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Straighten out the problem of moving medical records from the department of defense to the v.a.? it just seems that this is, you know, a back water for this administration. >> a lot of people will be shocked to hear these numbers. we made an agreement with these guys when we asked them to fight for us that we would take care of them and their families on their return. 681-day wait if you live in reno, nevada, that's unacceptable. they put in a very expensive computer system. why is it so slow? what's the reason behind this? >> we don't know. we're looking from the outside, right? it's like loo...

is responding. we'll take you live to afghanistan. also, no holds bard in south carolina. the candidates unleashing brutal attacks trying to stop mitt romney from steam rolling straight to the nomination. will it work? newt gingrich who said, i'm not going to go negative. here's what he said. >> this is going to be armageddon. they will come in here with everything they've got, every surrogate, every ad, every negative attack. >> wait, wait, what happened to the i'm not going to go negative? that's ridiculous. i will not go negative until now when i go negative. we'll talk about th...

Dikes hoping to hold back that water from some of the neighborhoods that haven't been as affected yet. certainly that's a possibility. this water is not going anywhere. it's not moving quickly. and as you know, the long that water sits, it can weaken levees, top levees and there's nothing they can do at this point. flood fights, we'll see people being able to go in and shore them up or add sandbags or do other things to hole back water. in this case, it's not possible. they are not able to do that. they're working with levees in place before the water moved in and they're just hoping that they...

Crews are battling flames in arizona, new mexico, and texas. about 1,700 more homes were evacuated in southern arizona yesterday due to the monument fire. wind gusts near that blaze topped 60 miles per hour. meanwhile, crews have made some progress on the largest of these fires, that is the 800 square mile wallow fire. the containment there is now at 44%. it has destroyed 32 homes and 4 rental cabins. several fires are also burning in texas. this one, which is about 100 miles north of houston, has burned about 14,000 acres. officials say it's about 40% contained. and while a lack of water ...

Essentially the flood waters coming from the mississippi, the back water at bay. when you were doing this, did people think you were crazy? >> nobody actually told me that, but by the looks in their eyes, yeah, some of them thought i was crazy. >> reporter: look at this. this gives you an idea what it's like to be inside the levee. you can see it running up along there. but you would never know by standing right here that there was a massive flood out beyond those walls. you have electricity. >> yeah. >> reporter: you're cut off from the mainland but you still have your electricity? >> yeah. m...