we did a 90 day hiring freeze, we put a 30 day hiring freeze here at cfp b. more important like, we did a 30 day immediate freeze anything in the pipeline stops for at least 30 days while i get a chance to see what is going on and kick the tires here at the bureau. additionally, there will be no payments out of the civil penalties fund for at least 30 days until i see what is happening with that. there is an excess of $50 million in the fund and i want to know what that is about before we make distributions. there is going to be exceptions to this. i talked with legal some today and enforcement and things that are going on in existing lawsuits. i will be briefed tomorrow on 100 or so lawsuits that the bureau is involved with. clearly if there are statutory deadlines, they will be met. if there are legal deadlines as far as the litigation, in terms of anything that is discretionary we are putting a 30 day hold on it here. is too earlyat, it to see how things will be different. i will be briefed on the enforcement actions and the investigations some of the , ru

the companies that lost out to cfp successfully sued the nda over the bidding process last year.s had been flawed. the mistakes cost the government more than £122 million in compensation and legal costs. the nda also terminated the contract with cfp, saying that a "material change" to the required work rendered the contract "illegal." how is the relationship and do you think they now have sufficient staff with sufficient skills in place to be able to manage this contract, the whole decommissioning contract going forward? i think it is a very professional relationship and we have been through a pretty torrid time together, on either side of the contractual boundary. it is a solid professional relationship. the new team under the new chief executive are looking to recruit and looking to recruit the right areas. next, the committee heard from the former boss at the nda. who do you think was responsible for the failure of this contract? i am the chief executive of the nda for the duration of this contract and i accept full responsibility for the actions during that period. we set out

critics, though, of the cfp b-s say it is the epitome. what happens next? as of right now mulvaney is in charge at the bureau, but as of last night, lyanne dra english filed suit to block him from taking over. as we mentioned at the beginning, as jim mentioned, there is a hearing going on right now and ultimately a judge may decide who is in charge. wendy? >> susan hogan. thanks, susan. >>> this is a story still giving us all the feels, the wait for prince harry and meghan markle's engagement is now over. the big questions are just getting started. prince harry said the engagement was typical. they were just trying to roast a chicken and he got and proposed. she said yes before he had finished his sentence. they were all smiles earlier today when asked about the pending nuptials and still ahead the couple opens up about their relationship. and prince harry shares what he thinks his mom, princess diana, would think of his future wife. >> some young people often have grand ideas, but they don't have the money to make them happen. ahead at 5:00, this special p

you get a mulligan and make it to the cfp.ically, you need to take that loss a little earlier in the year. you know my aim is going to face clemson in next week's acc championship game. but that is pretty interesting, if clemson loses tomorrow. there's no guarantee. >> brian: probably going to be more movement with the plate tectonics. see transpires tomorrow, then we'll know how long they slide. we have a big one on the horizon in the championship ball game. they hope that clemson can get through the game versus the gamecocks tomorrow unscathed. that keeps them in a lot offy position. i want to go back to the pulling of your quarterback with about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. malik rosier had not played well throughout the ball game. but he hadn't thrown a pick. to send a message that, late in the ball game, a guy who helped get to you 10-0, has been marvelous up to this point, what type of message are you sending him, that late in the ball game? i don't get it. >> houston: there's another game, there's a championsh

off the first shot with a picture of him writing sitting in director's office as acting director at cfp. minutes leader english sent an email to staff trying to make it clear she was in charge signing it acting director. mulvaney instructing staffers to please disregard any instruction you receive from miss english and her presumed capacity as acting director and stop by the fourth floor and grab a doughnut. >> my name is on the door. one person claiming to be director. >> the cfpb established by barack obama as part of the dodd-frank reforms act, the trump administration calling it a donor base for democrats and has numbers to back it up. executives and workers writing checks for liberals at a rate of 593 to one republicans. mick mulvaney has called the agency a sick joke and his feelings have an change, ordering a 30 day hiring freeze to crack down on predatory financial practices. >> i'm learning about this, they would frighten most of you. they would worry you to think how little oversight congress has over me as i am director. >> the president can nominate the agency, mister trump

