that is steve bannon. that is the effect of steve bannon saying, "you, mr.re going to keep your eye on the ball. you're going to keep saying these things. you're not going to be swayed by these establishment people in washington who don't have your own interests at heart." >> so let me state this as clearly as i possibly can: we are going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> narrator: it was a steve bannon production. that night, as they returned to washington on marine one, steve bannon was seated right next to the president. and bannon was by his side in the weeks that followed, as the white house was gripped by one crisis after another. >> two words: shock and surprise. >> breaking news tonight: president trump has fired fbi director james comey. >> narrator: the administration faced its biggest challees so far. >> fired fbi director james comey wrote a memo... >> just department appointed a special counsel to... >> narrator: they responded with the combative strategy that had brought them to power. fightin

and talk about >> i've known steve bannon for 10 years, worked on a lot of projects. one of the greatest strategic ever been i've around. >> and trump continues to keep a with bannon going from that point on. >> in trump, bannon had found a who matched his own instinct. palin, all , anti-establishment figures and i bannon, t appeals to more about destroying -- that is where he and trump really meet, e is very much into destroying enemies. host: mr. kirk, the last point about destroying enemies, talk that and talk about the fact you spoke with someone and david breitbart bosse in this documentary. when trump andg, bannon got together the first time and almost every time after that, it was sort of common quality they shared, it is sort fighter instinct, you aw that manifest after the firing of jim comey and pushback went to when trump coast guard and gave commencement address and said, fight, fight, i will not keep my head down, i will go for it. bannon-ism, 100%. i think that is really the thing have in common, trump ecognized wealthy guy who was just like him, i think

that's very much also the steve bannon back story. that's how the two of them really got to know each other and enjoy each other and even to this day when bannon under the craftsman in some way, bannon is there representing the base. a lot of the people we haveart p talked the breitbart people ande others say bannon identified early first and sarah palin and then through breitbart or the readers comments from breitbart who dat who that base was in trump was also identified as a nativist orientation and america first idea that hadn't really been seen by the republican establishment.y bannon that sort of explains why bannon and breitbart when after the republican establishment through the immigration battle adding on jeff sessions the senator from alabama that had collaborated with them. steven miller sessionsd communications director. the three of them in the breitbart staff really took down or participated seriously and importantly in the taking down of harry cancer and the other members of the republican establishment including john b

not see steve bannon. ot see steve bannon. ot see steve bannon. frederick douglass isn't here and that's because he's dead. someone please tell the president. mike pence wanted to be here tonight but his wife wouldn't let him because apparently one of you ladies is ovulating. good job ladies, because of you we couldn't hang out with mike pence. ivanka trump is not here either. i wish she was because i would ask her the question we were all thinking. why? why do you support this man? because i get it. we all love our parents. but we wouldn't endorse them for president. it's like hey, fun. shouldn't dad be president of the united states? 'd be like my dad? the guy who tries to return used underwear to cost could he? -- cost dr. o -- costco? no. jeff sessions will be here tonight. he was busy doing a precivil war e-enactment. on his rsvp he wrote no. just no. which happens to be his second favorite word. he even hillary clinton couldn't be here tonight. hillary clinton? she could have been here but i think someone told her the event was in wisconsin

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aquÍ, el rabino aparece con steve bannon. son dos fotografÍas.dentro de la administraciÓn trump y una figura muy polÉmica porque ha escrito artÍculos machistas y racistas. detrÁs de ambos está la pizarra. este tablero menciona alguna de las promesas de la administraciÓn trump. promesas ccon respecto al obamacare y respecto a migraciÓn. algunas promesas aparecen aquÍ. cancelar fondos federales a ciudades santuario. algo que ya ha comenzado a hacer el gobierno federal. tambiÉn vamos a ver otra promesa. suspender el programa de refugiados sirios. aparecen marcas de verificaciÓn porque la admiraciÓn ha comenzado a tomar acciÓn con respecto a estos temas. otro punto que aparece, escritos supuestamente por bannon es crear un rama de apoyo para y mÍrate si -- uun programa de apoyo para indocumentados. vamos a ver otra promesa. terminar con capturar. contratar a 5000 nuevos agentes para la patrulla fronteriza. construir el muro fronterizo. este es un tema muy hablado. y algo muy interesante es que el comentario que estÁ escrito en la pizarra, estÁ cortad

