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>> if the president -- most republicans, even if they are -- the president definitely is testing the fences, seeing where theres weaknesses and who he can flip and get on his side. i dont think theres anyone who wants to go through a fight over the attorney general going into midterms. democrats will make this about mueller and they will have something else that is not the economy to talk about on the campaign trail. if you want to break this out into the open, thats what you do. i think you hav...

Tillerson officially called it quits. among those who sources say have threatened to quit but are still hanging on, defense secretary james mattis and fbi director christopher wray, though the president denies that. >> no, he didnt at all. he did not even a little bit, nope, and hes going to do a good job. >> wray had reportedly threatened to resign after attorney general jeff sessions pressured him to make staffing changes in the fbis senior ranks, though today hes still head of the fbi. randi ...

A moron. >> he said he never once thought of resigning and he supports the president as much today as he did the day he took his job. >> reporter: five months after that tillerson officially called it quits. among those who have threatened to be quit and still hanging on. james mattis and fbi director christopher wray. though the president denies it. >> he didnt at all. and he is going to do a good job. >> reporter: staffing changes in the fbi senior ranks. though today he is still ahead of the ...

Services secretary tom price also left his job after he came under fire. >> i will tell you personally, im not happy about it. >> reporter: in his resignation letter, price wrote i regret the recent events have created a distraction from these important objectives. chief strategist steve bannon was forced to resign. he had given an interview stating. he didnt agree with the firing of fbi director james comey. later after bannon gave a bombshell interview. shulkin resigned along with reince prieb...

Mike has also earned my deepest respect and admiration and trust and youll see why over the coming years. probably over the coming months. >> last thing before we go tonight, by now, we all know the president has a menagerie of his favorite go-to phrases. one you may not have noticed quite so often, youll see, has, as its close cousin, well see. the president uses both to respond to questions on a range of issues, the economy, foreign policy, staffing changes, some firings in his administration....

Respect admiration and trust and youll see why over the coming years. probably over the coming months. >> last thing before we go tonight. by now we all know the president has a minagery of his favorite go-to phrases. one you may not have noticed quite so often, youll see, has as its close cousin, well see. the president uses both to respond to questions on a range of issues. the economy, foreign policy, staffing changes, some firings in his administration. any time he wishes to be vague. this w...

Has a minagery of his favorite go-to phrases. one you may not have noticed quite so often, youll see, has as its close cousin, well see. the president uses both to respond to questions on a range of issues. the economy, foreign policy, staffing changes, some firings in his administration. any time he wishes to be vague. this was noticed most recently today by a guest on our broadcast here last week, katie rogers of "the new york times." here now some of the examples we collected the >> well see ...

Just wondering if ware at a point here where kelly reinstructturir restructuring the white house here slowly but surely. >> but there are reports, the multiple reports that chief of staff john kellys authority is diminished. he hasnt been included in important decisions, in executing recent staffing changes. he was considered one of the few, the so-called adults in the room. does that make it even more likely the president could make a rash decision? david, ill give that to you. >> look, i think...

The office of immigration, im just wondering if ware at a point here where kelly restructuring the white house here slowly but surely. it will be interesting to see where his next move is to fill some of the empty spots in this white house. >> but there are reports, the multiple reports that chief of staff john kellys authority is diminished. he hasnt been included in important decisions, in executing recent staffing changes. he was considered one of the few, the so-called adults in the room. do...

Ryan liz za and molly ball. should anyone be surprised at this point that the president goes down to mar-a-lago, hangs out with people from fox news and goies on a hard right tear n twitter? most people on capitol hill basically just ignore this now. >> i dont think we should be surprised at all. as pamela said, this is trump being trump. this is someone who, in his 70s, is not going to -- is not going to change. and this -- the accumulation of the staffing changes at the white house have been t...