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Notified the house judiciary committee that acting attorney general matt whitaker will not, i repeat, will not appear before tomorrow's scheduled hearing if the house issues a subpoena to him. joining me now, msnbc correspondent garrett hake live on the hill. what does this all mean? >> reporter: stephanie, if everything stays as it is right now, ting means we should still expect to see whitaker on the hill tomorrow. here's how we got here. house democrats were very concerned that whitaker would choose not to show up here unless they subpoena him or if he came and declined to answer questions,...

What we deliver by delivering. president trump is defending his choice of matthew whitaker as interim attorney general following the firing of jeff sessions. today, president trump praised his new interim ag tweeting, matthew g. whitaker is a highly respected former u.s. attorney from iowa. he was chosen by jeff sessions to be his chief of staff. mr. whitaker is highly thought of by joni ernst and many more. i feel certain he will make an outstanding acting attorney

An investigation could set a bad precedent for republicans down the line when a democrat is in charge? >> and i answered your question, s.e. i said, no. and the reason i said no is because i think the presumption that there's going to be a problem is misplaced. i remember being on a cnn panel with seven others the night jim comey was fired and all i heard from everybody else on that panel was how terrible it was that the russia investigation had been ended by firing jim comey. i was the only one who repeatedly stood up for the fact that the rest of the fbi was going to keep doing its job and l...

Announcing the appointment of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general. coincidental coincidentally, i'm sure whitaker has been a vocal critic of the mueller investigation which he'll now be charged with overseeing. next in the path of trump tornado, the president turned his wrath towards the prez for daring to ask him questions. after a chaotic press conference on wednesday, the white house pulled the press pass of cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta. when asked if acosta's pass would be permanently revoked, trump doubled down by saying more press passes could be pulled in the f...

Hopeful about what the next weeks and months are going to bring. >> so the first thing the president did when it was clear the republicans would keep the senate was fire jeff sessions because he could. now, some are saying not to worry, the mueller investigation will be just fine. democrats will have options. are you worried about the integrity of that investigation? >> i think everybody has to be worried about it because i think the reason that, you know, mr. whitaker was not the first, second, third or fourth person you'd think of, there is actually a succession system in place that would ha...