Him the next dictator. Thats 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 kellys swearingin 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 the president could move sessions there and install a new attorney general who would fire special counsel robert mueller. The trump team said to be weighing all its options. Jeff sessions has been in hot water with the president since recusing himself from the investigation in russias meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the trump campaign. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have warned against firing sessions. Homeland security secretary is a senateconfirmed position with responsibilities that include the construction of the border wall and implementation of the trump travel ban. Even after Senate Republicans failed to repeal obamacare, President Trump refusing to give up the fight. The president goading lawmakers to keep trying to pass a Health Care Bill. In a series of tweets this weekend including this one, unless the republican senators are total quitters, repeal and replace is not dead. Demand another vote before voting on any other bill. Several gop senators are calling for return to the Committee Process to craft legislation. Among them, maine senator Susan Collins who voted no on last weeks repeal bill, and arizonas jeff flake who voted yes. The Trump Administration may already be looking for ways to undercut obamacare. Health secretary tom price was asked about the individual mandate on abcs this week. What about the individual mandate is the president considering directing his agencies not to enforce it . Have you ruled that out . The individual mandate is one of those things that is driving up the costs for the American People in terms of coverage. So what were trying to do is make it so that obamacare is no longer harming the patience of this land, no longer driving up costs. No longer making it so theyve got coverage but no care. And the individual mandate is one of those things. All things are on the table to try to help patients. The president making threats that could have a big impact on the insurance market. We get more from athena jones at the white house. Reporter good morning. The president is keeping the pressure on Senate Republicans to continue working on efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. He tweeted about this numerous times over the weekend. Some of the tweets that got the most attention came on saturday, the president issuing what many viewed as a pair of threats writing, if a new Health Care Bill is not approved quickly, bailouts for Insurance Companies and bailouts for members of congress will end very soon. And the president is referring to two things. One is the idea of ending employer contributions for Health Insurance mofor members congress. And the other point has to do with the costsharing subsidies that help lower deductibles and copays for some seven million lower income people across the country. That is a threat that has drawn ire from both sides of the aisle. Maine gop senator Susan Collins took issue with the word bailout, and argued that getting rid of the subsidies which Insurance Companies rely on would hurt the most Vulnerable People in communities across the country. It really would be detrimental to some of the most vulnerable citizens if those payments were cut off. Theyre paid to the Insurance Companies, but the people that they benefit are people who make between 100 and 250 of the poverty rate. Were talking about lowincome americans who would be devastated if those payments were cut off. Reporter white house counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News Sunday that the president will be making a decision about wlether to share the costshared subsidies, paid out on a monthtomonth basis, a decision made this week. Back to you. All right, more now. Insurers have until august 16th to set obamacare rates for 2018. And the president s threat to cut off subsidies could mean higher premiums. Insurers are working in the sea of uncertainty which they hate, and they rely now on 8 billion in costsharing subsidies to help pay for lowincome americans. Whats happening is carriers, theyve already requested big rate hikes for next year to offset the expected costs. Keep in mind, almost half of the companies, they plan to increase premiums by 20 or more. Meantime, other insurers, theyre exiting the exchanges completely. Big payments that like aetna, human aand anthem. Humana and anthem. 25,000 people in three states are at risk of having no option for an obamacare insurer next year unless an insurer steps in. This is while an additional 2. 7 million americans could have just one option, one insurance carrier to choose from, which means no choice. Insurers say they want to work with the administration to fix obamacare. Washingtons actions so far have fueled instability. Besides threatening costsharing subsidies, the white house hasnt committed to enforcing the individual mandate. That one is key to getting those younger, healthier people to enroll. Offsetting the costs for more expensive customers. Then again ethe problem is is that even with obamacare the way it is, the younger folks are not joining in the pool. Thats the problem. Right. No real clear path forward for mitch mcconnell. Time will tell. All right. The Law EnforcementCommunity Offering some pretty aggressive pushback to President Trumps statement encouraging Police Officers to be rough with the people they arrest. Police officials saying it sends the wrong message at a time of heightened tensions with the public. The president s remarks coming in a law and order speech last week in a new york suburb directed at cracking down on violent street gangs. When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, thrown in, rough, i said please dont be too nice. Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you protect your head, the way you put the hand over like dont hit their head and theyve just killed somebody, dont hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay . [ laughter ] [ applause ] okay. Despite the applause you heard, police in Suffolk County say they have strict rules and procedures and will not tolerate roughing up prisoners. Police departments in new york city, boston, and los angeles among others also criticizing the president s message. Ahead, new trouble from a trio of global adversaries. Russia retaliates for sanctions. North korea threatens the same, and venezuela in chaos after an election being called an affront to democracy. Were live in all three next. You wont see these folks they have businesses to run. They have passions to pursue. How do they avoid trips to the post office . Stamps. Com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. Get a 4 week trial, plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. Go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. In an apparent retaliation for the sanctions bill passed by congress. Russian president Vladimir Putin confirming the staff at u. S. Diplomatic missions will be cut by more than 700. That includes diplomats and technical workers. The state Department Says the move is regrettable and uncalled for. Officials are assessing the impact and a possible response. Lets bring in Claire Sebastian live in moscow this morning. Good morning, claire. Reporter yeah, good morning, dave. The russian president Vladimir Putin on state tv last night saying that he wants to cut the u. S. Diplomatic mission in russia by 755 people. The russian justification for that is