they deserve only the best and they will have it under robert wilkie. i have no doubt. the three of us have no doubts. robert is join today by his beloved wife of 28 years, julie. inc. you, julie. his son adam. his sister dana. nephew in. sister-in-law carla. and brother-in-law stephen and his wife susan. thank you for being here. we are proud of him. anybody not proud? let me know now. [laughter] president trump: robert wilkie is the proud son of an army veteran. raisedimately of us are on the base of fort briggs, north carolina. a great place. on his daily walk to high school with a woman who is now his wife, he passed by the fayetteville ba hospital was hee the -- passed by the va hospital, which bore the inscription, the price of freedom is visible here. it made a big impact. it was a prize robert saw firsthand the reason father, who is gravely injured in combat during the vietnam war. robert went on to serve as an officer in both the air force and the navy. then he was the assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs and under secretary of defense for pers

robert wilkie: mr. president, vice president pence, secretary tillis chairman, senator , family, colleagues, and friends, i am deeply grateful to the president for the opportunity to serve for him and for america's veterans. i am taking speakers choice and engrossing for my prepared remarks. as the president noted, i am the son of a gravely wounded combat soldier. i have been an officer into services. a senior leader in the pentagon. and the acting secretary of the department of veterans affairs. acting secretary is something that the jesuits have told me as being in ecclesiastical limbo. in this case, i was amazed and stunned by the amount of time the president spent with me on the phone, in this office, and at dinner, talking about veterans, asking about them, and showing me a commitment i have not seen in my 23 years in and out of this business. i'm part of the president of the united states when it comes to the care of those who have protected america. i thank you sir --, sir. i'm grateful to isakso

jillian: let's talk about robert wilkie, navy veteran of the u.s.force, served as acting da secretary after the ousting of shulkin, those are just a couple of things, you like him as the pick? >> you know what i like in the highly divisive culture in congress where we have the democratic party who are bent on , they were able to gardner bipartisan support and that's really rare in the environment in which we lived in. we are expecting him to use that kind of ground swell as he walks in and starts facing some challenges, we have over 20 million veterans and 22 commit suicide every single day, opioid addiction, homeless, homelessness epidemic among veterans, he's walking into a hornets nest. rob: reduce the poverty rate as you said, so many homeless veterans and the ability, this is a big one, the ability to drain the va of employees with poor performance, be able to fire people if you're doing a crumby job. >> go figure, right? rob: isn't that frustrating? >> they generally do that in capitalist society, if you're not doing your job, adios. i spent 1

>> i do think robert wilkie is going to be easily confirmed.t v.a. secretary nominee to not receive unanimous vote. that's not a reflection of robert wilkie you have people like bernie sanders play political games. he already said he wouldn't support robert wilkie vote against him in committee. not because he doesn't like robert wilkie he is making a statement against trump. that's unfortunate. todd: if he is confirmed what does he need to do to turn the v.a. around? >> i think it's important to point out over the last year and a half president trump has been able to pass a lot of laws that languish under the previous administration. laws that fix the gi bill that increase choice for veterans. make it easier to fire bad va employees. all these laws need to be properly implemented. robert wilkie has to get in there and ensure all these great bills president trump signed into law are properly implemented and executed so the v.a. can better care for our veterans. todd: dan, we will eagerly await the vote. thank you for joining us and we appreciate

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congress where we have the democratic party who are bent on resisting the president no matter what, robert wilkie able to garner bipartisan support. rob: wilkie served in u.s. naval reserve before becoming officer in air force, president trump picked wilkie after first choice jackson with drew nomination, he will replace shilkin who was fired earlier this year. president trump's supreme court nominee one step close the other nomination, turning more than 100-page questionnaire to committee, published writings and court filings, senate republicans are hope to go seat kavanaugh on the courts by the time term begins in october in the next session, he would replace anthony kennedy who will officially retire from the high court at the end of the month. jillian: incredible sunday for golf fans at the british open, tiger woods making great strides in comeback but falling short of 15th major win, tiger and classic sunday head shirt finishing 6 after holding full possession of the lead at one point yesterday but the day really belong today playing partner francesco mulinari, take a look. italian whipping

