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questions from the audience. the parties have made policy pledges and the conservatives have said they will raise child benefit tax threshold to £120,000 and charge it to households rather than individuals. labour have said if it wins power, it would make permanent a skin that ensures low deposit mortgages are available for first—time buyers —— a scheme. the lib dems have offered a bad month of paid leave for new fathers and a doubling of statutory maternity pay —— dad month...

Going to attend at all, i contacted them by phone half an hour ago, i was told to e—mail, i told them we would be talking about it shortly and i asked if they wanted to push back on that, suggest it was wrong, offer any guidance, i have not heard back at this stage. we will have to see how they respond. we do not have it stood up ourselves, but something we have tried to put to the conservative party. particularly this kind of issue about national security and the international context to this...

Diligence. he was calling people. he was cross-referencing claims about certain nominees. he liked all of the, all four of them very much. is that accurate? as people, one-on-one relationships. >> he was as transparent and engaged as any president. he met at length with these nominees. he asked questions. he talked democrats and republicans. he was on the golf course over the weekend on the phone half the time talking to people about this process. i have never seen anything like it. the democrat...

Diligence. he was calling people, he was cross-referencing claims about certain nominees. he liked all of the nominations. it is that accurate? >> he did. its true. he was as transparent and engaged and intense as any president in modern history. he met at length with these prospective nominees, he asked questions and he was on the golf course over the weekend on the phone half the time talking to people about this process. i mean, ive never seen anything like it. the democrats are complaining t...

Hillary clinton, remember? they did it first with obama. they won. this is the pendulum. lastly, you said wolff is a good writer. he is. the reporting is strange. it feels like hes forcing observations and conclusions to fulfill the good story writing. he has a great story. he writes an active voice. but the reporting is in the passive. its as if things are happening without a reason. i think thats weird. part of me says yeah, a lot of this could happen but its like he is shoveling it into a way...

Sergeant telling about his story, his experience, and difficulties with the v. arrangemen a. stories youve heard time and time again in your reporting about problems with the v.a. do you get a sense, is it getting better? >> reporter: you know, there are signs its getting better in some areas, in some pockets, kate, but i dont know this persons story. its a story ive heard many, many times. i sat with a woman in chicago just in april. she was trying to make an appointment for her husband. on the...