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>> clearly shouldn't have fired him on twitter. >> but he didn't have any constituency in the building and press korcore and capitol hill didn't have relationship with the president. so this is a good move t mike pompeo actually has relationship with the president shares instincts. is smart and quick study and proved at cia has proven he can run a large organization. so, yes, a lot of chaos, but this is a good day fort administration to get rid of tirler son and get in someone who has a better chance of success. >> mike pompeo is someone the president does seem to trust who he didn't know befo...

That the president gets to pick the people that he surrounds himself with. that's absolutely right. but when the president says that he and bomb pie pompeo are on wave length, i think one of the things that we have to be mindful of is there is a thin line between surrounding yourself with people who support the world view and who will carry out your policies and surrounding yourself with people who will simply say yes to you at all costs. as you know, as i said before, i look at the world through a national security lens. o the president should want to surround himself with people who aren't a...

Are always on the same wave length. politically there is no question that mike pompeo, the cia director has ingratiated himself to this president, alex. >> that's absolutely true, and he's also somebody who folks on the hill basically feel comfortable with, a former colleague. a couple important exceptions that could come up, rand paul has made no secret of his basically hostile view of mike pompeo. john, i think taking a step back, the fact mike pompeo is seen as essentially a credible person on national security shouldn't obscure the bigger picture that folks in washington and outside of was...

Speaker paul ryan was informed of this move by telephone, which appears to be more than rex tillerson was given. we are are told that he found out about this on twitter, reading the president's tweet. joined again by bob bair to get a sense of what this all means, bigger picture. we keep hearing from inside the white house that north korea, the impending meeting between the president and kim jong-un was a big part of this. we're told it made the president realize he just wanted someone who was more on his wave length in that job. >> well, john, tillerson is right, meetings like this, summits l...

And we'll wait for that to play out. again, it puts the focus back on the president. these are decisions he is making, and i want to repeat, day by day, hour by hour, dictated to staff. this is how he operates as a commander-in-chief and ceo in the white house. >> sandra: he was asked about possible disagreement over north korea with rex tillerson. this was asked moments ago in the white house. listen. >> i've worked with mike pompeo now for some time. tremendous energy. tremendous intellect. we're always on the same wave length. that's what i need as secretary of state. i wish rex tillerson w...