raymond is an west virginia, who receives va care, go ahead. caller: yes, i am a va rendering. came down here to west virginia. [indiscernible] they are trying to do everything they can do to help us, and they understand the better and more so than a private care would. they work with us with special problems. bedrooms do have special problems. veterans toose -- have special problems. host: and those of problems you don't think the private industry can handle? caller: they are not designed to handle it, where the va is especially designed to help the va veterans with their problems. and we had many problems that private care cannot even imagine. va is designed to deal with their problems. host: let's hear from a medical professional in georgia. conrad, hello. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i have been active duty military prior and so i am eligible for va care, as well as being a health professional. i am opposed to privatization for the reason of the lack of understanding of military service, the occupational experiences, as well as the infections disease exposures

it's not only a bad idea for the vaesh va veterans because they get great care from the va. american people and american medicine. many innovations, in american medicine, have come from the va. things like the first implantable cardiac pacemaker, taking aspirin a day to ward off heart disease. things where we put a sensor in your brain and move a prosthetic arm. advances in prosthetics and others. also the va trains 70% of doctors in the country. we have relationships with 1,800 medical schools. so who's going to train these doctors? who's going to do that research? in addition to those doctors who do that research, and do that training, also provide care to veterans. and the veterans as a result get great care. so privatizing the va is not a good idea and as i said, the majority of veterans and veterans groups don't want it. >> and there is pressure on that subject which is animating some of the politics around the va. >> certainly there is. >> because of the complexity of the va, because of its size, because of the importance of its work, frankly, honestly, because of the

with privatizing the va. >> shulkin alleged today he was fired because he did not want to privatize va carentle the va. he claims he fell victim to a power play by trump's political appointees. quote, "they saw me as obstacle to privatization who had to be removed. >> seth: the good news for shulkin is every time trump removes an obstacle, it comes back as an even bigger obstacle. trump removed james comey, comey wrote a book. trump removed michael flynn, flynn flipped. if trump had a mole removed, it would be testifying before congress a week later. [ laughter ] now trump could have chosen a number of qualified people to replace david shulkin at the va, someone who has experience running a massive bureaucracy would have been a good start. but instead trump went with white house doctor and navy rear admiral dr. ronny jackson. that's right, he chose the white house doctor. i guess we should just be happy trump didn't go with personal doctor. in case you don't remember -- [ laughter ] that is for real, trump's personal doctor harold bornstein. [ laughter and applause ] "aw, bro. bro. you got

people need to remember that the va consists for more pieces than the health care piece and that's a but saying that somebody should lead the veterans affairs because they're a doctor is equivalent saying a mortician to lead the va because the va oversees all the federally managed cemeteries. this is a humongous agency. it involves labor relations. it involves over 330,000 employees. it involves a budget of well over $200 billion. there are over 1,000 facilities across this country. and yeah, it is a big job. there are a lot of mayors of mid-sized cities with fewer constituents than the va does employees and there is a lot going on and debate over privatization. and veterans, look, we are, you know, in chorus opposing those efforts to see our va health care system privatized. what we want to see, though, is a va system that's strong, fully funded, that's fully staffed and that is equipped through infrastructure investment to make sure that we all have access to the health care we earned. >> the republicans taken aback by dr. jackson's nomination. do you think he's going to have a dif

>> the fact that the va health care system is a government run single payer bureaucratic health care system and doesn't work. senator coburn, one of his last reports, talked about how the va system in -- on average doctors have about 1,200 cases. private sector is 2,300 sector. we have spent so much money on the va, and we have increased funding overall 2.3 times on health care spending, 1.5 and still a mess. >> what about the way it was done? this is the third person the president fired by twitter. just in the last month. >> not the way i would do it. not the way i would do it. >> this isn't the way to recruit good people to replace them, is it? >> it's not the way i would do it. >> you would under if people were like, i don't know if i want to take this job. >> the president does need to understand the effect it has on attracting other people. >> you think that this could lead to a brain drain? are you concerned about that? >> i'm concerned about all kinds of things, chuck. >> you seem to be hesitant. you seem to be hesitant with your criticism. you seem to be annoyed and unhappy wi

