Game of thrones hacked. Redemption for the infamous fan. And a class trip to celebrate a teachers big day. August 1st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this Tuesday Morning. Hoda is in for savannah, while savannah enjoys some vacation time. Good morning, everybody. John kelly is showing its not going to be business as usual as the white house. He immediately dismissed newly minted Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci. Five Senior Administration officials have been given the boot since President Trump was sworn in five months ago. Were going to talk to Lindsey Graham to get his take on all this. Nobody likes Morning Hours more than senator graham. Its good to have him here. We have a lot of other news to cover, as well. Lets start at the white house. Nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, has the latest goings on. Reporter sean spicer quit becau
Peanut butter. The reward tonight. And we remember a playwright and actor. You will remember sam shepards roles. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night. He lasted just 11 days on the job. Anthony secure mu chi, who was hired by the president as Communications Director to restore order in the west wing, he has been ordered out and pushed out. He calls himself the mooch, and he was there just this morning as the new chief of staff was sworn in. General john kelly now running the west wing, and how does the white house explain the mooch and his limited run . Abcs senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter it was one of the fastest, crudest flameouts in west wing history. Communications director anthony scaramucci, known simply as the mooch, forced out after just 11 days on the job by the new white house chief of staff, john kelly. Pushing for his departure. Scaramucci, a wealthy wall street financier, handpicked by the president
Autodetailing studio. The National Hurricane center. They totally got struck. They were out there being goofy. The car alarms. Thats how you know its real. You can hear a couple going off in the background. I dont think they were struck by lightning, but i think the Lightning Strike is real because if they were struck, theyd been on the ground. I dont buy it. Another reason this could be fake is because right when it shows the detroit autodetailing sign is when you see the strike so you know this could be used as like a viral marketing campaign. Totally true. The camera was turned away. You didnt see any lightning. We talked to the owner of the clip. Hes a cool guy and he told us they were just messing around with the camera watching the monsoon come through and got that lucky Lightning Strike on camera. Were going real on this clip. Yeah. All right. Thanks, mac. See you next week. Thats all for now. Well see you on the next brand new rtm. New video from los angeles where a driver repe
Has been nothing short of mack queue us will. Analysts say kellys military background could bring much needed order to the white house. It he appears to be waste nothing time. The chief of staff at the end of the day hes got to be a strong leader, and i think thats what hes truly bringing to the table. Years of experience here. Reporter but President Trump insists everything is smooth sailing in his administration tweeting highest stock market ever, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, supreme court, no white house chaos you heard it right there. Before we get to this story we of course will have much much more whats going on the west wing in the white house straight ahead. Two days on the run wanted in connection to two different shootings one of them deadly. Police are looking for this man and theyre offering a reward. 5,000 for any information leading to his arrest. Police track that man were learning more about the victim of
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