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Haspel offered to withdraw her nomination that stunned aides at the white house who tried to convince her to stay in the running. cnn is learning that national security officials and republicans are preparing backup options if her nomination fails. white house reporter at the washington post joins me now with more. can you hear me? yes. i got a little signal in my ear so just making sure. walk us through what you are hearing in terms of how significant this is especially following the debacle around the va nominee ronnie jackson. on friday gina haspel saw her nomination in peril as she came up to the white house for a meeting on torture and was going to withdraw. top officials rushed over friday evening. sarah huckabee sanders among them to try to convince her to stay and really took about 24 hours. now you are at a cross roads ....
You are not alone. rand paul is very good at this particular trick. we will have more on that story ahead tonight, including an expert view on why the nominee to replace mike pompeo as head of the cia might be another nomination that s in actual jeopardy and as i mentioned, there s new reporting which is just breaking as we re getting on the air tonight about why the va nomination might also be dead in the water, newly reported information tonight from multiple news sources about va nominee ronnie jackson, who is currently the white house physician. he was a very surprised pick to say the least when the president fired his previous va secretary and it came time to pick a new one. new serious concerns raised by presidents in both parties tonight about admiral ronnie jackson and this nomination. looks like that nomination will be delayed if not entirely put off. we will have more on that ahead. but we re going to start tonight with the french president visiting washington today. presid ....
On your show, rachel, and this is a big concern of democrats, and it has to do with outsourcing health care from the va to private doctors. and you can use the word privatization, but whatever it is, it is a huge concern for democrats, and that, i believe, was really still remains the democrats concern, you know, what would dr. jackson s view be of how much care veterans should get in what they call in the community. and so, this was a huge issue for them. both because they felt they still feel that if you take money outside of va and you give it to the private sector, you re kind of dismantling the va itself. this has been a very politicizing and very controversial issue. washington post reporter lisa rein. thank you for joining us on such short notice tonight for this scoop that you and your colleagues have at the post. ....
Now, that sounds vague, i know. cbs news is reporting, just in the past couple of minutes, that the concerns about dr. jackson including a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing meds. that sounds serious. that is cbs news reporting that tonight. i need to tell you that is not confirmed by nbc news. in terms of the president s other cabinet picks, the senate is now expected this week to confirm mike pompeo as the next secretary of state, replacing rex tillerson. mr. pompeo s nomination passed out of committee today with a little bit of rand paul infused drama. senator paul had insisted that mike pompeo, he s be a no, no, no, no way vote, he d do anything to stop it. naturally, rand paul ended up voting yes for mike pompeo today. that pretty much ends the drama over pompeo s nomination. but the confirmation of the president s pick to replace mike ....
Really happy to have you here. thank you. lisa rein, josh, and sun moon kim are the reporters on this washington post scoop tonight that even as the white house appears to score a win with mike pompeo s secretary of state nomination tonight, it looks like the va nomination of admiral ronny jackson is on ice. i will tell you before we leave this subject for a second, there is a report out from cbs news while we have been on the air. this is not confirmed by nbc news. this is cbs news alone. but what they are reporting in terms of the actual allegations, what they say the allegations are that are being reviewed about admiral jackson, i m quoting cbs, quote, include a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing meds. again, those are the only details we ve had reported about what the concerns are about ronny jackson. that s cbs news reporting. we have not confirmed it, but this is a fast-moving story tonight. we ll be right back. rate to seve pla ....