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Who is the person who tried to break the news gently to him, but there was a sense of inef that billty to the change and if he cant speak for his boss, for the president, hes weakened. the secretary of states job is to represent the president so that was really a dysfunctional situation. whether mike pompeo who obviously to quote president trump is on the same wave length, just the two of them look at the world the same way, whether hell be a more effective commueffec effectieffec effective comm...

Wing. something that has been in the headlines with the one top aide accused of spousal abuse and the presidents son-in-law jared kushner. so he is under scrutiny. he was able to secure a clearance but now he is under the eyes of the department of homeland security and it is becoming news worthy even on capitol hill. they have now sent a letter to the chief of staff john kelly requesting documents relating to johnny mcentees clearance at the white house. so this doesnt seem to be something going...

Stick around after national security meetings to speak with him one on one. analysts say pompeo wont have to be brought up to speed with north korea. >> they asked what do we know and dont we know about north korea. he wasnt happy with what he heard. he started to reorganization and char change on intelligence on north korea to make sure we feel gaps. >> and pompeo supporters say it was his toughness on north korea placing maximum pressure kim jong-un regime which is key reason why they say the ...

House intelligence committee, hes a former george w. bush white house staffer. so, michael, it is very interesting to hear barbara reporting there on gina haspel, who the president wants to take over the cia. what kind of confirmation process do you expect from this? >> well, there will be hurdles. the enhanced entare ga ed inter techniques, i think shell get over them because shes fundamentally nonpolitical. she is very professional. and has run serious cia operations overseas. i think shell wi...

Better fit. >> theyre certainly more on the wave length. and a policy activist. hes in a better position as secretary of state. i do wonder, though about, whether he will continue to preside over the, essentially the dismantlement of the state department. it doesnt strike me that hes going to preside over a funeral which is what weve got going on right now in the state department. >> and of course theyre talking about gena haskell. there are a lot of people raising questions including john mcc...

>> clearly shouldnt have fired him on twitter. >> but he didnt have any constituency in the building and press korcore and capitol hill didnt have relationship with the president. so this is a good move t mike pompeo actually has relationship with the president shares instincts. is smart and quick study and proved at cia has proven he can run a large organization. so, yes, a lot of chaos, but this is a good day fort administration to get rid of tirler son and get in someone who has a better chan...

That the president gets to pick the people that he surrounds himself with. thats absolutely right. but when the president says that he and bomb pie pompeo are on wave length, i think one of the things that we have to be mindful of is there is a thin line between surrounding yourself with people who support the world view and who will carry out your policies and surrounding yourself with people who will simply say yes to you at all costs. as you know, as i said before, i look at the world through...

Are always on the same wave length. politically there is no question that mike pompeo, the cia director has ingratiated himself to this president, alex. >> thats absolutely true, and hes also somebody who folks on the hill basically feel comfortable with, a former colleague. a couple important exceptions that could come up, rand paul has made no secret of his basically hostile view of mike pompeo. john, i think taking a step back, the fact mike pompeo is seen as essentially a credible person on ...

Speaker paul ryan was informed of this move by telephone, which appears to be more than rex tillerson was given. we are are told that he found out about this on twitter, reading the presidents tweet. joined again by bob bair to get a sense of what this all means, bigger picture. we keep hearing from inside the white house that north korea, the impending meeting between the president and kim jong-un was a big part of this. were told it made the president realize he just wanted someone who was mor...

And well wait for that to play out. again, it puts the focus back on the president. these are decisions he is making, and i want to repeat, day by day, hour by hour, dictated to staff. this is how he operates as a commander-in-chief and ceo in the white house. >> sandra: he was asked about possible disagreement over north korea with rex tillerson. this was asked moments ago in the white house. listen. >> ive worked with mike pompeo now for some time. tremendous energy. tremendous intellect. were...