tel tells cnn the president berated hicks. one of hicks confidants says the last few weeks were really, really hard for her. the friend says hicks started thinking about resigning when the rob porter spousal abuse scandal erupted. hicks and porter were involved. for you keeping score, this is four communications directors. five now in just over a year. for the latest, we go to jeff zeleny at the white house. jeff. reporter: christine and dave, the headlines of the newspapers, hope hicks leaving the white house. stirring more concern in the west wing. of the resignations from staff members to the cabinet members, few have hit home to the president like hope hicks. one of his closest advisers.
marketplace today says a lot. it s time to hand things over to don lemon, cnn tonight starts right now. this is cnn tonight, i m don lemon, breaking news tonight out of washington, we re following multiple huge stories tonight, and we re going to catch you up on everything. and it s a lot. so buckle up. first hope hicks, the fifth white house communications director in a little over a year announcing she s resigning, joining the parade of people from the trump administration fleeing for the exits. hicks announcing her departure just one day after admitting she told lies, what she characterized as white lies, but lies nonetheless in the service of president trump. a source telling cnn s erin burnett that trump berated hicks for admitting she lied and asked her how she could be so stupid. there s more news from inside this chaotic white house.
president. the white house officials say there is quote nothing necessfas about hicks leaving. she is a great person whom he will miss. the president berated hicks after her testimony on tuesday. a tearful hicks announced her departure to the communications team. saying now is the right time to go. one of the close confidants says hicks said the last few weeks was really, really hard. and the jared kushner businesses with meetings at the white house with lenders. the loans including one for $184 million from apollo global
hicks admits she told what she called white lies to protect the president. there is quote nothing nefarious about hicks leaving. the president calling her outstanding and a great person. an ally close to the president tells cnn the president berated hicks. after her testimony on tuesday. the white house communications team was told she said now is the right time to go. one of hicks confidants says the last few weeks were really, really hard for her. the friend says hicks started thinking about resigning when the rob porter spousal abuse scandal erupted. hicks and porter were involved. for you keeping score, this is four communications directors. and one who took the job and never served in over a year. for the latest, we go to jeff zeleny at the white house. jeff. reporter: christine and dave, the headlines of the newspapers, white house communications director hope hicks leaving the white house.
a source telling erin burn theest that trump berated hicks for asking her how she could be so stupid. it s hardly the only sign of chaos in the white house. the stours says the top adviser jared kushner feels everyone is you out to get him after losing his security clearance in the middle of the pitched battle with john kelly. plus president trump holds a live teleadvised meeting with republicans on guns. calling for a ban on bump stocks and shockingly saying this. take the firearms first, and then go to court. a lot of times by the time you go to court it takes so long to go to court to get the due process procedures, i like taking the guns early. so let s discuss this as much as we can in the time we have i want to bring in cnn political commentator johngenics and amanda carpenter. good evening to both of you.