gordon: i do. i want to thank the justice department who recently -- they are recognizing the way in which they view broadcasting belongs in the "i love lucy" era. and now they have roundtable discussions to say, what is the world really in which we consider broadcasting? how is it impacting others now? the fcc recognized that. we hope the justice department soon will. congress should begin to look not to the tech industry just as we have in the past, but focus more on the public interest. and again, we are the only ones who do the local besides the newspapers that remain. and they are dwindling fast. those companies do not do local. they count on us, and they do not want to pay for what we do, and they do not want the regulatory burdens that overlay what we do. but they are doing much of what we do. we are saying the world has changed. there has been an earthquake in telecommunications, so all policymakers look at the new landscape, it is very different. host: it is sounding like you do not like "

gordon. that's regardless of how much support she could have had within the organization writ large to be the next dni. >> all eyes tonight on chairman burr and the senate intelligence committee. he and chairman schiff and the house democrat were encouraging the white house to stick with ms. gordon. she was a reliable set of hands to help guide this administration and this president, chairman burr issued a statement tonight saying he's supportive of admiral mcguire, he is keeping watch. will this be politicized, will admiral mcguire or whoever the president chooses to be the nominee for dni, will it be a political pick. this charged moment, senate republicans including mr. burr i'm told by people close to him are very uneasy about these dynamics, they could the president could move in a more political direction and put the entire intelligence community really in an isolated position away from the executive. >> and anita back to you for a second, do you think it's fair to say this has been a h

instead of gordon, the president has named joseph mcguire to be the acting dni. the retired vice admiral is a former navy s.e.a.l., a special forces commander and the current director of the national counter-terrorism center. but if the president is looking for a yes-man, mcguire said that won't be him. >> i promise to tell the truth and represent the hard analysis from the intelligence community professionals as accurately and forthcoming as i possibly can and i am more than willing to speak truth to power. >> reporter: and while it was not entirely unexpected that sue gordon would have to step down, it did happen far more abruptly than ant is baited. zack cohen and kaitlan collins saying a meeting they were in yesterday the outgoing dni dan coats interrupted and asked her to submit her resignation. and we don't know why but gordon lave the letter to vice president pence after meeting with him instead of president trump even though the letter is addressed to the president. jake. >> alex marquardt thanks so much. joining me now is former counter-terrorism officia

sam, you know sue gordon, what are your thoughts on this? >> i remember being in situation room meetings with sue gordon. she was always known for doing what experienced intelligence professionals should do, which is not tell the president what he wants to hear but tell the president what he needs to hear. and what we're seeing today is the actual brain drain of intelligence from the u.s. government. sue gordon's departure is going to have a near-term impact. part of the reason why the vacancies reform act is written to have the principal deputy take over is to ensure continuity. as a principal deputy dni, sue gordon was responsible for everything. she saw it all. election security, north korea, which we saw the president talk about today. she had a broad mandate across the intelligence community. joseph maguire has a lot of history but his learning curve is going to be so much steeper because he was just the director of the national counterterrorism center. so best case scenario, an intelligence professional is coming in but it is going to

i like sue gordon. >> reporter: the president praising gordon. she has represented what he has railed against. almost 40 years in the intelligence community. making her firmly part of the establishment he has long been suspicious of. tweeting after the chief's worldwide threat briefing they should go back to school. she reported to the cia director john brennan and then dan coats. the president a fan of neither of them. former cia director michael hayden told jake tapper, coats is a good man. trump doesn't understand what it means to be a professional intelligence officer. when trump did not name gordon the acting dni after coats resigned two weeks ago, the writing was on the wall. >> we need somebody strong that can really rein it in. the intelligence agencies have run amuck. >> reporter: congressional leaders, including top republicans, wanted gordon to stick around. senate chairman richard burr called the departure a significant loss. saying i will miss her candor and deep knowledge. instead of gordon, the president named joseph mcguire the ac

