house filled with madness fuelled by president trump's own erratic behavior. has any war inside the west wing ever come anywhere close to this? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. defying the advice of his aides and the generally accepted belief that giving a scandal more oxygen only serves to further ignite the flames, president trump is lighting up twitter today with a new line of attack against his former chief strategist steve bannon, whom he has now dubbed sloppy steve. the attempt to change the subject and mr. bannon's style and the president's unique gift for nasty branding does not, of course, erase the book, "fire and fury" by author michael wolff that has so upset the president. the book contains quotes from bannon assailing donald trump, junior as unpatriotic and treasonous for his meeting with the russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. raising questions about what president trump was viewed by