these people are vicious. adam schiff is a vicious, horrible person. reporter: according to another report in the washington post, the president called in then-acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire to the oval office for a, quote, dressing down last friday. abc news has confirmed the report. sources tell us the president believed democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. in the past, the president has praised the acting director of national intelligence. admiral maguire is a very talented man. reporter: but now, one week after the election security briefing, maguire is out. his replacement? ambassador to germany richard grennell, a staunch trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. jon karl with us tonight from the white house. and jon, we know the new acting director of national intelligence has been openly skeptical about russian meddling in the 2016 election and now we have these new headlines tonight. reporter: david, ba