hhs has people on the ground. we are doing everything we can. the challenge is, as you heard from tom bossert, getting supplies to the people and people to the supplies or facilities. >> bret: today you said you think you still have the confidence of president trump. why do you think that? >> i continue to work, we work together on the issue of the hurricanes, global health security, working on -- >> bret: has he talked to you about this? >> he has an ses he has said publicly, he wasn't happy. he expressed that to mean very clearly. >> bret: how so? >> just that way. i won't divulge any personal conversations i've had with the president but he wasn't happy. >> bret: he put a statement out. you say you apologize and you are going to write a check. >> bret: i think the important point, these trips were official business and within budget and approved by the normal processes ever gathered administration has gone through. prior to the trip, not after. we have heard concerns. i have heard the criticisms. in order to make certain people appreciate my

and that's not because hhs secretaries don't receive data briefings all the time, it's because we're at a most difficult point in terms of this battle against addiction and drug abuse, and we at hhs and the trump administration have chosen to make this a priority. this survey reflects the urgency that we have in two of our clinical priority areas, there's some good news points that imtd li i would like to share, one is that the opiod crisis, the report didn't show that the opiod crisis is more prevalent than in 2016. but the number of overdose deaths continue to skyrocket. and as all of you who toil in this crisis know that this is a deeply complicated story. but the fact that we're not seeing this scourge grow any further is a testament to the work of communities large and small. but we have also heard of so much tragedy as well, because the rates of addiction to heroin and misuse of prescription opiods that we're seeing are incredibly high and the cost in terms of lives cost is still rapidly growing. tired's survey estimates that 948,000 american adults used heroin in the past year

another one got withdrawn today because hhs didn't act on it. >> red state almost just said to hh smt tonight, we applied for a waiver and you never got back to us, so we have to pull it back, because you are just ignoring your job basically. >> that's right. and minnesota was promised its waiver weeks and weeks ago. it finally came through last week, but hhs said they were taking almost as much money away through another program as they would have gotten through the waiver. >> so then the bottom line is, how much does this become the topic of the inevitable confirmation hearing when they have to appoint somebody to replace price? >> i think it's totally the topic of the next confirmation hearing. no matter who it is. there's talk of people who have already been confirmed by the senate, whether it's seema verma, who is in charge of the affordable care act, or scott gottlieb at the fda. but no matter who it is, this is -- the hearings are going to be a proxy for what the administration has been doing to undermine the affordable care act. >> julie rogue ner, thank you. >>> up next, the

and this is a remarkable response that hhs gave to vox today. when asked about the fact that he's pulling regional administrators out of enrollment events. "obamacare's never lived up to enrollment expectations despite the previous administration's best efforts. the american people know a bad deal when they see one, many won't be convinced to sign up for washington knows best health coverage they can't afford. as obamacare continues to collapse hhs is carefully evaluating how we can best serve the american people who continue to be harmed by obamacare's failures." your reaction? >> it's really a disgusting statement from hhs and one that sounds like it comes from the campaign. i mean, we are not in the campaign any longer. they actually are running government. when you're running government, that includes administering the parts that you don't particularly like. i don't care if they don't want obamacare to be the law of the land, the congress of the united states and the people of the united states have decided that it will be. and by pulling ou

>> that is specific to hhs. i don't know that they spoke today, but i know they have spoken about this issue previously. i don't believe the president saw the secretary at any point today though. >> following up on that, does the president believe are or anyone at the white house think that there has been a tone set at the top here that has allowed cabinet members to feel empow empowered to take private jet flights when going on official travel? we have the hhs secretary, epa administrator, is there something that the president has said or done to set this tone that this is okay and -- >> not at all and i think the president has been clear about his position by stating very clearly that he is not thrilled with the afrp use airplane use. >> i want to make sure that i understand the stance frof the review process. he said ig, hhs. is there is a white house component? >> there is an internal review and ig and the white house is looking overall, not specifically that department. >> he said he would donate personal f

