dr. sanders. the tax cut bill would pay for itself. on page 128. they project that the tax plan will increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next 11 years. at the end of how many hours hearing about the benefits of trickle-down economics. tax revenues will increase to overcome the deficit. present trump among others has claimed the rich will not be gaining at all with the tax plan. the good of the top 1%. and 60% is that roughly accurate. what we're talking about is a tax plan that significantly grows the deficit in almost all of the benefits i don't know if you've even seen it. but it came out literally from today. they have seen zero wage growth. over the past year after adjusting for inflation. in march of 2017 in march of 200018 what i would say talk a little bit about income and inequality. is it true based on your understanding that the three wealthiest people in this country now on -- own more wealth than the bottom people. i do have them numbers in my head. my colleague butcher would talked about social security and medicare. they in

[laughter]ell -- senator sanders: dr. hall, as you know, president trump and my republican colleagues said over and over again that the tax cuts, tax cut bill will pay for itself. on page 128 of your report on the budget and the economy, however, the c.b.o. projects that the trump tax plan will increase the deficit by nearly $1.9 trillion over the next 11 years, is that correct? dr. hall: that's correct. senator sanders: so my friends, after the end of how many hours we sat in this room hearing about the benefits of trickle down economics it will cradle the growth and tax revenues will increase to overcome the deficit. turns out not to be true. dr. hall, president trump, among others, has claimed -- this is a quote from trump. quote, the rich will not be gaining at all with this tax plan, end of quote. but according to the tax policy center, by the end of the decade, 83% of the benefits of the trump tax plan go to the top 1% and 60% of the benefits go to the top .1%. is that roughly accurate? dr. hall: i think that's thei

on the 50th anniversary of his death, including bernie sanders. dr. king was killed at the lorraine motel on april 4, 1968 at the age of 39. he traveled to memphis to support the sanitation workers strike. jury selection is once again underway for the bill cosby sex assault retrial. the process was suspended for several hours after his lawyers alleged prosecutors removed a black woman from consideration because of her race. prosecutors pushed back, noting two blacks have already been seated as jurors. in new york, i'm mark crumpton. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang, and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, ceo of facebook, mark zuckerberg, speaks to the public. 87 million users were potentially impacted in the recent data scandal. plus, amazon, still under presidential fire. the president ramped up his war of words against the online retailer with a potential cloud contract with the pentagon hanging in the balance. stock loses some steam on its second day. first, facebook revealed 37 million more users may have had their

dr. jackson and how on the defense of sarah sanders was despite all of everyone's attempts to ask the tough questions, she again saying over and over again saying he's our guy. >> reporter: that's right. you heard her save dr. ronny jackson had worked for previous administrations. while they were dumping on the obama administration for daca, they were taking president obama's ringing endorsement of ronny jackson as gospel and as a reason why he should get the job to run the v.a. sarah sanders said i had taken something out of context at the press conference yesterday. the president said with respect to this issue of experience, he said, quote, i know there's an experience problem because lack of experience, the president say quite plainly yesterday that dr. jackson seems to have an issue when it comes to having the right amount of experience to run the v.a. so i think that more than anything else, perhaps more than these other allegations that are swirling around the doctor may be the one issue that trips him up the most when he goes into conformation hearings, if those hearings actually ha

dr. jackson, sarah sanders, the press secretary here, says he's back at work today, he remains a naval physician assigned to the white house. but one outstanding question is whether he will remain the physician to the president. the physician who's assigned to look after president trump. stephanie. >> i want to bring my panel in. to you first, again, these are allegations about ronny jackson. we don't know if they're true. i mean, candyman is an aggressive thing to say, especially if we're talking about long -- sleeping pills for long flights. how does he recover from this? he's going to pull his name from the va secretary. can he go back to being a white house doctor? >> i think that's a good question. i think politico's done good reporting on how these pills were handed out. a lot of people traveling on these trips took them. put that to one side. >> on business trips, as soon as you'd be on a long flight for work, you go to the office doctor and get the pills. >> the question to me that's more concerning are the allegations about his ranking on the job. these are just allegations but they hav

