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Him have done. what's your reaction to that? >> i think he did do a variety of veterans day ceremonies honoring our troops. i think the troops respect the fact that we do have a white house investing in the military for the first time in a lock time. as a veteran i appreciate that. i appreciate the effort to get tough on china and reorient our entire strategy. the best thing we can do is find out what can we do to make our patch of grass better than how we found it. you mentioned the honor flight, this is a beautiful thing, we have democrats, republicans, independents, people of all stripes co...

But trump's appointment of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general has drawn concern about mueller's future. whitaker will oversee the probe in his new role and has in the past raised questions about the legitimacy of the investigation and mueller's appointment as special counsel. meanwhile, senator jeff flake and fellow judiciary member chris coons will be pushing to protect mueller. joining me is senator chris coons. it's good to see you after -- i feel like it's been too long since i saw any of you in the halls of the capitol. it's been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the election. tha...

In his new role and has in the past raised questions about the legitimacy of the investigation and mueller's appointment as special counsel. meanwhile, senator jeff flake and fellow judiciary member chris coons will be pushing to protect mueller. joining me is senator chris coons. it's good to see you after -- i feel like it's been too long since i saw any of you in the halls of the capitol. it's been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the election. thank you for being here. i want to start with that legislation you have with senator flake. mitch mcconnell seems to be on the record. he was sayin...

Senator collins talked about protecting the mueller investigation. you've seen senator flake who's got a couple months left there. i'm hoping they will ensure the integrity of that. these positions whether they're acting or permanent are there to actually serve a function, which is for the united states of america and the people in this country and instead the reason we have supreme court kavanaugh and acting attorney general whitaker is because they said something that helps the president get around the rules. they wrote it at one point or said it at one point. what are these people really ab...

I think there are good reasons to have doubts about now justice kavanaugh's candor to the committee and fitness to serve given his very partisan screen in the last hearing in front of the judiciary committee last friday. i wasn't trying to persuade senator flake or others not to vote their conscience and not to reflect their states and values in electing a conservative judge, i was trying to help him focus what legitimate questions there were about this particular conservative judge. >> let me get your response to senator collins floor speech in her yes vote. >> i have been alarmed and disturb...