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Submitted his resignation to the white house. he is the fourth person to serve in that position for president trump. here with more tonight is cnns kaitlan collins. kaitlan, good evening to you. whats behind the latest high-profile departure? >> reporter: well, don, i got to say its not that surprising to people in the white house who never thought kevin mcaleenan was going to get the permanent job. but of course this resignation is coming after hes been in that acting position for several dozen...

That the acting secretary felt he had accomplished all he could given the political realities of today, specifically the unlikelihood that any legislative deal on immigration will happen in an election year. he is the fourth person now to serve in that post since the trump presidency began. in comparison over the last two presidencies, six people have served as homeland security secretary. i want to bring in cnn national security analyst juliette juliette kayyem. you served for the assistant sec...

The position or hes essentially in an acting position. the big question remains, hes in a difficult position. he has never been confirmed by the senate. donald trump could at any point say i want a new u.s. attorney. and you have to think at some point hes going to look at whats going on up there. >> now that ruf said that, he will definitely do it. >> our legal analyst, these two guys, parnas and fruman, how serious are the charges in terms of could this result, if theyre convicted, am jail tim...

Amazing. >> the president also spoke about the sudden departure of his personal assistant madeleine. apparently some of the things she said to reporters behind closed doors. kaitlan collins has reporting on that but i want to start off with the storm and what the president had to say about it. >> going to camp david. thats where hes going to monitor the developments throughout the weekend and will coal ba come back to washington on sunday where hell do a briefing at the fema head quarters and ma...

Confirmed fema administrator resigned in february after he clashed with then homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. the president picked someone else but his nomination was sent to capitol hill to be confirmed and has essentially come to a standstill up there and right now fema, the agency, is being run by this acting director, pete gainer, who we should note while he does have essentially a decade of experience overseeing natural disasters, this is going to be his first hurricane since h...

Inside and outside the white house who are saying to the president push for somebody on your side. people close to the president, are saying pete hookstra, republican for michigan, an ambassador in the trump administration could be the nominee. someone like what the president sought in john ratcliffe. >> thats an interesting name in the hopper. anita this gets us to your beat in the white house. this is yet another acting position for this administration. >> right. it definitely is. the presiden...

Are saying pete hookstra, republican for michigan, an ambassador in the trump administration could be the nominee. someone like what the president sought in john ratcliffe. >> thats an interesting name in the hopper. anita this gets us to your beat in the white house. this is yet another acting position for this administration. >> right. it definitely is. the president, as you know, there have been so many acting, currently so many acts and as we enter this sort of second part of his term, he is...

About mcguire and mcguire said he would not be a yes-man. are you concerned at all about him? >> no. he has -- i dont know him well. i met him a few times. he has a very good representation among colleagues. i suspect he was appointed to the acting position because the president knew he would be an easy sell for a short period of time among intelligence ofegsales and on capitol hill. i would be surprised if the president -- surprised is a mild word, if the president nominates him full time but m...

President push for somebody on your side. people close to the president, are saying pete hookstra, republican for michigan, an ambassador in the trump administration could be the nominee. someone like what the president sought in john ratcliffe. >> thats an interesting name in the hopper. anita this gets us to your beat in the white house. this is yet another acting position for this administration. >> right. it definitely is. the president, as you know, there have been so many acting, currently...

Back and look at the record, this is someone who was on the record talking about this fbi "deep state," this secret society of people working to undermine trump. when you look at theapolitical on anyones side, itow when you someone so very powerful agency. >> so now here goes another acting position until they figure out who they want to fill as dni. josh campbell, thank you for your analysis on that. also today, another traj dim ge the kennedy family. it opens up a new discussion on all the pub...