senator isaacson, moran. thank you, senator. thank you, very much. [ applause ] senator moran and senator tester. [ applause ] thank you, thank you. thank you all. along with congressman arrington, birdman, bryden ston, rowe and i look forward to serving our veterans with all of you. i can tell you this group, whether democrat or republican, we re here to help and we re going to make it so good. it will be one of our crown jewels, and it is happening already. as part of that process, secretary shelkin has carried out a really thorough review, and he had some very inside understanding of the va because he s been here, but a thorough review of the va to uncover all of the problems and challenges that we inherited, of which
so i would like to thank david and his family and all of the people that are working so hard at the va. they haven t had enthusiasm, david was just telling me, like this for many, many years, and the veterans see what is happening because i m getting so many different messages through all forms much communication, of which we now have many. but they re very, very happy, very pleased with what is going on. so, david, we want to god bless you and your family. woe wa we want to wish you a lot of luck. you have a lot of talent but you have a big job ahead. i want to wish everybody god speed, and we will do a fantastic job at the va, rest assured. thank you very much. we re going to sign right now. thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] president trump speaking at the department of veterans affairs in downtown washington d.c. he s about to sign an executive
while chuck schumer was on the floor talking about the bipartisan nature of the current cr negotiation. perry is right. you could see he didn t offered a qualified opinion there. there won t be a vote by saturday. i think this process now is actually taking on it is more reflective of a normal process, of growing the vote, having house leadership go out there and find a number of folks that are no, but are then maybes and then turn them from maybes to yeses. that will take a lot longer than by saturday. what do you make this is something that happened this week and all of a sudden wasn t happening anymore, which was president trump talking about how he was going to withdraw the u.s. from nafta. it was kind of leaked from the banion wing of the white house, that they were preparing to do this. trump did tweets about it and all of a sudden phone calls between president trump with the leaders of mexico and canada and now he was renegotiating. it seems to me this is what we re going
them, my city is crescreaming o for help. he spoke about being a president for all. i said wow. but he s failed. he s failed what he promised. he has failed at this point. reporter: on the other side of baltimore works dr. crystal watkins-joe hansen, neuro psychiatrist at johns hopkins university. an economic world away, but she too feels shut out. from what i hear and what i see i don t think that i m represented at the table. reporter: you don t see yourself at the table? what happens to you in four years? i think that s where the anxiety comes from, is because we don t know. reporter: anxiety felt from urban baltimore to idyllic massachusetts. every single congressional district in this state voted for hillary clinton, a liberal unity awakens activism.
own party. reporter: but house speaker paul ryan pushing back, saying to blame for any potential government shut down will fall squarely to democrats. i m confident we will be able to pass a short-term extension, and i would be shocked if the democrats would want to create a government shut down because they have been dragging their feet. reporter: jake, as it currently stands they might not have to worry about that shut down threat at all. i just spoke to one member as he walked off the house floor during a vote where leaders are furiously whipping, trying to get members in line. he said two words, still short. they re not quite there yet. the work though continues. jake. phil mattingly on capitol hill for us today. thank you so much. are republicans putting the president s 100th day in office, that milestone, ahead of informing the american people about the future of their healthcare? we will ask the chair woman of the house budget committee next. stay with us. the lead