Mallicoat. I am heather holmes. The announcement just came and it still developing a major shakeup in the west wing. Reince priebus is out as chief of staff. It was after public attacks from the knook medications director, Anthony Scaramucci. He was with the president for a speech in new york. Reince priebus give his resignation yesterday. The president thanked him on twitter for his service and dedication. Republicans are trying to regroup after the defeat of legislation and the repeal to the obamacare. As senator john mccain cast the deciding vote just days after being back. President trump seemed to threaten to undermine the current healthcare law. At was keeping reporter president donald j. Trump was given a close eye on the vote. Three republicans and everything that failed the american people. It was now time to let obamacare fail. Mr. President , this is clearly a disappointing moment. Reporter after seven years of promises to rollback obamacare and three failed votes this week,
Criticized republicans, including john mccain for that setback. In a tweet, he said those three republicans, along with democrats let the American People down. The failure derailed the seven year effort on the part of republicans to repeal resident obamas signature legislation still some republicans are going the fight is not over. The president is staying in on this fight. He will deliver. He made it clear this morning. The first chance i get to replace it with something better, even if not perfect, i will do that. The socalled skinny repeal bill with would have cost 50 million americans to lose their health insurance. According to the congressional budget office. John mccain, whose flight was the final blow to the bill, said on twitter, skinny repeal fell short because it fell short of our promise to repeal and replace obamacare with meaningful reform. To us now is our political analyst. Reince priebus lost his job as chief of staff. Why make the move . The white house is in crisis.
Achievement in the white house. I think getting everyone together. Moving this west wing in the right direction. Obviously, accomplishing all of the executive orders. The tpp, the va accomplishment. The things the president talks about all the time. Observers say a lack of legislative wins for president donald j. Trump in the first month sealed his fate before the healthcare defeat last night in a brief statement, john kelly said he is honored to be asked to serve as chief of staff. The Homeland Security secretary is expected to bring military sense of order to the chaos and infighting of the west wing. Kelly is a veteran of the war in iraq and has served on controversial policies. It will even opening at Homeland Security. For now, elaine due will fill in. She has served in the federal government for three decades most recently as the departments undersecretary for management. Joining us now is our ktvu political analyst. It has been a busy week. Restarted with sean spicer leaving. Th
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
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