His family, extraordinary success. Great doctor, great everything. He has to listen to the abuse he has to if i were him, actually, in many ways id love to be him. But the fact is, i wouldnt do it. I wouldnt do it. What does he need it for . To be abused by a bunch of politician that arent thinking nicely about our country . I really dont think personally he should do it. Its totally his. I would stand behind him. Totally his decision. Okay. Now trump tapped jackson for the job after firing at that time previous head of the va, David Shulkin who came on this show after his firing and told me trumps political appointees at the agency conspired against him because he refused to move quickly to privatize the va. Jackson does not have the sort of resume that would prepare him to lead the va with its more than 375,000 employees. Before his nomination, he was most famous for his remarkably rosy assessment of the president s health which
included references to trumps incredibly good genes and
included references to trump s incredibly good genes and the claim with a better diet, trump could live to be 200 years old. the hearing was postponed this morning as reports surfaced concerning allegations of misconduct in his past. dr. jackson, can you say anything at all about these allegations that have come out against you in the last few days. i was looking forward to the hearing tomorrow. disappointed it s been postponed. looking forward to answering everybody s questions. you ve seen the allegations, hostile work environment, drinking on the job, overprescribing medications. are you saying those are untrue? i m saying i m looking forward to the hearings so i can explain top everyone and answer all the questions. two sources told nbc news allegations include overprescription of medications although prior white house reviews found nothing out of ordinary. jon tester, the ranking member of the veterans fairs committee
two sources told nbc news allegations include overprescription of medications although prior white house reviews found nothing out of ordinary. jon tester, the ranking member of the veterans fairs committee detailed the allegations. what kind of prescription drugs are we talking about. most of them are the ones that make you want to sleep and make you wake up. we had 20 military folks and retired military folks tell us these stories. these were doled out on overseas trips where there s a lot of time zone changes. the previous administration, they were told stories where he was repeatedly drunk while on duty where his main job was to take care of the most powerful man in the world. some of the exact words used by the folks we talked to were abusive toward staff, explosive personality, belittles the folks underneath him. dr. jackson yet to address those specific allegations that