the two also feuded over who would become verma's chief of staff. that prompted a gender discrimination investigation by outside counsel that found no evidence of wrongdoing, the source said. verma reports to azar and her allies believe he undermined her decisions in ways he would not for a man. one criticism of verma is she had no prior experience running a large government agency. a former department official who speaks with current staff says verma is also criticized because she prioritizes her brand and sidelines key staff from decision making. the department of health and human services would not respond to specific questions about the feud, but said, quote, secretary azar and administrator verma's top priority is to advance the president's top agenda. adding fuel a series of embarrassing headlines about verma spending $3 million on public relations firms to boost her profile. and a request for $47,000 in reimbursement for stolen jewelry and belongings while on a work trip. the department defended verma, but an internal audit is under way. >> t

verma slammed his plan to lower drug costs right in front of the president. then aczar tried to keep her from flying on air force one to this medicare announcement championed by her team. >> we are making medicare even better. >> reporter: aczar's aids, according to politico, said there was no room on the plane. the two also feuded over who would become verma's chief of staff that prompted a gender discrimination investigation by outside counsel that found no evidence of wrongdoing, the source said. verma reports to aczar, and her allies believe he undermined her decisions in ways he would not for a man. one criticism of verma is she had no prior experience running a large government agency. a former department official who speaks with current staff said verma is also criticized because she prioritizes her brand and sidelines key staff from decision-making. the department of health and human services would not respond to specific questions about the feud but said, quote, secretary aczar's and administrator verma's top priority is to advance the had the's heal

a close ally of mike pence from indiana, verma vowed to tighten eligibility rules. >>e have an obligation to taxpayers to make sure only those who qualify our participating. we also want to make sure the programs are sustainable over the long term. there is a balance between making sure it is or people to apply, but we also have to make sure we do the appropriate work to make sure they qualifyor the programs. >> this is the 98 page packetey thend to people. reporter: those efforts have led pandemonium in chattanooga, tennessee. they have rushed to help parents fill out forms and send an appeals. aides in the mayor's office s they revoked medicaidne in eight kids. the widespread cancellations acss tennessee's rural outposts in booming citiesfre part o republican efforts to reduce public benefits, baracers put in to disenfranchise the poor. burkefi wrote to top als asking for help. >> the response we got from the governor, the economy has improved and thereforekihere are fewe on the roles -- rolls. that conflicted with our experience. these families still qualify, we

a close al of vice president mike pence from indiana, verma has vowed to tighten medicaid's eligibility rules. >> we have an obligation to the people that qualify for the programs are participating. t and we also wamake sure that the programs are sustainable over the long term. i think there's a balance s between makie it's easy for people to apply, but we also have to make sure that we do the appropriate work to make sure that they qualify for the programs. >> reporter: but those efforts have led to pandemonium in chattanooga, tennessee, where mayor andy berke and his staff have rushed to help rents fill out forms and send iappeals. aides in the mayor's office say one in eight kids in his county. mayor berke says the widespread cancellations across tennessee's rural outposts and b cities are part of republican efforts to reduce public, benefirriers put in place to disenfranchise the poor. and berke wrote to tennessee's top officials asking for help. >> the response that we ..t back from tfrom the governor and from the lieutenant governor is, well, the economy's improved, and therefore

on the morning of the 16th of december the german army or the verma pushed their forces back into belgium and a brutal surprise attack dog like he's in the center the americans were above us and the germans others their. lucky moment shows us where a shell hit it didn't explode and she survived after the stone was liberated all that remained was a wasteland but in the us it became a symbol for the good war americans fought. in world war 2 america was willing to commit everything we had to preserve freedom and protect our way of life but would the us do the same today moran doesn't think so northern quapaw knows they wouldn't. view of the americans has changed in recent he is going to cause them to plead because. she's giving her scrapbook of war memories to her grandchildren to make sure they never forget. you're watching the w. news coming up next in business news germany's feeling more than a little short staffed with many specialized jobs going until so the government is looking over seats for skilled workers to do them that's a vexed with stephen verbs with our board often when things

germany despite the war and the shore on the morning of the 16th of december the german army or the verma push their forces back into belgium and a brutal surprise attack dog like he did in the center the americans were above us as the germans others there. the team over in shows us where a shell hit it didn't explode and she survived after the stone was liberated all that remained was a wasteland but in the us it became a symbol for the good war americans fought. in world war 2 america was willing to commit everything we had to preserve freedom and protect our way of life but would the us do the same today moran doesn't think so it was an quapaw knows they wouldn't all view of the americans has changed in the recent he is going to cause them to be. she's giving her scrapbook of war memories to her grandchildren to make sure they never forget. the countdown is on for the launch of a european satellite on a mission to study earth like planets outside our own solar system the spacecraft is set to blast off from french guiana in south america later on choose day and who knows it might even d

germany despite the war and the shore on the morning of the 16th of december the german army or the verma pushed their forces back into belgium and a brutal surprise attack down like he did in the cellar the americans were above us as the germans others their. lucky moment shows us where a shell hit it didn't explode and she survived after the stone was liberated all that remained was a wasteland but in the us it became a symbol for the good war americans fought. in world war 2 america was willing to commit everything we had to preserve freedom and protect our way of life but would the us do the same today moran doesn't think so was incompetent and knows they wouldn't. view of americans has changed in recent he is because under his media. she's giving her scrapbook of war memories to her grandchildren to make sure they never forget. the drawl for the opening knockout round of the champions league has taken place and things will be getting serious for the bundesliga clubs in the competition by and have been drawn with london club chelsea while dortmund set to face paris and gemma and leipz

somebody stole verma's luggage. and if you don't know her, she's the center for medicaid services. nominated by president trump weeks after his election. the luggage was stolen out of her rental chevy tahoe while inside giving a speech about how medicare for all would become medicare for none. luckily they have a policy where employees can be reimbrszed by the government. meaning public money, tax-payer dollars. so she filed a claim for her lost luggage for $47,000? apparently it was filled with diamonds and jewels. no, literally. two dozen pieces apraised at about 40,000 including a ivanka necklace. a spokesperson explained quote, at her own expense she travelled to washington d.c. from indiana each week which is why she was traveling with her personal collection of jewelry. in the end she was reimbursed just $3,000. hopefully she has insurance to cover the rest. as for her boss's personal interest, that's become everybody's business whether we like it or not. everybody's business whether we like it or not >>> as we've been covering tonight, the impeachment of our very strange pre