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An interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in the president's comments, there is the prospect that this will be an interim appointment that extends for some period of time potentially, does that affect the quality of work that will be presented to the president from the intelligence community? >> hopefully not. i mean, steve, certainly the quality of work that will be produced i'm sure will be as excellent, as it has been to date. these people are trained professionals. the question is what is pu...

Respected naval background, but he's not an intelligence professional. >> well, in a statement on maguire's appointment, mark warner, the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee, he said maguire's success or failure in this position will be judged by the quality of work produced by the intelligence community, not by how those intelligence products make the president feel. evelyn, the fact that this is at least for right now going to be an interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in t...

Appointment we wouldn't hear these senators complaining. it is completely partisan. now, they have a point if it comes to serving for a long period of time but i suspect the president is anxious to make a permanent appointment and it will be up to the senate. if the senate takes a long, long time confirming as they have sometimes, then the interim appointment will last longer. that's in the nature of things. and the constitution certainly doesn't preclude a president from making a short-term temporary interim appointment. >> bill: topic three on immigration. you know this is red hot right now....

Founding we've had interim appointments. i agree that if the interim appointment goes on for a long period of time or if major irreversible decisions get made by a non-confirmed interim appointee that can raise some constitutional questions. this lawsuit itself is much too broad in its scope challenging the very concept of an interim appointment for a non-confirmed person. >> bill: let me read you what they're arguing. installing matthew whitaker defies constitutional law. any viewer of school house rock would recognize it. americans prize the system of checks and balances. i'm just a bill on ...

Senator to replace john kerry, mo cowan. for the first time there will be two african-americans in the senate serving at the same time. let's watch the governor. >> there is talent in every community in the commonwealth and to the extent that we can reflect that and encourage, you know, little boys and girls of color or who are poor or who come -- who grew up in marginalized circumstances to imagine what it might be like to serve the public in these ways, and i think that's a great thing. >> of course, we're talking about two out of 100, so we are inching along incrementally, but we understand...