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Memberships. we'd like to see democrats follow suit. >> you mentioned steve king. the president, correct me if i'm wrong, has not condemned steve king. he was praising white supremacy. has the president come out publicly and said anything to criticize -- >> i have talked about that a number of times pip aoed refer you back to those comments where i used words like abhorrent and unacceptable. john? >> reporter: we're getting word that the president plans to nominate patrick shanahan later this weekend to be the secretary of defense, elevating him from the acting position. can you tell us whethe...

Committees. house democrats are focused on allegations that there was an effort by the president to influence the cohen investigation by getting the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york reassigned to the case. he had earlier recused himself. these issues came up during recent testimony. here is the acting attorney general matt whitaker from a few weeks ago. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> justice department has maintained that whitaker, who is ...

>> i think it's very interesting because the department of defense is one of the most critical functions of the u.s. government, and it's really important not only from a stability factor from the messaging that it sends to foreign powers that we have a permanent a second in place as the secretary, as the actual confirmed secretary. to put mr. shanahan in an acting position probably goss an octobering not only to the department of defense but also to mr. shanahan. i would suggest the president really look very carefully at making sure we have a permanent replacement for secretary mattis in tha...

Brazenly corrupt. there will have to be a look by the inspector general. three if he ever does take any action to block this probe, after being told, informally or formally, they asked for the opinion informally, told he's supposed to recuse and he didn't, he's going to have to face real questions of whether he's making a criminal act. >> frank figliuzzi, can you jump in and add on anything you'd want to know about what sort of commitments or signals matt whitaker has sent before he ignores the advice of the doj ethics office? he's also in this funky position where they've sort of contorted a ...

Peoples' names that were being dandy about, chris christie and david bossi, were actually in serious consideration. >> the president goes into the weekend with a little bit of news. that story, we are going to take it off the page. >> i... i'm not interested in staffing changes as much as i get, i'm supposed to be. people i won't mention, santorum, claiming they are out and not out. >> like loading their names? >> come on. >> mle? >> to point out for our viewers, the role of an acting position, there are limits to that. the fact that the president appointed him, chief of staff -- >> you can be...