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>> solidified. >> he's been out there on fox news blasting the mueller probe, raising questionsthe intelligence community and their role in vetting that possible link between russia and the trump campaign. he was in lock step with the president every step of the way when it came to the russia probe. that's clearly something that the president liked both on fox news and during the mueller hearing so that's why we keep saying that this was an audition. but that very, very political stance that he took for so long was something that rubbed a lot of people in the intelligence community the wrong w...

All the actings we have here. it's going to take a while. we can start talking while people see here. these aren't small agencies either. this competency question. >> the president doesn't mind it, though, chuck. he thinks -- and based on my reporting, the president truly believes he has more flexibility when he has more all these acting positions in place. he has a new acting position, obviously, with the labor secretary, who just stepped down two days ago. when i talk to folks in and around the white house, it's not necessarily homeland security. it's not necessarily dhs. it's the defense de...

Are you surprised he's not showing any remorse for his role in that prosecution agreement? wouldn't this be a good time to perhaps do that? >> i don't think that it is a good time to do it ever. he did what he thought was the right thing at the time, and it's really easy to go back and second-guess all these prosecution decisions that they make, but there may have been problems with the evidence. sometimes the environment changes. right now we have sort of an electrified environment when it comes to any allegations of sexual abuse. the #metoo movement has really been counterproductive in that ...

Is "the apprentice" said you're fired, trying to distance himself from this resignation. it's another acting position now at the labor department for president trump. >> yes. . we know president trump has no problem staffing up with acting positions. there are many, as you point out. but in this case the president did want alex acosta to go and give a full throated defense of himself and really fight back. we know this president is located to look as if he is caving to calls from democrats or others to make a move as they were calling for alex acosta's resignation. but we know this president l...

Lonna som iemers, i want to bri you in. it's continuing news as we continue with the resignation of the secretary of the department of labor. lonna, there's a new acting position in the president's cabinet. >> they both are incredibly significant. you heard the president in that stunning 30 minutes on the south lawn actually name check alex acosta's heritage and say that, you know, maybe a harvard, that may have made things harder on hip. but i want to focus on your second question. there's this long list of officials. these are folks who have not gone through the senate confirmation process w...