Scaramucci or him. Steve bannon said scaramucci would only get the job over their dead bodies. As for scaramucci himself, he seemed to be more interested in Sarah Sanders job. Scaramucci seemingly reluctant to let go of the microphones and cameras at one point. John roberts with our report. Its been no secret the president has been looking to shake up his communications team. But what happened today was more like an earthquake. The speed and tumult that marked this transition was a surprise. Former helping fund manager and Fox Business Network director resigning. After reflection my decision was to recommend to the president that i give anthony and sarah a clean slate to start from. Reporter the transition happened in less than 24 hours. Scaramucci talked to the president yesterday who who said he wanted him to take over White House Communications. Scaramucci came to the white house this morning and the president gave him the Herculean Task of rieght a badly listing ship. The ship is going in the right direction. Im an incrementalist. To Say Something overly bold is unfair. Good entrepreneurs start the date and go through the process. Navy seals will tell you if you want to eat an elephant, you have to eat it one bite at a time. Scaramucci and priebus who feuded at the beginning of the administration appear to have buried the hatchet. Priebus saying hes 100 on board with scaramuccis nomination. We are like brothers. And sometimes we get ruffled, but hes a good friend. Reporter the commanderinchief keeps stepping all over his own message with tweets and interviews. On russia, a source close to trumps legal team denied a report that hes been asking about pardons for himself and his family. The president has the plenary power of pardon. You can pardon whoever he likes. Attorney general wouldnt talk about it. Have any department of justice officials been involved with conversations about any possibility of president ial pardons about any of the individuals involved with the russia investigation. Mr. Chairman, im not able to comment on conversations with officials within the white house. Reporter the source strongly disputed a report that the president and his legal team were working to undermine and discredit Robert Mueller and his team by looking for conflict of interest. But the president told a different story in an interview casting doubt on the mueller investigation. The people being hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters. Some of them worked for Hillary Clinton. The whole thing is ridiculous. Reporter scaramuccis appointment and sean spicers departure may be the first in a chain of setbacks. Lou john roberts from the white house. Outgoing press Secretary Sean Spicer telling our sean hannity why he resigned. That interview airs tonight. He started sharing the podium with Sarah Huckabee sanders, Anthony Scaramucci comes in. Did you feel this was against you . Did you feel you were pushed out in any way or was this totally your decision . The president wanted to add to the team more than anything. I just think it was in the best interest of our press organization not to have too many cooks in the kitchen. Lou you can watch Sean Hannitys interview with sean spicer and Reince Priebus tonight at 10 00 on the fox news channel. The. Fox news chain of tell jones correspondent Catherine Herridge has our report. They love to stick it to america. Reporter mike pompeo said russia is work against the u. S. He also cast doubt on russias commitment to crush isis in syria. Do you see evidence that russia has worked to crush isis. Only minimal. Reporter he was a staunch critic of the nuclear deal with iran. Now pompeos position has not shift, likening iran as a nightmare rental. Its like a bad tenant. They dont pay their rent. Then they send the money. Then the next day there is an old tired sofa in the front yard and you tell them to take it away. Reporter director pompeo says the u. S. And its regional allies cannot afford to repeat the same mistakes as the Obama Administration. I dont know what will push them back, but i can tell you what wont. Continued appeasement, and it will mean some air cans taking risks. Reporter its a different story poll d pompeo says when it comes to iran. Director pompeo delivered the intelligence briefing to President Trump almost every day. And he says the commanderinchief constantly presses him for options to deal with a rogue north korea. Lou the deep state judiciary continuing its war against the trump administration. An obamaappointed federal judge in california has refused to reinstate President Trumps executive order to cut funding to sanctuary cities. In response to lawsuits from snrans. He raised funds for former President Trump, the man who appointed him to the bench. We contacted the department of justice for comment and what will be their response, and so far no response. Breaking news. The Washington Post reporting tonight that attorney general Jeff Sessions discussed trump campaignrelated matters with Russian Ambassador to washington