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An impediment to building up a better relationship with russia. he didn't quite go so far as saying he wanted to get rid of it, but that was the implication. now this actually expands the sanctions. it doesn't do it in a very dramatic way. but it certainly puts specific sanctions on individuals for the election hack. so by signing the bill, which i think he's going to have to do, he's acknowledging that russians were responsible for the hack. i don't think that will change in any way his continued effort to muddy that up. as you say, the reason for that is clear. he is not capable in his own m...

Folks in to help rev up the communications operation. and after reflection, my decision was to recommend to the president that i give anthony and sarah a clean slate to start from so that they can talk about the president's agenda and help move it forward. >> spicer was chief of staff reince priebus's man. and priebus was kept in the dark about the president interviewing scaramucci for that job, as was chief strategist steve bannon. a source telling nbc news priebus initially fought the hiring of scaramucci. after the decision was made, prebus then said he was on board. but his future is also ...

Years. their constituency that support the groups that they have certainly recognize that and they're supporting the mission of their organizations, and pushing and putting pressure on members to get the job done. nothing beyond that. >> just about the organizational structure now that anthony's coming in, the press secretary, the coms secretary use to be co-equal, reporting to the chief of staff. will it remain that way? because there was some move toward making the communications director sort of the deputy chief of staff and then the press secretary and the coms director would report to tha...

His relationship with the family and with donald, is on him. i think that was why trump was able to see his way clear to doing this. but again, folks are not beating down donald trump's door to become coms director for this white house. it is not considered a position that most people that would be able to professionally communicate and effectively communicate a national image and message have chosen to pursue. even our friend jason here stepped away from that opportunity. and the fact of the matter is, you know, trump does get a little credit for having someone who said something critical of ...

>> sean, do you have time for another question, please. sean, sean. >> come on, sean. sean. >> part of the sean spicer greatest hits reel. we're talking about the major shake-up today within the white house press corps. sean spicer will be out in august, and anthony scaramucci has been appointed as the coms director and sarah huckabee sanders will be taking sean's job as press secretary. let's talk to paul begala, cnn political commentator, and democratic strategist and a former adviser to president clinton. also with me, matthew whittaker, cnn legal commentator and executive director of the...