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Welcome back. president trump is openly speculating about potential replacements of rod rosenstein after the departure. the president is increasingly venting about kelly and contemplating a staff change. in "the new york times" best-seller, gate keeper, chris whipple spoke with 17 chief of staff about their experience in the west wing and joins me now. chris, it is great to have you. i want to get your top line take on what is happening in the white house right now. >> this is a broken white hou...

Transparency is very important to the legitimacy of our national security activities but it also needs to be done with care to enable us to use those sources and methods in the future. >> all right. lets talk rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general. this memo targets him, his role. aspects of the russia probe that led to, as you mention, fisa, surveillance on trump campaign officials. it is worth reminding everyone whatever bob mueller finds, rosenstein is the gate keeper to decide who does he t...

Witnesses are not coming in under subpoena. so they can refuse to answer questions, they can say, well, my conversation with the president on that is privileged, in the same way that don jr. said it and sessions said it in his congressional testimony. and theres no opportunity to hold these people in contempt. thats very different than when they appear before mueller. we know hope hicks has testified before mueller twice -- >> let me ask you about hope, quickly. shes been with the trump family, ...

Shes the gate keeper on communication. she might be able to say well you know what, with respect to that, he did receive a call from flynn. he received a call from kushner. he did get an e-mail from so and so. its that flow of communication from his into him and back. that she has the most relevant testimony. >> always appreciate it. thank you, sir. a house of horror in california. families 13 children held captive this their home. in filthy conditions. some shackled to beds with chains and padl...

Witnesses are not coming in under subpoena. they with refuse to answer questions. and say my conversation with the president on that is privilege in the same way that don jr. said it. and sessions said it in his testimony. theres no opportunity to hold these people in contempt. thats very different than when they appear before mueller. >> thats what i want to ask. about hope. quickly. i have a few seconds. shes been with the trump family has worked for him for a while. everyone before. a gate ke...

A while that he wasnt going to get a lawyer because he was so confident this wasnt something that would involve him. but never been shy about pointing fingers at donald trump junior, jared kushner, manafort other people he felt made mistakes particularsly in the campaign. you talked about the other heavy hitters cory lewandowski who was the presidents first campaign manager and someone the president talks to periodically. but the real starve this potentially is hope hicks presidents longest serv...

Turned on president trump, hes never been shy about criticizing those close to the president who he thinks have been caught up in this mess. so i expect well see a lot of questions about jared kushners relationships. potentially about donald trump jr.s relationships. bannon wasnt there of course for this fateful meeting during the campaign. but he was there in the white house for some of the seminole events that came afterwards like the firing of james comey. all of that could come up today. lat...

Bannon who seemed to be the gate keeper for wolff, but then he would get access to be able to sort of roam freely in the west wing and wander the halls. hed pop in in offices and talk to different staffers, he sat out on the couch out in the lobby for a while and would spent four, five, six hours at the white house absorbing, talking to people, eavesdropping and gathering information. according to these sources, this project, cooperating with wolff was blessed by the president. that he liked wol...

Essentially people were talking to him and even putting things on the record after they were supposed to be off the record? >> yeah, its pretty amazing. i talked to a couple sources today about that who said, look, in those early months of the administration, michael wolff would have an appointment oftentimes to come in to talk to bannon who seemed to be the gate keeper for wolff, but then he would get access to be able to sort of roam freely in the west wing and wander the halls. hed pop in in ...

More autocratic depending on your vantage point. either way, it may never be the same. lets bring in carrie sheffield, and matt bennett, former deputy assistant to the president in the clinton administration. hes the co-founder and senior vice president of public affairs. does that concept we heard that the president could be permanently transforming what it means to be president concern you from this point on? >> well, i think every single president puts his or her mark on the presidency, so it...