raheena lopez. so, rico, who is the likely candidate to succeed ms lopez? there are a number of names being floated around but ms lopez has her own personal choice. she says no less than president duterte is the best person to take her place. she said she can't think of any other person but the president because he has the guts and the bravery to stand up to business interests. as everyone knows by now, mr duterte is a hard nosed, tough—talking leader who fears no—one. he spoke against the eu and president 0bama who basically criticised him about human rights abuses in the philippines. ms lopez stressed that if there's anyone else appointed to the position, that person will get clobbered. so, you know what, she got the thumbs down. she upset the mining industry when she ordered the closure or suspension of 28 mines and threatened to cancel 75 contracts, following an industry—wide audit. we'll now have to wait and see if the president will take on this new challenge. my my goodness, if he takes this on, we will all be talking about it. but rico, what r

so, rico, who is the likely candidate to succeed ms lopez? there are a number of names being floated around but ms lopez has her own personal choice, she says no less than president duterte is the best person to take her place. she said, she can't think of any other person but the president because he has the guts and the bravery to stand up to business interests. as everyone knows by now mr duterte is a hard nosed, tough talking leader who fears no—one. ms lopez stressed that if there's anyone else appointed to the position, that person will get clobbered. ms lopez got the thumbs down on her appointment because she upset the mining industry when she ordered the closure or suspension of 28 mines and threatened to cancel 75 contracts following an industry—wide audit. well, now have to wait and see if the president will take on this new challenge. we will have to keep an eye on that. now to a very different story. a very dramatic story. a light plane has crashed in dramatic fashion in the us state of washington, and it was all caught on a d

terrorist, oscar lopez rivera will be honored within award. obviously de blasio has set the bar very low but this is really should be beyond that for him. >> okay i am going to give this to anti-communism in america. california legislator introduced a bill that said that you could officially and legally hire communists in the california government. in california do you think that would fly right through? but had to pull the bill because of opposition from guess what? americans who had fled communism in vietnam and from veterans who had served in vietnam. good for them. >> the bathroom on the legislature while communism was? quest this makes it official. >> remember, if you have your own hit or miss be sure to tweet it to us. that is it for this week's show. thanks to my panel. thanks to you for watching. we hope to see you here next week. hello everyone i am gregg jarrett welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> and the president wrapping up a visit in saudi arabia. the first official trip overseas ahead of a highly anticipated speech happ