Former rnc chair reince priebus. Reince was a good man, john kelly will do a fantastic job. I think going a different direction hitting a reset button is a good thing. The president did that. I think hes happy. I have to tell you its always a little mixed when things like this happen. I generally feel pretty good. This news comes after a particularly rough week for the white house. New Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci openly criticizing priebus on twitter and the press. And republican lawmakers failing once again to repeal obamacare. Very clear the president wanted to make a change with the Health Care Bill going down late the other night and coupled with all of the stories weve seen for a long time the president was resolved in the fact that he wanted to change the direction of the administration within the white house. The situation in the white house, we saw this last week its unsustainable. Running the government is not running a business thats been very clear. At 189 day
Reporter the announcement expected all week cae apruptly y in a president ial tweet friday. Priebus said he resigned thursday. Hitting a reset button is a good thing and the president did that. I think hes happy. Ive got to tell you although its always a little mix when things happened, i generally feel pretty good. Reporter priebuss replacement starts monday. A retired fourstar general from the marine corp who in his current role as secretary of Homeland Security was a steadfast supporter of the president s plan to strengthen americas borders. The president as we all know has issued three executive orders related to our Homeland Security mission. These will secure our borders and enhance the enforcement of our immigration laws and keep our citizens safe. General kelly has been a star. Done an incredible job thus far. Respected by everybody. Reporter general john kelly is well liked in the west wing with a proven record at command. His new unit badly in need of some discipline. But kel
Tell you about this warning for Contra Costa County. A bat. It did test positive for rabies. We will tell you where it was found and Officials Say you should do if you find one. If you ride muni there will be new testing on that new fleet. Service will be affected and we will talk about what stations will be closed and for how long. Good to know if you are moving in around San Francisco. Frank says he likes the forecast today. He guarantees that you like it. You will. And if you dont. Just travel. Or you can blame rosemary. We got heat coming our way for our inland communities and the trend going to last. We are looking at temperatures near 100 degrees for our inland community. Giving you a look here across San Francisco where we do have fog and it has to do with the High Pressure that is strengthening over the area and pushing that fog a little bit closer to the ground this morning. Here is a view over oakland. Oakland starting out 57 degrees and San Francisco, good morning to you at
With remarks like this, they are unfortunate but they are driving. Speaking out of San Francisco. This is a 59yearold man saying these things. If you are ever to be ma fur, you should be mature at 59. Mike pence was asked about the latest scandal. He didnt respond to those questions. And in further fallout, House Speaker paul rain also denounce his comments. He key announced Vp Mike Pence will be appearing with him at a wisconsin event instead of trump. The Trump Campaign said he will be doing debate prep instead. Abc7 news. Several prominent republicans say theres no way they will support or vote for trump. Senator mark kirk of illinois called him a malignant crown, unprepared and ungirt to be prepared. They say his comments were deeply offensive and trumps opponent tweeted, quote, women have the power to stop trump. Abc7 political analyst and Political Correspondent believes that trumps comments could impact the vote, especially among women. Its the women and the conservative evangel
The carols overnight. Significant flooding will continue this weekend. Its claimed at least six lives. Forecasters are warning of 15 inches of rainfall in isolated areas. Right now more than 1348 people are without power in florida. It could take more than a week to get the power restored. We will have a live report from florida coming up in about 15 minutes. We also have an up to the minute hurricane blog on our abc news app. You can download that app for free and enable push alerts for the latest on Hurricane Matthew. With just weeks before the election, donald trump is apologizing after a leaked tape showing him making lewd comments about women. Every republican has denounced the comments and some have pulled their endorsement for trump. Sergio quintana has more. Reporter the comments were recorded offcamera just before a segment that was about to be shot for access hollywood. I did try [bleep]. She was married. Thenreality star donald trump was talking with tv host billy bush. Acco