whether he is qualified to run the department of veterans' affairs. if the white house, jeff, went ahead and vetted him as thoroughly as they claim they did, why are they and us only learning about these allegations now? >> wolf, it is clear there was no vetting here. we know that from our reporting if realtime. the white house had a vacancy at the v.a. and broke here on the situation room when david shulkin was fired and the president immediately hired his personal white house physician. so there was no vetting. the president liked him. he was comfortable with him. so he put him in that position. he thought he would look well in that position. but the reality is they didn't do the due diligence and then even after that republicans on capitol hill i'm told were sort of looking for information trying to defend him and simply were not getting that information. so what i'm learning tonight is that he is still going to stay and fight. but the question is, is he fighting to clear his name or fighting for the nomination and it is increasingly hard to see th

jackson from senator jon tester,ing the ranking democrat on the veterans affairs committee.ten to what he just told npr. >> -- were used by the folks that we talked to were abusive towards staff, very explosive personality, belittles the folks underneath him, folks that he oversaw, screamed towards staff, basically creating an environment where the staff felt that they immediated ed toneed eggshells when around him. >> he also said there was a drinking problem on trips, when he was supposed to take care of the president, he was drunk. those are pretty strong words. what are you hearing? >> well, our white house team is reporting that for now, at least, the president and the white house is standing by him. we all heard the president earlier today when he was with macron said, look, if it were up to me, i said to him, why would anyone want to go through this and why would you do this? but they met, and i think it's very clear that jackson wants to hang in there. and if he wants to hang in, i think the white house is going to support him, because the president likes him so much

that is why when i was blessed with the opportunity to lead the senate committee on veterans' affairs, i dedicated myself helping our service members and veterans and their families and worked with my colleagues to expand v.a. services and pass a new 21st century g.i. bill. so i want to take this moment to urge all of my colleagues and all of the incoming senators and representatives that they do everything they can for veterans and their families, because we asked to sacrifice so much for us. they put their lives on the line while their wives and husbands watched over their families. caring for them is one of the most sacred obligations as a nation, and not everyone on the front lines making our nation stronger wears a uniform. in many critical fields, the federal government struggles to compete with the private sector to recruit and retain the skilled people our nation needs. experts in cybersecurity and intelligence analysis, doctors and nurses to care for our wounded warriors, accountants to protect taxpayers during billion-dollar defense acquisitions, these are just a few example

as a move forward with any secretary of veterans affairs we hope this president will continue to listen all service organizations involved in take our veterans' concerns into account. donovan: do you agree with president trump that the pace of reform and improvement has not been fast enough? wow.ohan: when i look at the government and think about all the things the president has to consider, all of our legislators have to consider, it becomes evident that they have more information than we do as citizens. i know a lot of information is out there. we believe we are seeing progress under secretary shulkin . it is a big system. the department of veterans affairs is the second-biggest department and the u.s. government. there is a lot to take in. there is a lot of people in the mix. i believe secretary shulkin was doing the best he could with the resources he had. again, we hope the new secretary, once he is confirmed, and the team they currently have in place, we need to continue to move forward and take care of our veterans. iski: you mentioned the v.a. the second-largest agency. some peo

the department of veterans affairs is the second it is department in the government. there is a lot to take in. there's a lot of people in the mix. i believe that the secretary was doing the best he could with the resources he had. we hope that our new secretary we need toconfirmed, continue to move forward and take care of the veterans. >> you mentioned the fee a system is one of the largest federal agency, and some are questioning romney jackson's experience. is that a concern at all that he may not be up for the job? >> while the president appointed him for a reason. who has experience in that big of the system #? who has the experience to run a system that huge. i go back to the fact that there is a whole team that will be involved in this process, and we need to get the whole team working together the best they can love the benefit of the veterans. i am recognizing how large the system is there has been a lot of turmoil in the secretary's position over the last five years. why do you think that particular postacquisition has so much turmoil attached to it? when i

