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v.a. committee. we were supposed to meet tomorrow. i'm hoping johnny and them are working something out. >> [question inaudible] no, no. just a briefing on the committee. okay? thank you all. >> shepard: okay. didn't say it on the screen but that was live. there's another part of this, john, that i have been wanting to ask all day. at first, the word was released, he's the candy man, hands out prescriptions, everybody can get them. then you hear details. the details were people on the plane, the white house plane, have taken a long trip overseas and he gives people an ambient so they can sleep overnight and hit the ground running in the morning. john, that's going on a long time. what's going on here? >> it's been going on a long time. it's not just aboard air force one that people are offered sleep aids. it's pentagon trips as well. if you travel with the secretary of defense to afghanistan or something like that, the physician will come along and say if you want something to help you sleep, we have something here. typically it's amb

. >>> today was supposed to be the confirmation hearing for the president's pick to lead the v.a. instead of that we got this, a two-page summary, fairly lurid accusations against dr. ronny jackson. it ended up in the senate affairs committee. jon tester, the top democrat on that committee, the staff says they spoke to 23 of ronny jackson's current and former colleagues, most of them are still in uniform because the white house medical office is staffed by active duty military personnel. i'm just going to read you straight from this report what according to the veterans affairs committee, what colleagues of ronny jackson had to say about their boss. jackson was described as, quote, the most unethical person i have ever worked with. quote, flat out unethical. quote, explosive. quote, 100% bad temper. quote, topix i have abusive volatile. quote, incapable of not losing his temper. quote, the worst officer i have worked with. quote, difficult spencer christianable -- he would lose his mind over small things, was vindictive, belittling. quote, the worst leader i've ever worked for. th

v.a. can best serve veterans by shutting down health care altogether. they argue that closing vha is the bold change that families want, need, and deserve. i suppose well, but it's not transformational. it's more along the lines of dereliction. it doesn't serve veterans well and doesn't sit with me. >> that was then v.a. secretary bob mcdonald in july of 2016. right at the height of the 2016 campaign. after trump won the election and came time to pick a cabinet, mr. trump put off his announcement of a v.a. secretary for a long time. during that time all these veterans groups lined up to ask trump to please keep bob mcdonald on. they thought he was doing a good job, they had his trust. but trump didn't listen. then trump went on to fire shul kin. shulkin said he was fired because of his resistance to privatize the v.a.. and then the ronny jackson nomination. now what happens? for this part of our government's responsibility to take care of our veterans particularly in light of what seems to be very serious pressure to make the v.a. go away? what happens next to the v.a.? mr. secretary thank you for being here. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> wo