admiral mcguire or whoever the president chooses to be the nominee for dni, will it be a political pick. this charged moment, senate republicans including mr. burr i m told by people close to him are very uneasy about these dynamics, they could the president could move in a more political direction and put the entire intelligence community really in an isolated position away from the executive. and anita back to you for a second, do you think it s fair to say this has been a historically tough week for this white house and i include in that the fact that inside reports started coming out this morning that there was indeed dissatisfaction inside the west wing with how bad yesterday looked, how badly it came off. this would be a tough week no matter who s president. there were two mass shootings over the weekend. it scrambled the president s schedule. he changed what he was doing this week.
patriotism, not reference. you should have your team, god speed, sue. now, both gordon and her boss are leaving august 15th, a week from today, and they take their institutional history with them, of course. trump also used social media tonight to say the new acting dni is joseph mcguire, the current director of the terrorism center. outgoing clashed with trump. his resignation came late last night and there had been reports trump wants to block gordon from taking over once coats left. the chairman of the senate intel committee, north carolina richard burr issued a statement calling sue gordon s departure a significant loss from the intelligence committee. vice chairman, democratic mark warner of virginia was more pointed, quote, president trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is seemingly incapable of hearing facts that contradict his own views.
and it, you know, sometimes he quickly announces someone, and sometimes he doesn t. and robert costa, back to the republicans, protests that they are losing again, the institutional memory of a multidecade career professional in sue gordon. that s regardless of how much support she could have had within the organization writ large to be the next dni. all eyes tonight on chairman burr and the senate intelligence committee. he and chairman schiff and the house democrat were encouraging the white house to stick with ms. gordon. she was a reliable set of hands to help guide this administration and this president, chairman burr issued a statement tonight saying he s supportive of admiral mcguire, he is keeping watch. will this be politicized, will admiral mcguire or whoever the president chooses to be the nominee for dni, will it be a
from today, and they take their institutional history with them, of course. trump also used social media tonight to say the new acting dni is joseph mcguire, the current director of the terrorism center. outgoing clashed with trump. his resignation came late last night and there had been reports trump wants to block gordon from taking over once coats left. the chairman of the senate intel committee, north carolina richard burr issued a statement calling sue gordon s departure a significant loss from the intelligence committee. vice chairman, democratic mark warner of virginia was more pointed, quote, president trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is seemingly incapable of hearing facts that contradict his own views. the mission of the intelligence community is to speak truth to power, yet in pushing out two dedicated public servants in as
two-headed eagle holding a set of golf clubs. that s quite a seal there in the background. very interesting. we ll find out how that could happen. good morning, everybody. it is friday, july 26, 2019. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we ll start with the senate intelligence committee talking about what it called extensive impact by russia. chairman burr said the u.s. was unprepared at all levels of government for a concerted attack. the 61-page report came out a day after robert mueller warned