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One of the front runners to replace him the chief of staff for vp, vice president mike pence, speculation swirling that president trump he confirmed that president trump will tap healther nowert, former fox news colleague of ours for u.n. ambassador and william bar for attorney general. here to break it all down, a guy who knows the vice president very well his former press secretary, mark lotter, what do you make of the news that john kelly is on the way out, and the fact that nick airs will re...

Restraints upon him which is bad thing for the country. one can criticize certain things that john kelly did as chief of staff. the one real significance of this is john kelly could say no to donald trump. he was his pier, his age and stature. he could pick up the phone and call rex tillerson. rex tillerson and jim are doing things. nick ayers will not tell donald

Money is not an issue now. there is so much money from so many different places. i cant imagine how much is going to be spent. you have a shrinking number, arguably of battle-ground states, politico report says its only six now. you know, you have a michael bloomberg who has enough money. he can write his own checks. he has experience. he knows donald trump. he is somebody who is not playing his game. what sort of is on your list? who is on your list. >> i want to layer one thing on top of what ...

Joining me new new york times political reporter who is an msnbc political analyst. nick, if i get one question more than any other from voters its not who can from voters is not n beat donald trump is what kind of candidate beats donald trump? is there an answer. >> the person that can beat trump is somebody who doesnt try to be donald trump. you cant beat him at his own game. and shouldnt try. the democrats won the house back by ignoring the president and campaigning on policy and health care ...

He will be he replaced by nick airs. this news coming on a day when the president confirmed to other news on his administrations car carousel. >> bill barr will serve. shell be ambassador to the united nations. shes very talented. very smart. >> joining me now is nbc news national political reporter carol lee and bill crystal. what is kellys expected departure mean for the white house now? >> it means that essentially there will be a shake up at the top tier of the white house and theres going t...

If its nick ayers, that will be a different chief of staff. his background is in politics. hes worked in republican politics. thats where hes made his money and his basic nothing is. nick is much younger than john kelly. if does become the replacement, he would be much younger than some of the people supposed to report to him. that would be different. >> im curious because we heard this before. weve heard it before many times that john kelly is on his way out. i wonder if you got an indication f...

Considered to replace john kelly as the white house chief of staff. nick airs began attending these weekly lunches when he came in as the vice presidents chief of staff. two sources close to the president tell me that is how the president came to know and like nick airs and why hes now considering him for this top post. nick airs in his meteoric rise at just 36 years old to be considered for this position, hes earned himself his fair share of enemies. they call him arrogant and criticize his wea...

In our national lead today, 42 people today are dead, even more acing as the camp fire, as the deadliest wildfire in california history continues to spread and wreak havoc, destroying more than 6,000 homes and reducing entire towns in california to ashes. this is just one of three fires raging in california right now. the other two just outside los angeles. and also deadly and destructive. hurricane-force gusts expected to fuel the fires today where 21 million people are all under a red flag war...

Departures. john kelly, nielsens top advocate in the administration. trump is already talking to a handful of potential replacements for kelly, cnn has learned, including elevating vice president pences chief of staff, nick airs, to the post. but as democrats assume their majority in the house and prepare to open investigations of the administration, its unclear whether the ongoing turmoil in the west wing could complicate recruiting qualified candidates. the president has rejected that premise....

There was some concern about the way ronnie jackson was handling karen pences medical information. we dont have the specifics around that and we dont know if the president was aware of this. its important to point that out as well. it does underscore theres been concerns raised about ronnie jackson prior to this latest incident when there were a number of ethical questions raised ahead of his confirmation process for v.a. secretary which he wound up dropping out of. >> let me ask you a follow up...