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This system . I mean, i see a number of things, obviously Electronic Medical records didnt happen and ill have a follow up question for mr. Mini and other items in that vein. Did the va ever contact you after this or after your testimony and say, hey, this is where we failed . This is the doctor. This is where the system failed for you . No. No one no one ever from that i can recall explained to me where the failure occurred or held themselves accountable or provided an apology. Ive stuck with t...

Ignition switch recall and how much the company will pay victims and victim families, 400 million. It sound like a lot of money. But will it cover all the lawsuits related to the recall . That is how much gm predicts they will spend with todays Earnings Announcement but how did they come up with that number . Joining me, bob hilliard, who represents many victims of the faulty ignition switch and jack myriad from kelley blue book. I have one question for both of you. When you look at the 400 mill...

Reporter dr. Al stair martin, an emergency medicine physician started the program. We see on a nightly base is in the e. R. Across this country unfortunately the faces of failed policy, and theyre not smiling. These are folks who are coming in with Food Insecurity or folks who are coming in because its 2 00 a. M. And its 2 degrees outside in boston and theyre homeless. Reporter he believes that voting is a Public Health issue, especially in the face of a Global Pandemic that has shed light on He...

It is pictureperfect, and like many places in the united states, the working class here in bristol, rhode island, and finding is harder and harder to make ends meet. Im crystal with the tale of two towns. We begin with the apology from eric sherecci, and he said hes sorry for his agencys lack of internet. And hes still on the job. This situation began months and months ago. And i believe that its systemic. This morning, shinseki called for another meeting with president obama. And its set to beg...

Congress has never denied the va a single penny for doing its job. The current budget, over 54 billion is being paid out to veterans and direct benefits. The balance of their budget that they receive right now is for administration of their business. But they are not doing business properly. I could see here for hours and gave the statement after statement after statement of egregious behavior. Wrongful denials and in some cases the liver of malfeasance. All we ask is you continue to press this ...

We announced these changes than the secretary of defense, general dempsey said it will result in better aligning our structures and resources with dod Strategic Interests and priorities. And earlier this year we directed the management review in that review developed options to help the dod plan for a range of future budget scenarios, including the persistence of sequester lover untracked level cuts. And as all of you know, these threats, and less changed, will represent a 500 billiondollar redu...

No wonder mr. Can sit down and look at all the numbers the va is working on that are generated on a daily basis. Congress has never denied the va a single penny for doing its job. The current budget, over 54 billion is being paid out to veterans and direct benefits. The balance of their budget that they receive right now is for administration of their business. But they are not doing business properly. I could see here for hours and gave the statement after statement after statement of egregious...

On cspan. I was tremendously grateful that god would give me another chance. I had been rescued. When i was confronted with addiction, i made my mind i was going to survive that. Program on betty for today at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and live monday night our series continues. They covered my Mental Health work, the first few meetings i had, and then they never showed up anymore. Walking on the floor in the white house, i met one of the press people. Said nobody ever comes to meetings. She sa...

I fit in this thing called family. And i started using drugs. I ended up homeless. I did that on and off for about 3 years. I finally ended up at my local va, where i went into their Substance Abuse program. I abused, anything that was amphetamine like cocaine, methamphetamines. You name it, i pretty much did itanything to get rid of kinda what i was feeling. I was also a selfmutilator. It allowed me to feel some kind of emotion, some kind of pain, i guess, it was the inward pain that i couldnt ...

You can see cars are just jammed up here. Heading eastbound on 92. This the last thing you need f youre waiting for someone going back to the east bay or planning to make the commute yourself going to take a long time for this to unfold. You can see car just covered in fire retardant. 1 eastbound lane was lobing closed but with foam retardant on the freeway, that caused more lanes to shut down. We have two lanes of traffic moving through now. Your alternatives, dunbarton bridge or the bay bridge...