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Currently on the attorney general position? i know youre happy with matthew whitaker. do you have any names? chris christie? the president responds matthew whitaker is a very respected man, and very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice, just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, he was with jeff sessions. and, you know, look, as far as im concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have be...

>> following the speech overlooking paris, president trump will head back to the united states. that means hell skip the opening day of the piece form, a three day global peace summit and it stands in contrast to the presidents americas first policies. >> john roberts a beautiful situation there reporting from just outside paris. >> chris: now, lets bring in kelleyanne conway. welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you for having me. >> chris: lets start with the presidents appointments of ma...

>> chris: congresswoman harmon, some of your former democratic colleagues in congress are already calling this a constitutional crisis before whitaker does anything. on one of the other shows the democratic leaders saying he must recuse himself. do you think they are overreacting? >> laissez a fond farewell to jeff sessions. >> you are the only one to say that. >> i am saying that on armistice day. hes a patriotic american who is a devout conservative. he served his constituency well. his servic...

Recused general. so its not even clear to any of us that mr. whitaker knows about the investigation. if youre talking about his statements as a private citizen a year and half ago when it first started and what he set on cable tv, i dont think it disqualify someone from being the chief law enforcement officer. >> since you referenced at lets talk about it. whitaker has a lot to say about molar. here he is about a possible way to shut down the special couns counsel. >> i can see a scenario where ...

Any idea what the president might have had, leaving the domestic issues behinds, they evach rat e-- evan rated quickly and started with tweets during his flight to paris. >> reporter: the president sent several tweets on the six-hour flight over here as hes trying to put physical distance between he and his problems back home. it really hasnt been a banner week for president trump. not only did he fire sessioatto general jeff session, hes dealing with scrutiny over he picked to replace sessions,...

Presidents business and personal finances has come up to a red line hes dangerously close to crossing and if he didnt limit his concerns that it was just a witch hunt. whitaker seemed to foreshadow what he might do now that hes acting attorney general. i can see a scenario where jeff session is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesnt fire bob mueller but reduces his budget so low his investigation grinds to an -- almost a halt. >> reporter: whitaker spent years on the...

>> but the enstory is situational ethics. things to look out for here, first of all, the focus on the caravan, the alleged illegal immigrant invasion. discussion of the caravan has basically evaporated since election day. >> its only been two days. >> but the other thing. >> it was an inp. if would not go away unless it was a political ploy and i dont want to be so sell. this the area be targeted to the central american community and mexican communities? >> we have only 30 seconds this, happens ...

Important to put it in the broader context. we dont have evidence that these are the scary folks that the conservatives are trying to make them out to be, so it looked like this is another deterrent, but for people who might be more in need. >> so to teds point. this is legal. weve been seeing this for now nas the caravan is. they want to stop them. >> but the way they want to stop them is the -- conservatives said throughout that% cant maintain it, they have to -- now the represent canful which...

Of the country. i think the idea that you sparked, what will be interesting is if this immigration turnout backfired, will he shake up his inner circle? will he shake up steve miller? will he shake up john kelly? are they the one he decides you gave me the wrong advice week, in deeper problem than we possibly could have imagined and do you see a shake-up there. >> i dont think those two are going somewhere, but jeff session, lindsey graham. >> and lindsey graham is like passing his resume. >> no...

How concerned might they be about copy cats? >> i think in this environment and, listen, i do think we are sort of in a political high atmospheric level here. i do think theres some of that. you have to wonder if youre a copycat, you have to consider just how competent the united states government is in tracking down this stuff. so maybe theres a measure of trepidation since we were able to get this guy so quickly. >> dana: now the latest from washington, catherine herridge. are you there? >> re...