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One nation under god. you can get a free copy. it is free god dvd.com. >> a report in the arizona reprobable alleges that 40 veterans died awaiting medical appointments and that the va health system tried to cover it up with secret records to hide the length of wait times. arizona septemberor jonator mck for: >> never have i seen a cover up of 40 people dying. this is why we need to use government to get to the bottom of this, and if it is thorough hold those accountable. >> absolutely hold them...

One nation under god. you can get a free copy. it is free god dvd.com. >> a report in the arizona reprobable alleges that 40 veterans died awaiting medical appointments and that the va health system tried to cover it up with secret records to hide the length of wait times. arizona septemberor jonator mck for: >> never have i seen a cover up of 40 people dying. this is why we need to use government to get to the bottom of this, and if it is thorough hold those accountable. >> absolutely hold them...

Perrington -- pearlington who is a storm chaser. again, were following this for you live. jennifer gray has been warning of severe weather and the possibility of tornadoes and telling people in that area to stay safe and hunker down and to at least get to safety. and what appears to be in the center of your screen, appears to be a tornado and a funnel cloud in kansas. >> exactly. weve been watching it for about five minutes now. so it times it will lift up a little bit and come back down. they t...

I said really? youre a little too late, sweetheart. >> reporter: cnn has obtained e-mails showing top management including phoenix va director sharon helman knew about the actual wait times, knew about the off-the-books list and defended the use of it to her staff, which makes this statement to cnn from helman all the more strange. it is disheartening to hear allegations about veterans care being compromised, the director writes. we are open to any collaborative discussion that assists in our go...

Eric: how widespread to you think this is? >> anybody who follows the issue closely and doesnt think this is widespread and indem knick the va as their head in the sand. wait times, backlogs, preventive deaths, secret lists, fudging numbers. the department of veterans affairs needs to be fundamentally reformed because there is a calcified bureaucracy. its more obsessed with the process than the outcome of veterans who deserve the best this nation can provide. the north has called for the directo...

For health of the v.a. was not being told the truth about the secret list. were you made aware of the unofficial list in any part of your look back? >> mr. chairman, i was not. >> reporter: congress has now ordered all records in phoenix, secret or not, be preserved. that would include the record of a 71-year-old navy veteran named thomas breen. >> this is unbelievable, drew, incredible reporting. this waiting list for care, secret or not, must still exist which means vets must still be waiting ...

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Of pews election initiatives, david becker. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> so lets start with the good news here. the improvement to 2012 over 2008, what accounted for that? what improvements did you see? >> well, there were several things we saw nationwide. for instance, wait times, the amount of time people waited in line to vote actually went down in 2012 compared to 2008 by an average of about three minutes. now, that wasnt true everywhere. places like florida did see ...

Traditionally have. if you look at a state like colorado, they did quite well. they were fourth this year. >> did the id have an impact in either suppressing votes in a particular area or motivating folks to go out to the polls because they felt their votes were attempting to be suppressed? >> well, we didnt look at voter id laws per se. they vary so much between states. some of them in some states you need a small number of photo ids, or you cant cast a ballot at all, and in other states you ca...

Long, winding lines. about everyone is forced to wait there. then there is, of course, the senators only lines. they whisk the privileged 100 into the building where they ride the senator only elevators. you want to talk about wait time, senator? have you thought about the wait times where you work? this was a stealthy and substantive dig. the fate of the affordable care act remains to be seen. the political fate of democrats who support it will not be certain for months or even years depending ...