decently and then let s have the conversation. senator, i appreciate your time tonight, thank you so much. you re welcome. of course we are still awaiting, it should be any moment now and the second it happens we ll bring it to you live. if we re in break, we ll come back to you. next, there is more trouble for another well, not a nominee, the sitting epa administrator in trump s cabinet, scott pruitt. republicans now backing away from pruitt. is the white house wiabout to abandon him too. plus president trump snaps over a question about pardoning his personal lawyer. we ll take you back to the white house live for the first state dinner. your company is constantly evolving. and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. the right relationship with a corporate bank who understands your industry and your world can help you make well informed choices and stay ahead of opportunities. pnc brings you the resources of one of the nation s largest banks, and a local appro
reporter: but they are standing behind him because they don t always do that in this administration. very true. thank you very much, jeff zeleny. as we await the arrival of the french president and his wife for the state dinner and the greeting, the formal groeeeting from president trump and melania trump, we ll leave that up. senator, you just heard us talk about the inspector general s report and the details from senator tester. he s saying 20 people came forward with these allegations about drinking on the job and handing out medication improperly. he was saying prescription sleeping medication and waking medication. what do you make of these allegations? well, i think you re seeing extensive bipartisan concern in two different ways. one is that simply a personal physician is very different than running an agency with 380,000 people on the team with complex health care management challenges throughout the nation, including the ability to recruit the doctors and the
we need very competent managers who know how to run a hospital and health care system. we owe our veterans nothing less than that. i want to ask you about some of the challenges that the president has had getting people appointed, right, and it s not all on him. earlier today he accused democrats of blocking his nominees. he was specifically citing his proposed ambassador to germany. here he is. we have angela merkel coming to the united states on friday. we still don t have our ambassador approved. and at this rate, and many of the papers checked it out yesterday and they actually said i was right. but it would be nine years before these people we have hundreds of people in waiting to be approved, and the democrats are taking 30 hours per person. they re taking the maximum time. they are obstructionists. that s very bad for our country. of course, senator, you formally held up that vote on richard grinnel. what s your response to the president? after all, the numbers are the
i really don t think personally he should do it, but it s totally his. i would stand behind him, totally his decision. i wouldn t do it but you can go ahead. all right, so that s your endorsement. now, jackson for his part says he is looking forward to his hearing which has been postponed indefinitely, he says to address the allegations. i can answer the questions and i m looking forward to rescheduling the hearing and answering the questions. the story dominating the headlines as we await the arrival for the state dinner. the jackson allegations are begging a crucial question and that is did anybody vet trump s nominee? jackson already faced opposition for lacking managerial experience which is needed to run the 400,000 people who work for the va. here s montana senator john tester talking about the drugs jackson allegedly gave out and his drinking on the job. we had 20 military folks and