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Ronny jackson, who i think the idea that he was qualified to lead the va, i think, is the most troubling part of the whole nomination aside from all of the allegations. but you have someone who now probably has folks looking very closely at his medical license and seeing if he should be disciplined in some way. this is someone who served multiple presidents, even someone who seemed probably untouchable in that kind of sense has fallen in the spotlight of this stuff. why? it's because the president thrust him in the face and gave him -- thrust him into a position where he didn't really belong i...

Record number of advisers and associates who have found themselves in legal, professional, or personal trouble or even all three. half of the top aides who came to the white house with trump in 2017 are gone. many under painful circumstances. either because they fell out with the boss or came under the harsh scrutiny that comes with him. kim, you first. then john. >> i think that's an example. i mean even if you're looking at ronny jackson, who i think the idea that he was qualified to lead the va, i think, is the most troubling part of the whole nomination aside from all of the allegations. b...

Year of 2018. imagine that. hey, nancy, you know, incumbent presidents hate to move chess pieces if they don't have to. there's already that theory that rick perry may be the next nominee for va. that would open up energy. the president doesn't want to appoint another epa administrator. but where in your reckoning and reporting is the real support for pruitt? is it in the donor class? is it out in actual america? >> i don't think it's out in actual america. i think it's really in the donor class and in really conservative groups. these are some of the same groups that really supported attorney...

And made him watch the interview tape with fox news and said, do not act like this again when you're in front of members of congress. i think when you stack up the way he performed before congress with the caricature of him in the media, he was bound to beat expectations because the caricature of him right now is so bad. i know also, brian, that democrats were upset on capitol hill that scott pruitt didn't do worse as well. they were hoping for that blood in the water moment, and they didn't quite get it. >> they say we live in a cynical year of 2018. imagine that. hey, nancy, you know, incumb...

Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 462 of the trump administration, and the president stepped right into the legal battles surrounding his personal lawyer, michael cohen. in a let's call it freewheeling and at times rambling phone interview with fox and friends, which took place right after his pick to run the va withdrew his nomination, president trump both distanced himself from cohen and for the first time admitted cohen represented him in connection with the adult film star stormy daniels. >> mr. president, how much of your legal work was handled b...