and he resigned and i think caused the white house maybe surprise. because the president wanted to keep him on. ned ryun on our show earlier, look, he was never trump s guy. that he was never really trump s pick for this role. and now he gets his guy in scaramucci. he was on sean spicer last night on hannity in sort of an exit interview and had some nice things to say about the president. the president obviously wanted to add to the team, more than anything. i just think it was in the best interest of our chiewngses department, of our press organization, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. i think that s a good quality. they need the team here that works so hard, so tirelessly to advance the president s agenda. need clear leadership. i thought it would be a bit confusing having additional people at the top. from what i understand and all the reports are the president did not want you to go. tell us what happened. he didn t. he has been very gracious throughout this process
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, we welcome viewers in united states and around the world. what can i say? it was a chaotic several days for the white house. yes, words i could have used so often in the first six months of the trump administration. yesterday i paid a visit to sean spicer in his white house digs for an off the record chat. it turned out to be his exit interview. my thoughts on spicer s departure are next. plus, mr. schwarzenegger went to washington, talking gerrymandering and climate change and we had a sit down. no nfl team has signed free agent colin kaepernick. michael vick gave him hair cut advice. i m about to ask bob costas whether capp erkaepernick is bl
the governator was talking gerrymandering and climate change. and we had a sitdown. also, no nfl team has yet signed colin kaepernick. ex qb michael vick gave him hair cut advice. first, i scored sean spicer s exit interview and didn t realize it at the time. i was in washington friday to interview schwarzenegger, and for an offer the record chat with spicer at 9:00 a.m. i left at:45. i didn t want to overstay my welcome because spicer told me he was meeting with the president at 10:00 a.m. by the time i was getting back to my hotel, word was breaking that he just quit as white house press secretary. no, i didn t know that the timing was imminent. the new york times called him the four pinocchio fres
recused himself. if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. so jeff sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself. i then have which frankly i think is is very unfair to the president. how do you take a job and then recuse yourself. if he would have recused himself before the job, i would have said, thanks, but i m not going to take you. the president going on to say in that intervow that i m not under investigation. i have not done anything wrong. but the russia investigation is at the top of his moind. it s what he spent a lot of times in that it interview talking about. jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you. we recommend reeding the entire
in fact, i sat down with congressman chaffetz about his decision to leave washington and the problems he sees with today s political culture. you need members who can answer their own questions, talk on camera, who can stand up to town halls and answer difficult questions. and be able to stand up on principle and say, this is why i believe this. and if that person isn t able to do that in your own district, then get rid of him. it s something like 98% of the people get re-elected. are you kidding me? wait until you hear what he has to say about his decision to leave congress. i ll have much more on this interview i did with him, an exit interview, if you will, with jason chaffetz this monday on a special edition of mtp daily. still ahead, some sage advice for president trump and his recent rhetoric. first, hampton pearson with the cnbc market wrap. tech stocks take another plunge, taking the broader market low. the dow falling 167 points, the s&p sliding by 21, the nasdaq