that's what just happened to president trump's pick to run the department of veterans affairs. tomorrow's confirmation hearing for rear admiral ronny jackson postponed indefinitely. lawmakers pulling the plug amid new allegations of misconduct in the workplace and just after the white house delivered a full throated endorsement of jackson. let's begin with the state visit and what we just heard from president trump. kaitlan collins is at the white house. president trump right out of the gate, during what was just a photo-op with emmanuel macron, issues a warning to iran. what did he say? >> reporter: it was a stunning moment there in the oval office, president trump was seated next to president macron, they're just now getting down to business, they had a big ceremony with the pomp and circumstance. and, of course, on the agenda for them to discuss is the iran deal. now, president macron, part of his mission while he's here today, is to convince president trump to have the united states stay in that deal, but things do not look good for that prospect, based upon what we just he

health care system, the secretary of veterans affairs is not just responsible for the v.a., they are onsible for the benefits our veterans are getting, all of that stuff. at all of the aspects of what is under the veterans affairs division, you start thinking about what has to be is under then the v.a. scrutiny that others are not under. you look at all the bad press is going on across the nation, a lot of the time you miss the good stuff that is going on. as i visit v.a. hospitals, and i get 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 continue, they want it to be a place where they can go and get the care that they need. when 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 ta

this is the job that ronny jackson is at least nominated to lead veterans affairs.ulkin, big problems with, wait for it, using taxpayer money to fund his wife's trip to europe with him. these are the three that are gone! these are tngss and so we've got three fired. we've got all of these that have tensions. jeff sessions, the attorney general, it would take a whole show to go through his problems. ryan zinke, interior, problem with flights again. betsy devos, has done a number of negative things as it treelts public relations. and down here, this is the big one, scott pruitt, it feels to me like the temperature has changed. we've seen this with some of the other cabinet members donald trump has fired. it builds and builds and build and they say no, no, no, and all of a sudden donald trump gets sick of the negative press. i think that's where we're headed to. >> it's a group people don't want to join. we could get into this whole macron visit to the white house, all the brushing of i don't know what that was on macronel. where do you want to begin? >> i do want to g

issues on behalf of the millions of veterans who would be affected by an unfit secretary of veterans' affairs. >> i know you have a lot of veterans in your district in virginia. does dr. jackson deserve the chance to defend himself publicly, openly, during a senate confirmation hearing against these allegations before his nomination is abandoned? >> i think the announcement today on a bipartisan basis by the chairman of the ranking member of the committee, that they will postpone the nomination hearing indefinitely is a clear signal to dr. jackson that he has an honorable way to withdraw his nomination and not be further embarrassed and have his good name and career tarnished. he could go forward but if he does, it is at enormous professional risk. >> you're committee, the house oversight committee is also trying to look into the behavior of the epa administrator scott pruitt. you've written to the house oversight committee chairman tray groudy aski -- trey gowdy e and testify and what does he have to say. >> trey gowdy has not answered the questions. he's indicated in other press shows he wa

president trumps dr withdraws his nomination to head veteran affairs after allegations he overprescribed drugs and drank on the job. and the french government explains how it plans to improve life for the ten percent of the population in the country's deprived suburbs. and all preparations are being made for a historic face to face meeting between the leaders of north and south korea moon j it will host kim jong il in the south korean border village of panmunjom on friday morning they'll discuss a range of issues including pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs it's hoped the meeting will help ease tensions on the peninsula ahead of a meeting between kim and u.s. president donald trump that's planned for may. june well let's look now at how the day is likely to unfold kim jong un will travel into the demilitarized zone under tight security to meet moon jay in making him the first north korean leader to cross the border since the korean war kim will be flanked by nine officials including his sister who led pyongyang's delegation to this year's winter olympics after meeting in the mornin