and there are already problems in the va that need to be addressed by the best possible health care to our veterans. we've been working hard on the va committee to help reform the va health care system, as well as employment and job training opportunities. but here is really the more fundamental point. there is an abject failure of vetting in this white house. i count more than 20 high-level nominees who have been forced to withdraw because of serious revelations about their past. scott pruitt already on the job, now having to come to terms for serious ethical violations in his past. so the lack of proper vetting is deeply disturbing, and right now, we're going to continue investigating on the va committee. the inspector general navy needs to investigate, and most importantly, the white house needs to do its job. >> the president made a particular point of hiring the best people. that was one of his big selling points for business. there's two ways to look at this. either they've hired the best people but they can't keep them, which says something about the management in the white hous

care. at some point you have too guarantee the va will endorse that private care at an equitable rate. of veterans have used private care and have not been able to get their physicians reimbursed. what they do well is agent orange and traumatic brain trauma. charles: thank you very much for your service and for coming on the show tonight. president trump has some kind word for north korea's dictator, but he remains tough when it comes to complete denuclearization. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal brain infection caused by a virus may be possible. this condition has not been

she also discusses va hospital management and health care talents for veterans. newsmakers today at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. >> tonight on q&a, high school students from around the country were in washingtonnewsmakers toe annual united states senate youth program. we met with them at the historic mayflower hotel where they shared there's -- their thoughts on government and >> -- i'm really passionate about daca. i congress cannot find a solution. it is not a democratic issue. it is not a republican issue. it is a human rights issue. >> an issue important to me is climate change. the fact that we are the only nation not in the paris climate accord is a travesty of it every other nation -- is a travesty. every other nation has recognized it. >> we are the richest nation in the world, yet we have citizens who go bankrupt trying to cover basic health care costs, and i think that is an outrage and that we should be ashamed. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. monday on landmark cases, griswold be connecticut, griswold of planned parenthood challenged a connecticut l

va equals worse benefits for veterans. but who this would benefit are private health care providers who stand to make millions and millions and billions of dollars. there are 9 million veterans in the va health care system right now. and if all of a sudden they were all being sent to the private sector with a voucher and a pat on the back, that's a lot of money going -- a lot of tax dollars going out of the va and into the pockets of millionaire and billionaire hospital executives. >> ronny jackson has to be confirmed. shulkin, in the past, previously recommended him to be va undersecretary of health. is this an example of sour grapes for shulkin, not liking jackson now or is there real concern about the job this man will be able to do if he does get confirmed? >> i think it's real concern, because david shulkin has been in that seat. and he can look at dr. jackson, the president's personal physician, who by all accounts, is a nice guy, right, but what managerial experience does he have, to oversee 330,000-plus employees, to oversee over a thousand facilities, all around this country. and to oversee a budget of over $250 b

that privatizing it it the va does anything except enrich the owners of the new privatized va and compromise the care. that's why we're building a whole campaign including on sho sherrod brown.com to say sign this petition and fight against privatization. if jackson withdraws or we don't confirm him, i'm equally concerned about the next one, may not more qualified. may not have a toxic work environment. i'm concerned they're going to do what every veteran i know doesn't want and that is to privatize. >> senator, i appreciate your time tonight. >> for more on what the ronny jackson fiasco reveals how this president governs, i'm joined by jennifer rubin and sam seder, host of the majority report podcast. jennifer, this seems part of a larger pattern. what do you make of it. >> yeah, you think? you know, you could throw darts at a board and come up with better people than this. and this is going on mind you at the same time scott pruitt, the administrator of the epa is immersed in scandals. this comes after hhs secretary tom price was fired. this comes after there have been incidents of misuse of taxpay

we have to get the best person we can in the va to take care of our veterans. an obligation that we serve in the people in this military. getting to the bottom of these accusations is critically important and there should be no stone unturned. >> so was he vetted by the white house before the president made this decision? >> that is a really good question, it doesn't appear that he was. >> one thing to be vetted as a medical officer and another to be vetted to take on this management responsibilities. >> you are exactly right. secretaries have a higher level of perfection. >> will the committee reschedule jackson's hearing? >> it is up to chairman. it is up to the chairman to re, you know, reschedule that hearing. what i anticipate johnny is going to do is over the next week and we are out and we are back in our states this next week. it will allow us and our staffs to do more bipartisan work in getting to the bottom. >> some of the people currently still work in the white house medical unit, do they fear ret trib b retribution? >> of course. that is a problem.

