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Problem. steve? >> yes, sarah. i would like to ask you about the drop in the ranking for 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 the freedom of the press in the united states? >> certainly would not -- would reject the idea that...

Because he was too intoxicated. the third resolves around a toxic work environment, belittling those around him, screaming hollering. sarah huckabee sanders was pushed on the matter multiple time during the briefing last hour. >> doctor jacksons record as a white house physician has been impeccable n. fact, because dr. jackson has worked within arms reach of three presidents he has received more vetting than most nominees. given his unique position of trust and responsibility, dr. jacks jackso...

Resolution the president signed was consistent with past administrations as well. charlie? >> thank you, sarah. rap superstar ken ya west has been in the news for supporting the president and expressing his admiration for president. >> covering all range of topics today. >> im curious whether the president has reached out to ken ya west and whether he would be willing to meet with him at the white house? >> i dont know of any conversation that theyve had over the last week or so. ill keep you po...

Countries have the same abilities to travel to and from the united states as they did in previous administrations. i think that alone and action answers your question clearly. jim? >> i just wanted to follow up on dr. ronny jackson. yesterday the president suggested that dr. jack sovereign does not have the experience to run the department of veterans affairs. is that a fair assessment? he lacks experience. >> thats not what the president said. i think youre taking some of his words out of conte...

Work environment, was it your sense in talking to senator tester and nprs complaints on this, it extended beyond that post-2012 or were these all related to things that came up in that ig report five years ago? >> its really hard to say the only inspector general report we have is from 2012. we know senator tester and his staff, ive heard from multiple administrations, but i didnt get a clear sense of whether they continue to the present day or whether this was something resolved with say person...

But they believed the current atmosphere was toxic and not sustainable. page four of the report, focus group comments. some specific quotes and comments from the focus groups concerning the command climate are noted. quote, worst command ever. senior officers are not leading. quote, passive aggressive behavior is exhibited by leadership. command climate is terrible. the leaders are child-like. again, the leader in this case, whos been reviewed, alongside this other officer who he apparently coul...

Again the leader in this case who is being reviewed alongside this other officer who he apparently could not get along with, this is ronney jackson. there was given by reporters to sal vamg his nomination to leave the va. this was an inspector gem report. how he was doing running the relatively small office of the white house medical unit. we know people that served in the white house over multiple administrations and these positive evaluations that were released alongside this ig report that pr...

Korean dictator as honorable. >> were having very -- very good discussions. kim jong-un was -- he really has been very open, and i think very honorable from everything were seeing. now, a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years, but theyve never been in this position. we think it will be a great thing for north korea. it will be a great thing for the world. so well see where that all goes. maybe it will be wonderful, and maybe it wont. and if its not going to be fair and rea...

Threatened to rain down fire and fury on north korea. and now donald trump is the first president of the united states to refer to a north korean dictator as honorable. >> were having very -- very good discussions. kim jong-un was -- he really has been very open, and i think very honorable from everything were seeing. now, a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years, but theyve never been in this position. we think it will be a great thing for north korea. it will be a great t...

Preprimariprimarily during presidential travel. the third bucket of hostile worm environment seemed to be overarching but i think that question of what happened when the president traveled abroad is really going to be a focus. >> in terms of the hostile work environment, weve all now seen because the white house has released this 2012 inspector general investigation into the workplace environment at the white house medical unit while admiral jackson was one of the leaders there. these concerns a...