a matthew axle rd. mr. axle rod thank you for being here to help us zblunds thank you rachel. >> it makes sense in terms of way the justice department explained it. they fired all the u.s. attorneys at once, 300 days ago. the federal vacancy reform act says you can put the first deputy in the offices in charge of the office for 300 days but then you need to appoint somebody new. seems to me like they hit the dloin and time to rush a whole bunch of new nominees in there. what's wrong with the understanding? >> you know what's wrong with that rachel you got the first part right, which is under the vacancy reform act when they fired the u.s. attorneys, the existing number 2 officials in the office ascended and became the acting u.s. attorneys in the districts. and there is a fixed time period after which the vacancies reform act doesn't work any more and