he s the only cabinet thing that has left and done a whistleblower book. he s been trying to play referee here and talk about what s happening. ronny jackson. then an acting va secretary and now wilkie. there s been constant tumult at the top of the va since trump got there. why should there be tumult? there shouldn t be. wouldn t you argue veterans is the one place people could stand behind and say get organized. you would hope so. it s not insulated from politics. partisan divisions, trump is constantly politicizing some of the issues. as an example at the veterans day parade this week, he had a tremendous opportunity to talk about suicide, to launch a national strategy to emphasize his strategy on suicide. he would say he signed an executive order. you know, anybody who knows executive orders aren t binding. that s the flashy press conference thing that might not ever mean anything. the hard work happens after the cameras are gone and takes time especially at va. can t w
charges if they testify against paul manafort. tony podesta is not one of them. the brother hillary clinton s campaign chairman has been offered immunity to testify in manafort s trial according to fox news. the judge approving manafort s request to delay his trial to july 31st where he is facing many land during laundering. donald trump s pick facing his first day on the day, the senate confirming robert wilkie with an 86-9 vote. he is a navy veteran and active member of the air force reserve who served as acting va secretary. rob: donald trump meeting with veterans addressing the vfw convention in kansas city for the first time as president, candidate donald trump spoke at the event during the 2016 campaign, made veterans issues a big priority under his administration.
incredible event together and the job that jim justice has done with the course is really spectacular. also with us this evening is acting va secretary, doing a phenomenal job at the veterans administration, peter o rourke. peter. peter. good job, peter. you ve done a lot of work at the va along with west virginia senator shelley more, who is a good golfer, by the way. and congressman alex mooney and morgan griffith. where are they? great, thanks. tremendous help to me getting things passed. you think it s easy and congress. not easy. if i didn t introduce them as an example today, they would never vote for me again. that would be the end of your taxes. that would be the end of
with the acting va secretary, michael missile, he said that he would notify congress about peter a refusal to give him access to whistleblower complaints and senate republicans are demanding an investigation into a taxpayer-funded global warming advocacy, senators ted cruz, rand paul, james lankford and jim inhofe in, several grants broke federal law claiming they funded projects with the intent of influencing people s political positions, they say the actions are, quote, not science, propagandizing. the american dream is coming to miami, florida officials approving plans for the largest mall in america that will have a waterslide and ski slope and submarine that dived into an aquarium. american dream miami will cost $4 billion, create 25,000 jobs
abortion services or lose government funding, those of the options under the new proposal, it could ban abortion counseling as federally funded clinics like planned parenthood, the office of management and budget reviewing the measure to pull grants from organizations and offer abortion services. the world s oldest commissioned warship paying tribute to vietnam vet, the uss constitution, a 21 gun salute in boston harbor, directed a salute to the south boston vietnam memorial, 500 vietnam war veterans on board to honor the 50anniversary of american involvement in the war. anything for vietnam vets. moving on donald trump nominating robert wilkie is next va secretary but is he the right man to fix an agency plagued by problems. we will ask johnny joey jones who was recently impacted by trouble at the va and what he