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Israel tells jake tapper on "the lead," there needs to be a criminal investigation because there are simply too many questions right now about who did what at the va and why they might have been encouraged to manipulate the wait times for veterans. this is bureaucrats over veterans. hes now asked attorney general eric holder to look into it. >> i want to know if anybody, anybody at the va doctored papers, engaged in a cover-up, withheld health care for veterans. they need to be investigated. the...

Pointing to systemic issues in the va system, noting in phoenix, 1,700 veterans were never put on a waiting list and were likely lost or forgotten. as for the white house, an official cautions the presidents loyalty only goes so far. the president stood by health secretary kathleen sebelius because officials were confident that the obamacare website could be fixed. the white house is not so sure about shinsekis ability to repair the damage at the va. john and christine? >> jim acosta, thank you....

Repair the damage at the va. john and christine? >> all right, our thanks to jim for that. all this comes at the same time that more democrats are joining the chorus calling for a larger investigation and calling for the secretarys resignation, including congressman steve israel, a member of the house leadership and the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he tells jake tapper on "the lead," he now wants the secretary to step aside and is asking the attorney general, eric hol...

>> anybody, anybody at the va doctored papers, engaged in a cover-up, withheld health care for veterans, they need to be investigated, they need to be prosecuted, they need to be fired. >> the inspector generals report finds the va awarded bonuses to top officials based in part on performance goals, including shorter appointment wait times. that may have been an incentive for some to cook the books. the nsa this morning firing back at edward snowdens claims that he tried to blow the whistle on...