Harvard. A great student. And in so many ways, i just hate what hes saying now because were going to miss him. Joining me now is nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker here with us at the ta e table, phil rutger and jim masina, and news hour political analyst mike murphy. A former Senior Advisor to mitt romney and john mccain. Anyway, lets go to Kristen Welker first. This was somewhat predictable, but not entirely predictable. We knew there would be a south lawn walkout. For more than 30 minutes President Trump talked and described acosta in which could only be an awkward resignation. I think theres some surprise that it happened so quickly, our sense is the president had been asking around, talking to his top officials about just how intense this firestorm was. The fact that this relates to a 2008 plea deal, which of course has to do with Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded not guilty to those sex trafficking charges. But the allegation is so significant, so serious and of course invol