the "frontline" documentary, ben shapiro who used to be at breitbart, talking about what unites steve bannon palin, trump, are all anti-establishment figures and appeals to bannon. more about destroying enemies. that's where he and trump i think really meet. >> so, david, you know, does steve bannon view donald trump as more of a comrade or more of sort of clay that he can mold for his own use and ambition? >> i think a conduit would be a good way to put it. i think ben is right, that they have the same personality in terms of destruction of enemies, being a large part of their personal motivation. but steve bannon has an ideology which donald trump doesn't. trump is totally situational. >> right. >> he can blast muslims and then two -- it's all fine by him. bannon realizes he's within the enemy camp there and probably wasn't his wrd to run off to saudi arabia on the first trip. he does believe as we saw in the vatican clip that there is a clash of civilizations and he takes it very seriously. while wanting to also disrupt the elites here in the united states whether it's cultural elites, me

he tagged the wrong steve bannon.eluged with messages since this went up. not all of them favourable it is fairto not all of them favourable it is fair to say. if he is watching this isa fair to say. if he is watching this is a come on to steve bannon of south—west of england. why don't we have him on tomorrow to do our ordinary person of the week! there must be a slew of people, there is probably donald trumps round the world that are getting twitter feeds that don't belong to the president and getting inundated. we should have a casting call. we are on the hunt for have a casting call. we are on the hu nt for steve have a casting call. we are on the hunt for steve bannon of england: that is it from 100 days plus. we will be back tomorrow. i will be in paris. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. just coming up to quarter to eight. the headlines. the headlines. theresa may has made an unparalleled attack on eu officials and politicians, accusing them of using "threats" to try to influence the outcome of the general

jared, steve bannon.ve got dina powell, gary cohn, some people who were not part of the campaign, who weren't even necessarily republicans until they joined this white house. >> yeah. well, one thing that we know about this white house, stephanie, is that adversity from the outside brings out the chaos on the inside. this news that jared kushner is being looked at by the fbi is the very definition of that type of adversity. as you mentioned, jared kushner was already -- he was already sort of part of this factional sort of environment where steve bannon, reince priebus at various times were in some ways jealous of, resentful of the power that he had and the influence that he had over his father-in-law. we understood, as actually in the days running up -- leading up to this trip, that jared had withdrawn a little bit and was spending a little more time talking, in fact, with don mcgahn, the white house counsel. we don't know precisely why, but certainly this news today, if it's confirmed, which it seems to

it is not going to make a difference if steve bannon steps down or jared kushner steps out, though i n more than most is the character of the president. >> and yet, keyirsten, and the bannon wing of the good age/bad wing is interesting. he he's close with rebecca mercer. she invested in breitbart news, whis behind kellyne conway by the way, she worked on the transition team, obviously kellyanne conway is with her. so there is a wing of them. can you see that little constellation there that revolve around bannon. if he were to go, the sebastian gorka and others he brought from breitbart, if he were to go, with the others go with him? >> not necessarily. he's injected this populism and nationalism, to weight those who consider themselves more globalists and so many on the right villainize. that is the difficult thing because donald trump sees steve bannon's messaging at the end of the campaign really worked to energize a base of him and to give him admiration which obviously we know that he loves. what is very concerning to me is bannon focuses so much on otherizing, even groups within

i do not see steve bannon. i do not see steve bannon. not see steve bannon.aughter] not see steve bannon. liz: ben stein himself joins me now. ben, not very high or clever whit work there. i mean, you got upset at what they were saying. i just found the jokes there kind of tedious. what do you think? >> well, they're not just tedious, they're not funny, they're insulting. the last thing not see steve bannon i think is close to -- if i were steve bannon, if i were a wealthy person, which i think he is, i would consider him suing him for that. these jokes are not funny, insulting, wildly any shred of the truth, what they are not at all funny comedian selected for reasons i couldn't understand, throwing up, spitting on, dumping on the president of the united states in front of a bunch of people who think they're revolutionary heroes when they're, in fact, very, very well paid capitalist stooges and, by the way, that's fine. i'm a capitalist too. i love being a capitalist. but they're capitalist stooges who are working and the fact that they think they're radical

the other phrase being used is that steve bannon is a wartime con sillary.people who can fight back. bannon is built for this type of situation. where you've got effectively a campaign, a permanent campaign, that they're now building out separate to the daily functioning of the white house. and it's given steve bannon another shot at life in this white house because he was very much on the outs. the president was venting about steve bannon openly to people and considering getting rid of him. >> jonathan, let me ask you about russia because there's interesting polling that's come out of all places, fox news. they essentially asked people, do they think russia an ally or enemy of the united states? 28% view russia as an ally. here's the interesting thing. 73% think the president, president trump, views russia as an ally. so, there's a bit of a contrast there. so, do you think the white house is at all concerned they're possibly out of step with the american people on the relationship with russia? >> i would say this is like number 400 on their concern list. jo