you said you know sue gordon. this is somebody steeped in knowledge and experience in washington and knows her way around the intelligence community. as susan was saying, is in position to give unvarnished truth to the president. >> i tell you, if you look at what senator burr said, there are a couple messages in there that are interesting. what he is politely telling the president, if you replace people like this, better not be amateur. the second piece of this which i will be watching, very few outside washington would, you have a political nominee at the top has to learn about the intel business, she was a deputy. people like her can train someone. who gets that second position. people like me know that name. will that person have the pull in the intelligence community to tell the new dni, here is what we have to tell the president on things like russian interference when he doesn't want to listen. >> an important point, having both top positions empty, shows the degree of chaos, lack of planning, and sort of c

i like gordon very much. >> reporter: the president praising gordon, as he did on twitter thursday night, announcing her departure. but she has represented what he has railed against, almost 40 years in the intelligence community, making her firmly part of that establishment he has long been suspicious of. tweeting after the intelligence chiefs worldwide threats briefing that they should go back to school. in recent years, she reported to president obama's cia director, john brennan, and then dan coats, the president a fan of neither of them. former cia director general michael hayden told jake tapper coats is a good man, but gordon kept the trains running on time. trump doesn't understand what it is to be a professional intelligence officer. when trump did not name gordon the acting dni after coats decided to resign two weeks ago, the writing was on the wall as the president bashed the intelligence community. >> we need somebody strong that can really rein it in. because as i think you have all learned, the intelligence agencies have run amok. they've run amok. >> reporter: congressiona

sue gordon's retirement is a significant loss for our intelligence community. it's not a small thing. >> it's not a small thing. i remember working with her in situation room meeting under president obama. this is an example where sue gordon's experience was a strike against her when it came to president trump. having served myriad presidents she knew how it worked. that's why she was in the position she was in. what we have seen again is president trump thinks he knows how the procedure should work. he is going against the line of succession to say i knows who is better. >> the number two the guy that i don't want around anymore because it's -- i want her out. it's -- that's it. >> he doesn't want that experience. and erin my concern is what kind of message does this send to the intelligence community? if you show you have experience, if you show that you have candor, is the president going to pass you over or worse punish you? president trump has made clear that he doesn't want draerkt of national intelligence. he wants someone to help the attorney general an

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. >> why did sue gordon resign? r mic a career cia officer the reason why the a reason the alignment works so well because dan coats had a lot of management experiencets with ties on capitol hill but not personalti intelligence experience but sue gordon did and understood the way the agencies worked especially the cia and they were working in tandem together as well. it seems clear she was asked to resign we saw the note she ttsent the president that her resignation was out of patriotism and respect not her preference. just yesterday sent a note to all dna i - - dni office that was congratulatory but framed in a sense that there should be a cause for concern and saying why they should not be concerned. >> the sources i'm hearing people are concerned the president does not want to hear about the work they are doing and it matters right now there arere issues as they come in including russian interference chinese crackdown on the protesters in hong kong or the threats that isis pose really matters when the president s

sue gordon was next in line to take the post. what do we know about her relationship with president trump? >> for some reason the white house didn't want her stepping into that role even on an acting basis no the to mention permanently. then despite a lot of support she was getting from capitol hill, from republicans and democrats, she was highly respected there. director coats, who was stepping down advocated for her to take the position. but for whatever reason, the president was not comfortable with her. and i will say, this decision and her resignation is being taken really hard by members on the hill and members in the intelligence community. she was -- had been at the cia since the 1980s. she rose to the top ranks of that organization. she was really well liked. and now we essentially have the top two positions in the intelligence community. overseeing the -- all the intelligence agencies -- cia, nsa, without permanent leadership right now. that is a big hole at a really critical time. >> michael, tell us about sue gordon.

