[Romans:] All right. President Trump's tweets slamming the British ambassador to the U.S. reverberating worldwide. The president saying he would no longer deal with Kim Darroch after leaked cables showed Darroch calling Trump inept, insecure and incompetent. Ambassadors across the board are sympathetic to Darroch, but skeptical he can still do his job effectively. The rift also becoming an issue among prime minister hopefuls in the U.K. CNN's Erin McLaughlin is live for us in London. And, you know, it's such a confounding job for these diplomats around the world. Their job, of course, is to send unvarnished assessments of leaders and what's happening where they're posted back home. This man, Kim Darroch, did, and now it's causing a lot of problems.
[Erin Mclaughlin, Cnn International Correspondent:] Yes, that's right, Christine. And a key question here in the U.K. at this point is will Ambassador Kim Darroch remain in his post, or will he go? That is the question that's likely going to be facing the next British prime minister. That leadership contest is well underway between a foreign former secretary, Boris Johnson, seen as a Trump favorite, and the current foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Hunt has been very outspoken about President Trump's tweets with respect to Darroch. These tweets labeling him as very stupid and whacky. Hunt saying that that was disrespectful and wrong of the president to tweet that. It was a topic that unsurprisingly came up in a debate last night. Hunt saying that he if it is the if he is the next British prime minister, that Darroch will remain in that top post until he retires end of December. Boris Johnson, however, refused to be drawn on that question specifically. Watch the exchange.
[Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister Candidate:] It is vital that our civil service is not politicized by ministers leaking what they say.
[Moderator:] Will he still have his job come January
[Johnson:] Whoever leaked that deserves to be eviscerated.
[Jeremy Hunt, British Prime Minister Candidate:] Boris, just answer the question
[Hunt:] I will keep him until he's due to retire. And I think we'd like to know if you would.
[Johnson:] Well, I'm not going to be so presumptuous as to
[Moderator:] Thank you,
[Ok -- Johnson:] But I
[Mclaughlin:] Now, while other top E.U. diplomats there in Washington privately tell CNN that it would be very difficult for Darroch to be continuing to be effective in that position, Theresa May has said that she's standing by her ambassador, that he will remain in post. We do expect to hear from Theresa May for the first time later today in what's known as prime minister's questions. It will be interesting to see if she addresses President Trump's tweets during that time. Many here saying that with only two weeks left for her in her premiership, she has nothing to lose Christine.
[Romans:] All right. Erin for us in London this morning thank you.
[Briggs:] All right. Back here, seven wins in a row for the American League Major League Baseball all stars. They defeated the National League 4-3 in Cleveland last night. Indians pitcher Shane Bieber electrifying the hometown crowd by striking out the side in the fifth inning. That enough to earn the 24-year-old right-hander MVP honors. C.C. Sabathia, the former Indian, also honored. The Yankees veteran pitcher is retiring at the end of the season. He was sent to the mound with one out remaining in the game to say good-bye. Also, there a moment of silence for Tyler Skaggs, the Los Angeles angels pitcher who was found dead in his Texas hotel room just over a week ago. There's Mike Trout who wore the number 45 of Skaggs. Also salute to Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco. END