relief and remission within reach. ♪ pete: robert wilkie now officially the new secretary of veteransp team. can wilkie overhaul embattled agency? that is the question to ask. concerned veterans for america, retired marine, iraq war veteran, dan cole. from what i understand, concerned vets supported secretary wilkie. he is now the secretary. these first moves raising eyebrows for some folks. is he bringing his own leadership team from the pentagon where he was before, or is this a turn towards the status quo? >> i think it is important to point out there hasn't been an official announcement yesterday of any changes. this is reports in "the new york times" and "washington post" at this point. so things could change. things could change as we're talking right now. i would say this. i think the team in place in the va right now has generally done a great job advancing the president's agenda reforming fixing va. at tame same we supported robert wilkie to be the va secretary. i think he is competent leader. in conjunction with the white house to build a strong, united team to protect the p

he talked about the confirmation of secretary robert wilkie to the va. there were nine no votes among democrats. this is the first time since this became a cabinet-level position, anyone voted no, is that correct? what does that say about the politicalization going on in the country? >> it shows you the far left that is in control right now in many parts of the democratic party are putting resistance over results. the secretary is immensely qualified for this. he actually led all of the personnel planning at the pentagon before coming over here. he knows what our troops need while they're in uniform and then once they have left and are continuing in our care as veterans and he is remarkably qualified. it is unfortunate democrats can't see past it. adam: he is a son of an infantryman who was wounded during vietnam. he understands what it is like families dealing with va on that basis and even jon tester voted yes for his appointment. what will happen in the states where president trump won by huge margins but democrats and republicans running for the sena

charles: president trump telling that's in kansas city but the chance that robert wilkie is the new secretary will be fantastic. he will oversee the department of more than 350,000 employees. were talking $200 million budget really 20 million american vets depend on the va for critical care and benefits. here now to discuss his and caldwell and chris, he's an iraq war veteran former u.s. military police sergeant. let me start with you. the news with wilkie, how do you feel about thes this knowing that this is the agency that's been mired in controversy and there's been a lot of controversy about how it should go. should follow a private sector or a mixture and absorb more private ways of doing business? >> first of all i think robert wilkie was an outstanding choice to be secretary and i'm glad he got confirmed. this is someone who served in uniform himself. he has family members who were wounded and he's worked in veteran policy most of his life but i think it's a good choice. he's bought into the trump reform agenda and he will make sure it's properly executed. i agree with where president

we are also joined by our brand-new va secretary, robert wilkie, he will be fantastic who was just concernedmike confirmed by the senate last night with an overwhelming vote. the only ones who voted against him were all of the people, the super labs that are running against me in two and a half years. every one of them. if you want to know who is running, just take a look at wilkie's score. there will probably be more of them but in the senate, that was it. he will do a fantastic job and there's nothing more important than me. thank you. i also want to thank and peter will be joining the whole team, and they are doing a job with choice and all the other things that we have gotten approved. it's a very important commitment that i made to you during the campaign, and several terrific members of congress are here today as well. great friends of mine and, we are enjoying them so much. kevin yoder from kansas, what an incredible guy. and members of the congressional delegation, vickie hartzler, billy long, jason smith, along with your state's attorney general. hopefully, we need him so badly, hop

this robert wilkie, pretty positive, he's a savvy washington political operative.sure he's a good man. they'll give him the benefit of the doubt. but he's got his hands full. i have personally felt over the years that the va, if you get into it, it's incredibly good health care. but there's national guard reserve troops all over the country who aren't near va facilities. i've wanted an option for our veterans to either go to the va or to civilian medicine like i do as a military retiree. so i hope that's on the table and not discounted unilaterally by the political debate. >> paul rykoff, what would be the problem of doing a voucher system? because there are geographic limits, as the general points out, on retired military around the country having access. >> it's generally too costly, it doesn't work, and most veterans don't want it. it's a great concept but the execution is questionable. the question is can we pull this off when the va is already overwhelmed. we don't know. it would be the great privatizing experiment. veterans organizations have universally expo