on the 50th anniversary of his death, including bernie sanders. dr.t the lorraine motel on april 4, 1968 at the age of 39. he traveled to memphis to support the sanitation workers strike. jury selection is once again underway t

sarah sanders was saying dr. ronny jackson has been thoroughly vetted but as we know, the white house just found out about these allegations made against dr. jackson days ago. the president announced he was picking him to be the next v.a. secretary over a month ago. so it would raise a question of if he's been properly vetted, how did they not find out about these complaints made against dr. jackson in that month or so since then? of course he was the white house doctor in this administration and in the administration prior to this so they meant that kind of vetting but once you are nominated to be a cabinet secretary, did they do any formal vetting or interviews with him to discuss these allegations? that's where it's just not adding up, brooke. >> sarah, back to the president's comments yesterday, kaitlin appropriately points out he absolutely talked about experience or lack of experience and then juxtapose that when wa we heard from sarah sanders at the podium. >> sarah sanders said what we've been hearing pri

dr. jackson. yet sarah sanders says he's been thoroughly vetted and in the same breath said that none of these allegations came up, which they certainly would have in anything remotely close to a vetting process. now white house sources say president trump is beginning to wonder out loud if dr. jackson should step aside before things get worse. the white house is reportedly preparing tonight for the possibility that dr. jackson will withdraw his nomination. and then there's what appears to be a new bromance for president trump. no, not the french president emmanuel macron who threw some shade in a speech in congress today that we'll talk about. but trump's new bff is, wait for it, kanye. kanye west. kanye tweeting today, "you don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. we are both dragon energy. he is my brother. i love everyone. i don't agree with everything anyone does." the president replied, "thank you, kanye, very cool." the internet lost its mind. is everyone missing the point here? stick around, we've got a lot more on all of this. cnn senior political analyst mark presto

dr. jackson is that he manages up very well, that he is very, very kind and very cooperative and very complimentary of people above him. it's managing below that he has a problem. sarah huckabee sanders this afternoon said none of these allegations came to light before his nomination. she finds it all very suspicious. listen here. >> the allegations that dr. ronny jackson is facing, there's more allegations that have been levelled at him the last 24 hours, one of which might involve a hippa violation. >> dr. jackson's background and character were evaluated in three different administrations. dr. jackson has had at least four independent background investigations conducted during his time at the white house including an fbi investigation conducted as part of the standard nomination vetting process. during each of those investigations, dr. jackson received unanimous praise from dozens of witnesses and there were no areas of concern. >> jackson was, as we know, shep, the subject of a 2012 military medical inspector general's report in which his leadership conduct was questioned. that at the very least should have been included in the background checks. perhaps it didn't -- go ahead. >>

dr. jackson if and when he gets another hearing date. we're hearing from white house officials including sarah sanders saying that at this point they want to try to reschedule that hearing. that confirmation hearing for dr. jackson. at this point no date has been scheduled. obviously the white house would like to see that get wac on the schedule. the nature of these allegations are such that we'll have to see how this plays out moving forward. make no question about it, they're in a defiant hoed. >> thanks very much. let's talk about all the breaking news. senator, let me quickly get your reaction to cnn's reporting that some of those expelled russians were possibly targeting other russians living here in the united states are russian who is have come to the united states and working with u.s. law enforcement working with the cia safe here in the united states? >> first, it's good to be with you. the report we did author show this is part of the tools that mr. putin uses in europe and the united states targeting people that disagree with his regime. yes, he tracks these people to other country, including the united states. i don't have s

discussion and we'll keep you posted. >> yesterday -- >> you're listening to sarah sanders there calling the charges against drhe president continues to stand behind him although noting and refusing to say that dr. jackson line by line denied the allegations over the last few days and pay attention to that in the coming hours. >>> other news, another federal judge has overruled the trump administration's effort to end daca. this time saying the government must accept new applications from the so-called dreamers. the ruling will not take immediate effect and the judge delayed it for 90 days to allow to make its case. they adequately explained its conclusion that the program was unlawful. >> we have new details this morning about the suspected waffle house shooter. according to cnn affiliate wsmv, the shooter erased his laptop's hard drive weeks before the shooting. he took his laptop to a nashville repair shop last month and asked the staff to swipe, to clean all of the information. the owner of the repair shop saying there was nothing unusual about the transaction. the alleged shooter is charged with four coun

