speaker paul ryan was informed of this move by telephone, which appears to be more than rex tillerson was given. we are are told that he found out about this on twitter, reading the president s tweet. joined again by bob bair to get a sense of what this all means, bigger picture. we keep hearing from inside the white house that north korea, the impending meeting between the president and kim jong-un was a big part of this. we re told it made the president realize he just wanted someone who was more on his wave length in that job. well, john, tillerson is right, meetings like this, summits like this with an enemy have to be carefully planned. nixon s trip to china was done by kissinger months in advance. you lay the groundwork. and this came as a surprise to tillerson. tillerson said don t do it until we re prepared and the president has decided on his own to go meet the north korean leader, very risky meeting, could make
and we ll wait for that to play out. again, it puts the focus back on the president. these are decisions he is making, and i want to repeat, day by day, hour by hour, dictated to staff. this is how he operates as a commander-in-chief and ceo in the white house. sandra: he was asked about possible disagreement over north korea with rex tillerson. this was asked moments ago in the white house. listen. i ve worked with mike pompeo now for some time. tremendous energy. tremendous intellect. we re always on the same wave length. that s what i need as secretary of state. i wish rex tillerson well. gina will be the first woman director of the cia.
has not spoken to the president and had every intention of staying, per the statement. what we re hearing the president is saying on the ground there as he departs for california outside the white house, talking about mike pompeo, his new selection, saying he has tremendous energy and always on the same wave length. that s what i need. gina will be the first woman director of the cia outstanding. i want total confidence in pompeo said president trump. bill: he is getting ready to head out to california for a big trip on border security and has a fundraiser there as well as pennsylvania southwest district 18 votes on a special election. the president is taking questions from reporters in the south lawn. you ll see the tape played back in a moment and one comment he
you had talks about another job? very focussed on doing what i m doing, bret. in spite of what former dcis who told me it should be a part-time job now, it is all of that i m focussed on. there s lots of work to do. i ve been privileged to do this 10 months and have serve with the finest espionage service in the world. bill: what was your hunch or who was saying what in your ear? the stories had been circulating in washington and there was a story it would be happening soon and tom cotton would be at cia and mike pompeo would move to state. the question came the day after the story first posted and obviously he didn t answer that. bill: the critical thing i heard from the president trump is we re always on the same wave length with mike pompeo, is that
political anchor, bret baier out of washington. good day to you. before i get your reaction for the viewers here s how the decision came down 60 minutes ago. mike pompeo for some time. tremendous energy and tremendous intellect. we re always on the same wave length. the relationship has been very good and that s what i need as secretary of state. i wish rex tillerson well. gina, who by the way, i know well who i ve worked closely with will be the first woman director of the cia and an outstanding person i ve gotten to know very well. i ve gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year. bill: what do you think? surprise to you and the fallout? i think it s long been talked and speculated about but why is the timing and how it comes out via tweet and then this