that was the initial scoop from michael gordon this weekend. then today michael gordon has new reporting that a few days later, a few days after the two monitoring stations closest to the blast site were shut down mysteriously, the russian government appears to have shut down another two monitoring stations that were further away a few days later, which might suggest that they thought they had successfully covered up the problem when they stopped reporting radiation data close to the site of the nuclear accident. within a few days, though, if they realized they also had to shut down further radiation monitoring sites, further away from the blast site, hundreds of kilometers away from where they thought they were sort of safe, well, that suggests maybe the problem is proving too large for their initial cover-up, so the cover-up itself is having to expand its geographic reach as well. we are also now getting the first models of the potential radiation plume from the site of the blast, which is not comforting. we will talk with "wall street journa

sue gordon is there now. and i like her very much. i've always liked sue gordon. it could be. it could be. we'll make another choice. sue will be -- she's there now and certainly she will be considered for the acting. and that could happen. we'll probably be talking about it either later today or next week. do you like sue gordon? no, i think he was treated very badly, very harshly by the press. he had a decision to make, do you want to go through this? it could be months. and i said i think i see exactly what they're trying to do. nobody understands the press. but i think i understand them as well as anybody. and i didn't think it was -- [ inaudible question ] no, they didn't. i think he would have had support but, again, we were very early in the process. we hadn't even started. so we were very early in the process. i think he would have had good support, certainly from the republicans. >> they were pretty chilly. >> i can't say that. i can tell you democrats were chilly. republicans would have been very good. but a lot of the republicans didn't know john, but i think he wou

i know we'll get to sue gordon in a minute. the problem when you pick someone as who's interim and you don't make it clear whether they'll get the nomination, it leads to a lot of uncertainty. you have been covereriing the intelligence community on day one, he had problems -- whatever it is from the intelligence community. he wants to maintain his believes even if they're not based on facts. here you had a professional who was pushed aside and now you have another professional in acting capacity but everyone is wondering is he going to pick a political hack? >> the dni who was there, dan coats, widely respected in both parties. here is my concern. regular people may not know sue gordon or may not know of the intelligence community. this is a department that you don't want to politicize. i don't think most american americans -- it is politicized. the work they do is established. this is ground stuff that happens all the time that keeps us safe that we don't know it is happening. there is a fear among some circles that sue gordon

[indiscernible] president trump: i like sue gordon. i like her very much. i have always liked sue gordon. it could be. we will make another choice. sue is there now, and certainly she will be considered for the acting. we will probably be talking about it later today or early next week. >> [indiscernible] president trump: i think he was just treated very harshly by the press. he had a decision to make. it could be months. i said i think i see exactly what they are trying to do. nobody understands the press, but i think i understand them as well as anybody, and i didn't think it was fair. >> [indiscernible] president trump: no, they didn't. i think he would've had support, but we were early in the process. we haven't even started. i think he would have had good support, certainly for the republicans. >> it looked pretty chilly at first. president trump: i have not seen that. i can tell you the democrats were chilly. a lot of republicans did not know john. he was getting good receptivity. i believe he made the right decision. >> [indiscernible] >> mr. preside

and i met sue gordon when she was at cia. these are people you would never notice passing on the streets because their commitment is to the constitution of the united states, to doing that job day in and day out and taking care of their people. care and feeding of the intelligence apparatus is the job. but if the president of the united states thinks he's getting vladimir putin 2,000 which is where he brought on his kgb friends to support him and then turn the nation state into an intelligence apparatus and then use those skills to, you know, corrupt the world, that's not going to happen for donald trump unless he puts a political lackey in, and then the intelligence community can only produce the material. we can't make them consume it, but we're going to keep doing it the professional way. >>> all right, coming up mexican-americans and suburban women. is president trump driving them both away from the republican party and driving texas toward democrats? that's next. if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, mon

sue gordon had that reputation. i have no idea whether or not admiral maguire will be good or bad or permanent or temporary. he is well regarded. he comes from an important and respected naval background, but he's not an intelligence professional. >> well, in a statement on maguire's appointment, mark warner, the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee, he said maguire's success or failure in this position will be judged by the quality of work produced by the intelligence community, not by how those intelligence products make the president feel. evelyn, the fact that this is at least for right now going to be an interim appointment, going to be an acting appointment, and there are so many like this in this administration right now. and as we showed in the president's comments, there is the prospect that this will be an interim appointment that extends for some period of time potentially, does that affect the quality of work that will be presented to the president from the intelligence community? >> hop

