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And that would be awkward now she is p cooperacooperating. back to you. >> thank you. the president has three weeks to find a new chief of staff. a source tells cnn he is quote super pissed how the effort is going. his only initial pick nick ayers has ultimately said no to the job. the list of candidates looks like this. it keeps fluctuating. >> a source telling cnn that the president questioned one on the list. david bossie was working with the house during the clinton investigation. and one another candidate? mark meadows. chairman of the freedom caucus and has expertise on how house overs...

Falls and to develop a viable plan for governance before isis is defeated. what comes next is a lesson that the pentagon has learned and relearned several times. bret. >> john roberts live on the north lawn. john, thank you. what do you think the u.s. should do about sir ra i can't? let me know on twitter or facebook. there are some serious questions here in washington tonight about just how much the president's initial pick for national security advice or made it known his past through the vetting process. this comes after word that retired general michael flynn was actually working for a for...

Chiefs chair dempsey, and they believe that added to what the public knows about benghazi and was the right way to go about this. when brennan comes up to be cia director expect another one of these circumstances but for tonight this is a setback for hagel. it's part of the process. it doesn't derail it but it's a difficult day for chuck hagel. >> kristin welker, are you hearing any reaction from the white house? >> reporter: i can tell you they're working on a statement, martin, right now. they do still continue to stand by their belief that he will ultimately be confirmed. to your point this...

Choosing as their line of attack against her? obviously the initial pick and then withdrawal of general boykin was to me the biggest red flag i could possibly imagine. it was like they chose orley tates to come in there and question her. do you have any sense of what direction they're going? >> well, i think the general theme, you're going to hear the military issues, even though the whole time she was there the military were rabl to recruit on campus. you're going to hear that and then you're going to hear this political thing, which i think is really interesting. you look at sand ra day o'co...

Choosing as their line of attack against her? obviously the initial pick and then withdrawal of the general was to me the biggest red flag i could possibly imagine. it was like they chose orlee tates to run in and question her. >> even though the whole time she was there, the military were able to recruit on campus. i think you're going to hear that and then you're going to hear the political thing, which i think is really interesting. you look at sandra day o'connor. she was actually the elected senate majority leader republican in arizona, or my colleague john cornyn has served as a judge an...