To he may not need these roles of chief of staff or Communications Director, that other president s have relied on so often. He, of course, is listening to this advice. We dont know what hell do with the avdvice, we have no reason o believe john kelly is in danger at the moment. It is giving a window into how the president is reshaping the west wing, how hes becoming more comfortable with the job and trying to change the job in many respects. Hope hicks, Outgoing Communications director, is still here at the white house. But this is expected to be one of her last days on the job. That is raising the question of who is the next Communications Director going to be. It is somewhat of a ceremonial job, though, because as you know, the president himself, he sets the narrative and the tone and the story line here every day online, on social media. The Communications Director not as important perhaps as in years past because it is a job he relishes. And, again, this is outside people giving t
you know, stormy daniels, what do you have to say about that? and i think they may be concerned about what he might say, but so far this is the one topic he s kept quiet about. it is interesting. if he walks on the south lawn to marine one, he will get the questions shouted to him today. we ll see if he even responds in any form or fashion. caitlin huey byrnes, alisha rasko, thank you. new questions about whether the trump legal team, what they did exactly. new reports claim that the president s lawyer floated the idea of pardons for both michael flynn and paul manafort, and the real issue is floated the idea of pardons to these men s attorneys. cnn political analyst josh dossy joins me now. you re part of the washington post team that did the reporting on this story. john dowd, the president s personal lawyer now gone, he mentioned what to whom when? john dowd, the president s personal attorney, who recently left the russia legal team, back
mar-a-lago, the folks that he dials during executive time or maybe when he s watching tv at night, they have an awful lot of influence. well, it is true. and the president, he s made clear that he likes to know how things are playing to the outside. he s someone who is very concerned about how things look, and how, you know, how things are looking right now. maybe not looking long-term, but, like, how is this playing. he likes to talk to these outside people and say, well, how does this look? is this going to work for us? is this making me look strong and powerful? and so they do have a lot of influence, and it looks like going forward that right now he s in this position where he wants to just try things, he wants to see what works for him. it is interesting, caitlin, he likes people he trusts around him, dr. ronny jackson, he s around him now in the white house. the admiral is ever present in the white house, getting shipped out to veterans affair as a promotion. he s going to be
here on the big show, thank you very much. here to discuss that report, from real clear politics, caitlin huey byrnes and from reuters, alisha rasco. this is outside advisers, we re not sure the president will take the advice, but it is interesting that the president trusts is saying you deon t nee a communications director, chief of staff, you can handle it. you never really leave the white house, as they say. we have seen a year into this administration the president pushing out people and bringing people in that make him feel a little more comfortable. evidenced by the va secretary, i think, is an interesting example of that. and so which, you know, a lot of people have said that this is contributes to the chaos. i would note that if you are in the senate right now, having this, you know, you ll have three positions now that they have to confirm at a time when the white house has been very dismayed, they say, at the