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Trusted aides. so it's just this big vacuum of people who aren't necessarily there to be close to trump. and then just to keep people abreast of how fast he's changing his mind and sort of actually what is happening. >> jonathan, it's hard to get a straight answer and separate out the hyperbole. when you listen to some people, the state department has been hollowed out. you can roll a bowling ball down the hallways and not hit anybody. i will ask you for the effect it has had, especially with kind of president's direct acolytes now missing. talk about the whipsaw effect, how it careens through...

Talk about the whipsaw effect, how it careens through the administration. what starts in the oval office or generally the west wing. >> well, i mean number one, throughout the administration, you've got an inability for people at the agencies to know not just where the policy is headed but all the twists and turns it's going to take along the way. the lack of consistency makes it harder for them to do their jobs. but in addition to that, you've got a situation on capitol hill. we all remember the president's negotiations on immigration with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. and then going throug...

People who aren't necessarily there to be close to trump. and then just to keep people abreast of how fast he's changing his mind and sort of actually what is happening. >> jonathan, it's hard to get a straight answer and separate out the hyperbole. when you listen to some people, the state department has been hollowed out. you can roll a bowling ball down the hallways and not hit anybody. i will ask you for the effect it has had, especially with kind of president's direct acolytes now missing. talk about the whipsaw effect, how it careens through the administration. what starts in the oval of...

And people are, i doubt, drinking tap water even with the government saying it's okay. >> so i'm a little confused, though, because the government is distributing bottled water still, right, to households that have babies? is that right? >> reporter: right. they just started that. and, in fact, what the government was saying they may have to do is start importing bottled water from other countries to meet the supply. but then you get this kind of whipsaw effect where yesterday the news was dire. today it's no, the water's okay. it's no wonder that many people are simply saying you know what? i...