years before he realized he needed to appoint a chief of staff. >> shane, does the staff matter or does it all go to man at the top in the white house? >> to some extent it goes to man at the top here. he talked last week he had some communications plans about the firing of his fbi director. they can't spin that in a way that makes it a positive story for the president. >> he says you can't always listen to them because they don't always have the information he does. >> yeah, and they went out and undermined him. two days later he said nope, i had already decided when i gut that recommendation. and not only that, it was my decision and no one else's. >> and it had to do with russia. that's it for us tonight. i'll see you right back here tomorrow.