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>> yes, laughter there on the judiciary committee on capitol hill. garrett haake joining us, dana milbank, here in new york msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and maya wiley. and from los angeles greg brower, friends with matthew whitaker. worked when he was at fbi. gar e, we'll sta garrett, we'll start with you on the hill. when they reconvene we'll rejoin the hearing in progress. garrett, we'll start with you. just summarize what we have heard so far. >> sure. so far, craig, it's been a confrontational, combative and apparently sometimes comedic hearing as matthew whitaker has tried to slow ...

Arguing that the top democratic seat on that committee shouldn't be handed out purely on the basis of seniority. she was arguing that she should be in contention for the top job, if it opened up. now, at the time zoe loftgren wrote this letter, the ranking member position, the top democratic position on that committee was not open. it was held by longtime, long, long, longtime congressman, john conyers. at the time of that letter, it would be months still before john conyers would announce his resignation in the wake of a whole bunch of sexual misconduct allegations against him. even before jo...

Leadership in the white house recognized his talent and gar e garage -- graduated number one at west point and somebody beloved by he people he worked with and the relationship he has with the president is probably second to none. i have to tell you there's a lot of people on capitol hill thrilled with this pick. whatever role he goes into i think you'll see a broad consensus, broad support for him both in the senate and house. >> bill: what do you think of the churn we're seeing in the administration now? look, you do these jobs for a year it seems to be standard practice for previous adminis...

Sort of number cooking. it sort of lost the history a little bit. but it was a big policy debate of the earlier yearings of the bush administration. and the numbers were blatantly cooked. if you brought that inside the cbo, that would be a real problem. >> it's a mixed story. i would have to hope that you and others in the media are saying look, you guys are hacks. we have any number of peter peterson front organize gags eization saying we have to cut social security, get rid of medicare whatever it might be. i'm not sure that that would be quiet a e a e as bad as a story. they were saying tha...