Tonight. Hes going public with his many grievances. Well talk about him live in a moment. But first, Lucas Tomlinson at the pentagon on shulkins parting shots against the washington culture. Good evening. Bret, President Trump was in ohio today to defend the firing of his Veterans Affairs secretary dr. David shulkin. I wasnt happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of. We made changes because we want them taken care of. We want them to have choice. So that they can run to a private doctor. Shulkin wasnt too happy about getting axed and took out his frustrations in a blistering op ed this morning saying washington has turned so toxic, chaotic, disrespectful and subversive that it became impossible for me to accomplish the important work that our veterans need. The former secretary blamed critics for making false accusations against him. They saw me as an obstacle to privatization. His removal boiled over following an ethics scandal, he was quick to point out his successes. Expanding access to health care. Reducing wait times and working closer with the private sector. Shulkin says the percentage of veterans who regained trust in the v. A. Has risen from 46 four years ago to 74 today. Still, he struggled to win over congress and even vets. You led me to believe that you and i were on the same page. Our inability to reach an agreement is in significant part related to your ability to speak out of both sides of your mouth. Double talk. Sarahs husband has many more than 100 surgeries since being wounded in afghanistan. She says shes ready for change. We need a secretary in there who is empowering and enacting the president s plan. Its a system that needs massive and total overhaul. Its a stain on our nation and we owe these heroes so much more. President trumps nominee to replace shulkin, admiral ronnie jackson. Some people have just great genes. The white house physician best known as a doctor who delivered the briefing on President Trumps physical is already coming under fire for his credentials. Some question whether the navy doctor can successfully lead the federal governments second largest department. The oldest War Veterans Organization saying dr. Jacksons bio does not reflect any experience working with the v. A. Or with veterans or managing any organization of this size. On monday, acting v. A. Secretary robert wilke takes over on an interim basis. It could be months before jackson is confirmed. Bret . Bret lucas, thank you. Lets hear directly now from dr. Shulkin. He joins us. Mr. Secretary, thanks for being here. Glad to be here, bret. Bret so lets start with this. Why do you think you were fired . Well, every cabinet member serves at the pleasure of the president. And its the president s prerogative to have a team around him that he thinks is doing the job. I think we heard today from the president that he wasnt happy with the pace. And, you know, i agree with the president. This is an organization that needs to change. It needs to do better at his job and we all want to do it faster and better because its so important to the country. And i think the president has the right to have the secretary that he wants with him. Bret you said the administration wants to privatize the v. A. Have you ever seen we havent seen evidence as far as the white house policy directive sent to congress saying that. Is there any direct communication with congress that the administration wants to privatize the v. A. . No, bret, i actually havent said that. I was part of the administration until yesterday. We are not trying to privatize the v. A. We are trying to improve and transform the v. A. What i said in my editorial is that there are a number of political appointees within v. A. That are pushing to privatize much faster than i think is in the interest of a safe way to care for our veterans and ive stood up for them because i was in washington and i was working for the president on behalf of our veterans. Bret why did you feel the need to write the op ed . Listen, i came to washington from the private sector for one reason to fix the v. A. I know this matters a lot to the president. And we, as a country, have a long way to go to get the v. A. In proper shape. But it would be a mistake to conclude that we do not need the v. A. And that we have to dismantle the v. A. We have to improve the v. A. While at the same time, working with the private sector in integrated way to meet the needs of our veterans. Bret you know, we heard this soundbite in lucas piece from senator moran questioning your dealings with that particular committee. Did you have a credibility issue with congress . Oh, i dont think so. You have to remember, im the only cabinet member that had 1000 vote. I prided myself in working in a bipartisan way. Senator moran felt strongly about pushing to give veterans additional options that, frankly, his own senators, the committee didnt agree with. He lost his amendment 141. He was the only one voting against it. And he was frustrated by that. By the way, you know, he had some reasonable points there. So there are many things that he and i agreed upon but in the end, he didnt like the position that i took which was to do what i thought was the right thing for our veterans. Bret about 11 months ago, i had you on special report and we were talking about the challenges. Take a listen. Have things changed . Are you seeing change . Were in the intensive care unit and were monitoring things really closely. But i am optimistic that were beginning to finally deal with the issues that have plagued the v. A. System for decades. Bret so the president said today that he just wasnt happy how fast or how things were going. That they were