we have reporters on all our top stories from the white house, caracas, moscow, and beijing as confrontations develop around the world. it is a crucial morning. welcome back, i m dave briggs. good morning, i m alison kosik in for christine romans this morning. 30 minutes past the hour. president trump s new chief of staff front and center at the white house. john kelly assumes the position after what many view as the worst week of the trump presidency. how many times have we heard that? kelly will be sworn in this morning at 9:30. the retired marine corps general will be enlisted with trying to restore order to a white house that appears to lack direction and discipline. no easy task for sure. both sides of the aisle are cautiously optimistic. i look forward to working with general kelly. i do think that general kelly will do a good job as the white house chief of staff. i think he will bring some order and discipline to the west wing.
if anybody can bring order and discipline to this white house, it is general kelly. i think in terms of a great leadership component, the white house has needs general kelly represented. a big early challenge for kelly concerns chain of command issues. who reports to whom is still unclear. typically senior advisers report to the chief of staff. as we know, this is not your typical white house. a senior administration official does tell cnn kelly has been given full authority. the president tapped general kelly who was serving as homeland security secretary to replace reince priebus who resigned last week. john kelly s swearing-in will be followed by cabinet meeting. president trump and attorney general jeff sessions in the same room for the first time since the president began the barrage of public criticism aimed at his a.g. with the leadership spot at homeland security now vacant. there are rumors the president could move sessions there, install a new attorney general
him the next dictator. that s not the only trouble overseas this morning. we have reporters on all our top stories, from the white house, ca carr car actiacas, and more. good morning. we begin with general john kelly assuming the chief of staff position after another chaotic week in the trump white house. kelly will be sworn in at 9:30 a.m. this morning. the retired marine corps general will be enlisted to try to restore order in a white house that appears to lack direction and discipline. probably not an easy task. and both sides of the aisle are cautiously optimistic. i look forward to working with general kelly. i do think that general kelly will do a good job as the white house chief of staff. i think he will bring order and discipline to the west wing. if anybody can bring order
and discipline to this white house, it is general kelly. i think that in terms of a great leadership component, the white house has needs general kelly representing it. a big early challenge for kelly concerns chain of command issues. who reports to whom, still unclear. typically senior advisers report to the chief of staff. and as we know, this is not your typical white house by any stretch. no. a senior administration official tells cnn kelly has been given full authority. the president tapped general kelly, serving as homeland security secretary, to replace reince priebus who resigned last week. john kelly s swearing-in will be followed by a cabinet meeting putting president trump and attorney general jeff sessions in the same room for the first time since the president began a barrage of public criticism aimed at his a.g. with the leadership spot at homeland security vacant, there are rumors flying around that