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>> director nelson claims they are moving for by trying to get veterans care quickly while david shulkin says he wants to cut red tape and increase trust in the va. >> james: thank you. stocks were mixed. dow lost 36. s&p 500 gained 2. nasdaq was up 8. it was never that likely we would see president trump browsing the men's section at nordstrom's but now the chief executive is training his tortured fury on the retail clothing change because the store announced it's dropping ivanka trump's line of clothing and accessories. >> my daughter has been treated unfairly by nordstrom. she's a great per...

>> james: one of president trump's most frequent and powerful promises during the campaign was to improve the lives of our veterans and especially the medical care they receive through the va system. ground zero in the battle, the subject of many headlines, is the va health system in phoenix. >> three years after dozens of veteran's death were blamed in part on a lack of care at the phoenix va, the facility ranks as one of the worst in the country. the person hired to turn things around struggled to say where things stand. in your mind, 1 to 10, what do you think the status of the facility as ...

There and in the case he was at the center of the waiting list scandal. >> 15 months after an internal probe found two senior managers at the phoenix hospital trying to retaliate defense foot and other whistle-blowers, they have yet to be disciplined or punished. foote was a dr. of internal medicine before he retired in december 2013 after exposing the hospital for covering up long wait times for vets. foote said those wait times led to the deaths of 40 vets. the testimony led to major reforms. in october, the inspector general released a scathing report finding some patients with bladder and ...

Trump. >> and they want this race to be about hillary clinton, her record. donald trump is bringing in bill clinton. we'll see where the voters are on all of this and we'll also see at 8:00 right here live, donald trump telling his side of the story, not just on hillary clinton. we're going to talk to him about what is coming up. the fox business debate, mid-january, that's a couple of weeks. iowa caucuses a few weeks away. >> so much to do. >> so much to do. and what to ask? >> i'll be scheming with ed and julia this morning. coming up next, more than a year after we first learned of proble...

Hillary clinton is going to push back. we'll see whether or not it works for her. donald trump is live next hour. 8:00 a.m. eastern. we're going to ask him about this, also about substantive topics beyond the war of words with hillary clinton. don't miss it, donald trump, republican front runner. >> one of the things is is the va. it's something -- i work in a great deal as well, va still not fixed. a year and a half after the scandal began, and it started in phoenix where revelations were made by whistle blowers about the care given and how poor it was. well, we had sam foot on earlier this m...