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Intent. And arctic ice might release thousands of pieces of plastic. And maya angelou, a few things you might not know about her. We begin with a scandal at the Veterans Administration and stunning new details tonight as to how long veterans were forced to wait for care. At the phoenix va hospital some veterans waited four months for their first appointment. The white house says the wait was closer to three weeks. Randall pinkston joins us. Randall. Alleged patient death at the Phoenix Health care system. For men and women who served in the military and needed care by about Veterans Affairs, t...

The investigation into Veterans Affairs administration is expanding. A preliminary v. A. Report found scheduling delays and efforts to cover that up throughout the v. A. System. 42 centers are now under investigation. A Spokesman Says president obama calls the findings extremely troubling. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. It is up to the president now. He says he wants to see the report and if the allegations prove to be true, there would be accountability. The question is does the accountability go all the way to the top of the v. A. . The inspect...

This report 2. 0, if you will, can really hammer in on those issues if we so choose. Okay, thank you. There are no other comments from the commissioners at this time so i am going to open this item up to Public Comment. Are there any member s of the public whos like to speak on this item at this time, please step forward. Bruce wolf on behalf of my myself. Im a little more than a little, im very concerned about the discussion that just happened. Lafco had spent considerable amount of time on community broad band after the earth link debacle it spent money on very expensive moneys that proved t...

It for mike clapping. ill tell you something in you put a marine general in charge things move this is a great moment and were talking about something called a memorial but for me i think the important point is to recognize what veterans bring to us that is special let me start with a story right after world war ii i learned that if you went on the facilitate at m y u this guys gets up named bev us and said im honored to be a member of the faculty so what the colleagues think of me by the way, a couple of the oldtimers a couple were sitting by itself radio and the announcement came but he was ...

The worlds most celebrated writers. We will hear from her in her own words and speak to her friend and sister poet sonia sanchez. Great souls die in our reality bound to them takes leave of us, our souls dependent on their nurture, not shrink, risen. Our minds form and informed by the radiance fall away. Were not so much maddened is reduced to the ignorance of dark, cold, caves. Thehen Tanehisi Coates on case for reparation. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has laid out his vision for the direct...