Page 34 - Clock Ticks News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Establishment figures who work with donald trump and the nontraditional figures, the insiders and the outsiders. of course, they say, no, it is not a purge. >> no, it is not a purge. all right. mike rogers says there is some confusion about the chain of command at trump tower in new york where vice president-elect mike presence is now in charge of the transition team. pence's presence was seen as reassuring to republicans but rogers told cnn's anderson cooper that it was, quote, absolutely the campaign's prerogative to let him go. >> they wanted to go in a different direction. it was easy for ...

So there's a whole series of about five of them that fit that criteria that were asked to leave in the last few days. you know what, that's absolutely the campaign's prerogative. i think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. hopefully they will get that settled pretty soon. i think they will need to do it because as this clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important. >> reporter: that word confusion really caught my ear, because here we are a week, full week after election day and they are constantly plagued by stories of in-fighting and ...

Security expert. he goes there to meet with the transition team and he says this. after exchange with trump transition team changed my recommendation. stay away. they are angry, arrogant, screaming you lost. that is also known as the winner, but mike rogers, cnn analyst, former congressman, very tight with mike pence and chris christie just got dismissed from the transition team. he had this to say. >> they clearly wanted to make a change in this regard and, so, it came down that it was time they wanted to go in a different direction. i think there is some confusion going on about a chain of c...

According to a source familiar with the transition rogers got the news over the phone. he had been working for months on the pre-election transition team under chris christie. mike rogers joins me tonight. chairman rogers, there are differing accounts as to what led to your exit from the transition team. some are saying it was your choice, others are saying you were forced out. can you explain what happened? >> the timing is probably right, if they wanted to make a change they clearly wanted to make a change in this regard, so it came down that it was time they wanted to go in a different dire...

Command coming out of new york. hopefully they'll get that settled pretty soon. i think they're going to need to do it, because as this clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important and you have to make them sooner, with a little more authority and a little more forward thinking to make sure that they don't bump into anything in the future. i think they're going to get there. i'm an optimist about that. >> when you talk about confusion coming out of new york, what do you mean? is it a difference of kind of vision? there's obviously, you know, steve bannon wing, there's reince prieb...