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With all how he was essentially escorted out of fox news, you know, he was -- he wasnt invited to leave. you could say he was truly forced out. no one else was hiring him. i assume he became unhirable in the corporate world. >> of course. he was basically in retirement out on long island where he lives with his family. and really my reporting indicates he did not have any career prospects and we should point out hes entirely new to politics. i mean you could argue that roger ailes ran fox as a c...

According to vanity fairs gabriel sherman, shine was forced out at fox last year, in part for enabling sexual harassment at the company. now, shine has denied knowledge of the behavior of former fox news chairman roger ailes who left after being accused of sexual harassment. sherman also reports that shines move to the white house came at the urging of one of fox newss personalities and somebody shine is very close with, sean hannity. speaking of gabe sherman, he joins me now as our networks for...

>> what was shines role at fox news. >> he was basically his right hand man. did something significant at fox news that i dont think he gets enough credit for. when he became copresident, he sort of oversaw and led the transformation of fox news from being a conservative political operation to approach on propaganda arm. what that means is that he had developed the skill set of being able to manage a wide array of personalities and competing interest but being able to drive through a right wing ...

Significant influence in large part because this is the fox news administration, not just the white house. the resulting political success to what they have been seen to people like bill shine. additionally, other cabinet agencies, top deputy of steve mnuchin. we are told bill shine personally recruited him to fox news. shine is going to find lots of people in the white house who owe him something and supportive of him. close friends of sean hannity. hannity was very supportive. he is not going ...

>> people like scott pruitt ends up being fired or resigning voluntarily. most of the coverage of fox was around ailes. and is going to be under tremendous amount of scrutiny and have to get his clearance, i mean he has never had to face this level of scrutiny before i would imagine. >> no. he always had roger ailes. but the one thing that i would point out is able to do his job and be an implementer. and that is what he is, an effective deputy. he is not going to do the kinds of stupid things t...

White house. >> hope that bill shine can politely tell the president to take seriously, or believes what he watches at fox news. >> unlikely that shine is going to be a countervailing force. the president would not take any criticism of its programming seriously. the president very much is presenting himself as the decider. shine was too controversial for fox news. people in the administration who are likely troubled by the fact that he was hired. >> he should come out and answer some questions ...

>> she proclaims shes of indian heritage because her mother says she has high cheekbones. >> well take that little kid but we have to do it gently because we are in the me too generation so we have to be very careful. well take that kid and slowly toss it and hoping it does not hit her and injure her arm. >> the me too comments on the same day the president announced his latest hire, bill shine. shine will be the latest chief of staff of communication. he resigned on fox news last year of harass...

In effect reveres. they speak the same language when it comes to television and branding. shine has a close relationship with sean hannity among others. so i think he will be a big influencer going forward. >> eric, youve done so much work on scott pruitt. i want to ask you about andrew wheeler, his deputy, taking over as acting epa administrator. hes not only a former coal lobbyist but a lobbyist for murray energy in west virginia, the subsidiary was involved in that horrible mining disaster th...

>> well, i make two things. number one, bill shine is starting off his day by cleaning house, by trying to have a fresh start at his time at the white house and trying to get rid of some of the ethical challenges, ethical scandals following the president. i take a second point. he is on the plane, bill shine formerlily of fox news on the plane with donald trump on air force one and how do they communicate it? they do it by good old-fashioned presidential tweet. the shine regime apparently will n...

Is known -- who has been accused of being an actual enabler of the sexual -- the rampant sexual harassment at fox. and yes, shine denies it. but there have been allegations, not just from one person, but from multiple women. >> and that he was ousted from fox over this, but now is getting promoted to a plum position in the federal government. >> thats exactly right. its also coming at a time where these allegations against trump arent just in his past. he is currently being sued by one of his ac...