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With millions of dollars come in right now from the united states? president's great why he's trying to get out of the so-called white house get a we want welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." that coming up. we have some breaking news coming into "the situation room. just got a read out of a high level meeting at the white house on the scandal involving y veterans. scandal that was initially exposed nationallycnn. there's now an outline report o the entire problem highlighting. jim acosta is here in "the situation room...

Report due out today. the acting v.a. secretary says the increase is probably because more accurate data is now being reported after widespread manipulation of wait times was exposed. scientists have found a new clue that could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. researchers discovered that patients with mutations that break a gene the body uses to make fat particles have a 40% reduction in their risk of coronary heart disease. these findings suggest a new strategy in developing new drugs against heart disease. again, number one killer of men and women. one in four people have hear...

Falsifying documents rather than stding up for veterans suffering from mental crisis is completely wrong. so, yes, i was completely surprised. >> so you would think he would be emotional on half of the veterans, the v.a., has designed to serve. the fayetteville medical center had an average wait time of 83 days. that seems to me the kind of thing an acting secretary, kathleen, would be emotional about. not defending the bonuses of his employees. >> i was completely stunned by his reaction. it was monumentally wrong on a number of levels. and for him to back the v.a. employees, where nobody is ...

Lawmakers on the hill are nulling over legislation. kelly? >> what is the latest with the legislation? is there anything moving forward? >> reporter: we're seeing activity really in both chambers. on one hand, the house passed the department of affairs management accountability act of 2014, allowing the v.a. secretary to remove anybody who deems underperforming. the senate also working on a similar bill with some added protections in had a section granting veterans more access to alternative facilities. meanwhile, gibson says he is proactively making improvements ahead of any moves by congress...

Let our veterans down. they're waiting too long for care. and in many instances, we have a number of staff members that are engaging in inappropriate practices, breaches of integrity. >> while elizabeth prann is following details of this story live in washington, she joins us now with the very latest in terms of the reaction to the acting v.a. secretary's findings. elizabeth? >> reporter: hi, kelly. well, on the heels of acting secretary sloan gibson's early findings, republican lawmakers say they're turning up the pressure on the administration. they say they'll continue to seek solutions for...