we have to get the best person we possibly can in the va to take care of our veterans. it's an obligation that we make to the people who sign up and serve in this military. and so that's why getting to the bottom of these accusations is critically important. and there should be no -- there should be no stone unturned. >> so was he vetted by the white house before the president made this decision? >> that is a really good question, anderson. it doesn't appear that he was. >> it's one thing to be vetted as the medical officer. it's another to be vetted to take on this management responsibility. >> you're exactly right. secretaries have a higher level of perfection. >> will the committee reschedule jackson's hearing? >> it's up to the chairman. i visited with johnnie this morning and we decided to postpone the hearing that was supposed to be tomorrow. it is up to the chairman to reschedule that hearing. what i anticipate johnnie is going to do is over the next week and we're out, we're back in the states over this next week, it will allow us and our staffs to do some more

you can't say in one breath the va is very important to me and taking care of veterans matters and then in the same sentence say, i know this guy's not experienced. that is the crux of the issue. i take deep issue with the president's assertion, which he said after that sound bite ended, if you had listened more you would have seen him say, no one has the experience to run the va, it's not possible. and that's not true. there have been great va secretaries in the past. they come at their management expertise at different levels, but they can manage a bureaucracy of that size. i want to hear how he's going to manage a budget that's almost $200 billion and a career force of 360,000 people. those are important questions to me as a veteran. i think, you know, we need to get to the both of those issues. >> i think the sentiment, you can manage the biggest hospital in the world and still not have enough experience to manage the va, so no one has enough experience, that's the import of what the president was saying. >> slightly a third of the va budget goes to medical care. but it's not all th

the emphasis is on taking care of patients as far as vha is concerned. there were other jobs of the va. the cemetery, benefits. but from what i understand, that nominee does have good qualifications and this will all come out in the vetting process. i think the president is going to show that he made a wise choice. leland: we haven't heard from admiral jackson as he makes his rounds on capitol hill and conceivably through the confirmation process is going to have to lay out his priorities for the va, what he thinks is wrong, how he plans to fix it. what would you tell him and what you want to hear from him as somebody who knows the va so well? what is a need to save you that you'd be comfortable with? >> the first is this ongoing battle between the privatizers in the public sector. i think he's going to have to rely on the fact and realize while they can't be all things to every veteran, that veterans choose to use the va. again, the president is going to show. leland: i'm confused that i don't understand the answer. what is the need to say he's going to fix? what is the need to layout

va tlachlt is t. that's the top concern. we still careust the health care that needs to be dealt with within the va, but also other benefits like education benefits. there's a lot more the va does. it also manages the national cemetery administration. there is a lot more the va does for veterans for our care after our service and that's really where -- it's not just the trump administration. it's all administrations who love to have us there and love to use us as props but don't like to necessarily make sure that we have the care that we need after the fact. >> me list yashgslissa, i appre insight. we're out of time. this is a conversation we'll be having. that will do it for this week. join me back here next sunday at 5:00 p.m. be sure to join us on social media. stay tuned for "meet the press." this is the ocean. just listen. (vo) there's so much we want to show her. we needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. (avo) subaru outback. ninety eight percent are still on the road after 10 years. come on mom, let's go! manait's

va. i don't care what's good for the department of veterans affairs and he proves himself worthy of the jobhen we'll support whatever outcome happens. >> thank you for your service. thank you for coming on. let's continue this conversation because this ain't going anywhere. >> thank you. >> coming up for us, vice president emanuel macron wrapped up his joint meeting of congress and he also, in his speech, broke with president trump on some major issues and did so very publicly. that's coming up next. truecar is great for finding new cars. you're smart, you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. ♪ when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy really woke people up, to showing that we need to invest in this community. i knew having the right partner we could turn this place around. it was only one bank that could finance a project this difficult and this large, and that was ci