cfp's which are used for institutional aid, i completely understand the concern that the schools are using that for other purposes and it is true that some of the simplification does make a difference for efc calculations but about the range, well above the range most states are using to distribute their need-based aid so one thing, institutions that have their own aid to distribute need to have accuracy. a lot of them are already using a separate form so i'm not sure how many schools are in that window where they need the extra but they are not already using the extra form.>> i think it would be important to, i would separate the two.it might be a little bit of splitting the baby but i feel like if we had something like a pell grant award based on a couple questions that people understand, that would be step one and it might encourage them to put in the other information. but i do think we don't want to turn to a world where people are filling out different forms or different states for different colleges so having something easy at the beginning, but then figures them to go on and

>> advocates are worried the president's pick who once called the agency a joke would dismantle the cfp d's mission. >> driving on the roads this time of year you know how hard it is to see pedestrians and bicyclists crossing the street. well to make sure drivers and walkers obey the laws aimed at keeping them safe on our roads. news4's darcy spencer is live in bethesda with what you need to know as you hit the road. darcy? >> reporter: jim, this was an under cover operation. we're right here at wisconsin and chase avenues. it took place right here at this crosswalk. they were trying to make sure that drivers and pedestrians are following those rules. and for one police officer, it was a close call. >>> watch as an officer in plain clothes tries to cross wisconsin avenue in bethesda in the crosswalk. our camera was recording as the officer was nearly run down. that driver was immediately pulled over. this enforcement is part of the street smart campaign aimed at enforcing traffic rules for drivers and pedestrians. when you looked at the video of that officer trying to cross, what do you

you've got a situation where the former director of the cfp peak the cfp peak in the consumer financialtection board, richard cordray just resigned. he felt like he could nominate yet been deputy's name is leah and her english. he believes in his permit very different view of this president. president trump says i'm the executive. i get to choose who is in charge of the cfpb. he wants to promote mick mulvaney come a second job for mick mulvaney. you've got basically, grace, a showdown of who takes over cfpb company executive who was the prerogative. griff: pause for one second. atlanta woke up with us and thanks for having us in your living room. they are wondering what is cfpb. this is an independent agency created in 2012 under dodd-frank, and finally put in by president obama, but this all dates back to senator elizabeth moran who has been a professor at harvard they wanted this agency to protect consumers from the practices of addressing mortgage companies. now you have there creating dodd-frank. now you've got this guy, richard cordray, state and is the highest ranking obama and ca

b together,ut the cfp they insulated from various kinds of circumstances. insulate it from various kinds of circumstances. insulate it from various kinds of circumstances. they gave it budget protection by financing it through the federal reserve. and they give it power with respect to the way you decide cases. you can see the powers that came through. these are complicated financial transactions, in which liability was rather questionable, but it has to do with the application of rules put together by the organization and the extent to which they are bound to the cfpb. cordray decided to increase 104fine from $4 million to million dollars, saying this is a perfectly ideal situation, to give a public speaking to a corporation which probably committed no kind of violation. when the case comes up to the district circuit on appeal, judge kavanagh decided he would give them a choice. he said, if you want to have a single commissioner, you must be prepared to accept this person can be removed at the pleasure of the resident. "the wall street journal" began a rem

the judge's ruling is the latest step in that fight over the cfp b.anda, south carolina, line for republicans. who do you think would be to blame in the event of a shutdown? caller: i think the republicans will be blamed. host: why is that? caller: because schumer and pelosi wanted to work with him. they wanted to work with him. andhe put out that tweet, would you come to a place that has someone already made up their mind and said there is no deal? why can't they work together? mcconnell was there. host: you are calling for our line for cooking. did you support the president in 2016? caller: why can't they work together as a team? that is all i am asking. we want things to get done. that is all. we just want everything to get done. work together as a team. host: our last caller on this first segment of the washington journal, but time is running out for congress and the white house to reach that deal to avoid a government shutdown. we will talk with two members of congress this morning about what is at stake. first, republican congressman on -- alaho