they confirmed robert wilkie by a vote of9. 86- wilkie served in the air force and navy, a former aistant secretary of defense under president george w. bush ander brieflyd as acting v.a. secretary earlier this year afterhe president fired david shulkin. >>> just in the last 20 minut we learned a man shot in north d.c. this afternoon has died. it happened just blocks where thatd10-year-irl was gunned down last week, gunfire erupted at 53rd and east capital. no rest in that case or the murder of 10-year-old mckayia. wils >> i feel sad. >> reporter: pamela riley sometimes feels like a prisone in their house. she lives on 53ndrd street she's tired of gun violence. >> the reason feel sad is because it's going on too often. innocent people, you know, a getting killed. >> reporter: just today on her block, two men opened fire killing a menear this red jeep. it happened just five blocks away fromhe the 10-year-old was shot and killed. >> reporter: are you oncerned about your safety? >> all time. i like to sit on my search. >> reporter: investigators collected shell casings and questioned people

the senate is set to consider )robert wilkie )s ) nomination this afternoon. wilkie earned high praise from most members of the veterans ) affairs committee in hearings last month, including several democrats. a follow up now.... "the pathway home" at the yountville veterans hospital will (not ( re-open. "the pathway home" stayed closed after the deadly shooting there in march. and now the non-profit says it will end its lease next month. back in march, an army vetern who had been treated for p-t- s-d at the pathway home - shot and killed three workers. the non-profit treated more than 500 veterans since it was founded a decade ago. some sad news for sports fans... former raiders head coach tony sparano died unexpectedly. he was only 56 years old. no word yet on the cause of death. he was working for the minnesota vikings at that team )s offensive coordinator. he was the intermin head coach in oakland in 20-14. still ahead and new this morning... elon musk says his fight about a unicorn - is over. the resolution he says he )s reached. also coming up: a brush f

the white house expects the senate to move quickly to confirm robert wilkie as next va secretary upon his return. with that i will take your questions. reporter: sarah? call on me before my husband. >> i did for the record. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> i will not commit to that, i will say i take a question. >> you got it. maybe two. i think this is a big moment. reporter: president tweet about it? the whole dynamic. i digress. during the campaign the president said i am pro-life. i will be appointing pro-life judges. is the president still committed to appointing pro-life judges? >> as the president said last week he will not talk to judges about specific cases. he is looking for individuals that have the intellect, right temperament, that will uphold the constitution. >> senator susan collins wants a nominee that will respect precedent and roe vs. wade is settled law. does the president agree roe vs. wade is settled law? >> again the president will not get into asking the candidates about specific cases but he is looking for somebody that meets those qualifications that i just outlin

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programs and policies and the usa is back 3 pm eastern, lawmakers will consider the nomination of robert wilkie to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. senators will hold on confirmation of five eastern and as always follow the and see the house live on c-span2. >> supreme court nominee brett cavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill . follow the confirmation process on c-span2 leading up to the confirmation hearings and thevote . watch live anytime on pidgeon or listen with the free radio c-span2. >> we're just about to get underway here live. the center for strategic and international studies. we are hearing from a horror self-described the hottest who worked with out about how to combat violent extremism. he will be on the panel live in washington dc. also live on c-span2 the senate gambling in 3:00 eastern considering the nomination ofrobert wilkie to be secretary of veterans affairs and they will vote 5:30 . >> .. jim right inside will be marking the 60th anniversary of vanessa later in the day of the sentry would hear from you in a better nikki haley in israel's amba

