the firestorm. could that go a long way? >> well, we do know that this -- the attorney general serves at the pleasure of the president and it is up to the president to determine who serves on his cabinet. so i would love to see him make a nomination and whoever that nomination is we will provide advice and consent for the president. but we do want someone that does have integrity and will uphold the law. >> sandra: it all happens ahead of government funding talks. how is that starting to shape up and what that might look like? >> we do know that we need to get our budget -- appropriations bill done and we need to do that in short order before funding runs out and we want to make sure we're working towards the president's goal as well as making sure that we're securing the border. certainly i would love to see us proceed without a government shutdown. so that means we need to be communicating quite clearly with the white house and doing the absolute best we can to