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You do get into the situation in the white house, i have been there, what david was talking about was correct. it's a death blow, i well remember that time in the clinton era, president powers. you don't go there, and if the press wants to put you there, back away. >> michael dever on the phone in the back of the limo. >> the president called him and said, you made a mistake. >> the other dynamic here is the rise of the trump family. >> what's going to be challenging. even if bannon doesn't leave. you never want to hire someone you can't fire. essentially ivanka and jared's roles are expanding...

Professional, as amy said, kind of the liaison had the professional traditional party. ed mease, who was the true believer in the steve bannon roll and michael dever who was there for the president. the jim baker was such an unparalleled political operator who was able to pull this all together and point it in one direction. that was the first white house i covered. you worked in that administration. i think today we don't have that. there are not many jim bakers. you have the sense that all the planets are spinning into space without a sun to hold them into orbit. >> who is the most jim baker...

Ed mees who was a counsellor to the president and michael dever is in charge of the mia operations. he ranhe white house. >> the assassination attempt and aftermath elevated ronal reagan's popularity to a new high. his job rating jumped 10 points. >> here understood he was getting a sympathy reaction. everybody was rooting for him and they didn't want to lose a president. without missing a step, he goes into what the message is. we have to get the tax and spending bill passed and do it now. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> an was a true american hero. >> the president loo...

He liked his style. and michael dever, who really helped create the imagery of ronald reagan, would have -- is probably, you know, looking down from heaven saying, applause, applause, applause. you're doing pretty well on day two. >> to your point, dana, he relishes having cameras at his beck and call. this is -- for all the contention that there is between the press and this white house and we've been reading a lot about that, he is certainly making good use of the fact that within the same building that he resides, is an entire press pool, that when he can call them in to -- i keep thinking,...

The big three ronald reagan began his presidency with, ed please, james meese and michael dever. george w. bush took office with a large group of campaign advisers, but view had sway, from dick cheney to karl rove. a key question is how he makes decisions. david urban worked closely with trump running his campaign in pennsylvania, the first time a republican won there since 1988. >> he was involved in a granular level. he would call and ask how it was going in pennsylvania. >> reporter: how would you describe how he was. >> i think he takes advice from a wide range of individuals, both on an i...