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The fbi andrew mccabe is gone. >> resignation of jeff sessions democrats quick to slam his acting replacement matthew whitaker. steve: the presidents lawyers have crafted answers to a number of questions by robert mueller. >> president trumps former national security advisor michael flynn. >> the special counsel is recommending no jail-time for flynn. >> just before dawn this morning, the fbi raided the florida home of long-time trump advisor roger stone. steve: mr. manafort was not convicted fo...

When ryan zinke left under an ethics and corruption cloud. today, we got a nice reminder that the acting replacement for him at the interior department is an oil industry lobbyist. yesterday was also departure day for defense secretary james mattis. the acting replacement for him we got spotlighted today is an executive from boeing, a major defense contractor. he sat next to the president today. at one point i thought he swallowed his tongue and might need physical help, but i think hes okay. ye...

When ryan zinke left. today, we got a nice reminder that the acting replacement for him at the interior department is an oil industry lobbyist. yesterday was also departure day for defense secretary james mattis. the acting replacement for him we got spotlighted today is an executive from boeing, a major defense contractor. he sat next to the president today. at one point i thought he swallowed his tongue and might need physical help, but i think hes okay. yesterday was also departure day for u....

Of defense under president trump, this policy of really throwing our allies under the bus and making impetuous decisions does not seem to be getting much better, even if you just look at the presidents twitter feed today and his comments on syria, it looks like hes trying to boost morale. >> the pentagon, the work moves on. the new acting replacement, patrick shanann, he takes over tomorrow. the president apparently still kind of discussing this serious strategy here. this is not really shananns...

Including attorney general, defense secretary, epa administrator, white house chief of staff, field by acting replacements. interior department and mission of the united nations is also losing their leaders. no permanent duties at the department of homeland security. housing and urban department of, small business administration. before the zinke, mattis and gerk posts, trump administration surpassed george bushs administration. trump has surpassed the entire george h.w. bush administration as w...

President is fussed about mr. mueller, and hes not happy with the investigation. i guess i wouldnt be if i were in his shoes either, but ive seen no indication that hes going to fire mueller. >> all right. i want to ask you about matt whitaker because obviously, you know, the point that jeff flake was making was jeff sessions was fired, then you were going to see mueller. obviously, the acting replacement for sessions is matt whitaker. adam schiff is the democrat expected to lead the house intel...

Resignation. president trump tweeting this afternoon, we thank attorney general jeff sessions for his service and wish him well. a permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date. the russia investigation is now expected to be overseen by sessions acting replacement. the chief of staff, matthew whitacre, not rodd rosenstein, deputy attorney general. in a cnn op-ed in august, he argued the russia investigation had gone too far. cnns pamela brown is at the white house. and pamela, rod rose...

Even acting replacement until they have a permanent replacement and whitaker moves to the front of the line. what if he were to say, ken, im out of here? >> then we have instability in the department. thats the other dimension. todays story as well, how did this happen, et cetera, the questions being raised will have to be answered including in confirmation hearings in the fullness of time. the department of justice needs stability. so anything that does not promote the stability of the departme...

Assessments of this type are often the result of needs for particular rulemaking and undergoing extensive intra-agency and inter-agency process. outgoing epa head scott pruitt testified before congress all it is way back in january that this study was nearing completion, and months later lawmakers were asking the e.p.a. when they were going to get to see a copy of this key study, and obviously, brook, this is coming at a very chaotic time for the e.p.a. already with pruetts resignation yesterday...

Trump administration to stop president trump from appointing his budget director, mick mulvaney, as interim head of the agency. already moving to federal court, and a judge appointed by president trump. doug mckelway is at the white house. >> dana, there has been bad blood over the mere existence of the consumer financial protection bureau since its very inception after the recession of 2008, when democrats were in control of congress and created this body is a part of the dodd-frank bill to rei...