reporter: well, i think at first you have to take his words at face value you because they do really mean something. he is the president of the philippines and the things he says matters. when he got in front of the business forum and say he would separate military and economically from the united states, that caused shockwaves through the international diplomatic community. economically speaking, separation, we are not sure what that means. militarily, it is clear. if both sides separate, the defense treaty and obligation that exists with the country would go away and also means the relatively small u.s. military presence in the philippines would also go away. that could easily change the balance of power in the south china sea. one of the hot spots in terms of geo politics in the world today. there is the thought, though, that because president duterte
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i m george howell. i m christine romans. it is tuesday, january 31st. 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is hard to overstate the nature of the rapid developments we saw in washington overnight. in a move that evokes president nixon s mass firings in 1973, the trump administration creating a level of chaos after a week and a half on the job. a new acting attorney general has been sworn in to replace the old acting ag sally yates after she did not defend the travel ban in court. the u.s. attorney for eastern virginia, dana boente took the oath and quickly rescinded yates order. more on that in a moment. evan perez joins us with the latest. reporter: george and christine, in an extraordinary series of events, president trump fired sally yates, the
the new ag is dana boente. he will remain in office until the senate confirms jeff sessions later this week. christine and george. the new acting attorney general issued a statement reversing the predecessor s earlier directive. based upon the office of legal counsel analysis, which found the executive order lawful on its face and properly drafted, i hear by direct the men and women to do our sworn duty and defend the orders of our president. reaction has been strong on both sides. lawmakers highlighting different legal interpretations of the ban and the widening political gulf. the firings of sally yates under scores how important it is to have an attorney general to stand up to the white house. the attorney general should be loyal and pledge fidelity to the law, not the white house,