dough miss particular violence. -- domestic violence. gillian turner has more from washington. >> reporter: mark esper is slated to become acting secretary of defense starting monday. but last night the white house announced president trump hopes to ultimately make the secretary gig permanent. esper served at the army secretary for a year and-a-half now and the a announcement of his appointment comes on the heels of patrick shanahan's withdrawal of consideration from the secretary of defense post this past tuesday. >> mark esper, who is a highly respected gentleman with a great career, a tremendous talent, was just named acting secretary of defense. i think he'll do very well. >> reporter: the white house has been touting his resume, saying he's a former vice president of government relations and a defense contractor. he's worked under senate committees. he has a doctorate in public policy and is a recipient of a dod medal. news that the president hopes to make esper permanent went over