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>> hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. the question of when donald trump's rhetoric crosses the line was a subject of a bit of a lips as pivotal court hearing. prosecutors and attorneys met in front of a three-judge panel in the u.s. court of appeal for a d.c. circuit for oral arguments. the substance was the validity of a gag order imposed on the ex-president that limits what donald trump can say in public about prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff. the heart of arguments, how do you balance the first amendment rights of a defendant who was also a former president and front ru...

An interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in the president's comments, there is the prospect that this will be an interim appointment that extends for some period of time potentially, does that affect the quality of work that will be presented to the president from the intelligence community? >> hopefully not. i mean, steve, certainly the quality of work that will be produced i'm sure will be as excellent, as it has been to date. these people are trained professionals. the question is what is pu...

A new director of national intelligence has been named to replace the outgoing director dan coats. it's another acting appointment by president trump. he pit joseph mcguire, the current director of the national counterterrorism center. coats is number 2, will also now be leaving. her name sue gordon. she resigned as two other officials joined the exodus from the administration. secretary of state kimberly bryer is out after a reported clash with the white house over immigration policy. and a foreign service officer of the state department also quit, chuck park is his name, saying in a pretty s...

Respected naval background, but he's not an intelligence professional. >> well, in a statement on maguire's appointment, mark warner, the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee, he said maguire's success or failure in this position will be judged by the quality of work produced by the intelligence community, not by how those intelligence products make the president feel. evelyn, the fact that this is at least for right now going to be an interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in t...

Before we get into the understanding of constitutionality or at least in keeping with that discussion, let's remember what president trump has been doing. he's been appointing an awful lot of judges to the federal bench. and in addition to appointing judges to the federal bench, you know, last i checked the supreme court is now solid conservative majority. why do i spoke to that issue? i speak to the issue because when you raise constitutional concerns, it ends up in courts. and to the extent that it's interpreted we can argue all day and night, and i think the president has some cover, you kn...