did i not know mike dubke before he came on as communications director. i know he has worked hard here. people leave on their own volition. they find working 18 hour days in different environments are maybe what's not best suited for them. in terms of quote staff shakeups, i always read things that simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more collaborative than people realize and we're constantly being told by people who have never worked in any white house let alone this white house what's going on here. ainsley: we have on the bottom of the screen that mike dubke is out as white house communications director. can you confirm that yes or no. >> what i will say is he has expressed his desire to leave the white house. and made very clear that he would see through the president's international trip and come to work every day and work very hard through that trip because there is much to do back here at the white house. i also would note because many people, again, misreported this that showers is expectedred this that sean spicer is expected bac

i don't know mike dubke, but from looking at the outside, it seems unlikely this is a mike dubke problem. it seems like it's a much larger internal issue. >> do you have sympathy for people who have your job but in the trump administration? >> absolutely. i hope i just sort of expressed that. >> you seem to be. >> yeah, and i think that you're only as good as the product you have to sell, and, yes, you can come up with wonderful tactics and events and language and talking points, but, you know, it's hard to sell -- it's hard to sell a product that isn't going to make it on the market. >> all right, david, molly ball and jen psaki, thanks one and all for being here. david, i'll see you tomorrow. >> hopefully. >> breaking news from the pentagon. the u.s. military just conducted its first are test of a new interceptor missile. what is it successful? the answer to that crucial question next. then a top senate republican wants to investigate a company with ties to the kushner family business. that's coming up in our conflict of interest watch. stay with us. got it. rumor confirmed. they're pl

we know that mike dubke gave his resignation on the 18th. of course, as the president's foreign trip was getting under way. he was only here for three months. so it's certainly striking. what are the circumstances that surrounded his decision to issue his letter of resignation? those are some of the facts we are drilling down on, sean spicer will brief today

and let's start with mike dubke, the communications director. was this his decision to leave or was he pushed out? >> not specifically, but i would suspect that there's a little but of both. the president has made clear he's not satisfied with the performance of his staff. and if you are mike dubke, somebody who has served successfully mainstream republican politicians for a number of years, imagine how difficult it is to walk into this environment, a white house this factionaliz, this dysfunctional, this outside the norms of what we've seen. i'm sure that, you know are he's been there three months. i'm sure he cannot wait to get out the door. >> what's interesting and upside down about this white house and has been since the campaign is that the people who seem to find themselves on the outs are the people with some connection to washington who have done something like politics at the national level before. and the ones who seem to be able to survive are the former bloggers from breitbart and the folks who came in as ideological fellow traveler

and let's start with mike dubke, the communications director. was this his decision to leave or was he pushed out? >> not specifically, but i would suspect that there's a little but of both. the president has made clear he's not satisfied with the performance of his staff. and if you are mike dubke, somebody who has served successfully mainstream republican politicians for a number of years, imagine how difficult it is to walk into this environment, a white house this factionalized, this dysfunctional, this outside the norms of what we've seen. i'm sure that, you know are he's been there three months. i'm sure he cannot wait to get out the door. >> what's interesting and upside down about this white house and has been since the campaign is that the people who seem to find themselves on the outs are the people with some connection to washington who have done something like politics at the national level before. and the ones who seem to be able to survive are the former bloggers from breitbart and the folko cam in as ideological fellow travelers w

white house communication director mike dubke stepping down. joining us is the assistant editor at "the wall street journal," also a fox news contributor there. the on going russian whether involves the white house or not. if the president shakes up disk munication team as it seems to be happening, does it put those things to rest? >> no, i don't think this can medication change is going to matter much. i think the best thing to do is ignore it. with this special counsel, this idea of setting up a war room, if you want to keep this story in the press every day, obviously the press wants to keep it front and center, but i think what the president really needs to focus on is getting his tax cut through the congress. >> jon: why? >> because he's going to have negative press. i don't think he is going to change his style. i don't think he's going to adopt a more disciplined press approach, and i don't think that media is going to stop the hostility against him for the most part, so i think what he's got to do is put some wins on the board and show