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president trump --- this this wearing theing-in ceremony for incoming veterans and their secretary robert wilkie, they are joined by vice president pence and senator tom tillis along with members of mr. wilkie's family. president donald trump: thank you to vice president pence, mattis,y of defense chairman

and the vote for veterans affair secretary robert wilkie was confirmed. >>> 463 parents separated from children aged 5 and older have been deported from the united states without their kids. administration officials claim those parents had an opportunity to bring their children with them, but immigrant advocates question if the parents fully understood what was happening. the federal judge ordered all families to be reunited by thursday. the administration says there have been 879 families reunited. nearly doubling the overall total since friday. >>> in portland, the mayor is warning people to leave the facility they have occupied for weeks or face removally police. now is the -- removal by police. now is the time to clear out. >>> thousands of pages of e-mails show interior secretary ryan zinke dismissing tourism benefits and discoveries in favor of shrinking national monuments for logging and energy development. the documents the interior department released this month and were retracted a day later. president trump significantly reduced two of utah's largest national monuments. >>>

today, the senate voted 86-9 to confirm robert wilkie as secretary of veterans of affairs. he served as assistant secretary of defense under george w. bush. >>> we turn now to the tour boat tragedy in missouri. today the boat was turned over to federal investigators. one issue being looked at is whether the operators violated coast guard rules by setting off as thunderstorms rolled in. omar villafranca is at table rock lake near branson. >> reporter: divers at table rock lake only needed a few hours to lift the submerged duck boat out of 80 feet of water. four days after a storm sank the boat and killed 17 people onboard. >> going under. >> i saw someone struggling. i went to push up their feet so they could get help, but the waves were too big. >> reporter: loren smith was one of 14 survivors pulled from the water, but her brother and father didn't make it. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: smith says the captain never told the passengers to start taking safety precautions. >> water started flooding in the boat right before it sank. everybody was in shock. the guy didn't tell u

president trump attended the swearing-in ceremony or the incoming veterans and their secretary robert wilkie, they are joined by vice president pence and senator tom tillis along with members of mr. wilkie's family. thankent donald trump: you to vice president pence, secretary of defense, chairman johnny isakson, -- johnny, you

today, the senate voted 86-9 to confirm robert wilkie as secretary of veterans affairs.kie is 55 years old. he served as assistant secretary of defense under president george w. bush. we turn now to the tour boat tragedy in missouri. today the boat was turned over i federal investigators. one issue being looked at is whether the operators violated coast guard rules by setting off as thunderstorms rolled in. omar villafranca is at table rock lake near branson. >> reporter: divers at table rock lake only needed a few hours to lift this submerged duck boat out of 80 feet of water. four days after a storm sank the boat and killed 17 people on board. >> oh, no. >> it's going under. >> i saw someone struggling. i went up to push up their feet so they could get help, but the waves were too big. i couldn't get back to save that person. >> reporter: loren smith was one of 14 survivors pulled from the water, but her brother and father didn't make it. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: smith says the captain never told the passengers to start taking safety precautions. >> water started f

lead the veterans affairs department starting his first full day on the job, the senate supported robert wilkie-9 vote. the secretary is a navy veteran and active member of the air force reserves who served as active va secretary after david sorkin was fired earlier this year. heading to the polls today, the georgia gop gubernatorial runoff, casey cagle and secretary of state brian kemp in a contentious and close primary. camp has donald trump's endorsement and mike pence on saturday. cagle was endorsed by nathan beale who is plagued by the release of secretly recorded tapes on one of them offering $300,000 in exchange for an endorsement. the winner will face democrat stacy adams in november. brian kemp will join us live in the next hour. >> donald trump meeting with veterans today. the commander-in-chief addressing vfw convention in kansas city for his first time as president, donald trump spoke during the 2016 campaign, the president made veterans issues a priority under his administration. >> the president celebrating in the usa, his made in america event fueled by american heart, sweat and

