this is one goal and it s to save lives. that s all that matters. and governor rosao says now is not the time for petty differences, now is the time to save lives. leland: we ll check with members of the u.s. military down there saving lives in just a minute. mike tobin, thank you very much. gillian. gillian: the department of health and human services has new leadership today following the resignation of former secretary tom price embroiled in scandal over the use of his over the private use of planes for official government travel. we ll turn to elinore in the studio with us. 11:59 p.m. last night there s a switch. the new acting secretary, don wright, he s now the acting secretary. all of this began a little over a week ago.
there is not a single message of antifa, resist by any means necessary which are all domestic terror organizations that incite violence on college campuses. i work with college students across the nation campus reform they are bullied and attacked by groups like these. it s disheartening they are not put on this list but someone like me is put on this list for doing a radio interview for a conservative show, this is absurd. it s bullying in its purest form. it needs to stop and we need to push back against it. pete: their desire is also to damage any long-term or other long-term career prospects. thankfully folks like you have a strong voice and you are pushing back. handle na thanks for joining us this morning. thanks for having me. pete: more on the fallout from the resignation of former secretary tom price. former campaign manager corey lewandowski joins us on that live next. if you kneel for the national anthem, you are getting benched. the superintendent of one school district i
price resigned under pressure yesterday over his use of private planes for government business. ellison barber is live from washington with more details on this. ellison? reporter: hi, kelly. the hhs human or the services deputy assistant secretary, that was his title before, now he is officially the acting secretary s name is don wright. all of this began a little over a week ago. politico reported on the now-former secretary tom price s use of private planes. they said that he took about two dozen chartered flights since may costing taxpayers over $300,000. price said he d pay back the cost of his seat on those flights, around $52,000, but politico found more questionable flights with price reportedly costing taxpayers at least half a million dollars because he flew in a military aircraft to europe and asia. trump called price a good man but said he was disa appointed in him yesterday disappointed
this as president trump s health and human services secretary tom price is forced to resign after a scandal. remember price dominated headlines after it was revealed he used taxpayer money to take private flights for government business. he ran up a tab of more than $1 million for noncommercial flights. well, let s get back to puerto rico here, because officials there and here in the states are pleading with president trump for more aid after hurricane maria destroyed most of the island. we talked earlier with new york city council speaker mark vivarito and she says, you know what, for her this is personal. this is serious. this is about life and death. this is about lack of preparation, lack of planning, lack of appropriate response. this has to be acknowledged. we all knew this hurricane was a category 5 and catastrophic. we all know puerto rico is an island. we all knew it was going to be a direct hit, so all of that
delegation and the senate delegation in florida, they re going to understand that this has consequences. that s absolutely right. people are not going to forget. melissa, thank you very much and both for joining us. coming up price cut. health and human services secretary tom price out of a job and back to flying commercial. later, it begins. robert mueller s team goes to the white house. a new report details why the white house counsel almost quit over jared kushner. ell small bur has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he s a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. a dell advisor can help you choose the right products with powerful intel® core™ processors.