we didn't see tweets from the president talki ining about his beleaguered hhs secretary.hat criticism behind the scenes here, but obviously, as the president said earlier, the optics became too much for the white house at this point to bear and interestingly, i know that many white house officials were seething in the last couple of weeks when what they needed was secretary price to be a public advocate for this new health care plan that republicans were trying to push and they essentially had one of their loudest and strongest voices on that issue benched because they didn't want him to be facing questions about this while they were still trying to figure it out for themselves so i know that there were many people, not just the president, who were frustrated with this situation, but obviously this is the way it has ended for price and for other members of this administration as we just talked about. >> kayla, kayla, i just can't help myself. these seething white house staff peopleing about at the highest level, were they seething because they didn't get first-class seats

with me today as secretary price from hhs. obviously emergency management is a partnership, not only a partnership across the federal government, it's a partnership through all levels of government all the way down to citizens that we saw proactively stepped forward in harvey p we will need that same community approach today with me as secretary price i would i did turn it over to him for a few words about health and medical issues seem act thank you. anytime in an emergency you want and make sure you have the best people coordinating and i can tell you the american people could not be more proud of the folks with fema and the leadership brach long and his team are giving. over to share some words about harvey and then returned to hurricane irma. in terms of harvey, we remain in the response and recovery efforts that continue. life-saving activities transferred to life-sustaining activities. still have about 16000 people in shelters. from a health standpoint, there are four hospitals that remain closed at. abyss comes down fro

an eight-year hhs veteran who left in january tweeting today, as former director of scheduling at hhsng obama admin, i can confirm this is a crazy departure from precedent. and now we'll see if the inspector general for hhs agrees. their office telling nbc today, oig is conducting a review of secretary price's federal travel using chartered aircraft. review focuses on whether the travel complied with federal travel regulations and may encompass other issues related to the travel. we take this matter very seriously and when questions arose about potentially inappropriate travel we immediately began assessing the issue. i cab confirm work is under way and will be completed as soon as possible. i'm joined by one of the politico report hoarse broke this remarkable story, dan diamond. democrats cited his reporting when they requested an investigation from the oig. fantastic reporting. you've got a new scoop. i want to sort of set it up with this. which is that the spokesperson for hhs basically said, look, here's why we started doing these charter flights, that price had a commercial fligh

losing tom price, secretary of hhs. i've heard bobby jim dahl, kyle. who do you think the president needs to get health care through the senate? you have passed hundreds of bills. they get stuck in the senate. >> i don't know if changing hhs gets it to the senate. i think changing someone in the senate gets it to the senate. it is is difficult not just with health care but so many other items as well. i would bring the senate together. not just about health care but start looking at what america needs. and i would bring maybe an expert in that knows how to build a team. >> are you suggesting they need to change leadership in the senate? >> i'm not suggesting leadership. leadership has done all the battle going in. to me it seems one or two individuals wants to hold everything up. that is the frustration i have had with the history of the senate. where one individual can hold everything up. >> so if we look at health care, do you think john kyle so deeply respected in the senate might be able to help bring together the rand pauls and the lisa murkowskis

hhs matters a lot. president obama lost tom daschle, slowed down obamacare. got it eventually but slowed it down. it's devastating to a key part of the policy going foreand ought to have been made clear, don't use military transport, private planes, don't charter. should have been done. >> i worked there for a time. no one chartering a jet when aye was there. i need to say that. >> and curious. go to, a viewpoint about, what the vacancy means and the idea that -- how it canceled things down in -- booked. working with what they wanted to do with health care? >> i think, look, tom price had an agenda to sabotage the aca. be clear about that, and doing a pretty good job trying to sabotage the aca. my perspective, a little happy that gets slowed down for a while but i think,s had jose doesn't ha hhs doesn't have many people there as it is. any of theirs turmoil makes the president's agenda harder. stepping back, people didn't know seems ridiculous to me. end of the day, the president had people scream at the top of their lungs, drain the swamp, in response to him

