reportedly discussing among themselves about using their own constitutional power to stop the president. what those who talked already have said to the committee and what others might say, we just don t know, but what they could say given the positions they held and what they were privy to is formidable. they include secretary of state mike pompeo, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house select committee, perhaps as soon as this week. also former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who we learned today has already been interviewed by the committee. negotiations are underway with the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, for a sitdown with him. and finally there s former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, who we spoke with earlier this week on the program. he was spotted on his way out, after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the attack happene
invoking the 25th amount to remove the former president from office. t one of the people mnuchin talked to was then secretary of state mike pompeo. cnn s own report sg that the select committee is especially interested now in learning more about such cabinet level conversations. this is coming in the wake, of course, of testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the top former top aide to the former chief of staff mark meadows. from what i understood at the time and from what the reports were coming in, there is a large concern of the 25th amendment potentially being invoked. and there were concerns about what would happen in the senate if it was, if the 25th was invoked. cassidy hutchinson, as you know, is now cooperating with the justice department criminal probe as well. and late today, the lawyer for a former department of justice former department of justice staffer said his client is also
straight and continue to call it straight if they re doing their jobs right. but there may have been some distortion. we ll have to see. too rosy a picture. but that overall type of distortion, at least in that direction, has been around for some time and some of it has come from very close to the top. if that report sg, indeed, true, do you think that would explain, in your words, a rosy or a rosier view of the fight against isis? well, it could. i mean, people and sometimes in bureaucracies do what they think the boss wants even if they haven t been ordered to do something. and the they start with a narrative and the narrative is what everybody talks about. and then they if something
you may not agree with me, but at least i know how it works. it s people, including anchors, i know you talk about politics. because you used too hang around and bug us all the time. but a lot of the press people don t go out and experience politics. so when they ask thrm questions, they re not informed. they don t have a history of it to ask good, solid questions. it s become more antiseptic. a lot of the report sg done through e-mail and twitter and all that rather than being on that bus. bob beckel, thanks very much for joining us. coming up, cnn is still all over the missing plane story in every possible sighting. jon stewart has the videotape. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah.
i think i can talk about it. you may not agree with me, but at least i know how it works. it s people, including anchors, i know you talk about politics. because you used too hang around and bug us all the time. but a lot of the press people don t go out and experience politics. so when they ask thrm questions, they re not informed. they don t have a history of it to ask good, solid questions. it s become more antiseptic. a lot of the report sg done through e-mail and twitter and all that rather than being on that bus. bob beckel, thanks very much for joining us. coming up, cnn is still all over the missing plane story in every possible sighting. jon stewart has the videotape. what you wear to bed is your business. so, if you re sleeping in your contact lenses, ask about the they re approved for up totacts 30 nights of continuous wear. ask youroctor about safety information as serious eye problems mayccur. visit airoptix.com for a free one-month trial.