his departure forced by rebecca mercer herself. robert costa, "washington post," has been reporting on bannon's exit. kirk beidella, a former spokesperson for breitbart news. robert, give us the play by play of how bannon lost his gig. >> it came sudden today at breitbart headquarters. people were preparing for radio interviews, bannon himself was sharing the website and the editorial coverage. but the decision in a way also had been in the works for weeks. ra becker mercer, the billionaire donor, a stake holder in the site, in the breitbart leadership, looking to push him. he wanted to move away from bannon as being this omni present person running the whole operation. >> you reported or tweeted out earlier today bannon is "wistful," but referenced thomas cromwell in recent days, cromwell guided a king but cromwell was eventually sent to the tower.