i'm not on the veterans affairs committee.hink we ought to trust the folks that run the committee, senator isakson is the chair, senator tester is ranking. let them go through the confirmation process if dr. jackson chooses to go ahead. a number of people have been nominated not because of their qualifications but because of their closeness to president trump or his goals. our hud secretary, for example, had zero experience in public housing. he might be a good brain surgeon, but he had no relevant experience. we just had an appropriations hearing for him that highlighted his lack of relevant experience. >> the president says heights your fault, you democrats are the obstructionists. that's why his nominees -- the open slots aren't being filled faster. >> i will remind you, alisyn, the last nominee for v.a. secretary under this administration got a 100-0 vote in the senate. he had is significant experience running a very large health care system before. he had experience in the v.a. as well. it's not that we're obstructionists

veteran affairs secretary has been forced to take himself out of consideration for the post often mounting misconduct allegations ronny jackson who was also white house physician to barack obama and george w. bush was put forward for the position off today the chill can resigned in march but the u.s. navy rear admiral has now withdrawn from the running off to claims he crashed a car while driving under the influence of alcohol and overprescribed drugs let's get more now from our white house correspondent kimberly how do we know about these allegations and the reaction of the white house to them. well the white house had been all week because the intensity around these allegations against ronnie jackson continued to kind of excel rate the white house saying that these are essentially are the opinions of some former employees of the physician and as well that they had been disgruntled but they became overwhelming today the fact the revelations of the crashed car following a secret service party that dr ronnie jackson attended where he was allegedly intoxicated before crashing a government ve

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it's the number two republican on the veteran's affairs committee. i cannot imagine he will take kindly to being misled if, indeed, that's what dr. jackson was doing by denying the existence of this report that the associated press has now found. you played some of the republican senators offering some of their concerns about dr. jackson. most of those were from folks we talked to earlier this morning. as the day wore on, i don't get any sense those folks felt more favorably inclined toward him. we're in the same position we saw with mike pompeo where if democrats as a group decide that dr. jackson is not a suitable pick, republicans can't afford any defection. and right now republicans are just as concerned as democrats about this new allegations that really surfaced late thursday and over the weekend. >> a v.a. secretary has never gotten a vote in pop situation before. this could be the first time. tell me how this nomination might be different for lawmakers on capitol hill than, say, secretary of state or defense secretary. >> well, there's a coup

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a few weeks ago, donald trump announced his pick to run the department of veterans affairs, and it's going great. ( laughter ) >> there are serious allegations surfacing tonight against the president's pick to lead the veterans affairs department, which provides care and services for some nine million veterans. those allegations threatening to derail the nomination of dr. ronny jackson. >> trevor: remember how trump said he hires the best people? when does that start? ( laughter ) no, because, it seems like everyone he hires turns out to be a disaster. and it used to be that they would get fired after a few months, and then scaramuchi was gone after 11 days. and now this guy might get fired before he even starts the job. ( laughter ) like, at this rate, some dude is going to open his laptop and be like, "i just got fired from the white house." and his friend will be like, "i didn't know they offered you a job." "yeah, neither did i. oh, sweet i just got offered a book deal! dope!" ( laughter ) now, now, you probably remember ronny johnson. he was the white house physician that came o

bureaucratic incompetence at the department of veterans affairs. the question is can he be as a marine corps combat veteran can he be marine corps tough in cleaning house in the v.a.? we -- in 2014, we gave the authority to the department of veterans affairs to the secretary to remove without all the civil service protections senior v.a. bureaucrats, mcdonald, secretary mcdonald never used that authority. secretary shulkin never used that authority. will he go in there and program run by senior bureaucrats that year after year have had documented failures and just clean house? that's what we need. >> harris: you know, have you had a talk with him? i was speaking with people yesterday, one of them from kansas, senator jerry more ran who was saying that he had just met with ronny jackson? is that something you are doing. >> something i have asked to do i know i'm a house member and his priority is senate confirmation right now. >> harris: right. but information is good no matter where it comes from on the hill. >> oh, yeah. no, i certainly have reache

