Pompeos post as cia director has been promised to the deputy cia director gina haspel. Before heading to california, the president spoke about his reasons for this very dramatic change. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal, i think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it or do something, and he felt a little bit differently. So we were not really thinking the same. With mike, mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think its going to go very well. Rex is a very goodm man. I like rex a lot. I really appreciate his commitment to his service, and i will be speaking to rex over a long period of time. Lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, do we know when the president made this decision of what the white house is now saying about how secretary tillerson was actually informed . Reporter well, just to walk
Even one on the Republican Committee says the panel lost its credibility. We begin this hour with the Trump Administration shakeup with global implications. Rex tillerson now out as secretary of state. The president wants cia director mike pompeo to replace him. Tillerson did get a headsup friday night that this might be in the works but he found out it was done and that he was out when most of the world did. When this youre fired tweet hit the internet. Ta talk of firing rex goes back months. Another top official out at a time of dizzying personnel chaos in the west wing and across the administration. The president says pompeo is a better fit. Were always on the same wavelength. The relationship has been very good and thats what i need as secretary of state. I respect his intellect, i respect the process that weve all gone through together. We have a very Good Relationship for whatever reason, chemistry, whatever it is. Why do people get along . Ive always right from the beginning fro
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