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For the care that they deserve. and then in too many instances we have based in ways that are not consistent with our values. bill: doug mckelway is live on this in washington. tell us more about the bill in the senate. what will it do for veterans, doug? >> reporter: bill, this senate bill shows real signs of passage, first of all. there is as you said bipartisan support of it. it encompasses most of the language of the house republican bill. it would allow veterans with inordinately long wait ...

You can go to a private doctor, you can go to a community health center, department of defense facility, you can get the care you need in a timely manner outside of the va. if you are 40 miles away from a va facility you can go to a private doctor. importantly, rachel, what we also did was put $5 million into the hiring of new doctors and nurses and other personnel. because at the end of the day, its my view, that in many parts of the country, the va hospitals and clinics are simply understaffed...

The white house. >> reporter: so collins and others on the hill say the white house didnt want to hear objections and went forward without congress. jon. jon: the outrage continues as you say. mike emanuel on the hill. mike, thank you. jenna: add to that senators announcing a bipartisan deal to help our veterans get the medical care they need. this plan would spend $500 million to fix what some are calling a broken va system while allowing veterans to go outside that system for treatment. it is ...

What did you not get? >> i quit going to the va facility because the treatment and the way youre dealt with there. i started going. i was very, very fort nate. i refuse to go to the va although i am a disabled veteran. they have to deal with and shake it to the side. its frustrating. >> what were the complaints.

Va hospitals. they are calling on the president to not waiting for government affairs to take action. >> ga over alleging the gaming of the system there was a memo alleging for them to stop studying and take action. >> eric shinseki but the white house continues to stand by the retired four star general. heather? >> all right kelly wright. thank you so much. >> on this memorial day the va hospital scandal continues to grow. whats happening at va hospitals across our country? we sent fox news con...

I think its premature to make that decision. theres a lot of investigating that needs to go on. what concerns me the most are the veterans. in just talking about the veteran valdez, we need to focus right now on the veterans because if this has been going on, it means that some of these hospital centers are so crowded that they havent been able to comply with their own standards. so we need to conduct some kind of an emergency action here, and i think the president of the united states has a dis...

Eric shinseki for a meeting at the white house today. this as the administration conversations to battle to contain the growing outrage over the potentially dead lly wait times for veterans. now officials say theyre investigating 26 different va hospitals and clinics and the president is dispatching a top aide to the phoenix va facility where cnn first reported on those secret wait lists. lets get over to michelle kaczynski first. what are we learning about the meeting? >> va secretary shinseki ...

Them. i want them to enjoy everything that they intend to. >> how do you guarantee that you get the best quality, high-quality physicians working in the va system? >> well, i think it is safe to say that we dont. but make no mistake about it, weve got some great professionals within the va. theyre passionate about the population theyre working for. but in many cases, this is like every other bureaucracy that we find in the federal government. it doesnt function with common sense. when a veteran ...

>> we were met by armed federal guards who told us he did not have permission to even set foot on the hospitals property. we do know the pittsburgh va has issued a statement saying it is now implementing the improvements recommended by the inspector general report. but thats not good enough for congressman jeff miller, chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs. earlier this month, miller toured, yesterday, another va facility. miller says his committee is doing its own investigation in...

One in four veterans wait more than a month to see a doctor. that means during the course of the year, as many as a million veterans may be waiting more than a year to see a doctor. thats wrong. thats unacceptable. >> it is wrong. it is unacceptable and outrageous. if my guess is, if i were to ask you what is the worst case scenario here, youre probably going to tell me suicide. >> yes. im going to tell you suicide. its tragic. just last week i spoke with a suicidal veteran who was denied care i...