opportunity. and i m looking forward to watching anthony and sarah do a tremendous job. sean spicer on fox news. again, let s make some sense out of it with james davis from switzerland. are you surprised by this? well, not surprised, but, of course, i think the white house is once again demonstrating that it s really amateur hour there. we have not had a white house that s been able to keep on message since the inauguration. i don t think this week was a week that they wanted to have them the week end with basically personnel stories, whether it s the resignation of spicer, the appointment of scaramucchi, the controversy surrounding the attorney general. and we have a white house that is not able to keep on message. the idea is we re going to bring
opportunities just look at his television ratings. in that same vein anthony scaramucchi was asked if we could see a return to the regular televised press briefings. to that end, scaramucchi would only say stay tuned. jessica snyder, the white house. here s what sean spicer said early to yo fox news. he s been very gracious throughout this process. he wanted to bring some new folks in to help rev up communications. and after that, i gave anthony and sarah a lien start to start from so they can talk about the president s agenda and help move it forward. and he, back and forth, understood that the offer i was making was within the best interest of this administration. i thanked him for the
identity. reporter: spicer first stopped up the day after the podium to lecture the media about the reports that the crowd size was significantly less than president obama s first inauguration in 2009. this was the first live audience to ever witness an inauguration period and around the globe. reporter: in recent weeks, spicer was replaced by sarah huckabee sanders. spicer s place was widely spoofed on the saturday night live. spicer tweeting it s been a honor and privilege to serve potus @real donald trump. i will continue my service through august. i m grateful to sean spicer, i wish him continued success as he moves on to pursue
dubai, tokyo and all points in between, you re watching cnn newsroom worldwide this hour. i m george howell with the headlines we re following for you. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions reportedly discussed campaign issues with russia s ambassador, this, according to the washington post. u.s. intelligence intercepted the ambassador, telling the kremlin of those conversations on two occasions. sessions has denied talking to russian officials about the trump campaign. sean spicer is out as the white house press secretary. he resigned on friday after president donald trump hired this man, anthony scaramucchi, as communications director. scaramucchi is a former banker and campaign fund manager. sarah sanders will take over as new press country. vigcandlelight vigils in
for a moment, i want to set this up with our viewers and get context from you in a moment. the white house shake-up that has happened. spicer did not want to leave that job, but after six months spicer resigned on friday after mr. trump hired anthony scaramucchi as the new fbi director. reporter: a seismic staff shake-up, sean spicer out as press secretary as six tumultuous months. spicer submitted his resignation months after scaramucchi accepted the job as communications director. i like the team. let me rephrase that, i love the team. reporter: sarah huckabee sanders will move into spicer s role.