Michael schmidt. The context is report. Lets revisit what had happened. Michael cohen had been involved with the paying of hush money to two women that claimed they had sex with the president. He was the president s longtime lawyer and fixer and the feds raided his home and office. The initial expressed support for Michael Cohen. Rudy guliani called him honest. When cohen told the court that trump ordered him to make the payments and as we reported here testified that the president was an unindicted coconspirator, he turned on the president. So Jeff Sessions was out and Matt Whitaker was put in. He was an attorney and an cnn contributor. He said the Mueller Investigation went too far and trumps finances were beyond muellers purview. As acting attorney general, he said to associates that his job was to protect the president. The times report he told associates that his job was to jump on a grenade for the president. So with Michael Cohen cooperating and the investigation building, the t
Are just getting started. Today and for this moment, its the secret Service Director Randolph Alles who was shown the door. Thats the man on the right here. The move comes less than a day after the president forced alles boss, Kirstjen Nielsen out the door. Shes on the left here. This afternoon, nielsen spoke to reporters high road style echoing the president s claims that theres a humanitarian crisis at the southern border. I want to make sure that we continue to execute with excellence through the transition. I share the president s goal of securing the border. The president said kevin mcaleenanwill serve as acting Homeland Security secretary. Right now hes the commissioner of customs and border protection. This comes after the president visited the border on friday and said he wanted to take a tougher approach on immigration. Tougher, apparently, than what we saw with kids in cages. John roberts is reporting and hes live for us from the north lawn. Hello, john. How are things . Im d