared had their direct line of communication, scaramucci had a direct line of communication, bannon and chief of staffs office. That will all change. As to what will happen with scaramucci, we understand that he asked to return to the Export Import Bank to his previous position. No word yet from the white house as whether or not that will happen. When asked about it yesterday Sarah Huckabee sanders says he does not have a job in the Administration Currently but going back to xm. Shannon you have been rung down the repor
I feel comfortable were going to stick the landing on tax reform. Republicans regrouping after a failed effort to pass health care. The new effort on tax reform. Its happening now but we begin on this monday with a fresh start for the white house, you might say. General john kelly takes the reins as the new chief of staff. Hello. Im jon scott. And im molly line. Its day one for john kelly in one of the most powerful positions in california acting as gait keeper of the oval office. President trump hoping he can bring order to the west wing and get his agenda back on track. The president praised his new chief of staff at a Cabinet Meeting. I want to congratulate him on the great job hes done with Homeland Security. I have no doubt that he will be an absolutely superb chief of staff. Ellison barber is live at the white house with the latest on day one of a new era. Ellison . Good afternoon. The white house officially has a new chief of staff. Retired fourstar general john kelly. He left h