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Using funds for personal trips and young is ordered to repay the value of the gifts and issue a letter of rebuke. but the panel said they found no evidence that he delivered false statements to officials. and up ahead, the look of documenting the struggle of human and civil rigthts. and why so many workers at the dysfunctional v.a. earned big bonuses from you.

Veterans affairs held a hearing today in which they were discussing the bonuses that v.a. managers get. turns out the v.a. gives out $400 million a year in performance bonuses and that while as we now know thousands of vets were waiting to get in to even be able to see a doctor. 6 5% of the senior workforce got bonuses for their good work. kirsten? 100% of senior managers net their goals. >> yeah. it doesnt look good. and i think there is nothing wrong with giving performance bonuses. on oously,...

Now that the two republican senators from arizona have brought it to the attention of the veterans affairs committee and the chair is bernie sanders. hes saying he degrees, an independent probe is necessary. >> everyones going to say, i agree, this is outrageous. the question will be, what are they going to do about it? what are they going to do to hold the v.a.s secretary at the very top and these regional managers accountable? well be asking bernie sanders directly, do you support the v.a. man...

This is outrageous. 40 veterans may have died waiting to get into the doctor and there might be a secret list? >> this is outrage at its utmost. its not just waiting but that they covered up the waiting by maintaining a secret list. they would get the appointment, they would input it into a system, take a screen shot of that on the computer. take it out of the system, put it in a file and wait till it was 15 days before the appointment and then log it into the system -- >> why, though? >> sharon...

The v.a. there created a secret waiting list, designed to cover up the fact that thousands of vets were waiting nearly two years to see a primary care physician. molly henneberg is live in washington with the story. >> gretchen, sharon helmand, the medical director of the phoenix, arizona, v.a, says he never told any staff to create a secret waiting list. but fox news covered that others strongly disagree. one program analyst wrote in an e-mail to helmand that veterans may be on a waiting list f...

Veterans go to the v.a. and they wait and wait and wait. and when they do get in, sometimes they get good care, sometimes they dont, depends on whether you live next to a good v.a. hospital or not. this country is throwing more money at the problem. but theyre not looking at the problems of accountability, transparency and choice because veterans dont have a choice if they live next to a bad v.a. facility. >> this is an outrageous and scary story. 40 u.s. veteran who is served our country died. ...

As many as 40 veterans may have died as a result of a delay in care. earlier today, john cornyn said in a statement, quote, these reports are both heartbreaking and infuriating. congress should conduct emergency hearings to get the information necessary to fully root out these problems. and president obama should immediately designate an official responsible for implementing rapid changes. sharon helman says shes asked the inspector general to look into the allegations. >> and now john mccain sa...

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