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First trip to the white house. ainsley: you might remember the fast food tradition started in january when president trump personally paid for the spread when clemson won the national championship and they went to the white house to visit. steve: i think yesterday they had representatives from if i can which i lay and they had mcdonald's on board. ainsley: probably better than a fancy meal, right? steve: a lot of them are used to it because they have it in college. brian: let's bring in v.a. secretary robert wilkie i believe for the first time. mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us toda...

Trump is not the front runner in iowa but in many, many nationwide polls he is just pulling ahead of the pack. he does this despite this sexual slang that he used to describe hillary's loss in 2008. yet he remains atop these nationwide polls despite numerous gaffes. what explains in your mind his falling? >> the amount of attention that fox news and everybody else gives him. my gosh, in the days after he made the comment about muslims entering the country, donald trump got 25 times more media attention on television than all other gop candidates combined. and so it's very difficult. some of us...

>> as you well know, donald trump is not the front runner in iowa but in many, many nationwide polls he is just pulling ahead of the pack. he does this despite this sexual slang that he used to describe hillary's loss in 2008. yet he remains atop these nationwide polls despite numerous gaffes. what explains in your mind his falling? >> the amount of attention that fox news and everybody else gives him. my gosh, in the days after he made the comment about muslims entering the country, donald trump got 25 times more media attention on television than all other gop candidates combined. and so it'...

>> well, no. i think we -- i wouldn't release them to begin with. and, yes, if people plot to attack our country, they will be dealt with and they will be dealt with harshly. >> finally, on the va mess, as you know, you have been a critic of the administration, how it handled -- the va administration how it handled the treatment of our veterans. there are many who say it's just not up to the job. either privatize it, give the soldiers vouchers to go elsewhere, slowly shut it down. what do you say? >> i did a lot of my medical training in veterans hospitals, in north carolina primarily, and the...

The numbers. heather: of course we want to hold someone responsible for this. if season scheck -- if shinsekit solve the problem? >> it solves part of the problem. any veteran who doesn't get the help they need out of the veteran system they use the private system. it's considered to be one of the most entrenched bureaucracies. how do yo -- how do you innocene eye them. bring in somebody new like mad dog general mattis who is a marine. heather: if he does go, i wonder