robert wilkie has been sworn in as the secretary of veterans affairs.erving in the pentagon last year, he led efforts to defend trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military. he was once a member of the soss of confefederate veterans. replaces a doctor who claims he was fired by opposing the privatization of veterans fafairs. the trump adminirarationas -- fromd lock coming online wednday. -- to pt the blueprints. 21 stateatattorn genener havee sent a aetter to jef sessions and mike pompeo slamming the atate dertmemen'ssecisisio sangng it danangeus a andould ve an unprecented impt on blic safy. tensf thousas of resents have his accu waited wildfires continue to rage through the state. thans engulfed more 100,000 acres in and around reading. increasingly strong wildfires have been linked to climate change. jeff sessions says the department is creating a religious liberty tax forcece to protect t religious groupss from persecution. by aask force will be led conservative lawyer, who sought to uphold the ban on marriage equality. trial begins's t

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shulkin over questions over his taxpayer-funded travel, but they confirmed his pick to replaceis robert wilkie, 55 years old. >>> the presence plan to spend $12 billion to support farmers -- the president's plan. has been criticized, in the trade wars, some in government are convinced it will help. they say farmers want free trade, not handouts, and the money will only be a short-term fix. it started after president trump imposed tariffs on china, and china retaliated on products such as soybean, pork and beef. >>> san francisco cooking up a controversy over company cafeterias, why some say that perk is hurting the cities restaurant business. >> for us it has been challenging, because there is a little bit of a vacuum with a traffic. >>> breaking news, live pictures right now over san mateo county, military humvee has just been spotted. >>> breaking news, it appears a soldier who went awol from monterey county has been found in san mateo county, he left fort hunter, and according to the register newspaper, he was traced by cell phone records to castle rock state park, in the santa cruz mountai

ranking member, distinguish members of the committee, i'm proud to introduce my friend and colleague robert wilkie as the nominee for secretary of the va. i've had the honor of working with robert for three years. sometimes he worked for me and many times i work for him. his combination of knowledge, humor, humility and heart has endeared him to all of my staff and the wars of north carolina constituents. many of them veterans and service members. robert was born in frankfurt germany. he literally grew up on fort bragg and he lived most of his early life on fort break or in fayetteville north carolina. he received his ba from and his jd from loyola college new orleans. he received his master of law from georgetown and masters in strategic studies from the united states army war college. he is an intelligence officer in the united states air force reserves today. previously he served in the atlantic intelligence command and joint forces intelligence command and he also served in the united states navy. he is long been regarded in washington and held in high regard in washington, especially here on

secretary, robert wilkie, he's going to be fantastic, who was just confirmed by the senate last nights, actually, that voted against him were all of the people super left that are running against me in two and a half years. every one of them. if you want to know who's running, just take a look at wilkie's score, because every single one of 'em, there'll be probably quite a few more, but in the senate that was it. but what a great vote, and he's going to do a fantastic job. there's been nothing more important to me. thank you. [applause] thank you. i also want to thank our acting v.a. secretary peter o'rourke for doing such a fantastic job in the meantime, holding down the fort until wilkie got approved. and peter is going to be joining the whole team, and they are doing numbers and they are doing the job with choice and with all of the other things that we've gotten approved. they're doing some job for our vets. it was a very important commitment that i made to you during the campaign, and we're fulfilling that commitment. several terrific members of congress are here today as well, g

since david shulkin was released, but the senate voted to confirm his replacement, 55- year-old robert wilkie. fox news. >>> a california state audit has found that government employees are misusing time and wasting tax dollars, 4 employees took extended breaks, left work early, or slept at their desk over the last several years. costing taxpayers $160,000. a nurse was reassigned to an office technician position, but was still paid her higher and a cal fire assistant chief had their employees build an unauthorized structure of the estate property he was renting. auditors said they got more than 1300 whistleblower complaints about misspent money.>> a large -- >>> a large wildfire in yosemite, forcing closure of a portion of the park, a 20 mile stretch of state route 41 will close at noon tomorrow, including the yosemite valley floor, officials say that will allow fire crews work without having to do with tourist traffic. the closure is expected to last through sunday.>> we have about 300 campsites or so, in yosemite valley, and some of those folks have left, but a lot are still here, in the ho

