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Political appointee by the president, heir to the johnson and johnson fortune, owner of the new york jets, fired the number two at the embassy who was a career foreign service officer simply because he mentioned barack obama in a speech that he gave to british college students. go ahead had the let that sink? >> mike. >> we've got that in london at the embassy, but back here in washington, d.c. at the state department, could you speak to the crippling of the state department in terms of people nobody ever hears about, the pe people to keep that department functioning and servicing embassies ar...

>> i think last summer we all started to think this is something that could happen at any time, the president started tweeting, there was a "new york times" story where he expressed disappointment. the most part this was expected at some point that the attorney general would move on. last month i think the president said he was safe until after the midterms. i think people saw the midterms as a marker and how soon after that was anybody's guess. i don't think it was a complete surprise. maybe that it happened so soon after but i think it was generally understood that there would be some change...

Special counsel robert mueller's funding. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller but he reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to a halt. >> attorney general whitaker is on the job this morning on the california shooting, the supreme court for just a kavanaugh also overseeing the russia investigation. >> i don't know why -- right, i'm saying, you are asking me if he is recused from it, why would he? i am asking, why would he be recused? because cnn keeps playing a clip of what he said as a private citizen? >> ...