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Person to that position and made him the permanent staff secretary. that is something the president could potentially do to try out a new person in the staff position. >> sara westwood in philadelphia, thank you very much. the president will be arriving there, and he will be doing the coin toss for the army/navy game. let's bring in lin sweet, the washington bureau chief at the chicago sun-times. cnn's chief media correspondent brian stelter. good to see you both. trump says the chief of staff will be out at the end of the year, so lynn, your thoughts thon? >> well, my thoughts is, is that t...

Give it a nice haircut tableside, and it's perfect. mmm!>> lin sweet? >> anthonysweet! just like i remember, back in nha trang. >> linh: ah, yeah. >> anthony: well, i'm a sentimental guy, linh. >> linh: sometimes at work, i try be serious and i just think about work. but i don't know why, when i meet you, i just think about drinking and getting something good to eat. one more cheer? >> anthony: good to see you again my friend. it's been a long time since my old friend and i met. a hell of a lot of road with this guy. one of the great joys of life is riding a scooter through vietnam. to be part...

Seems to me that that is an easy target for democrats to suggest he may be partisan. without questioning the credentials or the choices of everybody on the list it seems like a pretty logical list to me except for one, the choice of senator cornyn seems surprising to me, i'm not sure why they would want to switch horses there. but the surprising thing is they did not do the list in private before they got rid of director comey. discuss it, come out with a list, as you said, it's an apprentice-style situation. everything in this administration is a big show and big reveal instead of getting the...

Bringing that up. and next, joining us, assistant editor at "the washington post," and lin sweet, what should be the criteria for choosing the next fbi director? >> someone who has credibility and who can get confirmed by the senate without a brutal fight. two big challenges. >> david, let's show everybody those eight we know of. i don't know if you have a screen in front of you, so andrew mccain, alex fisher, judge henry hudson, also frances townsend and mike rogers we just spoke about. anybody on this list do you think gets support by republicans and democrats? >> i think there is an intrigu...

These guys flanking him. this was a president trump produced event in that way. and it has the value of surprise that will help dominate the remainder of the news cycle. >> colonel, do you know either of these gentlemen? >> i dochltd i do know general mcmaster a bit. he is shut will he without a doubt as barbara starr reported one of the most brilliant minds in the u.s. military today. it was a very wise choice on the part of president trump to do this. he has a lot of potential. he is i would say this generation's version perhaps 6 even a brent psycho croft or collin powell, both of them prev...