. >> more kara mcdougal tonight. thatt that's ahead. and the naming of john bolton as mcmaster's replacement. something the white house said last week was not happening. >> sarah, you took to twitter last night to ensure the public that mcmaster's job was safe. but has the president spoken directly to mcmaster, carson, scholtens to tell them that their jobs were at stake? >> i spoke directly to the president last night. he asked me to pass that message along to general mcmaster. >> well, that was the old message. the new message is more like thanks and good luck. the latest from jeff zeleny who's at the white house. so sarah sanders, that was a week ago, what happened? >> reporter: a lot of things happens in six days, one of the things that happened was the leak of the phone call of the president with vladimir putin. his national security advisers giving him a message, do not congratulate putin. he did congratulate him. but the reality is, this has been in the works for weeks. we have been reporting that the president has sort of fallen

. >> reporter: playboy playmate kara mcdougal says she was paid off to stay silent by an associate of president donald trump. she claimed she had an affair with mr. trump in 2006. ? a lawsuit filed today, she said ami, the company that owns "the national enquirer" and whose chief executive is a friend of president trump's paid her $150,000 to keep her story secret. she says the agreement was invalid because the media company and her lawyer at the time misled her about the deal. and the parallels are striking to stormy daniels. her attorney releasing this photo today which he says shows the adult film actress taking a lie-detector test in 2011. nbc news has obtained the polygraph report that shows the examiner determined she was truthful. michael avonoti saying they paid for the video. >> we caught wind of the fact that there were a number of third parties, some in the mainstream medias, attempting to purchase the video and file for use in what i will describe as nefarious activities. >> reporter: the exam was requested by "life and style" magazine, which interviewed her about her alle