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What they've done. and so that context is enormously important and shouldn't get lost in this. the reason why the conversations with flynn are so significant is that they involve potentially an administration official or soon-to-be undermining sanctions on the very interrence in our political affairs. it's not, i think, something that we view in isolation. it's important because it went right to the heart of the russian interference in our democratic affairs. [ inaudible ] >> white house people to testify. chairman nunez earlier today compared potentially bringing in some campaign officials to...

Less than forth right with the president. i admire trump for actually addressing that instead of letting it drag on because, look, obama didn't get rid of the attorney general eric holder when he lied about authorizing the spying on a reporter, james rosen. i think this is good for the trump administration to show that he will address these things right off the bat. >> the thakt that the washington post has aess to classified information is something that we probably should investigate. >> on the original point. the only thing that changed between what happened and when donald trump decided th...

Estimation does like the expiration date hit on the i inherited a mess comment. how long can a president keep that up until you say the mess is yours. >> he's doing things but doing them through executive order. mark brings up a great point. he's going to need some buy in from members of congress. his favorability rating among republicans is sky high right now and so you're seeing republican on board with a lot of the things he wants to .when change that's when you will see some trouble, i think, but also we talk about his core base of support all the time. that base is not really going to go ...

Kickoff of the 2020 election. he has had campaign -- he has -- i love your face. he has this rally that he's holding at orlando's airport that is paid for by the campaign. i do remember right after the election during his first kind of thank you tour kellyanne conway saying he does this because these crowds are his oxygen. is that what tonl is about? >> the short term gain he will get from the adulation from all the supporters is really a long-term problem because after we what we saw in that news conference yesterday he's looking for people to back him up to support him to say what he did yes...

There are contenders they talked about, but at this point there is nobody leading the pack or imminent in terms of being named at this point. >> one job still unfilled. one job that they do have filled at the white house is communications director, and this has been a long -- an ongoing conversation if it was needed to be filled or not. you broke the story. what do we know? >> yeah. it's going to be mike duckey. we were able to confirm this overnight through a couple of senior administration officials and then the white house confirmed it earlier this morning. he is somebody who has been known...