. >> good afternoon, mike dubke the head of communications for the white house is out. and chief of staff thanked him for his service and they continue to make the transition to his successor who ever that may be will have questions to answer about russia. >> he downplayed it, saying that russia must be laughing. and senator john mccain says that the russian threat is more than just a lame excuse and more of a threat than isis. >> it's the russians that tried to destroy the fundamental of democracy and that is to change the the outcome of an american election. >> they are looking at his son-in-law jared kushner, and alligations that kushner proposed setting up a back channel with russia during the election. >> back channels are normal but the question is, is it normal to have the back channel before he comes president. and the answer to that is no. >> but he has total confidence in kushner and he tweetd this today. jared kushner did not suggest russian channel. all the shakeups leading to the west wing and mike dubke tendered his resignation and his former campaign mana

we know that mike dubke gave his resignation on the 18th. of course, as the president's foreign trip was getting under way. he was only here for three months. so it's certainly striking. what are the circumstances that surrounded his decision to issue his letter of resignation? those are some of the facts we are drilling down on, sean spicer will brief today at 2:00 so we'll and sean about that. we know based on my conversations over the weekend, hallie, that the president is eyeing potentially expanding some parts of his team, scaling back other parts. he is eyeing some of his former campaign officials, for example, corey lewandowski. dave bossy, who were spotted at the white house yesterday. i am told probably more likely you would see him bring dave bossy back into the fold. he is, of course, the former deputy campaign manager. corey lewandowski has a lot of tensions with his family, as you know, hallie, from your time covering the campaign. this could be the start of a big shakeup. it is certainly significant, hallie, this is the communi

president trump's white house communications director mike dubke resigning after three months on the job, departure could be the first of many changes to come. fox news correspondent kevin corke has our report from the white house. >> reporter: it was a sudden as it was heated, white house press secretary sean spicer's first on-camera briefing in over two weeks quickly unravelled after he was asked about the president's tweet on fake news. mr. trump writing russian officials must be laughing at u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the democrats lost the election has taken over on the fake news? asked today to give an example of that, mr. spicer said this. >> on friday, the president was having a great discussion at g7, and someone from the bbc and ultimately incoming reporter from the "new york times" retweeted the president was being rude by disrespecting the italian prime minister. >> reporter: after some reporters said that wasn't so much of a big deal, the press secretary shot back. >> the reason the president is frustrated is there is a perpetuation of false narratives, use of sou

mike dubke is stepping down. he turned in his letter of resignation two weeks ago but announced it this morning. he is denying any turmoil in the administration and says he is resigning for personal reasons. meanwhile, there is new information about possible ties between the trump administration and russia. cbs news confirms trump's son- in-law jared kushner discussed setting up a, quote, back channel for communications between the trump transition team and russian officials. president trump is defending kushner saying jared is doing a great job for the country and that he has total confidence in him. >>> this morning, there are accusations that a texas lawmaker threatened to shoot one of his colleagues. it reportedly happened when protestors crashed over the state's sanctuary city bill. hena daniels has the latest. >> we are legal and here to stay! >> reporter: the drama happened on monday as they rallied against the sanctuary city bill signed into law by governor abbott this morning requiring local police depar

well, mike dubke was an experienced republican strategist. he has told the us media he's leaving for personal reasons. he said it was an honour to serve president trump. he had been brought in to revamp the communications strategy. and as we have seen over the last few months, this is an increasingly embattled white house. what we are hearing is that they made his departure, there are rumours that there is going to be a bit of a shake—up amongst the communications team. it is room —— rumoured that the trump administration is considering the creation of a war room. one reason for this is the allegation that russia colluded with the trump team during the election. that is the scandal which refuses to go away. some within the white house feel it is not being dealt with effectively enough, so they want to create some kind of war room to deal with those questions and combat those questions. other considerations that we are hearing from us media reports are that the press secretary, sean spicer, may give fewer briefings on camera. there might

that might not be the fault of the communications or of mike dubke. that could be the fault of numerous people within the white house again looking to reporters and talking to them and a general sense of dissatisfaction of staff. the linking is coming from the staff and this white house, or they do is link something to the press. ultimately the communications director must manage the internal process and say stop this, we are not disciplined, we're not talking about staff but policies. sean spicer is at the podium right now and we will go to him shortly. there he is, still in hisjob for the moment. german police have detained a 17—year—old syrian suspected of planning a suicide attack in berlin. brandenburg police say the suspect was arrested in the uckermark district. specialforces raided a home for unaccompanied refugee children after the boy sent a message to his family telling them he had become a jihadist and saying goodbye. officers are still searching the home where he's thought to have lived since last year. at least 26 people have been ki