kirk, we have to end there, author behind "bannon's war's" on pbs's find out about steve bannon and his influence. thanks for the time. guest: more than welcome. open phones until we finish the program today, democrats.0 for 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. at c-span wj,ghts ost on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. multi-day tour,n visit with the pope up next on agenda and "washington post" talks about this pending visit frances and pope president trump, most influential voices in the west two men with day, different approaches will be face-to-face, nevertheless, the united states president and head of the roman catholic church will try to find common ground at a will be face-to-face, nevertheless, the meeting with risks.al benefits and for mr. trump, the discussion solve erve as diplomatic for the american leader. for president sy facing mounting crisis at home, a little bit more about this wednesday, including detail thf in the "washington post" saying on the plus side men, visits are not designed for controversy, minutes, last 20 to 30 nything longer

it's not sean spicer, reince priebus and steve bannon. he is the central player here and he doesn't want to change. >> while it is an unsatisfactory answer when it comes from the white house briefing room, the tweet speaks for itself is as much as sean spicer can say most of the time when you think about all of this in context. great to see you guys. now i have an image of chris cillizza's bathrobe. >> thanks, guys. >>> president trump is giving leaders his personal cell phone number which could be a major securist breach or security risk at the very least. a former cia operative joining me to discuss. >>> an awkward moment at the state department what stumped a state department spokesman. what actually happened here? we have insight and how he reacted about what the question was. breaking news, a man has been arrested inside the trump international hotel in washington with two guns, 90 rounds of ammunition and we're getting word he may have been discussing and may have been plotting of an assassination. we have details coming in from pol

for him on the national security council and thereabouts really like mcmaster so is it possible steve bannon irrelevant or marginalized and is trying to undermine mcmaster? >> well, it's no secret steve ban none was kicked off the national security council and is one of the voices who has frustrations with mcmaster but i can tell you i won't discuss my anom mouse sources. the concerns are broader than steve ban non steve bannon. he is somebody who very much is the kind of national security leader that many of us in the media admire. he speaks truth to power. that's earned him enemies within the army. plenty of people don't like mcmaster's style and that style has served him very well. he's probably one of the best commanders of a generation. at the same time he's playing in a very different league right now. i would say it's not just about steve bannon versus mcmaster. there are others who have a lot of frustrations with him at this point. none of this means, as i had in my story a quote from donald trump who said i'm happy with h.r. at this point and i included that, so i don't think he wil

and a forensic investigation of the mysterious whiteboard behind steve bannon. this is a good one. it's tonight's thing 1, thing 2 after the break. >>> thing 1 tonight, rabbi boat i don't know, the self-dubbed america's rabbi visited the house today. an author and cable news commentator, he's also written for breitbart since 2013 where he's defended steve bannon against charges of anti-semitism. today the rabbi met with steve bannon at the white house and tweeted a photo calling bannon a great stalwart friend of the jewish state. and that's the end of the story unless you're like everyone else who saw this on twitter and wondered, hey, what's all that on the whiteboard behind bannon? in thing 2, we zoom in in 60 seconds. ♪ if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer >>> president trump's chief strategist steve bannon likes to call his office a war room, and as politico reported, more than 200 of trump's campaign promises are scribbled in marker on a whiteboard in that office. today, via a view photos, we got a look at that whiteboard, which includes promises like build the border wall

and the role that steve bannon plays inside this administration. talk to me a little bit about the dynamic in the first few days of this new administration, and the dynamic now. how has it changed? how has it evolved? or perhaps how has it devolved? >> that's a great question. steve bannon was enormously powerful in the early days when most of the action the president was undertaking in the executive. he was dealing with the cras up on capitol hill which were very effective. but mostly it was through executive orders. he really channeled the president's populism. but things have really moved on once we got into the legislative arena. it is that, along with steve bannon's conflict with jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, that's marginalized him. but i will tell you one thing. and i think that's what maggie and i were trying to get at in this story and a couple of recent other stories that we have written. the focus needs to be on the president of the united states. his management style, the way that he consumes information. i think the events

reince priebus, steve bannon, jared kushner.ow back home, including preee inreince jared kushner and ivanka trump. they're dealing with the issues popping up back home. on the international part of the trip, the end of it, it is gary cohn who stepped up. the g7 summit is all about his environment, where he is a key adviser to the president. you're seeing h.r. mcmaster here for the duration. he's been at almost all the meetings the president has had. >> gary cohn has gone to the g7 meeting for years and years as the president of goldman. when they return, the fact this travel ban issue has come up again, if jeff sessions is going to say, let's bring this thing to the supreme court, is this going to create yet another distraction for the white house that is going to keep them away from getting to the agenda? guys like gary cohn don't want to talk about the travel ban. they want to talk about the agenda. >> they want tax reform, getting through health care. they want things done. this is a distraction. it'll be interesting to see h

