begin scheduling appointments for veterans did gives and says has now contacted nearly all of the 1700 arizona veterans who say they were deliberately left off the patient care waiting list. this follows the release of the shocking report confirming systematic scheduling problems at facilities across the country. as he may know, families at least 40 veterans claim they died because of the collected care being forced to wait for appointment that never came. jenna: three police officers shot dead, two others badly injured now the search for a gunmen on the loose who apparently is wearing military camouflage. we will get you more details on that, and there is this. coming toward our house, it s nosedived down and that is when i saw a huge explosion. it felt like an earthquake had hit. it was pretty intense.
we will pick up on that mismatch in a minute but, first, chairman miller, the v.a. inspector had issued 18 reports since 2005 about scheduling problems leading to long waits in time for veterans to get care yet both the president and eric shinseki said they didn t know about the problem. watch what the president had to say. this issue of scheduling is one that the reporting systems inside of the v.a. did not surface to the level where rick was aware of him or we were able to see it. this is not something we were hearing when i was traveling around the country. chairman miller, with 18 reports since 2005, how could they not have known and, frankly, how could all of you in congress not have known? interestingly, many of the
we will pick up on that mismatch in a minute but, first, chairman miller, the v.a. inspector had issued 18 reports since 2005 about scheduling problems leading to long waits in time for veterans to get care yet both the president and eric shinseki said they didn t know about the problem. watch what the president had to say. this issue of scheduling is one that the reporting systems inside of the v.a. did not surface to the level where rick was aware of him or we were able to see it. this is not something we were hearing when i was traveling around the country. chairman miller, with 18 reports since 2005, how could they not have known and, frankly, how could all of you in congress not have known? interestingly, many of the
martha: i think whisper having a great ol time, whether he likes it or not. have a great weekend, everybody. happening now starts right now. jenna: we ll take up right where they left off with a fox news alert. embattled va secretary eric shinseki just met with president obama at the white house after addressing the scandal head-on in a speech to a service organization for homeless veterans just a few hours ago. it has been a fast-moving story this morning, really all week long. great to see you this friday. i m jenna lee. i m eric shawn in for jon scott. as 100 members of congress are calling for his resignation after the scathing report found systemic scheduling problems masking long delays for medical care up to six months. a six-month wait for a doctor and so much more. shinseki calls those, unforgivable, even though he has been in charge for years now.
we need to get answers. it goes to the competence of the administration. the president is the one who should be held accountable. this could be the biggest issue of the election. it s not suggesting there s a political scandal to step in and say, i asked for a job to be done, job not done, we have to bring in somebody else. on thin ice, those are the words of an administration official to nbc news this afternoon describing the dicey situation for v.a. secretary eric shinseki. his job is now very much on the line after the release of a damning report which confirmed that 1,700 vets were left off official wait lists and a v.a. hospital in phoenix. the report concluded there were systemic scheduling problems throughout the veterans administration. and with the scandal broadening in its scope almost daily, the politics are that much more precarious for president obama who is now facing what may be