out against him, is he likely to stick it out or where do you think it goes from here? well, it s shocking that he is still he still has his name in contention i would say. it s pretty wild to be accused of drinking on the job and overprescribing opioids and drunk driving and crashing a car, just to name the top few allegations. the white house is pushing back on the claims saying they re from a bitter ex- colleague who was fired. of course senator tester says there are many more than just one accuser. we ll have to see where this goes, but if these allegations are true, there s going to be an additional question of white house vetting. dr. jackson has been working at the white house for more than a decade. this would make the rob porter controversy seem minor, i would say. actually i ve been wondering, if we were ho stto step out of nomination, do you think he would stay as the white house doctor or would he step down
from president obama in which he lavishes praise upon jackson, recommending him for promotions to be sort of raised up inside the white house medical office and up till recently, there was not much of a sense i think inside the administration that these things were lurking or at least these questions or allegations were lurking in his background. where are the allegations coming from? nearly two dozen current and former cleefgz jackson s some of whom are still in the military. white house is casting this as basically him getting railroaded by what they call a bitter ex-colleague. one person is doing this they re saying? no, no, listen, there is some discussion about. i thought there was 23. right, that s what the number who have come forward with allegations. the white house is casting this as a dispute between ronny jackson and the guy who came before him, the doctor with whom there was some issues based on reporting and these internal documents. there s more coming. the dem
martha: the white house senior officials saying he has never even been the subject of an inspector general review and he will certainly not be railroaded by a better ex colleague who was removed from his job. people are so quick sometimes to decide that someone has to go because something has come up in the process of vetting them. we saw an egregious example of people immediately piling on before there was even priority and with these issues were. ronny jackson felt he hadn t even seen details on some of the things are being said about him. sometimes as a grated to pause and take a moment and consider a man who has had a very stellar career and probably deserves a very good, clear look and assessment. good to see you both tonight. thank you. as we watch the red carpet this evening at the white house, i am
in a little bit. i found it appalling that the fbi director leaked information. think about this where one second. if he thought the information was not satisfied and if he thought it wasn t that big of a deal, that he could go ahead and give it to the new york times, why didn t he do with himself? why didn t he just say, hey, i want you to know what s going on. instead, he has to whisper it to an ex-colleague who is a law professor and say, leak is to the new york times ? i think there s a lot more there. this is cya himself two days after he got fired. katherine: do you think he was lying about their loyalty or he misheard? eric: i think he was only being political. when you have an opinion about anything any testimony, it was negative for trump. everything that was factual? it was straight down the line. any opportunity he had to, he would take trump s legs out, it was only on the opinion stuff. i was worried about him. he made me nervous. katherine: there were some
ex-colleague shot and killed alison parker and adam ward, the cameraman, she was with live on air. rick, it was interesting, that grieving father, we could see that and hear that. but the real push for gun control you asked an important question a background check had been done on this man who bought this gun and did this killing. reporter: first and foremost, harris, this man has shown remarkable strength in the face of an unspeakable tragedy. just two days ago the light of his life, his 24-year-old daughter, was murdered in cold blood while doing her job, doing a live shot out in the field, and he has had a very, very difficult couple of days. he said today was the worst. it was gut wrenching because he came here to wdbj, his daughter s home away from home, where she worked, came to work every day, job she loved. and this where is her colleagues were, and andy parker came here today to speak with the