experts. we have not had a state department briefing since this administration took over. secretary tillerson wants to get comfortable with his own people. by cleaning house as they did so precipitously at all levels they're kind of left home alone. he was not president at two heads of state meetings not with prime minister netanyahu, not with prime minister abe of japan. the state department has been shut out of the trump meetings. >> that's why people around the world are questioning the message the vice president is trying to deliver. you can't keep saying here is what our policy is if they don't see you asart of the policy process and state department briefings are so important to the process. i went through a number of transitions, make clear what the new secretary wants and president's policy is. unless you're out there every day, things build up and become huge problems. >> tillerson is the first