sanders. talking about dr. ronny jackson, just elevated to admiral. the white house chief white house physician. the circumstances and the stories emerging from capitol hill a little murky here. is this an issue of dr. jackson or is this an issue of the white house really doing no vetting at all? >> i think neither of those are mutually exclusive because of how this is all played out. having a hearing delayed for a nominee in this circumstance is really something that is unheard of. it is part of why even trump supporters sometimes feel we always have a -- there is always a best of times, worst of times with the trump white house. the jackson nomination being -- the hearing being delayed, being the worst of times, having pompeo move over for trump supporters, the best of times. these two things happening at once make it hard to really deliver a cohesive message on the administration moving forward on those priorities and those policy priorities that it really hopes to do so on. >> you know, simone, we're now, what, a year and four or five months into

dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable. >> reporter: white house officials today strongly defended jackson. press secretary sarah sandersed he had been the subject of four background checks. >> because dr. jackson has herked within arm's reach of three presidents, he has received more vetting than most nominees. >> i'm looking forward to getting back on track. >> reporter: jackson has been equally defiant. he told president trump he wants the opportunity to defend himself at a confirmation anaring. this morning, republican committee chairman johnny isakson promised just that. >> so i'm going to make sure we have an open, fair hearing for the american people. >> reporter: but republicans are divided over exactly how to proceed. when i asked one senior republican senator earlier, "what's the level of patience among his g.o.p. colleagues for all this drama," jeff, he said it's "very thin." >> glor: all right. ed o'keefe continuing his reporting on this story. thank you. we're going to go to major garrett now at the white house. so major, how much did the white house know about these allegations before, and what's your sens

dr. ronny jackson. press secretary sarah sanders said he had been fully checked out before president trump chose him, even as shocking new allegations emerged. we are now joined by a democratic member of that panel, senator sherrod brown of ohio. senator bro fwn, than joining us. late this afternoon, the mmittee's democratic summary of what they've been told about the allegations against dr. jackson emerged. what to you is the most troubling on it? what's the most surprising on it? >> i will emphasize it may have been the democratic staff putting this out t it's the bipartisan move by the committee, the republican chair, to dlait hearing on dr. jack son, admiral jack son, because they want to know, too what exactly happened. and senator tester, the senior democrat and i and others on the committee are talking a lot to individual senate republicans, what they're hearing and what they're thinking. perhaps the most troubling-- thh most troublinng to me is the white house prized likeability and loyalty of dr. jackson morehan they did e ultimate issue here, and that is what's best for veterans. and this strted

dr. jackson's position he would not go through with the position. words that so far the white house physician has yet to follow. in minute we're set to hear sarah huckabee sanders in the daily press briefing. let's go to our team of reporters. guys, welcome. the president himself isn't giving what we would call a ringing endorsement for dr. jackson to lead the v.a. he's saying it's up to him, but the white house is pretty for forcefully defending him. >> i think you're nailing it. the white house briefing has been pushed back 15 minutes. and i expect that ronny jackson will dominate most of the questions here today. so, yes, the white house is mounting this really intense and frankly rather belated crisis management push to try to make sure that they are circling the wagons around ronny jackson. there's an acknowledgment in some circles this may be too little too late. right now there's a sense of trying to get jackson over this if not the finish line at least through this hurdle, these accusations against him. i can share more of what we learned about the oval office meeting between dr. jackson and president trump. we knew it was positive and up beat. those ar

dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable. >> reporter: white house officials strongly defended jackson. press secretary sarah sandersoted he had been the subject of four background checks. >> because dr. jackson has worked within arm's reach of three presidents, he has received more vetting than most nominees. >> i'm looking forward to getting back on track. >> reporter: jackson has been equally defiant. he told president trump he wants the opportunity to defend himself at a confirmation hearing. this morning, republican committee chairman johnny isakson promised just that. >> so i'm going to make sure we have an open, fair hearing for the american people. >> reporter: but republicans are divided over exactly how to proceed. when i asked one senior republican senator earlier, what's the level of patience among his g.o.p. colleagues for all this drama, jeff, he said it's "very thin." >>> a former police officer has been arrested as the so called golden gate killer who terrorized the golden gate in the 70s and 80s responsible for 175 crimes including dozen homicides and 45 rains. >> law enforcement officials from acro

dr. martin luther king with special coverage wednesday. we'll be right back with more from senator bernie sandersckie, gaby and stephanie. we worked with pg&e to save energy because we wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california. >> brennan: welcome back to nice "face the nation" i'm margaret brennan. we're back with vermont independent senator bernie sanders who is going to be asking some tough questions of that next nominee the v.a. secretary. the v.a. says average wait time at some facilities can be as long as a hundred days. president is not happy with the speed of reform there. what is the source of this problem? >> the v.a. is largest integrated health care system in the country. and as i said previo

earlier in the day, white house press secretary sarah sanders defended the vetting process. >> dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable. dr. jackson has had at least four independent background investigations conducted during his time at the white house including an fbi investigation conducted as part of the standard nomination vetting process. >> is the white house going to look into the allegations that have been made against him about drinking on the job. >> certainly something we would look at, absolutely. >> the democratic report quotes colleagues can calling jackson flat out unethical. toxic. abusive. and volatile. senator jon tester of montana, ranking democrat on the committee discussed his findings on msnbc earlier today. >> starting about a week ago, chuck, we've got claims, accusations that were made. and we're following up talking to some 23 different people. there's more that come forth every day about some of the challenges that admiral jackson had as chief of the white house medical unit. it would be senatorial malpractice for us not to fol

[inaudible] lee sanders, the words of dr. king resonate in my heart tonight.oing for others? those words challenge us to increase our efforts to bring about justice and freedom. even though tonight represents the 50th anniversary of the night before dr. king was assassinated, we are here tonight to celebrate his life, not his death. [applause] bishop brooks: he was truly a man called and sent by god as a moses to lead his people from the tyranny of jim crow to the promised land of citizenship, in which the humanity of black people was recognized. his untimely death could be construed as the end of the dream, but i do not believe that is even remotely true. the dreamer has gone to be with god, but the dream still endures. when dr. king gave his famous mountaintop address from this presseyium, he was priss -- in recognizing his impending death, and he took that moment to motivate those who would be called to pick up the mantle and the torch, and preston towards the fulfillment of that dream. i believe our speaker tonight, mr. charles edward blake, has been calle

here's press secretary sarah huckabee sanders' attempt at that this afternoon. >> dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable. in fact, because dr. jackson has worked within arm's reach of three presidents, he's had more vetting than most nominees. we are continuing to look at the situation. i can only speak to some of the personal accounts that those of us have as well as the records that we have that are substantiated through a very detailed and thorough background investigation process. >> but as with all things trumpian, white house aides are quietly telling reporters a different story with all fingers pointing at the president's impulsivity. politico reporting jackson was chosen with little vetting, angering several white house aides including chief of staff john kelly. now a whisper campaign of allegations threatens to tank his nomination. the episode offers a window into how the president's impulsive decision making has created problems for republican senators as well as his own aides. also from politico, aides who have come to realize th

dr. ronny jackson forcing him to withdraw in your view? >> well, we see -- leaks throughout entire administration, very unfortunate sarah huckabee sanders said very true dr. ronny jackson an individual had been vetted by three administrations, so it if these were to be true why wasn't that funny to be case in other vetting processes? so it is something that i think, obviously harmful to the trump administration you see nominees put name in have to withdraw. >> right. >> so that particular problematic, and sad to see him go i know that there are other good people can step in his place, excellent care. >> well we talked about that earlier, you are right but i mean, is are the people going to -- going to come forward, and make noise about this? how is this going to stop with all these you know, booby traps, and barriers that the resist movement is putting in place for the trump administration. >> i think your only option in situation like this to fight back fight back f. >> other necks go wall-to-wall own person speculation, anonymously source nod verification to smear this guy i was forced to watch a network for whatever reason didn't stop all

. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders today pointing to four background checks he passed. >> there is no area of concern raised for dr. jackson specifically. >> reporter: also developing late tonight, news on a different front related to the legal battle between the president's long-time personal lawyer and the porn star that claims she had an affair with donald trump which the white house has denied. we're learning michael cohen will plead the fifth in proceedings related to the stormy daniels case. lester? >> all right. hallie jackson at the white house, thank you. >>> there was a rare moment on capitol hill today. french president emanuel macron addressing a joint meeting. just a day after he and france's first lady were welcomed at as guests of honor the white house's first state dinner. nbc foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the story. >> reporter: a french connection on capitol hill after the charm with the man he calls share donald. the state dinner and all those public displays of affection, today in congress emanuel macron with pointed pushback against president trump calling for him to get ba

sorry, we have to go to the white house and sarah sanders, who is now briefing the press corps. >> dri would like to live a long life. longevity has its place but i'm not concerned about that now. i just want to do god's will. and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain and i've looked over and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. and i'm so happy tonight. i'm not worried about anything. i'm not fearing any man. mine eyes have seen the coming of the lord. these prophetic words, while it cost him his life changed the course of history. in honor of his sacrifice, we continue to perfect our union by defending the truth of all our country's founding principles, that all men are created equal. looking ahead to tomorrow, the president will be traveling to west virginia. while there, he will participate in a round table with ceos and workers from companies that have provided bonuses, pay raises and other benefits to their employees as a result of the trump tax cuts. also participating

dr. jackson received unanimous praise from dozens of witnesses and the investigations revealed no areas of concern. figure sarah sanders noting none of the allegations were raised before jackson's nomination. the background check should have picked up a medical inspector general's report in 2012 that found dr. jackson exhibited poor leadership in a dispute with a colleague and as a result of the dispute, overall unit morale is a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10. one of his biggest detractors is montana senator jon tester, ranking member of the va committee who insists jackson has problems beyond leadership. >> this doctor has a problem because he hands out prescriptions like candy. in fact, in the white house, they called the candy man. the word is that it on overseas trips in particular the admiral will go down the aisle and say who wants to go to sleep and handout the prescriptions. >> on overnight overseas trips, white house doctors do after staff, even journalists, sleep aids. >> aromatic government -- i recommend everyone takes a sleep aid at certain times. >> the pills given out are recorded with names and dosages. tester

dr. ronny jackson to run the department of veterans' affairs, sara sanders tried to claim today that the president never suggested that jackson lacked the experience to head the v.a. when in fact the president did just that. >> the white house tried to move the nomination of dr. ronny jackson out of critical condition. insisting president trump's pick to run the department of veterans' affairs was fully vetted. >> dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable and in fact because dr. jackson has worked within armed reach of three presidents he's received more vetting than most nominee. >> and then she tried to pull a fast one, claiming the president did not lack the experience to run the v.a. >> yesterday the president suggested that dr. jackson does not have the experience to run the department of veterans' affairs. is that a fair assessment. >> that is not what the president said. i think you're taking some of his words out of context. and based on your -- i know you don't appreciate when people take your words out of context, so i'd appreciate if you not do that t

dr. shulkin, do you think that's the direction the v.a. will be moving in? >> i certainly hope not. i understand senator sanders concerns.ook, we have bipartisan support, great leadership to make sure the v.a. is there for men and women who go off and protect our country. we have the veterans themselves, the veteran community who knows it is essential to have a strong v.a. you can work with the private tech sore. that's the direction i was moving in. it is essential that we work together and make this the very best that our veterans deserve. and i think the country recognizes in the past we just haven't done it. we are well on our way to doing it. i hope we keep this in the same direction we have been moving in the last year. >> does it concern you that your replacement does not have any managerial experience for the second largest agency in the country? >> well, i have comfort because i know dr. jackson. dr. jackson is a very honorable man who wants to do the right thing. and he's going to need to build a team to help him do this. this is a big job. the second largest agency in the federal government. $200 billion a yea