that think privatizing the va does anything except enrich the owners of the new privatized va and compromise the care of veterans. >> this is a litmus test for a lot of senate democrats. >> there are pros and cons to privatizing the va. bureaucracies have infiltrated these organizations so sometimes a little slanted. could you cut costs? remember veterans have served the federal government so it is the federal government's responsibility. if you push it off to the private sector that could create additional problems. it is in need of reforms. in 2017 we added the veterans choice act which allows after 30 days these veterans to have quick care, we saw in the obama administration some strong horror stories so members thousand senate, continue to try to improve but it is a big leap to go to privatization at this point. >> we looked at the study by the military time thing last year a third of all medical appointments were outside the veterans administration, this is already happening, simply because the va is so overwhelmed, numbers of people, 10 different people on permanent or interim basis the last 10

va wiped out bought trump more ras and swamp. how about those veterans? let's worry about their care ruined in the obama administration. >> that's a crock. >> it was mired in scandal. >> i think we should stick to the topic. >> first of all, i was pulling for admiral jackson. i am pulling for admiral jackson. i think that he deserved a chance because the reason being -- >> yes. >> -- because our veterans deserve to have some stability at the top, right? and so i don't know if these allegations are true or not. i don't know if he was candy man or drinking on the job or any of those things. but what i was pulling for was someone who had some know-how to have stability at the top. so i was willing to give him a chance. and i think that most democrats and republicans alike were willing to give him a chance. the failure in this is not barack obama, as many republicans like to pivot and say. the failure is not jon tester. the failure is that the president of the united states and his staff are lazy. you vet this man before he gets to this point so we can flesh this out and have these discu

va hospital, the family members, they tell us how much they love the v.a. and want it to continue, they want it to be a place where they can go and get the care that they needen you look at that, when you talk to staff also, the staff people i see working in va hospitals love our veterans. i know that they can go other places and work and make more money, but because they care so much about our veterans and wanting to give back to the veterans, they are there working on our behalf. when you look at the entire system, it is an amazing task. it is a daunting task. i just wish whoever is in that position can continue to reach out to organizations in our nation and to keep their years and eyes open and they keep and get the right people in place. today." i just want to ask about -- there appears to be something of the generational divide when it comes to the v.a. and the service organizations like the american legion. my understanding is that older veterans are much more inclined to want to keep the v.a. and younger veterans are much more attracted to going to private sector health care. can you talk about that? >> sure. well, first off, because of all the pres

to talk to the people who use the va hospital, the family members, they tell us how much they love the v.a. and want it to be a place where they can go and get the care that they need. when youlook at that, talk to step also, the staff people i see working in va i know that they can go other places and work in mid-march money, but because they care so much about our veterans and wanting to give back to the veterans, they are working on our behalf. when you look at the eye entire task. it is an amazing wish every physician can reach out to organizations in our nation and to keep their eyes and i've open -- eyes open and hopefully they will get the right people in place. about,st want to ask there appears to be something of the generational divide when it and the the v.a. american legion. my understanding is that older veterans are much more inclined to want to keep the v.a. and younger veterans are much more attractive to going to private sector health care. can you talk about that? because of all the pressure we have out there, a lot of because of that are not comfortable going to the of whatey are afraid kind of service they will get. i encourage th

allegations tonight concerning the conduct confident man donald trump tapped to lead the va and oversee the health caremillion veterans. white house physician ronny jackson. democrats on the senate veterans affairs committee released devastating testimony from 23 of his current and former colleagues many of whom are still in the military outlining claims jackson irresponsibly handed out prescription drugs, created a hostile work environment and repeatedly drunk on the job. jackson was known as the candy man for his willingness to send out drugs at will. the report alleges jackson was often drunk, he wrecked a government vehicle, a secret service going away party that he once could not be reached because he was passed out drunk in his hotel room while on duty. all testimony from his current and former colleagues. though they are not named, they were released by the committee anonymously. his colleagues describing him as the most unethical person i've worked with, toxic, abusive and volatile, despicable and dishonest. screaming tantrums, vin dicktive, belittling and the worst leader i've ever worked for

