dr. shulkin district i had put out, questions that you like to ask you when dr. shulkin was up for his confirmation, and we will submit a number of for the record, one of the questions was from a guy by the name of bob tom's, nickname is cajun bob. he lives in alaska. he's very well known in my state, beloved, but he's more well-known in washington. people probably don't know his name but if you been going down constitution avenue for the last six months and seen that giant portrait of a marine and the tet offensive, at the news museum, it's huge. got a marine, he is counterattacking, he's a staff sergeant or again and the tet offensive, way city battle. his candies are shredded. that's cajun bob. he received six purple hearts in the marine corps, silverstar in the battle of way city. that battle has depicted i think it is still up there in the news museum. you should go take a look. and his question to me, a real here among us, we have so many we are proud of, was the concern we hear from so many veterans that there's been stories of senior leadership at the va n

dr. shulkin, getting legislation passed and be able to fire people if they're not doing their job.e looking at that but then also one of the ones that you pointed out is according to the va, the poverty rate among veterans is rising, the number of veterans on foot stamps is outpacing the number of those who have never been in the military. i think it's sad, we have young men and women who are going out in battlefield with more than rust backs on their back, they are also being waved down with the needs of their families, so again robert wilkie get the nod and get in there and hit the grounded running and continue with great improvement that we have seen so far. jillian: kathy, thank you. rob: 48 minutes after the hour, far-left democrats have have ben attacking immigration and custom enforcement for months. >> look at ice, what a group of incompetents. rob: top democrat that joined the cause to abolish the agency entirely. jillian: feeling the heat, he hid in a dryer, the story coming up. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go where

dr. shulkin, by this committee, or by the congress. and also the mission act. we have some very historic and transformative changes happening at va that are going to change the status quo. i think when that really became the reality for the organization, folks had to sit back and take stock of that and see what they wanted to do. >> how are you assuring that people aren't disciplined or fired for their own personal political beliefs? we just had an example of this in the fbi where a gentleman was, by all evidence, was doing his job, actually was removed from the case because there was a perception he was biased. how do you parse out when people's personal feelings about the administration might be out of line but they're doing their job okay? are you trying to protect those people? >> when those people -- in the whistle-blower, they get the same protections across the board. misconduct has a very specific definition. it is not political -- >> has nothing to do with a person's political beliefs, individual political beliefs. >> no. >> my time has expired, mr. ch

dr. shulkin, this committee, congress. we have some very historic and transformative actions happening that will change the status quo. when that became the reality, people had to sit back and take stock. do you make sure people are not disciplined and fired for their own personal beliefs? at the fbi we just had a gentleman who was by all evidence doing his job and was removed from a case because there was a perception he was biased. how do you parse out when people's personal dealings about the administration might be out of line but they are doing their job ok? are you trying to stick those people? whistleblower, unrelated to politics, absolutely. they get the same protection across the board. misconduct has a very specific definition. rep. peters: it has nothing to do with individual personal believes? o'rourke:no -- mr. no. >> how many employees to have who were hired for specific jobs outlined in the posting who are now spending 100% of their time on union activity? : almost 500 time ons spend 100% of the other things

he fired david shulkin amid allegations and squabbling about the role of private care for veterans and white house dr claims of misconduct surfaced. >>> victims in the vegas massacre are outraged. mgm resorts international, which owns the hotel where the gunman fired from is suing about a thousand victims. the company is seeking a preemptive ruling to avoid liability for the attack the victims say being sued makes them feel as helpless as they felt during last october's shootings. >> it enrages me to think that this company can just try to skip out on their responsibilities and their liability. . >> i'm disgusted. in fact, i've already lost my son and now they want to sue me. >> while many of the victims say they will continue their legal battle against the hotel company for as long as it takes. mgm resorts international says the case belongs in federal court, because resolving each individual lawsuit on its own would take years. >>> the residents of brooklyn, iowa, are holding out hope for a college student. molly tibbitz was last seen going for a job five days ago. abc's alex perez has more on the