every single person at the white house. they can explain all these external factors until they re exhausted. it won t do anything to change the problem in the immediate term. that s what people are responding to. you see the president is not happy. he s mad at his staff sometimes, the general dynamics global environment in the country. i don t even say that to be snarky. in a tough plim political climate, you see these stories. some say maybe a staff shakeup. is that going to happen in the middle as we enter summer and mid-term elections, that would be tough to admit the problem. it s hard before mid-terms, there have been slower, more low-level appointments. to the chief of staff level, that would be a terrible sign of howancy if this were to happen, i think it would be a surprise.
particularly on the economy and that the president is frustrated with the sinking poll numbers and that he can t catch a break. as you mentioned, crisis after crisis, some of which hit the white house in a way that makes them appear flat footed. baby formula shortage comes to mind. and what the president has said according to one adviser is that he used to note how former president trump s presidency when everything except the locusts would land on his desk and now he understands what that feels like. so because of all this, there is speculation of will there be a staff shakeup, these sorts of conversations, speculation float around whenever there is a moment like this in a white house. and we re told that that is not likely to happen before the midterm elections. obviously there could be changes after midterm elections. but right now there is an effort to try to get the president on more solid footing. the president is pressing aides to come up with a sharper message. he still is expe
abroad could start arriving this weekend. after the president used emergency powers to try to solve this formula crisis. amid the conflicted messaging, the white house is in the midst of a staff shakeup. john kirby is now headed to the white house joining the national security council. the latest from ukraine where the donbas region in the east is, quote, completely destroyed and resembling hell according to president zelenskyy. this as ukraine is about to get nearly $60 billion more in aid from the u.s. and from g7 nations. in oklahoma, the most restrictive abortion law in the nation approved by the legislature on thursday. banning the procedure from the moment of fertilization. the first of the growing challenges facing the white house. joining me now is senior white house correspondent. kyle: kelly o donnell in seoul, jonathan lemire, and former white house press secretary robert gibbs.
reporter: chris whipple, an expert on white house chiefs of staff gives klain high marks. i think if you asked all the former living white house chiefs of staff, and i have, about ron klain, they will tell you no one has ever been more qualified for the position. sf reporter: and for now biden isn t eyeing a staff shakeup. are you satisfied with your team at the white house, sir? i m satisfied with the team. reporter: so there s no staff shake-up on the horizon but there is a change in some strategies the white house is employing, specifically passing the build back better plan the president has talked about breaking that up into chunks. and ron klain himself is talking about a change in strategy, talking less publicly about individual meetings, that was a lesson learned from some issues that happened with jesenator jo manchin. and president biden himself says
white house and his work as chief of staff? sometimes in meetings when we need a translation what the president needs or wants or asking for, ron knows exactly what he s thinking. reporter: chris whipple, an expert on white house chiefs of staff gives klain high marks. he s been a really effective white house chief. i think if you asked all the former living white house chiefs of staff, and i have, about ron klain, they will tell you no one has ever been more qualified for the position. reporter: and for now biden isn t eyeing a staff shakeup. are you satisfied with your team at the white house, sir? i m satisfied with the team. reporter: so there s no staff shake-up on the horizon but there is a change in some strategies the white house is employing, specifically passing the build back better plan the president has talked about breaking that up into chunks. and ron klain himself is talking about a change in strategy, talking less publicly about individual meetings, that