director, poured gasoline all over that during an appearance on stephen colbert's show last night. >> i got caught on tape saying he was so i have no problem saying that. >> is he going to be gone in the week? >> that is up to the president. if it was up to me, he would be gone, but it's not up to me. >> eboni: the white house is under intense pressure from democrats and other critics to fire bannon. today the leaders in four minority house caucuses sent a letter to glenn estimating the removal of steve bannon along with two other prominent white house aides, stephen miller and dr. sebastian gorka. this afternoon, the president responded to what may be ahead for bannon. >> i like him. he's a good man. he's not a racist, i can tell you that. he's a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but we'll see what happens with mr. bannon.