and jared kushner. the president is expected to ask for the resignation of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen soon. cnn has also learned he's also discussing potential replacements for chief of staff john kelly despite announcing kelly would remain on the job until 2020. the vice president's chief of staff nick ayers told two friends he is in the running for the position. he's grown close to the president and key members of the administration including once again the president's daughter and son-in-law. now to digital director zachary wolf. good morning, wednesday, how are you? >> good morning, great. >> do you feel relatively secure in your job, can i ask you that, this morning? it sounds like the washington in white house there's not a lot of job security. >> you put me on the spot there. >> i don't mean to laugh about it. at the end -- after a midterm election, especially when you've lost a lot of seats -- >> showeure, could be 40-plus.