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Makes about his next economic adviser, larry kudlow a well-known cnbc economic contributor and apparently the president said hes looking at him strongly to be the next economic adviser. that follows the news from last week. well see whether or not that position is filled soon. >> sandra: so going back to right now hearing from the state department rex tillerson did not know he was out. the president also just answering a question about the timing just now and the president saying rex and i talke...

That. it was trying to tell him why all of this mattered. and it was coming out of that meeting that secretary of state rex tillerson reportedly called the president a moron, and it was soon thereafter that dunford urged john kelly to say, look, if the president comes back to you about the chief of staff job which he danced around before, this time you should take it. >> that comes in 13 days as well. i want to ask about rex tillerson and how hes hung in there. this is a guy who ran exxon. hes a...

The same page. lets bring back john avlon and a.b. stoddard. how many hands are on rexs back pushing him towards the door? >> there is a divestiture issue that is leaving tillerson in his seat. it is is ativan teenage kwrous for him to leave blond. so he continues to say he is doing just fine. he often describes it as a very difficult job. hes happy to keep on with this job. >> he has to stay for financial reasons. >> which is why he wanted to stay a year. he didnt want to be booted out december...

It sends a signal to our allies and adversaries around the world. theres chaos that comes from the administration. its not just rex tillersons fault. morale. key positions remain open. the chaos is coming from the west wing. >> i would never condescend. how come you are not assuaged by the presidents voice saying rex is here. if that does not tell you everything you need to know. he is here now. >> the question is what is the succession plan. more importantly, we have serious issues on the table...

Replace mike pompeo. the leading candidate appears to be tom cotton, senator from arkansas who again, also appears to be very much in line with the presidents thinking on foreign policy and national security issues. both of those things have come up. i will tell you that the white house press secretary sarah sanders was asked about this earlier this morning. you saw the president was asked about it in that pool spray with the crown prince of bahrain. the president saying rex is here, rex is here...

>> rex is here. >> is he going to stay on his job. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> lets bring in jim accost a. what more can you tell us about the shake-up and the timing? >> wolf, obviously this has been something that has been speculated about for sometime now ever since it was revealed that the secretary of state referred to the president as a moron and the president fired back and challenged rex tillerson to an iq test. there is glad in the water for weeks. just this morning we were ab...