donald trump s va secretary vowing a top-down review after a scathing report of the dc medical center. the watchdog investigation revealing the imminent danger including a fired equipment, david sheldon calling it unacceptable. the risk was not acceptable to me and will not put veterans at risk and you will see under this administration when we believe there is unnecessary risk we will take decisive action. the hospital director still has a job but once the investigation is complete action will be taken if wrongdoing is uncovered. former irs official lois lerner demanding a judge seal her deposition for her role in the irs targeting tea party group scandal, she s facing class-action lawsuit but once her statement kept secret saying she will get death threats if the truth gets out.
didn t hurt trump, but i don t think the outcome of the election is in doubt whachlt t should do is not turn on each other but work as one people to push back against russia. reporter: when congress returns this will be a major issue. four committees are planning on holding hearings on russia, russia s involvement in the elections. but in a sign of tension between congress and the administration, the house intelligence committee chairman, the republican from california, criticizing the intelligence community for canceling a thursday briefing. the reason why the briefing was canceled is because the white house ordering a top-down review of what exactly happened. something we can learn more about by the time president obama leaves office. manu raju live for us this morning, thank you. let s dive deeper into the relationship between the united states, mr. trump and russia. with me is evelyn farcaas, former secretary of defense for ukraine and eurasia.
and funders are debating a funding bill that will bring syrian refuges to the united states. joining us live is senator mark rubio. nice to have you back. thanks for having me back. jenna: we expect to hear from the president today and we heard sweeping policy ideas from the president and a lot from candidates. specifically if it was today and president rubio and you had to decide the action to take what would be one thing you would change to make us safer? we have to focus on homeland security and defeating isis where they are located in the middle east. on the homeland security front as i said we need a top down review of every single legal immigration program we have that could be manipulated.
problem. the point do you think, though, mayor emanuel is also a problem for leadership of that city? as he said, he should be held accountable as well to the people of chicago. is this the first step in what we might see in a long process of leadership changes for that city? i m not going to stare into a crystal ball and predict his political future. what would the naacp want moving forward from the city of chicago if you are asking for cultural change within these trusted institutions? what would the naacp want? the naacp has called for an independent civilian review board with the authority, with the subpoena power to hold the police department accountable. number two, a thorough top-down review of the police department in terms of ensuring is integrity, transparency and responsiveness to the citizens of chicago.
city of may don. we re talking about radar systems and air traffic control. are they keeping up with this growing industry. that s a big question that came up earlier this year. the president of indonesia said he wanted a top-down review and more transparent industry. it is complicated. they have a long way to go in terms of all of these factors. questions, though, with this missing plane about oversight, about maintenance, and, of course, about the regional infrastructure here. the biggest challenge, as you mentioned, continuing to be trying to get any information out of what is an incredibly remote region. not only that but if oksibil is as small as you speak of it, you have to wonder how quickly they can get, what they need for that investigation. again, that investigation, other than that search will be will be resuming tomorrow morning. david molko, we appreciate it.