sarah sanders said at a that frtd podium. i spoke with the president and dr. jackson. they're probably speaking again tonight. but what the president said yesterday was very important. you should digest it all. i stand him him he wants to stay. i certainly understand if he looks up and said why do i need this? the processes are so brutal. >> it's the president's call. it's his choice whether he stays or goes. >> it's both of their calls. no, no, only both. >> only one president his call. >> excuse me. excuse me process. the nominee can also withdraw himself from consideration. >> of course he can. but you don't let ronnie jackson decide by himself that's the president's call. but i got to go. >> it's not just the allegations that are a consideration. >> go ahead finish your point, please. >> it's not just the allegations. hold on you have to take everything into account. the fact that he has been praised by president obama. >> i hear it all. >> it has to work for him there are two sides to every story. i think it's dangerous for senators to come on your show not under

sanders' appearance, only her despicable behavior in her words. many comedians are coming to wolf's defense including jimmy kimmel and kathy griffin. >>> dr. ronny jackson will not be returning to the white house as the president's chief physician. he was replaced when he was nominated to be head of the veterans affairs department. now, jackson withdrew his nomination amid allegations of poor management at the white house medical unit. the website politico was first to report jackson will return to the unit but not as the chief doctor. >>> turning our focus overseas and south korea's military says it will remove the loud speakers it used to blast propaganda into north korea for decades. it's the first concrete action following this weekend's historic summit. at that meeting the north korean leader kim jong-un promised to invite outsiders to watch as his country's nuclear test site is shut down. speaking on abc's "this week," the secretary of state mike pompeo new on the job saying when it comes to whether to trust north korea's promises, the trump administration has its eyes wide open. >> we know the history. we're not going to take promis

dr. jackson. there are a lot of republicans who are spoesing teupporting te sarah huckabee sanders, how is she going to handle this? >> i think she needs to say -- she is obviously going to be pressed on what he has. i don't know if he has much. i think this is something the president does. it is a tactic he uses to kind of rally his base. he knows that jon tester is in trouble in montana and he will keep poking at him until that works. >> no briefing today. the president will have to answer questions. >> how uncharacteristic this is for a president to be threatening. i would consider that to be a threat, sitting u.s. senator and something we saw him do during the campaign and something he did with james comey. so this definitely falls into characteristics we have seen the president -- this is something that she does repeatedly. i think it is worth noting how uncharacteristic it is. >> on the issue of ronnie jackson in general which i continue to think is a strange case. the president is on the attack upset that the nomination was pulled. senator langford was on tv saying that he has concerns there

dr. ronny jackson withdrawing as president trump's nominee to head the v.a., white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanderselling reporters moments ago that admiral jackson is a doctor in the united states navy assigned to the white house and is here at work today. is he going to stay there, though? let's discuss this. we have cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joining us from rome. what do you think of ronny jackson's fate here, not just on the v.a. side but on staying on the house side? >> reporter: it's really interesting because i spent some time at the white house during that press briefing that he gave about the president's health and i got to tell you, chris, you talk to everybody within this administration, within previous administration, doctors that i know that have worked with him and everyone had, frankly, have good things to say about him. there was not a hint of this that i heard a month or two, if these things are true and there was dispensing of some of these controlled substances, not in a very ethical way, whatever it may be, that's going to raise a lot of concern, obvious

dr. ronnie jackson is taking a lot ever heat right now. a lot of people are saying, including sarah sanders a short time ago, some of the latest allegations are outrageous. she didn't specify which one. the president himself apparently hinting yesterday he doesn't know why dr. jackson deals with all of this and takes all of this, though he still supported him. do you? >> i had a very good meeting with him last week. he answered a number of questions. we talked about his strategy in front of the committee. i felt that he should have the opportunity last week to do this. over the weekend chairman isaacson made a conference call with a number of republicans. i understand ranking member tester did same thing with democrats. chairman was very honest with us, and discussed a number of unsubstantiated allegations that have been made against the admiral. he laid out in some detail the types of allegations that were being made. most certainly if they were found to be true, they would be of real concern before the committee. so we're going to do our due diligence. we would do that whether it was repu

