Administration hear the audio that way . Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. This is something we have never seen before, even with all the chaos of the Trump Administration, to which some of you may have grown a accustomedy now. The first lady, Melania Trump, calling for a top official on the Security Council to be fired. The spokeswoman issuing a statement declaring, mira ricardel, the National Security adviser, standing behind the president at the white house, saying she should no longer work for the Trump Administration. Quote, it is the position of the office of the first lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house, unquote. She still serves in the white house, according to a senior white house official. This remarkable display of dysfunction comes amidst the more typical trump drama with advisers telling reporters that President Trump is preparing for yet another purge. Officials telling cnn President Trump is eyeing potential replacement for severa
This is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories swirling around the white house tonight, including President Trump and his lawyers reviewing written questions from the special counsel, Robert Mueller, about possible collusion. At the same time the president is said to be weighing replacing some top officials, and in a stunning move the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly called for one of them to be fired. Tonight, the president and five top officials are facing a lawsuit brought by cnn over the decision to suspend the press pass of our chief White House Correspondent, jim acosta. I will talk about all of that and more with senator ed markey of the Foreign Relations committee. Our correspondents, analysts and specialists are also standing by. Cnns Brian Stelter has details of the lawsuit. We will have much more on that in a moment. First, lets go to our senior White House Correspondent pamela brown. A truly remarkable move by the first lady of the United States.