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Fired, but white house officials told cnn she was indeed shown the door. omarosa insists she resigned and denies reports of a dramatic confrontation with john kelly. she hinted she is in the hunt for a publisher or a reality tv producer. >> when i have a chance to tell my story, michael, quite a story to tell. as the only african-american woman in this white house, as a senior scientist and assistant to the president i have seen things that made me uncomfortable and affected me deeply and emotio...

This morning, pretty fascinating new reporting about the presidents mind-set and relationships inside the white house. according to "the wall street journal," president trump is going around the back of his chief of staff. going around john kellys back to give assignments directly to staff. >> according to the reporter who wrote the story in "the wall street journal," michael bender. great to have you here. this is fascinating a lot to go through. your reporting is that the president, im not tot...

Priebus, you know? priebus tried to take away the twitter account, by the way. there have been family interventions. they have all failed. but its clearly a critical problem. >> how much of a chief of staffs job is just maintaining or bolstering the structural integrity of the bubble that surrounds the president of the united states? i mentioned that from michael benders piece in the "wall street journal" today that there have been lapses, there have been private individuals have made their way ...

Verdict at all at this point. we are going to bring it around the table. a lot of people who know the senator and the situation and here to share their reporting, bloombergs margaret from the "new york times." we will start there again. karl is where the "new york times." michael is with the weekly standard and with the "wall street journal." michael bender. let me start with you. you covered senator menendez for a long time and are familiar with the trial. he was charged with 12 counts of exper...

Of anymore. i am always going to put america first in the same way i expect you to put your countries first. >> mr. trumps first trip to asia has been fascinating to watch from afar from two of the frequency guests. traveling with the president, michael bender of the "wall street journal." ladies first. take us the water cooler talk and the most fascinating moment we have not been able to see back home here? >> i think the most fascinating moment is one we are still waiting on. whether president...

Responding to michael benders question. it was also abe and the president was meeting world headers who are more powerful at a time when he still has the russia investigations and he suffered another political defeat while he was abroad. speaking to advisers before we went on the trip, they acknowledged that the president did feel like having this investigation hanging over him, that could be a distraction to him. in part because he was distracted by the russia headlines. even if they are not ta...

Satisfactory to me. if they dont within a very short period of time, ill terminate the deal. >> and just what does it tell us when the white house chief of staff feels compelled to hold a rare public briefing to refute the latest stories, republican in-fighting and west wing chaos? >> im not quitting today. i dont believe, and i just talked to the president, i dont believe im being fired today. and i am not so frustrated in this job that im thinking of leaving. unless things change, im not quitt...

I bet you secretary mattis is asking the same question. at the very least, they will look at what they are doing and making sure they are answering all of those. >> appreciate your insight and your service. that was not the only eye popping news. >> do you know what this represents? the calm before the storm. >> what storm. >> the calm before the storm. >> what storm, mr. president? >> you will find out. >> is that more talk aimed at north korea or a message to iran? we dont know or if he is jus...

This. you could not draw this forecast up. you could not dream this forecast up. >> with us to share reporting and insights, cnns dana bash, michael bender, ryan lizza and cnn sara murray. early hours you hear no complaints. having a political conversation in the middle of a tragedy, some mind find that crass but a big test for the administration and every president has to deal with it at some point. and a member of the trump administration, both democratic and republican congress people in that...

Certainly engage in. >> absolutely. look at houston, last 15 years. why do we keep having the storm of the century? sara and michael, you said the president, the vice president, smart, get into the community. give people, call your local, trust your local people. the presidents hands-on on this. but the president is doing his communicating on twitter. every spread different. we know he loves social media. is it a surprise or what to expect from this president we havent seen more of him front and...