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You've observed what's happened? >> it's nonexistent. part of what the press secretary would do, and i sat behind that podium because i had a communications responsibility, is to bring the concerns of the press to the president of the united states, whether it means that they need more access or there's a particular demand for certain information. the reality is from the very first moment when sean spicer came out in the very first briefing and lied about something that we could all see with our own eyes, you know, the crowd was bigger at trump's inauguration than obama's, a demonstrable lie d...

Or look, you know, in your administration, everyone in my lifetime, somebody tells a demonstrable lie, it becomes this huge thing, it goes on for days. with him, everyone kind of shrugs their shoulders and moves on. >> chris, you made at least two points there. number one, i think when this white house has a lack of process, a lack of thoughtful decisionmaking, it generally is to their detriment. people in the country want confidence, they want the president and his staff to govern effectively and lift their lives. secondly, i think the president has moved past truthful hyperbole in his statem...

They write letters, excuse me, i do a combination of both. sometimes it's a very difficult thing to do, but i do a combination of both. president obama i think probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didn't, i don't know, that's what i was told. all i can do is ask my generals other presidents did not call, they'd write letters. some presidents didn't do anything. >> under line it one more time, that's a demonstrable lie president obama and others of course called the families of the fallen. wril bill crystal this is at once the most difficult serious and somber duty of a president and a...

And i know that h -- and i think he would be the first person to say to the president and others that if he feels he's being personally compromised, he will not stand idly by. >> that's precisely why i think he needs to go into the oval office, close the door, and tell donald trump there are certain red lines here that you cannot cross. and one of them would be, look, if i can't control the twitter account, if you're not going to show me your tweets in advance, if you tell a demonstrable lie on twitter, that's the end for me. i will resign, and you can find a third white house chief of staff. ...

Some order to presidential decision-making. i have to hasten to add that john kelly is a man of very high integrity, possibly the highest integrity of almost anybody i know, certainly anybody i work with at the pentagon. and i know that he -- and i think he would be the first person to say to the president and others that if he feels he's being personally compromised, he will not stand idly by. >> that's precisely why i think he needs to go into the oval office, close the door, and tell donald trump there are certain red lines here that you cannot cross. and one of them would be, look, if i ca...