SEEN TURMOIL IN RECENT WEEKS. PETER ALEXANDER IS HERE WITH
MORE ON THIS. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
GENERAL KELLY WILL GET RIGHT TO WORK THIS MORNING.
FIRST, GETTING SWORN IN. THEN, ATTENDING HIS FIRST
CABINET MEETING AS CHIEF OF STAFF.
CAN HE BRING ORDER AND STABILITY?
FORMER ADVISERS SAY HE MAY PROVIDE DISCIPLINE.
BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCEPTS IT.
THIS MORNING, A CHANGING OF THE GUARD, GENERAL JOHN KELLY, THE
NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, BEGINNING ONE OF HIS MOST DAUNTING
MISSIONS YET. BRINGING ORDER TO THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE. >> IF WE CAN HAVE PROTOCOL,
PECKING ORDER, AND A CHIEF OF STAFF THAT EMPOWERS THE STAFF TO
SUCCEED, I KNOW GENERAL KELLY HAS DONE THAT ON THE HE
BATTLEFIELD. >> Reporter: KELLY'S CHALLENGE,
TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S GATE KEEPER AND TO LIMIT CLASHES
BETWEEN FACTIONS. INCLUDING STEVE BANNON AND
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI. NEW QUESTIONS ON WHO SCARAMUCCI
WILL REPORT TO. >> HAS SCARAMUCCI, HAVE YOU NOW
BEEN TOLD YOU REPORT TO JOHN KELLY?
>> I WILL SPEAK WITH GENERAL KELLY AND THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
THAT. AS I'M SURE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
WILL. >> Reporter: MEANTIME, ONE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIAL WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE TELLS NBC NEWS, IVANKA
TRUMP AND JARED KUSHNER ARE EAGER TO FOLLOW KELLY'S LEAD.
FROM THE FORMER CAMPAIGN AID, THIS PIECE OF ADVICE.
>> ANYBODY THAT THINKS THEY WILL CHANGE DONALD TRUMP, DOESN'T
KNOW DONALD TRUMP. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
TAUNTING HIS PARTY. AFTER FAILING TO REPEAL
OBAMACARE, SENATORS LOOK LIKE FOOLS.
LATER, SAYING, DON'T GIVE UP. THE WORLD IS WATCHING.
AND THESE REMARKS TO AMERICA'S POLICE.
>> PLEASE DON'T BE TOO NICE. >> Reporter: APPEARING TO
ENDORSE ROUGHER TREATMENT OF SUSPECTS.
>> WHEN YOU PUT SOMEBODY IN THE CAR AND YOU'RE PROTECTING THE
HEAD -- THE WAY YOU PUT YOUR HAND OVER -- DON'T HIT THEIR
HEAD. AND THEY'VE JUST KILLED
SOMEBODY. DON'T HIT THEIR HEAD.
YOU CAN TAKE THE HAND AWAY, OKAY?
>> Reporter: THE BACKLASH IMMEDIATE.
THE TOP POLICE CHIEF'S GROUP, CONDEMNING THE COMMENTS.
UNDERSCORING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TRAINED
TO TREAT ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
THE NYPD COMMISSIONER BLASTING THE PRESIDENT'S SUGGESTION AS
IRRESPONSIBLE AND
UNPROFESSIONAL. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT
COMMENTED. ONLINE, THE PRESIDENT'S
SUPPORTERS DEFEND THE COMMENTS AS A JOKE.
THE CABINET MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE SEE PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN A ROOM WITH HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS
SINCE HE BEGAN TO PUBLICLY DISPARAGE HIM.
>> JEREMY, COME ON BACK HERE FOR A SECOND.
YOU WORKED WITH GENERAL JOHN KELLY.
YOU KNOW THE GUY. YOU KNOW HIS PERSONALITY.
ALL THIS TALK ABOUT BACK-STABBING AND INFIGHTING AT
THE WEST WING OF WHITE HOUSE. DOES HE HAVE THE PERSONALITY TO
ACCEPT THAT? >> HE WON'T TALL RATE THAT.
HE AND HIS WIFE ARE THE REAL DEAL.
THEY ARE PATRIOTS. THEY HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE. THEY LOST THEIR SON, ROBERT,
KILLED IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN. THEY KNOW THE MEANING OF PUBLIC
SERVICE. JOHN IS DOING THIS JOB FOR THE
RIGHT REASONS. HE WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCEED IF
THE PRESIDENT GIVES HIM THE AUTHORITY TO END THE CHAOS AND
DYSFUNCTION AND PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONMAKING.
IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE PRESIDENT WILL DO THAT.
>> AND IF THE PRESIDENT LISTENS TO HIM.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT HAS TO TAKE HIS
AND HE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT JOHN IS IN CHARGE OF THE