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jeff sessions and steve bannon. do we need the white house to fight this because there's a war going on redoing need them to fight back? >> we absolutely do need to fight back and there'll be opposition to the cabinet. they need to for the sake of the messaging on the legislative and on what they want to do and what they want to get done. you know what would help if you didn't see people like edward snowden and julian assange lifted up as heroes in this world that a lot of people want to leak so they can get their 15 minutes of fame or be lifted up as a social justice hero. they are endangering people's lives and they should be looked at as that. charles: one of the points kristen kristin made is critical. the legislation seems to have gotten bogged down. the trump agenda seems to gotten bogged down in all of this and it's a murky place to be. you don't want to make it even tougher. >> seeing that i had a conversation earlier this week. unbelievable the level of defeatism that the best way to get people reelected ne

better safe to keep steve bannon in the white house than outside. fueling something like bright b.a.r.t. and to your point, steve only learned about the comey firing from watching it on tv like the majority of the senior staff within the white house. wasn't everybody caught flat footed with the exception of jared, ivanka and a couple others? >> a great point just because steve bannon hasn't been in the loop on all these key issues, i think you raise the key the point. does the president think it is better to keep him in the administration than to have him on the outside throwing bombs? one other point to consider. who would fill the top positions. there has been a fair amount of uncertainty. based on my reporting, there are a lot of jitters about sgoomico into the fold. how stable would one's job be? so throws some of the thorny issues the president undoubtedly is considering as he takes hard look at his staff. >> reince priebus has a really hard job. thank you so much. >> when we return, the many controversies swirling around the president of the un

we had this three weeks ago, we know he wants steve bannon out and jared kushner wants steve bannon outd about the optics of doing it. when he vents and get frustrated he really gets frustrated. you never know if he's blowing off steam, it is coming. >> it's clear to me the circle that sluhrunk around the president. >> i think you saw that with the comey decision, steve bannon was not in the loop with there's pushback with his allies. the point is this circle is shrinking. the president is frustrated. when he gets frustrated he vents and spitballs, how real is it as a question? since sean spicer's first press briefing i get a text every 10 days that says spicer is gone. this feels different and even those in spicer's corner say this is a different situation. i would not understate talking about timing the importance of this foreign trip. the president has an extraordinarily busy week, four leaders this week and then heads to the west coast. >> is this trumpy, my god, everybody is focused on comey. let me do a white house shake-up and maybe everybody with focus there, act two. figuring o

>> i actually had mixed reporting over the weekend about steve bannon. several sources told me he was totally out of the loop on the comey deliberations, was not among the advisers talking to the president, counseling him through that decision, and that he found out from watching television news reports about it on tuesday night. another said steve bannon had been in the know, but it's unclear how he had been on this decision. since he started feuding with jared kushner about a month ago, he's been marginalized in the white house and kept out of some decisions. however, some of his nationalist idealogy, s agenda, is making it through and is reflected in both what the president is saying and doing. >> pete williams back with us in our washington bureau. pete, there is also the issue of these tapes, whether or not they exist. it's not just democrats saying they want to see him now, it's some republicans and pretty high-profile ones at that. take a listen. >> and if there are any tapes, they have to be turned over. you can't be cute about tapes. >> if, in f

bannon, steve bannon definitely seems to be a little bit off in the corner. the thing about priebus and spicer, what they tell their friends is, who wants these jobs? my sense is priebus is probably in a little more of a secure position than sean is. sean is more likely, again, i don't think sean is probably in imminent danger of being fired. it's more likely we'll see a hybrid of sarah huckabee sanders. as you see, we have a lot of special guest stars in the briefing these days. occupying a lot of time. we saw tom bossart from the national security staff, we saw mcmaster, by the way, who was very, very -- >> a central -- >> very testosterone. >> kristen, how about that? do you get the sense they're auditioni ining new sort of fac and characters if you get into trump's way of looking at this for the podium? >> reporter: what i think they are trying to do is redirect the narrative here and you have some of these other folks coming to the podium today. tom bossart as you were just discussing. that helps them to put the focus on the subjects they want to be talk

