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Staff john kelly is growing increasingly frustrated with the president , telling Senior National Security Officials that the president is becoming, quote, unhinged. Kelly making that comment specifically to the secretary of defense jim mattis, joseph dunford, and Senior National Security Council officials and this happened during a discussion about syria. This comes as nbc news is reporting kelly referred to trump as an idiot. Thats an accusation kelly denies. Saying, i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. He always knows where i stand and he and i both know the story is total bs. But cnn has reported tensions between kelly and the president have been brewing for some time. The president has been ramping up his personal cell phone use, one source saying thats because he doesnt want kelly to know who hes talking to. Were reporting the president has been bypassing kelly by having john bolton and larry kudlow basically report to him and not to kelly. Kelly, though, wouldnt be the first person to trumps staff to call him names out of frustration. In fact, that is the rule, not the exception. Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson reportedly called trump a moron, something that tillerson never, despite being asked again and again, denied. Im not going to deal with petty stuff like that. This is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor, innuendo and they feed on one another in a very destructive way. I dont work that way. Im not going to dignify the question. We got so many bigger issues that we could be talking about. As we know, tillerson is no longer working for trump. He was fired. And according to Michael Wolffs fire and fury, hes not alone. Ry priebus called the president an idiot. Mcmaster called the president a dope. Gary cohn called him dumb as bleep. Theyre all gone too. Bob corker, who once called the white house an Adult Daycare Center publicly, said there are three people who matter in the white house. I think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis, and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos. And i support them very much. Tillerson, of course is gone. And if kelly like tillerson previously, mcmaster and cohn is pushed out, that would leave only mattis. Jeff zeleny is outfront at the white house. These sortss of words and descriptions are consistent with what many of us have heard. The president , though, is now firing back. Reporter he is indeed, erin, firing back with a couple different messages. One just literally a few seconds ago as you were speaking. But first of all, lets look at this tweet he sent a few minutes ago. He said this, the fake news is going crazy, making up false stories and using unnamed sources who dont exist. They are totally unhinged and a Great Success of this administration is making them do and say things that even they cant believe they are saying. Truly bad people. And he went on just a couple moments ago, as i said, to tweet again, basically the same framework there, saying everything is doing fine in this administration, everyone has good energy, stamina, things are going well. But the reality here is, you did lay out a pattern there. Im told theres one difference, though, between white house chief of staff john kelly and that comment from the secretary of state. John kelly went into the president s office, he denied it to his face. He said i didnt do that. That is something that secretary of state Rex Tillerson never did. He never would deny the fact that he called the president a moron. And i was told at the time, the president was more furious about his refusal to apologize than him actually calling it to him in the first place. So well see how this develops. No question that many people around here believe that john kelly is a shorttimer, likely potentially to leave this summer. But who knows. The president makes these decisions himself. But there certainly is a pattern emerging here of so many staff shakeups. Jeff, thank you very much. And editor of the National Review rich lowry and National Correspondent for the nation, joan walsh. John kelly is the president s right hand. Theres been some issues. John kelly has challenged him on policy issues. But putting aside idiot, they have eight sources saying idiot, but he it is he didnt say it. Were reporting unhinged, were reporting it happened on a meeting about syria and who was in the meeting. Thats pretty serious. We know john kelly went out, said the president s position on the wall had evolved. He talks publicly kind of condescendingly about the president , which has annoyed the president before. We know that he did hes also purported to say in the nbc piece that the president doesnt know anything about daca, and i think that sounds close to the truth because the president was ready to make a daca deal with the democrats it was bipartisan, about youabut a lot democrats were driving it. That kelly had to put up a roadblock too. Both stories have the ring of truth to me. Speaking to people close to the president over time, these are the sorts of words