hhs did tell me that she reimbursed her flight. however, the follow-up question was when, and we have yet to hear an answer. so we don't know if this was something that perhaps they may have paid just yesterday when this all kind of blew up and he said he was going to write that check. it really is unclear because they haven't answered. >> yeah, it's really important to know. thank you so much. great reporting. i want to get some reaction to the breaking news on this ouster of health care secretary tom price. we're joined by congressman ruben gallego, a democrat on the armed services committee. especially as this being a former colleague of yours, what's your reaction? >> well, for one, tom price knows better. he was one of the biggest advocates of so-called, you know, fiscal conservatism. he railed against people using private jets, and we actually have a standard that we have to set here at congress that we know we're not allowed to use funds for certain type of travel. and the fact that he really egregiously just did this tells

so the president has clamped down just on hhs to say no proper private flights for hhs until they figure price. it's my belief the other departments, the interior secretary epa or whatever can do the flights as long as they have preapproval. clearly the president is incensed about this. he's fortunate that he has some cabinet members that have enough money, betsy devos being one of them that she has her own plane and pays for it. there was an early story that came out that said oh, betsy devos is doing it, too. the people that put out that story that it's her plane and she pays for it, neil. >> neil: i do know that tom price said he was going to pay for his portion of it. the larger figure includes his staff and everybody else. that was unprecedented. obviously not enough, right? >> the president was asked about that this afternoon, neil. as he was on his way to the helicopter. tom price issued a statement saying he was going to repay $51,000 of the cost of that flight. that would have covered his seat. clearly he flies with the number of aides wherever he goes. a lot of them they fly co

the white house said effective tonight deputy assistant don wright will serve as acting hhs secretary. interior secretary ryan zinke the talked about the trump administration policies aimed at increasing domestic energy production. he addressed reports he had taken multiple trips in private planes and air travel since becoming secretary. posted by the heritage foundation, this is just over 30 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and

so that is how badly staffed hhs is.y assistant secretary is now the acting secretary of getting rid of ev, don't have an infrastructure let alone connections to congress. >> jen make as great point and something i thought of as i've watched the response to hurricane maria. that sometimes you learn that there's a price to be paid when you don't prioritize the recruitment of experienced people to staff these agencies. and the white house staffers have almost become household names. they really sort of mimic in realtime the characters on his reality show. you're fire hired, you're fired. but it's serious work at the agencies and can you react to jen's point, how low down the pecking order he has to go just for an hhs secretary. >> it's stunning if you understand the pecking order how far down we see this replacement. but if you look at how you don't see a lot of appointments in the state department, while we're in this rhetorical war with north korea, and other hot spots around the world. we are dealing with a white house

bringing together, not just hhs, but two others with national experts to focus on solutions. early engagement and care, increasing the quality of care, community based support are in focus and within reach. samhsa collaborated with our colleagues on new programs. over the last three years we stood up over 228 first episode psychosis programs around the country. we work closely with our colleagues at the centers for medicare and medicaid services, certified behavior health clinics, collaborated with colleagues at the department of justice and others to expand assisted outpatient treatment services as well. addition nally, integrated care is a component. like wise, recovery supports like stable housing, employment programs and peer and family support, greater community awareness of behavioral health awareness are keiery areas of focus. before i introduce this year's cmhs speakers, this sunday, september 10th, the 2017 world suicide prevention day. the world health organization says more than 800,000 people across this globe die by suicide. up to 25 times as many make a suicide

and we had hhs in the trump administration have chosen to make it a priority. this reflects the urgency we've had until our clinical areas. the opiate crisis and severe mental illness. the good news points that i would like to share, the opiate crisis the survey did not show that addiction was taking up the problem is the number of opiate and overdose deaths continue to skyrocket. as all who toil in this area you know well the opiate crisis is a deeply complicated story. the fact that were not seen this spread for there is a testament to the incredible work being done in communities across our nation. we have seen results of that positive work as we have gone around to visit folks and discuss best practices. we also heard of tragedy the rates of addiction to heroin the misuse are incredibly high. the cost in terms of lives lost is still rapidly growing. today survey estimates 948,000 american adults used here when in the past year. your .4% of the population. similar to the numbers we've had over the past few years and significantly higher than the numbers in 2

