committee wants to ask questions. speaker paul ryan speaking out about this. let's get straight to our jeff zeleny at the white house. jeff, i want to start with this question. last night this town was abuzz with rumors that once again the president was about to pull the trigger and change his chief of staff. john kelly is on the job this morning. turns out it was just buzz last night. but that buzz is emanating from the building behind you, which has to make it hard for anybody to do their job, i would assume especially the embattled chief of staff. >> john, no question. there was so much talk last evening. a lot of it coming from the white house, but even more coming from outside the white house. there is no question that people who have not been happy with the chief of staff, people whose own access has been restricted have taken this opportunity. they smell blood in the water, if you will, to go after john kelly to suggest that he's on the verge of being out. we've seen some officials and aides and former aides do this publicly, like anthony scaramucci. he said yesterday john kelly should go. others have been saying privately he should go. but john, the reality here is the president, we are told,