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Elected president. these quotes were made up. he also defended his competence saying, the white house is a smooth running machine. however, jonathan swan of axios details the jaw-dropping list of problems now confronting this white house. reporting that trump's fine tuned machine is creaking under this stress. quote, the president now knows that some of his previously trusted white house aides play starring roles in woodward's narrative. trump is privately furious at gary cohn and rob porter and sources with direct thinking, it's possible he attacks porter and kohn this week. joining me is ann...

Chief for the washington post. vivian is a white house reporter for the "wall street journal." eugene is columnist with the washington post. i want to go to phil with the smooth running machine. as you operate how smooth is it running? >> not very smoothly, chris. that is according to any reporters covering it. just look at the president's twitter feed and the statements coming out of the white house publicly. it doesn't look very smooth. it's less smooth internally. >> why does he say stuff like that when it's so obviously not true? he's running around like captain queen trying to figure out ...

Statement is he would like to see that investigation come to an end and he, in fact, takes steps to end it. >> john harwood, the president had a strange twitter morning, even for him. an outpouring of tweets about the status of the investigation and what's happening with white house personnel. a lot of tweets about john mcgahn being fired, which the president was making clear was his decision. but he tweeted, ivanka trump and jared kushner had nothing to do with the pushing out of john mcgahn. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. it is impossible to read that with a straight face...

Doesn't exist. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. but tonight the associated press is out with new reporting that says with vacancy abounding in the white house and more departures on the horizon there's growing concern among trump allies that the brain drain at the center of the administration could hardly come at a more perilous time. it cites that administration allies who are expressing concer concerns that the west wing is simply unprepared for the potential troubles ahead joining us now is white house editor for the l.a. times d.c. bureau and ellen blake. jackie, let's be...

Will go on he talks about the fact that it had gone on for much too long, that it should have been over, and it's clear that the import of his full statement is he would like to see that investigation come to an end and he, in fact, takes steps to end it. >> john harwood, the president had a strange twitter morning, even for him. an outpouring of tweets about the status of the investigation and what's happening with white house personnel. a lot of tweets about john mcgahn being fired, which the president was making clear was his decision. but he tweeted, ivanka trump and jared kushner had noth...