however, if you're a veteran and you depend on care in the va, this is a big deal.e sake -- vacancies act. if he was fired and did not resign, there will be a hearing. if you are fired, the deputy in place, thomas bowman, should be next in line of succession. again, sounds like a washington story, but for thousands and thousands of veterans, this department could be held up now in months of chaos. >> it absolutely contributes to the uncertainty about this process. it's not really clear how this might -- >> i realize the president has any every to his team. but can they not bring somebody on board who understands how this is supposed to work? >> you have to think this has a lot to do with the fact there's been a lot of turnover and a lot of firings and there aren't many staff to operate a rather common practice, and there's not a lot of people who have the background that can discuss the implications of this decision. and this is partially because the president makes decisions in a vacuum in a large way, doesn't fill in the staff with some of the implications from th

show, rachel, and this is a big concern of democrats, and it has to do with outsourcing health care from the va to private doctors. and you can use the word privatization, but whatever it is, it is a huge concern for democrats, and that, i believe, was really still remains -- the democrats' concern, you know, what would dr. jackson's view be of how much care veterans should get in what they call in the community. and so, this was a huge issue for them. both because they felt -- they still feel that if you take money outside of va and you give it to the private sector, you're kind of dismantling the va itself. this has been a very politicizing and very controversial issue. >> "washington post" reporter lisa rein. thank you for joining us on such short notice tonight for this scoop that you and your colleagues have at the "post." really happy to have you here. thank you. >>> lisa rein, josh, and sun moon kim are the reporters on this "washington post" scoop tonight that even as the white house appears to score a win with mike pompeo's secretary of state nomination tonight, it looks like the va no

subsidy grants from irene swindell and from there it was medcal which doesn't pay for memory care and went through va because my mom is a widow of a veteran, so they managed to help pay half, and the other half would be her social security, and the remainder will be me, so right now i am holding three casual jobs trying to make end meet and i'm hoping in the future that there would be assistance to help family members find memory care which they could afford. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is jeff tanaba, and my father is a resident of swindell unit since 2016. his diagnosis was a devastating blow all we are fortunate enough to say that the smartest man we knew was also the kindest. i have won't discuss my father's wonderful life, instead i will discuss the effect this rushed closure is having on our family and although we must discuss the possibility of this for all of us, i won't discuss how this takes away our loved ones and leaves us emotionally, physically, and financially lost. i will discuss the implication of losing these beds on all of our futures. swindell has been

. >> my dad received great care at the va. we hope someone is there who is competent and understands the job and can get the job done. >> no one put on the table -- >> the va service -- >> that is -- >> opening -- >> look we have a new economy. the reason it's growing is because it's an open economy. trump has an idea to open up the va. veterans can still have the va but also have a choice. at least that's change and maybe progress. >> open in what way, alex? you mean private saigs? >> no. giving people a choice, like you can choose what kind of car you buy. if they're held on the line and can't get to see a va doctor -- >> does that choice come with huge budget cuts? if it does, that leads of private saigs here. >> i'm sorry. has someone accused donald trump of being a small spender here? >> i'll also say if you travel around the country as i did, there are lots of places in this country where there's not a va center close. >> true. >> part of what the president is talking about is if you can't -- if it's not convenient for y

care. i want the va to stay in existence but the veteran waits too long or lives too far away from a facility, the private sector to fill in that gap and admiral jackson has that same mentality. you need somebody to go into the va was willing to fight the bureaucracy and i think admiral jackson is good pick because he's been on the battlefield and knows what the fight is all about. >>chris: senator graham. thank you. thank you for your time this holiday weekend. a busy set of questions and we got it all and always great to talk with you. >> happy easter. >>chris: up next, the president announces he wants to pull american troops out of syria. we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whether he's >> russia should not be acting like a victim. the only victims are the two victims in the hospital in the uk right now. >>chris: russian ambassador - - and the state department spokeswoman heather now word continuing the two countries war of forwards this week. it's time now for our sunday group. former republican congressman, transvaal. fox news analyst, marie harf. catherine lucey the covers the