at one time he chaired the senate veterans affairs committee. he delivered012 his farewell address on the senate floor. it is about 15 minutes. >> i rise to give my a low hot to the united states senate. that my good friend, my colleague of 36 years, my brother dan. i wish him a speedy recovery. and to return to the senate. madam president, i rise today to aloha to this institution. i'm honored to be a member of the united states senate for 22 years. it has been an incredible journey that i never imagined. as a senior in high school going to a school for boys, which was noted as a military school, my life was changed forever. when i saw japanese fighter planes attacking pearl harbor. generation i in my joined the war effort. my path was forever altered. ended i believed i was suffering from ptsd. it wasn't act of congress that allowed me and the veterans of my generation to build successful new lives. bill andpassed a g.i. i say with certainty that i would not be standing before you opportunityt the the g.i. bill gave me. not only to get an educ

embattled veterans affairs secretary dr.ckson and there have been new developments overnight. we're on top of it next. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business number. them, not so much. we let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the others? nope! get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call or go on line today. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. this morning growing concerns over the man nominated to care for our nation's veterans accused of casually handing out prescription jobs, being drunk on the job, creating a hostile workplace environment and a new allegation that the secret service had to get involved after dr. ronny jackson allegedly got drunk while on an overseas trip with president obama and loudly banged on

down senate veteran affairs committee has put dr. ronny jackson's hearing on indefinite hold. lawmakers say they are looking into accusations about the behavior in the workplace, calling them serious allegations. they reportedly include creating a hostile work environment. improperly prescribing drugs and drinking on the job. so far no word on any specific examples. and fox news has not confirmed the accusations. dr. jackson has worked as a white house physician since 2006 how he got to this point, up for the job as head of the v.a. and its 360,000 employees is technically unclear reports indicate he wasn't really vetted and they had been given the nod because of all those nice things he said about president trump after his physical. remember? >> all clinical data indicates that the president is currently very healthy and that he will remain so for the duration of his presidency. absolutely he is fit for duty. i think he will remain fit for duty for the remainder of this term and for the remainder of another term if he is elected. be

our veterans at home, who that secretary of veteran affairs is, how they lead that department affects the lives daily of veterans at home. >> melissa: senator moran, we appreciate your time. we are going to get to some of those questions he brought up. for more on the political fallout from jackson bowing out, let's bring in dan henninger, fox news contributor and member of "the wall street journal" editorial board. who can run this? >> exactly, president trump himself said that commenting on what is happening with ronny jackson. maybe nobody can run this place. veteran affairs, we are all familiar with the stories about the scandals, the macabre medical treatment that many of them got. nonetheless, there is resistance from some of the veterans groups to reforming the fbi in a way that would give veterans more private choice for certain kinds of medical care. the huge bureaucracy, this is the swamp. i think there are hundreds of individual swamps in washington and the veterans affairs is one of them. it's so difficult to penetrate a place like that and what happened to ronny jackson a

veterans affairs, veterans policy is a bipartisan thing in washington.is is not something that's going to wreck that. all right. we'll be right back. delivery should look like this. crisp leaves of lettuce, freshly-made dressing. clean food that looks this good, eaten at your desk. panera. food as it should be. now delivered. >>> in january the new yorker had a scoop about presidential son-in-law jared kushner. this is before kushner was downgraded in terms of his security clearance, before the white house stopped allowing him to have access to highly classified information. but evan and adam in the new yorker in january were able to report out the first time a bunch of stuff about jared kushner that was unnerving in terms of national security. this is' where we first learned that despite mr. kushner's inability to get a permanent security clearance, he nevertheless was receiving the president's daily brief from the intelligence community every day. that's where we learned that it wasn't just the president who was throwing intelligence protocols out the

