jonathan allen our national news political reporter. katherine, i can t wait, i have to show you this. this is a clip. what was the date on this did we decide? november 2, 2016. this is your new acting white house chief of staff talking about donald trump. yes, i m supporting donald trump. i m doing so as enthusiastically as i can be, despite the fact he s a terrible human being. how many people wanted this job that is now in the hands of the guy who called the boss a terrible human being? i think the thing that s been notable with this process all long is how many people have been trying to distance themselves from the job rather than run toward what is typically a big highly sought after washington gig. we had a lot of people back channelling they weren t interested and publicly
with with us on the, catherine lucy and jonathan allen, veteran political journalist and our nbc news national political reporter. gang, welcome to you both. catherine, i can t wait. i have to show you this. this is a clip. what was the date on this? did we decide? november 2nd, 2016. this is your new acting white house chief of staff talking about donald trump. yes, i m supporting donald trump. i m doing so as enthusiastically as i can. in fact, i think he s a terrible human being, but the choice on the other side is just as bad. so catherine, how many people wanted this job that is now in the hands of a guy who called the boss a terrible human being? i think the thing that s been notable with this process all along is how many people have been trying to distance themselves from the job rather than run toward what is typically a big, highly sought after washington gig. we had a lot of people back channelling that they weren t interested and some people publicly withdrawing th
catherine, i can t wait. i have to show you this. this is a clip. what was the date on this? november 2nd, 2016. this is your new acting white house chief of staff talking about donald trump. yes, i m supporting donald trump. i m doing so as enthusiastically as i can. in fact, i think he s a terrible human being, but the choice on the other side is just as bad. how many people wanted this job that is now in the hands of a guy who called the boss a terrible human being? i think the thing that s been notable with this process all along is how many people have been trying to distance themselves from the job rather than run toward what is typically a big, highly sought after washington gig. we had a lot of people back channelling that they weren t interested and some people publicly withdrawing their names. most notably today the day started like looking like former new jersey governor chris christie was a leading contender. he declared on twitter that it