A good tuesday morning. We begin with the shakeup at the white house. The Communications Director forced out just days after taking the job. Anthony scaramucci was reportedly escorted from the white house grounds. His 11day tenure coming to an abrupt end as general john kelly is sworn in as chief of staff. Scaramucci is the fifth senior aide to resign in just six months into the trump presidency. Three of them including press Secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus stepped down in just the last week and a half. The president tweeting a great day at the white house. Abcs Kenneth Moton is following the developments including the president s role in crafting that russia meeting statement. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, the mooch is out after he rubbed a number of white house staffers the wrong way. It appears that this was all the doing of the president s new chief of staff who wanted a clean slate day one. West wing chaos. The Trump White House now dealing with
Tonight, news coming in of Lightning Strike this is evening. At least three people hit. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on about tuesday night, and we begin with that white house admission today that President Trump did, in fact, help his son, don junior, write that response, that explanation as to why don junior and several others met with that russian lawyer in trump tower. We learned the president worked on don juniors statement while on air force one while he and the first lady were traveling back from the g20, but the president s personal attorney repeatedly said the president had nothing to do with don juniors statement. Why the changing story . Abcs chief white house correspondent, cecilia vega, leading us off. Reporter tonight, an admission from the white house President Trump himself helped craft his sons first statement about that Infamous Trump tower meeting with the russians, a statement that ultimately proved to be misleading. Don junior initially clai
Tonight, news coming in of Lightning Strike this is evening. At least three people hit. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on about tuesday night, and we begin with that white house admission today that President Trump did, in fact, help his son, don junior, write that response, that explanation as to why don junior and several others met with that russian lawyer in trump tower. We learned the president worked on don juniors statement while on air force one while he and the first lady were traveling back from the g20, but the president s personal attorney repeatedly said the president had nothing to do with don juniors statement. Why the changing story . Abcs chief white house correspondent, cecilia vega, leading us off. Reporter tonight, an admission from the white house President Trump himself helped craft his sons first statement about that Infamous Trump tower meeting with the russians, a statement that ultimately proved to be misleading. Don junior initially clai