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Have left dr. jackson's nomination in limbo, allegations involving drinking, improper prescriptions, and a toxic work environment. this hour, i'll get reaction from the house foreign affairs committee member, ted lieu, and our correspondents and analysts are all standing by. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, what more are you learning tonight? >> wolf, as you saw earlier today, president trump seemed to give a nudge to his pick for veterans affairs secretary, dr. ronny jackson to withdraw his name for consideration. the president went as far as to concede...

Dandruff -- >> reporter: big brushoff of the day wasn't between president trump and french president emmanuel macron, it was the signal sent from mr. trump to his pick to run the veterans affairs, ronny jackson. >> now, i know there's an experience problem, because lack of experience, but there's an experience problem. >> reporter: despite selecting jackson himself, the president blamed the media for the questions swirling around the doctor's background, that include allegations of excessive drinking on the job and being part of a toxic workplace environment. >> i told admiral jackson just a l...

Pages long, and are filled with all sorts of goodies inserted at the last minute, are they 24-year-old staffers other people, i mean, is there a collaboration of people who write this junk? this is the swamp at its worst, no wonder they don't want us to know what's going on. for the white house, i'd say open up as much as you can without hurting the delicate process of governing. be bfh, before f-hole meeting, was excellent. i hope we see more of that. the american people want facts and they want answers. not the big brushoff. especially from those entrusted to serve the public good whether it...

And it's very difficult to understand. it's a little inexplicable to me, how the sheriff has not been keeping the public -- >> laura: i know you aren't going to say this, randy, but did they screw up? or are they worried that vegas, i mean, it's a place that survives on tourism. people have to feel safe. they have to feel like when they check into a hotel there's not a guy checking ten bags with thousands of rounds of ammunition in the next hotel room. i get these casinos, they want to be thriving and hiring people. i get it. i find this would be really odd. frankly, infuriating, we got the bi...

And it's very difficult to understand. it's a little inexplicable to me, how the sheriff has not been keeping the public -- >> laura: i know you aren't going to say this, randy, but did they screw up? or are they worried that vegas, i mean, it's a place that survives on tourism. people have to feel safe. they have to feel like when they check into a hotel there's not a guy checking ten bags with thousands of rounds of ammunition in the next hotel room. i get these casinos, they want to be thriving and hiring people. i get it. i find this would be really odd. frankly, infuriating, we got the bi...