Acting Appointment News Today

>> hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. the question of when donald trumps rhetoric crosses the line was a subject of a bit of a lips as pivotal court hearing. prosecutors and attorneys met in front of a three-judge panel in the u.s. court of appeal for a d.c. circuit for oral arguments. the substance was the validity of a gag order imposed on the ex-president that limits what donald trump can say in public about prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff. the heart of arguments, how do...

An interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in the presidents comments, there is the prospect that this will be an interim appointment that extends for some period of time potentially, does that affect the quality of work that will be presented to the president from the intelligence community? >> hopefully not. i mean, steve, certainly the quality of work that will be produced im sure will be as exc...

A new director of national intelligence has been named to replace the outgoing director dan coats. its another acting appointment by president trump. he pit joseph mcguire, the current director of the national counterterrorism center. coats is number 2, will also now be leaving. her name sue gordon. she resigned as two other officials joined the exodus from the administration. secretary of state kimberly bryer is out after a reported clash with the white house over immigration policy. and a fore...

Respected naval background, but hes not an intelligence professional. >> well, in a statement on maguires appointment, mark warner, the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee, he said maguires success or failure in this position will be judged by the quality of work produced by the intelligence community, not by how those intelligence products make the president feel. evelyn, the fact that this is at least for right now going to be an interim appointment, going to be an acting app...

Before we get into the understanding of constitutionality or at least in keeping with that discussion, lets remember what president trump has been doing. hes been appointing an awful lot of judges to the federal bench. and in addition to appointing judges to the federal bench, you know, last i checked the supreme court is now solid conservative majority. why do i spoke to that issue? i speak to the issue because when you raise constitutional concerns, it ends up in courts. and to the extent that...

The senate minority leader chuck schumer issued that warning yesterday. how can they protect the special council with republicans still in control of the chamber? good to see you. let me ask that question. right now the president has made a recess appointment or acting appointment. theres questions about its constitutionality that have been brought up by a former acting solicitor general and former justice department official. what can senate democrats do about this appointment, anything? >> the...