and fluid buildup that he experienced that led him to be taken back to the hospital after his initial procedure by ambulance and what the statement calls intense pain. he is a 70 year old man and he has had quite a knock so there will be that. can he recover and do the job? will be that. can he recover and do thejob? and will he be able to recoverfrom able to recover from any political fallout? there are now reviews of all of this both from the republican on capitol hill and reviews at the pentagon that people may not have a lot of confidence in the white house and today the white house said that the one thing it does want is for cabinet secretaries to tell the white house when they are incapacitated and unable to carry out duties. apparently thatis carry out duties. apparently that is just the starting point of what did not happen here. t of what did not happen here. i want to read now some of the criticism from lawmakers, this from a congressman in florida.
three kids, the youngest who was born with a dangerous condition called hydrocephalus which causes dangerous fluid buildup in the brain. reporter: she embraced the challenge said ashley s mom jenna, became a public advocate. she went to washington, d.c. in the fall of 2011 to speak before congress for funding for hydro acce hyd hydrocephalus so she had a full plate. reporter: so did tom for that matter. i liked tom. he was a pretty good guy, very intelligence. reporter: jeff rodriguez was tom s boss at the weld county jail. they were corrections officers. he was a good employee. he had a son that was sick so he did miss more work than most fellow officers liked. stressful caring for a sick child, so maybe their new year s eve party was a way to hope for better times and take a break,
their friendship was new. andrea didn t know a lot about ashley but had listened to her chatter about jobs and marriages and three kids, one born with hydrocephalus which causes fluid buildup in the brain. she talked about it a lot. i didn t get the impression that she felt burdened with it. she embraced the challenge said ashley s mom, became a public advocate. she went to washington, d.c. in the fall of 2011 to speak before congress for funding for hydro cephalous. tom was a pretty good guy, very intelligent. jeff rodriguez was tom s boss. they were corrections officers. he was a good employee. he had a son that was sick. he did miss more work than what most fellow officers liked.
was new. andrea didn t know a lot about ashley but had listened to her chatter about jobs and marriages and her three kids, the youngest of whom was born with a dangerous condition called hydrocephalus which causes life threatening fluid buildup in the brain. she talked about it a lot. reporter: did she? yeah. but i didn t get the impression that she felt burdened by it, by any means. like, i felt like she i mean, that was the cards that she was dealt. reporter: well, in fact, she embraced the challenge, said ashley s mom jenna, became a public advocate. she went to washington, d.c. in the fall of 2011 to speak before congress for funding for hydrocephalus. so she had a full plate. reporter: so did tom, for that matter. i like tom. he was pretty good guy, very intelligent. reporter: jeff rodriguez was tom s boss at the weld county jail. they were corrections officers. he was a good employee. he had a son that was sick, so he did miss more work than what most fellow