standing to the side of the president. she s only ever done three on-camera television interviews and she has not done any real magazine interviews or deep dives and we re not seeing her do things like car pool karaoke or push-ups on jimmy fallon like we saw michelle obama doing. so it is an interesting dynamic and reading the tea leaves of what is going on and that is what we look at tonight in this special. and kate, you mentioned her communications director stephanie gresham, she s being mentioned as a possible replacement for press secretary sarah sanders who will leave the white house at the end of the month. how likely do you think that is? listen, i wouldn t be surprised if stephanie gresham was on the top of the list. she s one of the original trump workers she started on the campaign more than three years ago. it is only she and dan scavino of the originals left in the trump communications office
orbit. the president likes her very much and the first lady likes working her very much. she s prone to the fiery responses that we sometimes see from the first lady on controversial topics. she is not shy about expressing herself or defending the president or the first lady. i wouldn t be surprised if we heard her name on the short list. and the president praised gresham but did not confirm to anything firm about her being the next possible press secretary, kate bennett, thank you very much. join kate with a rare visit to the white house to meet those who know the first lady melania trump in a cnn special report, women of mystery: melania trump , tonight at 9:00 p.m. as we look forward to father s day on sunday, children in many military families can t celebrate with deployed dads. brianna spoke with families associated with blue star families. all of their dads are kurnts
of air force one to a red, white and blue motif. you know, the baby blue doesn t fit with us. and people get used to something, but and it was jes jackie o. and that is good. but we have our own jackie o. and it is melanie. she doesn t get credit. when i speak in front of the tremendous crowds, and people are holding up banners, we love or our first lady. we have our own jackie o. white house reporter kate bennett joins us live from new york. you got rare access to the east wing for a special report on the melania trump airing tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. how many times have you sat down with friends and colleagues wondering what the first lady is like and feeling and thinking. and what did you with this access learn from those who know her. from is behind that facade. there are two camps of melania trump readers. those who think she s unhappy
would given the unprecedent harassment that he s had to endure. reporter: plus, have have been some breakthroughs, including when the justice department agreed to provide more information about the mueller probe to two different house committees. the department of justice blinked at the 11th hour in the face of a criminal contempt resolution. reporter: but they cut deal after house judiciary committee jerry nadler narrowed his initial request. some democrats say that is not enough. it seems as though we re kind of signature on our hands, so if now isn t the time, then i think a lot of folks would like to know when is the time. reporter: manu raju cnn, capitol hill. our thanks to manu raju. ahead, a smoke peek at cnn s new documentary all about life inside the white house for first lady melania trumpet our kate bennett has some eye-opening new details. she joins me next. applebee s new loaded chicken fajitas.
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