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Better life. >> jonathan swann, how are, how is this going to be looked at inside the white house? we know there has been some conflict between john kely, kirsten nielson, in the event there was a claim that a migrant attempted to assail a member of cbp. and john kelly and kifristen nielson seemed to think there was no authority for this kind of thing, but the president ultimately won the day. >> kirsten nielson has had this from almost the moment she was sworn in. before she was sworn in trump ...

Well she be coming back to the white house, hope hicks? ive seen a report about that. >> i dont know, but i love hope. shes great. i hope that maybe -- ive been hearing little things like that. >> to both of you, ill let you respond to this alex, first. there is the report, "vanity fair" had it in an article with the headline saying that she could be the next chief of staff. what are you hearing about that prospect or any other role for hope hicks in the white house? >> no one seems to leave tru...

How do you respond to general kelly saying in reply to this report, its total bs? >> well, i think thats not surprising. as you were showing earlier, where rex tillerson did not deny that he called the president a moron. that got under the presidents skin and the relationship never repaired after that. you know, john kely, all of our reporter points to john kelly and president trump kind of growing very tired of each other and not just that, but you know we want to look at nine months in, kelly ...

What are you hearing, now what hope hicks is gone, who could calm him down, whats the vibe in the white house right now? as david and joe just said, as a critical decision is being made about what to do in syria? >> i think your point about hope hicks is exactly right. this is his first major personal crisis without somebody that he trusts, you should think of hope hicks a little bit more like a family member, somebody he could speak to and have an impact on the presidents emotional state. shes ...

Think, but wait a second, the guy abused two ex-wives, what are we talking about here? >> it was not that long ago either in the 2000s. >> sorry, before he worked at the white house, which is the most irrelevant and absurd point. hes an abuser then, he is an abuser now, so, look, hes not in an easy spot here. he is still choosing to work for this guy, but, ultimately, this is not about fbi process or background checks. this is about whether john kely and donald trump think its okay to have an a...

Agents to talk about jim comey and why he was let go and also potentially, you know, paul manafort himself. so i think its not necessarily going to be easy for donald trump to distract away from the russia investigation. >> peter baker, there are theme weeks anymore at the white house? >> theyre often not themes that theyre setting mt ne. next weeks theme is going to be international affairs. he will be in new york for the united states general assembly. weve seen infrastructure week or so forth...

Leaks, b. >> i think the president was right to hit the reset button. i think it was, it was something that i think the white house needs. i think its healthy. priebus will be replaced by homeland secretary-general, john kely. punctuated this week by senate republicans failure to repeal and replace obamacare. today the president is tweeting major criticisms against gop lawmakers, a seeming misunderstanding about how the vote failed, perhaps? more on that in a moment. first, lets talk more about ...