and descriptions that come. Theres a reason people dont want to put their name on them. Because hell be mad and wont talk to them. But weve all heard it. It has a very clear ring of truth, we all have spoken to people who know the president well who have said those words. If john kelly flatly denies he called the president an idiot, i believe him. What about unhinged, which hasnt come up at all . I dont know what was said in that meeting, but it was worse, actually. When the president is going out without preparation or notice to anyone, saying were going to pull our troops out of syria, all the professionals will be immensely frustrated by that and they should. One thing thats going on here, erin so youre saying thats where unhinged could have come from . Yeah. The president shouldnt be doing that. It undermines us in all sorts of ways. This leak against kelly shows as a clack inside the white house that wants him gone. And this is a kill shot, because if the president of the United States believes he said that, hes going to be gone sooner than later. I went through the list of times that this has happened, apparently, purportedly to your point, but were talking about kelly, were talking about cohn, were talking about tillerson. Im going through the list here. Were talking about mcmaster. Priebus. Talking about priebus. Were talking about everybody but mattis. Right. Right. Thats a very interesting point, erin. So to your point, theyre leaking on every single one of them. They are. Who is this person . Its a snake pit inside. Then theres snakes around. Theres a moat. I dont know how to describe it, but theyre all gunning for each other, and right now, theyre all gunning for kelly. The knives are coming from all directions. People who seem loyal to trump, people who seem not so loyal to him. So hes made a lot of enemies. If hes made one in the president he wont be around long. Its just a question weve been discussing this for months. We have been hearing reports that hes soured on kelly, that hes tired of being controlled, that hes now using his cell phone, which raises National Security concerns, but whatever. Hes getting around kelly kind of like a child and that other people are happy to collude with the president to get around kelly. So i dont see how kelly stays, i really dont. Everyone has an expiration date. Hes been there in july a year, an incredibly taxing position, even in the best of t circumstances, and this isnt the best. This will be the third chief of staff in how many months . Its just not a good arrangement. If the president wants to have people who arent going to say these things about him behind his back, he needs yes men and yes women. Whether it be gary cohn or tillerson given the way the president operates, given how immune he is to a plan and discipline, theres going to be muttering, eyerolling, banging heads against the wall. Yet, joan, he knows this is going to leak out or not. Hes saying he didnt, unhinged, were being very specific, this is in a meeting with dunford and people on the National Security council. He should know its going to leak. He obviously didnt care. I dont know that he does care. Hes denied it to the president , so that, unlike tillerson, so that indicates some level of caring. I also want to point out the nbc report has him saying nasty things about women way more emotional then men. Rob porters wife should have gotten over the abuse and moved on. He hasnt denied saying those things. And off the record he talked about the secretary of state being on the toilet when he fired him. I think thats widely misreported. I wasnt there in the room but he was actually defending tillerson and saying the guy was sick, he didnt mean to insult him or humiliate him in that way. Thats why i have a big dose of caution about any of these offtherecord unsourced stories. All the people talking to reporters, they have their own agendas. They do. Both of you know, thats what journalism has been about. Its gotten worse, though. Everyone always has a dog in the fight. More unsourced stories than ever before. Its gotten worse too because this white house is worse, worse than anyone weve ever seen. And you have clashing factions, so you get more leaks. But i take all the stories with a grain of salt. Thank you both s. Trump insists he will not get played by kim jongun, but behind the scenes, is he just too eager for a deal . Plus, the nationthe nationa enquirer going after Michael Cohen. Thats the cover. Is trump using his friends tabloid to threaten cohen . And breaking news, the department of justice charged suspected caravan members as the president slams immigration law. They are obsolete, and they are weak. And they are pathetic. With rocket mortgage, you can be approved in as few as eight minutes, giving you super hero levels of confidence. Rocket mortgage. Americas largest mortgage lender. Avengers infinity war in theaters april 27th. Americas largest mortgage lender. Hey, im curious about your Social Security alerts. Oh well alert you if we find your Social Security number on any one of thousands of risky sites, so youll be in the know. Ewww being in the know is very good. Dont shake ahhh sign up online for free. 