the white house under siege from within. the fallout from an anonymous senior oped. fireworks from day two of the conformatiea hring for kavanaugh. theng grouproar over the quiet skies program. the ultimate one upper in the latest edition of the world guinness record. a war within the white house unfolding as president trump faces precedented crissism is from within his own administration.

an anonymous senior officials oped wting a resistance. nbc chief white house correspondent is in d.c. with more on the president's reaction. >> reporter: an extraordinary alarm sounded from inside out. jawropping charges against the president by someone who says he works for him. quote working diligently from within to frustte parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. i would know, the author writes, i am one of them. the new york times choosing not to share who wrote it but deswraoeubing them as a official whose job would be jeopardized if their job was revealed.li the he "i am part of the resistance inside the administration."

>> when you tell me about an anonymous source who probably failing and here for all the wrong reasons. the new york times has g aless editorial, we're dining a great job. >> reporter: the writer praising some of the president's successes but arguing they've come despite not because of his leadership style. edlf-baked, ill-info decisions that have to be walked back. early whispersf invoke thing 25th amendment to remove the president. americans should know that there are adults in the room the person writes. we fully recognize is happing and we're trying to do what is right, even when donald trump won't. it paints a chaotic white house tkreuben by dysfunct the president doesn't believe any of it. t book doesn't mean nothing.

it's a work of fiction. he likes to get publicity, sell some books. >> reporter: bob a woodered, one of the mos respected journalists, wse reporting brought down president nixon. >> i mean he had the same problem with obama. every time he wrote a book, they were complaining about theur la of ay. >> reporter: and the president tweeted out just agl sword "treason." adding a question mark. his press secreta called whoever wrote this a coward and said this person should resign. cap upbger yet ano extraordinary and explosive daw. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh gets back in the hot seat this morning. democrats did not hold back,

grilling him onverything from presidential powers to abortion rights. butau kav side stepped some of the the most pressing questions.ac potts unwashington. >> reporter: good morning everyone. so any hypotheticals, he declin to answer. that's not unusual for someone hoping to become a supreme court justice. side the president be forcesed to answer a subpoena that can come to bear in the russiaings have. and what about the president's ability to pardon himself? neither of these questions would kavanaugh answer >> president trump claims he has an absolute right to pardon hielf. does he? pardonsuestion of self is something i've never analyzed.

it's a question i rr not written about, a hypothetical question i can't begin to answer as a nominee to the supreme court. >> reporter: side stepping some key questions but again not ua un for someone hoping to be on the supreme court. as for his vetting, he said he was never asked his opinion on row v wade. the ruling on abortion and whether or not he woulrntry to overt. he has promised to put someone in office who would do just that. meantime we have seen a record mber of protests so far. >> so many sparks for someone sayic so little. and things get physical during a hearing -- senatorbi marco got intaa heated j

confrontatiot out sad congressional show down and twitter's jack dorsey over social media's role in the 16 russian election meddling. >> reporter: the biggest confrontatio outside the hearing room where right wing conspiracy theorists crashed a press conference taunting senator marco rubio. stkpwrrs you're not going to get arrested. i'll take care of it myself. >> reporter: back inside facebook cgeo fac more questions about russian meddling in 20 scan. >> we were too slow to stop this and too slow to act. that is on us. >> reporter: googlein cho not to send anyone. and dorsey reading off huz

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