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Chris was talking about the fact this is washington sort of rung amok. paige talking about the really i think frankly interesting differences in legal opinion, because you do have two laws that collide on who is the rightful boss over at the watchdog agency, but all of this is a story the reason we re talking about this is because of the very deep political divide over whether this agency should exist at all. you talked about the fact that there has been, you know, sort of a republican versus democrat fight since it was established. that happened even before it was established. elizabeth warren, when she was in academia came up with this idea to have this independent watchdog agency to protect consumers. of course, that happened and picked up steam in the wake of the financial meltdown, which is why it was and is in the ....
It s a situation that if you live in washington, you think, ah, well, i could sort of see how this happens. if you live outside of washington and already don t like it, basically 75% of the people who live outside of washington don t, this affirms why you don t like it. silliness. paige, please, be the arbiter of justice. who is on the right side of the law at this moment from the what you can see? is it clear? it s not clear. and the problem, two different laws that may apply here. the law that is set up the cfpb specifically states that the deputy director does step in when the director is unavailable and clearly if there s a resignation, the director is unavailable nap sounds simple, but there s another law, the federal vacancies act, which seems to give power to the president to appoint an acting director in a situation like this. so there s a conflict between these two laws. the white house, the department of justice says we re right. the president gets to make this decision. ....
How about something just plain old happy. like rainbows and butterflies happy. we have to get far, far away from washington. a royal wedding. the first engaged photo op. joining me now so give me the details, kate williams. what has been the reaction and what are the details that we know? well, kate, it s just been so exciting here in london. everyone is thrilled for the royal couple. we have been waiting for the news a long time. some of the newspapers said get on with it. it s fantastic to have the news out there. we have this wonderful photo for today. the beautiful pictures of this young couple so in love, so devoted. megan said she was thrill and happy and all of them ....
President s power to appoint mick mulvaney as acting director until a permanent director is named. of course, leandra english is bringing to 0 court filed for an injunction and temperature error temporary injunction. the court needs to move fast before a showdown. and fast, like before doughnuts showed up at work. joining me to discuss all this, cnn chief political correspondent dana dash, and paige, great to see you. chris, first to you. what the heck is going on here with the consumer financial protection bureau? i mean, we all stopped being amazed at how yes. silly washington can be, but this is this is wild. i mean, it s not a joking matter, but the thing about it no. ....