this as we learn that mike dubke is out as white house communications director. he told fox news he resigned more than a week he's in the white house today. the council to the president, kellyanne conway saying the staff of people is not happening. >> people and administrations tend to leave on their own of mission. they find working 18 hour days may not be what's best suited for them. in terms of staff shakeups, i read things that simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more cooperative than people realize. >> meghan: this is "the washington post" reports at the white house is considering a new aggressive communications strategy which could include the president holding more campaign style rallies to get around the media filter antiaging -- and changing how press briefings are being held. >> guy: i wonder how many americans have heard of him before this news broke today. and shows you how many people are part of this constellation in any white house. very impressive. there have been rumors that spicer might be on his way out and his current role. i

president trump's white house communications director mike dubke resigning after three months on the job, departure could be the first of many changes to come. fox news correspondent kevin corke has our report from the white house. >> reporter: it was a sudden as it was heated, white house press secretary sean spicer's first on-camera briefing in over two weeks quickly unravelled after he was asked about the presidens tweet on fake news. mr. trump writing russian officials must be laughing at u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the democrats lost the election has taken over on the fake news? asked today to give an example of that, mr. spicer said this. >> on friday, the president was having a great discussion at g7, and someone from the bbc and ultimately incoming reporter from the "new york times" retweeted the president was being rude by disrespecting the italian prime minister. >> reporter: after some reporters said that wasn't so much of a big deal, the press secretary shot back. >> the reason the president is frustrated is there is a perpetuation of false narratives, use of sourc

president trump's white house communications director mike dubke resigning after three months on the job, departure could be the first of many changes to come. fox news correspondent kevin corke has our report from the white house. >> reporter: it was a sudden as it was heated, white house press secretary sean spicer's first on-camera briefing in over two weeks quickly unravelled after he was asked about the president's tweet on fake news. mr. trump writing russian officials must be laughing at u.s. and how a lame excuse for why the democrats lost the election has taken over on the fake news? asked today to give an example of that, mr. spicer said this. >> on friday, the president was having a great discussion at g7, and someone from the bbc and ultimately incoming reporter from the "new york times" retweeted the president was being rude by disrespecting the italian prime minister. >> reporter: after some reporters said that wasn't so much of a big deal, the press secretary shot back. >> the reason the presidt is frustrated is there is a perpetuation of false narratives, use of sourc

communications director mike dubke is out. >> a heated fight over immigration at the texas state capitol. lawmakers get in a shoving match and threaten gun violence after one calls immigration enforcement agents on protesters. >>> plus tiger woods blames a reaction to prescription drugs for his holiday weekend dui charges. we'll look at his struggles to overcome personal and professional setbacks. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> this is the grownup world now. if he cannot handle his job he needs to turn in his security clearance and go back to doing real estate in new york city. >> jared kushner facing growing scrutiny. >> i don't trust the story. we have no idea if it's true. >> a shoving match on the floor of the state house in texas. tempers flared over the state's new ban on sanctuary cities. >> isis taking responsibility for a bombing in baghdad. >>> a man accused of a deadly attack after an anti-muslim rant on a train in oregon is due in court today. >> former pan yan nan strongman manuel nor yeiega has died. >> his death

communications director mike dubke. more could follow as a new legal team is taking shape and a war room takes hold at the white house. trump's overseas trip apparently could do nothing to dampen the headlines he's returned to surrounding the russian investigation. in fact, multiple officials tell nbc news that jared kushner, the man helping to lead that so-called war room is being looked at as part of the russian investigation. again, a word just a few moments ago trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, also now the latest to be trapped in that web that is the russia investigation. or the russia investigations. joining me now to talk about it jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios, charlie sikes, msnbc contributor, and stephanie ruhle, msnbc anchor and business correspondent. jonathan, let me start with you. s michael dubke resigning. what's w.h. whose owes's on the bubble and who's on the move. >> the macro view of it is that there's been a recognition at the top they're not prepared with to deal with

mike dubke is out stepping down after three months on the job. sean spicer said the president is moving full steam ahead with his agenda the team has in place. >> i think the president is very pleased with his team. he has robust agenda as i just outlined that he looks forward to working on congress. >> shepard: we get to the agenda in just a moment. president trump and his team are trying to reset the administration amid constant controversy. the "wall street journal" is considering hitting up roles or creating new ones for people that are already working in this administration. let's turn to "wall street journal" reporter the white house reporter, peter nicholas who wrote an article on this matter and joins us live now from d.c. nice to see you. thank you. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: the "wall street journa journal", we share the same owner. so here's how pleased the president is with his staff. listen. >> he's very pleased with the work of his staff. i think he's frustrated like i am and so many others to see stories come out that are patently fa

