had been warned by some republican officials about getting in front of the storm and says he heard that, quote, loud and clear. that all coming from twitter. so we await to hear a more specific briefing from the president on what he s thinking or knowing at this point. so far nothing planned for today and his homeland security advisor said at this phase they want the governors to be the face of this crisis. they re on the ground and know the most about what s happening in the path of the storm. a couple of other points i want you to touch on, that bowing the pardoning of arizona sheriff joe arpaio as well as the exiting of sebastian gorka, both happening just within minutes of each other in terms of their announcements. what s the latest on that? reporter: i ll sake gorka first. sebastian gorka often controversial in his remarks has left the white house. he says that he resigned. a white house official says, no, but he no longer works here. he was in the orbit of steve