price's charter according to hhs contract with classic air charter cost $17,760. hhs would not say how many charter trips price has taken but cited the recent hurricanes as justification. price has used charter aircraft for official business to accommodate his demanding schedule, the week of september 13th was one of those times the secretary was directing the recovery effort for irma, simultaneously directing the ongoing recovery for hurricane harvey. politico found 17 charter flights price took before the first storm hit in late august, including june, a lear jet 60 from san diego to the aspen ideas festival, a glamorous conference at the colorado resort town that arrived at 3:33 p.m. on saturday afternoon, june 14th, nearly 19 hours before his scheduled panel. that flight likely cost more than $7,100. >>> as republican senators huddle in backroom negotiations and prepare to vote next week on their last-ditch attempt to repeal obamacare, the list of groups who oppose the bill keeps getting longer. among the groups that have rejected it are the american medical a

i am here to present the labor hhs funding bill for fiscal year 2018. the bill before us today focuses on key national priorities investing in bio medical research, find cures for diseases like alzheimer's and cancer, insuring our country is fully prepared and able to protect our citizens from disease outbreaks and bio terrorism, continuing to support early childhood education particularly for those at risk, helping first generation college students prepare for access and complete post secondary education and continue to support people living with disabilities. the bill also preserves funding for popular programs like career and technical education, support for historically black colleges and universities, programs that help native americans, the corporation for public broadcasting and manages to do all of those things with $5.1 billion less than we had just as recently as may when we presented the budget. we live within the agreed upon budget caps and we do so by eliminating low priority or unauthorized programs in order to fund higher priority program

i think it bears repeating with regard to labor hhs. after defense it is the largest portfolio of programming that effects the lives of every single american man, woman or child. as i noted that $30 billion below the 2010 level. so that just about every time we engage in this process and we have engaged over the last three years, the labor hhs bill winds up in my view getting the short end of the stick. >> did you say 30 billion? >> $30 billion in cuts to labor, health, human services and education since 2010. that's because of the allocation we receive which i pointed out, the overall cut in nondefense discretionary spending is $8 billion. the labor h bill has been cut by more than $5 billion. and, in fact, is that the allocations we approve overall are approximately $5 billion below the nondefense level that are allowed under the budget control act so that the resources are available but yet there has been a refusal to allocate to the essential programs that i believe need to be funded. >> astonishing. we will continue to try to do op

>> the hhs press people.he white house felt ambushed that they didn't have the full picture and by the time that hhs and price responded, it had already become a mushrooming scandal. >> peter, tell me what you think went into trump's head. he seemed to have gotten the smell of this a couple days ago. wasn't like he erupted this friday night. you dump the garbage in politics in washington on friday night because they think people don't read the saturday paper, which is nonsense. i happen to like your paper. a lot on saturday morning because it's filled with news like this. people getting fired on friday night. of course -- >> politico will have that, too. >> i like the paper in front of me on saturdays. peter, tell me why trump who has covered up and put up with a lot of crap but this seemed to have gotten to his nose and eyes. this looks and smells bad. this big-shot behavior. >> first of all, mr. price is already in trouble anyway with the president because for months he had an seething about the failure to

if you want to move towards single-payer you don't need a waiver from hhs. if you want to test out market reforms, you do need a waiver. with that being the case and the need for the changes to be taken place pretty quickly within 18 or 24 months, you might see a rush toward the easier to accomplish changes, move toward more single-payer as opposed to getting a real chance to try out some of these more exciting market-based reforms. >> bret: the biggest criticism is the pre-existing conditions would be left up to the states. cassidy points out that if the state wants to change, it must establish there is adequate and affordable coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. >> everything will end up depending on what hhs determines adequate and affordable coverag coverage. the argument would be the obamacare regulations are much more rigid. less wiggle room. there is another wrinkle which is some of the blue states senators are pointing out that under the funding formula lindsey graham has worked out, there medicaid would be a little bit less generous. red

