>> let me get your thoughts on one other issue. you remember the veterans affairs committee, there's a stunning report about the department of veterans affairs and according to dock. s by pro-publica a council of president trump's friends has exerted sweeping influence over the va using the president's private club in florida as a home beach. let's read a portion of this report. the marla go crowd spoke with the va officials daily. officials traveled there at taxpayer expense to hear the views. everyone has to go down and kiss the ring a former administration official said. if the bureaucracy resists the trio's wishes, perlmutter and others involved in the informal group, a powerful ally, the president of the united states. you serve on that veterans affairs committee as i said.