Damn near everyone, em bitered about election losses, some of his longtime confidants saying he looks unwell and is gaining weight. Trump also furious after being blindsided by Melania Trumps extraordinary statement calling for the firing of Deputy National security adviser Mira Ricardel, the president s dysfunctional conversations with his wife now in the public eye for everyone to see. And tonight, more than 24 hours after Melania Trump called for ricardels firing, we are learning that ricardel is, quote, transitioning to a new role within the administration. The words used, not fired. These unsettling developments coming as friends of the president describe him as bitter over election losses and democrats tonight picking up another seat, this one in california. So far, democrats have picked up a net gain of 31 seats and are leading in 6 of the 9 remaining races being counted. The president , frankly, from cnn reporting, feels backed into a corner, sources say, and when he feels that way, he often, well, he makes things up. And today, he did an interview in the oval office with the daily caller in which he said, quote, the republicans dont win and thats because of potentially illegal votes. When people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles. Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again. He continued to say, if you buy a box of cereal, you have a voter i. D. As part of his argument for more voter i. D. Now, just to be clear. You dont need i. D. To buy cereal in case anyone was not clear about that. Although the president has made this absurd claim before. You know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card. You need i. D. No. It does not matter how many times he says it, it still is not true and he did really say that about the cereal. As for the reasons republicans lost being illegal voting because of people using disguises, if that has ever happened, if, because its a pretty absurd thing to say happened, it sure does not add up. To the 12 million more votes cast for democrats than republicans nationwide. 12 million votes. Just moments ago, heres how the president handled being called out for that. Mr. President , you just said that people use disguises to cast illegal votes. Do you have any evidence of voter fraud like that . Do you have any evidence . Thank you, everybody. Why make that false claim without evidence . There is no answer to that, because at this point, he doesnt have any evidence. Never mind, you know, 12 million examples of it. Why make a false claim without any evidence . By the way, i say 12 million in the senate because he is saying that republicans would have won if not for illegal voting. So even if not all of it was these hats and whatever disguises, it still would be more than 12 million cases of voter fraud. Okay, these kind of absurd claims are certainly nothing new. Just take, for example, what he said about russia. Could be russia, but it could also be china. Could also be lots of people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay . Kaitlan collins is outfront live at the white house and this is all pretty incredible. Lets start with your breaking news about Mira Ricardel. Reporter shes been forced out of her job but maybe not the administration tonight, erin. Sarah sanders after a whirlwind 24 hours about speculation about what mr. Speakira ricardel was do has issued a statement saying she is going to continue to support the president but as she departs the white house to transition with a new role in the administration. Now, erin, theres been no word on what exactly that new role is going to be, likely not the department of defense, because one reason she was under fire was because shes been privately making disparaging remarks about the defense secretary, james mattis, but tonight, the white house isnt saying where it is shes going, but they arent saying that shes fired either. Now, of course, erin, this comes as her boss, john bolton, the National Security adviser, is still 10,000 miles away in singapore with the Vice President , mike pence, and we were told by sources that initially, when all this went down, he tried to scramble to save her job while he was away but in the end, clearly, erin, we see that it is the first lady who exerted her influence over this and won the situation. That whole dysfunction thrust into the public eye be the president also, you on the reporting team here, with all these incredible details, furious, em bittered, incredibly angered. Reporter that quote, pissed at damn near everyone really sums it up, erin, because its not just john kelly and the department of Homeland Security secretary, kirstjen nielsen, who are fearing for their jobs and may not have much job security in this administration. There are several other staffers that the president is mad at as well, some for what he says is the bad pr coming out of that paris trip where he cancelled that visit to the cemetery and wasnt prepared for the negative coverage that he received for that. Some is that political aides who he is blaming for losing that winning narrative that he felt he had in the immediate aftermath of the midterm elections and some is at his legal team for what he believes are investigation troubles that are still following him in regards to the special counsels probe. So, there really isnt anyone in this administration who feels pretty confident in their jobs right now except for just a few people, and erin, thats raising questions about whats going to happen Going Forward but what we are seeing is that the president is in a very furious mood and he seems to be growing more isolated by the day. All right. Thank you very much, Caitlin Collins with that reporting. Lets go to gloria borger, frank, and eliana johnson. Frank, youre next to me. President trump, as we began the show, some of these words here from some of his closest confidants, bitter, furious, and unwell. Well, i mean, think about his last couple of weeks, erin. The last two weeks before the midterms, he was doing the thing he loves best, he was out at rallies looking at crowds who were looking at him with adoring faces but thats when hes in his element. Affirmation, affirmation, affirmation. Election night does not go as they want it to, and as the days go on, the returns get worse and worse. Then he goes abroad, horrible reviews for that trip. Hes come down from this enormous sugar high, and hes facing an entirely new reality, democrats control congress, hes waiting to see what theyre going to do in terms of investigations, whether theyre going to launch a kind of subpoenapalooza and his whole world has shifted since the days before the midterm and i think were seeing that reflected in his mood and in the white house. Gloria, you were part of the reporting team on this as well and the words here also included these. Frayed and fraught relationships laid bare for all to see. Melania trump just one of those, right . John kelly. I mean, to make the point, its the personal one and its obvious lo obviously some of the most important political staffers that he has as well. You have been reporting, we have heard about chaos and frustration from this president before, but this seemed to be deeper, more significant than what weve heard before. I think it may be. I mean, i think of the white house now as kind of a hyperventilation chamber where everybody is worried about their job, about