. >> press secretary sarah sanders pointing to four background checks back john passed. >> there's been no area of concern that was raised for dr. jackson specifically. >> there is still no date set for ronny jackson's confirmation hearing and with congress out on break next week it won't happen soon if it happens at all. all previous va secretaries have been confirmed overwhelmingly. a lot is riding on this potential hearing, given that this is the person who will lead the second biggest government agency. back to you. >> thanks, to hali jack ton for that repo that report. >>> jew >> giuliani pressed mueller for clarity on when the probe is expected to end. in response mueller reportedly reiterated that he would like a chance to ask trump questions about steps he took during the transition and in the early months of his administration. giuliani joined the trump legal team hoping to negotiate an end to the investigation within a couple of weeks. earlier discussions of a presidential sitdown with mueller reportedly broke off after the raid of michael cohen's office, residence and hotel room. >>> overseas we are less than 24 hour

dr. jackson worked within arm's reach of three presidents he's received more vetting than most nominees. >> reporter: and press secretary sara sandersodged questions on whether jackson underwent additional vetting before he became the nominee but in talking to white house sources, the president 's insistence that jackson become the v.a. nominee led to a less than thorough vet of his political suitability which of course is a different kind of vet than the four type of fbi background investigations that sanders pointed to today. jake. >> pamela brown at the white house. my political panel joins me. david urban, let me start with you. obviously these are allegations, these are not proven facts. but what should the white house be doing if it's not true, then i don't think they're doing him any favors by letting the allegations hang out there, if they are true, then they didn't do him any favors by nominating him without answers to the questions ready. >> that is the tough part here. we don't know exactly what is in the black box again. what is true and in the report and what is the -- in the fbi background report. he's had four stti ba

sanders bobbing and weaving from the press podium. let listen to what he said in her own words. >> yesterday the president suggested that dr. jackson does not have the experience to run the department of veterans affairs. is that a fair assessment? >> that's not what the president said. i think you're taking some of his words out of context. >> but in fact, that's exactly what the president said. listen. >> i know there's an experience problem, lack of experience, but there's -- the veterans administration is very important to me. >> so the mistruths appearing to contagious, even with some of the president's boosters, diamond and lynnette. they insisted they were never paid by the trump campaign, even though documents the trump campaign itself filed showed they were paid $1,294 back in november of 2016 for field consulti consulting. >> miss holloway, i think you stated on the record today at least three times, quote, we were not paid by the trump campaign. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> that is correct. >> you have an fec document that clearly indicates that the two of you were paid for field consulting by the trum

sanders suggesting that the trump administration actually did their due diligence. >> is the white house doing any sort of additional looking into dr. jackson's background in light of all of the allegations. >> there's been a thorough vetting process done by the fbi as well as three other independent investigations, but that's part of what the nomination process of congress should do and what it's supposed to look like and why they should move forward with a hearing. >> so congress is to blame. it's a pretty amazing thing to say given the allegations and given the fact that members of the president's own party are calling out the white house for r poor vetting. >> what do you think this says about the white house's vetting process? >> it needs to be b more robust. >> this does raise questions about the white house vetting. >> there's been a history here of people coming to the hill not very well vetted. >> manu is "outfront" with the breaking details. what are they doing to verify these accusations they say are comeing from 23 people? are they going to verify it or not? >> they're requesting a range of records from the white house

dr. jackson who is back at the white house. but we understand tonight not back as the president's doctor, correct? >> that's right. as you'll recall, sarah sanders, the press secretary left the door open saying he is a doctor in the navy assigned to the white house back at work today. as it turns out according totd official i spoke with he is back in the medical office but he is not back as the president's doctor. and illustrated unclear even if he will return ever as the president's doctor. since announce ds as the nominee there was another physician who stepped in as the president's doctor. that person is still in the role. and dr. jackson, while back at the medical unit has not rezaumd his role. >> pam will we also saw the president repeat two favorite words, no collusion with russia while standing next to the german chancellor based on the republican house intelligence committee report, correct. >> that's right. it was clear that russia was top of mind for the president today for a couple of reasons. there was a house intelligence report by the republicans that said there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and so the pre

