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>> 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...

But the decision to select a location at which to position a team is made by where can the team be as close as possible and still the team itself be safe, assets be safe. and yet be able to get into the impacted areas. it is somewhat is art and science as to where to put the assets, but it is a selection that typically is made dependent on where the storm itself is. >> does the fact that there are so many officials in acting capacities at dhs, does that complicate the response effort? >> i dont ...

Fema administrator, all in acting capacities and added scrutiny will be placed on the federal response to the storm, since its the first one to hit since at announcement was made that fema funds were used for the border policies. covering it for awe with the latest on the storm, preparations and the president, were joined by a special group of reporters and friends starting with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, where is the big flow storm right now? >> you said it perfectly, were l...

Everybody. and he is going to be there for a period of time. who knows. maybe he gets the job. but hell be -- hell be there for a period of time, maybe a longer period of time than we think well see. >> maguire will become one of numerous trump administration officials fulfilling their roles in acting capacities. im joined now by evelyn farkas, former deputy secretary of defense and chuck rosenberg, a former senior fbi official and former u.s. attorney. thanks to both of you for being with us. e...

Trumps botched attempt to install john ratcliffe into that job last week, but ratcliffes name was dropped over his lack of experience. now the president is signaling he is in no rush to find a permanent replacement for maguire once he takes over. >> im in no rush. admiral maguire is a very talented man. he is a great leader as an admiral. he is always a great leader. always a man respected by everybody. and he is going to be there for a period of time. who knows. maybe he gets the job. but hell ...

Again. this is a pattern where the presidents asked something about a certain staffer, and he gives, if not an ambiguous, an indifferent answer, and the staffers read into that ambiguity and people say that this person may have their position in doubt. you know, to what you were talking about earlier on this accountability issue, a big issue when youre acting is you dont have the authority or i should say you have less authority in your agency, and that was very clear at the pentagon where you h...

December, when do you start being active? look at the figures from the axios visuals colleagues and going back to carter, the president has by far, by far, by far, you can see the gap here more vacant day for cabinet members than other presidents had. and this turns out to be a little bit of a loophole. the president has said frankly he likes acting secretaries because it keeps them on their toes as my mother would say, and they dont have to go through confirmation, so they dont have the scrutin...

Are you acting still? are you still -- are you not o and b director? >> my official -- >> two different questions. >> i am a senate confirmed office and im in acting capacities as chief of staff of the president of the united states. i like what im doing now. >> thanks for coming on. its always a pleasure talking to you. >> thanks. >> more democrats calling for impeachment after robert muellers appearance but none of them are nancy pelosi. the panel is next. as we go to break were going to sho...

Later, several years later, when heather nauert and her husband discovered that, they paid the taxes retroactively. now that shes under this extreme vetting process for the senate confirmation for u.n. ambassador, this came up. it was a major problem. it has derailed her nomination. >> as we said, it is an indication of some of the roles that are not filled. theyre filled in acting capacities, which the white house doesnt seem to mind all that much. >> thats right. the president said he likes th...