Behind Trump's decision to remove Mike Waltz as national security adviser
CBS Evening News
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He'll be Secretary of State"}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '32.480', 'text': 'and acting national security adviser.'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '34.880', 'text': 'Only Henry Kissinger has held both jobs'}, {'start': '32.480', 'end': '36.800', 'text': 'simultaneously. Waltz had been in'}, {'start': '34.880', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'trouble since he accidentally invited a'}, {'start': '36.800', 'end': '40.879', 'text': 'journalist to join a texting chat in'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '43.440', 'text': 'which Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '46.320', 'text': 'talked about details of a planned US'}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '48.079', 'text': 'attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Hegs'}, {'start': '46.320', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'is not part of the shakeup. As for'}, {'start': '48.079', 'end': '52.800', 'text': "what's behind it all, Margaret Brennan"}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'is in Washington tonight. Margaret?'}, {'start': '52.800', 'end': '56.879', 'text': 'Well, good evening. This is the first'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '58.800', 'text': 'significant personnel overhaul for'}, {'start': '56.879', 'end': '61.920', 'text': 'President Trump. And it comes at a time'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '64.720', 'text': 'of global instability. It has given'}, {'start': '61.920', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'Secretary of State Marco Rubio an even'}, {'start': '64.720', 'end': '70.320', 'text': 'broader portfolio.'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '72.080', 'text': 'Marco Rubio. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.'}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '74.479', 'text': 'Marco. When I have a problem, I call up'}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '77.200', 'text': 'Marco. He gets this solved. Secretary of'}, {'start': '74.479', 'end': '79.280', 'text': 'State Marco Rubio gained a fourth job'}, {'start': '77.200', 'end': '81.280', 'text': "today. He's now interim national"}, {'start': '79.280', 'end': '83.720', 'text': 'security adviser as well as acting'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'national archavist and USAID'}, {'start': '83.720', 'end': '88.400', 'text': 'administrator. He replaces former Green'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'Beret and Congressman Mike Waltz, who'}, {'start': '88.400', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'just yesterday praised President Trump.'}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '96.560', 'text': "It's an honor uh to serve you in this"}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'administration. Trump nominated Waltz to'}, {'start': '96.560', 'end': '101.520', 'text': 'be the next ambassador to the UN, a role'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '104.159', 'text': 'that requires Senate confirmation.'}, {'start': '101.520', 'end': '106.640', 'text': "Sources tell CBS that Waltz's influence"}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '108.720', 'text': 'had been declining since March after it'}, {'start': '106.640', 'end': '111.280', 'text': "was revealed that he'd organized a group"}, {'start': '108.720', 'end': '113.600', 'text': 'chat on the Signal messaging app and'}, {'start': '111.280', 'end': '115.680', 'text': 'mistakenly included a reporter in the'}, {'start': '113.600', 'end': '118.640', 'text': 'discussion about US strikes against the'}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '120.960', 'text': "Houthies. A staffer wasn't responsible."}, {'start': '118.640', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'And look, I take full responsibility.'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'While President Trump publicly'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '127.439', 'text': 'downplayed concern, Waltz never regained'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '129.039', 'text': 'his full confidence. It had nothing to'}, {'start': '127.439', 'end': '131.280', 'text': 'do with anyone else. It was Mike, I'}, {'start': '129.039', 'end': '133.680', 'text': 'guess. In the Oval Office in April,'}, {'start': '131.280', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'far-right activist Laura Loomer injected'}, {'start': '133.680', 'end': '138.000', 'text': 'further doubt about Waltz and convinced'}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '140.520', 'text': 'the president to fire six of his key'}, {'start': '138.000', 'end': '143.280', 'text': 'aids that she deemed insufficiently'}, {'start': '140.520', 'end': '146.560', 'text': 'loyal. Loomer recently set her sight on'}, {'start': '143.280', 'end': '149.520', 'text': 'Waltz and his top aid. My focus was more'}, {'start': '146.560', 'end': '151.760', 'text': 'on his deputy, Alex Wong, and the other'}, {'start': '149.520', 'end': '153.599', 'text': 'individuals who Michael Waltz himself'}, {'start': '151.760', 'end': '156.000', 'text': 'personally proclaimed to the president'}, {'start': '153.599', 'end': '158.879', 'text': 'that he personally vetted. Today she'}, {'start': '156.000', 'end': '160.959', 'text': 'claimed victory and blasted Wong on the'}, {'start': '158.879', 'end': '163.280', 'text': 'basis of his ethnicity, plus the fact'}, {'start': '160.959', 'end': '165.680', 'text': 'that his wife prosecuted January 6th'}, {'start': '163.280', 'end': '168.840', 'text': 'cases at the Justice Department. It is'}, {'start': '165.680', 'end': '171.280', 'text': 'unclear where he will land.'}, {'start': '168.840', 'end': '173.680', 'text': "Margaret, there's got this these changes"}, {'start': '171.280', 'end': '175.680', 'text': 'at the national security staff and also'}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '177.440', 'text': 'four top people at the Pentagon are'}, {'start': '175.680', 'end': '179.040', 'text': 'gone. What does this mean? That'}, {'start': '177.440', 'end': '181.920', 'text': 'collective chaos for the national'}, {'start': '179.040', 'end': '184.480', 'text': 'security team? Well, John, that means'}, {'start': '181.920', 'end': '187.159', 'text': 'that there is a shortage of experienced'}, {'start': '184.480', 'end': '191.040', 'text': 'professionals at a time when there is no'}, {'start': '187.159', 'end': '193.519', 'text': 'shortage of global crises demanding'}, {'start': '191.040', 'end': '194.800', 'text': 'attention. And you look at the Pentagon'}, {'start': '193.519', 'end': '195.840', 'text': 'where you just said it. I mean, the'}, {'start': '194.800', 'end': '197.280', 'text': "defense secretary doesn't have a chief"}, {'start': '195.840', 'end': '198.879', 'text': 'of staff or deputy chief of staff over'}, {'start': '197.280', 'end': '200.159', 'text': 'at the State Department. Marco Rubio'}, {'start': '198.879', 'end': '202.400', 'text': "doesn't have a lot of the key"}, {'start': '200.159', 'end': '204.239', 'text': 'ambassadors and adviserss confirmed yet'}, {'start': '202.400', 'end': '206.720', 'text': 'by Congress. at the National Security'}, {'start': '204.239', 'end': '208.640', 'text': 'Council. Uh it is tough for them to'}, {'start': '206.720', 'end': '211.519', 'text': 'staff experts who can pass these'}, {'start': '208.640', 'end': '213.760', 'text': 'political loyalty tests. All of this'}, {'start': '211.519', 'end': '216.400', 'text': 'architecture is in place to present the'}, {'start': '213.760', 'end': '218.640', 'text': 'president with the best of sometimes bad'}, {'start': '216.400', 'end': '218.640', 'text': 'options.'}]