sergey kislyak. That, according to the Washington Post. If true, that conversation would be contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general. Ambassador kislyaks accounts of two conversations were intercepted by u. S. Spy agencies that monitor the communications of senior officials in the United States and in russia. Session would know that, understand that, nonetheless, the post reporting that he initially failed to disclose his contacts with kislyak and then said the meetings were not about the campaign. Sessions reportedly discussing trump campaignrelated matters with the Russian Ambassador to washington. , Washington Post reports tonight. The whole thing starts for the White House Communications director who once called President Trump a hack politician. I never should have said that about him. I apologize for the 50th time for saying that. Is scaramucci the right person . The senate is hurtling towards an Obamacare Repeal vote next week. But does anybody believe they will get it done . For your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Im. Im so in love with you. Whatever you want to do. Is alright with me. Ooo baby lets. Lets stay together. Lou the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Just announced it will not seek subpoenas for the appearances of donald trump, jr. And Paul Manafort. They are scheduled to testify next wednesday. Attorneys for both have agreed to negotiate to provide the committee with documents and be interviewed by Committee Members and staff prior to what will be the public hearing on wednesday with their testimony. The Senate Judiciary committee saying it will not subpoena donald jr. And manafort, but is reserving the right to do so in the future. Apparently considerable progress made in their negotiations. This just in. The cofounder of the Opposition Research firm behind if the fake trump dossier will not appear before the Senate Judiciary committee next week. We are told the attorneys for fusion gps saying his client will not appear next week. It is the one firm that hired British Intelligence agency Christopher Steel to create what is now the discredited dossier on donald trump with all of the obscene accusations that it contained which ultimately was passed along to the fbi by senator john mccain. Joining me now to discuss all of the upheaval in the white house, the executive editor of the Weekly Standard, fox news contributor, fred barnes. The dean himself. Fred, let me start with you. Scaramucci is in, reportedly Reince Priebus the chief of staff opposed it. Steve bannon opposed it. Sarah Huckabee Sanders opposed his entry. What do you make of it . Fred donald trump must like him a lot or he wouldnt have put number this job over the objection of others. Reince priebus says he was behind scaramucci 100 . The question is what lou i just looked at what happened afterwards and what happened before. Thats what happened after he was announced. Fred and that can be very telling. But the point is scaramucci does not seem to have the skill set to be the communications director. That doesnt mean he cant do it. There is a lot he can help the president do. Starting with healthcare. The republicans on the hill have not been able to sell their healthcare plan. They squeak by in the house and fail in the senate. But the public is not in favor of it. Maybe scaramucci can get the president to sell that plan, not just talk about it. But sell it. Donald trump is the only one left. Lou thats a pretty good one to have left. Your reaction to bringing in scaramucci and the resignation of of sean spice were. Ed i like scaramucci, i think hes very bright. The first time i joined the White House Administration was back in nixon days, Bob Halterman said this is the National Football league. The white house is full lou there is considerable irony. Ed i never forgot that and i thought that when i hired my own people in the white house. At the end of the day we have a bunch of amateurs in the white house who learn slowly. I think scaramucci has exceeds the ability to go to the president and tell him what he needs to be doing and help him get on the track and have a better communication program. But i dont see anything at this point that convinced me. A nice interview today, but its probably the best day he will ever have. Lou let me turn to the announcement that donald trump, jr. And Paul Manafort will not be subpoenaed by the judiciary commit. I, have agreed to turn over documents. This will not be testifying under oath. What kind of watered down process has this become. Fred im not so sure they are not going to testify under oath. It just says negotiations will continue. They will hand over some documents and decide later whether they are going to come and talk. I think its more dangerous their talk tpg off the record to the staff and members of the committee than it is to speak publicly because you never know. Those documents and the transcripts of what they say can be leaked. Watergate, the senator was handing out transcripts of