At ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Accompanied by medal of honor recipient. Recipient captain gary m. Rose, United States army, retired. Let us gather in these sacred words. No one has greater love that than this, to lay down ones life for ones friends. Let us pray. Almighty god, we thank you for the gift of this day, of this living lives all devoted to in service to you and this country. Our hearts are especially grateful this day for the courage, honor, and Extraordinary Service of specialist james mcluhan, whose acts of bravery conveyed to us a true understanding of the bravery of life as his service demonstrates your faithfulness and a unconditional love for all humanity, we ask you to continue to inspire and guide others to their own acts of selflessness and grant all of us hearts eager and preservewill life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness liberty. Amen. Thank you very much. Please, be seated. You chaplain hurley. Secretary mnuchin, secretary shulk
Like the inner circle was similar to the reality show survivor. Well, he is the latest head to roll in this shakeup at the white house just over a week after being White House Communications director. Fox news confirmed that he is out. Sources telling the New York Times first quote the decision to remove mr. Scaramucci came at the request of the new chief of staff. Now, thats yet to be confirmed. But if so, general john kelly, the man who just this morning was sworn in and welcomed by President Trump to replace Reince Priebus who was in that position and with whom Anthony Scaramucci had a long, brewing feud took the reigns. We do want to mention, of course, this very decorated general kelly from the marines now takes command almost immediately. Hes former Homeland Security secretary, and he is now President Trumps right and left hand man. He is very decorated, as i mentioned, and hes tasked with putting a spit shine on a team that has had a lot of trouble following the chain of command
Brangham all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brangham the tumult at the white house continues to churn at a pace unprecedented in an american presidency. Anthony scaramucci, just 10 days on the job of Communications Director is out. The move comes on john kellys first day as President Trumps chief of staff. Our own Lisa Desjardins is here to walk us through these shake ups at the top. Welcome, lisa. Thank you. Pretty busy set of days here. Walk us through the time like of how we got here. To do that, west go back to ten days ago. Thats when we saw A
Up and went and got him. Thats my job. Mason and forgiveness for a much vilified chicago cubs fan. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. General john kelly reported for duty today as new white house chief of staff and left no doubt that he is in command. His first order of bids, giving Anthony Scaramucci his discharge papers just ten days after he was named Communications Director and just three days after scaramucci won a power struggle with reince priebus, forcing his ouster as chief of staff. So far in the trump presidency, there have been nearly half as many firings at the white house as in an average season of the apprentice. Heres chip reid. I love the president. I love the team. Im a super optimistic guy. Reporter that was Anthony Scaramucci ten days ago, his first day on the job as white house Communications Director. Five days later his tone had changed dramatically. In a profanitylaced interview with the new yorker, he
Im frances. And im phillip mena. The general takes command and cleans house. Newly instilled chief of staff and retired general john kelly has begun to rein in a tumultuous administration, ousting anthony scaramucci. It was just ten days ago that scaramucci delivered a performance that was celebrated by his boss, only to push the envelope too far. And it looks to be just the first of many moves we can expect from the new chief of staff. For more, were joined by tracy pots. Fill us in on how this played out. Reporter frances, what were hearing from sources who are familiar with what happened here, john kelly had a lot to do with this in terms of bringing order and getting scaramucci out of there. Ivanka trump, Jared Kushner, the president s adviser and soninlaw also reportedly on board with that. In fact, the White House Press secretary said the president found scaramuccis profanity filled tirade inappropriate. So now one big opening near the top with general kelly now in power to be at