of the night saturday warning him. there are two explanations for this. the warning was not explicit or in fact, tillerson just thought this was another frequent warning that the president wanted him out and he is constantly been saying for months now that if he wants me out, he has to fire he to my face. i m not going to quit. this man wanted to stay on the job. in fact, those with him including my colleague abigail williams and gardener harris from the new york times and josh letterman from a.p. said he was on the tail end of this trip, flying home monday night he was in fact, briefing the press which he doesn t always do. he was in a very good mood and talked about what he intended to do in north korea and in the meetings the point person, he was anointing himself and with secretary mattias for diplomacy over rocket man and my button is
then this morning we all learned he was fired. and we still don t know why. that has led to questions today about the exact timing about whether tillerson knew he was already fired when he made those remarks or if he didn t might those remarks have been a precipitating event for his firing. those questions particularly pointed in light of the newly reported allegation russia allegedly believed they had veto power who would be secretary of state while donald trump is president. in terms of the man replacing tillerson as secretary of state if he is confirmed, the president says it will be mike pam p. it seems to be an opaque place but we know about him as a figure. he supported trump and proclaimed as he did in this tweet that stolen dnc e-mails published were proof that the
secretary of state. a piece of the story that relates to the russia scandal. i don t know whether or not it s relevant why rex tillerson was fired today but if there is a day you should know this happened, you should know this happened. that s next and more live results from pennsylvania. lots to get to tonight. stay with us. you know what s awesome? gig-speed internet.
bigger than your button. despite criticism on twitter and elsewhere from the president, back when the president was still being fire and furry a against north korea, rex tillerson was calling for diplomacy and he was constantly under cut by the president but could not be humiliated into quitting. he wanted to keep his job. he s not on twitter but called by an aid this morning around 8:44 and told the president fired him on twitter and still did not announce he was stepping aside until the president called him from air force one after 12 noon. there are reports john kelly persuaded the president to call the man and tell him he s out and he scheduled the 2:00. steve goldstein was fired i m told by the deputy director of white house personnel after that statement that was tillerson s version of how he was fired. there are two other names to add to your list, margaret, chief of
staff to rex tillerson and her deputy, as well. you need a bigger board. so tillerson s chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff to tillerson are out tonight with this announcement. exactly. let me ask you another question on this andrea, it may obviously be a coincidence, it was striking today else specially given that timeline they laid out that this firing poll lowed followed tillerson for the poisoning of the ex spy. is there any reason to think those events are related? i thought so initially. i was posting on that. when our colleagues called us from the refueling when they had w wi-fi and could give a statements that followed, a written statement from tillerson which exactly was what the brits were saying, what teresa may said as you pointed out and so different from what sarah sanders said from the briefing