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John mccain, institutionalist before a member of any political party any way. joe manchin, democrat from west virginia. appreciate you coming on on a friday night. thank you, is ir. >> thanks, chuck. >> you got it. well be back. a lot more "mtp daily" right after this. at blue apron, were building a better food system. where instead of paying for middlemen,

Thats an interesting and a very helpful, actually, part of his resume being a white house chief of staff. but how familiar is he with tax policy? you know, is he going to be a guy thats when -- thats going to be able to strike the balance between politics and policy when frankly a chief of staff does have to do stuff like that. the president needs to be campaigning over here because it will help us with this effort over there? is that him? im guessing its not. but can he get up to speed? >> i th...

To fate. and what he is also doing is saying that john kelly in his role from general to select has been a stand out in the administration on a lot of issues important to the trump base, to the trump campaign promises, and so he is taking someone who he believes and has seen as being successful in this atmosphere and bringing him right into the white house. >> one quick question, kelly. this is somebody who had a long career in the military. essentially his first job after the military is secret...

>> all right, guys. lets take a break here. i had a lot of other things that we were going to touch on. were going to get to those, i promise, in a few minutes. so stay with us for this breaking news. renls priebus officially out as chief of staff. john kelly the homeland security secretary is officially in. coming up, if this white house cant function on a daily basis what happens if theres a real crisis and who is in charge. maybe we finally got the answer to that question. and if its sunday, ...

In fact, here is a clip of the president talking just now. its in the rain, so its a little noisy. >> mr. president, why p secretary kelly? why john kelly? >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> there you had it. the president putting his tweets essentially to camera there for those of us in the media. well have...

Now. >> well, first, john kelly is a great american. hes a great man. and i think we should note public service is really the reason he decided to go work for donald trump. hes not a democrat or a republican and hes totally apolitical. and ive had many conversations with him. and as you noted, i worked with him closely at the pent done gon. s a close personal friend. he and kaish have given every measure for our country. their son robert was of course killed in action in afghanistan. and he has ...

To the white house. ive got two people who know him in different ways. pete williams, of course our chief justice correspondent, just interviewed secretary kelly a few days ago in aspen. ive got jeremy bash, long-time aide to secretary of defense -- former secretary of defense leon pan et at that. in fact, when he was chief of staff, the senior military advisor, general kelly. worked side by side for quite some time. so pete, let me start with you. it was no secret that president trump of all of...

Hyped sight, always twept twept, but it was pretty clear that the writing was on the wall for chief of staff reince priebus. yesterday at the white house press briefing press secretary sarah huckabee sanders would not definitively say if the president had confidence in his chief of staff. >> sarah, does the president have confidence in his chief of staff? >> look, i think ive addressed this question when it comes to staffing and personnel many times, that if the president doesnt, then hell make ...

Take that. we cant take that approach. and i know hes upset. but we want to work. no one won last night. there was no winners and losers. if anything, if we dont fix something, were all losers. and thats what need to be done. weve got a chance now to repair. our republican friends and colleagues have tried everything possible they could to fulfill their promise of repealing. its so entwined now thats not going to happen. and john mccain, chuck, you know john mccain as well as i know him. john mc...

Isnt enough republicans? >> i think there are a number of concerns here. the chief of staff has been somebody who either as ann was saying had close ties to the president or had some legislative or political experience, had good ties with members on capitol hill. this is the second chief of staff in a row who doesnt have any one of those characteristics, any of those traditional qualifications. then theres the question of whats the management flow. what is the structure of command in this white ...