he's the chairman of the house subcommittee on veterans affairs.good morning, congressman. >> good morning. great to be with you. >> how do you think the president has landed at this hard line on daca and the dreamers after saying he wants to treat them with love? >> i'm not sure how he landed there but there are several daca proposals out there that tie daca to border kurt. i've asked the house leadership queen of the hill. allow each one of those bills to be considered on the house floor and whichever one passes is the one that is sent to the senate. pretty straightforward and then we should send the bill to the president and i hope he signs it but make him decide. we can easily accomplish this goal. there are some democrats to be sure who want the issue more than the solution. i certainly acknowledge that. i believe there are enough people on both sides of the aisle who will work in good faith to get a real solution to the president's desk. >> do you think it's the democrats fault that daca is dead? >> i don't want to cast blame on any one parti

the president's nominee to run the department of veteran affairs. are these new allegations against ronny jackson's behavior disqualifying? >> understand they are being made by members of military that worked for him. they are extremely troubling. i do believe we're entitled to a confirmation hearing to find out the facts. let us go through the proper vetting here in the united states senate. it's clear that president trump did not do that. i must tell you hearing these allegations, knowing the source, knowing there's multiple sources, it's extremely troubling. >> let me get another issue, i want to get your reaction. sources saying that rudy giuliani, the president's new lawyer on his personal legal team, met this week with the special counsel, robert mueller to discuss the potential for an interview between mueller and the president. what's your reaction? >> as you complete an investigation, it would be natural for mr. public schomuel to interview president trump. that would be a normal flow from this investigation. i hope that mr. rudy giuliani v

veteran affairs secretary has been forced to take himself out of consideration for the post after mounting misconduct allegations ronnie jackson who had also been white house physician to barack obama and george w. bush during their presidencies was put forward for the position after david shaw can resigned in march but the u.s. navy rear admiral has now withdrawn from the running after claims that he crashed a car while driving under the influence of alcohol and that he'd allowed medication to be over prescribed well let's get more now from our white house correspondent kimberly kimberly good to see more chaos for the white house to deal with at least on the surface of it bearing in mind these allegations some pretty poor judgment by president trump. certainly this there are some serious questions for the west wing right now about how this slipped under the radar in terms of allegations against the white house physician dr ronnie jackson that you point out has been in place as a white house physician physician for some time certainly in order to hold this position he has to be thoroughly

he became a senator in 1990 and served as chair of the veterans affairs committee. in 2012 he delivered his farewell address. this is 15 minutes. i rise givesident, my remarks and my aloha to the united states senate. begin,resident, before i , my good friend, my colleague of 36 years, my oueye,r daniel in hawaii's senior senator, i wish him a speedy recovery and return to the senate. mean madamnt, i president, i rise today to say a loha to this institution. have been honored to be a member of the united states senate for 22 years. it has been an incredible imagined.at i never a high school -- as a senior at a high school for boys that was a noted military school, my life was changed forever when i saw japanese fighter planes attacking pearl harbor. like most men of my generation, i joined the war effort. my path was forever altered. when the war ended, i believe i was suffering from ptsd. thats an active congress allowed me and the veterans of a generation to build successful, new kind of life. congress passed the g.i. bill, and i say with certainty that i would no

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jazeera live from london also coming up president obama's doctor withdraws his nomination to head veteran affairs after allegations he overprescribed drugs and drank on the job. russia ratchets up its efforts to prove to mold wasn't hit by gas attack taking a group of syrians to the chemical weapons watchdog in the hague. thousands protest across spain after five men known as the wolf pack are cleared of gang rape and pump load. come to the program our top story north korean leader kim jong un is on his way to historic face to face meeting with his south korean counterpart which is due to begin in around two and a half hours in will host kim in the south korean border village of puntland jom on friday morning they'll discuss a broad range of issues including nuclear and missile programs north korea's state news agency says kim will open hearted lee discussed improving into korean relations and achieving the peace prosperity and security of the korean peninsula so let's look at how the day is set to unfold kim jong un will travel to the demilitarized zone on the tight security to meet and making h

