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>> greg: in the middle of leaks, leaks and more leaks we overlook a pretty big deal. what you just saw may actually be the future of health care. the solution to two rising costs and limited access. diagnosis done remotely, no barriers to treatment thanks to technology. now patients can be seen no matter where they are. its cheap, user-friendly. isnt that what we all want? how cool would it be if the va actually became the model for the rest of us? right now, stanford researchers trained a compu...

>> greg: in the middle of leaks, leaks and more leaks we overlook a pretty big deal. what you just saw may actually be the future of health care. the solution to two rising costs and limited access. diagnosis done remotely, no barriers to treatment thanks to technology. now patients can be seen no matter where they are. its cheap, user-friendly. isnt that what we all want? how cool would it be if the va actually became the model for the rest of us? right now, stanford researchers trained a compu...

When you have something like this, i think all americans think this is good. its a model for the rest of the health care system. it reminds me of the point, when you ask americans especially veterans about the medical system, nobody says we are lucky to have the va system in this country. one final point, when people are asked to do you trust more to handle health care? not republicans, its democrats. the now or at the point where the majority of americans say we want single-payer health care in...

When you have something like this, i think all americans think this is good. its a model for the rest of the health care system. it reminds me of the point, when you ask americans especially veterans about the medical system, nobody says we are lucky to have the va system in this country. one final point, when people are asked to do you trust more to handle health care? not republicans, its democrats. the now or at the point where the majority of americans say we want single-payer health care in...

[ applause ] the president with the veterans affairs secretary, joining me now to comment is vermont senator bernie sanders former chairman of the veterans affairs committee in the senate. before we talk about healthcare, can we just talk about what the president is now signing? and how is this changing the way veterans affairs was run before? >> well, we have got to do everything that we can to strengthen the va. i think andrea, if you talk to all of the veterans organizations, what they will...

Know, we, quite frankly, just were sick and tired of it. and we wanted to create something that addressed it. >> i think for a lot of people out there, theyre going to be, you know, when you hear about this, confused by the banks, the incumbents who have managed these va loans, the benefit to our service men and women, why have they been allowed to provide such a dishonest path for people to get home ownership and the benefits that are rightfully theirs when they return? >> well, thats a good qu...

murder of 16 afghan civilians by a u.s. soldier accused of acting as a one-man death squad. afghan officials say the shooting spree took place in two villages in kandahar province in the district known as the birth place of the taliban. sara sidner joined us with the latest on this story. sara, what do we know right now? >> reporter: president hamid karzai has released a statement saying 16 people have been dialed including 9 children, 3 women, and 4 afghan men. hes called this a deplo...

thats when everybody started freaking out. >> ill at all talk to the passenger who shot this video. and if youre a big fan of apple one probably cant wait to get your hands on the in you i pap pad. our own tech expert weighs in. syrian president al assad says hes reportedly ready to end nearly a year of unrest thats gripped his country. kafi annan met with al assad today. the syrian leader blamed terrorist groups for blocking a peaceful solution. thousands of anti-government demons...