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To say, but and work these scheduled appointments so at least i felt the sickest of the sick were being treated. >> and youre making basically those triage decisions? >> yes. >> so youre bumping one veteran for the other based on whos the sickest? >> yeah. yeah. >> the stress she says was unbearable. then cape the call she had to make in early december. she finally had found an appointment available for a navy veteran who had come to the va months earlier urinating blood. >> so i called the fami...

Who has done exemplary work on our behalf. >> a nice ouster but an ouster nonetheless. its something many have been calling for from congress to veterans community itself. its partly because this is such an emotional issue for so many. especially for those who claim to have lost loved ones as a result of those swelling wait times at va hospitals. sally barnes breen is one of that number and appeared on the show twice before. she blames the va hospital in phoenix for the loss of her father-in-law...

Hours ago and he was very sincere about his desire to reform the department. at the end of the day, fundamentally the first order of question is since the department has lost the trust and confidence of the veterans and the department as a system has clearly not been able to follow directions of the secretary, whats going to be different in the coming weeks and months for whoever, whether its deputy secretary gibson or quite frankly the president so they get independent verification so they can ...

Giving you the appointment for your father-in-law and it came too late. >> yes, december 6th they called me up and said, hi, may we speak to thomas breen. whos calling? they said the va hospital, well, im his caretaker and i can medically -- power of attorney, whatever have you, i can speak to you. were trying to set up an appointment. i flipped up. he was dead already. he was dead already. heres for the whole news, you know whats really sad? the saddest thing is after all of this, on the news, ...

address them. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care they need. that was ricks judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans and i agree. >> joining me now is derrick bennett, msnbc analyst jack jacobs joining me by phone. first to you, is this the first step or right move? >> we certainly applaud the president for making an aggressive step in replacing general shinseki and applaud shinsekis five deck atds...

resignation and announced the decision after a meeting with shinseki at the white house. >> a few minutes ago eric shinseki offered me his own resignation. with considerable regret, i accepted. he worked hard to investigate and identify the problems with access to care but as he told me this morning, the va needs new leadership to address them. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care they need. that was...

To sharon helmans home after she was put on administrative leave. she did not answer. watch this. >> reporter: this is jody with fox news the "kelly file." can we please speak with you? >> not a word but the families of the veterans who died spoke plenty loud like the family of thomas breen who came in with blood in his urine and james who died of skin cancer. he did not know that he had and there was padro valdez that came in because he could not breathe and he was sent home and later died of r...

To sharon helmans home after she was put on administrative leave. she did not answer. watch this. >> reporter: this is jody with fox news the "kelly file." can we please speak with you? >> not a word but the families of the veterans who died spoke plenty loud like the family of thomas breen who came in with blood in his urine and james who died of skin cancer. he did not know that he had and there was padro valdez that came in because he could not breathe and he was sent home and later died of r...

To sharon helmans home after she was put on administrative leave. she did not answer. watch this. >> reporter: this is jody with fox news the "kelly file." can we please speak with you? >> not a word but the families of the veterans who died spoke plenty loud like the family of thomas breen who came in with blood in his urine and james who died of skin cancer. he did not know that he had and there was padro valdez that came in because he could not breathe and he was sent home and later died of r...

Arizona he wanted to continue getting care from the va hospital because a va hospital in brooklyn always receipted him well. so when breen who has a family history of cancer found blood in his urine he went to the closest va hospital in phoenix in september. he died in november. the va hospital finally followed up with him about an appointment in december. a month too late. heres how his daughter-in-law describes the treatment. >> horrible. they didnt give him any respect as a veteran. they didn...