up next, we will be joined by steven dennis.s later, erin jones joins for a deep dive on the pending government deadline. we will be right back. ♪ week, on the communicators, christina chaplin whose government accountability report says the weapons system cyber security is vulnerable. >> right now, we don't even test the stuff for the kinds of things you might see from russia and china and north korea. they are not allowed to, in terms of testing. they don't want to potentially disrupt the system. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service. i americans cable-television copies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of progress, the white house, -- congress, the white house and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in rece

steven dennis, let's start at the white house. the search for the next chief of staff. the latest on how that search process is going and when we are checking an announcement. guest: we had been expecting want today or maybe on twitter over the weekend. anyone'sappening is guess what is happening at the white house right now. they needed -- they need a chief of staff and anyone in the next three weeks. john kelly was going to be leaving. he said that on twitter. -- the president said that on twitter. the person that would seem to be the heir apparent, mike pence's chief of staff, nick ayers decided on twitter to say that he was going to be taking his family to georgia instead of become the chief of staff. there is a scramble and everybody in washington seems -- whether the mark meadows or a budget other names who theoretically could get the job. host: when was the last time there is a chief of staff windows notnounced a replacement also announced? guest: i can't think of one. barack obama did have five chiefs of staff. it is not uncommon for a chief of staff to be chewe

steven dennis, a senate report for bloomberg, joins us.onl also hear from jones, looking at a possible government shutdown with a new deadline december 21. we hope the rest of your weekend is great. we will see you here tomorrow journal." "washington >> here is the schedule coming up today. newsmakers is next with neil bradley from the u.s. chamber of commerce talking about the economy two years into the trump administration.