all of this as the president is tweeting that white house us counsel don mcgahn is leaving this fall, a tweet that apparently surprised even mcgahn himself and despite news of another exit, president trump s executive time is in full swing, the president insisting the white house is a smooth-running machine, no kay yot to see here. he s excited about the person taking mcgahn s place and, oh, in case you were wondering, daughter ivanka, son-in-law jared kushner, the president tweets they had nothing to do with the counsel s departure. there s a lot to discuss thursday morning achlt thee that jones is at the white house. athena, the president hinting he knows who will replace mcgahn. erica, that s right. the president tweeting he s excited about the person but not naming them. he said i m very excited about the person who will be taking the place of white house counsel don mcgahn. i liked don but he was not responsible for me not firing
the house and they ll be able to effectively investigate all of those 52 things. only one to five of which are russia collusion. so a lot to deal with there and as you point out, there are all these other issues. this isn t just the big i war. joey there are concerns about who is left today and who will be left ultimately when it comes to the office of white house counsel. the president tweeting chaos doesn t exist he says we re a smooth running machine with changing parts, change does happen. from the outside it doesn t always seem to be a smooth-run magazine. why do you think it s so hard for the president to get lawyers, to keep them there, whether it s white house counsel or on his own personal team. simple answer, erica, good to see you and laura. that s because the president does what the president wants to do. when you re a lawyer you provide advice and counsel, you expect the people you re talking to would be encouraged by what you re saying and follow the
tweets what was weighing on his mind today, responding to reports his daughter and son-in-law wanted mcgahn out, the president saying ivanka trump and jared kushner had nothing to do with the so-called pushing out of don mcgahn. and blasting his favorite target the media, he added they d love to portray chaos in the white house when they know chaos doesn t exist. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. but that smooth running machine is under the microscope as the president hits the road for a campaign rally tonight in indiana where republicans are trying to pick up a senate seat. cnn has learned republican senators are privately pleading with the president to wait until after midterm elections to fire sessions, fearful of the political fallout. the president is still fuming about sessions recusing himself from the russian investigation, but that s not all. he s now openly dismissive of his attorney general s personality an accent, with politico reporting the president is co
welcome back. as far as timing, perhaps it s no coincidence that the announcement from the president came just after the extent of don mcgahn s cooperation with the special counsel was made public. look, as you mentioned, the president is pushing back against reporting on mcgahn s departure and he s playing up the big reveal for his replacement. here are those tweets. the president says this, ivanka trump and jared kushner had nothing to do with the so-called of pushing out of don mcgahn. the fake news media loves to portray chaos in the white house. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. he add, i am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of don mcgahn as white house counsel. that spelling error is the president s, not ours. he said, i liked don, but he was not responsible for me not firing bob mueller or jeff sessions. as far as replacements, i can tell you we understood emmitt flood has emerged as the front-runn front-runner. he has been working here
tweet. are your contacts responding to this with a straight face? the only smooth running machine is tesla right now. you like that, right? reporter: good one. people in the know say that top flight, white shoe attorneys are not beating down the door of this white house, flooding the west wing with resumes trying to represent the white house or the president for the reasons that joyce vance points out. they know the president has a reputation of not listening to his lawyers. add to that what the president said today on twitter about don mcgahn suggesting he was ousted and the tweet regarding my decision on mr. mcgahn. a white house official says what the president was referring to was accepting the terms of mcgahn s departure which was an open secret for weeks, if not months. we have it confirmed again that