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Mike Waltz is out as Trump's national security advisor, but that is just half the story.

The lead starts right now.

Apparently that Signalgate group chat controversy did not get Mike Waltz completely canceled.

Coming up, his new gig at the UN, as the president ushers in his interim national security advisor.

Also, his current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, plus the financial report for McDonald's that might make you feel sick.

An earnings call revealing how much trouble the U.S. economy might be in.

Are we headed for a recession?

And are the billionaires running this administration

possibly out of touch with how Americans live? And the transformation happening in Rome ahead

of the super secret conclave process at the Sistine Chapel. Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.

And at any moment, President Trump is expected to leave the White House, where reporters are waiting to ask him about today's major staff shake.

Up sources telling CNN this morning the National Security Advisor Mike Walts would be leaving the administration.

Then hours later, Trump added a new twist announcing, quote, I will be nominating Mike Walts to be leaving the administration. Then hours later, Trump added a new twist,

announcing, quote, I will be nominating Mike Walts to be the next United States ambassador to the

United Nations. In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National

Security Advisor while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department. So this does

appear to be something of a soft landing for Walts,

who just over one month ago somehow added a journalist to a signal chat where top Trump

officials were discussing military attack plans. President Trump at the time defended Walt's

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