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Time here, a couple of situations that came up this week, the military parade that the president wants, how would you write that story, olivia? >> i would write it unhappily and probably sarcastically. >> why? >> i think its a very serious thing and i -- but its just an example of 2ru6r7 divergine thing and i -- but its just an example of 2ru6r7 divergin thing and i -- but its just an example of 2ru6r7 divergine thing and i -- but its just an example of 2ru6r7 divergi dona e diverging from the s...

Compromised by foreign powers, and frankly, they really shouldnt be there. >> how long is too long? because other administrations, people have worked in other administrations will say often, there is some lag time between the application for clearance and actually receiving it. >> its been over a year. yes, theres been lag time. in my own case, my -- as a member of the armed services, i have staff on the armed services committee and i used to have a military legislative liaison who had to go thr...

Want to give the white house their due. president trump, you gave robert porter due process, thats why you let him remain on the job. and as a practical matter, you could have said, well, we are going to -- we think theres still more due process to run out here, so he will stay on the job until i as a president think otherwise. that could have happened. >> april, what is left to this story? what are the questions still unanswered and that the public needs to know about, do you think? >> there ar...

There is already a lot of controversy when it comes to the wall but this case comes with an additional twist. the judge in -- and the president in history. they are challenging the administrations claims that they can waive the number of environmental laws in an effort to build prototypes and ultimately replace existing wall near san diego. judge gonzalo curiel is expected to rule on this case. if his name sounds familiar its because candidates from disparate judge gonzalo curiel over a lawsuit ...

Going on a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. >> do you still have confidence in your deputy attorney general. >> you figure that one out. >> rachel brand also served in president trump gorge w. bush and president obamas administrations. two sources familiar with her plans said she was leaving for a job you dont turn down. rachel brand will become the global governance director at wal mart. meanwhile, president trump was supposed to release the democratic mem...

Rosenstein then shell step into the job. now you have a vacancy in which donald trump can start to think who hes going to put. and then if he gets rid of rosenstein, this is starting to setup in a good way for trump -- >> we just got some breaking news from the "the new york times" that rachel brand is stepping down. shes a veteran of the last, i believe three republican administrations. she would have been next in line if donald trump did what we all know he would like to do, and thats ultimate...

Which is the fbi does the investigation, they complete it and they come back and tell about the investigation. theres been people in the last two years who have had a wrath of sexual harassment investigations, including of your own network, that you say they could have didnone better. i guess the white house has gone through that same experience. >> i guess i want to go back to the idea that you say the fbi is the final say. the fbi raised plenty of red flags here. how do you guys vet staff? do ...

Nationally but at the local level across the country. >> thats what we celebrate. for so long it was excluded. let me ask you this. im going to ask you two things, putting you on the spot. we work together, i can take liberty of doing this. last two or three administrations, all of us have, including george bush, been able to talk to people and have access to making our points, even though in my case i would lead marches and all where i disagreed. youd participate in ways that you would disagree...

From their fbi background checks. rob porter, of course, an example of that. his being spousal abuse. but, you know, there are clearly substantive reasons behind this as well. now, to be fair, weve talked to lawyers who have represented people in the security clearance process, which can be labyrinth yien. ive been through it myself. this does not mean everyone still on an interim security clearance has an issue. there are a lot of folks in the trump administration who did not have a government ...

Mueller investigation. and then she has to live with the consequences of that. and thats, you know, potentially -- she becomes what solicitor bjork became which is the person that fired archibald cox. that didnt work out well for him. i think that maybe played into her decision making. but at the same time she is going to a great company as the general counsel. she has to live in arkansas. thats, you know, not so simple. but if she is from -- if she is from d.c. she has to move to bentenville. b...