matthew whitaker, acting attorney general from november of 2018 through february of 2019, the author of this new book, above the law: the inside story of how the justice department tried to subvert president trump . before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. great first question. i was chief of staff to attorney general jeff sessions starting in october of 2017, i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly the day after the elections in 2018 and the president appointed me that day, the acting attorney general utterly bridged the gap between jeff sessions and william barr. how did you become jeff sessions s chief of staff. were you a friend of his? one of the things i talk about is how i only met jeff sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. i interviewed with him and talked to him many times, mutual friend in the white house and at the federalist society recommended me to him and h
meteorologist kari hall keeping track of the forecast. a nice one out there for most o? right. and there will still bes that w temperatures today, but this is where we re beginning. at least we do have another few hours of some cooler weather starting out this morning. most of us in the mid to upper 50s. as we head over to concord and check out our temperature trend today. low 60s this morning and low 80s by noon. we ll talk more about a weekend cool down coming up and mike has a look at that morning commute. it s moving very smoothly right now, kari. the oakland crash at high street and we re looking over towards the maps and see a smooth drive and we re talking about the peninsula. north 101 if you re heading up, if you re using the hillsdale exit a disabled vehicle that affects you and also affect you, laura, if you re heading at 92 on the off ramp. back to you. thank you very much. breaking news we re following for you overnight. we have learned that federal agent
philip all rosensweig national security fellow paul rosenzweig. host: the washington journal for june 10. at 10:00 a.m. today the house to share years of george floyd the brother of george floyd and others. you can listen to it on a free c-span radio app. several states have seen increases in covid-19 cases since memorial day. dr. fauci still calls coronavirus s worst nightmare in new jersey joined the list of states at stay-at-home orders with that as a backdrop in our next hour, we will ask you to tell us about your current level of concern over coronavirus. you can call us, 202-748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones. for mountain and pacifica, 202-748-8001. if you are a medical professional, call 202-748-8002. 3.u can text us at 202-748-800 post on twitter at c-span wj and our facebook page is available to you. facebook.com/c-span. richard rogers posting this morning a question concerning those states saying is it true that covid-19 cases are on the rise? po
byron york and debbie lesko. a lot to talk about. democrats, republicans in states like kansas, california, texas, republicans trying to take back control to reopen from democrats. we ll bring you those fights. president trump visiting factories in pennsylvania that make health supplies for health care workers like n95 masks. we have the story. newly-released documents that show hillary clinton campaign started it all for laying the ground work for the trump russia probe. at evening edit, we don t follow what the other media are doing or and we do what nobody else does. we dig into government documents and government footnotes. what the documents show look like a significant abuse of power under the obama administration and it began with the hillary clinton campaign. thanks for joining us. i m elizabeth macdonald. the evening edit starts right now. elizabeth: welcome to the show. you re watching the fox business network. senate judiciary chair lindsey graham announcing
on an american citizen at any time should automatically be a sensitive investigative matter? so this so-called reform appears to be a mere fig leaf and likely would not have prevented the abuses and illegalities that were part of the radical dems and deep state conspiracy to overthrow president trump. it is simply an outrage and an insult to every american citizen in our bill of rights. the swap the swamp has prevailed again. it is sickening to watch. president trump has yet to signal whether he will veto or sign the bill. despite having been the central target of fisa abuse for three years. these are the days of outrage and all the more outrageous because republican and democratic leaderships of both houses seem devoid of principle or care for the constitution at least when it comes to the fisa courts. two republican senators voted against the fisa renewal bill; rand paul whose amendment preventing fisa warrants from being used against citizens was rejected and richard bu