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Know who donald trump is. that is the big thing we should focus on. we have to get back to bread and butter issues, the things that voters want to hear about. the nomination process will allow us to have the marketplace to have these things discussed. >> adriana, how is this drama playing out with republicans youre talking to? >> well, i think what republicans see is that democrats, were the party, including joe biden and bernie sanders, were the part of a generation that incarcerated black men ...

Runs well, because hes not so far to the left with that group. and yet the progressives who dominate the nomination process, they want someone like elizabeth warren who raised her hand on the medicare for all question yesterday. and was alone with the exception of bill de blasio. the tension lies between pragmatism and real sharp progressivism. >> you know who we didnt hear about last night? barack obama wasnt mentioned during the debate. i guarantee you, joe biden may mention him, and where tha...

Ongoing wars if iraq and afghanistan. tell me about acting secretary mark espers first day on the job? >> reporter: he walked up the steps into the pentagon. he has been the army secretary for years, now he is the acting defense secretary. the president says he plans to nominate him. the word around the pentagon is once he is nominated, federal regulation will require him to step down during the nomination process and we could have another acting secretary something like four defense chiefs in s...

Article 2 authority to protect the united states and the congress be damned. thats why we have to pass this by next week. >> we had heard perhaps it was the people at the pentagon who cautioned against doing this. maybe it was someone from the joint chiefs. we also have heard -- we know john bolton is hawkish on iran. we know that secretary of state pompeo is. weve heard that gina haspel of the cia was arguing for military action. now in the past hour, you notice i didnt mention a defense secret...

Expecting to be confirmed as defense secretary. joining us now is senator chris murphy who is on the senate foreign relations committee. sir, thank you very much for joining us tonight. its nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> so one of the consequences of this story is i think some senators have expressed concern that they didnt know about this. shanahan was confirmed as a deputy defense secretary in the past. he was well into the nomination process at this point. theyd had no word. the...

Administration threaten brand-new wars against both venezuela and iran, and now today patrick shanahan, the longest ever nonconfirmed only acting defense secretary in u.s. history is himself out because the white house apparently did its usual bang-up job of vetting high-profile important nominees and they never noticed the huge bloody domestic violence crime and tragedy in his familys recent history, which shanahan has been desperately trying to keep secret while he was also expecting to be con...

New concerns this morning about who is serving in the presidents cabinet. and frankly how they got there. patrick shanahan has withdrawn his name from the nomination process. "the washington post" and others have unearthed nearly decade-old information of domestic violence within his family. should the white house have caught this issue? should the fbi have caught this issue? should the senate have caught this issue when they confirmed him as deputy defense secretary? joining me now is angus kin...

Confirmed so i guess -- my guess is this is the appropriate course of action. but why did it reach this point mid-june when this could have been resolved six months ago. >> and im told president trump on the way to marine one on the way to orlando just said he will most likely nominate army secretary mark esper to fill the role. who knows. phil, youve been through the confirmation process. shanahan was confirmed by the senate as jeff pointed out to serve as deputy secretary of defense in 2017. w...

From the very first debate for these candidates. that will be in miami at the end of the month. leyla santiago, cnn, cedar rapids, iowa. and now to the race for britains top job. it is at a critical point. who will be there at number 10? 11 conservative lawmakers are hoping to replace theresa may as the party leader and then as the prime minister of that nation. and the nomination process ends in just a few hours. that means if the candidates dont get the support of at least eight lawmakers be...

Back to this notion that roe v. wade is the law of the land. and in my opinion it should be defended and supported. the majority of the american people and a comfortable majority, actually, support that. and so i just think we should have policies that reflect that position, which is where a majority of the american people are. >> thank you, congressman. appreciate you being here. >> thank you, michael. >> what are your thoughts? tweet me at smerconish. go to my facebook page. catherine, what do...