there are serious allegations surfacing tonight against the president's pick to lead the veterans affairs department which provides care and services for some 9 million veterans. those allegations threatening to derail the nomination of dr. ronny jackson. president trump expressing his support today even as he seemed to be nudging jackson to withdraw. jackson is currently the president's personal white house physician who you may recall gave that upbeat televised news conference about president trump's health back in january. tonight disturbing stories of workplace behavior have put his confirmation hearing on hold. our kristen welker has late details. >> reporter: tonight stunning accusations against president trump's personal physician and nominee for secretary of veterans affairs. dr. ronny jackson facing allegations of over prescribing medications, drinking on the job, and creating a hostile work environment which the ranking democrat on the veterans affairs committee talked about late tonight. >> in the previous administration, we were told the stories where he was repeatedly drunk w

claiming for the first time that former veterans affair secretary david shulkin resigned. they say he was -- he says that he was fired via presidential tweet right after chief of staff john kelly gave him a heads-up last week. >> were you fired or did you resign? >> there was no reason why i would resign. >> so why don't you just say you were fired? >> well, i think that's the alternative to resignation. the president wanted to make a change and that's certainly his prerogative to do that. >> so the tweet fired you? >> yes. >> but this is more than a he said/she said. it can impact the va going forward and it's the latest chaos in the trump cabinet. joining me now politico's anna palmer covering all these fast changes. let's talk about shulkin. we've never seen a resignation letter from him and the white house didn't dispute his account that he was fired. why does it matter? >> it's been interesting they've shifted their narrative. first they said he resigned and

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leaders postponed a hearing today to consider jackson's nomination to lead the department of veteran's affairs. the republican chairman of the committee and his democratic counterpart cited, quote, serious allegations against jackson who's currently the white house physician. according to multiple reports, the committee is looking at allegations that jackson allowed the overprescribing of drugs and drank on the job. and the ep is now reporting that a 2012 inspector general report cited unprofessional behavior and considered removing him. this afternoon president trump left the door open for jackson to withdraw while speaking with reporters with emanuel macron. >> i told admiral jax an while ago -- admiral jackson a while ago, what do you need this for? i don't want to put a man

the list includes john you'lliot at the department of veterans affairs as well as camilla sandoval, darren did president trump set you up to fail? >> i don't think that this was the president. the president is committed to improving the care for veterans. these appointees had a belief that there was a different way to do it than i was approaching it. >> privatization? >> yeah. i believe the way you improve care is work closely with congress and listen to the veterans group and do what they want. i practiced medicine in the v.a. caring for veterans and i was bringing an agenda change that i thought was getting the progress that we needed and some political appointees felt we needed to be much more aggressive than i was willing to and so they saw me as an obstacle. >> you accuse these officials of pushing for privatizing v.a. services because it is quote aimed at rewarding select people even if it undermines care for veterans. are you saying that these top aides who are still working at the v.a. and the white house care more about maximizing private sector profits than they do about caring f

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so joining us now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio and who serves on the veterans affairsommittee. thank you, senator. >> thanks, alisyn. good to see you. >> can you explain why the democrats on your committee are releasing this list of allegations. we have just outlined some of them. before actually confirming whether these were true of dr. ronny jackson? >> well, we have heard from very credible people, 23 of them and counting, people who served with them. these are mostly underlings. i have heard the white house say we have heard good reports. that's from equals and higher-ups. these are 23 people who served the country in uniform. some are active duty, some are veterans. their stories are corroborated over and over again. we hear the same stories in different situations from different people. but what is lost here, alisyn, the v. is a. is in turmoil. they are leaderless. it started because the president fired the former v.a. because he was supporting veterans and veterans groups in opposition to the privatization of the v.a. that was self inflicted turmoil by the white

