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Administration as deputy sec def. he has a background in mechanical engineering, he was an executive at boeing before he joined the administration. since he has been part of the administration he has been the guy leading the charge to help create the space force which president trump wants to see as the next an newest military branch. that i'm told is how shanahan got on president trump's radar. >> geoff, hold on. let's talk about all of these departures. we will now have an acting secretary of defense, an acting attorney general, no u.n. ambassador, no interior secretary, no deputy at dhs and...

Surprisingly large number of vacancies and temporary officials at high levels of his administration, a phenomenon we haven't seen in modern time. so this is a vulnerable time for this administration. you have all of these cabinet members in acting positions at a time when the federal government is shut down for the third time in the year under president trump's watch. so when the president likes to refer to his administration as a well oiled machine, well, this is just yet another data point which points to a very different conclusion, morgan. >> a phenomenon we haven't seen in modern times in...

Overseeing mueller's russia investigation and it was all after he has been on the record criticizing the special counsel. this as nbc news reports that mueller's investigation could wrap up as early as mid-february. so joining me now now to discuss a ariana berg and cynthia ox knee, msnbc analyst. ariana let's start with you. you heard what congressman schiff had to say. if the president's legal team exert executive privilege to stop the release of mueller's report? >> it's a terrific question, very timely right now. under the special counsel regulations all that bob mueller is required to do ...