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Resist the impulse coming out of the situation with another senior white house official departing, fired some sort of a reset or pivot. only time will tell. as john notes, if the president's behavior doesn't change, if he does not rein in the impulses to go out and say things factually untrue say divisive things, comparing to the kkk and neo-nazis, we'll be in the same place and i don't care who is in the president's circle. >> a lot of democrats, repeatedly, in recent weeks and months called on the president to fire steve bannon. they'll step back and say this is good news. >> i doubt it. but...

The other groups, he used the word repungnant. what version of approach the president is taking today. he is scheduled to meet with his advisers, several gathering at trump tower. one not on the list is steve bannon, the white house chief strategist. he is still on thin ice. he is back in washington. we'll see if he remains in the president's circle. for now, a busy day. >> jeff zeleny, the north lawn, the extreme north lawn of the white house. a memorial service will be held for heather heyer, the woman who died in the car attack, the alleged car attack this weekend. her service is schedule...

Approval ratings to. >> real quick, i think when we talk about the fight between general mcmaster and steve bannon inside of the house, it's more than personality. this is about the future of u.s. policy in afghanistan. is the united states going to have a bigger footprint there or not? is it going to continue to have certain troop levels or not? that's a real tension. i think one of the reasons bannon remains in spite of the controversies and in spite of some tensions at times with elements of the president's circle, he's seen as someone who echoes the president when it comes to afghanistan. ...

Now donald jr. is not involved in the administration, but was involved in the campaign. that obviously creates a certain incentive to want to be deeply involved and deeply protective of his kids. and it's why people don't bring their children into the white house, because you can't treat them like normal staffers. it's why you don't bring them into the politics the way that he has. because you might make a mistake like this. maybe he was trying to protect them. i saw jeff toobin, your other legal analyst tonight saying this could be a piece of evidence, if you're looking at an obstruction of j...

Follow the money type of investigation here. and that is obviously worrisome to many inside the president's circle. >> jeff zeleny, i want to thank you. bring in our panel, jeff beg gal lab, and alice stewart. first of all, paul, what do you make of this "washington post" trump asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser declared this isn't a context of can't wait to pardon myself. >> they time it every night with your show, anderson. you don't look into pardoning an innocent person. if they have done nothing wrong. we're running out of benign explanations....