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Chairman rogers, what do you make of this new "washington post" report now? >> it's very concerning for me if it in fact is true. the president seems to have a very hollywood, sinister view of what american intelligence is about and not concerned with the russians and how they conduct themselves around the world. a, it's absolutely wrong and, b, it's a little offensive because you're telling our adversaries it's kind of okay to do what you do, keep at it. that is, in my mind, a little bit dangerous. the russian, by the way, will take it that way. >> eric, just from your standpoint, i'm wonderi...

From being the chief law enforcement officer which is an executive function. >> with that i'd like to welcome in my panel for this hour. intelligence and national security reporter kendall and white house burro chief and analyst phillip rucker and washington burro chief and msnbc contributor kimberly atkins and editor of the resurgent, eric ericsson. i want to start with who is matt whitaker and how strange and outside the norm it is to have somebody not confirmed by the senate do this job. >> it's unconstitutional. that may be the subject. matthew whitaker is a politician, a former college fo...

>> ally, thank you so much for your reporting. good luck out there. i hope you have time to sneak in a massage or something because it sounds like you'll be on the road for awhile longer. appreciate it. >> eric, i want you to weigh in on something, rick scott accusing nelson who he's obviously running against in the senate race of committing out right fraud in all of this. what is your take on where the rhetoric would be? we're seeing it elsewhere in arizona and even the nrsc sent e-mails that suggestion the election is rigged or crooked. the president is weighing in on this, as well. at what ...

End of last week this is likely to be a very short interim appointment. trump is looking at other candidates and facing some pressure to not select whitaker for the permanent job. we'll see how long it lasts. >> eric, you've interviewed whitaker in the context of iowa and politics. what's your measure of the man? >> you know, listen, i think he's a political animal. you know, going back to ken's point, in the position in the camp that he can't be attorney general because the constitution constitutional. article two, section two, clause two principle officers have to be confirmed by the senate ...

This time. >> eric ericsson, this is your home state. what do you make of this statistic? >> you know, look, i definitely think stacy abrams ran a campaign different from other democrats we've seen in the last 20 years where she ran a progressive campaign. most democrats sounded republican. she ran a campaign on gun control issues, getting rid of some private school initiatives in the state. so i definitely think that hurt her, but actually, she got closer to the republicans than anyone else and part of that, the exit polling shows is 2% of particularly white women in the suburbs in metro atla...