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Century. welcome to mondays ""meet the press" daily." im katy tur in washington in for chuck todd. new subpoenas, new whistle-blower, new attacks from the president and new excuses from republicans in the fight over impeachment. house investigators have subpoenaed documents from defense secretary mark esper and acting omb director russell vott to the withholding of empty aid in ukraine. adding to the growing subpoena pile that includes white house, secretary of state, the presidents lawyer and...

His family honored his wishes to be cremated by all the information surrounding his sudden death of his chillingly similar the other cases. odell says all victims were elderly men. all were being treated on the third floor in unit 3a. the families of other army vets had their bodies exhumed when things started looking fishy. both deaths were ruled homicide by insulin injection. as the investigation which includes the fbi and vas office of inspector general goes on, a representative for the medic...

Out about it, we took the proper actions, persons no longer in contact with any patients whatsoever, and theres an investigation. thats what we knew. we did not know that there was a homicide that was connected with this activity way back when. >> reporter: there is a person of interest. a hospital spokesman tells fox news, quote: a allegations of potential misconduct do not involve any current v.a. medical center employees. the v.a.s inspector generals office and federal law enforcement are inv...

People were defenseless. there is a complete system failure that would allow this many people to be killed without any accountability. >> west virginia senator shelley moore capito calls the new signaling and troubling. senator joe manchin says he was alerted to mcdermotts death in the summer of 2018 but he says he was not told about suspicions of homicide. >> we are basically commented to say as soon as we found out, we took the proper actions. the person is no longer in contact with any patien...

These people were defense was. there was complete system failure that allowed this many to be killed without accountability. >> west virginia senator capital called sickening and troubling. joe manchin was alerted to his death in summer of 2018 that was not told about suspicions of homicide. >> as soon as we found out we took the proper actions. the person is no longer in contact with any patients. that is what we knew. we did not know that there was a homicide connected with this activity. >> t...

Manchin. he represents west virginia. hes also a member of the senate committee on veterans affairs. he said investigators have their sights set on that person of interest. take a listen. >> the person is no longer in contact with any patients whatsoever. there is an investigation. thats what we know. we did not know that there was a homicide that was connected with this. what were hearing, there could be more victims. we dont know for a fact. >> all right. now, as for the medical center, a spok...

Also a member of the senate committee on veterans affairs says that a -- and this is quoting him kwaegs a person of interest is no longer in contact with patients at the facility. now, he said at least one of the deaths is confirmed a homicide. now in a claim filed just last week by the family of felix kirk mcdermott, a patient who died at the hospital, this family alleged he was injected with a fatal dose of insulin either negligently or willfully by an unidentified person while he was a patien...

Them? >> the v.a. would not comment on whether theres a person of interest in this case writing allegations of potential misconduct you may have heard about in media reports do note involved any current louis a.j. son v.a. medical center employees. senator joe manchins office says theres a person of interest and theyre no longer in contact with any patients. shep? >> shepard: jacqui heinrich live. an american couple arrested for murder now on the run after they escaped security officers as they ...

Allegations of potential misconduct you may have heard about in media reports do not involve any current lewis johnson va medical center employees. the inspector general and federal law enforcement agents are investigating. the ig said we cannot comment further on those activities. the former employee in question has been isolated, but not publicly identified. dana? >> dana: thank you. reports say oxycontins manufacturer has agreed to settle lawsuits. they are facing billions in potential liabil...

They told fox news this morning, allegations of potential misconduct you may have heard in media reports tonight and forward stomach involve current employees. medially upon discovering these current obligations, medical center leadership brought them to the attention of the va inspector general while putting safeguards in place to assure the safety of each and every one of our patients." but a lawyer for the family says the deaths reflect an egregious systemic error. >> theres a complete system...