i think bill schein is like that.s got to get those people -- >> then how did helsinki happen. >> i think kellyanne is like that. i mentioned four people i like so that will probably hurt those four people with the people that don't like me. >> i just want to get your sense what's going on. if they have people around him that speak truth to power, how did helsinki happen? >> lack of preparation was one of the big issues there. you're going to be sore at me for saying the following thing. you have to sort of work around the president and the president's personality. i'll give you an example. during debate when he didn't want to prep for the debates, she figures out a way to have lunches and insert research and top cal talking points for him so he didn't feel the frustration of going through a debate prep sitting there at a mock podium. >> a debate is politics. it's b.s. this is geopolitical intensity. >> this is even more indictment of certain people on his staff where they should have said, okay, over the weekend we'l

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. >> and it seems like if trump has been wanting this for a long time, the x factor here was bill scheinnew on the job. maybe he kind of just fell for it and now he saw the reaction. real quick, one more story to touch on, katie. you and maggie haber reported about an amazing leak out of the white house, this e-mail that showed how trump was angry when he boarded air force one and saw that melania's tv was tuned to cnn. what happened here? he wants all the tvs tuned to fox? >> it's standard operating procedure now that all tvs will be on fox. when he returns to his hotel suite when traveling, the tvs will be tuned to fox. the e-mails are -- they're a smaller example of this broader issue going on, that the president does not want to take in opposing or possibly opposing views. he is at a phase in his presidency where he does not want to hear anything other than his own messaging or supportive messaging. e-mails are a smaller example that illustrate this larger issue. >> and melania trump won. her team put out a statement saying she will watch whatever channel she wants. >> she did give t

the white house officially announcing now that it has hired the former fox news executive bill schein as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications. he was ousted from fox for his handling of the network's sexual harassment scandal, a series of them. he himself a protege of the late roger ailes, who was pushed out for his own involvement. reaction? evidence of the increased symbiotic relationship between fox news and this administration? >> well, yes, that, but also i think that we've come to see that the president really wants people around him who he knows and feels like get him and he gets them. this is clearly an example of that. there's obviously been quite a bit of flux with the communications staff. there's been displeasure between the president and john kelly, his chief of staff, and i think there's a real sense that they need someone in there who can talk directly to the president or at least the president feels that way. it seems like bill shine is going to be that person. it remains to be seen how that's going to affect the rest of the communica