>> so in the early days of the administration there was talk of the president being guided by a group of old hands, experienced hands, tempered voices and one by one they've mostly left the administration. so what does it mean for the administration going forward and who is in the loop? or is there a loop if james mattis is not in it? >> it's a great question because as we've seen the president shift around his national security team he's felt emboldened to follow his own instin instincts, to listen to what he thinks should be done and what his instincts are telling him he should do and then finding people to agree with him and he can do that in any number of ways, you have john bolton who is aligned with the president in certain areas of foreign policy then mike pompeo also aligned with the president on certain issues and with mattis what you saw was it was mattis and john kelly and secretary tillerson,