>> it's, i'm a big steve bannon fan.ran this campaign, and donald trump would not be in the white housed today without -- white house today without the strategic ability of steve bannon. i think it's important. i think the key thing is don't let it get away from the white house. it has to be independent of what's going on day-to-day, but at the same time don't create, don't create a cam cause key -- kamikaze, basically have an instant response, have lawyers there, make sure the stories are being told accurately because this process is probably going to go on for two or three years, the mueller commission and what have you, the hill hearings. i think steve's a superb choice to go do that and make everybody that comes into that mix take an oath of secrecy, and if they leak any of that, they're fired. trish: you've got to lay down the la. all right. ed rollins, thank you. >> thank you very much. trish: we're going to come back in just a couple minutes. stay with us. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. takes f

. >> the report says jared kushner, steve bannon and reince priebus are all involved in plans in the room. does that mean the latest revelations haven't caused kushner toall out o faf with the president? >> the president has been loyal to peopleho he been loyal to him. and the idea that there is going to be to some type of agreement and consensus about what the president is saying, you know, between the president .even his spokes people has not been something the white house has been able to demonstrate. so to get everyone on the same page is going to be something new for this team. >> ozzie, if any of these stories prove true about kushner, and even if not, how much trouble could he be in? >> worst case scenario, it could be a lot of trouble. when you get security clearance one disclose a lot of money. i forgot. i didn't know. can have really big consequences. no one is saying that that may go all that fav, but to have jared kerr ner is only going to make his ability to do his job and the president's agenda that much more difficult. >> others are calling for kushner to be prosecuted

now we hear about this idea maybe of a war room being created, of steve bannon -- bannon a couple weeks ago looked like he was on the outs. now i guess he's back in. does any of this reshuffling, any of this restructuring, the idea of a war room, does that really change anything for this white house? >> no, because trump is still trump, and you'll notice, steve, that things were relatively calm on the white house front these past nine days when trump was away. and there sure were bad stories that came out from the white house perspective on russia. but you didn't have the kind of self-inflicted wounds that come from trump's responding to this bad news or just trying to get out front of it. ruth was talking about how difficult it is with the legislative agenda. i mean at every step, trump has already stepped all over these efforts from the very first rollout of the ahca, trump right before that tweeted about obama tapping his wires in trump tower, and that just stomped all over any momentum that the house would have been able to build. so now what you have is two countervailing impulses

all the news has swell and steve bannon has risen up again. as far as fake news and leaking, look in your house. >> people say why are you covering these things? it's not just about the white house, but it's holding the media to account and trying to get answers on behalf of the american people. >> i wonder if you can tell us when the president knew or whether the president knew if jared kushner was seeking to establish back channel to the russian government. if he didn't know, when did he find out? >> that assumes a lot. mr. kushner's attorney said he volunteered to share what he knows about the meetings and he will do the same if he is connected with any other inquiry. >> did the president discuss it? >> i won't get into it, but your question assumes a lot of facts that are not substantiate and they are from anonymous sources. >> does he approve of that action? >> it's not a confirmed action. secretary kelly and general mcmaster have discussed that in general tes,ack channels are a part of diplomacy. >> >> phil is with us now. what a remarka

he has moved some of the far right fringes, steve bannon and others out of the centre of power in theic group in the white house advising him. you say it hasn't been great, his administration would say, you mentioned it, the us has come out of the trans—pacific partnership, all of the things he wanted to do. he has a new supreme courtjustice as well? that is an achievement for his administration? his only concrete achievement. if you can call it an achievement. but it is. i wouldn't like to state the obvious, his failures. but one thing disturbs me a little bit. i think he might be trying to raise his ratings by going a little ballistic externally. 0n the international stage? absolutely. he has tried the missiles in syria, he has tried a heavy bombing in afghanistan and he has now started being quite provocative in the korean peninsular. it is a dangerous game, but i think it is one way of trying to raise his ratings, which i suspect is what his try to do. for 2a hours he was going to kill the north american free trade agreement, and then backed off. the reassuring thing, and you are

