and chief washington reporter kimberly atkins and associated white house reporter and nbc analyst, former advisor to rand paul, now nbc analyst elise jordan, and former secretary of state and nbc analyst. your by line is on my favorite stories for the last 24 hours, take me through the president as a little teacup short and stout. >> it's interesting we have tried to get inside the white house to try to understand what has been motivating the president's apparent public rage and found a familiar story, which is that he's been fuming, he's been upset, he's been brooding over a number of issues and one trump confidant said he's like a little teapot. that if he doesn't blow off steam, he will blow. so that's the impression of the president's state of mind at the moment. >> do you have any reporting on that lunch, with i think it's safe to call him an embattled secretary of state rex tillerson. >> the white house has said that it was a productive lunch. secretary mattis was present as well. mattis has been somewhat of a broker between tillerson and trump. there has been sources that tell me that to bring tillerson and trump together to smooth