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White house meltdown on full display. ben carson says he wants to cancel 31,000 dining room furniture order. it was a particularly chaotic week. >> it was and having worked in and out of a white house for eight years, if you have one of these things happening over the course of a couple month it creates chaos. internally and externally, because it's hard to focus on the job that you're supposed to do. not just for the president but for the senior staff, and now they're all speculating, will the national security adviser still be here or won't he? will gary cohn stay here or won't he over these...

Hope hicks resigning from the white house. white house meltdown on full display. ben carson says he wants to cancel 31,000 dining room furniture order. it was a particularly chaotic week. >> it was and having worked in and out of a white house for eight years, if you have one of these things happening over the course of a couple month it creates chaos. it's hard to focus on the job that you're supposed to do, not just for the president but for the senior staff and now they're all speculating, will the national security adviser be here or won't he, will gary cohn stay here, what's happening aft...

What his message is, and if he does like he did last year, let it breathe, let the applause go, these will be heart wrenching moments that will add emotion to the policy component. >> to play off alice's metaphor, if you're judged by your last game, but in your last several games you punch the ump, went after the pitcher and did a bunch of stuff, you're probably not just going to be judged by what this one game is. you have a whole history of behavior that would be considered unusual. >> well, i had the honor of serving with three different presidents and even before that have had the opportun...

Kicking in. a lot of companies are funneling money in. apple with the big announcement. stock market is cooking. if the government shuts down, it kind of squelch is a little bit of the politics that's already in republican not friendly. >> depends on how long the shutdown would be. to the broader point, the fact that republicans are starting to get some momentum. the economy, as you said, cooking. the president made a good speech in pennsylvania today making the case for why the economy is doing better, why republicans should be rewarded for that. but a lot of the impetus for passing the tax b...

Steve? >> hans nichols at the pentagon. hans, thaur fnk you for that. meanwhile, trump taking to his favorite message on twitter. the president tweeting out in temperatures. trump tweeting out in the east it could be the coldest new year's eve on record. perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming that our country wasn't going to pay to protect. bundle up. tim, on this global warming/climate change tweet from the president, i was talking to somebody about his tweeting habits saying the president has the instincts to troll. he puts things out there just to get a reaction, ...