behavior. they have gotten to the point where they are not able to influence him and influence him not to do something. they are shifting their thinking d preping for how they deal with aftermath of what he does. its different approach t the job but it is a point of frustration. one detail from our story, the president and his team have been reaching out the try to hire more professionals, more people to come onto the white house staff. jeff morrill has been in talks with them. laura ingraham, the talk radio host. scott reed who is a veteran republican establishment figure, a strategist at the chamber of commerce all have been in discussions with the white house and are not coming in to join this staff. so the president is not able to recruit the kinds of talent that he wants right now. >> philip rucker after another busy day thank you for coming on and talking about it. >> thank you brian. now with us, gop veteran,