Key Advisory Role News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Enforcement officer essentially of the nation. while presidents typically put loyalists in this position, eric holder and loretta lynch and john dean under richard nixon that went to jim for him come to mind. they don't typically rally for them like sessions did. he will be more strained in his language now he's attorney general. nevertheless, he will be very close to president trump and playing a key advisory role. >> shepard: thanks, eliana johnson. great to see you. thank you. >> thanks. >> shepard: a private plane got a little too close to air force one. now the feds are investigating. tha...

Name admirals and generals and all of this on the same day we're getting word that carl icahn, billionaire investor extraordinary take over artist extraordinary will be playing a key advisory role for him.

Not in donald trump's inner circle, at least from very early on, anderson. >> all right. sara murray, thanks. all presidential transitions generate their share of controversy, intrigue, and leaks. tonight wab leak about the intrigue, specifically a battle said to be brewing over top appointments, even more specifically, what's called a knife fight. details from cnn's jim sciutto who joins us now. so this supposed knife fight, who's it between and who's making these allegations? >> well, anderson, it's been described in more colorful terms not appropriate for air. but clearly, internal disagree...

Disagreements, sharp internal disagreements about not only key cabinet appointments, but also just general direction of this administration. and the two camps, on the one side, a more establishment republican party camp, and keep in mind, you have reince priebus, appointed to chief of staff, against a more non-traditional bent, and think of steve bannons of the world who now has this key advisory role. and in addition to that, there's real questions and real confusion. the word "buffoonery" was used for me inside the transition, because it's not clear who's in charge. you have steve bannon and...

A troubled second term and now a shakeup in the white house. president obama's turning to a man who has been through it before, john podesta, who was chief of staff to bill clinton during his impeachment crisis. can he help steer another democratic president down a very bumpy road? let's begin our coverage with our senior white house correspondent, brianna keilar. brianna, tell us what podesta's role will be. >> reporter: his title, wolf, will be counselor to the president. it's a key advisory role and podesta is expected to be very influential. the deal that he struck with white house chief o...