mike dubke is no longer there. had a lot of prepared statements that he was reading off the bat, trying to give a confident face to what this administration is doing. >> and set their own fair trif. >> set their own narrative but they are sort of at sea, and they can set a narrative, but there are these investigations going on. >> and that's really the burning desire of the president and frankly any president which is to not be talking from the podium or even from the oval office from a defensive posture which is all they have been doing on this russia issue because that was clearly the goal of having this, you know, i think it was like -- you google synonyms or adjectives, like every single one in the book for how fantastic his trip was, but i think on the kushner thing, and you're right, it struck me also that he didn't deny it, but he went beyond that. he went to the idea that two very well-respected national security members in their -- in their administration, h.r. mcmaster and general kelly have both said tha

mike dubke is out. broader changes could be coming as well and there had been talk about the president getting off twitter. this morning he is at it again, taking on germany and talking about the russian story. >> reporter: absolutely. i think there's talk getting the president off twitter before inaugurated. hasn't happened. look what he's doing in terms of germany. he says we have a massive trade deficit with germany. plus they pay far less than they should on nato and the military. very bad for the u.s. this will change. so keeping that battle up with angela merkel. >> said the russians must be laughing at the u.s. now as well. jon karl, thanks very much. >>> all right, and now overseas and new challenge from north korea conducting its third ballistic missile test in just over three weeks. analysts saying that with each new test the north appears to be getting closer to its goal of building a missile that could reach the u.s. with a nuclear weapon. let's bring in abc's chief global affairs correspond

the communications director, mike dubke, he is out, tendering his resignation. new questions tonight about whether or not reince priebus may also be on the chopping block. some suggestions that the president is mulling over people to replace him as well. we're focused on all of it tonight. we'll have more tonight on "nightly news." >> also what was interesting, sean spicer, not only the brevity of that briefing, but al notes, reading from it, not only in regards to jared kushner, but also when asked about the tension between president trump and german chancellor angela merkel. what does that tell you? >> i think you're right. this has been a challenge for a white house where the president said, how can you expect my surrogates to speak with perfect accuracy, because i'm so busy. it's tough for them to deliver his message, which is the explanation for some of the notes today. spicer read the statement from kushner's attorney, saying that kushner is willing to communicate his message to whoever asks, including the fbi, if the inquiry focusing on him. and separatel

all of this coming as president trump's communications director mike dubke resigns. so is this just the start of a major shake-up at the white house? we're on it, but first here as we await sean spicer, it will be interesting to see what he has to say on all this. i want to bring in republican representative ron desantis, member of the house committee and oversight and government reform, a committee following the russia investigation very closely. welcome, congressman. g to have you back on the program. your take on the "washington post" allegation. >> the media has been doing a lot of the stories where there's a lot of smoke, really not fire or facts but a lot of smoke, and i was struck by the kushner report because for months now there's been a narrative that there was some type of illicit collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government, but then the fact that they may have tried to backchannel during the presidential transition is curious because if they were colluding during the campaign, why would they then need this backchannel during the presid

mike dubke resigned. that's a job you held. so how much can a communications director shape the message of a president? >> i think a communications director in a normal world with a normal president, republican or democrat, can play a very important role in doing. figure out how to respond to the crisis deinjury. but this white house does not if he thinks in that way. i don't get the sense that mike dubke was very good at his job. but even if you put the best people the republican party had to offer in those jobs, i think it would still be a disaster because the problem is trump both as a messenger and someone who does not allow his white house to function in a normal way that would allow you to have a plan and actually execute on it. >> there are those that would argue that folks who had their job just cover up the truth of what the president really wants to say or at least color it in a way they think will play best in the press. i mean, there is that appetite in america. we saw it during the campaign. and, you know, he won f

