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Backbenchers. for me, if the prime minister— backbenchers. for me, if the prime minister really wanted to put all of this behind him, he needed to be contrite _ this behind him, he needed to be contrite and serious and throwing in things— contrite and serious and throwing in things like _ contrite and serious and throwing in things like this which his advisers apparently advised him not to do, i think— apparently advised him not to do, i think is just — apparently advised him not to do, ...

A very select gathering here today and and not that many representatives from from the political classes a lot of court cheers and members of the royal family is that correct the royal family actually only consists of fifteen people right now so oh no thats the very first or does the primaries sessions or. hes going to give a speech as a representative of the japanese people. more sort of a. cannot take on the kind of my for about course. political know some of the you know the pundits so much m...

Vets to use benefits to receive care from private doctor, retired carlos fuentes, veterans of foreign ward, thank you so much for being here, thank you for your service, we salute you. >> thank you for having me, laura. its great to see that this bill is finally heading to the presidents desk. >> absolutely. a lot of people talking about this. what do you think is the most important aspect of this bill for veterans, a lot going on in the bill, i want you to tell me whats the most important? >> w...

Theyll go to jail if they dont pay up. a collector tried to get ahold of a woman at her job at a school which, by the way, is illegal. listen to this. >> how would the principal feel if somebody came up there and pulled her out because shes under investigation for bank fraud. >> youre not going to make threats. >> im not, im not. if you perceive that as a threat youre a shallow individual because it has nothing to do with you. im stating to you facts. >> four debt collection companies have alrea...

Investigating 50 whistleblower cases that allege threat to patient health or safety. in jackson, mississippi, whistleblowers brought forth a laundry list of complaints including unlawful prescriptions for narcotics, unsterile medical equipment and staffing shortages. in colorado, the drinking water was tainted with legion nel lal bacteria, and in montgomery, alabama, a lung doctor just copied over patient readings from previous appointments in 1200 records instead of putting in current informati...

Now, a circuit court judge in washington is taking the federal agency to task for making it more difficult for veterans to receive benefits. judge jay plaguer of the u.s. court of appeals issued an order, blasting the va for failing to live up to its commitment and called the vas actions troubling and threatened to penalize agency officials. it seems that sanctions may be needed to motivate the va in the future. the judge wrote in the 13-page order. david hoffman is is from the nation of veteran...

Order that eviscerated the agency. david hoff is from the group at that brought the federal lawsuit that prompted the opinion. >> the judge came out and ruled in our favor, saying that va cannot proceed in this fashion, that they were circumventing the rights to veterans. >> in a statement the va did not go into details about the order, but says its working with the justice department to form a response. fox news has been covering the story of the va backlog for months speaking with veterans and...

The floor yesterday that will do just that. we want veterans who are experiencing wait times, if the va cannot handle the case load, then they ought to be able to see a local doctor at the vas expen expense. >> so, thats the bill youre introducing to speed up the wait. >> weve got to stop these wait lists that are denying our veterans the care they need and deserve, so weve got to create the transparency, make sure those that are on these secret lists are being seen by doctors and if the va cant...

Weve had both parties come together in the house, which is why weve passed that bill so quickly. we want to clear up the bureaucracy and if there are those who are either focused more on bonuses than our veteran, they deserve to be fireded and we ought to make sure that the top level va is able to do that firing. >> you know though, congress bears some reasonability for this as well with all due respect because congress is responsible for the oversight. theres been a lack of oversight because co...