do you like aoc? they're going to shift the question away from the guilt or innocence of the president, which is not really debatable. know the facts of that conversation, to do you like these people you're watching in these hearings? do you like these democrats? i think that's where we're going to end up at the end of the day, tribally. >> we are lucky to be joined by white house correspondent kristen welker here in new york. kristen, i, having worked in the white house, it was often on its heels in a political crisis, sometimes a national security crisis. you like to begin a crisis on strong footing. yesterday's front-page headlines were about a civil war spilling out into the open between the acting chief of staff and the white house council, and then in the 4:00 hour, of course, the story broke that donald trump's been musing about firing the watchdog of the intelligence community who transmitted and corroborated the whistle-blower account. how's it going at 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> well, i think you hit the nail on the head in terms of the fact, nicole and everyone, that there hasn't been any coordination inside the white house, whether it's messaging or