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Out to be madeleine westerhout. the fact that shes gone especially in a white house that is known to be chaotic, theres lots of fighting over access to the oval office and the president, it really, you know, leads to another chapter in that whole -- that whole chaos. >> is there concern inside the administration, eric blakaaron that she was leaking? >> thats hat reports indicate. this is something obviously the president has sought to stamp out. when he would learn about something like that it w...

Scale. but it also is setting precedent for doj and fbi policies. what happens when the next rank and file member has an issue whether with its with their direct superior or one up and we see the politicization that we just did from the ig report, where do they go? how does this affect the doj and the rank and file people? >> i dont fault the ig for noting technical violations of policy in the employment agreement here. i think, you know, in the dispute between the ig and comey about who owns th...

Administration policy that changes the automatic citizenship of some u.s. service members and government workers. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to explain all this to us. jennifer? >> reporter: dana, the announcement sent shock waves through the military and caused many here off guard. the head of u.s. citizenship and immigration just tried to clarify the change. >> this does not affect the children of whether they be government employees or military members who are u.s. citizens born...

This does not affect the children, whether they are government employees, or military members who are u.s. citizens, born abroad. the only people this affects are those who are not u.s. citizens when they are born. for instance, the children, say the child of a mother who marries a service member who was a citizen. for instance. for that person to become a citizen, they need to establish residency in the united states with their u.s. citizen stepparent. that happens in the united states. the onl...

Unlike a lot of the reporting that has gone on today. this does not affect the children, whether they be government employees are military members who are us citizens born abroad. the only people this affects are those who are not us citizens when they are born, for instance the child of a mother who marries a servicemember who is a citizen for instance. for that person to become a citizen they need to establish residency in the united states with their us citizens to parent and that happens in ...

This is a small slice of people. if youre confused, dont feel bad. the rule lit up social media with criticism and we had to parce through the language this morning to really understand it. it is quite complicated. that wasnt the only change that uscis made. deferred action on deportation which allows immigrants in compelling circumstances to remain in this country and seek a green card or permanent legal status. deferred action was given to nearly 20,000 immigrants on average each year from fis...

I was born in japan to u.s. citizen parents, one of which was serving in the military. my citizenship comes from federal statute, not the constitution. one, i was born to u.s. citizens abroad. that doesnt have to do with the military. so my citizenship is secure there. what this affects is children adopted or born to non-u.s. citizen service members abroad. >> we have a lot of men and women in the military who are permanent green card holders that are serving on the front line. >> it appears not...

Let me ask you something, in terms of the big owners, were a little shy on that because i dont know anything about the organization yet. if it were like the red cross or something like that, its a little quicker, its a desperate situation -- >> you brought up leo. his heart has been in the right place for a long time. >> im saying in terms of what it is so people understand it. what about the big movers here? the united states government? the g-7. they throw a lot more in terms of resources at t...

We need to connect the dots. one does not have to be -- one or the other, someone can black the capacity and be criminally minded. i pointed that out in a number of interviews and it does not have to be only a personal problem, were not concerned about mr. trumps personal mental health, were krconcerne about his affects on society and political people are asking questions about mental health. mental health people are wondering about the political process. its about time for a conversation, i wou...

War were fighting right now. you know, seriously, when we had candidate trump, it was all about theyre stealing our jobs, and then we morphed from that since we hit a 51% low in -- 50-year low in unemployment, we morphed into oh, my god, its the trade receive sideficit. in the first year of the administration, the trade deficit got $44 billion worse. so then it switched to theft of intellectual property and transfer of technology, and hows that affect, you know, people buying t-shirts and ties f...