particularly with regard to hhs? >> i don't know they spoke today but they have spoken about this issue previously. i don't believe the president saw the secretary at any point today, though. >> and following up on that, does the president believe or anyone at the white house think that there has been a tone set at the top here that has allowed cabinet members to feel empowered to be able to take private jet flights when they're going on official travels? we now have the hhs secretary, the epa administratoadministrat secretary took a flight on a private jet on an itinerary widely available commercially. is something the president said or done to set the tone this is okay? >> not at all. i think the president's been clear about his position by stating clearly that he is not thrilled with the airplane use at this point. >> two things. one, make sure i understand the extent of the review process here into price and others? you said hhs review, is there a white house component, is price looking that or anyone accuses? >>

we're doing an internal review at hhs of all private charter flights as well as an i.g. review that will be conducted of all of them. julie? >> as the president is watching this coverage in puerto rico, is he satisfied with what he sees as a response there? is he satisfied in what he's hearing from his advisers or would he like to see things moving along faster as people on the ground have asked for? >> the president wants to continue to do everything we can to protect the safety and security of the people both at the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. tom spoke in depth about that process. that's our focus and that's what we're continuing to do. people first, paperwork second. the president has empowered all of his agencies to go forward with that mindset. that's what we're going to continue to do. >> i saw that the president was here with an event for the first lady. did he have a chance to talk about the issue of his private jet or has he had a one-on-one conversation about that? when you said the white house ordered a halt on that, is that administrationwide, every

he was going to things you would expect the hhs secretary to go to.eing said, i think you can go to the fridge and get the butter and jelly, tom price is toast. this has taken on a life of its own. what do we know about the president? he hates bad press. he doesn't like it when his people are giving him bad press. he's motivated by this, as well he should be. somebody in the white house approved these trips, they're going to have to answer for it too. my suspicion is, price won't survive it. this is one of those things, i would fast forward to the future. if democrats control either chamber of the congress. these kinds of issues right here, lead to investigations, which lead to more investigations and more documents and more stuff. the administration has to be very careful with these kinds of things. >> i want to play what tom price said when he was in the congress, about fanly flights and nancy pelosi. >> i want to say to the speaker. don't you fly over our country in your luxury jet and lecture us on what it means to be an american. >> the hypocrisy

in the case of hhs secretary tom price, he appeared to fly too close to the sun. it was two days ago that the fate of hhs secretary tom price seemed to hang in the balance. when asked if he would fire price for excessive use of private air cap, president trump said, "we will see." by the time president trump left the white house down to bed mr., the writing was on the wall. >> very fine man. we will make a decision sometime tonight. >> president said reports that price spent more than a million dollars on private charters was out of step with the image and practice of the trump white house. >> we save hundreds of millions of dollars through negotiations. that's one of the reasons why i don't like seeing anybody even have a question about, you know, flying. >> yesterday, price announced he was going to reimburse the treasury $51,000 for his seat on the flights. a fraction of the total cost. that did not sit well with the president. >> that's not acceptable. no. that would be an accessible. >> the decision over price's future came on the day when president trump was

. >> there will be no private air charters at hhs going forward. second is to cooperate fully, obviously with the inspector general. there's a review going on. and then i called for an internal review within the department itself. and then finally, to pay for my portion of those trips. clearly we got sensitive to the taxpayer on these instances, which is why i've taken the actions that i've taken today. >> and about that comment my portion of those trips, he is paying on a prorated basis for his seat on those flights, not the full million dollars tab. that's accord being to politico tonight. his department says he'll write the government a check for exactly $51,887.31. earlier, again, before this latest reporting broke the white house press secretary was given a chance to say whether or not price will keep his job. >> is the president looked into further into tom price's use of the private plane. >> he's not thrilled certainly, not happy with the actions. we're definitely looking at the issue. they're conducting both an internal and an ig full revi

