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>>> JARED, STEVE, STANDING BEFORE ME ARE MY TWO TOP
ADVISERS, BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE PHOTO IN MY HAND.
THAT'S RIGHT. TONIGHT IS ELIMINATION NIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DRAMA IN THE HOUSE.
THAT'S OKAY, BUT ONE OF YOU MUST GO.
NOW, WHO GETS TO STAY? JARED, YOU TAKE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS. STEVE, YOU TAKE THE WORST PHOTOS
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, I'M NOT JOKING.
WHEN I SEE A PHOTO OF YOU, IT MAKES ME WANT TO PROOF.
THE PHOTO IN MY HAND REPRESENTS THE MAN WHO WILL BE STAYING
TONIGHT. IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR PHOTO YOU
MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE OVAL OFFICE AND JOIN KELLYANNE CONWAY
IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THE PERSON WHO WILL STAY ON AS
MY TOP ADVISER IS JARED. HAVE A SEAT AT YOUR NEW DESK.
I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST FIX EVERYTHING, OKAY?
IF YOU NEED ME, I'LL BE AT MY DESK, OKAY?
>> SO NOW JARED, TOO. >> NO, NO, NO.
>> HOW FUNNY. >> TAKEN THE SPOTLIGHT OFF THE
INFIGHTING ON WEST WING WHILE NEW REPORTS GO DEEPER.
"VANITY FAIR" DETAILS DRAMA IN THE WHITE HOUSE BETWEEN JARED
KUSHNER AND STEVE BANNON. SOURCES TELL THE MAGAZINE THAT
BANNON HAD REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO LEAVE THE ADMINISTRATION IF
HE WERE OUSTED FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
QUOTE, IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE CALLING HIS BLUFF.
THIS AS "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS HOW FIRST DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP
HAS BEEN BATTLING BANNON. REPORTING IN RECENT WEEKS SHE
HAS SPOKEN BLUNTLY ABOUT BANNON'S SHORTCOMINGS TO THE
PRESIDENT. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY INCENSED BY
ARTICLES PLANSED BY BANNON'S ALLIES SUGGESTING HE, NOT HER
FATHER, HONED THE POPULOUS MESSAGE THAT SWEEPED THE
MIDWEST. SHE MADE THAT POINT IN THE
STRONGEST MATERIALS TO HER FATHER ACCORDING TO FAMILY
FRIEND. IVANKA TRUMP IS NOT RELISHING
WHITE HOUSE BATTLES. ACCORDING TO "VANITY FAIR,"
SHE'S TELLING FRIENDS, QUOTE, I DIDN'T REQUEST FOR THIS.
LET BRING IN COLUMNIST FRANK BRUNY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT REPORT
INSTAGRAM IT MATCHES WHAT I HEARD.
>> HERE IS THE THING EVERYBODY MISSES.
THERE IS NO INTERNAL BATTLE. WHEN TAKE YOU ON WHOEVER IS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE OR WANTS TO BE THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> IVANKA DID ASK FOR THIS. >> WHEN TAKE YOU ON THE FAMILY
YOU LOSE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHO IS GOING
TO WIN THE BATTLE TONIGHT BETWEEN JOE'S 8-YEAR-OLD SON AND
JOE WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TIME JOE'S
8-YEAR-OLD SON WOULD BE GOING TO BED.
I'M SERIOUS. YOU CAN WRITE AS MANY ARTICLES
AS YOU WANT TO WRITE ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE.
I WIN THAT. I'M JUST SAYING.
>> BUT IT'S COMPLICATED. >> ALL OF THIS TALK HAS BEEN SO
EXHAUSTING. WHY DIDN'T THEY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL CORY
LEWANDOWSKI, HOW DOES THIS END? YOU KNOW WHAT, THE FAMILY WINS?
>> DO YOU NOT FEEL STEVE BANNON HAS HASTENED HIS OWN DEMISE?
>> YES. I'M SAYING BY HE STARTED TO
ATTACK THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AGO JARED KUSHNER OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
PEOPLE STARTED CALLING ME, A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
UP? I SAID, WELL, I THINK HE'S
STUPID. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S UP.
HE'S GOING TO LOSE. THIS IS OBVIOUS STUFF, FRANK.
>> PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SMART ON SOME VECTORS ARE DUMB ON
OTHER VECTORSVECTORS. HE WAS DOOMED BEFORE THEN.
CARDINAL RULE OF WASHINGTON AND HUMAN NATURE YOU DO NOT ECLIPSE
THE PERSON WHOM YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING.
BANNON LET HIS LEGEND GROW EXTREMELY LARGE, DANGEROUSLY
LARGE. TO SOME EXTENT HAVE YOU NO
CONTROL OVER THAT BECAUSE WE IN THE MEDIA DO IT BUT YOU HAVE TO
RESIST. >> THE HORRIBLE INAUGURATION
SPEECH HE HELPED WRITE, HORRID, ABSOLUTELY THE WORST IN HISTORY.
>> THE CARNAGE. >> HE HAS NOT PUT ANY POINTS ON
THE BOARD. IN FACT, IT'S BEEN ALL FAILURES
UNTIL NOW. I BELIEVE BANNON PUT HILLS IN
FRONT OF THAT AND BELIEVED HE WAS THE FIXER ON EVERYTHING AND
WAS A DISASTER. >> POLITICS LIKE MOST THINGS
PAST IS PROLOGUE. PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE
STARTING TO LOOK AT HIS PAST AND SAY, HEY, THIS GUY ALWAYS ENDS
UP BLOWING HIMSELF AND PEOPLE AROUND HIM UP.