the president , about what will occur next given the fact that the democrats control the congress. You know, and as frank was just saying, the president has just finished a month of complete adulation, being out there on the campaign trail, which is where he gets his energy. He comes back, things didnt go as he wished, and this is a president who never blames himself for anything. So, hes upset. He wants to change his white house chief of staff. Hes clearly going to change some other cabinet positions, kirstjen nielsen, for example, at the department of Homeland Security. Hes already fired his attorney general. And you know, i was told by somebody who speaks with him regularly that on the one hand, hes looking forward to fighting the democrats because he feels that gives him an enemy and he believes that hes a very good counterpuncher and he wants that, but on the other hand, hes also quite unsettled about the fact that the Mueller Investigation is kind of going to wind down. Hes been spending a lot of time with his attorneys, going over his written answers to questions, and so, hes not quite sure whats going to happen on that end. He sees that Michael Cohen is testifying before the special counsel. So, you know, there is a lot of churning going on, and at this white house, nothing is behind closed doors. No, i mean, look, to that front, some things that should be behind closed doors include conversations between the first lady and the president. It took more than 24 hours for the president and the white house to, quote, transition Mira Ricardel to a new job, the National Security adviser, right . The first lady had been campaigning, directly asking for this for quite some time. He refused to do this, she put this unprecedented letter out, which really put the dysfunction between the president and first lady, embarrassingly in public and he is dealing with that embarrassment as well. This was an unprecedented statement by the first ladys office, intervening in a Personnel Matter on the National Security council, but it isnt the first time weve seen these disagreements between the president and the first lady come into public view. I think the last time was when the first lady made a visit to the border during the controversy over child separation, making clear her disagreement with the administrations policy, but i have to agree with what frank and gloria said, which is that campaigning for the president , which is much more enjoyable than the difficult work of governing, and after the midterms, hes turned back again, staring down the barrel of the mueller probe. He has very dim prospects of passing legislation. I think thats why you saw him endorse criminal Justice Reform today. Thats one of the things republicans and democrats have a chance to agree on. And limited prospects of achieving Something Big on Foreign Policy with north korea talks seemingly having ground to a halt. And of all his frustration with cabinet members, he cant fire anything and i think thats really the final frustration for him. And frank, you have him talking about on election night, hes sitting around with his billionaire friends eating tiny hot dogs, which i would call pigs in a blanket, im assuming, unless theres some middle thing, like a hot dog equivalent of a slider. But all excited, things turn south, john kellys huddled in the corner, leaves, the president is talking to someone who might even replace john kelly, you see that playing here and now we see his friends describing him as unwell and gaining weight, which is also a whole new level of sort of, i dont know, selling him out personally on some level by those close to him. Its really catty because we know how vain he is about his appearance. These are supposed to be his friends. All you have to do is look at that work of labor that is his hair to know how vain he is about his appearance and i think people are trying to get under his skin. Hes going to hear that. Hes not going to like it. Hes going to feel even more under siege. This Melania Trump thing, this first lady thing, unprecedented is the word for it. We have had first ladies in the past, nancy reagan, memorably, hillary clinton, who behaved as a copresident , who got involved in staffing, travelgate was all about that. But when have we seen a first lady, when things werent happening staffingwise the way she wanted to, go around the president to the public and essentially sort of pressure him and mortify him that way. That has got to be freaking donald trump out. And gloria, the reporting right backing him into a corner, and he is livid about that. Look, far be it from me to understand the relationship between donald trump and Melania Trump, but i would have to say that ive never seen a first lady behave this way, and as frank says, go around her husband and issue a public firing, shaming of this Deputy National security adviser, and lets not forget here, this isnt just some functionary job. This is a very serious and important National Security job while the National Security adviser is 10,000 miles away in singapore. And so, it was kind of stunning and shocking and the president , honestly, i think, the reporting is that they were blindsided by it, but he seemed to just kind of shrug and say, all right, sure. Thats it. Although it took 24 hours to do that. Cant understand it. I dont know if he was thinking of a way out of it. Its unbelievable. Thank you all so very much. Outfront next, we have the breaking news. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has blocked a bipartisan bill, and it was bipartisan. Republican senator john kelly who wants mueller to finish his job is outfront. First lady Melania Trump clearly charting her own course, making the President Trump fume, saying it makes him look like a bossed around husband. Those are the words of how he feels tonight. Plus, breaking news, Michael Avenatti just arrested for Domestic Violence. 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Senator mcconnell is blocking it. Did he make a mistake . No. In my opinion, anyway, erin, for two reasons. Number one, i dont believe the bill is constitutional. I dont think the congress can tell the executive branch who it can hire and fire any more than the executive branch can tell congress. If the president thinks im doing a lousy job on the appropriations committee, constitutionally, he cant call the senate and say, fire kennedy. So you think mueller should be allowed to finish, you just dont think you can do anything about it. Well, the second reason i think that the im going to oppose the bill, if it does come to the floor, is i dont think its necessary. I just listened to senator flakes comments. I love jeff. Hes one of my favorite people. But you know, ive been hearing for 16 months that the president s going to fire mr. Mueller. He hasnt fired mr. Mueller. I dont see any indication that he will fire mr. Mueller. I dont think mr. Mueller ought to be fired. I do think he ought to hurry up and finish his investigation. But i dont think you ought to pass a bill just based on someones opinion of what someone might do. And i just dont i know the president is fussed about mr. Mueller, and hes not happy with the investigation. I guess i wouldnt be if i were in his shoes either, but ive seen no indication that hes going to fire mueller. All right. I want to ask you about Matt Whitaker because obviously, you know, the point t