presidency. and you want somebody strategic. just in normal times, don, the president needs a communication director and a chief of staff. but you made a point earlier which i think is right, given where we are it's even more important for him as president. >> right. >> to have a communicationing director now. i think with mueller potentially closing in you have the really significant decisions coming up on iran which could knock the north korean talks into skittless plus mid-terms over the horizon. this is a crucial time in the life of the presidency. not that other months we've seen in tumult haven't been important. i think the harder problem is replacing someone that has the trust that hope hicks had and had the kind of relationship, someone that could talk to the president straight at times. >> jimmy carter tried this. he didn't have a chief of staff. he eventually hired someone two years in the term. contractor said not having a chief of staff didn't work for him because there is simply too