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Theres been controversy about his nomination to be the secretary of a bureaucracy that overseas nine million veterans. a massive bureaucracy, hes the personal doctor for the president. he was for president obama and for a short time for president bush as well. it looks like according to axios theres reporting he may withdraw his name given everything that is in the background of his nomination. as you look at the way the process started with dr. jackson standing at a podium several months ago an...

These creatures from the black lagoon told us this is exactly how it worked. he said he gave money to politicians because that bought him access and the system is rigged and its crooked but the problem is he went on to say im going to clean it up and, of course, hes just made it worse and worse and worse. >> and another problem, dr. dean right now, the head of the v.a., ronny jackson, the white house physician, were hearing from axios he may rwithdraw his name from consideration. >> whats going ...

The problem is internally at least, they cannot, at the moment, conceive of a clean, is the words used to describe it to me. a clean way to get rid of him. so its unclear when, how, if, who replaces him, but the president still very much wants to get rid of rod rosenstein. >> it will be interesting. jonathan swan live in washington, d.c. well be reading axios a.m. in just a little while. to all our viewers out there you can sign up for the newsletter at axios.com. that does it for us on this fri...

D.c. to all our viewers out there, you, too, can sign up for the newsletter by going to axios.com. "morning joe" starts right now. >> rest well and in a month from now this hollywood big shot is going to give you what you want. >> totally, they start shooting in a week. >> im going to make him an offer he cant refuse. >> unless they offer us a deal we cannot refuse, i would not go back into tpp. >> going right to the "godfather" this morning. alongsides japans leader. also the russia investigati...

So i think its more likely than not that he does and i think lawmakers will demand it. usually when you have companies caught in some sort of public turmoil it is the ceo that faces congress. it is the ceo that faces the american people so ultimately i think zuckerberg will be that person. >> jim, great to have you with us. well read "axios a.m." when it drops. sign up for it at axios.com. "morning joe," everyone, starts right now. was she lthreatened in any way if yes. >> was she threatened p...

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Change the way that people make decisions in the way they think, and, ultimately, to change behavior, and i think thats really whats been missing in some of the conversations in the last year about sort of fake news, which i think is a specific outcomes. >> to change behavior. so i have to ask and i really to want to get navel gazy on this but what is the role of the journalists? we may not know why that happens but at some point i wonder if journalists have to take a really hard look at what th...

Late in the day today but were scrambling the show today a bit because a big story has just broken within the last hour from axios.com. jonathan swan at axios.com reported within the last hour dramatic news about the fbi. hes reporting fbi director chris wray is threaten to resign from the fbi, or at least has threatened to resign from the fbi because of pressure being put on him by attorney general jeff sessions, that he should fire his deputy, that he should fire his -- the number two person a...

Security investigations, and that it should do that without reference to political favor. and this seems to be an idea that the president is not capable of getting his hands around and i think we should be candid that is what is going on here. >> benjamin wittes, msnbc legal analyst, i really appreciate you joining us, especially on short notice for this breaking news tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> i will just say, this is a dramatic report from axios.com. christopher wray repor...

Candid that is what is going on here. >> msnbc legal analyst, ben, really appreciate you joining us on the short notice. thank you. >> thanks for having me. i will say, this is a dramatic report from axios.com. christopher wray reportedly threatening to resign if attorney general jeff sessions and the president were to prevail in pressuring andrew mccabe, the fbi deputy director, able to prevail and pressure him out of the organization. it was reported toward the end of last year mccabe was go...