Mike, you need to go in here, fire, frankly, a lot of people, people who aren't loyal

to my agenda, who we think aren't even loyal to the American people, bring in the right

collection of people to actually make the National Security Council function, and Mike has done

that.

And now it's time for Mike to do something else because he's done the job that I think he was

asked to do.

If the president wanted to fire him over the signal thing, which, by the way, was a total nothing burger of a story, he would have just done it. But he actually decided it's better for Mike to be in this new role. He's given Mike the new role. That's it. That's it. Vice President Vance explaining why Mike Waltz is no longer the national security advisor to President Trump.

The question is, why is the president making this move now? Plus, we'll have the latest on President Trump's trade war with China.

As Beijing says, it's now evaluating the possibility of trade talks. The question is, what are China's conditions for even starting negotiations?

And were they or were they not actually already doing them?

Also ahead, we'll go through new reporting on a possible military-style parade for President Trump's 79th birthday.

The question is, how does a multi-million dollar parade square with cutting government waste?

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Yeah, that's a horse's name. I'm Ali Vitale on this Friday, May 2nd.

We'll start with the news that Mike Waltz will no longer be the national security advisor. Former President Trump made

the announcement yesterday on Truth Social, saying he's now nominating Waltz as United Nations

ambassador. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will now serve as the interim national security

advisor while maintaining his current positions.

And there are several.

The Deputy National Security Advisor Alex Wong is also leaving the Trump administration.

This comes as Waltz has been facing increased scrutiny since March.

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