strong, very quiet, quiet strength he has, determination. certainly he s a great leader. everyone i ve spoken to at hhs has a great regard for him. do you expect more shoes to drop? i have no idea. i m trying to catch the 6:00 train here at union station. anyway, i ll let you know if i hear of any more shoes drop. you have a lot going on. congressman peter king as usual, thanks very much for joining us. thanks, wochllf. thank you. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. we re following breaking news tonight. the biggest shake up yet in the tumultuous trump white house. the white house chief of staff, reince priebus, forced out and replaced now by the current homeland security secretary retired marine corps general john kelly. president trump making the announcement on twitter just
working with the police. this is a concerted effort. this should send a sense of confidence to the people living in those communities. it s not you or i that will be cut to pieces. it s going to be the children of immigrant families who are being butchered by this gang. it is important for the president to be there and a great show of support. thanks so much for joining us. thank you. peter king of new york. this just coming into the situation room. anthony scaramucci new white house communications director just tweeted this response to what article we have been referring to. quote, i sometimes use colorful language. i will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for real donald trump s agenda. we are following all of these breaking news developments. this concluding on turmoil through the highest levels of the trump administration.
reince priebus and other aspects of ongoing stuff at the white house he was getting worked up into a tizzy. he had just left earlier in the evening left that dinner with trump. one of the other things we reported in the piece is that at the dinner he told me he raised some of the same issues with president trump and raised the issues of reince priebus leaking against him. he said he was going to talk to the president more today about them. i want you to stand by because we will have more quotes from this very, very powerful and very dramatic article that you have written. republican congressman peter king of new york is with us right now, a member of intelligence and homeland security committees. i want your reaction. we have spoken many times over the years. what is your reaction to this conversation that he had with the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci? is it appropriate when you heard that report what did you think? i read the article about a half hour
and islamic terror of all kinds. reporter: the president slipped and said islamic terror instead of islamist terror the white house said because he is, quote, exhausted. top administration officials who danced the night away with the saudis are stepping around that comment. he s doing better than i am, and he s got a few years on me. reporter: the president is likely to find the negotiations are going to get tougher when he meets with the palestinian president in bethlehem tomorrow. the president will have his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. reince priebus and chief strategist steve bannon are already back at the white house. jim acosta from jerusalem, thank you. let s get more on all of this from the leading republican on both the house intelligence and homeland security committees, congressman peter king of new york. thanks for joining us. thank you, wolf. how problematic is it, in
if you have a president interferin interfering, the director had an obligation to do something about it. the former fbi director comey, as you know he s going to be testifying publicly the week after memorial day, that following week. how far do you think that will go in setting the record straight? it will be difficult. i ve regard for jim comey. i never had problems with jim comey at all. as far as i know we had a good relationship on the homeland security committee and the house intelligence committee. he could be somewhat restricted by bob mueller as to what he can say in public. often when director comey has been in public hearings, certainly with the intelligence committees, there s many questions he just can t answer because they were part of an investigation. so in this case, director mueller or excuse me, special counsel mueller, could well say that he does not want jim comey to testify about his conversations with the president if they are part of the investigation. p