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Bannon supposedly is on thin ice right now. >> yeah. but i think that probably has very little to do with this. this is something that predated this. that at the time reince priebus left, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of talk about whether bannon would in fact be the next to go and i think that its unrelated to what we saw in charlottesville. >> if he were to go, how would this affect the issue of white supremacists? >> unlike some members of the white house team that the president has ...

Advisers have been fired by h.r. mcmaster. we hear mcmaster is at odd with bannon and general kelly has urged mcmaster to make the staffing changes or any he deems necessary. are the questions about whether bannon will keep his position more valid now, tom? >> absolutely. what you have here is a very strong chief of staff coming in. general john kelly coming in here. our reporting, our great white house team, jim acosta and others have had great reporting on this about how maybe bannon is not ev...

All of the geniuses so instrumental on my elections success. >> who is he talking about? >> steve bannon. hes talking about the book "the devils bargain." and hes sitting there on a saturday evening reading this book. its number one on "the new york times" best seller and its driving him crazy. >> jennifer, where do you think steve bannon ends up landing in president trumps white house given our reporting says trump was asking about whether bannon should stay or go in light of mixing up his staf...

Each other. joining us is the aclus political director and dave hoppy of hoppy strategies. lets start with this. which is better for the united states, whether bannon is on the ups or kushner is on the ups. ill start with you on this. >> i think this debate reflects the fact that donald trump is a poor manager. hes responsible for creating this chaos around him. if he wants to try to blame steve bannon for his own problems, thats weakness. thats cowardliness. hes the one tweeting about crazy thi...

H.r. mcmaster, wide support from democrats and republicans move up, devin nunes now saying you know what? im going to step down. what is this telling us about the president? >> the president is in control whether devin nunes is conducting the investigation into russia. thats a paul ryan decision. >> hold on the president -- >> you want the president involved in deciding who investigates him? >> im not telling you what i want. why do you think devin nunes went to the white house to see the presid...

Portfolios on foreign and domestic policy. you see bannon poor advertise peytoning in trade tax, foreign discussion, national security talks and also shaping what was happening on health care and much of what the congressional relationship is for the white house. the national security principals committee is a very important group within the white house, but its almost a think tank for security policy. and if you look at past administrations, its been an incubator for ideas that takes real atten...

The -- even though he says dont call it trump care. >> people are pointing out he said every american will be covered, there will be health care for everyone, access for everyone. president trump is on the record in all sorts of ways. in the public, and in the media, and on the breitbart site. >> do you think steve bannon really is disconnected from breitbart? >> that is a mystery in washington. whether bannon is ever talking with editors a breitbart, whether hes ever feeding information. theres...

The national security council on national security issues. that is a recipe for conflict, for disfunction. i hope that part of general mcmasters conditions for taking the job is that hes running the show and mr. bannon and the ideologues are not part of the process. >> donald trump sort of mocked some generals, saying he knew more than a lot of generals did or host of t or most of the generals did, he talked about how they were reduced to rubble. im not sure which generals he was talking to. but...

Hes not afraid to confront orthodoxy, a first-rate pick. >> hes written a book critical of u.s. generals for not taking a tougher line with political bosses during the vietnam war. im wondering how that may play out. >> i think hes going to have three challenges as he assumes this job. one is to make sure all the other agencies are really around the table. the state department, joint chiefs, energy, they havent been there to date. second, he needs to make sure that the national security council ...

Trumps national security council was shaping up. how do you she ee it shaping up with general mcmaster? >> i agree, give cadiredit wher credit is due, but whether this is an end of the war led by bannon or is this just replacing one general for another. in terms of having someone who respects process and is not bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, it is very important that agencies like dhs, d.o.d. have a seat at the table so they can give the best advice to the president of the united states. that is what...