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Whoo breaking news, a possible win for trump in the north korea summit. Cnn reporting south koreas leader convinced kim jongun that the best place for the meeting is trumps preferred venue, the dmz. Sources telling cnn, the president loved the images from the summit between kim and the south korean president so much that he wants his own crossborder hand shshake like t one beamed around the world. And he wants pictures if he decides to get up and walk out of the talks. But skeptics in the administration tell cnn President Trump may be too eager for a deal with kim. Worrying that holding the meeting at the dmz will appear conciliatory to the north korean leader. And trump himself who called him honorable, today continued to sing his praises in the rose garden. Kim jongun, who has been very open and very straightforward so far i can only say, again, so far but hes talking about getting rid of the site which was their big site. Hes talking about no research, no launching of ballistic missiles, no nuclear testing. And he has lived up on that for a long period of time. Longer period of time than anybody has seen. A longer period of time than anybody has seen. Well, thats not exactly true. The countrys last nuclear test was in september, thats eight months ago. When kim tested his most powerful nuke to date. In the past, the kim regime have gone years between nuclear tests. Trump, though, says, dont worry, i do not have rosecolored glasses when it comes to kim. Heres what he said. I think it would be a great celebration, if it works out well. And if it doesnt work out well, thats the way it goes. Gotta ged r gotta get rid of the Nuclear Weapons. If its not a success, i will respectfully leave, its very simple. The bottom line is this. Promising to give up nukes is nothing new from the kim regime. In 2005, as part of the north korean talks agreement, pyongyang said it was committed to abandoning all Nuclear Weapons and existing nuclear programs. And that the dprk and the United States undertook to respect each others sovereignty. If that sounds familiar, its because it is. According to the denuclearization that kim jongun signed last week, he said he would abandon his Nuclear Weapons if the United States agreed to formally end the korean war and promised not to invade his country. Same words. Kim is now inviting experts in journalists to witness the closing of the Nuclear Test Site the president referenced next month. New, right . Nope. Deja vu. June 2008, north korea inviting experts and journalists from across the world, including cnn to witness the destruction of a cooling tower at a nuclear plant. So will this time be different . Michael anton stepped out as spokesperson for trumps National Security council. Michael, great to have you on. Youve been on the inside with the Trump Administration, and obviously i know you parted on good terms. Is President Trump at risk of making a bad deal, of getting conned by north korea, as some skeptics in the administration say, because hes too eager for a deal . I dont think so. I think the administration from the president on down, knows what theyre getting into. They know north koreas track record. They know its history. Its all been laid out in the past, explained. They went into this with eyes open and i think theyre aware of the nature of the country that theyre dealing with and its past history. Phil, do you agree . Are the president s eyes wide open . Is he too eager . This is not going to be a success. I think he should take the meeting. I dont see anything wrong with going to the dmz. But success means we have certified that the north koreans have taken steps that it will take us years to certify. This meeting, in my judgment could be a step. The certification we need to see is really detailed over years, erin. I need to see, what are the list of sites, do we have access to the sites, down to the nitty gritty detail. How do you certify destruction not only of sites but of missiles. How long does it take people to get into the sites and does north korea resist access to some sites . The meeting is important, but lets not talk about a success until we have evidence that the programs destroyed. Are you talking about 48hour warnings and things . Wow, im having a flashback to the Iran Nuclear Deal. Michael, the Nobel Peace Prize talk has reached the president. He apparently according to our reporting has raised it in conversations over the past week. Not clear if hes telling people he deserves it, but the idea has been planted in his head, and the president of south korea, as you know, said President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize and heres what happened at the president s rally on saturday night. So theres no chance he doesnt know about this talk. Because the crowd is chanting nobel, nobel. Nobel, nobel theyre saying what do you think President Trump had to do with it . Ill tell you what. Like, how about everything. He is so humble, michael. Nobel prize . I agree with the comment