president trump describes the west wing. cliff sims admits he caused some of the mayhem himself. he lays it out in a new tell-all book called "team of vipers, my 500 extraordinary days in the trump white house" which is out today. cliff sims joins us. he was an assistant to the president in charge of the white house message strategy. that's interesting. >> it's a fun job. >> great to have you. it's a fascinating book, getting so much attention because you name names in there. you talk about the general vibe in the white house. you call it a team of vipers. >> mm-hmm. >> here's what you write. so many people, i think, particularly critics of president trump say why would anybody work there knowing all of this? >> right. >> here's what you start with. most of us came to washington convinced of the justice of our cause and our principles, certain our moral compasses were true. proximity to power changes that. donald trump changes that. the once clear lines between right and wrong, good and evil,