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Said john kelly will be leaving his post by the end of the year. vice president pence's chief of staff, nick ahers was reported to be the top contender for the job. but today he took himself out of the running saying he would also like to leave this white house at the end of the year. >> reporter: so that means both president trump and the vice president mike pence now need a new chief of staff. much of the intrigue surrounding the president's upcoming selection as the white house keep of staff is essentially the gatekeeper over here from the west wing. there's a lot of speculation with names ...

Into 2019 as well. >> shepard smith: for chief of staff, there is one person who seems quite interested. >> mark meadows from north carolina has openly embraced the possibility. his name popped up in reports as well. he was saying "serving as chief of staff would be an incredible honor. the president has a long list of qualified candidates, i know he'll make the best selection for his administration and the country." meadows himself has been a major ally of this president. meadows sits on the oversight committee. has a lot of experience dealing with those issues. democrats, as you know, have t...

Would eventually need him in one of those roles. a source close to steve mnuchin told me as well this morning that mnuchin has never expressed interest in becoming the next white house chief of staff. i'm told mnuchin feels he can best serve as the treasury secretary. an interesting answer, though, over the weekend as it remlated to the president's top trade representative. listen here. >> has anyone at the white house talked to you about chief of staff? >> no. >> what i'm hearing from you is you're not interested in the job? >> i'm not -- i haven't spoken to anyone. i'm entirely focused on wh...