that that would bring the total number of u. S. Diplomatic personnel in russia down to 455 people which it says is the same number of russian diplomatic personnel that are currently in the United States. And this apparently levels the playing field. But russia has said that this is a direct response to what the Obama Administration did back in december where it also confiscated two diplomatic compounds. I think russia has done this and expelled 35 diplomats. On the face of it, 35 a significantly smaller number than 755, what russia is doing. Having said that, this is not just diplomats. This is technical personnel, as well. It may also include russian staff that the u. S. Diplomatic mission employs. The Sticking Point was the passage through congress, that bill authorizing new sanctions through russia and tying the president s hand from lifting or tying previous sessions. He said it was an unprovoked move by the u. S. To worsen relations with russia, and this brought him to this point. Take a listen. Translator we wait a long time for things to perhaps change for the better. We had such hope that the situation would change, but judging by the situation, that will not be soon. Reporter also not bringing the sides any closer together, Vice President mike pence currently in estonia. Part of a trip to reassure estonia, georgia, and montenegro, the u. S. Alliance in the face of russian aggression. He said sunday in estonia that the u. S. Expects russian behavior to change. Russia, for its part, says it doesnt do anything under pressure. This impasse, dave, appears to be entrenched. Yeah. And as for that sanctions bill, the president yet to sign it, could happen today. Live in moscow, thank you. The u. S. And japan agreeing to take further action against north korea, Prime Minister shinzo abe and President Trump speaking by phone sunday, just days after north koreas latest missile launch. The two leaders discussing increased economic and diplomatic pressure on the kim jongun regime. But that will require help from china. The target of a nasty trump tweet storm that happened late last week. Cnns will ripley is live from beijing with the latest developments. You know, weve watched, will, the president really try to put a lot of pressure on china to take extra steps, to put pressure on north korea. It doesnt seem to be working thus far. Reporter and now President Trump seems to be fed up, tweeting that china has done nothing to rein in north korea, implying that there could be trade consequences as a result of this. China, within the last few hours, warning the u. S. Not to conflate the trade issue with the north korean issue because a trade war between the u. S. And china would be bad on a whole different level, not even factoring in the north korea situation which continues to escalate. President trump and the japanese Prime Minister speaking on the phone, addressing what they call a grave and growing threat, promising to Work Together to take further action without really specifying what else they can do beyond the sanctions, the economic pressure, and the diplomatic pressure theyre putting on pyongyang. The u. S. , japan, south korea have limited options without the cooperation of china, and to a lesser extent, russia, which continue to trade very heavily with north korea. Over the weekend, chinese president xi jinping, who staged a massive military parade in inner mongolia, gave a speech after the trump tweets. He didnt even mention President Trump. And he didnt mention north korea. He did say that in these tense times, china will continue to beef up its military arsenal. They put on display brandnew Stealth Fighter jets, and also their own nuclearcapable icbms. Then you have north korea which revealed its latest icbm, which experts say puts much of the mainland from the west coast, los angeles to denver, even chicago within striking range. And analysts saying by early 2018, they could have an icbm that could hit pretty much anywhere in the mainland u. S. The u. S. And china drifting further apart, not coming together to solve it. And china to make any to take any action against north korea, not just because of the Nuclear Issue but because of the economic upheaval and how that could affect china. All right. Cnns will ripley live from beijing, thanks. Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro declaring victory in a controversial election widely regarded as a fraud and vehicle to rewrite the constitution to consolidate maduros power. Claiming a voter turnout of over 41 pn 41 41 . We want to caution you the video is disturbing. One Police Officer caught on fire from that explosion. Electionday clashes between protesters and police claiming at least ten more lives on sunday. The death toll since early april now sitting at 125. The state department condemning the election, insisting the u. S. Will continue to take strong and swift actions against the maduro regime. Lets get the latest from cnns laila santiago, live in caracas. We see the outcome of the election in maduros favor. What is the sentiment there at this hour . Reporter theres a lot of uncertainty for whats to come. A lot of people telling me as i was on the ground yesterday that they want peace. Im talking about people on both sides. But you know, if yesterday, if this week is an indication of whats to come, it may be a while before venezuela sees the peace that so many desire. As the numbers came out, as the president spoke about the num r numbers, the results of the elections last night, he called it a victory. He called voters brave. The opposition calling this a fraud. More than 19 Million People were registered to vote. Eligible to vote. And they are saying that more than eight million actually showed up and supported this new assembly that could rewrite the constitution. You compare that to the numbers from just a few weeks ago as the opposition held a referendum to see if this country actually even wanted this new assembly, and they claim that they had more than seven million votes. So really, the government is saying that this is victory. The opposition not backing down. As i was on the streets yesterday for the protests, we were there as protesters took to the streets. The National Guard came in, and there was quite the clash. You know, you really arent seeing them back down just yet. But they will admit by they im talking about the opposition theyre tired, youre talking about months and months of violence, of political unrest. And they will tell you were tired. The frustration is growing. We are not backing down. We do not want a new assembly. We want a new government. You know, the outcome of this election was pretty much a foregone conclusion that this result would be it. Everybody kind of knew it before the day even began. What kind of hope are you getting from maybe the opposition that the Trump Administration may impose sanctions on the venezuelan government . Reporter last night we saw quite a few countries beyond the United States. The United States included, really putting that pressure, saying we are not going to legitimize this vote. People here, the opposition here, is really hoping that that International Pressure plays a role in the change that theyre looking for. And listen, when we talk about the change they want, they see the crisis as the food and medical shortages. I have seen people on the streets digging through trash. One woman very excited when she was able to find a jar of chocolate that she could just scrape and eat because that was all she would be eating today. Ive talk