WATCH: Trump backs RFK Jr following heated Senate hearing, likes 'that he's different'

During an evening event Thursday, with some of the nation's foremost tech leaders, President Donald Trump extolled support for his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., following his contentious hearing with Senate lawmakers earlier in the day.  

President Trump convened a private gathering Thursday night of prominent tech leaders during which Trump delivered a defense of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after he faced a storm of criticism earlier in the day from Democrat senators over his approach to reforming the nation's public health policies.