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Wrong. there were no campaign funds. >> and one more thing that was just filed here in court. a motion was just filed by stormy daniels attorney to intervene in this case. the legal language here for the purpose to have rights to materials and documents that pertain to her in this case. so there's more to come. this hearing about to get underway. john? >> jon: and the circus goes on. laura, thank you. >> julie: any moment now, the procedural vote on secretary of state nominee mike pompeo. pompeo is expected to be confirmed although narrowly. we'll have the latest on that straight ahead. ke a p...

Government that deals with, you know, some of our most cherished citizens, our veterans. >> right. >> so all of it is disturbing. >> i want to play this. dr. jackson talked about giving people ambien back in january when he anounnounced from the we house podium. take a look at this. >> the president does take some ambien. when we travel from one time zone to another i recommend everyone on the plane take a sleep aid at a certain time to try our best to get on the schedule of our destinations. >> this seems -- appears a little more serious than he made it out to be at the time, david. >> no. li...

And he gives people an ambient so they can sleep overnight and hit the ground running in the morning. john, that's going on a long time. what's going on here? >> it's been going on a long time. it's not just aboard air force one that people are offered sleep aids. it's pentagon trips as well. if you travel with the secretary of defense to afghanistan or something like that, the physician will come along and say if you want something to help you sleep, we have something here. typically it's ambient. used to be halcion. the president was famous for taking halcion back then. that was a matter of ...

Has problems beyond leadership. >> this doctor has a problem because he hands out prescriptions like candy. in fact, in the white house, they called the candy man. the word is that it on overseas trips in particular the admiral will go down the aisle and say who wants to go to sleep and handout the prescriptions. >> on overnight overseas trips, white house doctors do after staff, even journalists, sleep aids. >> aromatic government -- i recommend everyone takes a sleep aid at certain times. >> the pills given out are recorded with names and dosages. tester's comment drew sharp response. >> it ...

Then, added this nudge, suggesting, why bother moving forward? >> i wouldn't do it. what does he need it for? to be abused by a bunch of politicians? i really don't think personally he should do it, but it's totally his -- i would stand behind him. totally his decision. >> reporter: even before these new allegations, there were questions about whether jackson, the president's personal physician, is up to the task of leading the government's second-largest agency. >> i know there's an experience problem. >> reporter: but the president and jackson have hit it off. just three months ago, jackson ...