by hhs secretaries who served under obama. even after politico broke the story about price's private plane problem, price continued to take charter jets. the cost of his trips this past week was $56,500, according to a federal contract. now, a spokesperson responded saying that the plane had been prebooked. on saturday, secretary price said he would stop using private planes until the internal review is completed and we'll see if the inspector general finds the flight violated fed dpreral restrictions. but at the very least, you'd expect it only to be for official business, not to fly where he owns private property, right? well, that's "thing 2" in 60 seconds. so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. >>> all right. so there are new jaw-dropping details about hhs secretary tom price's use of private charter jets pai

we've been waiting outside for 40 minutes outside the hhs tent. we know they have communication, they have to run it up through two lines of kplands and they'll get back to us. but it's been 45 minutes. we're going to try somewhere else. we're going to try to get some of these medications because we wen to the shelters. >> you can get some here. >> there's medications here? >> we have the medications authorized. >> okay thank you. because the hospitals has been slow to start back up, these are volunteer doctors over here, who come try to gather supplies and take it out to the people who need it. they're trying their best, it's a slow process. let me see, why don't we help them. okay. >> if we can get a few doses we'll taking it over there. we have only anti-biotics. >> yeah that would be great. all right perfect. okay doctor. thank you. >> the other one i will get you. >> appreciate it. thank you. it's all about getting the supplies and getting them to the people who need it. these come from an organization called direct relief. set up underneath

tell me what happened and what you think this means the trump hhs is doing.ntially the most minimal effort they could make in mississippi. attending meetings convene d by nonprofits to get the word out about the aca enrollment period. and as you know, the l enrollment period has been cut in half. the funding for advertising is cut 90%. navigators are real. their budget has been cut by 60%. so this was the least they could do is go out with us throughout the various regions of mississippi and explain what aca enrollment was going to look like this year. sgl this all comes on the same day that tom price is apologizing for all of his money spent on private jets. how do you contrast that with what you were told by hhs wb sgl it's hard for me to fathom. we could have certainly used $400,000 for outreach and enrollment in mississippi. we sorely need that. mississippi has the highest uninsured rate in the country or close to it. we have a low per capita income. we have a lot of uninsured people that need health care for not only their health security but their econo

in the case of hhs secretary tom price, it appears he flew too close to the sun. it was two days ago the fate of hhs secretary tom price seemed to hang in the balance. by the time president trump left the white house bounds for bedminster, the writing was on the wall. he's a fine man. but we'll make a decision sometime tonight. reporter: reports say price spent more than a million dollars in taxpayer money and it was out of step from the practice of the trump white house. >> we save hundreds of millions in negotiations. that's why i don't like to see anybody have a question about flying. reporter: price announced he would reimburse the treasury $50,000 for his seat on the flight. >> that did not city well with the president. >> that would be unacceptable. reporter: the decision over price's future came on the day the president was contemplating putting more money in the hands of taxpayers and corporations through his tax plan. >> jobs will start pouring continue to our country. when companies leave our shores, it's american workers who get hurt. they get fired. wh

first place i'm going to try are these dmat tents, the disaster management assistance team, hhs. this is the federal government. we'll see what they have to offer. i was with the doctors yesterday who were volunteering. this is what they were asking for. >> okay. >> reporter: we've been wait being 45 minutes now outside the hhs tent. we know that they have medications. what we heard is that they got to run it up two lines of command, two chains of command, and then they get back to us. again, it's been 45 minutes. how you doing? we're going to try somewhere else. we're trying to get some medications. we went to some of the shelters -- >> yeah -- >> you can get some here. >> reporter: is there medication here? >> yeah, we have the medications. >> reporter: okay, thank you. because the hospitals have been slow to start back up, these are all volunteer doctors over here who basically have come trying to gather supplies and take it out to the people who need it. they're trying their best. it's a slow process. >> let me see the list. >> reporter: okay, if we can get a few doses, we'll

