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Anything beyond that. >> despite what you just said there, is the white house doing anything additional looking into dr. jacksons background in light of all of the allegations? >> theres been a pretty thorough vetting process done by the fbi, as well as three other independent investigations. thats part of what the nomination process of congress should do and what its supposed to look like and why they should move forward with a hearing. >> the white house and president are standing behind him? ...

Jackson a way out. we know that the two men met yesterday in the oval office a meeting that was termed as positive. sand as far as the process, they would expect the nomination process to pick back up in may. and i think well see a very robust attempt to try to defend him between now and then. >> white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and pulitzer prize winner. and jason. and david jones serves as a republican congressman for florida. i want to go to you first, walk me through the di...

Process has taken place. none of those things have come up. were continuing to look at anything beyond that. >> despite what you just said there, is the white house doing any sort of additional looking into dr. jacksons background in light of all of the allegations? >> theres been again a pretty thorough vetting process done by the fbi as well as three other independent investigations, but thats part of what the nomination process of congress should do and what its supposed to look like and why ...

Dr. ronny jackson, personal physician of the president in the white house. hes been the physician there through the obama ma administration, now the trump administration. i said, if i were him, i wouldnt do it. he basically said its your decision but maybe you want to drop out of this nomination process. >> its clear he has the affection for him, but he gave him the out. without saying goodbye, i told him i wouldnt do it and why do you want this? you have a great family, you have a great life, y...

Am doing. dr. ronny jackson is planning to be a nominee for director of veterans affairs, what do you think? >> the allegations, which ive heard are very serious, and if theyre true, i dont think he has a chance of getting through a nomination process. >> is your find closed right now? youve already decided hes not the best person? >> my mind isnt closed. i think we should do the vetting. the really unfortunate thing here is the trump administration never does the vetting, then its up to the con...

>> no, i only know what has been reported about the conditions in the workplace. so i think we need to get the facts before we respond to it. but youre correct, not only was this nominee not vetted by president trump, it is a nontraditional route to become the head of the veterans administration. so i think all that raises serious concerns that the congressional nomination process really carries much greater weight. >> something very unusual happened in one of your committees overnight, the fore...

>> and lets play the sound of president trump saying he supports the nominee but also opening up a door and maybe even several windows for ronny jackson to flee from the nomination process. >> the fact is i wouldnt do it. what does he need it for? to be abused by a bunch of politicians that arent thinking nicely about our country. i really dont think personally he should do it. but it is totally his. i would stand behind him. it is totally his decision. >> i mean, that doesnt sound like hes stan...

The president doesnt care particularly to vet anybody in there administration. do we know how the vetting process works, even if theres a team of people at the white house? >> there is a team of people who handle that at the white house and they work for the chief of staff in this case john kelly, so this is raising new questions about john kellys role in overseeing all of this. as part of the vetting that is done, there are often times conversations with, in this case, it woulders on the hill, ...

President trumps nomination of cia director mike pompeo for secretary of state is facing an uphill battle this week, some people think that pompeo may not get enough support. one democratic senator, heidi hidecamp supports pompeo, make it more like lly his nomination will get final approval. congress marcus randall, good to see you, so some democrats in particular say mike pompeo has been less than forthcoming in the nomination process, do you think that is a fair criticism? >> no, i dont at all...

Of utah and hell make great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch and has my full support answer endorsement. june 26th, they are going to face off. what was it here, do you think? was it president trumps endorsement that didnt do the job or is there a fracture, a broader issue of a fracture in the republican pear, particularly in utah? >> some of the politics is local and some of this has to do with mitt romney collecting signatures rather than just relying on the nomination process which...