not patronizing, but it s normally not like this. bar is set high. it s normally not this crazy, but is this week particularly crazy? certainly. there s certainly that feeling in the white house, even among white house staffers. they texted me about the jared story saying i can t believe this. this is really ludicrous. it s not just this is not just a normal week. that s a running joke around the white house press, that this week is insane, but this week is a flurry of stories. hope hicks of a big significant story yesterday taking people by surprise, not just those of us who cover the white house, by people inside the white house. the very senior staffers very surprised. though they knew she was contemplating leaving at some point, no one imagined she would be there forever. a lot of staffers don t imagine they ll be there for forever, but it was still veryings very surprising, and what s going to be interesting to see is how it affects the president day-to-day. he can lose st
mixed results. this has been a particular problem for president trump. now there s a new sheriff handling the things for them in the communications department. what do you expect of this strategy? well, he s 100% right. the leaks are debilitating and terrible. you pick up the newspaper and read who said what in the oval office. i can t imagine a time when i ever turned on my colleague and revealed publicly what they said to the president in the oval office. happens regularly in this administration. anthony s prom is going to be, i don t think the leaks are coming from the communications staff. they re probably coming from other corners of the white house. is he going to fire jared, ivanka, rice, the national security adviser? neil: you re making the assumption the leaks are coming from those people. are you using them as an example? using them as examples. my point here is the communications staff is the last to leak. they have to handle the damage.
begin with, especially with the portfolio that he had. what i worry about right now in the white house is the reinvolving door spinning like a top. jared s still a valued member of the administration and will continue to focus on the work he s been doing. reporter: he s facing fresh scrutiny over a report in the new york times that his family business received $500 million in loans from companies whose executives he met with in the white house. a spokesman tells cnn he s met with hundreds of business people, but no role in the family s company since joining the government. although he stepped down as chief executive of the company, he retains a stake in many kushner company holdings according to the financial disclosure. a spokesman said he s had no role since joining the government, and sanders said in the press briefing today that the president does not want to fire jared and will continue in his current role, but sanders answer on attorney general jeff