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Congress is on break because of the july 4th holiday. we this appointment as well, wes, ontimeline. when do we see results either a new secretary from the va or from legislatures. >> i cant give you any good news or veterans watching at home. it will be probably long timeline before we see sub assistant sieve changes in the va were talking about problems entrenched for decades. were looking at noll knee accepted quickly. but going facility by facility, reviewing wait times and care being provide...

The weight on her shoulders was tremendous. she tried to blow the whistle on the inside and no one would listen. >> youve shined such an important spotlight on what happened at the v.a., but there is such an important question now about what is happening at the v.a. and perhaps the most important question is what will happen at the v.a. so whats the status there? what is the status of this investigation going forward? >> well, the office of inspector general along with the fbi, right, which is l...

Which isnt all that unlikely now. a stunning new report on the troubled phoenix va hospital. and we will tell you how long administrators knew about the cover-up of wait times. >> meet a couple forced to tread waters for 14 hours until someone came to their rescue. >> personally, i was surprised they lasted that long in the water. i have never seen something like that before. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste bett...

Lawmakers concerns about that deal. >> congress making quick work of a veterans affairs reform bill which unanimously passed the house tuesday. expected to hit the senate floor this week. the house acting less than 24 hours after an audit found more than 63,000 veterans nationwide were waiting for medical care. the bill would reduce wait times, would allow veterans to see private doctors and would hold v.a. officials accountable for misrepresenting delays. >> time for an early start on your mone...

Better. >> at least were seeing more from them and learning more from what theyre doing behind the scenes. fix problems with manipulated wait times that you have reported on and also access to care. at this point what are they proposing and is it going to do anything about the problem? >> it will immediately and this is coming from the va and in a house bill and a senate bill that are now moving through the congress. this would allow veterans to go outside and access the care. thats a very short...

Bipartisan group of senators who absolutely want the d.o.j. involved. they say that evidence of secret waiting times, falsification of records, destruction of documents and other potential criminal wrongdoing has appalled and angered the nation and impair riled trust and confidence in the veterans health administration. they want prosecution of v.a. employees who its alleged lied about these wait times. >> lied in order to get bonuses to show they were doing a good job. >> thats absolutely the a...

To talk with an insurance expert about everything that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. whats your policy? fox news alert to tell you about right now. brand-new video of acting va secretary sloan gibson paying a visit to the medical facility. this is in san antonio, texas. of course, its all part of his efforts to reach out to veterans nationwide in the wake of a scandal over delays in providing ...

Dealt with through criminal prosecution and bureaucratic reshuffling. >> reporter: now that officials have had several weeks to investigate wrongdoing at the v.a., defense secretary chuck hagel says the problems are systemic and when more facts are available the pentagon is going to work with the veterans affairs department to fix that system as soon as possible. shannon. >> peter, thank you very much. and for more on the turmoil at the v.a., lets go to congressman republican from colorado who...

The president allowed veterans to make a claim for agent orange. thats a veteran saying i need into the system. this was a wait time issue. this was veterans trying to go to the hospital who werent getting in quick enough to see their doctors. so theres a lot of reasons that happened. iraq and afghanistan veteran cans go to the v.a. for primary care for the first five years they return home. there was a million veterans in this country that were uninsured that chose the v.a. as their primary pro...

Month told the senate veterans affairs committee the problems were not widespread. >> are people quote unquote cooking the books? is that in fact a problem within the health care system? >> im not aware, other than a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. but the fact that there is evidence in a couple of cases behooves us to go and take a thorough look. >> and the president stood by him. >> he has been a great public servant and great warrior on behalf of the united states of...