leave. they may not get enough people approved working with them that they feel really make a cohesive team that they can work with. and so if you see a general mattis leave or a rex tillerson leave, that will terrify republicans who have really placed their hope and trust in this so-called group of grown-ups, these generals, including mcmaster who have just taken these positions of consequence. and it turns out they're noninfluential. that will be a huge problem. >> jergeneral mcmaster, the new security adviser to the president, got very high marks. not just from republicans but from democrats as well. all right. everybody stand by. we're still waiting for these two big events to begin. president trump's white house chief of staff reince priebus and steve bannon will be speaking at the cpac conference in national harbor, maryland, right outside of washington, d.c. they are both at the gaylord national resort and convention center in oxen hill, maryland, right outside of washington.