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Very saddened by this. john mccain was an american hero who did so much for the country but this is unfortunately, a very dark stain. >> right now paul manafort is sitting in prison. if president trump were to pardon mr. manafort, he would not be out of the woods by any means. earlier this week the manhattan va announced a 16 count announced charges that merited the ones from virginia. president trump not have the authority to get money -- paul manafort out of the charges if hes found guilty in ...

>> to say this is hallowed ground is an understatement. we ask people to respect this area. this is sacred to the men and women that serve this community. heather: the and think of elections during police memorial weekend the chief says they will pursue criminal charges against the vandeweghe the statue, or cleaned up, will be featured during the police memorial event sunday morning. the va will announce its short list for its next department director and one of the named is acting secretary rob...

He unequivocally supports the trump va reform agenda. one thing that emerged under the previous secretary, david selden, a lot of doubletalk coming out of the va. secretary sheldon saying one thing to one group, and another to another group and secretary wilkie is not doing that. heather: privatization versus not privatizing, where does it stand on that. >> more healthcare toys for veterans, not privatization as some say, he supports giving veterans more healthcare choice. he supported a bill th...

Heather: are not endorsing anyone. >> acting secretary wilkie is doing a good job. representative jeff miller, good candidates as well. we are impressed with accuracy. -- acting secretary robert wilkie. >> other issues the next leader needs to take into account? >> the biggest thing is implementing the mission act, we will do so in a way that bureaucrats cant undermine, robert wilkie or whoever the next va secretary use, this is a priority implementing a way that works and the problems we had wi...

A prominent african american group once her to step down. the chairman thing under no circumstances is this behavior from a public servant acceptable. she must resign from her position. the same group is demanding the officer receive an apology committee him for professionalism and keeping his cool. >> everyone at home, let us know what you think. thank you very much. new york citys dist. atty. will prosecute the level part cases at the same time bill diblasio announces an overhaul of the nypd e...

This year its not six months anymore. this year its now nearly nine months. the average amount of time veterans have to wait for their benefits has over the last year and a half been going up steadily, every single month. this summer the v.a. secretary, general eric shinseki said the goal was to get the wait time down to four months. and instead of going down even toward four months, its going up and up and up and up, to the current level, which is the longest wait time the v.a. has recorded sin...

For a place that we didnt know was ever going to reopen ever, this is not a bad start. so that is the unexpectedly good news. now the bad news. the bad news is nationwide bad news. in fiscal year 2011, so last year, there was an unimaginably bad wait time for veterans who were coming home and putting in claims at the v.a. for a disability. so if you are hurt or injure order have an ongoing health consequence from your deployment, from your time in the service, you come home, you get out of the m...

One of four hospitals in the city that had to close down entirely. and that has meant that emergency rooms and other facilities in the remaining still open hospitals in the city have been overwhelmed with a big increase in patients. the whole thing was and is a mess. well, when we reported on that dire situation at the veterans hospital a few weeks ago, the most dire part of it was the prospect that it would never reopen. they were not even making estimates of when it might open again, if ever, ...

Blown out. massive, massive damage in a massive facility, which means that the veterans hospital was one of four hospitals in the city that had to close down entirely. and that has meant that emergency rooms and other facilities in the remaining still open hospitals in the city have been overwhelmed with a big increase in patients. the whole thing was and is a mess. well, when we reported on that dire situation at the veterans hospital a few weeks ago, the most dire part of it was the prospect t...

This year its not six months anymore. this year its now nearly nine months. the average amount of time veterans have to wait for their benefits has over the last year and a half been going up steadily, every single month. this summer the v.a. secretary, general eric shinseki said the goal was to get the wait time down to four months. and instead of going down even toward four months, its going up and up and up and up, to the current level, which is the longest wait time the v.a. has recorded sin...