what people supposedly said off the record. Lou what about gps fusion . We learn the cofounder wont be testifying at all. Fred subpoena shim. Lou apparently they didnt think of that. This is getting bizarre. The house and senate committees, oversight committees, judiciary committees both are acting very strangely and it doesnt make a lot of sense. Its one thing to be bringing people in, but to be acting like it is a campfire roast is to me just asinine. Ed if they are not going to do it right and add something to the format of getting to the bottom of this story, dont play the game. Lou watching this kind of behavior first all, its a terrible distraction from his agenda and administration. They are trying to subvert his administration outright. Its time to bring the leaders of the house and senate together and say stop this. Ed i couldnt agree more. Lou there is no bottom and no top. We cant get to the bottom if we cant find the surface. Ed you need someone to say we started these investigations. Lou the Washington Post reporting Jeff Sessions according to intel intercepts talked about the campaign with the Russian Ambassador. There is no there there. There is no meaning to it. There is no statement of what they did talk about. But the implication, the innuendo is typical of the deep state. Be sure to vote in our poll tonight. Do you think the white house should be doing more to disqualify the special counsel because of its obvious conflicts of interest. Follow me on twitter loudobbs. Lou dobbs tonight. Twitter followers reading my new thriller with jim born, putins gambit. Susan tweeted, lou, love your show. You speak for many of us. We would love a signed copy. You got a deal. Keep tweeting our emails and you receive an autographed copy of putins gambit. Volume on the big bored 3 billion shares. G. E. Posting a drop in profits. G. E. Finishing down 3 . A 60 decline in earnings. G. E. Til met it earnings target. Manage that. Markets mixed. The dow off a fraction and the nasdaq weekly gains of more than 1 . We are coming right back. Anthony scaramucci end his first briefing with a kiss to the press corps. Well have the highlights coming up here next. Dear predictable, theres no other way to say this. Its over. Ive found a permanent escape from monotony. Together, we are perfectly balanced. Our senses awake. Our hearts racing as one. I know this is sudden, but they say. If you love something set it free. See you around, giulia choicehotels. Com. Badda book. Thats it . He means book direct at choicehotels. Com for the lowest price on our rooms guaranteed. Plus earn free nights and instant rewards at checkin. Yeah. Like i said. Book now at choicehotels. Com lou the Senate Judiciary committee has seen a has subd the founder of fusion gps. The move came after simpson the cofounder of fusion gps declined to speak before the committee wednesday. A few thoughts now on the newly arrived White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci and the shakeup in the White House Press office that preceded it. Scaramucci talked to the White House Press korns today for 35 minutes. We thought would enjoy listening to the communication direct yoorps record. Here is scaramucci. I think you will find in my background and career, i have a lot of communications experience, and i spent a lot of time on television. I had a series of set tbhaks my life which i have written about. I wrote a best selling book. I took Trial Advocacy at Harvard Law School with i have a lot of family members who served in the military. My generation, 1964, i did not serve its one of the regrets of my life. If the president says it, my guess is there is probably some level of truth to that. The president is the most of competitive person i have ever met. I have seen this guy throw a dead spiral through a tire. I have seen the Madison Square garden with the top coat on, he sings 3foot putts. Thank you. Lou there you have it, a new era under way in the White House Communications department. The communications director. Carley . Director. Anthony scaramucci. This from thee tore roosevelt. If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most your trouble you wouldnt sit for a month. Cia director mike pompeo suggesting the United States. We take up the administrations efforts to denuclearize north korea. This crazy man cant resist sharing his hot dog with allocators. Thats right. Sharing with allocators. Call it insane. Call it what you will. Well be right back. Stay with us. R. Gary super cool. Potsch the bed is made of highstrength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. Jim aluminum is great for a lot of things, but maybe not the bed of a truck. 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The president comes word that he sent back his National Security advisors and generals to come up with a new plan for afghanistan. He didnt like what they produced. Whats being talked about in washington is just that. The plan seemed to reflect the old policies in afghanistan and the president s instincts, i