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We think that this move is clearly supported by a plain reading of the vacancy act, the vacancy act is long established, used by presidents of both parties as a routine function and we believe this act is consistent with that long established practice. and according to another administration official, the justice department's office of legal counsel has already signed off on mulvaney's appointment, while a senior white house official said the administration hopes the dispute does not end up in court, they are ready to fight for the appointment. we're also getting a response from mick mulvaney ...

>> reporter: one of the architects of the agency, senator elizabeth warren, argued that the president was overstepping his bounds, and not following the law. in a tweet, she cited dodd frank legislation which states that the deputy director of the cfpb would serve as acting director in the absence or unavailability of the director. on saturday, the white house cited a different law, the federal vacancies reform act of 1998, to defend the appointment as a routine move. a senior white house official told reporters on a call, quote, we think that this move is clearly supported by a plain reading ...

We think this move is clearly supported by a plain reading of the vacancies act. the vacancy act is long established, used by presidents of both parties as routine function and we believe this act is consistent with that long established practice. according to another administration official the justice department office of legal counsel has already signed off on mulvaney's appointment, while a senior white house official said the administration hopes the dispute does not end up in court, they're ready to fight for the appointment. fred, i want to read part of the statement from nick mulvaney....

Cabin maintenance issue, supply issues and various things. it would be possible to do a phone patch, via dispatch to call anybody in the world, however that would take some time because that isn't a routine function they would do. >> something everybody's been talking about because i don't know how this works, because now we're finding out there are different rules regarding leaving the pilot alone in the cabin. what about air marshals? are there air marshals on planes in europe and if there had been, what would have happened? >> there are, lufthanza employs air marshals certainly to and from ...