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>> and acting secretary wilkie, who by the way has done an incredible job at the v.a., and i'll be informing him in a little while -- he doesn't know this yet -- that we're going to be putting his name up for nomination to be secretary of the veterans administration. i'm sorry that i ruined the surprise. i'll see you anyway. >> so that's how that happened today. man comes forward, thanks president for his appointment. so many questions, bill. does this mean there's been no vetting as of yet? does this mean he's already vetted? does this mean the president lacks respect for the top job, or this...

I think he's pretty well respected. i think this is sort of trump conceding that let's make a normal moment, so to speak, instead of my personal white house position and announcing it in a trumpian way, i suppose, without giving a heads-up to him or anyone else. it's a little irregular, but in a way this is a victory of the system you might say over trump. we may end up with a competent v.a. administrator. after all this. which would be a good thing. >> it's quite a tour of the landscape tonight. we're lucky to have you on a friday night. come on back. all is forgiven. bill kristol in colorado...

Bill, and liberals have disliked it for various reasons as well. the conservatives were rebelling because it looks like paul ryan has cut a deal with the moderates who were signing a discharge petition, something that rarely gets to 218 votes -- signatures. it's not quite there yet, to allow a vote for daca, for the young people who are here in the country to be given legal status. a lot of -- some moderate republicans and an increasing number were combining with democrats to try to discharge that legislation. so basically you're seeing the beginning of loss of control by leadership over both ...

Who by the way has done an incredible job at the v.a., and i'll be informing him in a little while -- he doesn't know this yet -- that we're going to be putting his name up for nomination to be secretary of the veterans administration. [ applause ] i'm sorry that i ruined the surprise. i'll see you anyway. >> so that's how that happened today. man comes forward, thanks president for his appointment. so many questions, bill. does this mean there's been no vetting as of yet? does this mean he's already vetted? does this mean the president lacks respect for the top job, or this is the guy they've...

It's not quite there yet. to allow a vote for daca, for the young people who are here in the country to be given legal status. a lot of -- some moderate republicans and an increasing number were combining with democrats to try to discharge that legislation. so basically you're seeing the beginning of loss of control by leadership over both the conservative wing and the moderate wing of the party. >> kind of unbelievable that through the farm bill, the daca matter may finally get a hearing in the house. i want to show you a spontaneous thing that happened today at the white house. this involves...