you talk about the intervention gordon brown has made today. pretty strong denunciation of the government. maybe that is surprising but real concerns expressed about one of his pet concerns which is the future of the union. this is a passion of gordon brown's, and not so much a political point because he criticises labour within his statement as well. what he is saying is that nationalist ideology is taking over the debate. you've heard this before our people are concentrating more on getting out of the eu rather than staying within a union and he's worried particularly that i know deal could have a negative consequence and boost the national list cause in scotla nd boost the national list cause in scotland and he's worried that leaving the eu would be prioritised over northern ireland staying within the union. —— who is the nationalist cause. the shadow chance on beside said he would not be against an independence poll for scotland, summer reading that again into an alliance that he was perhaps setting up alliance that he was perhaps setti

you had a piece out in the "new york times" about how sue gordon would be circumvented. and the president on the white house lawn saying perhaps he is giving her consideration. what is the latest that you have, the reporting that you have on where that stands? >> we have no real indication that our reporting has been overtaken by any events with a change of heart by the president and the white house. we think they are determined not to let sue gordon rise to the acting head of the office of national intelligence until the senate finally confirms somebody. now we don't know who the potential nominee will be. acting top spy chief will be important. that person could be running the show for quite some time. they don't like her. she is a long-time 30-year plus intelligence professional, sort of a creature of the deep state probably from their vantage point. a seriously qualified intelligence professional and manager. they would rather have someone more to president trump's liking in that seat. >> how did we get to this point? we have been down the path before. >> right. >> t

we will hear from north carolina attorney general josh stein and new hampshire attorney general gordon macdonald. you are watching live coverage year on c-span -- here on c-span. >> a lot of coverage on c-span this afternoon. we're at the national press club in washington, d.c., waiting on fromews conference attorney general josh stein and new hampshire attorney general gordon macdonald. while we wait for this press briefing to begin, we will look at some of today's washington journal. we represent the little guy. small businesses, independent business owners. our average business is five to 10 employees. one of the key things about nfib is you have to be an independent business owner to join. we are unique in the fact that we are truly a member driven organization. theted 75 years ago under guide of one member, one vote. members every year about their ballot at the federal and state level, and they set policy. we don't sit in a room in d.c. -- i'm also pleased to be joined by patrick halley of u.s. telecom as well as representatives from a number of major telephone companies. om

if the president has said he likes gordon but that is far from certain. so if he doesn't name gordon as acting, that means she will probably retire and then he would be faced with a situation where the president needs to name not just the top person in the intelligence community but the number two as well. >> and dan coats leaves in a couple weeks. not much time. april electi alex, thanks for that analysis and reporting. >> as of today the majority of house democrats now support launching an inquiry that could lead to president trump's impeachment. our congressional correspondent phil mattingly is joining us live from capitol hill. phil, what are you learning? >> impeachment supporters on capitol hill, wolf, have been targeting the number 118 for months. that means a majority threshold has been crossed, a majority of house democrats currently support opening an impeachment inquiry, the idea being with the majority could come more persuasion to speaker nancy pelosi to launch that inquiry, something she said she's not willing to do at this point in time. wh

this is the argument that has been pushed here by gordon brown. a fierce defender of the union, many people say it was his riding to the rescue in the scottish referendum in 2014 that avoided scotla nd referendum in 2014 that avoided scotland voting for independence at the time. in this tc has written in the time. in this tc has written in the observer, gordon brown says growing nationalism is pulling the uk apart, pulling it towards an calamity, leading to a constitutional crisis, the most serious crisis is the 17 century. it says it is a destructive populist nationalist ideology deployed by borisjohnson. i nationalist ideology deployed by boris johnson. i think nationalist ideology deployed by borisjohnson. i think you could argue there are some that are more populist and more nationalist and potentially more destructive than borisjohnson but potentially more destructive than boris johnson but there you potentially more destructive than borisjohnson but there you go. he joins other senior labour figures borisjohnson but there you go. he joins ot

