Sunday. A fox urgent, were hearing now from a widening circle of people into how some of our veterans may have decide awaiting medical care. A whistleblower going on the record just a few hourgs right here on fox. Is it possible that all this was going on in phoenix and now we find out in other va facilities around the country and that washington didnt know about it . No. They have been cheating about this. The cheating has gone on for a long time. There was a memo in 2010 where she showed all the various cheating schemes and he told
everybody not to do this anymore. They knew this was a big problem. And with that, were coming to light about claims in at least 11 states now across our great nation where allegedly secret lists were kept to hide massive wait times for our veterans who needed lifesaving care. Tonight, both the white house and congress gearing up for a new week to press for answers and accountability we hope. The top official for Veterans Health care, dr. Robert petzel is out. He was set to retire later this year anyway. Eric shinseki is resisting growing calls to resign. A growing line behind the white house which we know is stand behind shinseki for now. Nobody is more outraged about this problem than the president of the United States. He will continue to press as it
relates to the question of timely access to care until it is fixed. Peter live with the news in washington. Anger is not enough at this point. Whats next . Are there any plans in the near future to move ahead from the white house on this . The focus seems to be figuring out how many victims there are and families may have been impacted by improper scheduling procedures. This morning, veterans advocates were complaining that there have been issues for a long time and they think hireups must have known. I think its naive to think they didnt know what was going on. The vfw has been screaming about this for years. The va is so big, its tough to make things work even with so many official who come from military backgrounds on hand. You would think an Organization Made up of veterans would understand how to follow orders, but there has been
definitely a let down by the Senior Management team to the secretary and the people under him. We dont have an accountability system or a chain of command within the veterans administration, veterans medical services, and its showing, thats why our veterans are not getting the services they should. Reporter anyone looking to leave an ano, maam mouse tip. I mentioned president obama and exactly what the white house was doing thus far. And the white house, harris, chief of staff said that they have ordered additional personnel to help the investigation at the va. Heres why. I did not leave you with any impression that the president was satisfied. In fact, the president is demanding we get to the bottom of the exact allegations that you are talking about as it relates to whether veterans are getting the timely access to care that they have earned, that they deserve, and thats exactly what were digging into. Mcdonough didnt announce any new resignations or plans for president obama to speak publicly about this. One of the elements of the story that we havent heard from, if you will, has to do with those victims or their families. Any plans to bring any of them maybe for a hearing on capitol hill in the near future . Reporter we havent heard anything like that announced, harris. So far youve got people defending the bureaucracy, who say they are looking into this and within three weeks we should have answers and then youve got victims families pressing for answers. So far, no invitation so far that we know for a big public hearing and line people up and explain how they were told the wait was going to be this long and it turn out to be this long. That is the voice thats really missing in all of this. We have heard from the lawmakers, the whistle blowers, members of the Obama Administration, and va secretary Cinco De Mayo since
shins shinseki. What about your thoughts on this. We want to hear from you while you are watching fox report weekend tonight. Chime in and tune in for when the fox news political insiders join me later this hour. Well include you in the conversation. Twooet tweet harris faulkner. Interested to get those military voices in here. Now, lets go to ukraine. People there are looking ahead to next sundays president ial election. The rest of europe and the world hoping ukraine and russia dont go to war. As you might imagine, theres concern for fresh violence. Hundreds of people still grieving after last weeks clash. Ukrainian troops and pro russian separatists exchanged fire there and leaving people dead. Doe nesk holding their own vote last week declaring independent people republics in two regions. For more on all of this, lets go to greg who is in donetsk. Pro russia separatist leader said there will be no president ial elections held in donetsk next sunday. There are some towns in this region that are standing up against a rebel militants at a cost. Take a look at one. Ukrainian flags flying at the city hall in eastern ukrainian town, in a land racked by pro russian separatist sentiment. Majority in the east are still