his former communications director mike dubke has resigned. the veteran republican operative served only three months in that role and actually resigned two weeks ago, but agreed to stay on through the president's first international trip, but now he's out. what a backdrop then for today's white house press briefing and the return of press secretary zane spicer to the podium. you're looking at nbc's kristen welker who is preparing for the press conference, certainly doing some live reports there from the white house press briefing room, this as you know russia, the president's trip and the communications shake-up all figuring to be asked at today's event. sean spicer reportedly had a good relationship with his former boss mike dubke, also confirmation that cory lewandowski is coming to white house but not clear in what role. we'll follow this for you. >>> nbc news is learning that president trump's son-in-law is being advised to keep a lower profile and this comes amid reports that jared kushner tried to set up a secret communication channel w

laura: the communications hasctor, mike dubke announced he was leaving. it comes as questions grow about the medications with russia. they need to decide on a new fbi director. anthony zurcher joined me to discuss this. is this the first shoe to drop? are more people going to quit or resign? anthony: we will have to see. he was not a household name compared to other denizens of the west wing. it means that the head of communications was the first person to go. you heard donald trump over the last couple of weeks think the problem he is having is a messaging problem rather than policy or management. if you are starting to clean house in the communications team, it gives credence to that. he thinks his communications team is doing disservice. medications when the main communicator is the president through twitter? anthony: he wants to start speaking more and rallies and is bringing old campaign people. there is a chance that corey lewandowski, one of the more aggressive managers, could be coming on board. he thinks he is his best messenger. sean spicer said

se trata del director de comunicaciones de la casa blanca mike dubke quien deja su cargo en medio de varios escndalos que no dejan de perseguir al gobierno de trump. s/federico de jess, analista "las contradicciones del presidente mismo y su equipo de trabajo son insostenibles. para cualquier director de comunicacin eso tiene que ser muy difcil. as que opt por renunciar". habla de cmo la casa blanca ha manejado las recientes polmicas como la investigacin federal sobre posibles lazos entre rusia y personas cercanas a donald trumpy el despido del director del fbi james comey quien lideraba ese esfuerzo. s/sean spicer, portavoz de la casa blanca sin mencionar a dubke directamente el portavoz de la casa blanca dijo este martes que el presidente estaba muy a gusto con su equipo y no especific si habra ms cambios por venir al personal de la casa blanca. cosa que podra pasar, segn le confirmaron varias fuentes a la cadena nbc este mes. pero algunos, como este conservador, estn convencidos de que por ahora no van a haber ms renuncias o despidos. s/adolfo franco, analista conservador 0230 "to

. >> mike dubke, communications director at the white house, who's only been there for three months, you have changes afoot within the west wing. >> after things blow up, predictably, he turns around and starts blaming his aides and starts shooting at his aides. it's preposterous. >> let's debrief with our reporters and analysts as we wait for sean spicer to take the podium. we've got nbc's peter alexander in the white house. nbc's -- msnbc's stephanie ruhle joins me on set. "new york times" white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst, glenn thrush is in the newsroom. and harold ford and elise jordan are with us as well. peter, we have a new candidate for the head of the fbi, john pistol. used to be number two at the fbi. he is expected to interview with the trump administration. what do we know about this? >> you named it. that's just the facts as we've heard from senior administration officials, confirming pistol will be here at the white house eting privately with president trump this afternoon. his is the latest in a series of names bandied about as potential replacemen

but first, alice, you have new information, mike dubke is out. what else are you hearing about a shake-up? >> sure. his effort was to get the communications really drive a long-term message. my understanding is he offered his resignation for personal reasons, and there's a lot of talk going on as to what else is going on, but many people say that there's not a lot right now going to happen. there may be some waves of some people and some personnel changes, but right now dubke's out for personal reasons and there are some other names. i'm hearing that people are reading a little bit too much into the corey lewandowski and david bossie returning to the white house. they have a lot of considerations to think about. they're making a lot of money outside of the white house, or going back in. they had to make a decision, go in or stay out. so, those are some changes and things that are abuzz in washington. also, sean spicer, you know he'll be on the podium today for the press briefing. my understanding, he's going to stay for a while, so a lot of talk

major garrett is at the white house with more on the story. >> the mike dubke move has been in the works for a good long while and by itself in no way constitutes a major shake-up of this white house communications team but more big moves are in the offing and could happen very soon. here yesterday, trump's first campaign manager, cory lewandowski were here. they met with all west wing senior staff. both could be brought into this white house or assigned by this white house to create a war room to deal with the ongoing russia investigation stories. in his first memorial day speech as commander in chief, president trump called fallen u.s. soldiers heroes. >> we can never repay them, but we can always remember. >> present. >> reporter: the president paused after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. later, he met families and a mother memorializing her son. >> you take care of yourself. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: the solemnity of the day contrasts with continuing drama inside the white house. top adviser and son-in-law jared kushner is now a focus of the investigation

