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Lot about how these two guys supposedly behind the scenes don t necessarily get along. but that clearly was a reason why the two of them showed up together today. it is, and it actually bowlsters some of what i have been hearing from sources close to both of them since really they both, the president took office, which is that the stories about the discord and about the fact that there are two camps that are warring factions just aren t true. steve bannon said to me i believe it was last week that he was livid that his former publication breitbart had a big splashy spread on the front of its website going after reince priebus. you know, remember, he was not that long ago the head of breitbart where they made it a point and the whole kind of reason that they exist was to go after the republican party, reince priebus was the chair of the republican party until two months ago. but i do believe that they do ....
this administration is trying to make sure that we don t hide things, wait for them to come out after the fact. so it recognizes the role that he s going to play. steve will not be in every meeting. like axelrod, he ll come in and out. reporter: bannon unfazed by the controversy. a person close to him tells cnn he thrives on it. bann bannon sees his role as disrupting the establishment, republicans included and putting his idealogical imprint on the trump presidency. he calls himself a nationalist. this whole movement, it s the top first inning. reporter: he joined the team last august, taking lead from leaving the conservative breitbart news website. at 62 he has one of the loudest voices in the white house who is rarely heard or seen outside, except now at the president s side. he is a former naval officer. goldman sachs investment banker and hollywood movie producer who drew attention of conservatives ....
Principles committee but, quote, shall attend where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed, unquote. this is also a tremendous change, despite claims otherwise. why the president would think that the former publisher of breitbart is a more important voice on national security matters than the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff or the director of national intelligence, that s a mystery. except, of course, that the fear is that this is a white house that seems not to value sufficiently information and expertise from outside expert voices. republican senator john mccain called the national security council changes a, quote, radical departure. ambassador susan rice. president obama s former national security adviser described the decision as, quote, stone cold crazy. jeff zeleny joins me. ....
A major shakeup at the national security council are, quote, utter nonsense. to be charitable, those are alternative facts from our friends at the white house. national security experts in the presidential memorandum making the change disagree. the president, in his new memo, gave steve bannon, the former publisher of breitbart. a seat on the national security council. this has never been done before. george w. bush did not even innovate strategist karl rove to the meetings. david axelrod was allowed to occasionally attend only as an observer. giving a purely political staffer a principles committee seat on the national security council, that s brand-new and it is unsettling to a great many experts from both major political parties. in addition, president trump has said that the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are no longer on the national security council ....
When i see a program that fits them, then i bring it to them. with the help of pg&e we ve been able to save a tremendous amount of energy and a tremendous amount of money. we re able to take those savings and invest it right back into the classroom. together, we re building a better california. today, day two in the world of president-elect donald trump. the focus turns to trump actually governing. that means two things. staffing and a legislative agenda. staffing first. some of the names being floated, steve bannon for chief of staff. the head of the conservative breitbart website and trump s campaign chairman. he may be in competition for the post with rnc chair reince priebus. bannon declared the site he used to run with a platform for the all t alt white. kellyanne conway, former campaign manager corey lewandowski being considered for the jobs. ....