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With karen mcdougal. and jeff zeleny's sources are correct, that would be an extraordinary move, even for this president, announcing the replacement of a top adviser, at least in part to deflect from a former playboy model talking about a 12-year-old alleged affair. jeff did the reporting on the curious timing of the bolton story, also the one trying to get answers from the president today. jeff joining us now from the white house. the president not wanting to say anything at all about this today. >> he did not. we asked him questions, shouted questions to him as he was le e leaving the white ...

Jeff zeleny has been told by sources that the president's announcement of john bolton after dumping his secretary of state, was done in part to take the spotlight off the interview with karen mcdougal. if jeff zeleny's sources are correct, that would be an extraordinary move, even for this president, announcing the replacement of a top adviser, at least in part to deflect from a former playboy model talking about a 12-year-old alleged affair. jeff zeleny did the reporting on the curious timing of the bolton story, who's also the one trying to get answers from the president today. jeff joining ...

Man who is now the president of the united states, that is a comp -- potentially compromising situation. >> it's pretty unusual for a sitting president of the united states, and it gives a lot of influence and power to the people the public did not elect. i point out, look, the heart of the dispute that karen mcdougal is now involved in with ami is whether she can or can not speak. her representatives say she can't speak because behind closed doors, ami is saying we'll drag you into arbitration. there will be legal retaliation. we'll see what plays out after the interview she gave with you. th...

Essentially saying, you know, tweeting oud a picture of a cd last night, which he then said today contained proof of some kind of an affair. and he essentially taunted the president to keep going. the president on that one, he has become part of this arbitration case. so he is actually joining that fight in a pretty public way. it's dramatic for him to be suing somebody for damages in this way. while then sort of saying i know nothing about it and this isn't true. i think that the longer this goes on, i think the harder it is going to be for him to stay quiet. >> it was interesting just hearin...

Got breaking news on the silence from the president. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the president has been asking advisers whether he should break it and publically fight the allegations. the journal is reporting that the advisers told him there's no sign the allegations have hurt him with voters and have warned him it would look inappropriate to engage with among others a adult star. maggie haberman is with us. thanks for being with us. i saw you on new day this morning. you were talking about exactly what the journal is reporting tonight, about advisers telling him that there is...