that this is going to be a long process, this is only a first meeting, and we will know whether these talks are a success based on the north korean regimes behavior going down the line and real, full true did you nuclearization is a process of months and years. Its going to require very intrusive inspections, you know, complete verification, and all of that. So this is going to take a long time. However, i think it is correct, as president moon said, all the way back in february, that the reason we got to this point, where the north korean regime wants to talk, and theyre the ones who asked for the talks, is because of the extraordinary pressure thats been brought to bear against them, and that included enlisting china which has often been reluctant to engage to the extent that it has and that is absolutely due to the pressure brought by this administration and this president. Phil, this goes back to the iranian deal. Netanyahu today coming out, saying the iranians are brazenly lying about their pursuit, and i mentioned the 48hour rule, but theres also kinds of questions that have been raised about access and when you can get access and warning and confirming, et cetera. The president said if he pulls out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, that will not send a bad message to kim. No, i think it sends the right message. In seven years, that deal will have expired and iran is free to go ahead and create Nuclear Weapons. Thats not acceptable. Seven years is tomorrow. Thats not acceptable. Does it send the right message, phil, if he gets out of the Iran Nuclear Deal . N this is more complicated than it looks. Theres two ends of this spectrum. One, you look at this on the surface and say, anybody negotiating with the president will say, what if the next guy steps away from it . What are the chinese whispering in the north koreans ears to ensure they get a good deal for north korea, but also to ensure that the president doesnt back out . That said, theres another piece of the story. Im told in this town today as the conversation between the french leader and the iranian leadership about how to amend the nuclear deal, is that because the iranians got the message from President Trump that hes serious . I think this is pretty interesting. You could argue that the north koreans are going to be more serious about coming to the table because theyre worried if they try to dance around this, theyll get the same deal at the end of the day that iran got. Michael, before we go, netanyahu today pulled back a curtain on 100,000 pages of documents. You gotta say hes rather trumpian in his ability to present information. He said its all about nukes. And the big question is how does the israelis manage to get this information . Its a pretty incredible thing. Whether it was hacking, how did they do it . I dont have any sense of how. I will say, it proves what a lot of us have believed all along, that the Iranian Regimes denials over the years that it ever had a nuclear program, that it ever had any intent to build a Nuclear Weapon were not credible, not true. We know without a shadow of a doubt, they were lying all along. I always believed they were lying. They were caught trying to enrich uranium, caught with weapons in their possession, working the black market to get those kinds of materiels. Its based on a false premise, which is that the iranians only want civilian nuclear power. Just coming back to inspections, thats a really important object lesson for north korea. One of the flaws in the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Iranian Regime gets to determine what sites are open for inspection and what arent. They can deny access. A good deal with north korea would not allow for that. It would require full and free access to inspectors. And of course the jury on these things takes a lot longer than the Nobel Peace Prize timetining time frame. Stormy daniels suing the president. And the Justice Department charging 11 members of that caravan as the president slams americas immigration law. Alright, i brought in new max protein. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. Ill take that. 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Breaking news, a Law Enforcement official telling cnn the department of justice has filed charges against 11 suspected members of the Migrant Caravan. With entering the United States illegally. It comes hours after President Trump slammed this countrys immigration laws, saying they must be stronger. Just look at our southern border and our weak and obsolete immigration laws. They are obsolete and they are weak. And they are pathetic. And theres no country in the world that has laws like we do. Theyve gotta change, and theyve gotta change now for the safety of our country. So we got 11 charged tonight. We understand there are 100 migrants roughly who are part of this particular caravan which traveled from Central America to the u. S. Border, awaiting entry to an immigration processing center. Kyung lah is out front. Reporter underscoring the pledge of a law and Order Administration Vice President pence inspected construction at the u. S. Border. 