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Until he was promoted to another job he was qualified for, i dont think this would have come out. so its people looking at, can he handle the sprawling bureaucracy, is he qualified for that, who started to complain about his management style in this small place where he sometimes behaved like a tyrant, other times his drinking, and the list went on to include this misprescribing of medications. he would have continued on as the happy doctor because people like him. hes very well liked, and thats...

Over again, until he gets the results he wants. which is why shulkin is gone. >> if youve done some vetting, why do you have to change them out? >> obviously, on the campaign trail hes going to say were going to hire the best people. the transition i thought was run extremely well. they brought in a great team. some of them have not worked out. hes getting rid of some and putting new ones in. hes doing it a lot faster than other people. there were other administrations that people probably wish ...

Veterans affair and hes been accused of overprescribing sleep medications and allegedly being drunk on the job. sarah sanders praised his qualificatio qualifications, saysing heing hn vetted by three administrations. >> he said that had been withon the questions posed -- >> do you think he has all the experience to -- hes a highly skilled individual. he if he didnt think he was capable of doing the job he wouldnt have announced his nomination in the first place. >> i have kaitlin collins and sar...

Actually create laws and they have to be part of this process and fi and fix this problem. >> id like to ask you about the drop for the ranking in the united states and the world press freedom index, the united states now down to 45 and according to reporters without borders, much of the blame for that goes to the president for his attacks on the media. whats the reaction of the white house and does it accept that the presidents comments has denigrated freedom of the press in the united states? ...

Conversation with him about that but i understand the resolution the president signed was consistent with past administrations as well. charlie? >> reporter: thank you, sarah. rap superstar kanye west has been in the news for supporting the president and embassy prexp admiration for the president. >> covering all range of topics. >> reporter: im curious whether the president has reached out to can y kanye west and whether hed be willing to meet with him. >> sorry, i know they met during the tran...

Man? >> look, i think the president sees something unprecedented here. i think he sees an opportunity to get a disarmament deal with north korea that previous administrations have not been able to get. and hes willing to do something thats certainly unorthodox, that is certainly risky, which is to meet one on one to see if he can personally secure that deal. we know all the risks associated with that. if you go all the way up to the leaders of the country and north korea does what it has done in...

Pamela, that he was the white house physician, not just during the trump administration, but during the obama and bush administrations. and president obama wrote this about dr. ronny jackson, he does a great job, general enthusiasm. >> and youre hearing from other obama officials, as well. like david axelrod, who were coming to his defense. so i think what happened, just behind the scenes from our reporting, in the change of tune yesterday with the president first coming out, giving him an out, ...

They brought in a great team. some of them have not worked out. hes getting rid of some and putting new ones in. hes doing it a lot faster than other people. there were other administrations that people probably wish the president had traded out sooner in those administrations as well. >> mike, i think this is a little different because scott pruitt is a sworn enemy of the epa prior to him being installed as epa administrator. >> which is part of the reason hes being attacked, because the left h...

It is limited to a small number of countries and a lot of muslim majority countries have the same abilities to travel to and from the united states as they did in previous administrations. i think that alone in action answers your question clearly. >> reporter: i just wanted to follow up on dr. ronny jackson. yesterday the president suggested he does not have the experience to run the department of veterans affairs. is that affair assessment? >> thats not what the president said. i think youre t...

To run the second largest agency in the country. you want to do that not only because you want someone who is qualified in the job but because you want to be fair to that nominee. if there are going to be allegations that come out that are going to be embarrassing, you want to give that nominee a chance to get ahead of the story. >> lets get back in the briefing room. jim acosta is standing by. were talking about dr. jackson and how on the defense of sarah sanders was despite all of everyones at...