. >> a picture of the president's steve bannon shows how the tracks its record on fulfilling campaign promtions. >> a rabbi yesterday tweeted a picture with bannon, a quite board list in the background marks the administering's progress. some items are checked off, for example, tripling the number of immigration and customs enforcement agents. >> trevor: no big surprise that steve bannon uses a white board. sir, you want a black board in here. actually, i would be more comfortable with a white one, thanks. just feel safer. and then this morning, there was this in the senate judiciary committee. >> fbi director james comey was back in front of lawmakers answering questions about russia. and his decision to tell the public about the investigation into hillary clinton's, mail. >> look, this is terrible. it makes me mildly gnaw shus to think that we might have had some impact on the election. >> trevor: james comey said him affecting the election made him feel mildly gnaw shus. which is interesting. because this is how the rest of america felt. but let's move on. let's move on. as much as

said, we will marry our operation, we will marry that with the rnc on two conditions, you pick steve bannon and you pick kellyanne conway. bannon had been running the breitbart operation supplying a lot of the untrue, false stories. >> reporter: clinton also said donald trump and bernie sanders could get angry about issues but voters didn't accept that from a woman but am telling voters he had been investigating russia for months. savannah? >> andrea mitchell in washington, thank you. >>> president trump meanwhile is keeping the world in suspension tonight about his plans tonight regarding the paris accord. reports today the president was about to drop the hammer on that agreement sent a ripple across the globe but tonight some activists are holding out hope. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker with the enormous impact it could have. >> reporter: tonight, mounting anticipation as president trump inches closer to a final decision on the paris climate agreement. two administration officials tell nbc news mr. trump is leaning toward pulling out of the accord. >> very soon. you'll find

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and west wing with daughter ivanka trump and son-in-law jared kushner urging him to stay in but steve bannon pressing him to pull out 267. 22 republicans asked him to withdraw saying the deal places too many regulations on the energy sector. >> he promised constituents he wouldn't be part of the economy killing environmental regulations. that's a promise he made. he'll keep it. >> reporter: supporters of the paris deal say it's critical to protect the environment and national security and warned the earth had the hottest year on record creating more heat waves, coastal flooding and stronger storms like super storm sandy. 33 big companies pressed the president to stay in, arguing the deal is also good for trade. the only other major countries not part of the deal, syria and nicaragua. >> in terms of leadership, it's disastrous. >> reporter: in matter what the president days, cities and states will make their own rules. >> when we talk about heat waves and major storms, we're talking about people losing lives in boston and we cannot let it happen. >> reporter: meanwhile tonight, confusion afte

morning on "washington journal" a discussion about the influence of white house chiefth strategist steve bannon. mi >> host: joining us is michael kirk a document or filmmaker and frontline's been in for especially kinsey tonight on pbs. mr

includes the fact while this decision was made on monday, it was the white house chief strategist, steve bannon, who questioned if the timing was right. also "the washington post" reporting this morning that the man behind the memo that started the process, steve rosenstein, who just got the job of deputy attorney general, threatened to resign over reports of how he was being perceived in this firing. there are other aspects this morning about the firing of the f.b.i. director, james comey, including what it does for that investigation at the f.b.i. over russia a t

will this be good news for steve bannon?umors >> i doubt the development of chair kushner would change much. to jennifer's point, we have been hearing about a shakeup since day one. this presidency started out with news article about steve bannono and reince priebus being at odds in the white house. the they made a strong effort to show that they were united. and articles about jared kushner steve bannon be in at odds.emais until the president makes the change the assumption is that the staff will remain as it ist now. whether sean spicer might be out has been floated for weeks but hasn't happened. this is reflective of the environment the president likes to work in. he likes the chaotic uncertainty in the workplace. these rumors will continue.whito my expectation is the white house will state the way it's been. until something changes. you have to take each rumor with a grain of salt. >> greg is on the independent line. >> caller: one thing is, with coming being fired if the president doesn't like him he can fire him. that

i think that will be another barrier raised against the kind of -- i think steve bannon likes the workonstruction of europe that essentially was being advocated by the people around trump and by the nigel farrages of this world and that brought us brexit. i don't think we'll see another european exit even remotely like the one that britain voted for. >> from what you know of macron, he's the youngest ever elected in france. how did his age help him, do you think? >> you know what, i don't think it helped him that much. i think one of the problems with macron -- that macron is going to be have is that he'll be -- i'm sure we will see headlines describing him as charismatic, but he's not charismatic. he's a young, smart guy who's appealing. he has, you know, very nice blue eyes. he looks good in a suit. but he doesn't electrify crowds. he doesn't electrify his voters. that's why so many people voted for him by default and not because they wanted to choose him. in terms of personalities he's going to have trouble turning his personality into that kind of magnetic figure that probably fran