30foot bollards replacing 20yearold metal fencing stretching over two miles in calexco, california. The Vice President made this vow. We are building a wall on the southern border of the United States of america. And let me make you a promise, when it comes to the border wall, were going to build it all. Reporter tough talk as the Migrant Caravan drama unfolds south of the border. Pence calling the mainly Central Americans here victims of a broken system. This situation is a direct result of our weak immigration laws and our porous border. This caravan like those who have gone before, is also rightly understood as a deliberate attempt to undermine the laws of this country and the sovereignty of the United States. Reporter Central Americans make up the bulk of the migrants, traveling together, safety in numbers. Isabel rodriguez is fleeing the violence of el salvador with her oregon, terrified gangs will get her grandkids. She and the children are among the approximately 100 migrants who just arrived at the border, hoping for asylum in the u. S. [ speaking Foreign Language ] mr. Trump, she says, just like you allowed our fellow brothers and sisters from Central America to live in the country, allow us the opportunity. We want to work. We dont want handouts. We want a Better Future for our family. The weekslong caravan is a yearly event. So whats different this year . Its drawing the administrations attention as congress failed to fully fund trumps wall in this years federal budget. A month ago the president tweeted these pictures saying the clex cowall was the start of the southern border wall. Its not. Listen to the Vice President s words. This is the beginning of the southern border wall. From fiscal 17 budget, a replacement project. But look at the border wall, this new wall is roughly two or three times taller than the wall that was here today. And you hear the Vice President there acknowledging that this is, quote, a replacement project. So lets give you a look at this replacement project. What youre seeing over my shoulder, ive been watching it grow as the day has gone on, that is the new replacement fencing. That is replacing existing wall, this gap that you see, as my cameraman sweeps across, that is the gap. All the way to the left, that fencing there, that is the old fencing. This plan has been in place since 2009. The funding, though, did not come through until 2017 in the Trump Administration. And erin, we should point this out as well. The u. S. Congress has not passed any legislation specifically funding trumps wall. Kyung, thank you very much. Pretty amazing you can see the whole issue of new versus replacement. The old wall, the new wall, which as you can see sorry, fence is about two and a half times, it looked like, of the cab of that truck sitting in front of it. Eric swalwell, democrat from california, good to talk to you. Appreciate your time. First the breaking news, there are about a hundred people, we understand, in this particular caravan, which is now on the border. That right now the Justice Department is charging 11 suspected members of it with illegally entering the United States. Unclear if theres more to come what theyre going to do. What do you think is going to happen here . Do you think that some of these people are going to come into the country illegally . Or theyll just go home . What happens . Well, erin, this is an opportunity for us to go back to the table and pass bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform. We should recognize, though, that these are mothers carrying babies, theyre fleeing violence. They dont have clean water and clean air or access to food. So we should not be inhumane in how we treat them. If they have an asylum case to make, we should, as every country does, allow them to go through and apply through that process. We should also understand the root causes, that if we dont work to provide economic aid to these countries so that there are Economic Opportunities and clean water where they live and that we fight the cartels who cause a lot of this, that it will continue to persist, whether we build a wall a hundred feet high or ten feet high. The president should sit down in a bipartisan way so that we can address this crisis. Immigration law, you heard the president today speaking referring to the immigration laws as weak and obsolete. Is he right to call them out in those terms . No. Hes not right. Because he has ignored and actually refused to take on these issues. I thought his best day as president was when he had republicans and [ inaudible ] it looks like we just lost the congressman. Well give it a second to see if we can get it back. All right, as we well try to get it back. As we try to do that oh, we got it. Congressman, youre back. Sorry, you froze in the middle of your comment. You were saying the president was wrong to use those words. He was wrong to use those words. His best day on the job was when he convened republicans and democrats at the white house and he said, you solve the immigration crisis, i will sign the bill. Lindsey graham and dick durbin