annoyed about what north korea did, given the proximity of the missile to russian military exercises. russia seemed to sort of scoff at that a little bit and it is from the perspective of the white house an odd statement to sort of invoke russia s concern as compared to, say, our concern, the united states. former shift secretary at the department. that s okay. it s early! thank you, juliette kayyem. i actually forgot it was mother s day day. you re in trouble! hopefully, your mother isn t watching just quite yet. i hope not! more are going to be interviewed for a the fbi director post. president trump defending his choice to fire james comey and given a time line for how soon he could announce his replacement. plus a major cyberattack
first-time claim you come back from iraq and afghanistan you ll wait 500 to 600 days. most of these claims still proved on paper. why is it so slow? we don t know. we are looking from the outside, right? it s like looking at a broken down car on the side of the road and saying what is wrong with the engine when we can t look under the hood. they need more people, they got more people. everything they have asked for, congress and the veteran service organizations have given them. but the numbers continue to go up. the backlog continues to climb. that was part of our conversation yesterday on morning joe with the ceo and founder of the iraq and afghanistan s veterans of america paul rye could have expressing his frustration what the veterans face when they file for disability benefits. here with us now is the shift secretary of department of veteran affairs, tommy sowers. appreciate you being here. great to see here. i know you understand why this is so outrageous.