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Deepens and now the week looking for a new fbi chief and more. mike joins us from the white house with more. good morning, mike. >> good morning, frances. president trump and mrs. trump arrived in washington saturday evening spending most of a rainy sunday here in washington inside the white house. but president trump returning to a familiar venue, twitter. early on sunday morning, a series of tweets taking after some of his favorite subjects, the so-called fake news media telling his followers ...

But that doesnt mean hes qualified to lead the fbi. i think that most of the democratic caucus probably agrees with that statement. >> i mean, that would be an understatement. joe lieberman is also the guy who took delight in thwarting his party on things like health care. he scuttled the medicare expansion. he had a vitriolic relationship with his party in the end and became independent. the other issue is qualifications. lets go back and look at past three leaders of the fbi and what they have...

Hes doing to be thrust spoke a whole variety of issues. i really think it would be good for moral of the department and both parties to have a nonpolitician in that role. >> yimz, one of the other criteria, at least before the name lieberman floated in, hard to believe lindsey graham and john mccain, who are liebermans best friends and were his best friends when he was senator werent part of floating the name. before his name was floated, someone like lindsey graham would say, no, somebody with ...

This is rick perry, good old friend governor of texas. this is him on "fox & friends," on who he believes lieberman will be loyal to, loyalty as an important quality. >> he will make a choice that is loyal to him, loyal to the philosophy he has of making this country grade again. >> jennifer, is that the quality, the precipitation pell quality the president should be looking for in a new fbi director? >> has he learned nothing? >> talking pout rick perry. >> no. the fbi director is supposed to b...

Politician but now that its john lieberman they seem cool with it. >> dont forget former senator john lieberman did cross the aisle as sitting senator and endorsed barack obama, also sitting senators opponent. john mccain, also a sitting senator. and said at the 2008 republican convention that barack obama is a very eloquent man but lacked substance, lacked a record and was not the right guy for the job at the time. they needed someone with gravitas. i follow up on what jennifer said. bottom lin...

Donald trumps own lawyer. >> thats exactly right. lets not forgot lieberman praised the hiring of flynn as national security adviser. that should tell you everything you need to know about lieberman. another thing too, joy, given everything weve seen this week, just this week alone, donald trump should not be allowed to pick the new fbi director. it just should not be happening. we all know what hes looking for. hes looking for loyalty. not loyalty to the nation, not loyalty to the rule of the l...

But i hope the president would select joe. in many aspects, hes the finest man ive ever known. >> despite their earlier statements urging donald trump to appoint somebody above partisan fray, preferably someone with experience to be the next fbi director, republicans are super psyched about the possible pick of former democrat turned independent senator joe lieberman. al gores running made in 2000, who has no federal law enforcement experience whatsoever and who many members of his former party ...