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care. i want the va to stay in existence but the veteran waits too long or lives too far away from a facility, the private sector to fill in that gap and admiral jackson has that same mentality. you need somebody to go into the va was willing to fight the bureaucracy and i think admiral jackson is good pick because he's been on the battlefield and knows what the fight is all about. >>chris: senator graham. thank you. thank you for your time this holiday weekend. a busy set of questions and we got it all and always great to talk with you. >> happy easter. >>chris: up next, the president announces he wants to pull american troops out of syria. we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whether he's moving too fast. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the state of u.s./russian - - now. we may use your question on the air. ♪ let's fly, let's fly away ♪ ♪ just say the words ♪ and we'll beat the birds down to acapulco bay ♪ t' ♪ come fly with me ♪ let's fly, let's fly away ♪ ♪ come fly with me ♪ let's fly, let's fly away ♪ and back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. then

she will also talk about va hospital management and health care challenges for veterans. newsmakers, today at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. and economics professor gary wolfram on how capitalism has benefited people living in poverty. he spoke at a forum in mountain view, california, cohosted by forum of silicon valley. this runs one hour 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you all for coming. there are two things that i wanted to bring up before i really get started. one is if you get on youtube and do gary wolfram silicon valley conservative, you see jerry monk eye introducing the and walking off with my notes. [laughter] >> just watch the first five minutes of it. it is a little humorous. thing is john miller has spoken here before, and he is the head of our journalism program. he and i have had, for the last 2.5 years, a contest to see has the most twitter followers. and i have been ahead of him for -- probably 15, 16 months, but then john smith ahead of me -- snuck ahead of me. we get free lunch once a week. weber has the most followers, and i am pretty close.

care. i want the va to stay in existence but the veteran waits too long or lives too far away from a facility, the private sector to fill in that gap and admiral jackson has that same mentality. you need somebody to go into the va was willing to fight the bureaucracy and i think admiral jackson is good pick because he's been on the battlefield and knows what the fight is all about. >>chris: senator graham. thank you. thank you for your time this holiday weekend. a busy set of questions and we got it all and always great to talk with you. >> happy easter. >>chris: up next, the president announces he wants to pull american troops out of syria. we will bring in our sunday we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whether he's woman: where are we taking him? i have no clue. we're just tv doctors. if this was a real emergency, i'd be freaking out. we are the tv doctors of america. together with cigna reminding you to go, know, and take control of your health. schedule your annual check-up today. to go, know, and take control of your health. ♪ directv now gives you more for your thing. your lett

care. i want the va to stay in existence but if a veteran waits too long or lives too far away from a facility want the private sector to fill in that gap and admiral jackson has that same mentality and he need somebody to go into the va. he's willing to fight the bureaucracy and i think admiral jackson is a good pick because he's been on the battlefield. he knows what the fight is all about. >> chris: thank you, thanks for your time this holiday weekend. a busy set of questions and we got it all in. always good to talk with you, sir. >> senator graham: thank you, happy easter. >> chris: happy easter to you. up next the president and announces he wants to pull american troops out of syria. we will bring in our sunday group to discuss whether he's moving too fast. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the state of u.s.-russian relations now? just go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. ♪ >> if anybody slapped her face, what will be your reaction from her side? >> we will retaliate. it goes without saying. >> russia should not be acting like