hope gordon knows all about this. three years ago, she took the drastic decision to have her leg removed after it had been causing her constant pain for a decade. the nhs does not offer amputation as a treatment for hope's condition because there's no medical guarantee that it will stop the pain, but hope was willing to that risk, so she raised money for a private doctor to perform the surgery. yeah, life isjust so much better. everybody tells me that i look like a new person. my quality of life is just through the roof. and, just a year after her operation, she became a national champion in the swimming pool. i kind of went from being able to do anything i want to not being able to walk within the space of the day. yes, i did train, i did compete, but, actually, i really used it to get me through some really tough times. i don't really want to imagine what life would have been like if i didn't keep swimming. after competing for scotland in the pool, gordon responded to an advert looking for pa ra—canoeists, and too

let's turn to our asia expert, gordon chang. if this personal meeting takes place next month in new york during the united nations general assembly, will it be fruitful? >> i don't think so, cheryl. you have to remember that xi-jinping is under tremendous pressure in beijing. he owns the trade war. it's also his hard line policies that caused the problems in hong kong. if he doesn't have 100% wins on both of them, he could lose not only his political position, but much more. he's not going to be in a position i think to take a reasonable deal from president trump either on trade or on hong kong. cheryl: the big story this morning and we don't know where this is going is the satellite images of the paramilitary troopers over in shinzen. there is a bridge over to hong kong and the concern is the chinese military will step in, how likely is that? >> if we were talking a year's timeframe, i think it would be likely. i don't think we'll see any movement from the people's army for quite some time. got to remember, october 1st is the 7

sue gordon wrote, mr. president, i offer this letter as an act of respect and patriotism, not preference. you should have your team. godspeed, sue. well, joining me now, john brennan, the former cia director and msnbc senior security analyst. she did submit a formal letter, but that note was terse and to the point. patriotism, not preference. >> i think it reflects sue's tremendous professionalism as well as her commitment to the intelligence mission when she said it wasn't her preference to leave. particularly when dan coats is leaving. and so when you have the number two and number two departing, the head of the intelligence community, it really does, i think damage to the community as a whole. i think sue gordon was trying to signal that she wanted to stay, but clearly, mr. trump didn't want her. >> why do you think he didn't want her? >> well, i don't know. i think he wants individuals for going to show blind loyalty to him. and sue gordon is somebody who will speak truth to power. i worked closely wit

president trump announcing it about sue gordon tweeting quote sue gourd isn't a great professional with a long distinguished career. i've gotten to know sue over the past two years and developed great respect for her. she will be leaching aupg 15th coinciding with the departure

gordon brown, the former prime minister. he is one of his favourite themes, the future of the union and indeed whether it has one. britishness, one her this petty passions. he is criticising what he thinks has been overlooked which is keeping the union together. the problem for him is that people would prioritise no deal over keeping scotla nd prioritise no deal over keeping scotland within the united kingdom and northern ireland within the united kingdom. the problem is with him that if a no—deal brexit was taking place then he thinks it would bea taking place then he thinks it would be a boost for scottish nationalism. that concerns him. he blames boris johnson. he blames john that concerns him. he blames boris johnson. he blamesjohn macdonald —— macjohn mcdonnell for suggesting that he would be happy with an independence poll held in scotland. a lot of people wouldn't be happy, would they? not least because of the electoral this. they were furious with him saying that. the prime minister would defend himself and sai

i want to get to the news about sue gordon leaving. second in command. what do you think about this resignation? >> i mean, i'm not surprised. i'm on the senate intelligence committee. i meet on a consistent basis with leaders of our intelligence community. they are hard

sue gordon is there now, and i like her very much. i've always liked sue gordon. she certainly, she will be considered for the acting, and that could happen. we'll probably be talking about it either later today or next week.ab >> there you have.la it i'm here for our leadoff discussion, on a friday night, greg miller, pulitzer prize winning national security r, correspondent, for the ti "washington post," also happens to be the author of "the apprentice," trump, russia and u the subversion of american democracy. the aforementioned annie karni, white house reporter with "the new york times," and frank e figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counter-intelligence. good evening and welcome to you all.ng greg, i would like to start with you. fair to say that only one man would nominate this guy, also fair to say there were republican senators who didn't know his name? >> not only republican senators who didn't know his name, but this is somebody who has been on the intelligence committee for the better part of this year, o and was virtually unknown at the agenc

