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Best healthcare we can. if we can do that in that direction, i think that is great. if we cant, we need to look for other ways to make solutions. john decker? >> thanks, sarah. hurricane harvey is fiercely bearing down on the southern part of the u.s. texas seems to be in the cross hairs. there is no replacement yet for general kelly at the department of homeland security. first question, does the president plan to name a replacement any time soon, and second of all, is this problematic in terms...

Always, we have a personnel announcement and i will be happy to share with you. john decker? since we are in the johns? speak of open just a follow-up on north korea. clarify the administrations message that has for north korea, another day the president said when asked about north korea, we will take care of them. we will take care of everything. a little bit ago, the secretary of state, secretary of state to loosen said that the u.s. is trying to convince north korea that the u.s. is not your ...

Considered for homeland security? >> im not aware of any moments for him, as always, when we have a personnel announcement, ill be happy to share it with you. >> john decker? >> thank you, sarah. i was hoping to follow up on north korea. collar phi the administrations message that it has for north korea, the other day, the president said when asked about north korea, we will take care of them, we will take care of everything. a little bit ago the secretary of state tillerson said that the u.s. i...

Tick tock. as we said several times before what matters most to us is not whos employed in the white house but whos employed in the rest of the country and were focused on the presidents agenda of growing the economy, creating jobs and thats what were going to do. thats what were focused on. john? >> sarah, was it a chain of command issue? because scaramucci said that he had a direct line of communication to the president. theres been some speculation that general kelly may try to tighten up the...

I think the president wants him to build his own team and he felt that the comments were inappropriate. >> a follow-up. tell us what its looks like in this administration. >> you know, as we have laid out general kelly i think will bring new structure to the white house. and discipline and strength. and were all really excited to work with him and i wont draw out a chart up here but well keep you posted -- >> steve bannon, kelly ann will report under him instead of going straight to the presiden...

Caucus say that they would oppose the skinny repeal that was referred to earlier, that if a measure came out with just ending the ma mandates and ending the tax on medical devices, that that would -- and not addressing anything else that they would vote against it. is the president aware of this and is he making any calls for specific parts of the repeal effort? >> look, the administration has been working hand in hand on pushing repeal and replace of obamacare. we actually like the term freedom...

The big pieces are simplification and helping take off relief for the middle class. those are big places we are really focused. we will continue to do that. as you saw from the statement the border adjustment tax was taken off the table. thats another big step forward in the process. peter? >> sarah, can i ask you quickly about anthony scaramucci. >> only if you do it quickly. >> thats fine. has he taken an oath of office? >> im sorry? >> has anthony scaramucci taken an oath of office. >> not th...

More on latest defense of the meeting with the russian lawyer, offering dirt on hillary clinton and the white house trying to shift attention to the presidents agenda. lets get to aim a.b. stot ard. >> happy monday. >> shepard: made in america week. sean spicer asked about made in america week by john decker from fox news radio talking about ivanka products, which arent made in america according to the reporters questioning. made in america week, its not getting front billing. >> right, i think ...

All right. lets get you now to the white house to the briefing we cant see but we can hear. this is the q&a portion with sean spicer just wrapped moments ago so here is that audio. >> now, and with that, lets get into some questions. john. >> the president this morning in an interview with "fox & friends" seemed to indicate that he thinks the special counsel may have some conflict of interest, one being his friendship with comey, another being the fact that a lot of the people that hes hiring,...

With them in syria. i think thats a positive thing. i think we enjoy normal diplomatic relations with them and as the president has said very -- on numerous times, if we can find areas of agreement with russia, especially with respect to the fight against isis, you know, safe zones in syria, then well do it. but its got to be on terms that are in the best interest -- in our national interest. john decker. >> when the president tweeted out earlier this week that chinas efforts at applying pressur...