composition today with chief travis just stephen bannon effectively removed from it. in a statement today, bennett returned the focus to this unmasking controversy saying "susan rice operationalized the nsc during last ministry should so i was put on nsc to make sure it was the operationalized." referring to the new national security advisor has nsc back to its proper function. chuck, despite the use of phrases that are new to my ears, does his removal from the nsc represent a kind of a demotion for him? what should washington insiders who love to play the parlor game of testing people's relative power status conclude from this about steve banning? >> reporting of bob coston my paper who points out that he had sources saying the whole reason bannon was there was not too