going too slowly. Whats your response to that and what can be done to change that pace . Well, i dont think the president should be happy with where we were, and as secretary, i wasnt happy with where we were. We have to figure out how to move this bureaucracy faster and be more responsive. When you showed them, i know them very well and, frankly, this was a system that failed them and we shouldnt be doing that. This is a system that needs to be pushed. Many of the bureaucratic elements need to be restructured. Ive started that process. I hope that dr. Jackson will continue that process because it needs to be done. Bret you know, you had the Inspector General, obviously, come out with this scathing report about your trip to europe. Weve been over that. And your response to that. Were there other i. G. Investigations or audits that were factoring into this whole thing . Well, you know, washington is a town that throws up all sorts of allegations. There were allegations of additional reports. But there have been no other reports that have come out. And ive addressed that everything that i did on this european trip was preapproved by ethics. Was consistent with past policies in v. A. But when the Inspector General had concerns about it, i wrote a check and i paid back every penny of a single coach air fare. That was the total amount that Government Funds were used for. And i paid that back. So look, i think ive addressed that. This was used in a political way to try to remove me. And, you know, this is washington. Im a big boy. I understand that. Ive said that it shouldnt be this hard to serve your country, and i dont think it should be. But thankfully, there were many people that are still trying to f fix. Bret she had he get confirmed, what would it be . To make sure that hes consistent with the president s agenda, to push really hard, always to keep the veterans interest at heart. That miake sure hes working wih congress in a bipartisan way and make sure hes listening to the veterans groups. Frankly, thats why were doing this. Thats what a responsive Organization Needs to be successful in doing is listening to those that it serves. So i will help dr. Jackson in any way that he needs help, because its very important that we succeed at this mission. Bret mr. Secretary, thank you for your service. Not an easy interview on this day. We appreciate your time. Thank you, bret. Bret this is a fox news alert. The attorney general says there will be no Second Special counsel for now. Jeff sessions is rejecting a republican request for a special prosecutor to look into alleged bias at the Justice Department and the f. B. I. But he is authorizing an investigation and leaving the door open for more possible action later. Chief National Correspondent ed henry is here with the breaking details. Good evening. Good evening, bret. This could be a big deal because what the attorney general is really saying is he may not need his Second Special counsel just yet to find out whether f. B. I. And Justice Department officials during the obama years broke laws when they engaged in abuse to spy on the Trump Campaign because he already has a criminal prosecutor all over it. Sessions revealing for the first time he already has been quietly having u. S. Attorney john huber of utah operating, of course, outside of the beltway, using his prosecutorial powers with a broad mandate to investigate misconduct that could extend beyond fisa abuse. James comey and Andrew Mccabe could be facing scrutiny for not only failing to tell them that the dossier was paid for in the clinton campaign, he could be looking at mccabes leaking and lying to investigators and those f. B. I. Text messages. Sessions writing i am confident his review will include a full, complete and objective evaluation of these matters in a manner that is consistent with the law and the facts. I receive regular updates from him and upon the conclusions of his review will receive his recommendations as to whether any matters, not currently under investigation, should be opened. Whether any matters currently under investigation require further resources or whether any matters merit the appointment of a special counsel. Now, sessions faced heat again last night when it was revealed the Justice DepartmentInspector General was reviewing this and critics said that that official there does not have prosecutorial powers. Well, john huber does. And remember, sessions hinted at this without naming huber in a recent interview. Watch. I have appointed a person outside of washington many years in the department of justice to look at all the allegations that the House Judiciary Committee members sent to us and were conducting that investigation. Huber was first nominated by barack obama. If he brings criminal charges, it will have credibility. It will be noted this is someone who is renominated by President Trump with the backing, we should note of conservative Republican Utah senator mike lee. Bret . Bret all right, well follow this one. Ed, thank you. U. S. Officials say there is no justification for russias retaliatory moves to expel 60 american diplomats and shutter the u. S. Consulate in st. Petersburg. Its the kremlins response to punitive measures over its alleged involvement in the poisoning of a russian former russian spy in england. Also today, we learned that the deceased spys daughter who was also affected in that attack is no longer in critical condition. While not deceased, the other attack. While we were probably active today, you may have been on amazon. Who knows this afternoon for any number of items . President trump was going hard after the online giant for what he says is behavior that is bad for america. The