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There's been controversy about his nomination to be the secretary of a bureaucracy that overseas nine million veterans. a massive bureaucracy, he's the personal doctor for the president. he was for president obama and for a short time for president bush as well. it looks like according to axios there's reporting he may withdraw his name given everything that is in the background of his nomination. as you look at the way the process started with dr. jackson standing at a podium several months ago and delivering a clean bill of health in sometimes grandiose terms for the president of the united ...

These creatures from the black lagoon told us this is exactly how it worked. he said he gave money to politicians because that bought him access and the system is rigged and it's crooked but the problem is he went on to say i'm going to clean it up and, of course, he's just made it worse and worse and worse. >> and another problem, dr. dean right now, the head of the v.a., ronny jackson, the white house physician, we're hearing from axios he may rwithdraw his name from consideration. >> what's going on there? >> this is fascinating. you can always suspect revenge and ulterior motives. this is ...

The problem is internally at least, they cannot, at the moment, conceive of a clean, is the words used to describe it to me. a clean way to get rid of him. so it's unclear when, how, if, who replaces him, but the president still very much wants to get rid of rod rosenstein. >> it will be interesting. jonathan swan live in washington, d.c. we'll be reading axios a.m. in just a little while. to all our viewers out there you can sign up for the newsletter at axios.com. that does it for us on this friday morning. good friday. >> good friday. >> excellent. "morning joe" starts right now. the pres...

D.c. to all our viewers out there, you, too, can sign up for the newsletter by going to axios.com. "morning joe" starts right now. >> rest well and in a month from now this hollywood big shot is going to give you what you want. >> totally, they start shooting in a week. >> i'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. >> unless they offer us a deal we cannot refuse, i would not go back into tpp. >> going right to the "godfather" this morning. alongside's japan's leader. also the russia investigation, the war in syria and his planned meeting with north korea's leader. the president says he wi...

So i think it's more likely than not that he does and i think lawmakers will demand it. usually when you have companies caught in some sort of public turmoil it is the ceo that faces congress. it is the ceo that faces the american people so ultimately i think zuckerberg will be that person. >> jim, great to have you with us. we'll read "axios a.m." when it drops. sign up for it at axios.com. "morning joe," everyone, starts right now. was she lthreatened in any way if yes. >> was she threatened physical harm? >> yes. >> i was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter. ...