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Spokesman said in part no state receives special treatment from the d.o.t., noting kentucky was the 26th in population and 25th in d.o.t. money under the trump administration. let's turn to some breaking news overseas in the middle east. iran has agreed to release u.s. permanent resident and lebanese citizen who has been imprisoned by tehran for years on charges he was spying for the u.s.. it comes as the foreign minister said yesterday the u.s. cannot expect to stay safe after launching what he described as an economic war against tehran one he blames trump for launching. the only way to st...

People are doing this and getting free flights with their pets. >> that's why congress has come in. they're making the dot, the department of transportation, look at this carefully. they're looking out for comments. they're asking the department of transportation to do is put the regulations in line with the department of justice. which is the department of justice is not required to accommodate emotional support animals. you don't see them on buses and trains. you don't see them in stadiums. that's what the airlines would like as well. the problem is, the people with the disability, with a su...

>> does that make sense to you? does that -- i know you're a plaintiff's attorney and gone after boeing. does it make the sense the faa would take the lead of the company? seems like a conflict of interest. >> no. when i was inspector general of the d.o.t., we were constantly investigating why the faa seemed to be a toothless tiger and took the boeing's word for it and took the airlines' words for it. it's not just for boeing, it's not like they have a special treatment for boeing. the faa does its job through a series largely of designated inspectors and, for example, at boeing, the inspector...

Questions that they certified the 787 and that has serious problems. they certified the 737 max 8 and that had deadly problems. so i don't think there is a rush to get these planes back in the air. i think you are looking at weeks, maybe even months. >> mary, i want to go back to something you said, the faa takes the lead of the manufacturer. >> right. >> does that make sense to you? does that -- i know you're a profess plaintiff's attorney and gone after boeing. does it make the sense the faa would take the lead of the company? seems like a conflict of interest. >> no. when i was inspector ge...

Another busy one on tap. rod rosenstein expected to step down next month. the departure after former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe revealed an inside job to remove donald trump from office using the 25th amendment. griff jenkins live in washington with how the president is responding. >> reporter: the president is not the only one responding, we previously reported, bill barr took over. the confirmation that barr will replace rosenstein with jeffrey rosen. he previously served as general counsel and senior policy advisor for the office of management and budget under george w. bush, the dot...