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Vice president of the united states. if anything, there are cynical about this town. how do you explain that one? >> mo: i have the same problem with joe lieberman that i had when john quarantine was being floated. given where we are right now and the heightened sensitivity as we have to the role of the fbi, having someone who was not political, i dont care what party, democrat, republican, independent, having someone who is not a politician, having someone who was a professional law enforcement...

And mike rogers. any particular name you want to throw out there? >> meghan: i love fred townsend. i like the idea of having a woman had the fbi. maybe its too political for democrats, but it is a really sad day for me when people like chuck schumer and al franken are so deeply politicizing this. joe lieberman helped cofound -- he doesnt consider himself a democrat or republican anymore. he is of sound moral character. it was so surprising to me how vilified he became. i dont know you, but pleas...

Trump personally. trumps lawyer basically has lieberman on the payroll. to me, thats far more of an issue. i would like to think joe lieberman could rise above that. the problem is perception. its the perception of having a conflict. the democrats arent pinning him on that. >> mo: democrats have talked about that. i do think that is a serious point. democrats didnt do that. >> sandra: when you have a problem with andrew mccabe? >> mo: im not going to judge the actual career people. >> sandra: mi...

Thompson, former assistant attorney general alice fisher who served under george w. bush and paula bates, he is the career fbi agent in the mix, currently assistant director for cybersecurity divisions at the bureau. if theres a second bucket of potential nominees, well call them congressional picks. in this case, mike rogers former house intelligence committee chairman, a former fbi agent and republican. congressman trey gaudi a former prosecutor who led the probe into the 2012 benghazi care te...

Deputy attorney general ray thompson, former assistant attorney general alice fisher who served under george w. bush and paula bates, he is the career fbi agent in the mix, currently assistant director for cybersecurity divisions at the bureau. if theres a second bucket of potential nominees, well call them congressional picks. in this case, mike rogers former house intelligence committee chairman, a former fbi agent and republican. congressman trey gaudi a former prosecutor who led the probe in...

Assistant director for the criminal andwhh cyber divisionsn the bureau. a second bucket of potential nominees. congressional picks in this case mike rogers former house intelligence chairman, former fbi agent and republican. congressman tray who led the probe into the benghazi attack and the senate minority whip from texas. and john pistol 27 years at the retired as a deputy director before serving as tsa administrator. fred townsend widely respected here in washington who served homeland securi...

Policy and as a result has been considered for secretary of state. if it gets it, he would be glad to serve. >> were getting new information about the director of national intelligence. what are you hearing? >> our own jim acosta reporting there are three people under consideration to head d nirks i, the director of the national intelligence agency, former senator dan cotes, and the former homeland security adviser fred townsend from the bush administration. so as were talking about now donald t...

Another person of interest sat down with trump today. david petraeus wants a highly sought out official whose government career imploded. petraeus was sentenced to two yea years. they are to provide information and having made false statements to the fbi. for now, they say, the president-elect continuing to weigh all options. >> the president-elect is really taking these meetings very seriously. he wants to make sure hes making the absolute best decision for all the different positions. >> repor...

This because news channels were showing cooking shows and documentaries about penguins rather than showing what is happening in the largest city in the country. so not only by putting pressure on the media, hes losing the legitimacy and credibility of other institutions in turkey. >> our correspondents are still on both sides of that square covering all of the conflict. well continue to check in with them. our panel, thank you all. well dig deeper into the implications for the u.s. from national...

0 now. we have breaking news. a police crackdown on protesters picking up again over the last several hours in turkey, now spreading to turkeys capital. this is taksim square in istanbul. what began as a protest last month as a protest bulldozing a park nearby has evolved into something bigger. what youre seeing has ebbed and flowed throughout the evening. police moving in, then regrouping. many protesters leaving. some digging in. the situation heating up again within the past hour or so. as we...