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Hollywood and fairly cover a story about the most famous person in hollywood? s how would that work? >> not very well, obviously. because nbc clearly messed up. and they are justifiably taking hits for that decision-making process. but, all the questions you asked in your lead-in are still out there. clearly nbc messed up. but we dont really know the answer why and what the decision-making was. i mean decision level got up to the level of steveve burkes office ceo of nbc universal. they have hol...

Im wondering if you could -- >> is this the iron hand i brought to the staff? >> no, but did you? is that how you see it? you dont see you have an iron hand? >> no. just put some organization to it. >> kelly went on to say more about his white house role when commenting on the presidents twitter account. >> do his tweets make your job more difficult? >> no. no. i mean, the job of the chief of staff is to staff the president, give him the best advice or go get the best advice i can give him. help...

About the tweets. take a look. >> do his tweets make your job more difficult? >> no. no. i mean, the job of the chief of staff is to staff the president. give him the best advice or go get the best advice i can give him. help him consume advice, help him work through the decision-making process in informed ways. >> reporter: and low and behold the president is up and tweeting this morning about a range of topics. >> wow. >> reporter: everything from health care to the prez. let me read you a cou...

John kelly when you asked him about what makes his job tougher. lets watch. >> reporter: do his tweets make your job more difficult, general kelly? >> no. the job of the chief of staff is to staff the president, give him the best advice or go get the best advice i can give him, help him consume advice, help him work through the decision-making process in an informed way, but thats my job. and thats what i do. >> kellys debut, just from an observer standpoint, kristen, and then i want to ask pete...

Giving reporters what they need. they are obviously starving for information. lets listen to this. >> part of his frustrations is you, all of you. not all of you, but many of you. as i say, when i first started talking, again, im a reasonable guy, but when i read in the morning, i read -- i wont tell you what i read, but you watch tv in the morning. it is astounding to me how much is misreported. i will give you the benefit of the doubt that youre operating off of contacts, leaks, whatever you c...

Interested he noted he reaches out to some of these lawmakers who are critical of the president or may be engaged in a war of words with the president. as you pointed out, i asked him whether the presidents tweets are making it more difficult to do his job. listen to how he responded to that. >> do his tweets make your job more difficult, general kelly? >> no. the job of the chief of staff is to staff the president, give him the best advice or go get the best advice i can give him. help him cons...

Do it. only you can clean up this mess. you need to go clean up this mess. this was a moment where the president needed to clean up this mess of this week but they didnt want him out there and put john kelly. >> no way the president could have cleaned up that mess. he would have shoveled more -- >> made it worse. >> you know what? >> popped off on corker, popped off on nbc, popped on you, go around the room. >> criticize puerto rico. >> had a rough 48 hours. >> i think what john kelly did today ...

Others that are, as the president would say, grand standing -- im not saying senator corker is that way. im saying some people grand stand and enjoy the attention. >> in the wake of this -- >> ive talked to bob corker. >> do his tweets make your job more difficult, general kelly? >> no. no. the job of chief of staff is to staff the president, give him the best advice or go get the best advice i can give him, help him consume advice, help him work through the decision-making process in an informe...

Decision making process on troop levels to the renovation of a high-end new york restaurant. according to participants in the meeting. multiple senior administration officials told nbc news the secretary tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the white house. officials tell nbc news that vice president mike pence counsels tillerson to ease tensions with trump and other top administration officials, urged him to remain in the job at...

Defense secretary mattis and vice president pence, nbc news pointing to a meeting that took place in the white house situation room in july where the president, quote, suggested he might fire the top u.s. commander of the war in afghanistan and comparing the decision-making process on troop levels to the renovation of, yes, a high-end new york restaurant. the next day rex tillerson reportedly called the president, quote, a moron. it is rare for the secretary of state to ever speak with reporters...