Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171017:15:03:00
President obama announcing this morning via twitter that his nominee to be drug czar republican congressman tom moreno of pennsylvania is officially withdrawing his name from consideration for the job. it follows a "washington post" "60 minutes" investigation that found he played a key role in a bill that weakened the federal authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. the president addressing the matter in a radio interview just over an hour ago. >> he told me, look. if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest with insurance companies essentially, but if there's...