your thoughts on whether mick mulvaney might not be the acting chief of staff. guest: i would not bet the farm on it, but i would bet several acres. it would be easy for the president to move mick mulvaney back to the position he actually holds which is director of the office of management and budget. he is acting chief of staff and the president has said, he likes acting. if that were the case, it would be easy for him to move mr. mulvaney back to his full-time job and mr. meadows over to the job. he makes little secret of savoring chief of staff. given the close relationship between the north carolinian and the president, he will not be acting anything. relationship the between mick mulvaney and the president from what you can tell? guest: it is more like a vice president of a major company with the ceo. administers a lot of things, but the president make the final decision. not be a strong chief of staff in the sense james baker was toes ronald reagan, the gold standard f
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about his bush his book on russian interference. former assistant secretary of state jen diane fraser on the lonnie of trump s trip to africa. frazer on melania trump s trip to africa. it isgood morning, friday, october 5 and today is the day the u.s. senate holds a key vote on judge kavanaugh s nomination to the supreme court. your opportunity to tell senators how you think they should vote. [video clip] i think his performance during the hearings caused me to change my mind. be a product of an incomplete investigation that was limited, perhaps by the white house. i don t know. i would like to have the future mending things so we can do things in a collegial way that the united states senate ought to and particularly when it comes to supreme court nominations. call officee and for as long as i need to and every other senator planning to vote yes. all you have to do is look at the polls > over the past three or four days and it shows that their rage-fueled resistanc
a doctor talks about the 50th anniversary of the national cancer act. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. washington journal starts next. host: it is the washington journal for december 4. most analysis of yesterday s job reports showed a mixed bag. 210,000 added in november. some are predicting half a billion. employment showed rises and the unemployment rate dropped as well. you can give us your snapshot by calling us this morning. if you are recently employed and want to tell is your view, (202)-748-8000. perhaps you are looking for work, (202)-748-8001. if you stopped looking for work and want to tell us why? , (202)-748-8002. for all others on your perspective on the job market (202)-748-8003. you can also use that number to text is your thoughts. you can post on the facebook page at facebook.com/c-span and if you wish, can post on twitter @c-spanwj. papers offer the analysis behind the report. 210,000 jobs created in n
house sparked a war of words spnspn with steve bannon. his forthcoming book went after members of the president s family and he fired back in a statement saying mr. bannon not only lost his job he lost his mind, close quote. there s more to this story playing out in the newspapers this morning. but we want you to comment to us about this latest spat between president trump and steve bannon. the white house and steve bannon as well, 202-748-8000 for democrats. and independents, 202-748-8002 on twitter, you can tweet us@c-spanwj and not only post there but see statements made bizarrea sanders at the white house press briefing, that as facebook.com/c-span. the book is called fire and fury, inside the trump white house and excerpts of it appeared on the website for new york magazine. part of those excerpts commenting and quoting steve bannon, particularly on several members of the trump family, including donald trump jr. here is one of the quotes. the three senior guys on the c