For joining us, welcome to americas news headquarters from washington. Im elizabeth prann. Leland great to be with you, and great to be with you at home on this saturday, im leland vittert. The president demanding the resignation of a democratic senator as the white house continues their defense of one times Veterans Affair nominee ronny jackson. The tweet comes hours before the president snubs the washington media elite and heads to michigan for a rally. Alison barber, north lawn of the white house on this beautiful saturday. Hi. Hi, leland. Thats right, President Trump is calling on a sitting u. S. Senator to resign over allegations he publicly discussed regarding President Trumps now former nominee to head the department of veteran affairs. In a series of tweets, writes in part, allegations made by senator john tester against admiral ron jackson are false. They deny any of the phony democrat charges. Tester should resign. Jackson faced accusations over prescribing medication or clai
The attack after a failed nomination for Veterans Affairs and now a new report for another job for his chief of staff. A judge holds off on a lawsuit from Stormy Danielses while the attorney makes a move that one says is political suicide. The house chaplain fired. And now more than 100 members of politics demanding was politics behind this decision . Plus, unexpected support. What really might be behind the tweets about the president from kanye west. New today, the president in a feet earlier calling for senator jon tester from montana to resign over testers spans helping to kill dr. Ronny jacksons resignation. And midwhile, amid his fresh tweets on that and north korea, he will hold a mission to correspond with tonights correspondents dinner. All of this comes as theres a new twist in the Stormy Daniels investigation involving the president s lawyer, of course, Michael Cohen. To details and analysis to hosts that have unfolded, we have Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house. And join
Preexisting condition. People with preexisting conditions. We begin the hour at the white house with a question of enormous consequence why is the president willing to be so patient with and deferential to saudi arabia . Mike pompeo briefing the president on his emergency travelers to saudi arabia and turkey after the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. Secretary mike pompeo told reporters its critical to remember the u. S. saudi relationship dates back 90 years and secretary pompeo saying the royal family needs more time to investigate. They assured me that would conduct a thorough investigation of the facts surrounding mr. Khashoggi. I told President Trump we ought to give them a few more days to complete that so we have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that so we can make decisions as to whether the United States should responsibility. Kaitlan collins, we didnt learn a lot new there. No, we didnt. The only thing new was that he encouraged President Trump to give him a
Vossoughian. Dr. Ronny jackson, navy admiral, white house physician is facing allegations of overprescribing medications, drinking on the job, and creating an unprofessional Work Environment. Democratic senator john tester, Ranking Member of Veterans Affairs committee spoke about the allegations yesterday. Watch this. He is a official for the president and in the Previous Administration we were told stories where he was repeatedly drunk while on duty, where his main job was to take care of the most powerful man in the world. Thats not acceptable. Word is, overseas trips in particular that admiral would go down the aisleway, say who wants to go to sleep, hand out prescriptions. Like ambien type. Thats exactly right, put them to sleep and give them drugs to wake them up. He would go down the aisle . Thats reports we got from 20 some that got hold of us said we have a problem, this doctor has a problem, he hands out prescriptions like candy. In the white house, they call him the candy man
Brooklyn, it was a reality that pushed him to take action. Meet dr. Rob gore. I dont like pronouncing people dead. Its probably the worst thing that ive ever had to do. I want to preserve life. When i see patients that are coming in with violent injuries, when its somebody that looks like you from your neighborhood, a lot of this stuff really hits home. You realize, i dont want this to happen anymore. What do we do about it . To find out more about dr. Gores mission, head to cnnheros. Com. While youre there, no, maam name someone you think should be a cnn hero. Here we go. 6 00 eastern, 3 00 in the afternoon out west. You are live in the cnn newsroom. You made it to the weekend. Im ana cabrera in new york. Lots to talk about tonight. President trump trading one washington for another. Ditching the Nations Capital to headline a reelection rally in town washington township, michigan. The president is choosing to skip the annual white house Correspondents Dinner in d. C. For the second st