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We know from reports that mattis was apparently a break at the situation room table in saying, we shouldn't pull out of the iran nuclear deal. we should be cautious. since we've been without a secretary of defense for six months which never happened before in the history of the united states, this has taken off. and john bolton has controls of the plane and he is flying it. john bolton is committed to regime change in iran. >> we have no defense secretary, as you said, we won't have a defense secretary for a long time. we have a new acting one, who maybe is taking over tomorrow. that sort of v...

Americans, a sign that the iranians are belligerent and fomenting instability across the region. from the iranian side they've denied all responsibility and simply said the iranian attacks here in the gulf of oman and rocket attacks need investigation and are suspicious. all part of that growing sense of suspicion and unease. >> such a critical time. and now the acting defense secretary is out, and this is time when we really need stability. >> and another acting one. >> sam, thank you. under fire the president's own hand picked head of the federal reserve now once again feeling the heat. th...

These hearings to confirm the new department of defense head would even get some pushback from republicans in there asking some serious questions about how this person would counter the president if they think the president is wrong on something like syria in the future. >> vivian, what do you know about the defense secretary, the new acting one and currently deputy patrick shanahan? >> so patrick shanahan was an executive with boeing prior to taking any role. he was looked at in 2017 as a possible candidate for the defense secretary job, essentially being passed over and mattis taking the job...

Obviously that dealt with things like iran-contra and the monica lewinsky episode under bill clinton. the act generally worked but was allowed to expire in 1999 and hasn't happened seriously since then. >> the process now of picking a special prosecutor, if that's going to happen, maybe the deputy attorney general will take this over. we only have an acting one right now. one has been nominated to be the new one. but they would just pick somebody? >> they would and that's why the old process is so much better. the trump administration the past few days have been very hands on in choosing deput...

Because he didn't have to labor under that charge. a law was passed in 1978 that said if there's a serious charge of a federal offense against a president or someone who is a high official, the attorney general goes to a three-judge panel and they appoint a special prosecutor and the person charged has the chance to clear his name. all the way from the time of richard nixon all the way through bill clinton there were special prosecutors appointed obviously that dealt with things like iran-contra and the monica lewinsky episode under bill clinton. the act generally worked but was allowed to exp...