cabinet officials come in periodically for updates to the president, one of -- john kelly has always stood head and shoulders above almost all the rest of the cabinet, has results all the time for the president. the president respects his record. and something that priebus struggled with from the start. the president viewed him as weak from basically day one. >> i think the question is, how long does the president respect john kelly? right now he does have him at a distance coming in for updates as a cabinet member, not somebody in the west wing. there is tension there between the president and mcmaster. in many ways the president views mcmaster, sometimes talking down to him. if john kelly comes away as