dr. jackson is known as a good man, he's obviously served his country. can he run this department? there is a 50-50 odds he will beat senator sanders up the process on the floor can make some advances. there are some confirmation hearings and that will take some time, and if he does step in it during the confirmation hearings, he'll have a hard time getting the votes. but this is an election year, and there will be a number of democrats feeling they need to bill over the several hours. >> i think that helps him because the democrats can't vote down every one of these cabinet nominees that are coming up before him, no secretary of. i think with the midterms approaching, it would be very hard for democrats. they could trade. >>> next, democratic congresswoman facing calls for her resignation. she makes a direct appeal now to her house colleagues. afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with

now bernie sanders ready to roll out a new guarantee for every american you get a government job. only one question. who pays for that? >> neil: all right. drthe president's choice to head the v.a., the president said with all the dust-up an controversy, he thinks highly of the white house doctor but he wouldn't go through it. he doesn't think it's worth the grief. the president said he would support him in that effort. so far ronny jackson has said he's not going anywhere. speaking briefly the reporters on the new allegations including one that said that, you know, he crashed a car, wrecked a car while drunk. he said not true. jackson said he was still moving ahead on this nomination. he said he didn't wreck a car and should be easy to prove that he didn't wreck a car. he doesn't know where the allegations are coming from. they first popped up in "the washington post." others have said he's not up to the job, a huge government agency and overseeing a medical staff of 16 in the white house, he's not cut for it. let's get the read from jonas, jessica and maddie. maddie, he says he's not going anywhere. the president wonders why he puts up wi

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sanders was pushed on the matter multiple time during the briefing last hour. >> doctor jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable n. fact, because dr. jackson has worked within arm's reach of three presidents he has received more vetting than most nominees. given his unique position of trust and responsibility, dr. jacks jackson's background and character were evaluated during three different administrations. >> nbc's kristen welker is at the white house. four different background checks but they didn't know about the i.g. report? >>ert that. i can tell you white house officials echo what sarah huckabee sanders said from the podium, bottom line, he has the right to go through his confirmation hearing and to defend him against these allegations which he denies. as you point out the allegations include excessive drinking on the job, overprescribing pills and creating a hostile work environment. sarah huckabee sanders asked specifically about the allegations today. take a look at how she responded today. >> sit the position of the administration that the people who raised these allegations are lying? >> that's not what i said. i said w

dr. king. as one of the highlights we had the honor to host some democratic front-runners for the 2020 race for the white house. kamala harris and elizabeth warren and bernie sandersistian gillibrand. you're going to hear from all four today in what we call the sharpton primary. first, i challenged senator kamala harris of california. >> senator harris, thank you for being with us this morning. you spoke at the national action convention about how we have to reflect on the past but really face the challenges of today and you've coined a phrase about coalition. >> yes. >> coalition strong. >> coalition strong. my parents met when they were active in the civil rights movement of the 60s. a my memories of that time and of the discussions about that time that they had was included that there was a coalition of people who seemingly had nothing in common, but have everything in common. and as we know the civil rights movement had been at its strongest when people understand that each person's krystcivil r is a matter of everyone's civil rights. so the importance of bringing people together, to march, to talk, to shout to speak in unison about our collective interest and

dr. jackson are just now coming to light and were not known to the white house before president trump tweeted that he would be the nominee to head the department of veteran affairs. sarah sandersriefing this afternoon that there had been four separate background checks, investigations. at one point she used the phrase vegt on jackson. but she did not detail what those entailed. she said one of them was conducted by the fbi. it's unclear whether all of them or most of them took place before jackson was nominated for the v.a. i assume they did. it's very likely that he would have these sorts of procedures going on just because of his proximity every day to the president. he was the personal physician. and so there would be an interest on the part of the fbi and the white house and the executive branch as a whole to make sure that he was up to snuff to do that. i can tell you talking to white house officials, they're very confused by the allegations that have come forth about jackson. because they've traveled with jackson around the world, they know him, they feel like he's close to them personally. and this is not the behavior that they have seen from him. and they're really sta