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You about how, fox has been reporting on this cushion are-bannon relationship that things are apparently on edge. bannon's chief strategist and the trump campaign and kushner, his son-in-law but also his senior advisor apparently there's some infighting that is being reported. is there anything to this brawl that's being reported? >> you almost have to think there is because in the politico story, they quote a white house official defending bannon and a white house official defending kushner, and going at the other side. we've seen this constantly. last week, i counted in one story nine people...

I want to bring in cnn's cristina alesci. the white house joked about the change of tone today but this was no laughing matter when the president was discrediting these numbers in the past, right? >> right. government data in general is very serious business and some emerging markets as you know, jim, and even countries like china, there are serious questions about whether the data is legit. so, the u.s. right now doesn't have that problem. but comments like the one spicer made today give government statisticians and economists pause and they don't believe officials should undermine the data o...

It would be to put bannon on the principals committee. and with the travel ban now embroiled in legal challenges, trump has tasked priebus with ensuring of future things go smoothly for implementation. >> reporter: tensions may put trump's gop allies in washington on edge, but there's little sign they bother the president. he tweeted, "i call my own shots", largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. trump is often the driving force behind the cycles of chaos then calm that were all too common in his presidential campaign. the big challenge for his team, moderating the of ...

Washington niceties of informing congress were not fully implemented. >> reporter: it's all part of a learning curve for trump and his team. advisers say the president didn't realize how controversial it would be to put bannon on the principals committee. and with the travel ban now embroiled in legal challenges, trump has tasked priebus with ensuring of future things go smoothly. >> reporter: tensions may put trump's gop allies in washington on edge, but there's little sign they bother the president. he tweeted, "i call my own shots", largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone kno...

Ensuring future agenda items are implemented smoothly. sources tell cnn the trump administration is putting more energy into downplaying reports of staff fighting than actually solving tensions that persist between priebus, bannon and others in the west wing. those tensions may put trump's gop allies in washington on edge. but there is little sign they bother the president. this weekend he treated, i call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. trump is often the driving force behind the cycles of chaos and then calm. that were all too common in his presi...