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>> good news from here. amtrak is expected to carry 460,000 passenger this weekend. up in the traveling for funnier but down for business. they saw 31.6 million passenger in 2013 so it has been up. there are so many freight trains car carrying oil and there is a shortage and that means there is a back log and that is what expected to be lifted until july. >> thank you and how are the freeways in los angeles? how goes it? >> they are starting to back up. aaa estimates this is going to be the second busiest memorial

This video bashing the president's management style. >> we're not going to let up until we eliminate the back log once and for all. >> we'll keep slashing that back log so our veterans receive the benefits they've earned. >> meanwhile democrats are starting to track. just georgia congressman john bare owe and david scott became the first two democrats to call for shinseki's resignation. >> the veterans have been waiting long enough. three people in my district have died. >> and i'm disappointed with the president today. there was no urgency. plmt, mr. president, we need urgency! we need you to...

Committed suicide, her husband who committed suicide. talk about storming the hill and talk about what you guys have accomplished on this terrible challenge of reducing the number of suicides vets are committing. >> we go down to washington and we bring vets from all over america to share our top priorities. last year it was the back log. we put the backlog on the map and you all responded. this year our vets told us suicide was the top issue. we went all over capitol hill to let everybody know that 22 suicides -- >> it's a staggering number. >> you already told me over 2,000 already this year...

The back log will be completely eliminated by 2015. we should stay on that. >> no doubt about it. so critical. the founder and executive director of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, paul rieckhoff. >> paul. >> we've admired you for so long for so many reasons but i must have i for calling us out very early on in the nfl playoffs to say the seattle seahawks were the very best team. you said they were going to win easy like a month out. who is going to win the ncaa basketball team? >> i think wisconsin has gone below the radar. they're a dynamic team, really athletic. i think when it co...

At social security, said we feel the pressure is on for us to erase the back log by rubber stamping them and moving forward. there is a sense there is a problem because of this back log. and look, bill, there is one other fundamental problem with this. this program was designed in 1973. and at that time if you had a disability, in all likelihood, you wouldn't have the advantage that people have today of both physical therapy and medical devices to help you get back. so it is a lifetime benefit, you get up to $300,000 a year. so should we redo the disability situation, and retrain you so you ca...