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An order? >> yeah, i think he would. he would say im not doing it. >> wow. >> i think thats -- the only hope i have in this, the only hope i have in this, i think of them as the five linemen -- >> name them. >> haley, general mcmaster, rex tillerson and theres a trip wire. thats my hope that all of donald trumps belligerence and the stuff he does and not reacting -- hoping he doesnt react emotionally the five people are between the american public and something bad happening. >> dont go anywhere...

Countries or in this region, or in any of the desks that would be working around the clock right now in normal administrations trying to defuse this crisis. how much more difficult does it make it for our foreign policy leaders as well as the white house? >> i think andrea touched on it. i think that our secretary of state, who normally would be doing, you know, emergency diplomacy here seems to have been cut out of the loop, and so that is what is the most frightening here, is that rex tillerso...

Involved but the president theres been somewhat of a bumpy relationship with him. it is somewhat alarming that we dont know exactly who advised the president on this statement and where it came from, and it was certainly nothing i think that general mattis would have endorsed. >> david ignatius, i think for any of us that talked to general mattis for more than three minutes i think we would all assume that this is something as elizabeth said that the secretary of defense would not endorse. that ...

When and if people are blaming steve bannon for the stuff written about mcmaster over the last week or so. does general kelly take notice, does general mcmaster go to general kelly and say what is this? in so much as there are warring factions in the white house, bannon looks like hes been in the second wave of sidelining in some ways in that apparently the president was not pleased with this josh green book that came out that gives him more authority, gives him more of a sense, someone -- >> ma...

The people on our air, about credibility is one thing in the best of times, but when the nation is facing crisis, you have to believe what the president is saying. >> and theres no substitute for the presidents voice. im glad he has a strong national security team. im impressed with general mattis, general mcmaster, ambassador haley is doing a fine job, secretary tillerson looks a little shakier. but only the president should have that moral authority. and the fact that only one fourth of americ...

Best of times, but when the nation is facing crisis, you have to believe what the president is saying. >> and theres no substitute for the presidents voice. im glad he has a strong national security team. im impressed with general mattis, general mcmaster, ambassador haley is doing a fine job, secretary tillerson looks a little shakier. but only the president should have that moral authority. and the fact that only one fourth of americans believe their president as we may be entering into a cris...

Joe." joining us political reporter for "the washington post" and moderator of "washington week" on pbs, robert costa. bobs taking a look at the new chief of staff in a piece titled "john kelly is an apolitical force in a white house divided by ideology." well get to that piece in a second. because you are so would ird in wired into the white house, if it was a decision if there was one for president trump to make his "fire and fury" comment. andrea mitchell reported pretty extraordinarily that ...

Chief of staff who is managing the staff more than managing the chief. >> right. and as you talk about in your piece him managing the staff, right now he seems to be able to be a bridge between the different warning factions inside the white house. how long does that last if as the "wall street journal" wrote in their editorial this morning you have steve bannon trashing an american hero like general mcmaster? >> thats an intriguing question because if you think about bannons bat well general mc...

Challenges when it comes to north korea. general kelly has served throughout the world, 45-year marine. theres hope in the white house and expectation that he can help the president talk through how to work with china, how to work with japan, work with international institutions to confront this threat. >> mark leibovich its surreal you have somebody like steve bannon thinking that he can second-guess and undercut a marine general who not only served this country for 45 years all over the world,...

>> a predawn raise is something you do if you trust the cooperation of the person who claims to be cooperating. this is something you do if you are afraid that hell destroy document, his laptop will fall into the swimming pool. >> up next as the country faces the national security crisis, the rift between the presidents national security adviser and his chief strategist is intensifying. now a prominent newspaper is stepping in. coming to hr mcmasters defense and calling out steve bannon.