>> TALK ABOUT CARNAGE, SOME OF THE HOUSES HE'S LIVED IN.
>> BUT THE PAST IS ALWAYS PROLOGUE AND POLITICS.
SHOW ME SOMEBODY'S PAST. IF THEY HAVE DONE IT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE AND BANNON BLEW
HIMSELF UP. >> THEY ARE IN THE EXTREMELY
VOLATILE POSITION OF DAMAGE CONTROL.
HOW DO THEY GET THE ORDINANCE, OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE WITHOUT
HIM EXPLODING ALL OVER THEM. >> THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ISSUE
NOW. REAL REPORTING HERE IS THAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK TO DO WITH HIM SO HE
DOESN'T HURT THEM ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> I THOUGHT THEY MADE -- I THOUGHT THE PIECE WAS ALSO
BRILLIANT DESCRIBING JUST HOW DIMINISHED KELLYANNE CONWAY'S
ROLE HAS BECOME IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
SAYS -- THE STORY ONE ADVISER SAID, OH, DO NOT BOTHER TALKING
ABOUT HER. SHE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A SEAT
AT THE TABLE ANYMORE. THAT WAS PRETTY BRUTAL.
>> THAT WAS NOT NICE. >> THE GREAT SLUGGER BABE RUTH
SAID YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS DON'T WIN TOMORROW'S BALL GAMES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> TO YOUR POINT, HE CAME TO
THIS CAMPAIGN LATE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE TRUMP
ON SAYING I CREATED THIS. >> STUPID.
>> SERIOUS THINGS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD.
NO WINS ON THE BOARD. FINALLY KARL ROVE, RECALL WHEN
HE WAS IN OFFICE, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM AS THE BRAIN.
HE HAD TO PULL THAT BACK. BUSH MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE TO
PULL THAT BACK. WHAT BUSH HAD, TRUMP DOES NOT
HAVE, TRUMP HAS A GOOD FAMILY, CAPABLE FAMILY, BUSH HAD PEOPLE
AROUND HIM WHO WERE ABLE TO PULL ROVE BACK AND DO SOME OF THAT IN
THE PRESS. BANNON DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
>> BY THE WAY, THE BUSH FAMILY ALWAYS LET KARL ROVE KNOW WHAT
KARL ROVE'S POSITION WAS. LIKE MIKE DEAVER SAID RONALD
REAGAN WAS GREAT, I ENJOYED WORKING FOR HIM.
IN MY YEARS WORKING FOR HIM THERE WASN'T ONE DAY WHERE I
WASN'T REMINDED I WAS STAFF. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. >> I WONDER AFTER BEING IN THE
FOX HOLE, BEING IN THE ROOM WITH McMASTER, FOREIGN POLICY TEAMS,
TOUGH GUYS, DEEP THINKERS, EXPERIENCED THINKERS,
DISCIPLINED LEADERS AND THEN LOOKING BACK AT HIS DOMESTIC
TEAM AND SEEING SPICY THERE AND BANNON, HE'S PROBABLY LIKE, OH,
YEAH, NO. I'M SORRY, I THINK HE'S GOING TO
SEE A CONTRAST AND THINK HE NEEDS DEEP THINKERS ON THE
DOMESTIC SIDE AS WELL. >> TRUMP CARRIES LESS ABOUT THAT
BRAND OF POPULISM THAN HIS APPROVAL RATING.
IF STEVE BANNON IS NOT GOING TO SHEPHERD HIM TO APPROVAL RATINGS
HE WANTS, HE'S NOT GOING TO STAY WITH STEVE BANNON.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DISAVOWING MORE SIMPLISTIC POLICY
STATEMENTS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THERE'S MORE INSTANCES WHERE HE'S SAYING, WOW, WHO KNEW
HEALTH CARE IS THIS COMPLICATED. WOW, AFTER TEN MINUTES BRIEFED
ON NORTH KOREA BY THE CHINESE PRESIDENT, THIS IS REALLY
COMPLICATED. HE'S SHIFTING AND NOT STICKING
TO THESE HARD CORE -- >> BY THE WAY, WE MAY FREAK OUT
ABOUT THAT. DONALD TRUMP IS SENDING A
MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO SHIFT A LITTLE BIT HERE.
THIS IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN WE THOUGHT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
I'M GOING TO SHIFT. YOUR FAMILY AND MY FAMILY, SOME
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED TRUMP ARE LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
THE THING ABOUT TRUMP IS, AND WE SAID THIS BEFORE, BEFORE HE CAME
INTO OFFICE, IT'S A MERITOCRACY FOR TRUMP.
HE'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW A FRIEND FROM YALE TO DEBAPTIZE IRAQ AND
DESTROY THE REGION FOR TEN YEARS.
>> WHAT ABOUT HIS SON-IN-LAW? IS IT A MERITOCRACY WITH HIS
FAMILY? >> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS. HE CARES ABOUT WINNING AND HE
DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YESTERDAY. IT'S PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE,
AND PERFORMANCE. >> AND TRUST.
>> BANNON HAD TOO MANY FAILURES. THE TRAVEL BAN, WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE TRAVEL BAN. HE TRIED TO BROWBEAT VOTING FOR
OBAMACARE AND WE SAW HOW THAT WORKED.
>>> STILL AHEAD THE WHITE HOUSE CLOSES THE BOOKS ON WHAT CRITICS

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