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the white house today, trump will be on hand for this very minute secretary of veterans affairs robert wilkie at 4:30 p.m. >> a lot happening at the white house today. the u.s. plans to immediately start negotiating with the european union on farm products that present trends chief economic advisor larry kudlow says there would be an actual transaction to sell my soybeans and beats to the e.u. >> in the final document that was signed by both, we talked about opening markets for farmers and for workers. so no, i don't buy that. immediately. >> are you negotiating this? >> i'll be involved. bob lighthizer is the key guy. we'll be starting immediately. tracee: stephen mitchard on "fox news sunday" speaking about agriculture issues with the e.u. >> i was in the room and we had specific conversations about agriculture and the need to break down barriers on agriculture and have more opportunities for farmers. we specifically top about soybeans, but we specifically agreed we would look at these other markets. trade to the spokesperson for the european commission said we are not negotiating about agr

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. >>> robert wilkie will officially be sworn in today as th veteran's affairs secretary. wilkey has been serng as acting secretary since the president fired shutton in march. when he is installed he is expected to shake up the v.a. >>> a resignation could level the playing field in virginia's neral assembly. according to the "washington post," a heeb sent an e-mail to colleagues and supporters on friday. he says he wants to focus on his faly and career as a lawyer in roanoke. a special election in the republican area would give democrats a chance to win the seat. cese of archd washington reacting to the resignation of former archbishop of washington theater mckarrick who is accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago. a statement was released about the abuse allegations against the former cardmeal. the sta reads in part, for more than 30 years, the archdiocese of whington has encouraged survivors of sexual abuse to come forward and has soughto notnly address claims of abuse swiftly, but to also offer aistance to survivors of abuse in the hope of bringing

president trump nominated robert wilkie for the present to -- to the position in may.uring his confirmation hearing he said he would not privatize the va. if confirmed he is expected to be sworn into office quickly. he would replace david shulkin who was fired earlier this year after an ethics investigation. >>> a new warning this morning about firearms, a lot of change in the beginning of next month could possibly arm people who cannot legally buy a gun under existing laws. starting august 1 people can download designs to 3-d print their own firearms and do it at home. people don't have to go through background checks to make them or register the guns. the firearms would be capable of firing real bullets. new york senator chuck schumer spoke yesterday and said that laws have to be changed to prevent those blueprints from being legal. >>> the federal government faces a deadline thursday to reunite older children with their families after they were separated at the border. official say 364 of more than 2500 migrant children have been reunited. out of this 1600, parents

robert wilkie will be replacing mr. shulkin. t >>> toughks this morning nttween the u.s. and iran. meanwhile, presirump is dealing with new fallout from the russia investigation. tracie potts has the latest developments from capitol hill. >> reporter: never ever threaten the united states again or you will sufesr the conseque the likes of few throughout history have ever suffered before. that is president trump's tweet just a few hours ago afteran leader promised the mother of all wars. but the public is notit happy how president trump is dealing with another nuclear nation. 51% disapprove ofow he's handling russia in the new nbc news/wall street jrnal poll. his overall job approval remains steady. mr. president, they meddled in the elections, they stole podesta's e-mails, they t meddl dnc, we could be next. >> they will better at it.and be >> reporter: they are responding to a secret court warrant releasedy the justice department used to spy on trump alviser carter page. the presidentls it a scam. the government thoht page was being recruited by russia. >> we can now confirm that

we're also joined by our new va secretary, robert wilkie, who was just confirmed by the senate last night ones that voted against him were all of the people, super lefts that are running against me in 2 1/2 years. every one of them. if you want to know who's running, just take a look at wilkie's score. every single one of them -- there'll be probably quite a few more, but in the senate, that was it. what a great vote. he's going to do a fantastic job. there's been nothing more important to me. thank you. thank you. i also want to thank our acting va secretary peter o'rourke for doing such a fantastic job in the meantime, holding down the fort until wilkie got approved. peter is going to be joining the whole team. they are doing numbers, and they are doing a job with choice and with all of the other things we've gotten approved. they're doing some job for our vets. it was a very important commitment that i made to you during the campaign, and we're fulfilling that commitment. several terrific members of congress are here today as well, great friends of mine. they've helped me so much. we'r

