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Detritus of mounting questions and possible scandal from the job he had before. not the kind of predicament you want to have in your first week in a big high-profile new federal job. but they rushed this job into place and now they are paying for it. and weve got some exclusive news next on what might be about to hit the guy. thats next. stay with us. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say theres only one special edition? because, actually theres 5. aaaa...

Is this an indication of something really, really, wrong and worrying or is it an indication of incompetence and stupidity? you tell me. which do you prefer? this follows news that before michael flynn was fired as national security adviser, one of the top level staffers he hired on the national security council, a senior director position at the national security council, was denied his request for a security clearance. one of flynns top staffers at the nsc lost his security council job because...

Up at their desks and marched out? six of them at once? were advised that that is unusual. we have found no press reporting to indicate anything like this has happened before. why are all these people failing their fbi background checks already working in the white house? why did this white house hire such an unusually large number of people who cant pass fbi back ground checks. is that nefarious? is that stupid? is this an indication of something really, really, wrong and worrying or is it an i...

A normal human being. hes smart, strategic, pragmatic, he had all hands with the national security council staff today and said a lot of the right things. including saying he doesnt believe that they should be using the term "radical islamic terrorist" because he believes folks theyre fighting are unislamic. the problem is, thats not what steve bannon believes, not what people like stephen miller believes. so are you going to run a normal process with normal respected thoughtful people or are yo...

Thoughtful people or are you going to continue to kind of have the clown posse at the top of the white house? >> colin kahl, former deputy assistant to president obama, national security council veteran, national security advisor to vice president biden, thanks for helping us understand this. appreciate you being here tonight. >> thanks. >> professor kahl may have made news talking about h.r. mcmaster, we heard he was going to do this all hands meeting with the national security council staff to...

National security council veteran, national security advisor to vice president biden, thanks for helping us understand this. appreciate you being here tonight. >> thanks. >> professor kahl may have made news talking about h.r. mcmaster, we heard he was going to do this all hands meeting with the national security council staff today. we just heard he told the staff today he does not think they should be using the term radical islamic terrorism. that, of course, was a campaign touchstone for this...

So weve been following a story on this show in the last couple of days and weeks, i guess, thats basically the definition of haste makes waste. it involves a member of the new presidents cabinet, a confirmed cabinet secretary, who right now is perched uncomfortably between having this big high-profile new job as the head of a big high-profile new agency, and hes also facing the mounting detritus of mounting questions and possible scandal from the job he had before. not the kind of predicament yo...

Federal job. but they rushed this job into place and now they are paying for it. and weve got some exclusive news next on what might be about to hit the guy. thats next. stay with us.

Unusual. we have found no press reporting to indicate anything like this has happened before. why are all these people failing their fbi background checks already working in the white house? why did this white house hire such an unusually large number of people who cant pass fbi back ground checks. ? is that nefarious? is that stupid? is this an indication of something really, really, wrong and worrying or is it an indication of incompetence and stupidity? you tell me. which do you prefer? this ...

Removing him isnt going to be easy. >> reporter: donald trump and republicans are planning big changes for the consumer financial protection bureau. created after the 2008 financial collapse to protect borrowers, arguing it has stifled growth with overzealous government relation. >> this is an agency that is taking a very wide stance on its power. really trying to expand its authority. you have this one person at the head of it who is running all of it. >> reporter: president obama named richard...