head in terms of this type of planning and strategy. that takes us to h.r. mcmaster. we have heard many times, as have you, he is on his way out. trump doesn't listen to him. trump goes against his advice. the president said yesterday that's not true. he's doing a great job. how important is mcmaster to national security? >> well, the position is traditionally very important to national security. unless you hire skill cost, what you normally get in the job is someone who controls the process of issues and information reaching the president. so if there is a methodology, that there is a sequence, that there is an order. all right. so that's h.r.'s task. can you imagine that? >> no. >> discipline, order, sequence for this president. so my picture, chris, is we will have side ways periodic friction because of the nature of the job and the nature of the president. and even if you pulled h.r. out