communications director mike dubke resigned. his last day has yet to be determined. the president has managed to shift the conversation away from the resignation via twitter as he often has done, only this time it may have not gone as planned. mr. trump tweeted his tweet overnight saying quote despite the constant negative press kof kof covfefe. and the president made a joke about it, saying who can get the true meaning of. enjoy. >>> the u.s. conducted a missile defense test launching a ground-based interceptor missile from california's vandenberg air force base. it hit and destroyed an incoming mock warhead fired from out in the pacific. it was a simulation of a potential attack from north korea. and marked an important milestone for u.s. defense. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has details. >> reporter: u.s. military practiced defending the united states from a north korean attack, firing a missile killing intercepter. this is it, speeding over the pacific on its way to the target. another missile, the u.s. launch from the marshall islands and aime

communications director mike dubke resigned. his last day has yet to be determined. the president has managed to shift the conversation away from the resignation via twitter as he often has done, only this time it may have not gone as planned. mr. trump tweeted his tweet overnight saying quote despite the constant negative press kovefefe likely intending to say coverage, the tweet remained up since it was posted and sent twitter in a frenzy. and as of this morning covfefe remains a top trending topic. >>> the u.s. conducted a missile defense test launching a from california's vandenberg air force base. it hit and destroyed an incoming mock warhead fired from out in the pacific. it was a simulation of a potential attack from north korea. and marked an important milestone for u.s. defense. nbc's richard engel has details. >> reporter: u.s. military practiced defending the united states from a north korean attack, firing a missile killing interceptor, this is it, speeding over the pacific on its way to its target, another missile, the u.s. launch from the marshall islan

communications director mike dubke resigned. his last day has yet to be determined. the president has managed to shift the conversation away from the resignation via twitter as he often has done, only this time it may have not gone as planned. mr. trump tweeted his tweet overnight saying quote despite the constant negative press kovefefe likely intending to say coverage, the tweet remained up since it was posted and sent twitter in a frenzy. and as of this morning covfefe remains a top trending topic. >>> the u.s. conducted a missile defense test launching a ground-based interceptor missile from california's vandenberg air force base. it hit and destroyed an incoming mock warhead fired from out in the pacific. it was a simulation of a potential attack from north korea. and marked an important milestone for u.s. defense. nbc's richard engel has details. >> reporter: u.s. military practiced defending the united states from a north korean attack, firing a missile killing interceptor, this is it, speeding over the pacific on its way to its target, another missile, the u.

major garrett is at the white house with more on the story. >> the mike dubke move has been in the works for a good long while and by itself in no way constitutes a major shake-up of this white house communications team but more big moves are in the offing and could happen very here yesterday, trump's first campaign manager, cory lewandowski were here. they met with all west wing senior staff. both could be brought into this white house or assigned by this white house to create a war room to deal with the ongoing russia investigation stories. inis first memorial day speech as commander in chief, president trump called fallen u.s. soldiers heroes. >> we can never repay them, but we can always remember. >> present. >> reporter: the president paused after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. later, he met families and a mother memorializing her son. >> you take care of yourself. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: the solemnity of the day contrasts with continuing drama inside the white house. top adviser and son-in-law jared kushner is now a focus of the investigation into po

spicer's comments came hours after white house communications director mike dubke resigned. dubke has been on the job for three months. today is the deadline for president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn to comply with new subpoenas from the senate intelligence committee. in the last five minutes, flynn said he will provide some documents to the senate. the senate intelligence committee is possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. larry: something we are just getting in the newsroom now. new video of the first intercept launch of its kind since 2014. this missile knocked down a match war -- a mach war head. this does not confirm it's capable of defending itself against an intercontinental range missile which is fired by north korea. this just means that it is able to intercept the missile. whether it could work is what they want to know. there is a warning after somebody left two bottle bombs on a trail. they found them in clarksburg. it had a mixture to explode that would send caustic mixture in all directions. if you see look like thi

