when they choose to exercise that power. he still has an emoluments problem that needs to be dealt with but this reminds me of the "access hollywood" tape when he was in trouble and republicans were ready to possibly abandon him and they force him to go to the camera and issue that weird apology. donald trump gets backed into a corner sometimes and so i hope republicans realize that the president presents political problems for them that if they speak out in truth when they are right on constitutional issues, they could force him to take a better course. >> and jen, i want to ask you about mick mulvaney and you've seen chief of staff, bill daily or peter rouse or rahm emanuel. and mulvaney got a round of applause by colleagues at the white house, senior staff meeting this morning. i asked jeremy diamond what they were applauding and he said it is a show of support because he's been through a tough time. but i don't know.