We have been witnessing in the white house has produced a casualty. Reince priebus is out as chief of staff. I have just named john f. Kelli as white house chief of staff. Hes a great american. John kelly Homeland Security secretary of late. Lets go to nbcs Andrea Mitchell in washington who has been watching this power str struggle. Not hard to see this coming in some form or fashion. Absolutely. Reince priebus has been on the ropes for months now. Certainly after the attack from anthony skar much, the new Communications Director, a blistering and profane attack, it was clear he was on his way out. Could be blamed for legislative strategy. The repeal of oobamacare. John kelly is the president who says i love my generals. John y, very strong in enforcing his immigration policy. Also just on a personal level, this is a man who is a marine. He joined the marines in 1970, served on active duty in three wars and hassen given the ultimate sacrifice of his son. His daughter works for the fbi.
The world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. The white house defending President Trump saying he, quote, takes Domestic Violence very seriously. The press secretary Sarah Sanders face ad barrage of questions a little while ago about the president s comments is that tweets in support of former aide rob porter who resigned after accusations of assault by his exwives became public. It also revealed that he was one of dozens of white house staff working without a full security clearance. Well talk about the breaking news with senator andyi klobuchar. And Joaquin Castro of the house intelligence committee. Then our correspondents and special the i haves are also standing by. First, lets get the very latest from our chief White House Correspondent jim acokofcostaac. Yet another controversy dogging the west wing. Thats right. The white house is still answering questions about how one of the top aides, rob porter, can be allowed to work in the white ho