days if they'll take their leave or not. john kelly wants it answered by the end of the month or sooner. >> often in white houses you here in the first year people are switching. >> reporter: it's not uncommon but more than we've seen before. i remember the first year of the obama administration, the first year of the bush administration, i covered both of those white houses and it definitely is more turnover than that. anderson, even more than that, there's not a bench that is it waing outside of this white house, a republican bench to come in and fill those positions. several people don't want to endure the legal consequences potentially, the legal costs poe tngsly. so the turnover is somewhat common but more than we've seen in previous years but the big deal here is there's not a bench the president can turn to to hire at least talented people in some of these top spots. >> what about bannon's role? are they looking for a replacement? >> reporter: he was a chief strategist. that's a center player in the