heads on some things and their tensions have been playing out in the public. that in and of itself was a distraction and with so many elements and issues that come up with for this white house and administration, members feel like they are having to choose between two kinds of distractions. it's not that one is perfect or another is better, but a lot of times they are going from one distraction to the next. >> secretary tillerson did a round of sunday shows viewed as him trying to make it up to the president after it was reported in a private meeting that he questioned the president's intelligence. the president of the united states. here's a snip of secretary tillerson in october. >> i'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that. this is what i don't understand about washington. again, i'm not from this place, but the places i come from, we don't deal with that petty nonsense.