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Wall street on how donald trump will shape and deal with business, energy, foreign policy, diplomacy. President elect trump outliningg to the how he plans to eliminate conflicts of interest of his role running a successful corporation, to overseeing the operation of the entire federal government. In that sweeping News Conference, trump also announced his new Veterans Affairs secretary pick. He provided a timeline for a Supreme Court nominee. But right at top of it, he dismissed a new salacious report about him and he admitted that russia hacked the dnc. Now one thing he said immediately moved the markets. Dow jones industrial average was within 27 points of dow 20,000 before trump pretty much murdered an entire sector, the word murder came from him. The sector he buried six feet under, they charge the post tooo much of your money. Wee talk about that in a second. Secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson still on capitol hill in hour five, testifying about everything from his relationsh
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Safety. Robert kennedy he said he knew many people who had, who thought and who believed their children had been injured by vaccines, and he wanted to make sure we had the safest vaccines. Sharyl i spoke with Robert De Niro who has a teenaged son with a neurodevelopmental disorder. The position of the government and many scientists is that this is a settled issue. Robert de niro where is the science as Bobby Kennedy says . Wheres the science . Something is not right. Joce sterman the noisy neoncovered crossroads of the world draws people from all different corners, we asked those from thousands of miles away their view of america. Waheed bain you know, you sneeze and we blow our nose. We basically feel what you feel. So we definitely look up to america. Sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. President trumps pick for va, the agencys undersecretary for health david shulkin, was unanimously approved by the senate this week. He has a big job in the wake of veterans dying due
Suggests i got something wrong, but it is very important to do that. And i do if i get something wrong and i think my colleagues elsewhere at other media organizations do the same. Carl is up next. We will leave this discussion at this point to take you live now to hearing on efforts to curb drug abuse and theft by opioid addicted veterans. Veterans officials and representatives from an opioid Diversion Prevention Committee all testify. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Good afternoon. This hear willing come to order. I want to welcome everyone who has joined us today. Today we will address the lack of oversight in internal controls regarding controlled sub tanss within the Veterans Health administration that leave facilities open to Drug Diversion and veteran harm. The diversion of drugs from v. A. Health care facilities is an incredible Patient Safety issue that puts veterans, v. A. Employees and the public at tremendous risk. Unfortunately the news has recently been filled with the