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Controversy because president trump reportedly assured bharara his job was secure. senator john mccain was asked that today on "state of the union." >> i dont know what his promise was to mr. bharara, but i do know that other administrations have done the same thing perhaps not in as an abruptness, but elections have consequences. for people who complain about it, theyre ignoring the history of new presidencies, and i think the president had every right to ask for their resignations. >> lets bri...

For a new president i should say to clean house but why the pack your bags and get out kind of tactic? is there a message behind the politics here? >> we have a president who has a specific agenda. i think hes made it very clear. and when we just talk about the immigration policy that he is steadfast on implementing, he wants to make sure that the lead federal law enforcement officers, that being each and every u.s. attorney and keep in mind there is 93 of them throughout the united states, that...

Administrations replaced u.s. attorneys gradually, but in 1993, january net reno demanded resignations of all in the liniy days of the clinton administration. so it has happened before. >> and how much of this could disrupt justice department activity? >> well, this allege happens wh always happens when there is a change of administration so they expect that had this would happen. its the abruptness of it that some are saying ishad this woul happen. its the abruptness of it that some are saying ...

>> were here -- thats what were here to discuss. >> its your show. >> thats what were here to discuss, though. >> okay. >> so im going to move on to michael. today sean spicer was asked people who have worked for the government administrations. listen to this. >> i think that theres no question when you have eight years of one party in office that there are people who stay in government affiliated with, you know, joined and continued to espouse the agenda of the previous administration. so, i do...

The fire fg dozens of u.s. attorneys. joining me is cnn legal analyst, laura coats, attorney stewart kaplan a former special agent with the fbi. good evening to you so glad that all of you could join us this evening. it was a total surprise to the u.s. attorneys who were fired tonight, many of them are shocked, some are traveling on government business now. how was this handled? >> you know, its not particularly strange that a new administration has called for the exist are or the hold over u.s....

Previous administration, so i dont think it should come as any surprise that there are people burrowed into government during eight years of the last administration. >> so is the president trying to get rid of people who could oppose him or people who opposed him? >> yeah. >> its not normal to fire attorneys, its just the abruptness of it. >> what spicer is talking about is larger, this idea that theres a conspiracy, that the federal bureau rackcracy is out to get this president. you might say w...

Majority and he could lo the labor par, which would beore incredibly lefteaning. it would be hostile to trump. >> ts phone call was supposed to last one hour. it only lasted about 25 minutes. prime minister turnbull is playing down the abruptness of the call. here is what he said about the communication with president trump. >> the report that the president hung up is not correct. the call ended courteously. as far as the nature of the discussion, it was very frank and forthright. i stand up for...

Team is identified, vetted and confirmed. so why leave gaps in these crucial positions and if theres one thing i learned in 40 years with the state department, crises can blow up literally overnight out of nowhere. why deprive yourself in the interim of these career foreign service officers? >> it seems to me that part of whats unusual here -- and for those of us who are observers of these agencies and observers of the work at the state department from afar, just as citizens, its hard to know wh...

Why deprive yourself in the interim of these career foreign service officers? >> it seems to me that part of whats unusual here -- and for those of us who are observers of these agencies and observers of the work at the state department from afar, just as citizens, its hard to know what counts as normal and how out of the norm these things are. some of the abruptness of the dismissals, the abruptness of the departures for people who as you say therein there 20, 30, 40 years. they have been throu...

To -- for people to leave as the new administration comes in. whats a little unusual about this is the abruptness of it, and the rather lack of civility to it. i mean, pat kennedy has served in the state department, served with distinction, served in places like iraq. hes served for some 45 years and deserved more than 24 hours to clean out his office. i think its the tone, and frankly, if people worry about civility in washington and the need to change it, i think were kind of going in the wron...