nothing to do with the chaos surrounding the administration. this on the same day that the president gave a press conference like no other. the man he tapped to replaced the ousted national security adviser says thank you but no thanks. bob harward cited family reasons but a friend told cnn he thought the offer was a blank sandwich but didn t say blank. also this morning we re learning that the fbi is not expected to press charges against national security adviser michael flynn over his controversial phone call with the russian ambassador. want to bring in senior washington correspondent joe johns with all of the latest. joe, the white house no chaos here, that s not why the admiral didn t want the job. that s right. a senior administration official telling cnn and some other news organizations just a little while ago that nothing happened with the issue of bob harward and his deciding not to take the
this morning a decorated 40 year navy veteran rejected president trump s offer to be the national security adviser. what does that say about this white house and mean right now for our country in the national security? here to discuss that and a lot more, kimberly dosier, correspondent for the daily beast and alex burns joins us and national political reporter for new york times and alice stewart and republican strategist as well as a contributor for us and reporter for the washington examiner. kimber kimberly, you have new reporting on who may be tapped next for this role and if they want it because it is pretty stunning, isn t it that harward said thank you but no thank you to an offer from the commander in chief. his friend told cnn that he called the offer a blank sandwich. rhyming with a lit sandwich. i don t know poppy that i have the person who s going to