dubke replaced. one senior official told cbs news, "everyone knows it's coming. the question is: now or august? things can't keep going the way they are." president trump is upset about the slow pace of his agenda in congress. also in jeopardy, chief of staff reince priebus, councilor kellyanne conway, chief strategist steve bannon, and white house council don mcgahn. amid this intrigue, the search continues for a new f.b.i. director. the president has not decided whether he will personally interview the finalists, but scott said today the process is moving rapidly. white house officials expect an announcement before friday. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house. in another big story tonight, that cyber attack computers in every corner of the world began to slow today. it turns out that a pair of engineers, one of them an american, figured out a way to stall the attack for just a few dollars. charlie d'agata begins our coverage. >> reporter: from china's main oil company to a hospital in indone

dubke replaced. one senior official told cbs news: president trump was president trump was frustrated by his communication team's handling of the comey firing. he's also upset about the slow pace of his agenda in congress. also in jeopardy, chief of staff reince priebus, councilor kellyanne conway, chief corategist steve bannon, and white house council don mcgahn. amid this intrigue, the search continues for a new f.b.i. director. the president has not decided whether he will personally literview the finalists, but scott said today the process is moving rapidly. aite house officials expect an announcement before friday. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house. in another big story tonight, that cyber attack that infected computers in every corner of the world began to slow today. it turns out that a pair of engineers, one of them an american, figured out a way to stall the attack for just a few dollars. charlie d'agata begins our coverage. m reporter: from china's main oil company to a hospital i

mike dubke, an experienced republican strategist, was hired in march to revamp the administration's media strategy. patients of the breast surgeon ian paterson will find out tomorrow how long he'll spend injail, following his conviction last month for carrying out unnecessary operations on 9 women and one man. a broken bond of trust between a doctor and his patients. you are evil, pure evil. he told them he'd cut them free of life—threatening cancer — he lied. i had no need to be there and he had no reason to cut bits off me. ian paterson removed lumps, performed entire mastectomies, deliberate mutilation for no medical reason. judy conduit suffered a catastrophic infection following paterson's phoney diagnosis that both her breasts must be removed. he just duped everybody. i hate him now. i hate him with a vengeance. john ingram was among ten former patients chosen to testify against paterson at his nine week trial. as a man, his case was not typical, but in every other aspect it was textbook ian paterson. he persuaded me to undergo a double mastectomy. a massively invasive procedure

president trump's white house communications director mike dubke resigning after three months on the job, departure could be the first of many changes to come. fox news correspondent kevin corke has our report from the white house. >> reporter: it was a sudden as it was heated, white house press secretary sean spicer's first on-camera briefing in over two weeks quickly unravelled after he was asked about the president's tweet on fake news. mr. trump writing russian officials must be laughing at u.s. and how a lame excuse for

i've confirmed that mike dubke, the communications director at the white house, who has only been there three months, as submitted a letter of resignation. you have change as foot within the west wing. sean spicer, however, seems to have rebuilt some of his rapport with the president and with many of his colleagues. he will be at the lectern today for the press briefing. i'm told he has had a positive trip with the president. you had the former campaign manager and the hard-charging deputy campaign manager both at the white house sunday still at talks about coming in to be tough guys, in a way, on this russia pushback for the white house. >> al hunt, it's pure insanity. donald trump wrecking things left and right, tweeting, destroying relationships across the globe, firing james comey. >> gee wee just confirmed dubke is leaving. >> being self destructive. after things blow up, predictably, he turns around and starts blaming his aides and starts shooting at his aides. it's preposterous that nobody in this white house will say, i resign. this man is losing his mind. >> i was going to say,

mike dubke is out as the communications director after just three months of a job and this is an interesting story because someone suggested that it's because of the president's frustration over his teams lack of consistent pushback against the constant barrage of stories. as for the letter that we got today, here's what he told colleagues. and a private meeting with the president on thursday may 18th, i tendered my resignation as assistant to the president fork medications. i offered to remain in the position through the president's international trip and he accepted. the reason for my departure are personal, but it has been my great honor to serve president trump in this administration. just for a better perspective, i want to share this with everybody. keep in mind, if the obama administration's first communications, she also stepped down from the job after three months on the job. this is what happens during the first administration here at the white house. >> jenna: important context. thank you. >> jon: meantime, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway says all the intrigue about t