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i like sue gordon. sue gordon is there now. i like her very much. i've always liked sue gordon. >> [question inaudible] >> could be. we'll make another choice. sue will be -- she's there now and certainly she will be considered for the acting. that could happen. we'll probably be talking about it either later today or next week. you like sue gordon? >> [question inaudible] >> no, i think he was just treated very badly, very harshly by the press. he really had a decision to make. you want to go through this for -- it could be months. i said i think i see exactly what they're trying to do. nobody understands the press. i think i understand them as well as anybody. i didn't think it was fair. >> [question inaudible] >> no, they didn't. i think he would have had support, but again we were very early in the process. we hadn't even started. so we were very early in the process. i think he would have had good support certainly from the republicans. >> [question inaudible] >> i haven't seen that. the democrats were chilly. that's for sure. but the republica

when the president said that, he suggested that sue gordon wouldn't be the acing even though the law says the principle deputy will be the acting. she has long experience, much beloved on the hill and across the country. apparently not by donald trump because he seems to be trying to freeze her out. the senate is rebelling. if you have that statement from rod rosenstein, can we have that up there, please? i wanted to read all of what he said. and it's that deputy dni sue gordon is a proven patriot who understands foreign threats, respects the and protects america 24/7, daughter of a navy vice admiral, gordon is a great real donald trump appointee. senator burr, lindsey graham are also copied and tagged there. >> she certainly is and certain a person who can talk to silicon valley which is important in that job. most of the intelligence needs reside somewhere else in the business community. they're constantly having pilgrimage talk to ceos and she has shown herself able to do that. >> thank you so much, ken delainian. stay on this, indeed. >>> coming up, have we no decency. the nation

gordon: locals moving out? i can't -- in terms of the number of inquiries on the immigration program and have searched significantly. whether this number will translate into the actual number gettingkong people overseas passport and moving out of hong kong, this is another question. why? for a lot of developed countries, they have tightened the immigration requirement and for a lot of developed countries such as the u.s., canada, the the immigrantuire to stay in the country for a considerable time. it may not serve the appetite of the modern hong kong people. whichies like portugal, doesn't have this kind of stringent requirement. rishaad: thank you for joining us today. --gordon tse from midland holdings. david: india's prime minister is promising a new era in kashmir after scrapping its autonomy. that coming up in a few minutes. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back. modi isrime minister promising me this "new era" in kashmir after revoking it special status of autonomy. he said it would rid the region o

the observer leads on a warning from gordon brown that growing nationalism is pulling the united kingdom apart and driving it towards an unprecedented economic calamity. the mail on sunday leads on the us financier jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in a special high security unit in manhattan at 6.30am this morning. and the sunday express pictures prince andrew with his formerfriend epstein — who was often seen socialising with the rich and powerful, including president donald trump and former president bill clinton.so a mix of stories this evening with most papers featuring jeffrey epstein who was found dead awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges we're going to start with the sunday times, a picture of the queen back at the opening of parliament in 2017 there is a suggestion she may have been giving vent to some frustration. a very good story. no suggestion she hasn't said this but this was three years ago after david cameron resigned and she questioned the political class's inability to govern, this sense of exasperation. three years ago, what does she think n

>> thank you, matt gordon. so you've got on one side popular movement that's been going on for a couple of months, but they've escalated these anti-government protests. but if you hear the communist government-controlled media, these protesters are tantamount to terrorists. a violent gang instigated by the west. tell us how you see what's going on here and what are the stakes. gordon? >> oh, the stakes are basically the future of hong kong. what you've heard from the mainland are increasingly dire warnings, as well as those propaganda videos of the people's armed police amassing in shenjen just across the border. the chinese leadership right now is congregating in the seaside resort close to beijing. they do this most augusts. and if they follow the pattern, they will be leaving the seaside resort in about four, five days. and by then, there should be a consensus on the part of the chinese leadership as to what to do. and if they don't do anything this weekend and next week, it's maybe an indication of division

