brother organization. i never saw any particular motivation, i think this was really a belief and a political ideology. i felt strongly of the principles that i believed in, our veterans deserve a strong va system. why did you walk out? i did not walk out. and i will tell you something. this was a difficult time for me and my family. any type of suffering that i had does not compare to the men and women that i met who sacrificed so much. i was not going to walk out on them. why didn t you think the president didn t want you in the job? the president believed through some of these back channels that i was not moving
did this for this one person or this group of people, it wipes out all these other problems. all the social programs that are being cut. think of the changes at hud that directly impacts so many people in the african-american community. yes, the president may go up in 2016, vote for me, what do you have to lose? the answer is a lot, sir. you are right about that. up next, echoes of ukraine. president trump s first va secretary says he was undermined by political appointees running back channel to the white house. we ll be speaking to david schultz and remembering the legacy. america says good-bye to elijah cummings. you are watching velshi & ruhle, on msnbc. hing velshi & ruhle, on msnbc
in ukraine. garret, let s talk about lindsey graham yesterday. seven republican senators did not back it yet. we are looking at them right now. alexander and collins and murkowski and romney. what do you read into that? i see a lot of people here who could not be influenced toz donald trump either because they are retiring. romney who s bullet proof in utah does not need support from donald trump to get reelected. i see a couple of folks facing tough reelection fights, susan collinss a and gardner. these are folks saying publicly, they don t want to put their names something that may look like they re leaning in one
calls it a drug deal. the president is taking questions outside the white house last hour where he continues to rail against the inquiry. a lot of unfairness for a perfect conversation with the president of ukraine. frankly had they known what the conversation was, they would not wasted everybody s time. this was a perfect conversation with the president of ukraine. president of ukraine and his foreign minister separately came out and said there was absolutely nothing wrong with the conversation. president ukraine and the foreign minister came out said there was no anything, there is no blackmail. they said there was no pressure, there was nothing done wrong. this is a hoax just like there was no collusion after two years
implementation. we are also focusing on making sure that the people had been released have hospital resources and access to housing and employment and access to the things that are going to give them a spring board and not create as trap board into failure. now, ali, this was not sponsored by the university. it was upsponsored by universits across the country. those who have been pushing and working across the isle to create this much needed reform. you mention the rough week the president has had which he s now trying to convince everybody. he s not entirely wrong that democrats have used the term appropriately as well. does the president gained anything from being historically black college? it is hard to contextualize