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♪ ainsley: some quick headlines for you. people could soon be allowed to light up in canada. prime minister justin trudeau. hoping to take effect next year. as canada goes to pot colorado is coming down to their high thanks to president trump. lawmakers dropping plans to become the first state to allow pot social clubs. the bold charntion in regulation could say spark a federal crackdown in that state. pete? pete: thank you, ainsley. a new bombshell report revealing conditions at the v.a.s was...

Yesterday. this is what he said. >> patient safety is paramount. and we took these actions with that specific concern in mind. we are focused clearly on accountability. no leader or other employee stands above the paramount concern of ensuring the safety of our veterans. we will act as rapidly as possible to hold accountable all who are responsible for what we find. pete: he replaced that director with someone outside the v.a. system. a colonel from the army medical system. what do you make of h...

Here to react to this development is v.a. whistleblower brandon coleman. a whistleblower they phoenix v.a. first of all, your reaction to the fact that this washington, d.c. hospital was found to be in such condition just three miles from the white house? >> first off, poet, i think we can both agree that no veteran should ever be putt at risk, sceettle washington, arizona or washington, d.c. there is actually some progress in this story. you and i have hit this pretty hard over the last three y...

The piece. he will be sean hannitys guest tonight. 10:00 p.m. eastern time. next, an update on repealing and replacing obamacare. where exactly is congress and the white house? heres what some of our affiliates are covering. fox 40 in sacramento as officials caught off flows from the orville reservoir. it is supposed to allow the removal of debris from the bottom of the spillway. fears over the integrity of the spillway it led to the evacuation of almost 200,000 people downstream. fox 10 in phoe...

The piece. he will be sean hannitys guest tonight. 10:00 p.m. eastern time. next, an update on repealing and replacing obamacare. where exactly is congress and the white house? heres what some of our affiliates are covering. fox 40 in sacramento as officials caught off flows from the orville reservoir. it is supposed to allow the removal of debris from the bottom of the spillway. fears over the integrity of the spillway it led to the evacuation of almost 200,000 people downstream. fox 10 in phoe...

Administrators were after he keused of cook the books. the va gave it fiend fix facility one out of five stars. and the investigator investigators determined it still struggles with wait time. >> we have made significant progress here at the phoenix va. so i would say we are moving the right direction. you still have a lot of work to do. >> but veterans question if nelson is the right person to turn things around. she ran the solutio -- ran the s >> we are not getting the top of the barrel here.

>> james: one of president trumps most frequent and powerful promises during the campaign was to improve the lives of our veterans and especially the medical care they receive through the va system. ground zero in the battle, the subject of many headlines, is the va health system in phoenix. >> three years after dozens of veterans death were blamed in part on a lack of care at the phoenix va, the facility ranks as one of the worst in the country. the person hired to turn things around struggled ...

Are moving for by trying to get veterans care quickly while david shulkin says he wants to cut red tape and increase trust in the va. >> james: thank you. stocks were mixed. dow lost 36. s&p 500 gained 2. nasdaq was up 8. it was never that likely we would see president trump browsing the mens section at nordstroms but now the chief executive is training his tortured fury on the retail clothing change because the store announced its dropping ivanka trumps line of clothing and accessories. >> my d...

Decisive, acting with veterans interests. >> december, the va released ratings for every hospital and phoenix got the worst possible rating. >> thats why weve got to stay on it and thats why we got to have congressional oversight amounts why its a national shame we havent done a better job. >> ricky barnes says his appointments were delayed or canceled. >> from top management, we are getting better. but the va system is not getting better. >> the phoenix va continues to struggle with weight time...

>> we saw a leader who was decisive, acting with veterans interests. >> december, the va released ratings for every hospital and phoenix got the worst possible rating. >> thats why weve got to stay on it and thats why we got to have congressional oversight amounts why its a national shame we havent done a better job. >> ricky barnes says his appointments were delayed or canceled. >> from top management, we are getting better. but the va system is not getting better. >> the phoenix va continues t...