Good evening, we break news to report tonight, President Trump and other administrations officials

are discussing the possibility of picking administration official who is close, very close,

the president to fill the position of National Security Advisor.

This just one day after the president un-sermoniously fired his third National Security Advisor, John

Bolton, by tweet after discrements arose and then were aired in the media about a proposed

meeting with the Taliban at Camp David ahead of today's 9-11 memorial events.

I want to go right now to see National Security Reporter Kylie Atwood.

So what are you learning? This is a fascinating development.

It is because it comes just the day after John Bolton was ousted as National Security Advisor.

We are learning that administration officials are considering the possibility of giving

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo an ally of the president to hats.

He would assume the role as National Security Advisor to the president and he would remain

Secretary of State.

Now, this has happened before, but it was back in the 1970s when President Nixon was in

office and Henry Kissinger was both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor for two years.

Now, what's unclear right now is how seriously President Trump is considering this possibility,

because he told reporters at the White House today that there were five people who wanted

this job as National Security Advisor and they were good and qualified people.

So we don't know where he is right now, but this is something that is being discussed

at the White House.

Is this more about Secretary Pompeo consolidating power within the president's inner circle,

or would it be more about President Trump's views of both jobs, especially given how he

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