the wildfires that are raging across southern california, infernos on the sides of highways and fears for old neighborhoods in los angeles. so this is a very broad but deeply-felt hit for the 5700 men and women firefighters that are there trying to stop this. it s bad enough when fires rage uncontrolled across empty land, it s a lot more chaotic and more dangerous when it s in people s backyards. paul: all right. alicia. this is a hit to president trump who has named mick mulvaney acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau which this week has initiated all of the ongoing investigations and suspended a fine against a small mortgage servicer that had driven it out of business under richard cord ray, his predecessor. paul: so things getting done. kate? this is a bit of a hit and a miss for pat gone that that used
across southern california, infernos on the sides of highways and fears for old neighborhoods in los angeles. so this is a very broad but deeply-felt hit for the 5700 men and women firefighters that are there trying to stop this. it s bad enough when fires rage uncontrolled across empty land, it s a lot more chaotic and more dangerous when it s in people s backyards. paul: all right. alicia. this is a hit to president trump who has named mick mulvaney acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau which this week has initiated all of the ongoing investigations and suspended a fine against a small mortgage servicer that had driven it out of business under richard cord ray, his predecessor. paul: so things getting done. kate? this is a bit of a hit and a miss for pat gone that that used
donald trump appointee in this case. bill: you think on the merits the president wins this? absolutely. i think a lot of democrats agree. some speculation that richard cord ray, the outgoing director that set off the whole thing did it to sort of establish anti-trump credentials for a possible run for the governorship of ohio. i think just on the matter of the law itself the president is likely to win. bill: we shall see. thank you, byron. 20 minutes now past the hour. sandra: isis issuing another chilling threat against the west. this time targeting new york city s time square. it s the latest threat over a string of warnings and a terror attack in egypt. general jack keane is here to analyze. plus this. i ve heard people say it s overblown. i ve heard people say it s much to do about anything. had the information been released there would have been harm to national security.
president trump is wrestling for control of the nation s top consumer watchdog group. the agency the president recently slammed as being total disaster. richard cord ray named his successor before stepping down, but the president has other ideas, naming mick mulvaney and insisting he has the right to make this appointment. barney frank was instrumental in setting up this agency, and he tells cnn trump does not have that authority. and presenting the agency s independence is essential. the notion that you take this budget director who hates the agency and put him in charge is
disaster as run by the previous administration s pick. financial institutions have been devastated and unable to properly serve the public. we will bring it back to life. the justice department backing trump by saying the decision within the president s rights. but their response is fuelling confusion over who is actually in charge. mulvaney or the acting director who is next in line when richard cord ray resigned on friday. let s bring back melanie zanona and kevin cirilli. how are you reading into president trump s tweet here? and what exactly does he want to see happen that wasn t done when the obama administration created the bureau? i mean what steps did they take? this is right in my wheelhouse. richard cordray wants to run for governor in ohio by resigning he s setting up husband future political ambitions. senator elizabeth warren, the likely 2020 presidential candidate, any time we re talking about the cfpb, the consumer financial protection bureau, that s a good day for eli