public war. that if he had been a craftier behind the scenes back stabber he might have lasted longer, but everything came out in public view and he undermined his own internal wars. that s exactly right, nicolle. based on the conversations i have had and the key figure here is really general john kelly. he came into this job hoping to instill order, to end the back stabbing, the infighting, get rid of all of this chaos inside the white house. and it became very clear in the first days on the job that steve bannon was a central player in this infighting. i think kelly was very bothered by the campaign that was being waged internally and externally against general mcmaster, the national security adviser and saw bannon as somebody to blame for that. but you re right. bannon in the last couple of weeks had been so public with his criticisms of his rivals internally that he put a target on his back. phil, let me run another piece of reporting by you. i heard the analysis that now