behind a united ukraine. Troops are posted outside. Still, dissent is seen too. A Police Station was assaulted. This is what pro russia separatists did to the car of one member of a pro ukraine selfdefense unit in this town. They told us this just means they are going to fight harder. Someone doesnt like the fact that we are defending our city this militia member says. They are traitors. Its also patrolled by car and at night they are well armed for trouble. Among the residents, support for ukraine is cautious. Yes, we are for a united ukraine this young man says but sometimes with everything happening people are afraid to express their opinion. Others openly call for a break from kiev. We are threatened by our government this woman says who cause terrorists and bring
violence here. They are planning to go ahead with the president ial vote and they are also getting threats. Democracy a little bit difficult and dangerous in this neck of the woods. More on the situation as some american lawmakers now are looking to take further action against russia for its role in the crisis in ukraine. The senate is now weighing legislation that would cut off pentagon contracts with a stateowned arms dealer. The pentagon reportedly has a contract with that dealer to buy 30 helicopters for afghanistans air force. That deal said to be worth a half billion dollars. Back in our Nations Capital now. A shakeup could be in the works at the white house. Reports president obama will nominate san antonio mayor Julian Castro as the next secretary of housing and urban development. It would be an interesting move
for that mayor. More from washington. Reporter hi, harris. A second term shuffle is expected to happen in the president s cabinet and a potential pick. Most of the speculation revolves around threeturn san antonio mayor castro who is set to be to be selected for the housing and urban development. The 39yearold is already considered a ridesing star within the Democratic Party, with talks of him being a potential vicepresident ial candidate in 2016. It begins with reelecting barack obama. It begins with you. It begins now. May god bless you and may god bless the United States of america. This nomination would also make castro one of the highestranking hispanic officials in the Obama Administration. If confirmed by the senate, he will replace shawn donovan. Burwell is nominated to lead the department of health and Human Services after Kathleen Sebelius resign. Just last week, castro was asked to become the transportation secretary to which he declined. Right now, a lot of chatter on wall street has been confirmed. At t is moving ahead to buy directv for 49 billion. A merger of epic proportions. With more than 20 million u. S. Subscribers, directv is the nations largest provider. At t will offer bundle deals
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cooler temperatures that may or may not hold at this point. It is for now helping crews get an upper hand on the flames. They have scorched 40 square miles. Harris, you know, there are scenes there that resemble a holocaust and for people returning today, it was a very close call. One family we caught up with and that was todd and emily price and their 10yearold son had been watching the fire race toward their house as they looked with binoculars on the other side of the valley with an incredibly close call. They actually saw firefighters attacking the flames that would have consumed their house. We caught up with them just as they got back and all they really saw surrounding the house was a view of rolling canyons covered in ash. Its torched. When you look at it aerial
view, theres areas of green and then its a giant moonscape. The house is actually up for sale and in fact they had one inquiry today whether somebody could have a come and have a viewing. Thats actually quite common here. This is almost this was a close call. I dont want to glaze over this and make it all rosy because its not yet. Theres right now an active fire at camp pendleton. Yeah. Its still raging on. Its about 65 contained. The marines taking care of it himself. The marine releasing some incredible footage actually. About 23,000 acres have been completely consumed. Incredible aerial shots that weve got coming in. The marines were able to take care of t a fifth of the base has been torched. Fortunately, the marines and families are safe on the base. Were in the third year of a very dry season. Were getting ready for the worst. We dont want to anticipate before we know, but we need a full complement of firefighting capacity. The states climate appears to be changing. The scientists tell us that definitely, so we got to gear up here. And heres how much they knew it was going to be a difficult season. They had a full complement of firefighting staff in the beginning of april. Normally they dont have that many people until midmay, harris. Tender box, you just hate to hear that word. One of the most reclusive
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do that and im doing so many other Different Things now. Im living a normal life. Im moving my shoulders here and im moving myself on. They told me what had happened, know every single day when i get out of bed, i try to get up and walk again and i continue to fail and fail, but that has not stopped me from continuing to believe in myself that is one day that is going to truly going to happen. It just gives you chills. Just three months after the accident, eric began his intense therapy classes while taking College Courses over skype and meeting with tutors, his mom constantly by his side. No one thought that after he was injured that he would go on and graduate and for him to graduate is just, you know, another accomplishment in the long line of accomplishments to come. Eric graduated with a
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