Increasingly under scrutiny for his past statements on islam and other issues, Stephen Bannon whospower is writing within the new white house, Andrea Mitchell reports. Reporter hes at the president s side at nearly every photo op. Chief white house strategist steve bannon aside from the family, first among equals in President Trumps power circle. What bannon wants . Nothing short of a revolution. A Pop Lift Revolution in the united states. Republican in name but trump in style. Reporter his influence stretching from politics to foreign policy. Now on the National Security Council Principles committee. Hes got a tremendous understanding of the world and the geopolitical landscape. Surprisingly a retired
general who served both president bush and obama. How unusual is it that steve bannon has a seat at the table . I think its unprecedented. Bannon described as brilliant but his power alarming critics. His warning to the media to keep its mouth shut. That extreme vetting order. Listen to
biden just gets back on the political scene endorsing former obama labor secretary tom perez for dnc chair. biden saying we have a lot of good people vying for this important job but i do think for this moment and in this time tom perez is our best bet to help bring the party back. the former vice president who swore in the obama appointee four years ago, also called him a man of integrity and vision. he knows how to explain why our party s beliefs matter to the immigrant in arizona and the coal miner in west virginia. do we stay with a failed status quo approach or do we go forward with a fundamental restructuring of the democratic party? what was supposed to be a listening session in honor of black history of the month at the white house yesterday instead of president trump focusi on some of his favorite political targets. the president welcomed a number of african-american leaders including members of his