the portfolio he has taken on. bannon, clearly, i think, was at odds with the national security council. i assume mcmaster did not like what he was advocating. he was taken out. that is a diminishment and power play that the president is listening to other minds. the issues are dividing bannon and kushner which are health care. the fallout of the immigration bans and whether to intervene in the syrian civil war. joe, you worked at the white house in the first president bushme bush. demade bate is expected behind scenes. are things as bad as they seem? this happens all the time in the white house. i talked about this months ago on msnbc before it started. you always have that challenge where members will be jockeying for proximity of the president s ear. jared kushner has an advantage. he is the son-in-law of the