Page 7 - Staff Issue News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The handwritten note, so he was drafting a letter like that. part of the question is that when all of this came up he brought in general john kelly's situation and said, why don't you ask if president obama called john kelly. he avoided the spotlight of every bringing up his own lost or son's death in 2010. >> we know they say kelly did not get a phone call from president obama when his son died. i don't know if that was a staff issue. i don't know how general kelly feels about that, but my assumption, knowing trump as we do, and as we have for a long time, my assumption is kelly made a nuance...

And john mccain. >> whenever eels had good moments and tomorrow there will be he stems on it himself. this is not a staff issue. you're right with the two senators there, senator flash and mccain, he already has built in flash points. so you're right. the smart thing to do would be to talk more about afghanistan, talk in a very serious way and really take this presidential approach. this is inviting controversy. you're actually stepping on your own pardon story. >> also no one typically pardons anyone until the final days of a presidency. sneak in a quick break. we'll be right back. huffed and...

The morning at the exim bank. >> i think he's reporting. >> you're telling me right now, anthony scaramucci believes he's a -- an employee in good standing at the exim bank? >> absolutely. >> all right. white house not yet getting that message. steve schmidt, what do you think? >> well, look, i think that certainly it's the case that this white house and the west wing has functioned some like sort of latter day zoo. i have no doubt about general kelly's ability to instill the appropriate level of fear and discipline in people who badly need a dose of both. but the issue that's causing chaos gl...

And i understand that. >> we're talking about the president of the united states. >> exactly. >> what parent would not want their child to be in the oval office to meet barack obama? or hillar clinton? >> do i need to remind you about bill clinton? >> no. what we need to think about -- >> i'm sorry this is what we need to think about. who is going to be our next president? who will we want our -- >> right. >> -- children to be in the room with. hillary clinton is somebody who children will want to be in a room with. following barack obama. so that's to suggest that somehow for kelly ayotte to ...

>> is that the president's freelancing or is it a staff issue? if you're going to do an interview with a political reporter from the new england cable network you're going to get asked about the senate race in new england. >> part of this was the president trying to be a little funny. i think he had a talking point in a briefing binder that he ignored. when it comes to scott brown this is a personal thing with the president. scott brown is the republican who was elected and caused huge headaches for the white house when they were trying to pass health care. he was trying to make a little, take...