leaving the chief executive to face the same demons that, wherever he goes, never seem to leave him. david gergen had this to say recently about the current one. the white house, he says, is closing down its adult daycare center. the last adults are leaving. leadership of the world is in the hands of an ego maniac who doesn't want weiss counselors around him. buckle up, these two years could be more turbulent than the last two. david joins us shortly. so does maggie haberman, who has done some reporting on the president's state of mind. first, the latest on the president's return and how he sees the landscape he now faces from cnn's abby phillip, who joins us now. so abby, the president has been all over twitter talking about the shutdown, seeming combative. does the mood in the white house match the president's twitter feed? >> reporter: john, the white house here has been rather dark the last few days, and that's kind of an encapsulation of the