got it tell you i went to a private psychiatrist, and worst, i end up suicidal in the va and i finally got the care. do not allow them to privatize the va. we vets deserve the understanding that's provided there. [applause] >> secondly, i want to say to all of you in this room, when i came back from vietnam, i was totally dissolutioned-- disillusioned by the war and joined group led by john kerry. you could not see the marble of the steps for all the medals. quadriplegics, quadruple amputees throwing their purple hearts on the steps. it did make a difference. cope it up. we had candlelight vigils, clooirjs at the white house, very disturbing to president johnson at the time. and finally, those are my words of encouragement to you, keep it up, it does make a difference, i firmly believe that those in the millions who protested against that war were successful in bringing an end to that war. please keep it up, do not dismay. it will happen for you. [applaus [applause]. >> thank you, sir. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, sir. thank you, sir, for your service, and thank you for your passionate advocac

our veterans need and so forth and get it away from the va and focusing on what the va should be doing which is taking care of our veterans. shannon: another important nomination, mike pompeo making it to the senate foreign relations committee, could have waited until now to vote on him and pass on to the senate but still a number of critics. sen. tim kane who voted for him a few months ago saying just like i don't want to have anti-science people to be head of science agencies or insight occasion people in education agencies i don't to vote for people who are anti-diplomatic. >> i think he is the right guy for the job. when he had his nomination and was going to be cia director that was 14 democrats who thought he was capable of being director of the cia, he was first in his class at west point. he has proven himself to be a reasonable individual, does things very well. he has the pres.'s year and understands the direction the president wants to go, he is the right guy for the job. >> moving to the full senate, one thing he has to deal with is the conversation is the upcoming deadline on the iran nuclear

health care for veterans right in their communities, and i will continue to work to improve care at the manchester va and beyond. finally, let me just say that i have been incredibly inspired by the brave men and women taking part in the #metoo campaign. this is more than a moment. this is a movement. since i shared my own story, i have seen a real change in the momentum to address the all too pervasive issue of sexual harassment and assault. enough is enough. [applause] the conversation is now at the national forefront, and it's time to take action. i am committed to protecting women and men from sexual violence in the military, on college campuses, and in workplaces across this country, and that includes the halls of congress, because no one is above the law. [applause] it's true, our country needs our help now more than ever before, but i know that you are up to the challenge. you know the value of grassroots conversations, knocking on doors, calling on neighbors, calling neighbors, speaking with folks at the grocery store. sharing our values. decency, integrity. andopportunity for everyone i prom

care what tactics they employ and will confirm the other nominees. it's a completely unreasonable delay. we are going to get them all. >> do you support ronny jackson at the va? >> the veterans committee said i either postpone the hearing. obviously there's a lot of discussion about whether or not this nomination will go forward. i'm going to see with the president wants to do. >> martha: i want to talk about the senate races because there is no increasing concern at american crossroads saying he has a more defensive train to hold and target democratic incumbents who are over performing. there's a lot more urgency on the part of capitol hill with these midterms. >> the left is obviously fired up. they have been doing great on fund-raising. the turnout and the virginia governor's race was stunning. all republican supporters, we need to be turning out in big numbers this fall because democrats are fired up. they want to take the congress back. we have a chance to hold it, but it does require a lot of enthusiasm. the democrats are fired up, no question about it, but so are we. we are going to be really fired up come november. >> martha: as you heard in the prom

, and what we should be focused on is, what can we do to make sure the va full fills its mission and delivers the finest health careveterans? i think there is privatization in vet care, but we shouldn't mess with it. >> and a congresswoman kept on an aide even after she knew he was accused of abuse. she kept him on and now she wants an investigation. what do you think? >> we should make sure our offices are safe for our employees. congressional offices aren't that big. it's eight to 12 people on the hill, and it's our obligation to make sure it's safe for employees. that clearly didn't happen in elizabeth's office. she says she made a mistake. i think she should be having a serious conversation with her constituents about whether they really trust her to go forward in this job. >> michael currant at the local newspaper said she should resign. >> she should be talking to her constituents, right, and explaining her side of the case and answering some really tough questions and making a decision about what her future is going forward. >> congressman delaney, thanks so much for joining us. >> appreciate it. >>> other n

