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Chief of staff. the chief congressional correspondent for the examiner. the trump administration is not only one who has trouble filling vacancies. in this case is there a certain group thats worried? and whats causing their concerns? >> you are right. trumps predecessor had difficulty filling vacancies and wasnt able to get his cabinet staffed up to the same degree and speed as his two predecessors. but whats different is we have homeland security and health and human services, two cabinets who...

Where do you put this on that spectrum of what were seeing in this administration as opposed to the one you worked in and previous ones. >> this is particularly true when it comes to the secretary of state. i can tell you from conversations i participated in in the last few years of the obama white house, secretary of state, john kerry in this case, was in a position to deliver bad news to the president of the united states on regular basis because dealing with tough stuff. in position to tell t...

United states on regular basis because dealing with tough stuff. in position to tell the president, update on the negotiations on iran, its not going well now, iranians are moving the goal post. or mr. president, trying to complete climate deal but we need you no intervene with the indians, you have a lot on your plate but need you to make the call. not good conversation to have under best circumstances. this tension and dhaenk secretary of state has to endure is not unique to secretary tillerso...

For the future of the european continent or especially for the european union if you take a look at the their predecessors impounding fathers if you like of european politicians the firmly believe that europe should be based on christianity if not religious proper religious terms but certainly culturally and if you refer to way shift away from that its going to cause very serious problems look looking around and looking at this is this look around the globe nobodys nobodys playing that game but ...

Of making sure he has no friends in washington. and as you all pointed out, he certainly did have a contentious senate confirmation or at least by standards the secretary of s contentious -- but he then proceeded to arrive at the state department. there is thousands of people or hundreds of people at the c street entrance wishing him the best. then he went to his office and shut the door and seemed to never speak to the foreign service. every secretary understands you ought to reach out to your ...

Tomorrow its a political fraught moment because its also going to be about policy, what does the country do going forward? is there a debate to be had about gun control or other policies, what can we learn from this terrible or ordeal? >> do you also recognize, i think peter was describing the inner monologue that comes out of donald trumps mouth when hes not reading from a teleprompter. i also hear a great ignorance of history. >> thats right. i mean i dont think he has a real sense of the offi...

The white house diplomatic room where president trump will address the nation in just moments following the most deadly mass shooting in u.s. history. as we wait for the president, lets go to jeff zeleny outside of the white house. what can we expect from the president this morning, jeff, with us also is lisa monaco, former homeland security adviser under the obama administration who dealt with many tragedies including the pulse night club massacre. first, to you, jeff zeleny. >> good morning, p...

And he identified him. we do not expect anything like that because the las vegas police have already made that information known here. but look for this to be a moment for this president, a moment of leadership for him to speak. as you said he was scheduled to speak about 11 minutes or so ago. im not sure what is holding him up. he has rearranged his schedule this morning to give this address. he was supposed to be in the east room of the white house at 11:00. that event is being held by the vic...

>> i mean, i do, but not many people know that. >> we have so much more straight ahead. the next hour of newsroom all starts right now. hello again. thank you for joining me. diplomatic channels with north korea are open for now but they wont be forever. the u.s. state department tweeting out that message after president trump took to twitter insisting he will not fail in north korea as his predecessors bush, clinton and obama did even under cutting his own secretary of state with this tweet s...

Finish out the third quarter in wall street. the dow grew 24, the s&p 500 finished up 9, sending another record high. the nasdaq had a high mark, jumping 43. for the week, the dow rose a quarter of a percentage point. the s&p gained two-thirds. the nasdaq was up 1. the first lady firing back on the librarian who rejected her donation of dr. seuss books. she says the gifts should go to underfunded or underprivileged schools and the illustrations she says, in the books, are examples of racist prop...