and it haunts this white house. and i talk to my sources there every day. they just wonder how can they escape the shadow. >> and what are you hearing? especially among republicans who must wake up and have a catch before they take in their first breath and look at their device. >> well, they know that this president is driven by his gut instinct. and while he's working with members of congress and house speaker paul ryan said tonight to his friend bill bennett he's spoken to the president, this is still a president who operates in an isolated fashion in many respects. he is digesting the news, cable news, newspapers, print editions, doesn't use a computer on his own. making his conclusions on his own. and those who deal with him day-to-day, privately acknowledge to me that this is the dynamic, they're confronting. as much as there are a lot of people swirling around him, it's trump himself making the decisions. trump himself really analyzing information on his own.