shulkin's press secretary saying also today "there are no personnel changes to announce at the department of veteran affairs. president trump has made clear that he expects the department's sole focus to be on providing quality care to america's veterans who sacrificed to keep this country free and safe." let's bring in former deputy chief of staff for the department of housing and urban development, eddie, princeton university professor and msnbc contributor. thank you, both, for being here. i want to start you on this. what's your read on what is coming out of hud? >> i mean, look, from my understanding, dr. carson has spoken with the president and is pretty secure in his role that he will not be going anywhere from my understanding. kn with that said, let's be honest, richard. we both know no one really knows what the president's thinking. >> correct. >> he's shown himself to be extremely unpredictable, he can say something to someone because he likes them then the next day he changes his mind. so my hope is that what he told dr. carson is the truth, but to