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Speaks to me, just my day-to-day interactions with the president. the president is very intact, very sharp. i think hell remain fit for the remainder of this term and another term if he serves. >> he just missed the olympics and, my goodness, just last month president trump talked about him being from central casting. was that stellar review his golden ticket to becoming v.a. secretary? what are his qualifications to run the second largest agency in government? >> this is just a case study with ...

Retired military folks tell us these stories. basically that prescription drugs that will put you to sleep and of course prescription drugs that will wake you back up. he was repeatedly drunk while on duty, where his main job was to take care of the most powerful man in the world. thats not acceptable. >> so if this is out there and jon tester is talking about 20 or more people saying this, what led trump to pick jackson? here could be a clue from a fund-raiser in mar-a-lago in february. >> hes ...

General was the same person i met in the campaign eating popsicles with her kids. >> dont you find avenatti a fascinating character? is he beating trump at his own game? >> he is a titanic match for the president, and he is right out of central casting. hes super creative. i mean he like trump knows how to get the medias attention over and over again. and he has -- well, the other thing is not only has he been creative strategically as we know with monica lewinsky and other cases like this, some...

Unsurprisingly the performance on tv had to do with the selection. dr. jacksons white house briefing said the presidents health played a part in his decision. here is a look back. >> no indication he has any cognitive issues. the president is sharp and ar articulate. look at his vision. he can drive if he wants to without glasses. he washes his hands frequently. he uses purell. his overall health is excellent. he has incredible genes. he will remain fit for this duty or another term if elected. ...

Where he offered a very robust endorsement of the presidents physical and mental health. do you have any insight into what it was that drew the president to him for this post? >> reporter: we havent heard a lot from senior administration officials and we heard nothing from the president except for those tweets. we havent seen the president in public over the last five days now, but you see this ongoing pattern here of the president liking people who he has personally close to who defend him publ...

Policy team, foreign policy team and hes like, i like the look. the look works. >> during the transition at trump tower he would tell people around him the idea of wanting someone that came out of central casting. >> great. >> thats how rex tillerson got there. >> my god. its just -- >> one secretary of state nominee or a possibility was too short. >> hes going to go there. >> so he said he couldnt -- he told us he skoucouldnt select even though he was too short. and then of course he could neve...

So trump people would say, but we always had the bureaucrats and people who know how to run big organizations. thats why we have trump, we wanted somebody different. its a mentality that goes into it. i say maybe theres a middle ground, right? somebody can come in, shake things up, but has administrative experience, and choosing people from central casting, this is how he -- lets remember, as much as he says the other people were forced on him, a loft other people he chose for the first round we...

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