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Heard from kelly. but let's talk about the surprise announcement and how likely it's going to play out on capitol hill. you know, there has been a bit of a surprise, if you will, in terms of how quickly this developed according to the "new york times" reporting overnight. >> absolutely. i mean, you can see that. i'm looking at my iphone right now, which is usually broing up with e-mails, especially from lawmakers who react to this kind of news. and there really isn't very much, aside from bob corker who is the chairman of the foreign relations committee in the senate who said, you know, we fee...

A year old. it just underlines how unusual that is and i think at some level, people might say this is all inside baseball. who cares what the white house staff is all about. when you look at the tariffs decision was rolled out and the fact it was rolled out in a way where the facts were not known and the amount of tariffs has not been settled. the countries it covers is not settled. it is that instability that has affected the stock market negatively and roiled our allies. this is not like it is simply one person replacing another. these changes have real affects on the real economy. this dep...

>> alexi, we got to point out this is the first time he has some remarks when it comes to this decision on tariffs and steel and aluminum. is that going to be the deciding factor here when it comes to the voters on tuesday. >> i think they're certainly happy about the tariffs decision. but we know trump knows who to gin up a crowd like better than anyone else. when they are fighting against the democratic base that is hurting republican attention this could help. i heard from a republican yesterday that we are nervous about the race. but we are passenger banking on this trump speech. >> what d...

This is an uptick on twitter. i think it's connected to a bigger point about how the president is governing right now. he is feeling sort of newly emboldened and confident. he's making decisions more with his gut, his instincts and trusting himself. we saw it with the tariffs decision. >> so his gut is, nobody can tell my story the way i can, let me go in front of the special counsel. >> and he's showing a willingness to ignore his advisers. he wants to get out there. he wants to tell his story. members of his legal team are saying that's not a great idea, we should broker an arrangement. >> m...