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They need to get good paying, in demand jobs. wherever i go, in wisconsin last week, we have a real skills gap between the skills people need to get good jobs and the good jobs that are out there being offered. this is something we really have to address. im very pleased that the education work force committee is moving forward on this legislation. later today, armed services committee chairman thorn berry will unveil the third installment in his effort to streamline the pentagons bureaucracy an...

Inspector general report and acting on it and you also oversee more than 1,200 facilities nationwide. how widespread do you think this kind of problem is? >> i did want to comment on the washington, d.c. situation. when the inspector general presented me with an interim report within one hour i removed the director. in no circumstance am i going to tolerate our veterans being put at risk and were not going to allow that to happen so when it comes to our expectations and acountability for managem...

Fi findings. vas top priority is to ensure that no patient has been harmed. if appropriate actions will be taken." what is the problem has to be addressed? >> were three years now, this week is the third anniversary of this major national crisis that started in phoenix where veterans were dying waiting for care. there has been intense scrutiny on this agency from coast to coast for three years. >> it was something donald trump talked about on the campaign trail. >> thats another point we need to...

Point. i want to turn you though three years since the phoenix va scandal broke. a new website was unveiled revealing exactly how we care for vas at the hospital and how it compares with nearby private sector hospitals and national averages. the site has put on 20 hospitals. the va said they are going to add more. sergeant jones, what do you think about this? is this a steup in the right direction or too little? >> i mean, i applaud and appreciate the idea of a transparent policy. in other words...

About abuses -- warned us about abuses. now the alleged actions drawing the attention of a key republican senator. will carr is in our west coast newsroom with the details. will, how bad is that supposed retaliation? >> reporter: well, eric, some of the whistleblowers weve spoken with say its pretty bad. they say their v.a.s have tried to fire them, others are put in what they call solitary confinement within their hospitals. that includes dr. dale kline who may be the highest paid government em...

There are ways to fix the affordable care act. but republicans know theyre going to try to dismantle a program that has given health insurance to tens of millions of people that democrats are going to oppose it. >> could single payer ever work in this country? >> absolutely. we have a number of examples. medicare, for instance, is a single payer program for people 65 and over. talk to people who are 65 and over. they like medicare. the va is a single payer program for people who served in the mi...

Staff for ignoring a white house directive. clayton: rob submitterob schmid. >> outraged when he saw president trumps portrait missing. just the latest bureaucratic battle to display the portraits of president trump and david shulkin. the national v.a. had ordered all the v.a.s to download the presidents picture and put it on the wall immediately as they wait for official portraits to be sent. this comes days after double amputee vet noticed the poor trats were missing from a facility west palm ...

Big gray cloud of an fbi investigation hangs over the presidency. >> nine senators who joined the effort to filibuster justice alito are still in the senate. chuck schumer and dianne feinstein. the last effort to block or filibuster someone was launched by then senator john kerry with support from joe biden, hillary clinton, and barack obama. >> james: shannon bream. thank you. despite promises by federal officials to address problems within the veterans administration, a report finds nearly 30%...

Big gray cloud of an fbi investigation hangs over the presidency. >> nine senators who joined the effort to filibuster justice alito are still in the senate. chuck schumer and dianne feinstein. the last effort to block or filibuster someone was launched by then senator john kerry with support from joe biden, hillary clinton, and barack obama. >> james: shannon bream. thank you. despite promises by federal officials to address problems within the veterans administration, a report finds nearly 30%...

About the government, is they dont have that kind of reaction capability to fix a problem immediately and here we say they made a bigger problem out of the situation. the administration wont stand for it. all vas told to hang portraits printing office. next hour we will get reaction from a marines corps veterans which tells him theres no photo because president trump will get impeached. heather: our viewers have been effective. thank you. the trump administration taking initiative to make sure t...