brought him solutions and he refused to sign the bill. He insulted the nigerians as well as other countries. He needs to recon convenience democrats and republicans so we can address this crisis in a humane way, but also a way that we keep our southern border secure. So would you, congressman, give everyone in that caravan asylum . No, i would hear their cases on a case by case basis. And if there are smugglers, or people who have criminal records, i would make sure they get turned back, or that theyre taken into custody so that we can protect the people around them and u. S. Citizens. But to just the president heads enflamed the situation by essentially accusing all of them of being the rapists and the bad individuals that he called them out to be in june 2015. Those are not who they are. Theres a humane way to address this. Congressman, the Washington Post with breaking news at this moment, reporting that the house conservatives allied with trump has drafted articles of impeachment against the Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein who is the person overseeing bob mueller and his investigation into russia. This obviously would ultimately be preferred to your committee. What do you say . Its sickening to hear that, erin. There are no limits, or no length that they are not willing to go to just torch the department of justice, and every single floor that would work independently to uphold the rule of law in our country. You know, voters will have their own say at the ballot box this november and i dont think theyre going to look too kindly on people who think their job is to protect the president rather than to protect our democracy. Congressman swalwell, thank you for your time tonight. My pleasure. The National Enquirer said trump is in the hot seat because of Michael Cohen. And trump attacking senator jon tester, tweeting about him moments ago, suggesting hes got dirt on him. Will it cost tester his seat . Its a crucial seat, and we went to ask the voters. Pardon the language, but i think its bull. I dont think its right. Into retirement. E headg and a little nervous. But not so much about what market volatility may do to their retirement savings. 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Hes faced multiple accusations of buying stories that put trump in a bad light and never publishing them, a practice known as catch and kill. Karen mcdougal said she had an affair with the president. Pecker denies any wrongdoing, just helping out a friend. And there are other headlines involving top trump allies. A month after flynn was fired for lying to the Vice President , the World Exclusive cover story was trump catches russias white house spy, who it said was flynn. And the same day it was reported that the fbi raided Paul Manafort manaforts home, this story, trump adviser sex scandal, Paul Manaforts sicko affair. To be clear, neither man has ever confirmed these stories are true. Vp of communications for American Media who ow and forr District Attorney for the Southern District of new york. Do you have any doubts that this front page is sending a message to Michael Cohen with this cover . Hi, erin. Absolutely. I dont think their message is loud and clear, that if you turn, this is only the beginning of what we can do to you. So its in a sense a threat. The threat from a threat to Michael Cohen, watch out, it can get worse . Well, it a not so subtle way of delivering that message. You have to understand the power that david pecker and the National Enquirer have in this country. So whether or not cohen does decide to testify and what he says, this is a simple way of delivering the message that we want you to play by our rules or else. Or else. Because heres the thing, as he says, the power they have. Everybody reads the headline when theyre checking out at the grocery store. People do see it. What does this cover story say . I think it says a couple things. One, i think it says, as weve all been assuming that the Trump Administration is very concerned that Michael Cohen is going to cooperate. I think it secondly says theyre already starting a public campaign, first in this form and maybe soon in other places to discredit cohen, to say that hes a liar. So if he comes forward with something about the president , already the story, dont trust this guy, hes a liar. Theres no reason to take his testimony at face value. Which is interesting. Thats what the president s longtime attorney said here, jay goldberg. Flip isnt the word id use. Id use turn, because hell lie and make it up. Its that angle. Tthe enquirer regally wenular after trumps enemies. Remember ted cruzs father linked to the jfk assassin, which ted cruise seez seems to forgiven the president for. Ben carson leaving a sponge in a pare patients brain. The National Enquirer did a story, they have a very good record of being right. Ive always said why didnt the National Enquirer get the Pulitzer Prize for edwards and o. J. Simpson and all of these things. You cant knock the National Enquirer, its brought many things to light, not all of them pleasant. In your experience, how close were pecker and