hhs secretary tom price is out, resigning after reports of his private plane travel paid for by taxpayers. tonight, what that means for the trump pledge to drain the swamp. >>> also the president touts an incredible job on hurricane maria response, as the san juan mayor cries, we're dying here. warning of something close to genocide if food and water don't arrive soon. that mayor joins us in a moment. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. the president is dealing with a growing humanitarian crisis in puerto rico. he's down a secretary of health and human services. tom price right hand today as criticism mounted about how he chose to travel for work. politico reports he racked up a million tab that taxpayers are on the hook for by using private jets and military planes for trips everywhere from philadelphia to europe with his wife. we'll talk about price being out and the other members of the administration who have taken private jets, in just a bit. >>> first, the gov

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this is sort of what hhs, department of hhs is doing here in puerto rico right now. they have to set up these tents. it's completely dark outside. they set up these tents. they've got about 72 hours worth of spies and they're basically taking care of whoever they can take care of. the issue is this. as you saw, we're in san juan. people are still coming out of those areas that have been hardest hit trying to make their way to these tents. the hope is that over the next several days they'll be able to set up these tents, take the care to the people who need it. >> last night we saw somebody who had a small supply of insulin left. needs to be refrigerated. just the everyday medical needs of people, even those who weren't directly injured or what have you by the storm. what happened to the clinic that had six hours left of fuel? >> reporter: yeah. it's unbelievable. we've been trying to be in contact with them. they're about an hour outside of san juan and simply can't get in touch with them. they were very worried that they weren't going to get fuel. they were very wor

one is to say there will be no private air charters at hhs going forward. second is to cooperate fully obviously with the inspector general. there's a review, and i called for an internal review within the department itself. finally, to pay for my portion of those trips. this is unprecedented. never done before to our understanding by a secretary in spite of the fact that previous administrations have had secretaries that flew an awful lot. i worker at the pleasure of the president. the president is a remarkable leader. i'm incredibly privileged to serve in his cabinet and work on behalf of the american people. i look forward to gaining -- regaining the trust that the american people, some of the american people may have lost in the activities that i took. and to not only regain the trust of the american people but the trust of the president. >> with me, senior political commentator david axelrod and senior adviser in the obama white house. as always, a pleasure. welcome. i did the whole setup. do you think tom price should be fired? >> yeah, well, look, if

so we've been waiting about 45 minutes now outside the hhs tent. we know that they have medications. what we heard is that they've got to run it up two lines of command and get back to us. but again, it's been 45 minutes. we're going to go try somewhere else. we're trying to get some of these medications because we went to some of the shelters. >> you can get some here. >> is there medication -- >> we have the medication just arrived. >> okay. thank you. because the hospitals have been slow to start back up, these are all volunteer doctors over here who have basically come trying to gather supplies and take it out to the people who need it. they're trying their best. it's a slow process. let me see -- okay. yeah. if we can get a few doses we'll take it over there. is that through? >> we have only some of the antibiotics. >> yep. >> you need it also. >> yeah. that would be great all right. perfect. okay, doctor. thank you. >> the other one i will get you. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> it's all about getting the supplies and then getting them to th

make the case that the planes would never have been chartered had it not been for the fact that the hhsr them. and that the other people who were on the plane were only there because they got a ride with the secretary, and so you can ask the question about, why shouldn't he pay for all the charters? look, this is someone who should know better. he's a member of congress. he is somebody who has spoken for years about waste in government, particularly until areas like medicaid, he was going to -- he was going to fair it out the waste, fraud, and abuse in the medicaid system. and he has been a conservative, you know, not a big spender, wants to cut the deficit, et cetera, et cetera. he's also in the middle of a health care fight that has been unsuccessful, and i think that this is somebody who just should have known better and it's not surprising to me that the president and other members of the administration are quite upset about this because the president clearly understands the optics of all of this, particularly in the middle of the fights they're in the middle of, heading into tax re