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We didnt take the resources and give them to the students that need it now. >> what do you say to parents and teachers who say were not involved enough in the decision making process. >> this is the first time in chicago weve undergone the task for closing schools. usually in the past for poor performance, this time for underutilization, where we had a commission, parents, teachers, students, community members got to voice their concerns. we started with a list of 330 underutilized schools, brou...

Increases in paperwork. the v.a.s own numbers shows wait times are not getting better, its getting worse. 161 days, the next year, 165 days, next year 188 days, last year, 262 days. the universe of the problem they are dealing with is getting bigger by design, by policy, by good policy, by their own policy. but the pace at which they are dealing with the existing problem is not getting better, it is getting worse and we keep hearing from the v.a., we got this. really, for a decade now weve been ...

Hearing from the v.a., we got this. really, for a decade now weve been hearing its all under control. >> we need to bring that backlog of claims down. >> the v.a. has made significant improvements to the claims decision making process, but clearly more must be done. >> we will improve the timeliness and accuracy of claims processing. >> weimplementing a robust pla. >> we have a fix for this, and well end the bag log in 2015. >> last remark from the current secretary of veterans affairs, eric shi...

Parents. nothing wrong with that. it asks a couple of different fipz of questions, one about acceptance and thats fine, although i think they really need to get on with it, and its about implementation, and thats fine too. >> i want to take a look at some of the questions. part of one question. from the questionnaire. is it acceptable or unacceptable for a gay adult leader to take ahedolescent boys on an overnig camping trip? how do people respond to that question? >> i am going to say -- the sc...

In trying to get them to really stand up for some of the safety measures? >> we just had several families who lost loved ones in newtown, connecticut, down here on capitol hill yesterday, and we took them around to every one of the offices you mentioned to meet with the members of time possible, if not with all of their stats, to talk about -- to put a human face to this, to no longer make it about statistics or data, which we do have, but to put a real human face, to understand the realities of...

Was with the reporter and had a-- we all carry around recorders when we do interviews and if its on tape he said those things could he be in a separate line of trouble for not being honest with the the police? >> absolutely. lying and giving false information to the police and if its on a recorder obviously thats that. and also megyn my understanding he threatened the reporter herself saying i will choke you to death. >> megyn: i want you to choke to death. i want to you choke to death. very dif...

To sell the war in iraq? >> i didnt know it at the time, and i fault myself for that. ill go to my grave with that mass failing on my part. but, yes, in retrospect, having done all the research and work that my students and others have done, plus myself, im damn sure that the bush administration cooked the books. >> wilkerson is not alone. for the first time in ten years, top level insiders are going on the record about the bush administrations push for war. last night my colleague rachel maddow...

Do you believe the bush administration cooked the books to sell the war in iraq? >> i didnt know it at the time, and i fault myself for that. ill go to my grave with that mass failing on my part. but, yes, in retrospect, having done all the research and work that my students and others have done, plus myself, im damn sure that the bush administration cooked the books. >> wilkerson is not alone. for the first time in ten years, top level insiders are going on the record about the bush administrat...

And listen, if senator cowan can be half as cool as the coolest governor in the world he will be the coolest senator because that is the low bar. >> im called a lot of things cool is not one of them. thank you. >> governor patrick, thank you very very much for joining us tonight. thank you for considering all of the public advice that you got about this. i completely respect your decision making process. >> thank you so much. be well. >> thank you. >> take care. >> coming up. republicans attacki...

>> so i think this is actually working out well for everyone involved. and lis tenlisten, if senator cn be half as cool as the coolest governor in the world he will be the coolest senator because that is the low bar. >> im called a lot of things cool is not one of them. thank you. >> governor patrick, thank you very very much for joining us tonight. thank you for considering all of the public advice that you got about this. i completely respect your decision making process. >> thank you so much....