tillerson officially called it quits. among those who sources say have threatened to quit but are still hanging on, defense secretary james mattis and fbi director christopher wray, though the president denies that. no, he didn t at all. he did not even a little bit, nope, and he s going to do a good job. wray had reportedly threatened to resign after attorney general jeff sessions pressured him to make staffing changes in the fbi s senior ranks, though today he s still head of the fbi. randi kay, cnn, new york. joining us is cnn political commentator scott jennings. former as fant to president george w. bush and democratic central arteryist basel schmeichel. how does an administration grapple with that kind of turnover and drama? is it difficult to execute on
a moron. he said he never once thought of resigning and he supports the president as much today as he did the day he took his job. reporter: five months after that tillerson officially called it quits. among those who have threatened to be quit and still hanging on. james mattis and fbi director christopher wray. though the president denies it. he didn t at all. and he is going to do a good job. reporter: staffing changes in the fbi senior ranks. though today he is still ahead of the fbi. randi kaye, cnn, new york. growing calls for another member of the cabinet to resign. scott pruitt. the pricey dinner he had with a
services secretary tom price also left his job after he came under fire. i will tell you personally, i m not happy about it. reporter: in his resignation letter, price wrote i regret the recent events have created a distraction from these important objectives. chief strategist steve bannon was forced to resign. he had given an interview stating. he didn t agree with the firing of fbi director james comey. later after bannon gave a bombshell interview. shulkin resigned along with reince priebus. that he called the president a moron. he said he never once thought of resigning and he supports the president as much today as he did the day he took his job. reporter: five months after that tillerson officially called it quits. among those who have threatened to be quit and still hanging on. james mattis and fbi director christopher wray. though the president denies it. he didn t at all. and he is going to do a good job. reporter: staffing changes in the fbi senior ranks. though
mike has also earned my deepest respect and admiration and trust and you ll see why over the coming years. probably over the coming months. last thing before we go tonight, by now, we all know the president has a menagerie of his favorite go-to phrases. one you may not have noticed quite so often, you ll see, has, as its close cousin, we ll see. the president uses both to respond to questions on a range of issues, the economy, foreign policy, staffing changes, some firings in his administration. any time he wishes to be vague. this was noticed most recently today by a guest on our broadcast here last week, katie
respect admiration and trust and you ll see why over the coming years. probably over the coming months. last thing before we go tonight. by now we all know the president has a minagery of his favorite go-to phrases. one you may not have noticed quite so often, you ll see, has as its close cousin, we ll see. the president uses both to respond to questions on a range of issues. the economy, foreign policy, staffing changes, some firings in his administration. any time he wishes to be vague. this was noticed most recently today by a guest on our broadcast here last week, katie rogers of the new york times. here now some of the examples we collected. we ll see what happens. i mling telling you what i m doing, a lot of people think they know. but we ll see. we ll see also if i do what some people expect. we re going to see what happens on the 12th. we ll see how it goes. and again, whatever happens, happens.