jerry moran, of the veteran affairs committee. i understand you wrapped up a meeting with dr. ronny jackson. what you talk about? >> one of the most important nominees of my world. i represent 239,000 campus veterans. it matters. i had a solid conversation with admiral jackson. i was impressed by what he had to say. he indicated he could be a good secretary of veteran affairs, despite not having the experience of managing a big organization but he said he had the ability to relate to those of the service, our military men and women and veterans, his blue-collar background and family experience in the military is something he believes he can bring to the va that will resonate with the veteran service organization as well as those that the department serves. the other thing you would say is that "i am not a politician and i can go in there and make things happen that others have been unable to do." it's true, it seems regardless of who the secretary is, there remain significant challenges and difficulties in leading the department of veteran affairs. >> harris: it's a huge organi

sir, i'm resigning as of this date my position on the house veterans' affairs committee. membership on veterans' affairs has proven to be invaluable to me in providing for veterans and their families and for active service members in the northern marianas islands. these heroes are remote from the services of the veterans administration and have been neglected. but the department has proven responsive to me as a member of the committee. it is my intention to build on that relationship i have established with the department and within the committee. so that my constituents, who have served their nation in the military, may continue to receive the services they have earned and deserved. signed, sincerely, gre goreo sablan, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignation is accepted. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately and parliament will do so. it is my responsibility as prime minister to make these decisions. >> i believe that the action was legally questionable. and on saturday, the u

jackson, of course, is the president's pick to head the department of veterans affairs. and what began as an embarrassment for the white house has blossomed into a full-blown political and public relations crisis. here are a few of today's headlines jackson who served as top white house doctor before being tapped to run one of the largest federal bureaucracies. jackson known as candy man giving drugds to passengers, democrats says. another nominee, backed on female employee's door during overseas trip sources say. va nominee ronny jackson facing hostile working environment allegations. in the face of the allegations the white house is just now digging in and starting to mount a defense of jackson. here's press secretary sarah huckabee sanders' attempt at that this afternoon. >> dr. jackson's record as a white house physician has been impeccable. in fact, because dr. jackson has worked within arm's reach of three presidents, he's had more vetting than most nominees. we are continuing to look at the situation. i can only speak to some of the personal accounts that those of

that's what just happened to president trump's pick to run the department of veterans affairs.'s confirmation hearing for rear admiral ronny jackson postponed indefinitely. lawmakers pulling the plug amid new allegations of misconduct in the workplace a

candy man, nickname around the white house for president trump's pick to run the veterans affairs administration. a tip handing out prescription drugs as white house doctor, and doesn't containing the central question of his confirmation. is trump's personal doctor even qualified to run the second largest government agency taking care of our veterans? >>> and charm offensive. the french president takes his message directly to congress. he talked to iran, climate change, fake news and at times rebuked president trump's viewpoints. >>> plus, melania's moments with the administration's first day visit, stepping into the spotlight and leaves a style imprint on this formal show of unity with our nation's oldest ally. we get to all of that but begin with the white house digging in, defending their pick to lead the department of veterans affairs ronny jackson. the white house has no plans to drop out and hinted the allegations against him may be politically moat valuated. mo motivated. >> we think dr. jackson is a great american patriot and deserves the opportunity. >> a process within the department o

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robert: the president's pick to lead the department of veterans affairs withdraws from te nomination pcess following reports of professional misconduct. mr. trump hostedof lead france and germany this week who urged the president to preserve the iran nuclear deal. >> we should abandon it without having something substantial and mor substantial. robert: we cover it all with tara palmeri of abc news, yamiche alcindor of the pbs newshour, mark landler of the "new york times," and dan balze of "thshington post." >> this is "washington week." corpore funding i provided by --. oncegain, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. the imageshis week of state craft and stage craft were ground breaking. even as negotiations continue. but north korean leader kim jung un and southorn leader moon jyin came together shaking hands and smiling as they agreede to rem all nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula and announced they will work with the udted states ahina to officially end the war. a war that began in 1950. at the summit the first between korean leaders in more than a

