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Presidents allies, saying, for one, it will have to be someone who is close with mike pompeii y pompeo, who has an increasing role. left the white house after bolton took the role, rick waddell. brian hook on the screen, the u.s. special representative for iran. he has one of those critical qualifications, which is that hes particularly close to pompeo. keith kellogg, the national security adviser right now to the white house, mike pence. he was the acting national security adviser for i think j...

Who do you think has the best shot and who is the most closely aligned with the president ideology? >> i think brian hook mostly because hes at the state department and hes as pompeo aide. secretary pompeo is one of the most influential people in the trump orbit at this point. i would argue the most influential cabinet member. what i see whats happening is a proxy battle to see who can take over the slot. i think mulvaney, he would love to stick in that slot and pompeo would love to stick brian ...

He is now the trump administrations foreign policy principal and there is nobody competing with him. so yeah, hes pretty happy. >> bret: policy, personality? what do we think happened here? >> both. he talked about the fact he kind of like this good cop/bad cop routine. john bolton sort of served a purpose for a while but i think over time the clashes became sort of cumbersome for trump and a little bit more than he probably wanted in the administration so hes on the hunt for a new national -- >...

Interested and its neither of the candidates from texas. all these people are here for senator elizabeth warren, who continues to draw enormous crowds at her events every couple of days. >> bret: peter doocy walking with the crowds in austin, texas, thanks. another state that has republicans concerned is north carolina. a special election there tonight seen by many as an indicator of g.o.p. strength or weakness in that state. correspondent jonathan serrie is in monroe north carolina tonigh tonig...

This white house that it was mike pompeo on the one side trying to cut this deal and it was john bolton, the vice president, and others on the other side saying they didnt think it was a very good idea. in terms of why bolton is no longer here, heres the way the white house press secretary put it this morning. >> the president of the united states asked john bolton last night for his resignation. it was delivered today. john boltons priorities and policies just dont line up with the presidents. ...

Tweeted "i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning." the departure had been building for some time. sources telling fox news yesterday bolton was likely on the way out. today the secretaries of state and treasury said they were often at odds with both and too. >> there were many times ambassador bolton and i disagreed combats to be sure. the presidents view of the iraq war and prep ambassador boltons was very different. >> it will likely remain a case of he said, he sa...

Right to put someone in that position that can carry out his agenda. >> boltons resignation letter was simple. two lines. saying thank you for the opportunity to serve and im on my way out the door. i should have a copy of that soon, to be able to share with you. one thing i should tell you a couple of names being kicked off, more in the neighborhood of mulling over who might be on tap to replace him, brian hook, currently mike pompeos senior policy adviser at state, steven began, the presidents...

Pompeo. youve got require dell, who worked for mcmaster who knows the ins and outs of the national security council and the way it meets. the one thing i think was a knock on john bolton is the process kind of died on his watch. >> bret: these are the three guys. keep kellogg, brian, record out. >> those are three names the president mentioned to me. there are others on the list, but what are we looking for? somebody that can work with pompeo, work with the department of defense to get the inner...

Discussing this. he handed his resignation to the president at 11:30 in the morning, 28 minutes later the president tweeted that he asked bolton for his resignation last night. we will forever be wondering, did the president fire him or did john bolton decide to resign? theres a difference of opinion. as to what might happen next, a couple names being kicked around washington. brian hook, senior policy advisor to secretary of state mike pompeo. stephen began, who was the chief of the north korea...

Going to happen, but certainly it would seem that the intention is to offload that oil, perhaps at sea as opposed to in the port of tartus. but certainly thats the indications that were getting. now this whole -- the story of this ship is rather interesting. in recent weeks, brian hook, the u.s. representative, special representative for iran, actually sent an e-mail to the indian captain of this ship offering several million dollars in reward if he would take it to a port where the united state...