caring for veterans. and i was bringing an agenda of change that was bringing about the process that we needed. >> in your op-ed, you accuse these officials of pushing for privatizing vause you said it's aimed with pushing it towards people and companies for profit. do you think those that are working at the v and the white house care for about maximizing profits than they do about caring for veterans? >> i'm a person that believes that everybody should be expressing their opinions. we need a dialogue to find solutions, i have no problem of people expressing different ways of improving the va, and working with the private sector is something i believe strongly in. but these individuals when they didn't see that their ideas were being adopted, they -- that's what i have concerns because there are good people at the va working very hard to make the changes that we need for our veterans. >> it sounds like really quite a difficult work atmosphere for you and obviously as we have seen with other people working at the white house. the president's management style is something we talk about quite a bit. what is it like to work for a president who thrives on chaos, when you h

and in terms of, you know, the va, they still have a nationwide mismatch between their ability to deliver care the demand for it. probably 60 to 70% of veterans like going to the va, but if you live in flagstaff and you have heart trouble, you know, it would be much better to be able to go to the heart center there, which is ten minutes from your house, rather than have to be sent down to phoenix two hours away and then another two hours to tucson, the only heart center in arizona. elizabeth: i want to end up on a personal note and you had firsthand experience and you were the whistleblower who brought this to light. how does it feel that there is no one in charge right now for all the men and women looking for care? >> the ship is floundering at sea. we need a new captain to plot a course and take it somewhere where it can be most effective. elizabeth: all right, thank you for joining us, sir, we really appreciate it. >> thank you very much for having me. leland: democrats say the economic boom has left many behind. the numbers, perhaps, paint a different picture. what it means for the mid te

va secretary after he fired another over an ethics controversy. >>> developing this morning, president george hw bush is awake, alert, and talking, but remains in intensive care. they updated his health today and the 93-year-old is eager to return to the summer home in maine. bush was admitted to the hospital in houston for a blood infection on sunday. one day after he greeted mourners at the funeral for his wife, barbara bush. >>> new developments in toronto, the suspect in the deadly van attack made a court appearance this morning, accused of plowing through a sidewalk packed with pedestrians, killing ten people and injuring 15 others. abc news reporter is in new york with the latest. >> reporter: the 25-year-old is in court this morning as the police search for a motive. >> on behalf of all canadians, i offer my deepest, heart felt condolences to the loved ones of all those killed, and we wish a full recovery. >> reporter: this video showing the deadly van massacre in broad daylight. the advance swerved across multiple lanes of traffic before jumping on the sidewalk, hitting pedestrians across 16 blocks. >> all these people on the streets getting hit one b

care for the v.a. but also for the american people and american medicine. many innovations that have occurred in american medicine have come from the va., like take an aspirin a day. things like brain gate where we put a sensor in your brain and it can move your prosthetic arm. advances in prosthetics. also the v.a. trains 70% of the doctors. who's going to do that training and research? in addition to the doctors who do the research and training also provide care to veterans, the veterans as a result get great care. so privatizing the v.a. is not a good idea. and as i said the majority of veterans and veteran groups don't want it. >> there's pressure on that subject that's animating the va right now. >> there is. >> because of the size, the importance of the work because of the unusual fact there is bipartisan support for the v.a. and v.a. policy making tends to be of a bipartisan nature, which is a freak of nature in washington right now, because so much things are different, there's debate about what's the right kind of experience for a person to have to run an agency, that big, that important, that complicated. you had a business b

va since he has no management experience. why is that important? the v.a. is responsible for the carere than 20 million veterans across the country. it is the nation's second largest bureaucracy after the defense department. the v.a. is not only in charge of their health care but also their benefits, their burials and memorials. it has a $186 billion annual budget and a work force of more than 377,000 people, and there's an additional 4,000 v.a. employees working outside the country. with all of that on its plate, there is serious recruiting problems at the v.a. former secretary david shulkin said last year there were about 45,000 job vacancies. the top positions need in the health administration, medical officers, nurses psychologists, and physician's assistants. this is serious business. >> garrett haake joins us now. garrett, to be clear, you spoke to the ranking member of the senate veteran affairs committee. he confirmed this is going to be delayed as they look into jax snn. >> yes, the ranking democrat on the committee put out a joint letter with the chairman saying that this he