general kelly, as chief of staff will say you into ed to curtail that. i think what he would be smart to do, from the communications recommendation is say, mr. president, you have a unique ability here to go around, to go through the media to get your message across when you re talking about your issues, when you want to make sure you get your story out completely unfiltered, that s the best way to do it. certain points you do want to go and pick that fight. certain things you know the media is not going to give you a fair shake. but look, general kelly is going to put in the pebest structure going to work. about the new reporting this morning of washington post saying it was president trump on air force one who dictated the message about don junior s meeting. it was a misleading message. that meeting may have ended up talking about adoption which is just a substitute for sanctions but that s not how it was sold
disorganized, i m not so sure that stands up. we ll see what the evidence finally proves. david but i appreciate it, ryan. david, let s get your analysis on what the problem is here, and what the potential solution may be. obviously the headline is scaramucci s out, kelly is in. those two things were apparently connected. what do you make of what the problem is, and what this potential solution may yield? well, i mean i just think it s been a joke. the behavior within the white house. i mean the lie from the president that as a business leader he was going to come in and run a great organization like his own organization, and then he has this nonsense. scaramucci acting like this is seventh grade home room, instead of the west wing, and the presidency. i mean, really a joke. so all right, so that s behind them. not shocking, given this white house, and how the president has decided to operate, and behavior he s decided to countenance in his midst.
mine and boom you re in the door. i don t know that the excuse offered up and leaked by the interns on jared kushner is one that s going to hold a lot of sway for people, certainly not for bob mueller. gentlemen, appreciate the perspective. thank you. we have so much news this morning we need to tell you about then cnn exclusive. according to two sources before becoming the new white house chief of staff, general john kelly was upset with how president trump handled the firing of fbi director james comey and even considered stepping down as secretary of homeland security as a result. shimon prokupecz joins us with more. what have you learned? new white house chief of staff john kelly was so upset with the way president trump handled the firing of fbi director james comey that he called comey shortly after he was terminated to say how angry he was. at the time, kelly was secretary of homeland security. the sources say kelly was particularly upset by the way
people, and he s fighting every war that can possibly, that he could possibly take on. when you do all of that, it s a losing proposition. maybe he s turned a corner here with a new chief of staff. we have to see what happens, but that is just another indication of the core problem in this white house. all right, so you have two issues. the first one is that the president s counsel said he had nothing to do with it. that was the word from the white house, and now the washington post says that was all a lie, to remind, here is his attorney on new day, being asked about this specifically. so he didn t have anything to do with the statement that don jr. put out being worked on with his team? no, the statement that don jr. put out, you talking about yesterday s, chris? the one over the weekend the president was seen as helping with. no, that was written by donald trump jr. and i m sure in consultation with his lawyer. the new york times is reporting the president okayed the
after only a few days on the job, communications director anthony scaramucci is out. the new chief of staff acting quickly to rein in the chaotic west wing. how successful will the general be? we will see. we have it all covered. let s begin with cnn s joe johns live at the white house. another interesting morning, joe. reporter: that s for sure, chris. the significance of this is of question, whether there was attempt to concealment at the highest level here at the white house, or if there s some other innocent explanation after that stunning revelation about the administration s response to the report in the new york times that don jr. met with a russian lawyer during the campaign. it has the potential to cause legal problems for the president as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the latest shakeup. the washington post reporting that president trump personally dictated his son s misleading initial statement about the reason for the june 2016 meeting