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President obama set to nominate the former Procter Gamble ceo tomorrow as Veterans Affairs secretary. The Va Department is reeling from a huge scandal over mismanaged and sometimes deadly wait times for veterans seeking medical help. Mcdonald graduated from west point in the top 2 of his class. Her isser offed five years as a u. S. Army captain. Question number two could the grieving mother of a toddler left in a hot car face charges as well . Lee anna harris defended her jailed husband at yeste...

Lets begin with the breaking news. Political earthquake shakes the foundations of the gop establishment. The House Majority leader, eric cantor, thought to be aligned one day for the speakership, has just said he will instead give up his post after a stunning primary upset by a political upstart, tea Party Influenced College Professor david brat. The aftershocks of the vote are raising huge questions about the midterm elections, the makeup of congress and any last vestiges of compromise here in ...

Stomach. Veterans dying in this country while waiting for medical help. Defense secretary chuck hagel discussed it in our exclusive s sitdown. In the world lead, pope francis defying expectations yet again on a trip to the holy land. Can he succeed where so many others have failed in brokering peace in the middle east . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Well begin with the National Lead today in Santa Barbara, california, six People Killed in a horrific series of att...

Were cosouthern corridor and it last position was in the middle of the indian ocean. West of perth. This is a remote location. Far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data, fwllight mh 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. Careful with every word. You heard him say it, the plane, quote, ended in the southern indian ocean. So this is based upon uk military data that tracked the plane down the southern co...

Area that may be there at this point. We will be taking off in the morning about daylight tomorrow morning to go out and continue the search. Did you actually personally fly over this area in the indian ocean, commander . I did one mission over. What was it like when you were flying the first few days, everyone thought it was in a totally different area. But it looks like those first six days, that entire search was a waste of time, how frustrating is that . I wouldnt say that its a waste of tim...

Dop donetsk, ukraine, with the latest. Hi, leland. Reporter hi, arthel. The independent International Observers being released is the only bit of good news coming out of this crisis that is quickly spiralling out of control. This really began as an insurgency, and is now quickly heightening in terms of its severity and its breadth into a civil war here in ukraine. Latest pictures out of one of the pro rebel strong holds, those russian separatists taking on the Ukrainian Army as it moved in its a...

Those taken in april can be sold across the border for amounts ranging from 4,000 to 50,000. While foreigners can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom. Our own Business Correspondent zain asher knows well having attended school in nigeria. Our globe economic analyst is in nigeria for the World Economic conference on this week. A conference once meant to shine a light on nigerias emerging economy, now making quite a different impressions. Zain, start with you. Nigeria is now africas l...

Graduated high school. He tried to carjack her truck. When she refused to hand over the keys he tied her up with duct tape and shot her. She was forced to watch, then, as lockette and his accomplices dug a hole in the ground where she was ultimately buried alive. His execution began. He was given the three drug cocktail, but witnesses say the whole thing went so wrong that prison officials actually had to close the blinds at one point and halt it. Those were the words he got out. Man, im not and...

National memorial day parade. It marks this day of National Pride and of grief and of hope that one day americans will no longer need to make the ultimate sacrifice. And here now, just some moments as the nation reflects and remembers our fallen heroes. Here lie the americans who fought through vietnam and those who won a long Twilight Struggle against communism. Men and women gave their lives to keep men and women safe over more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. Im inspired each and...

One. I ask again, shouldnt medications commonly used in hospitals to prolong life also be used to kill . It is a dilemma you feel no matter capital punishment. The goal is to remove them from society. It is not supposed to be torture or cruel or unusual punishment. That appears to be exactly what happened. He was struggling to talk, those were the words he got out. Man, im not, and something is wrong. They may be the last words spoken by clayton lockett, uttered during his botched execution. Wha...