the president is also making a strong push for his infrastructure rejuvenation plan which is necessary for america, he says. Correspondent kevin cork is at the white house tonight with that. Anything we can dream, you can build. You will create the new highways, the new dams and skyscrapers that will become lasting monuments to american strength and continued greatness. Back on the road and looking to get the white house back on message. Were now finally putting america first. America first. President trump traveled to ohio today to unveil his administrations infrastructure plan. To use 200 billion in federal money to spur at least a trillion and a half of spending over a decade to repair or replace highways, bridges, ports and airports. Well transform our roads and bridges from a source of endless frustration into a source of absolutely incredible pride. The appearance his first in public in nearly a week comes amid reports that hes ready to take aim at a business beomoth. Jeff bezos and amazon and hes criticized them on twitter more than a dozen times since late 2015 including today. This time, accusing the online retailer of paying little or no taxes, using the postal system as their delivery boy and putting retailers out of business. While amazon does pay taxes, about 412 million in 2016 according to filings, some municipalities claim they dont collect enough local taxes or taxes on goods sold by third petitions on its platform. This is really about policy. You have a huge company thats done Amazing Things in Amazon Spring up in a short amount of time and really tax policy and other policy has to catch up on that. That way, those competing with amazon are on a level Playing Field. The white house has declined to confirm if any new policies or actions are in the works. But the president has talked openly about the possibility of a change to amazons tax status. Through antitrust rules. Much to the dismay of some analysts. This is not standard and the telephone company. They have 5 of retail sales right now. That is hardly a monopoly at all. Despite the president s tweet, the online retailer is thought by many to actually be helping to keep the Postal Service viable. By driving up Package Delivery revenue at a time when first class mail volume continues to drop. Bret, talking about the u. S. Postal service there, you may find this interesting. Its board of governors last had a member in december of 2016. No one has been replaced since that point. In fact, it now sits empty for the First Time Since its creation all the way back in 1970. More work to do for the trump administration. Bret . Bret kevin out in the north lawn. Thank you. Stocks closed out a volatile week and month on the positive side. The dow gained 255 today. The s p 500 finished ahead 36. Nasdaq picked up 114. What a big difference a day makes. Lets get some Additional Information tonight about tech stocks and the markets. Good evening, deidre. Good evening, bret. Investors bought some of the tech stocks that have fallen so much in the last few sessions. Facebook, apple, netflix, alphabet google, microsoft all closed higher. Still a lot of longterm concerns about tech, though, with specific Companies Facing potential regulation. So facebook, one example of that. It announced a few quick fixes today presumably before Mark Zuckerberg testifies in front of congress on april 10th. So facebook made its privacy controls easier to find and easier to alter and cut off certain customer targeting companies from the platform. Tech Companies Face potential government challenges, investor pressure and public peer review. Apple c. E. O. Tim cook took a swipe at facebook at a conference saying the best regulation is no regulation, selfregulation. However, i think were way beyond that here. Facebook stock did close higher today. But it is down about 10 for the month. Apple, speaking of tim cook, faces more than a dozen class action lawsuits. Consumer groups charge that it intentionally slowed older iphones or failed to disclose power use changes with updated operating system. It was meant to encourage people to buy new, upgraded more expensive phones. President trump put amazon in the crosshairs again in a response to a tweet, analysts say amazon has not broken any tax laws and reports show that the u. S. Postal service suffers from high labor costs and from paying into federal Workers Pension and health care plans, not from delivering packages for amazon. Bigger picture, tech has grown so far so fast. It has an outside influence on the stock markets and today is a great example. When tech rallied, overall markets rallied. Strategists say its difficult to see what other groups of stocks will take over market leadership if tech falters. Bret, back to you. Bret deidre, thank you. A california judge has ruled starbucks and other coffee sellers must include cancer warnings on coffee sold in the state of california. The judge says the companies had failed to show the threat from a chemical compound produced in the coffee roasting process is insignificant. The coffee industry says the chemical is present at harmless levels. And should be exempt from the law because it results naturally from the cooking process. Up next, an emotional funeral for an africanamerican man shot by police who thought he had a gun. Plus your kids and screen time. You may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, that can take you out of the game for weeks, even if youre healthy. 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Bret funeral was held today for an unarmed africanamerican man shot by police who thought the cell phone in his hand was a gun. The march 18th incident has sparked days o