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Wattore and reportedly some oxygen. his distressed parents by his side. they want to take him out of the country for alternative care, but have been stopped by the british government. dr. segal joins us to talk about the tough case. thank you for joining us what do you make of where we are in the case? >> it is really a shocking case, shannon. so many people are conflicted. there's so much debate. what is shocking it is not just the rationing case. it is not just the case where the national health service, which is not surprisingly very, very unpopular in great britain coming out of the recess...

Work, even when it's not easy, because we believe in the fbi. clearly it has got to be a morale issue. zerlina, what do you think the gop will do in terms of interpreting that? >> christopher wray is in a really tough position. he's a trump appointee, the person who came in after the president abruptly fired james comey. so he is supposed to be the person who is a trump ally, according to the white house, or at least in trump's mind. but he's correct. the fbi and the department of justice are separate entities and they should be independent from the political conversation that's going on. and ...

Officers' school, we've hired over 3 million this year. so there is no hollowing out. the numbers people are throwing out are just false. >> what is your take on that? >> well, andrea, first of all, this is now the 11th month of this new administration, so it's no longer new, and the reorganization plan is nowhere to be found, which is causing in and of itself a morale issue within the state department. we do know that there has been an exodus of experienced, key, high-level officials at the state department, there are a lot of unfilled positions at the state department, we know that people ar...

Sure, there is a morale issue. >> you saw this week there were a lot of stories, statements on the hill by supporters of secretary tillerson like john mccain, bob corker, calling into question this redesign effort he has at the state department. a letter by the president of the foreign service association saying they're leaving in droves, that the foreign service and the state department are being hollowed out. now, the numbers don't necessarily suggest, a kind of mass exodus but at the same time there is this morale problem at the state department. everyone acknowledges they don't feel as if ...

First took office. and talked about the issues that it has caused, talked about the morale issue, is there a sense at all that those conversations and sentiments are getting through to the top brass, to the secretary of state and even others in other departments? >> i mean look, i think secretary tillerson is very press shy. he has an insular attitude. it's hard to really ask him these questions. the people at the state department, there are some, i have to say, a lot of career employees have been serving in these acting positions and they are advising him, but you have, you know, 25,000 emplo...