again, i remind people this is the department of veterans affairs. i'm not saying john kelly is not qualified for this, but it's not a good place to land somebody. >> this is an eyebrow raising report, my colleagues haven't been able to confirm this reporting. one thing i can tell you it's getting enough traion that it's likely. even if it hasn't come from trump itself he will hear about this reporting and the power of suggestion can be a powerful thing. secretary kelly has experience ruing major bureaucracies in a way that ronny jackson didn't. he ran the department of homeland security, has historically low moral, a jumble of different aspects of the government from secret service to ice. as you said the va is a mess, it would be hard finding anyone if you had your pick of anyone in the country who would be adequately suited to take on that difficult and impornt job. >> great to see both of you. > coming up today's news about the president's wild half hour with fox & friends. >> i'm saying where do they find these people. >> i'm not your doctor, mr

opioid issues are huge inside military and at the department of veterans affairs. in fact, in the wisconsin senate race we're actually seeing this issue play out from our organization. so these are concerning issues in the veterans community. >> it sound to me like senator tester in my conversations with him and other conversations that it didn't indicate this was an opioid issue regarding overprescription, it was more like sleep aides on flights. would have you supported jackson prior to these accusations coming out? you didn't, right? >> no, because he didn't have any understanding or any experience to lead this department. just because he's a doctor -- >> so how -- but i don't mean it interrupt you, but given that, how do you move forward? in your statement you've asked for an apology for donald trump for nominating him in the first place. you and i both know that's probably never going to happen. >> of course not. >> what say constructive way to move forward here? >> constructive way for the president to move forward is to actually go out and vet people prior to

. >> i came to run the department of veteran affairs because i am committed to veterans. i'm committed to fighting for them. >> you were fired? >> i did not resign. >> former sec stare of veterans affair made his first public appearance since being ousted via twitter. likely replacement one of two of cabinet nominees waiting for senate confirmation hearings. while the position of national security adviser, technically remains open. >> senator ron johnson has a message for president trump about firing by tweet. >> i think the president does need to understand the ee fikt has on attracting other people. >> now, speculation over another cabinet member. epa administrator scott pruett under fire for lavish spending on work trips. and renting a bedroom in a d.c. condo from the wife of an energy lobbyist. >> it looks so bad. i think it seems he may be on his way out. >> but errol sources tell cbs news president trump is happy with pruett's performance. >> there is word today china is imposing new tariffs on u.s. goods. what do we know about that? >> yeah, in response to the tari

senators, led by johnny isaacson of georgia, chair of the vetera veterans' affairs committee expressing concerns about allegations -- unproven allegations that one senator called devastating if true. after two whistleblowers detailed alleged behavior involving what they called a toxic work environment on capitol hill and jackson saying he was eager to answer any questions about this. we start off with more from the white house. >> i don't want to put a man through a process like this. it is too ugly and disgusting. >> president trump trying to offer a exit for another top aide and this time dr. ronny jackson, his personal white house doctor he picked to lead the v.a. and the president standing behind jackson but wouldn't blame him for stepping aside. >> i wouldn't do it. what does he need it for? to be abused by a bunch of politicians that aren't thinking nicely about our country. i really don't think personally he should do. it but it is totally his. i would stand behind him. it is his decision. >> reporter: but the president put jacks in this position. nominating him to run one of the

. >> at home, firing his secretary of veterans affairs david shulkin. this morning, i ask shulkin what he thinks is the real reason he was fired. >>> roseanne's ratings. >> look at roads -- roseanne. look at her ratings. >> what does the successful reboot of roseanne tell us about the disconnect between hollywood the coast and the rest of america? joining me for insight and analysis are george will, danielle pletka, joshua johnson, and political analyst elise jordan. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and happy easter. it's not exactly a new cold war, but there's no denying that relations between the u.s. and russia are clearly at a low ebb. in just the past few weeks the u.s. and britain accused russia with the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. and reacted with mass expulsion of diplomats. russia expels diplomats. now russia launched a missile without notifying the u.s. in advance.