francine: simon french, chief economist at pan year gordon -- panmure gordon. we will be talking to the chief executive of rio tenter later on -- rio tinto later on. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: fixing it. climbs as china sets its daily fixing stronger-than-expected. no yield is too low. 30 year treasury yields test record lows and pimco imagines a world where negative yields reach the u.s. -- warninging of a that the sportswear giant -- adidas warning. the sportswear giant says the trade war will hurt all. good morning if you are watching from asia. this is "bloomberg surveillance." yields, yields, yields is all anything is watching -- anyone is watching. tom: i think you are dead on about it is a yield morning. it is thursday and almost a normal day. we are on the edge of stability here and actually talking other stories. there is still this huge yield shock. even the austrian 100 year bond has given a pause in its price appreciation. francine: we will spend a lot of time looking at that. you are looking at the u.s. 30 year. switzerland is one we spen

gordon: thank you, general stein, and thank you for your leadership on this issue. the essence of our role as attorneys general is to protect the public. no single issue comes close to generating the volume of consumer complaints as robocalls. for virtually all of us, the spam calls are a ubiquitous and regular annoyance. but robocalls are also a very effective device for illegal conduct conducted by financial scammers who prey particularly on the vulnerable, putting at risk their savings, their identity, their security. the memorandum of understanding we are announcing today will significantly enhance our efforts as attorneys generals to protect the public we serve. it is a very important moment. the robocall industry is inundating this country with these calls. 47 billion by one estimate in 2018. robocalls are, as i said, a leading tool of financial scammers. by one estimate, over 40% of robo calls now have the neighbors spoof. which is not when you use the three digits of the local area code to trick the person into answering the call. once an individual answers

gordon, thank you, sir. good to see you. >> thanks, lou. lou: appreciate it. up next here, prepare the pity party for the former vice president. joe biden's campaign is not doing well. these are some of his latest blunders, and just how are they playing with voters? >>> and charges could soon be on the way for andrew mccabe, you know, of fbi infamy? judicial watch's tom fitton joins us tonight with how is it he got such a sparkling job over at cnn? maybe he wanted to be closer to john brennan. john brennan, you know, they worked together before, i understand. stay with us, we're coming right back. eÑ ♪ ♪ lou: former vice president joe biden making another campaign blunder this weekend. this is becoming a sad story. and it is continuing almost without interruption. this weekend he mistook new hampshire for vermont. the former vice president wants to insure the radical dems, however, that as he put it, he is not crazy. >> i just spoke at dartmouth on health care at the medical school -- or not, i guess i wasn't actually on the campus, but the people from th

>> reporter: [inaudible] >> i like sue gordon. sue gordon is there now. i always liked sue gordon. it could be. we'll make another choice. sue will be, she is there now. certainly she will be considered for the acting. that could happen. we'll probably be talking about it either later today or next week. you like sue gordon? reporter: [inaudible] >> no i think he was treated very badly, very harshly by the press. he had a decision to make, you want to go through this, it could be months. and i said i think i see exactly what they're trying to do. nobody understands the press but i think i understand them as well as anybody. i didn't think it was fair. reporter: how was it unfair? reporter: [inaudible]. >> no they didn't. i didn't think he had support. we were very early in the process. we hadn't started. we were early in the process. he would have had report from the -- reporter: they were pretty chilly at first. >> i haven't seen that. the democrats were chilly for sure. the republicans i think would have been very good. but a lot of republicans didn't know john. i think he would

gordon, who was widely respected, sent the president a curt resignation note, telling mr. trump that he "should have his team." the national counterterrorism center director, retired admiral joseph mcguire, was named by mr. trump last night as acting d.n.i. to walk us through all this and why it matters, our nick schifr is here. hi, nick. >> hi, amna. a lot paragraphing. joseph mcguire, whawe know about him? >> vice admiral joseph mcguire spent 30 yearss a special warfare officer navy seals. he feels director of the n.t.c.t. that advises on policy and operations acros the intelligence community. i talked to a lot of people on the hill, intelligence community, former senior o intelligence officials wrk for him. the people who defend him call him a first class human being, great leader, man of integrity and warrior. "if i ever needed someoneou killed, he be the guy i call," is what one person i talked to said. that's the kind of endorsemeen prestrump gave him today. >> admiral mcguire is an intelligent man, a great leader, a manwho is respected by everybody, and he's going t