Months ago. New outrage over a growing scandal. A blistering new report confirming serious allegations against the v. A. Hospital in phoenix. The white house now said that secretary shinseki is on quote, thin ice. The area that they have been searching is not the final resting place of the malaysian aircraft. The search for flight 370 continues, but now it has to move into a different phase. Militants in syria say it was an american who carried out a massive suicide bombing on sunday. Another close call between two planes. The Alaska Airlines flight was about to land at Anchorage International airport and was alerted to avert an outbound cargo jet. After a year in exile, Edward Snowden speaks. And a rescue from Colorado National park. It was a stupid idea. Watch as this suv smashes right into a library in upstate new york. All that in hollywood bratd pitt attacked on the red carpet. A man jumped the barrier and punched him in the face. And mayor de blasio wants to end the ban on owns ferrets as pets. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. Class of 2014, dismissed on cbs this morning. What an honor this must be for you to have your birthday celebrated on spike tv just knowing this will air between tattoo might mayorsnightmares and the hunt for big foot. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning norah. Good morning. This is one heck of a report. We begin with a new report. The v. A. s internal watch dog says secret waiting lists for health care are widespread. One list includes 1,700 veterans at the v. A. Hospital in phoenix. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill where lawmakers from both parties are now saying that the v. A. Secretary should go. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning to you and our viewers in the west. Theyre so angry because it didnt take the v. A. Inspector Generals Office much time at all to determine that there was what they described as a systemic manipulation of v. A. Data. They are looking at 42 v. A. Facilities and have already found possible cases of civil or criminal violations that theyre referring to the department of justice. Its time for secretary shinseki to step down. Reporter the latest revelations triggered more calls from capitol hill for v. A. Secretary, Eric Shinseki to resign. These violations should not have happened on his watch. Reporter including for the first time from some senate democrats, a trio who are all in the midst of tough reelection campaigns. We expect answers. Thats all were looking for here. Reporter a rare latenight hearing turned contentious as the House Veterans AffairsCommittee Questioned v. A. Officials who did not show up for a hearing last week. Until v. A. Understands that were deadly serious, you can expect us to be over your shoulder every single day. Reporter the harsh Inspector Generals report focused first on phoenix where the scandal surfaced. There they discovered 1,700 veterans who had requested a primary care appointment but were not placed on the electronic waiting list putting them at risk of being forgotten or lost. Investigators also reviewed the records of 226 veterans who did get an appointment and found their average wait time was 115 days not the 24 days facility officials initially reported. The v. A. s Inspector General says its examining 42 v. A. Facilities where scheduling managers may have engaged in manipulation of v. A. Data that distort the manipulation of wait time in an event to boost their pay and bonus. Since 2005 the v. A. Office of Inspector General has issued 18 reports that identified deficiencies in scheduling. Florida republican jeff miller is the chair of the house v. A. Committee. If youve known about problems like this for years, why are you only now calling on the v. A. Secretary to resign . The issue is much larger than one person. It is a bureaucracy that really lives for itself and not for the veterans that it is supposed to take care of. Reporter in an oped in usa today this morning, secretary shinseki describes the findings of the Inspector Generals report as reprehensible. He says theyre being addressed and he has called for a kind of triage for those 1,700 veterans in phoenix who didnt show up on any waiting list. He wants them to all be seen immediately to make sure that they dont have Health Problems that arent going unaddressed. Nancy, thanks. Today is the 83rd day since malaysian flight 370 vanished. Were no closer to knowing where it is and no one is looking. A search ended wednesday with no sign of the missing jet. A wider search will begin in august. The fourth near collision in the sky is under investigation. Alaska flight 135 from Portland Oregon was about to land on the same runway where a cargo plane was taking off. Controllers told the class air flight to abort the landing and go around to avoid the small plane but both planes veered right putting them just a quarter mile apart at the same elevation. The 737s anticollision Warning System in the cockpit and the pilot quickly changed altitude. The jet with 147 people aboard landed safely. Deborah Deborah Hersman joins us from chicago. Good morning. Whats going on . I think the important thing for people to know is that they are be reported. Are they on the rise then . Every year there are really thousands of near events but only a handful of them, about 40 a year of those thousands, end up being really severe. The good news is we havent had one of them turn into an actual event thats resulted in fatalities and the bad thing is were seeing the same thing happening year in and year out and we have to do a better job of stopping it in the first place. How catastrophic with a collision be . The worst happened in the Canary Islands decades ago. Aircrafttoaircraft events are significant and have really tragic outcomes. Let me just ask you, are they on the rise and is it a matter of time before well see it again . Well, i think the reporting is important because getting the information, getting the specifics of the event and learning from them are really the keys to preventing them from occurring in the future. So we really dont want to throw any cold water on the fact that these events are reported because just as you heard in the veterans situation, you really want transparency and sunshine in these situations to know accurately whats going on. But this is a significant concern. Airport its inherently risk risky. The ntsb has had this issue on its most wanted list consistently since its inception. Its probably what keeps a lot of people up at night, as traffic increases, thats good news for the economy, but as traffic increases, where are the risks in our system . Deborah, thank you so much. Thank you. U. S. Intelligence officials are investigating a man they think is the First American suicide bomber in syria. He went by the alias abuhuray rayenrique. Its believed he dadeied in one of four suicide attacks monday night night. Officials are not releasing his real name. A chopper went down . Slavyanask. Edward snowden says he is not under the control of the russian government and hasnt given russia any documents. When i think about an instance that really struck me as, oh my god, we can do this and that we can do it to anyone was that people at nsa, analysts, can actually watch peoples internet communications, watch them draft correspondence and actually watch their thoughts form as they type. These activities can be misconstrued misinterpreted and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to do you wrong. The problem is that the capabilities themselves are unregulated, uncontrolled and dangerous. Our cbs news analyst is in washington this morning. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. Edward snowden and others make this point that there has been no damage to the United States and any person. Has there . Are they telling the truth when they make that point . I dont think they are. I think theyre ignoring the evidence. I think officials from the Intelligence Community have made it very clear that the terrorists have changed the way that theyre communicating, the silence in some way is deafening. You have also had very important damage to our alliances and relationships with germany and brazil. We know there are going to be billions of dollars spent on reengineering because the chinese and russians have started to look at these documents and engineering around them. And theres been significant damage to the private sector. Silicon valley is affected by all this. So to suggest there is no evidence of damage is just to ignore the facts. Juan secretary of state john kerry in our area yesterday called him a traitor and Edward Snowden said last night he believes hes a patriot. He says also that hes serving his government because in the wake of his disclosures, all three branches of government have, in fact made reforms. Does he make a point . Well he does have a point that he has sparked a debate in terms of the limits of these capabilities, what those limits should look like and there have been some reforms. But i would argue that to spark that debate by stealing thousands of documents, a majority of which have nothing to do with purported domestic spying, is probably not the right way of doing it and certainly not stealing them and leaving for hong kong and then moscow. He says he wants to come home. Are you aware of any negotiations to bring him back to the United States . We clearly have a legal team theyre going to be in discussions with the department of justice. I think its going to be very hard to see a clemency deal at this stage at least, charlie, because in part the government doesnt quite know what documents are still out there and what will be released. Theres also still a lingering question of collusion. Has he worked with any Intelligence Services . He seems to say no but i think there are those in the u. S. Government who have suspicion. Thank you. A japanese oil tank exploded this morning sparking a huge fire off the countrys west coast, sending flames of black smoke in the air. The coast guard said the tanker was empty so theres little danger of a major environmental disaster. No word on the cause. Donald sterlings intentions are unclear this morning after indicating he would sell the Los Angeles Clippers he is now sending mixed signals. Meanwhile, hisses change estranged wifes offer says they have several offers and she wants to sell. Im not telling you he wont sell. At the moment he hasnt professed any immediate interest in a sale. Reporter that is Donald Sterlings attorney. He says Donald Sterling wants to fight the nba because he is not a racist and feels unfairly accused. How long hand how hard will he fight this . To the bloody end. Were seeing his ego emerge and return and its a good thing. Reporter is ego a good Financial Plan . Maybe not. Reporter in correspondent to the nba, he dismissed the whole thing as a lovers quarrel. Sterling says those now infamous remarks to his girl friend were illegally recorded and the league is violated his Constitutional Rights by using the recordings against him. His estranged wife shelley, owns 50 of the team. She wants to quickly sell it before the league terminates their ownership. Last week Donald Sterling authorized his wife to negotiate with the nba regarding all issues in connection with a sale of the clippers. But now in an abrupt abr the outside this looks up like a complete mess. Is it . I wouldnt go that far. Reporter lets say you actually win and he keeps control of the clippers. The coaches said theyll quit the players wont play. What kind of team does he have . The players are making a lot of money, and you tell me if theyre going to walk away from that. Reporter if the sterlings do sell, they could walk away wit f m the outside tould walk a team the sale will be on the leagues terms. For cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. Tributes to author maya angelou are pouring in this morning. Former president clinton called her a treasure and gayle king was a good friend. Gayle . I was. I knew her for close to 30 years. I have to say, guys its even tougher today than it was yesterday to know you wont hear the voice, the conversations are the wisdom of maya angelou. She died very quietly in her sleep yesterday morning. She was a writer of extraordinary grace, a champion for justice, an inspiration to millions but what she was most proud of about all else of being a teacher. Outside Maya Angelous house in winston salem, North Carolina a memorial has sprung up. She died wednesday morning. Cause of death has not been released. You may trod me in the very dirt but still like dust ill rise. Reporter president barack obama, who awarded angelou with the medal of freedom said the voice he found helped generations of americans and inspired the rest of us to be our best sells. Oprah shared her feelings she moved through the world with unshakeable calm confidence and a fierce grace. I loved her and i know she loved me. I will profoundly miss her. Angelou was 86 but her mind remained sharp at ever. She was at work on a new book when she died. Last friday she posted this message on twitter listen to yourself. In that quietude you might hear the voice of god. She was a professor at Wake Forest University for over three decades. Take your time. Say it. Reporter she loved the written word but angelou was also a director an actress, a singer, a dancer and composer. Marcelis collaborated with her. Its like playing with another musician jazz musician. She knows the history of culture, the mythology. I am the hope and the dream of the slave and so there i go. Its quite obvious she let out this big laugh, just a big, hearty laugh. I talked to family members who talked to her the day before she died. They said she was laughing cracking jokes, she was making plans for a 4th of july party. So those of us who have been living with her and loving her all this time we knew the end was sooner than later near we just didnt think that it was going to be then because she had been fragile for so long and was doing okay. Well have much more on her later in the broadcast. Gayle, thank you. 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Three bay area students were among the victims. Another vigil is tonight at Leland High School in san jose. A man rushed to the hospital this morning after he somehow got his head wedged under a car. It happened at a gas station on geary boulevard in San Francisco. The man suffered serious head injuries. And San Francisco will make a big pitch today to convince george lucas to build his Star Wars Museum along the embarcadero. The proposed site is expected to be between piers 30 and 32 near the bay bridge. Lucas has already been offered