compromises the ability of noaa to convey life-saving information necessary to avoid substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. if the public cannot trust our information or we debase our forecasters' warnings and products, that specific danger arises. think about this whole thing for a minute. the acting chief of staff telling a member of the cabinet that it was a problem that anybody would contradict this president when he made false claims. false claims about a hurricane. the problem that had to be fixed, even if it meant top employees losing their jobs -- losing their jobs if they refused to cover up for the president, who, not at all surprisingly, denies knowing anything about any of this, all of it. >> did you tell your chief of staff to have noaa disavow those forecasters who said that alabama was not in the path of the storm? >> no, i never did that.