trump . They were very close. Theyve been friends since the 90s. And when magazines ruled the universe in new york city. Trump made a conscious effort to go after david pecker, to make him his friend. Once again, pecker at that point, controlled a lot of eyeballs and Public Opinion, what better way to influence Public Opinion than having a media friend. Thats for sure. This comes as we have more news on stormy daniels. Her lawyer going ahead with the lawsuit, suing the president for defamation, which centers in on the president s reaction to the sketch. He put out a sketch saying this is the guy who threatened my life and my daughter in the parking lot if i talked about my affair with you. Trump responding, a sketch years later about a nonexistent man, a total con job, playing the Fake News Media for fools. Con job, is there any way you can get a defamation lawsuit out of this . Obviously they want to get him to testify. I think its hard to get a defamation lawsuit for a couple of reasons. This is within what we call the opinion privilege in a defamation context. Youre hafeallowed to express opinions without running afoul of a defamation law. Even as the president . Even as president. Because hes doing this as president , if this is somehow within his role and scope as a president , its not clear here whether hes acting within the perimeter of his role as president , but if he is, that would be another immunity. I think well see a motion to dismiss in this case, that would be my prediction. Thank you very much. Next trump declares war on montanas democratic senator. Well, i know things about tester that i could say too. And if i said them, hed never be elected again. Thing about trump, if he knew them, hed say them. 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Giddyup hi this is jamie. We need some help. The president once again attacking senator tester again. Tester even voted to protect sanctuary cities. Tester has been a target of trumps ires. Trump saying he quote knows things about tester. So is testers seat in jeopardy . Reporter big controversy brewing. Senator tester in the cross hair of the president i know things about tester that i could say too. And if i said them, hed never be elected again. Reporter president even calling for the senators resignation. I think tester has to have a big price to pay in montana. Reporter all of this over the airings of Ronny Jackson. This guy has a problem. In fact in the white house, they call him the candy man. Reporter claims of jackson drinking overseas. Did not take issue with testers handling of the allegations. Tester who was already a republican target in november may now be a bigger one. So what degrees does this turn you off to him, the Ronny Jackson stuff . Pretty much reinvigorated me to work to oppose him. Reporter montana with population of just over 1 million, has 100,000 veterans. What did tester do that was wrong in your view . Not a full investigation. Brought it out in the open without doing a thorough investigation. Reporter tester saying he was just doing his job sticking up for vets. The president is calling on senator tester to resign. Saying he has secret information on him, what do you make of that . Pardon the language, but i think it is ball butter. Do you think this controversy will have legs to november . I think it will. Reporter veteran ann farmer saying he has done more for veterans. But complicated the road to reelection. It should make other voters more reflective on getting out to vote and saying this is important. Reporter that is the big question, who will come out to vote. The president s support may be eroding. A poll shows that montanans give the president poor marks. 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What kind of sap would kidnap such a famous sapling a gift from the french. Okay. Maybe planted is too strong a word. They basically moved dirt around but a few days later. You may notice something missing gone. That is treason pawned the daily mail. All of that shoveling is great practice for when trump has to hide Michael Cohens body. Read one tweet, the new soprano season is the best. Someone dug up the tree just like the crime family dug up a body. Actually, what happens is skin shrivels. Wondering if the little oak is growing. Didnt take much digging to discover where the tree went. The french ambassador tweeted it is in quarantine which is mandatory to the u. S. Have to make sure it carries no pest. You know what makes even less sense . The planting, unplanting and replanti replanting a sapling. Official from macrons office is saying the oak tree is doing very well. Just under going some good old fashion extreme vetting. Maybe it needs a little love. Jeanne moos cnn, new york. What is the point of all of that. You know, put it in quarantine. Thanks for joining us, anderson starts now. Good evening, we begin tonight with breaking news from the white house. Chief of staff john kelly denying the report that he used the word idiot to describe the president. Pamela brown joins us with details. Reporter Senior Administration official tells my colleague that john