decision in boston. are you any closer to a solicitor general who would speak on behalf of your government? i ll be making the decision over the next week about the solicitor general. okay. so my colleague hallie jackson and i, we were the two questioners there and we covered the topics i think are germane to this issue. there is a new attorney general who will have a responsibility for carrying out policy that relates to immigration and would be advising the administration on matters like that. that is jeff sessions who took the oath of office today, interestingly, the president had not at that point had a conversation with attorney general sessions about this issue. he told us that he learned the way we all did through news reports and in addition i asked him about the solicitor general because as the president is previewing that this is going to continue to be a matter in court, he has a vacancy in that top job for representing the united states before the supreme court. the
for carrying out policy that relates to immigration and would be advising the administration on matters like that. that is jeff sessions who took the oath of office today, interestingly, the president had not at that point had a conversation with attorney general sessions about this issue. he told us that he learned the way we all did through news reports and in addition i asked him about the solicitor general because as the president is previewing that this is going to continue to be a matter in court, he has a vacancy in that top job for representing the united states before the supreme court. the solicitor general. so it s a bit of news there that he s saying within the next week he plans to make that announcement. and, of course, the major part of his comments believing that they can be successful in court, calling it a political decision, which is very notable, and saying kind of again and again that he was confident. now, to give you a sense of his demeanor, since we had a chance
east. mohammad morsi promising a new egypt as he took the oath of office today, but the incoming president also making a very troubling pledge vowing to work, terrorists imprisoned in the u.s. for a plot to blow up land marks, also serving the spiritual advisor for a terrorist convicted in the entity 3 world trade center bombing. joining me is senior advisor christian whitten. good to see you. look, rachman is convicted terrorist to be sure but i don t think a lot of people realize, his fattah was cited by osama bin laden as religious authority and justification for the 9/11 attacks. so when the new president of egypt uses his very first speech
investigating lewd videos produced and shown to the crew of the aircraft carrier enterprise. the navy says the videos are full of anti-gay remarks and simulated sex acts. they feature a man identified as captain owen honors who was second in command at the time when the videos were made and is now in charge of the ship. the navy says it does not endorse or condone the videos. on the political front, five new governors are takes the oath of office today, one republican on the way out. arnold schwarzenegger of california. jerry brown taking over. the days are numbered for the so-called governator memorabilia shop at the state capital. a democrat is also taking over from a republican in minnesota. republicans are taking over the reigns in wisconsin and wyoming. and a republican is handing over power to a gop colleague in nevada. the president getting closer to naming his economic right hand man. why his choice will shape our economy for years when we come back. [ female announcer ]