robert wilkie won the overwhelming majority vote for final approval.rd, marking the first time in the veteran's history a senator has rejected a nominee. senator bernie sanders solely voted against wilkie in a move more in trump's desire to privatize veterans health care than the nominee, himself the final vote could come as early as next week. >>> all right, let's get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. surfers dlierkts hurricane chris will provide -- delight, hurricane chris will provide swells all summer long? >> they will be in the water, no one else should. it's leading to a category 2. a well defined eye. you worry about it heading towards land. so it's not. we don't have to worry about that at all. with ein ed to worry about the beaches and the swells. >> that will be about it with chris. we will get severe weather out of this. we have a cold front that will head from canada down into minnesota, fargo, that's the latest this afternoon. you will welcome the rain, it will be very hot before that. tomorrow we take that front

robert wilkie was nominated after president trump fired david shulkin back in march. the president initially was going to nominate ronnie jackson, but he was forced to withdrawal. >>> in a highly unusual move, senator rand paul says he'll meet with the president today and ask to revoke the security clearance of john brennan. former intelligence officials typically maintain their high-level security clearance even after they leave their posts. >>> and don't miss this. the british prime minister theresa may has a lot on her mind these days, brexit, her relationship with president trump, europe, her own future. what does she do to relax? asked at an event in newcastle, she said she likes to walk, cook, and watch a little bit of american tv. >> i have over 150 cookbooks. i spend quite a lot of time looking at cookbooks. and i have -- i do enjoy, if i get the time, watching -- does anybody here know the american series "ncis"? i quite like watching "ncis" when i can. >> and? >> it's a top-rated american show. isn't it always in the top? so she has her finger on the pulse o

yesterday in the oval office as the president was swearing in the new veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie kelly a shoutout, something we haven't seen him do in recent days, saying that it was his one year and kelly smiled and saluted the president in return. now with this latest reporting that he's sitting here asking john kelly to remain on as chief of staff, he seems to be expressing some confidence in him. of course, this has to come with the caveat that white house officials do not sign contracts. they're not guaranteed any amount of time in any white house, but especially this white house where this president seems to change his mind sometimes on a near daily basis. but for right now, he does seem to be expressing a vote of confidence in his chief of staff john kelly. >> kaitlan collins, thank you so much for that great reporting, as always. appreciate it. back around the table. jeff zeleny, you are a senior white house correspondent. you are there every single day. what does this say to you? i'll just say as i ask you that question, my initial take on what kaitlan was saying is for

robert wilkie is promising to shake up complacency at the va, which has struggled with long waits in medical treatment to millions of veterans. the president selected him in may after firing his first secretary amid ethics charges and internal rebellion at the department over the role of private care for veterans. tonight we continue our reporting on the move to the left of the democratic party. not all democrats are welcoming that shift, especially with crucial midterm elections just months away. correspondent leland reports from one city where the battle is particularly fierce, st. louis. >> st. louis, home to the highest murder rate in america and the first congressional district have been represented by william or his son lacy clay since 1969 and now that dynasty is under threat from the left by corey busch, who rose to fame during the ferguson riots. >> what do you offer that lacy clay doesn't? >> a fight, a fighter. an advocate. >> bush is just one of the far left challengers across the country endorsed by democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez, who has hit the campaign

at 3:00 the senate returns to consider the nomination of robert wilkie to be the next secretary of veteransrs. tore is a confirmation vote follow. on c-span3, nasa administrator join to smoke his predecessors to mark the space agency's 60th anniversary. later in the day, u.n. ambassador nikki haley and israel possibly as an for the u.s. attend --