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Todd: executive director of concerned veterans for america. what can the trump administration do to help the veteran community? >> the biggest thing they should be focusing on with the va is ensuring proper implementation of the va mission act. once that happens they should look at what reforms they can do. we want to get to a place, you don't get prior authorization for private-sector provider and if they want to go to a va hospital that is fine but the private-sector option is within the va network is better, they should be and to access that without getting permission from va bureaucrats. t...

Carley: a breakdown of this va mission act, will they pay to see non-va doctors if the weight is over 20 days? or the drive is over 30 minutes and trump signed this last june and a key portion of it will take affect today. some are concerned that the va is not prepared to handle this. what do you think of that? >> by all indications they've done all they can to get to a place where they are able to serve veterans properly. the va is a massive bureaucracy bigger than the united states navy and they don't have a good track record of rolling out new programs. i expect some problems. it will be up...

Care and the universal healthcare model in britain where the president just was, you don't have that choice, you are trapped in a government run facility. if that is not working for you you don't have another option. interesting that in the democrat primary you have one democrat, seth moulton, stand up and say i don't support medicare for all. i don't support single-payer because of my personal experience in the va. fascinating to see because you have other people like bernie sanders who hold up the va as a model government healthcare system. lessons to learn. the va is a great example of what...

first they said he resigned and then was offered the opportunity to resign. the reason it does matter the president has chosen to bypass secretary shulkin's next in line and put in robert wilke in the interim period and because he has nominated his doctor ryan jackson who has been very controversial, there have been some senators who have raised questions about whether or not he had equipped to be the next va secretary, you could have this person actually be in the position running the va for several months potentially. >> yeah, and my understanding is the va's number two, almost any other ...

Become much more public about that and his concerns about privatization at the va. he's trying to find somebody in the interim who can be aligned with his goals which is to privatize and move away from the system as it currently is. >> and then the revolving door at the white house there are more questions being raised about scott pruitt after that backlash over his expensive travel habits, his sweetheart housing deal. paying $50 to stay in a townhouse in d.c. tied to a lobbyist. here is chris christie's take on that. >> the president has been ill served by this. if mr. pruitt is going to go, ...