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>> heres the bigger concern for me. i really waud would like for somebody to look at this and answer it. was this done to take the v.a. off the front page of the newspapers? >> actually the v.a. story was doing a pretty good job getting off the front page of the newspaper on its own. we will have more on that later in the show tonight. but the conspiracy theory drive is like a gear the republican party cant get out of. they got rid of the clutch and didnt realize they have a manual transmission....

Condemnation for the u.s. government getting him out, not professions of surprise for what the deal was. even though everyone has known what the deal was going to be for months if not years now. the exact terms have been published including pictures them new claim is the bergdahl thing is a hoax. its made up. a weather weapon or false flag or actors, whatever. republican congressman steve womack of arkansas says this bergdahl thing causes one to be suspicious of the timing of the episode. is it ...

At the v.a. medical centers and widespread evidence the v.a. staff were messing with waiting list records in order basically to obscure the problem. and try to make the wait times look not so bad. president obama announced last friday that eric shinseki was resigning because of the scandal. a new acting director has taken over. and reports have continued to come in about the extent of the problem throughout the country. a few days ago we noted that this thursday, today, was going to be a big day...

On and chris mcdaniel says i have no involvement or knowledge of it, and my campaign had nothing to do with it, but when you look at the four folks, they were all mcdaniel supporters, and it is very tough for the mcdaniel campaign to explain away. >> what is on the way next week? >> two runoffs in texas. one for lieutenant governor, and ralph hall, the 91-year-old congressman is in a runoff there, and watching the races in the lone staffer state, and in the v.a. story, craig, it is not going awa...

There was a time when my brothers and i were growing up and my sister, when every postman we knew was a veteran. why is it that we have a third of our people working in the v.a. who are actually veterans? and its many of them that have contacted me saying, were looking for whistle-blower status so we can point out the problems in as many as 25 other hospitals and medical facilities for veterans. >> this problem is far from going away. and we are glad to have your thoughts on it. i hope somebody ...

Inconsequential reaction is that veterans have a second crisis on their hands, that theyre not going to be able to stay in these nursing homes. and i know that you believe that this could just be the tip of the iceberg. how could this become a new national problem? >> well, this is in louisiana right now. but eventually its going to affect every nursing home in the country that has a v.a. contract. if their costs are as high as our costs and then have to pay an additional wage that is much highe...

Hands by signing an executive order boosting the pay for new federal contract workers. but now thats sparking a new crisis for some of our veterans. theyre going to get kicked out of a nursing home, at least one right now in louisiana, because the owner cant afford to raise the wages of federal workers. so hes not going to renew the v.a. contract. joining me now, president of the louisiana nursing home association or l.n.h.a. thank you for being here today, joe. >> thank you for having me. >> ex...

Worse. now some are getting ready to collect major overtime. your taxpayer dollars this holiday weekend, even though theres barely a thing to be done. plus, shes a top exec at the phoenix v.a. hospital at the center of the v.a. scandal and just last month she got a bonus check of nearly $10,000. so whats happening to that money now? plus, the new panel investigating the benghazi terror attacks, an about-face. >> its a kangaroo court identified as such. we n very proud of our entire committee...

The democrats should join. i actually dont really believe the investigation is necessary. but the investigation is going to happen and to the extent that there can be new information that can be looked at, that can be examined, the investigation can be focused, it can be bipartisan and not turn into a political witch hunt, then i think the democrats should join. ultimately i think the caucus decided and the leader decided that its better to be inside the tent than outside the tent to try to keep...

More important than processing applications, these employees say attendance is number one. they have to be there every day to be counted because they say thats how serco gets reimbursed. they get paid even if theres nothing for these employees to do. as you heard from lavon and other employees, by the way, at the arkansas facility, also say the same thing. they were playing games to pass the day. a lot still to come on this. >> im picking my jaw up from the ground. outrageous, outrageous and exc...