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By 2015. the company made good on its promise early and on september 3rd pulled all tobacco products from its shelves cvs said it would cost $2 billion but that selling tobacco is also against its moral and ethical principles as a health care company. >> as you know weve been reporting on your program on these delays at these hospitals -- >> cnn has spent more than a year investigating delays in care at veteran affairs hospitals. you on drew griffin and his team exposed systematic problems throu...

Widespread criminal activity. excessive salaries and bonuses for va workers. whistleblowers facing fear of retaliation and the list goes on and on. the report also takes a swipe at congress for not doing enough to stop it. senator coburn authored that report. he joins me now in this first on fox. senator, welcome to the program, sir. >> well, thank you, stewart. >> beyond -- this obviously goes beyond long wait times. lets go through the list of what you found in this report. widespread criminal...

How about just focusing on giving them care. how about republicans quit looking to indict va workers who might have it coming and for now just stop vets from needlessly dying. how about democrats quit blaming bush for an iraq war on which they signed off and focus on making things right rather than just popping off. you know sometimes i swear im watching my two boys. but they are just kids. whats these guys excuse? republicans who blame democrats for spending other way into a hole and forget whe...

Me and everyone watching right now. no one is talking about the union angle to this va scandal. is this a big reason why our vets are being mistreated? >> absolutely. unions are standing in the way of real reform happening at the va. they keep saying well its because we need more money. well, we need more staff. thats not the case at all. its them. they are the problem. they are the one who is are standing in the way of real reform and they are the ones who are not allowing things to happen. tha...

And then. from the picket line to a jail cell. fast food protestors arrested for wreaking havoc while asking for higher wages. how theyre crushing the people say they theyre trying to help. cashin in firing up your memorial day weekend starts right now. >> hi, everyone, im eric bolling. welcome to cashing in. wayne rogers, jonathan, michelle fields and juan williams. welcome in everybody. as we celebrate memorial day the obama administration is under fire for treating our heros like zeros. our v...

Changes. it goes beyond. senator sanders doesnt like this bill. he cant find time in his schedule to read two and a half pages but it goes beyond that, mark, because we out laid with chairman miller for years, for years they refused to take this seriously and its not just president obama but the past six years have been on his watch. >> no, thats absolutely true. for senator -- congressman miller is a key solution, which is giving the cabinet secretary the power to fire incompetent workers respo...

>> are you for that? >> absolutely not. because what does that say when you start it up, for example, va workers or social security workers, when you start it up for them, what are you saying to the kids in head start -- >> so are all the democrats on board in that position? there will be no piecemeal support coming from the democrats? >> almost all democrats on board. you know, you always have some democrats in very difficult swing districts who may not join in, but i would say out of the entir...

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