throw a monkey wrench into the process. and he s ordering haldeman to make sure anna chennault stays active. nixon had always denied any personal knowledge of anna chennault s behavior, and wow, all of a sudden here he is in haldeman s notes saying keep anna chennault working on the south vietnamese, any way else we can monkey wrench johnson s initiatives. it was not just one casual remark. it s a whole battle plan. the very next day after nixon orders his chief of staff to monkey wrench it to keep anna chennault on the job, telling saigon to not go along with the peace talks, the very next day, anna s friend, south vietnam s man in d.c., he wires his superiors in saigon, he says this, quote, many republican friends have contacted me and encouraged us to stand firm.
throw a monkey wrench into the process. and he s ordering haldeman to make sure anna chennault stays active. nixon had always denied any personal knowledge of anna chennault s behavior, and, wow, all of the sudden here he is in haldeman s notes saying keep anna chennault working on the south vietnamese. any way else we can monkey wrench johnson s initiatives. it was not just one casual remark, it s a whole battle plan. the very next day after nixon orders his chief of staff to monkey wrench it, to keep anna chennault on the job, telling saigon to not go along with the peace talks, the very next day, anna s friend, bui diem, saigons a man in washington, d.c., he wires his superiors back home. he says this, quote, many republican friends have contacted me and encouraged us
and when they go to court, that s when we find out what they do. let me play a little bit more of what the president said. matt whitaker, acting attorney general on the job, picked, we all believe, because of the things he said on cnn about being opposed to the investigation. if whitaker decides to limit or curtail the investigation, are you okay with that? look, it s going to be up to him. i think he s very well aware politically, he s astute politically, a very smart person, very respected person. he s going to do what s right. the fight has shifted on capitol hill in washington, which is what will matt whitaker do and can democrats keep him in check? president trump knows what matt whitaker wants to do. this is why he s in the job and why jeff sessions was fired. there isn t a coincidence here. he knows, he s pretending to
a recess appointment, that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but reduces the budget so low the investigation grinds to a halt. reporter: with the president after session s resignation whitaker oversees the justice department and the special counsel russia investigation. march 17th recusal from the probe drove a wedge between himself and the president. there will be an investigation, to obstruct the investigation. reporter: the justice department shakeup was about disruption. it is commendable and notable to argue for continuum by having the chief of staff beauty attorney general and their on-the-job be the acting attorney general to a permanent replacement to be nominated and keeping in his job as deputy attorney general mister rosenstein.
anything for the mueller probe? ari fleischer will join us at the top of the next hour to react. bill: nancy pelosi setting her sights on the speaker s gavel again, but can she get enough democrats to back her on-the-job? democrats are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve, and not have it be a rubber stamp.