. >> mike dubke resigned after just 3 months on the job. he wrote the reasons are personal but it's my great honor to serve president trump. president obama's first communication director also left the job after 3 months on the job. his departure confirmed the president's frustration that they have been unable to slow stories between the trump campaign and russian, none of some have been proven true >> they have been a spartan crowd at the white house. they need to beef and up and bring in talent dedicated to the president's agenda. >> like mr. trump's former campaign manager rumored to be under communication for the president's new war room. >> the president has surrounded himself with people who work together and are able to deal with the news of the day and think long-term. >> this comes as the america's first agenda is challenging status quo abroad. his tweet that we have a massive trade deficit with germany and pay less than they should on nato and military. this should change. following angela merkel's suggestion that europe needs to

white house communications director mike dubke -- is stepping down amid rumors of a staff shakeup. kellyanne conway/white house adviser "he has expressed his desire to leave the white house."fired former campaign manager corey lewandowski has been spotted at the white house recently -- and has been mentioned to potentially lead a new white house war room to quickly respond to develpments in the russian probe. on tuesday press secretary sean spicer held his first on camera briefing in nearly two weeks -- on the same day the president's personal lawyer declined to cooperate with congressional investigations into russian meddling in the election. spicer deflected questions about the probe, and complained about the tone of reporting. sean spicer/white house press secretary: "what i'm telling you is that the reason that the president is frustrated is because there's a perpetuation of false narratives, use of unnamed sources over and over again." the president is also struggling to make nice with allies. trump, a self-desribed counter-puncher, is punching back after german chancellor ang

you have mike dubke, who came into that place but was not in the inner circle. what lessons can we learn? tim: if you are not family, you can get punted at any moment. even if you are a long-standing member of the inner circle, it's possible to get hunted. there's really no safety net in trumplandia. his loyalty is only to himself and his family members and it phrase -- frays after that. david: thank you both very much. wrote a booken fort trump, trump sued him libel. trump lost that case in 2011. coming up, judd gregg and his thoughts on ump and changing senate filibuster rules, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets, the trump economy," i'm david gura. some get a look at where interest sensitive stocks stand this afternoon. julie: starting with the interest rates themselves, looking at the 10 year yield, off the lows of the session, still down two basis points. remember, the federal reserve governor is speaking in new york and taking questions from the audience now. emphasizing once again, reiterating what the fed said or , they want th

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all of this happening on a day when we expected the white house communications director, mike dubke, would be the big story. in case you didn't hear this earlier today, he has acknowledged that he tendered his resignation a couple weeks ago but agreed to stay on in the international trip that the president took abroad through saudi arabia and italy and belgium. this leaves the president's team without a leader on the team that has been criticized for not doing enough to combat the russian stories. all this happening while we continue to see what happened with the jared kushner story. the white house says his attorneys are working on it and they're eager and willing to work with investigators. there's nothing to hide here, they say. >> neil: we're staying on top of that. that was a fast-moving soap opera. ron is here with us from the house foreign relations community. how big of a deal is this debate about what jared kushner knew and what he knew it. other white house officials say they don't see anything untoward or unusual going on here. other administrations have had back channels

mike dubke the white house communications director is now out of his job but he will continue helping during the transition and sean spicer says that he was the best administrator calling the russian investigation a lame excuse. >> for the first time in more than two weeks, white house press secretary sean spicer took to the podium and asked about the alligation of the president's son-in-law setting up a back channel with the kremlin. >> i'm not getting into that but your question predisposed facts that are not confirmed. >> and a shared frustration that he and the president has with the media. >> he is frustrated like i am and so many others to see stories come out that are pat t patently false. spicer abruptly ended the briefing. >> and one shouted out is kushner fake news. >> and republican senator john mccain says that russian president, vladimir putin poses a bigger threat than isis. >> it's the russian that tried to destroy the very fundamental of democracy and that is to try to change the outcome of an american election. >> and that expanded to include president trump's persona

the departure of mike dubke. all of these store aoefs about sean spicer, the fifth or sixth wave of premature -- >> bill: come back to the story you began with. you write about how "the new york times" approaches the kushner story, how politico approaches it. what's the distinction? >> you have the sense of crisis. you put crisis in the headline. what will he do? there is a sense that jared kushner maybe has done something wrong and therefore a political problem when it's a premature to say that. but also, bill, you have a number of people within the white house and the west wing who aren't fans of jared kushner, maybe resent the privileged position he has leaking anonymously he has poor political judgment, he supported firing comey, he doesn't want to do the nitty-gritty work of government. reporters are happy to take those unnamed pot shots and turn that into a story. that's feeding also the sense the kushner is under siege. i think it's a bit overheated at this point. >> bill: david bossie former deputy campai