and i had heard later on in the evening just a few hours ago that his status was quote, a gray area. michael as you know from observing what happens here in washington for many years once a top official in the administration gets to that point where the president cannot express he has full confidence in that individual it's pretty difficult to walk that back. and for that person to once again have the confidence of the president. and so it did become an untenable situation. now we can tell you that they're already starting to talk about a possible replacement for michael flynn, keith kellogg, the retired general, he had been working in the national security office already so he will be the acting national security office. but david petraeus, a retired general is now a frontrunner for this job. he of course was involved in the obama administration, was a top official in the obama administration but resigned from that position because he had