and i want to start with the way in which this was announced. i ll read the two tweets from the president. i m pleased to announce i intend to announce ronnie l. jackson m.d. as the new sekts of veterans affairs in the interim robert wilkie will serve and i m thankful for dr. david s shulkin s service to our country and to our great veterans. let s talk about the way he did this. how did you react to seeing those tweets yesterday? in an ordinary, administration, that is not the way things are done but that is par for the course in the trump administration. so the fact it was done by tweet in this administration wasn t a surprise. i did every time i see one of these tweets and one of the very public dismissals, david, i always ask myself, boy, i sure hope that the white house administration behind the president that is responsible for teeing up the next man or woman in line is ready to go. because once you put a name out there in public, you re taking
personally, what how you felt? the first thing happened was, you know, this president is prone to such outbursts and so on, so it wasn t it wasn t a surprise, you know, in the big picture at all, that he would do this. but because it was haiti and because i knew so many people, so well, who loved this country so much, and its people, and so dream about what they believe to be the american integrity. and that they would, at first, not be angry at what he said, but in their sort of idealism, it would be deeply, deeply hurt that it was like a bully and i felt ashamed that i am part of an electorate that let that happen. i felt i wanted to call them
felt. the first thing happened was, you know, this president is prone to such outbursts and so on, so it wasn t it wasn t a surprise, you know, in the big picture at all that he would do this, but because it was haiti and because i knew so many people so well who loved this country so much and its people, and so dream about what they believe to be the american integrity and that they would, at first, not be angry at what he said, but in their sort of idealism, it would be deeply, deeply hurt that it was like a bully and that i felt ashamed that i am part of an electorate that let that happen. i felt i wanted to call them all and, of course, they re very strong people, as you know.
ruhle. it s time for your morning primer. everything you need to know to get your day started. students will return to class, four days after last week s bridge collapse. a total of six people were killed after the newly constructed pedestrian bridge fell on cars below. officials are investigating possible cracking observed before the bridge came down. mental health records obtained by the new york times showed that two guidance counselors and a sheriff s deputy concluded that the gunman should have been forcibly committed for psychiatric evaluation. this came after cruz told another student in september of 2016 that he had a gun at home and was considering using it. no surprise here, vladimir putin has won re-election for a fourth term as president, winning more than 75% of the votes. although this wasn t a surprise, after his main opponent was barred from running. at&t will square off with the justice department in court today over the department of
they have suffered beyond anything that i have ever witnessed. a father drops his daughter off at school, kisses her good-bye, waves to her, she s walking up the path, and never sees her alive again. gets a call, can t believe it, thinks it is a nightmare, wants to wake up from the nightmare. so we want to hear ideas from americans of all backgrounds and beliefs about how we can improve security at our schools, tackle the issue of mental health, because this was a sick person. very sick. and we had a lot of warning about him being sick. this wasn t a surprise. to the people that knew him, this wasn t even a little bit. in fact, some said we re surprised it took so long. so what are we doing? what are we doing? we want to ensure that when there are warning signs, we can