Can baker succeed where johnny man sell failed . Ronny jackson withdrew his nomination to be the next va secretary will not be returning in his role as the president s personal physician. Two Senior Administration officials, nbc news has not confirmed that reporting. Jackson faced intense criticism this week after the top democrat on the Senate Veterans affairs committee, jon tester, released a document summarizing allegations against jackson by current and former colleagues. Those allegations included overprescribing pills, drinking on the job, and creating a hostile work environment. President trump responded in a tweet yesterday writing, quote, Secret Service has just informed me that senator jon testers statements on Admiral Jackson are not true. Heres what the president had to say at his rally last night in michigan. Senator jon tester of a really great place, montana, who voted, by the way, in favor of
sanctuary cities who is weak on the border, didnt vote for tax cuts, he took a
sanctuary cities who is weak on the border, didn t vote for tax cuts, he took a gentleman who is a truly high-quality human being, and what they said about him this is a high-quality individual like they would love in montana, and tester started throwing out things that he s heard. well, i know things about tester that i could say, too. [ applause ] and if i said them, he d never be elected again. again, so far only politico reporting this. i want to welcome my panel in to talk more about all of it. politics reporter for the daily beast and msnbc dribber betsy woodruff. national political reporter for action yo, jonathan swan. white house reporter for the associated press kathryn louis i and nbc correspondent jeff bennett. welcome all. after i know what has been quite
vehicles on the road spreading that pumpkin-colored salt. so traffic here is still moving quite normally. as you said, the airports have been the major issue throughout the better part of the day, especially at newark which saw over 100 cancellations alone. also pretty big delays at that airport as well. laguardia and jfk as well. but really, newark has been hit the most. right now it seems as though the precipitation is getting to be a little less. there is still a severe weather warning in effect for the new york area, supposed to be in effect until about 5:00 p.m. so for a lot of new yorkers here, the commute to work was actually okay because the snow didn t really set in until after the morning commute. but it s going to be the commute home that could be a big issue, especially for the folks that are living in the suburb. a lot of schools closed there as well, brooke. fred, thank you so much in new york. chad, you know, this is so much bigger than just a new york story. st. louis
senator jon tester of a really great place, montana, who voted, by the way, in favor of sanctuary cities who is weak on the border, didn t vote for tax cuts, he took a gentleman who is a truly high-quality human being, and what they said about him this is a high-quality individual like they would love in montana, and tester started throwing out things that he s heard. well, i know things about tester that i could say, too. [ applause ] and if i said them, he d never be elected again. again, so far only politico reporting this. i want to welcome my panel in to talk more about all of it. politics reporter for the daily beast and msnbc dribber betsy woodruff. national political reporter for action yo, jonathan swan. white house reporter for the associated press kathryn louis i and nbc correspondent jeff bennett. welcome all.