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Was told he needed to work for. no, these are great americans doing the right thing. i wish everybody would take heed to what they have said. >> the courage to come forward. risk your job. takes tremendous strength to do that. do you have faith that the va now is taking care of these problems, that they are ready to make sure veterans are getting the care that they deserve? >> im not going to have faith until we are absolutely sure every single veteran has gotten an appointment. one thing she ta...

What they do, they got to get to the stem and root just like cancer that my dad, my pop, my husbands father died of, they got to get to the root. they got to fire everybody, hold them accountable, fix the va now right this minute. >> send them to jail. >> in handcuffs. >> and arrest. >> thank you so much for being here. im very sorry for your loss. >> thank you very much. while shinseki may have stepped down. my next guest doesnt believe his resignation will solve the problems with the va and ...

What they do, they got to get to the stem and root just like cancer that my dad, my pop, my husbands father died of, they got to get to the root. they got to fire everybody, hold them accountable, fix the va now right this minute. >> send them to jail. >> in handcuffs. >> and arrest. >> thank you so much for being here. im very sorry for your loss. >> thank you very much. while shinseki may have stepped down. my next guest doesnt believe his resignation will solve the problems with the va and ...

>> no matter what they do, they have to get to the stem and root just like cancer that my dad, my pop, my husbands father died of. they have to get to the root. they have to fire everybody, hold them accountable, fix the va now right this minute. >> sally, deborah, thank you so much for being here. im very sorry for your loss. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. my next guest does not believe his resignation will solve the problems with the va. fixing this mess ultimately falls on obama. joi...

Just cant get over it. >> good morning, everyone. a lot going on this morning. welcome to "early start." im john berman. >> im christine romans. its may 29th, 5:00 a.m. on the nose. the white house says veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki is on "thin ice," and many more lawmakers, including democrats, are calling for his resignation after the vas own inquiry substantiated what we first discovered in a cnn investigation, that waiting lists were manipulated at va facilities in phoenix, dela...

Investigators reveal the pings they thought were the planes black boxes, they may be completely unrelated to the vanished jetliner. were breaking down the surprising, new turn and what comes next. good morning. welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im john berman. it is thursday, may 29th. it is 4:00 a.m. in east. it is early, but a lot going on. youll be happy youre awake. we begin with breaking news in the scandal at the va. this morning, the white house says vet caerans affairs se...

Political. chief national correspondent jim angle explains why that word is being used in connection with obamacare. >> several states are wrestling with one of key aspects of obamacare, to keep premiums low, which the administration wanted to boost enrollment, consumers got a choice of fewer providers, those willing to accept lower reimbursements. >> they are going to find that they cant see the doctor they want to see or the hospital they want to go because a lot of best hospitals and best doc...

Limited to those who would accept lower reimbursements. >> they will not see the doctor or hospital they want to go to because the best doctors and hospitals are not in the network. >> reporter: meaning, it will be harder to find and see a doctor that is part of the exchange. with more patients, lines are likely to grow which many argue and consumers will face rationing by waiting just like the veterans administration. >> we are all in the va now. the things that are happening in the va are simi...

Enemy? >> thats always a call for the commander in chief to make, chris. theres no plans right now for a u.s. military operation on the gound. >> admiral, while i have you let me switch topics to the va. ive been listening to politicians on now. banging the president saying we want to know more, we should have known and we had the republican leader of the veterans affairs committee. this isnt new. how much of what were hearing about the va now have veterans been trying to bring up for years and ...

Jeff miller is chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs. of the million dollars he specifically gave to care for vets on the waiting list, only a third of it was used for its exclusive purpose. at that same time the waiting list kept growing. in just five months from 2500 patients to a backlog of eight 32, some patients waiting eight months for appointments. >> they will say that we redirected those dollars to go somewhere else it was needed. where would it be more needed than to prev...