if his minions continue to vilify his colleagues, how can anybody tell the difference? what is the editorial board saying here plain and simple? they re saying cut it out. this is the same by the way, i m a news side person. i don t speak for them. shepard: i know that. this is the same editorial board that has said that past actions by the white house are political malpractice. they don t get on the same page and really stick to the highest priorities. you saw mr. gorca criticizing mr. tillerson for comments he made about north korea. john kelly came in as chief of staff to kind of set things right. his early focus was on controlling the flow of information to the president and access to the president to make sure the president had good solid information and a set of clear options for which he could use to make decisions. looks like mr. kelly might want to reach beyond the door of the oval office to try tone courage people around the president to