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United states. basically theyre trying to back congress into a corner using the veterans as pawns. >> i know that theres been a lot of investigation into what happened involving wait times, whos responsible. i mean by our last research we did here just a few weeks ago, only one person has been fired within the v.a. you could argue maybe up to three. but one for sure directly related to those wait times. with all of the investigations going on the auditing goingen organization how did this budget...

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This one looks like it is different. this one may require house cleaning regardless of the politics. we will ex-mar that in a moment. but first, well, the politics, karl roves gps earned the distinction of producing the first tv ad seizing on failures in the veterans affair department. some think the story will demonstrate the president cant lead or make his employees face account built team. a theme you may have recalled they have pushed and often failed to proven so-called scandals, benghazi, ...

His commitment to our veterans is unquestioned. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care they need. were going to do right by our veterans across the board. as long as it takes. i think hes deeply disappointed in the fact that bad news did not get to him. and that the structures werent in place for him to identify this problem quickly and fix it. there is a need for a change in culture within the va and perhaps th...

Primary care physician. there is nothing in the funding mechanisms there that requires you to lie at a local level. when you look at all that and see the president telling us the story today that he had to wait to get the resignation in the meeting, in a scandal that is all about wait times, i am 100% sympathetic to how difficult this is. there are no easy solutions. but isnt there some need for a more swift and decisive leadership within the executive branch to get this thing going and get on t...

The scandal in phoenix and elsewhere much worse than we thought. >> lets review it for you. well go to washington to do that with elizabeth prann. recap what took place. >> it was a rare scene on capitol hill. three top administrators were called in for questioning following accusations at least 40 veterans died waiting for appointments at a phoenix facility. some congressmen became enraged with the hearing finding their answers to be too diplomatic specifically when they were told the now destr...

Lists, the hospital was reporting wait times of just 24 days, when in reality, veterans were waiting an average of 115 days, four times as long to see a doctor. staffers also destroying records to destroy the long back log. most damning, the wait times were a factor in rewards and salaries for staff." they are laying out a lot of information here. long waiting times to get medical treatment for a veteran, covering it up by making it seem it was only a fourth of that time, quarter of that time, a...

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Into the oval office. the president added that the specific allegations about cooking the books on wait times for treatment have to be further investigated. we have tonights top story. >> reporter: pushed to take personal charge of the scandal over v.a. facilities allegedly hiding veterans long waits for medical care, president obama voiced his outrage at an appearance. >> if these allegations prove to be true, its dishonorable, disgraceful and i will not tolerate it. >> reporter: mr. obama spok...