was a celebrity-type of figure here, you could be a behind-the-door diplomacy person. it s notable she didn t tell pompeo or bolton that she was leaving. we saw pictures, just jumping into the guessing game, the name dina powell has been floated. there s a picture of her fishing over the weekend with nikki haley. and nikki haley was gushing this morning about ivanka trump and jared kushner. here she was. i can t say enough good things about jared and ivanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. i mean, to redo the nafta deal the way he did, what i ve done working him on the middle east peace plan, it is so unbelievably well done.
understand when it s time to step aside. i have given everything i ve got these last eight years, and i do think that sometimes it s good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. with me now, stewart holiday, a special ambassador for political affairs. welcome back. good to be here. there has been a lot of talk about nikki haley s political ambition, maybe she was still irked that she wanted the tillerson job at state. this is a tough job she s had these last many months. is it possible part of this is just burnout? it is. it s a combination of a couple things. she ll be the first cabinet member to go out on her own terms. that in and of itself for her political future is a great thing to have in her pocket. it is a tough job.
there a host of reasons possibly and why now. i just got to tell you by the way the french ambassador said nikki haley was one of the most talented and authentic officials i ve ever met. they may not have liked the u.s. policy, but they really liked nikki haley here. they called her a friend. even the bolivian ambassador said we may be a dysfunctional family, he had a chance to rip her considering what he said about donald trump but he passed on it. there are other reasons why others have left but still surprising. nobody thought she was going to last four years here under a trump administration. she would want to do something else. kaitlin, was the white house totally blindsided about this or
along. richard, i was listening to you earlier say that nikki haley has been a rock start at the u.n. our foreign allies really know and trust jim mattis and nikki haley. now with her departure, who would step in and steer the ship on foreign policy? we asked these diplomats now entering a meeting and nobody wanted to touch that. you can bet they re cabling with their home gfrts aovernments an it might mean. john bolton despises the u.n. he might prefer a more hawkish figure. people felt that nikki haley was a moderating figure that helped the u.n. avoid a budget ax or u.n. officials telling me she stopped more of a destruction of the u.n. organization. it will be very important as you heard what kind of ambassador, as you heard donald trump say
this year, shrinking middle needs more gridlock. if someone like me doesn t get elected, what does it say to those who want to be moderate or those who want to go to their base. i think that s wrong. for now, heitkamp is determined to be herself. when a band plays, she grabs the mic. you are my sunshine my only sunshine reporter: in north dakota, everyone who lives there is automatically registered to vote. but today, just a reminder, the registration deadline in 15 other states to be eligible to vote in the mid terms. so just a reminder for you for voting. president trump is speaking right this very moment about possible replacements for u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley. so we ll turn that around for you and you can hear from the president yourself. also ahead, we ve got to talk about this hurricane. hurricane michael barreling toward the florida panhandle. it could be the strongest storm to hit that area in more than a decade. so we ll show you when and where