Owners of First Tesla Model 3s Get Their Keys; The Mooch Mirrors His New Boss.
JONES: Welcome back. We're reporting on a milestone for the U.S. electric car company, Tesla. It displayed the first 30 copies of its new Model 3 cars at its plant in California and CEO Elon Musk introduced the employees who will the proud first owners. The Model 3 itself is a slightly stripped-down version of Tesla's earlier cars and it is cheaper as well at a mere $35,000. Tesla is trying to create a mass market for its cars and has half a million orders for the Model 3s. It is not yet clear when they will go on public sale.</s>HOWELL: The new White House communications director has been on the job now for just a few days. But Anthony Scaramucci or the Mooch, as he's known, is already taking some cues from his new boss. Jeanne Moos has this report.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Anthony Scaramucci won't have to scrounge for a nickname.</s>SETH MEYERS, COMEDIAN: The Mooch.</s>STEPHEN COLBERT, COMEDIAN: The Mooch. The Mooch. Ehh.</s>MOOS (voice-over): Stephen Colbert said it 13 times...</s>COLBERT: The Mooch. The Mooch.</s>MOOS (voice-over): -- in a nine-minute segment about the new White House communications director.</s>COLBERT: The Mooch is ready to smooch.</s>MOOS (voice-over): Smooch the president's behind.</s>ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, INCOMING WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: I love the president. I love the president. I love the guy. I love the president.</s>MOOS (voice-over): Let us count the ways.</s>SCARAMUCCI: The way I know him and the way I love him.</s>MOOS: But Scaramucci isn't saving all his love for the president. He's got love left over for Sean Spicer...</s>SCARAMUCCI: And I love the guy.</s>MOOS (voice-over): -- for other White House --</s>MOOS (voice-over): -- staffers...</s>SCARAMUCCI: I love the hair and makeup person that we had.</s>MOOS (voice-over): -- tweeted one critic, "Is there anyone, anywhere or anything you do not love?"</s>MOOS: Next thing you know, he'll say he loves the fandango. (</s>VIDEO CLIP, QUEEN, "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY") MOOS (voice-over): Actually, Scaramouch is a clown character in Italian theater and the fandango is a Spanish dance, not yet danced at the White House. Scaramucci may not be a Bohemian but he rhapsodizes about love.</s>SCARAMUCCI: I love the president.</s>MOOS (voice-over): He even uses the same line as the president.</s>SCARAMUCCI: We're going to win so much, Chris.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We're going to win so much.</s>SCARAMUCCI: You're actually going to get tired of winning.</s>TRUMP: You're going to get tired of winning.</s>SCARAMUCCI: We're going to win so much.</s>TRUMP: You are going to get so sick and tired of winning.</s>MOOS (voice-over): And they don't just talk the same.</s>MOOS (voice-over): The Mooch himself re-tweeted this bit from "The Daily Show." Even when he merely likes someone, his feelings grow as he speaks.</s>SCARAMUCCI: I like the team. Let me rephrase that. I love the team.</s>MOOS (voice-over): Anthony Scaramucci is the Barry White of the White House... (</s>VIDEO CLIP, BARRY WHITE, "CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE") MOOS (voice-over): -- right down to blowing the press a kiss -- Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>JONES: There is a lot of love to go around, that's for sure. And that wraps this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. Thank so much for your company. I am Hannah Vaughan Jones in London.</s>HOWELL: And, Hannah, loved being with you as well. I am George Howell here in Atlanta. For our viewers here in the United States, "NEW DAY" is next. For other viewers around the world, "AMANPOUR" starts in a moment. We thank you for watching the cable news network, CNN, the world's news leader.