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We have a shot at even getting to a veto-proof majority in the senate. >> so you do think it will be veto-proof? >> thats what well be working on. good bipartisan vote. >> senator, we look forward to that. thank you very much for your time. good to see you. >> thank you doug. when we come back floer hollywood movie gets banned this time in egypt as the story of moses is told. egypt claims major historical in inaccuracyies inaccuracies. stranded is at sea. how this fisherman got back to dry l...

Thetory this week about sharon hellman with the board upholding her firing because they took some gifts, some pretty outrageous gifts. but i was so happy to see any coverage howie what happens with the va is an absolute outrage. americans everywhere should be outraged. we tell people would go in the military, we have all these bias things we say to them and we dont give them coverage. worse, the administrators are crooks. they dont do their jobs. >> this happened over and over and over again. th...

Reveal possible criminal conduct. that may have happened here. >> absolutely. keep in mind lets address the while elephant in the room. that is that the victims here are veterans. these were our courageous men in uniform that were waiting for these appointments, in some cases dying while waiting for the va to do what it was charged by congress to do originally. this wasnt just manipulation of numbers. this was manipulation of peoples lives and it is really a tragedy. >> at the time this was happ...

on the whereabouts of the plane. the search for the missing aircraft has been suspended at the moment because of the bad weather here in southeast asia. the region has been hard hit by heavy rains in recent days, causing severe flooding in nearby malaysia. indonesia air traffic control lost contact with the plane over 12 hours ago. the airasia flight was on its way from surabaya indonesia to singapore. it had 167 people on board. the vast majority of those were indonesian. the airbus 3...

all night. the region has been pummelled by hurricane rains in days causing can severe flooding in near malaysia. tony fernandez has been givinging a news conference in surabaya. he says the pilot did radio in they were facing severe weather. fernandez didnt have any news of the whereabouts of the plane though and he says his priority at the moment is to the loved ones of those on board. >> we hope that the aircraft is found quickly and we can find out the causes and whats happened. at...

Sworn statement said she was pressured by her bosses in washington to report the hospital was in compliance after she report it was not. bowers statement also said she briefed va secretary eric shinseki often about the patient backlog but the problems went unaddressed because she was told to there was no money to lease more space to handle the back locks. the times also reports that an administrative law judge found this week, it was quote, more likely than not at least some senior agency leader...

2009 about dangerous delays in treatment and even falsified waiting lists at the phoenix va hospital. doug mckelway live in washington with new information. what it means, doug. >> leland, what makes it so significant, it contradicts the narrative that people at highest levels of the va were unaware of the waiting list problems before they surfaced in the press. also suggests that the problems at troubled phoenix va hospital predated the tenure of director sharon hellman. she was dismissed from ...

Ignored because she says she was told there was no money to lease more space to handle the backlog. molly. >> whats the latest with sharon hellmans efforts to get her job back? >> well, the times also reports that just this week an administrative law somewhere found that it was -- this is a quote "more likely than not that at least some senior agency leaders were aware or should have been aware of nationwide problems getting veterans scheduled for timely appointments." the judge, steven mish, al...

Delayed medical treatment why are we just learning about this now? >> its all coming to light as a part of. >> she was suing to get her job back after she was fired in late november. the "new york times" reports today that sworn statements by susan bowers who oversaw dozens of v.a. facilities in the western part of the country show that even before sharon hellman was reported to her job, an audit showed the hospital was out of compliance because of its failure to put patients on the required ele...

Compliance because it didnt put patients waiting on electronic list. bowers further stated in sworn documents she was pressured by her bosses in washington to report the hospital was in compliance after she submitted reports says it was not. "the times" also reports that bowers said she briefed va secretary eric shinseki many times about the patient backlog but her pleas were largely ignored because she was told there was no money to lease more space to handle all the backlogs. >> doug, what is ...