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The v.a. says it's simply trying to modernize and catch up with its 400,000 backlogged claims. this proposed rule would require the use of standardized forms to help streamline the claims process and modernize the v.a. system to insure veterans and their families receive the benefits they deserve more quickly. defense secretary chuck hagel supports the change, arguing that younger vets want to be able to file their claims on their cell phones. but veterans groups say those with traumatic brain injury will find the new online forms difficult to complete and could lose benefits in the process. a...

Center, they processed 4,000 claims yesterday as well. >> are you a native okie? >> i am. born and raised in chrome, not the first time we've been through this. >> not the first time. help people understand who are not from oklahoma, the process that these people, these families have to go through. their homes are begun or destroyed and have to file these claims. >> right, u.s. a simple process, we have it down to a soons here. >> do you? >> the first ever national tornado center in oklahoma city. two months ago. partnered with the emergency management, national association of insurance commis...

May want to go to another neighborhood. we think most people will rebuild in this area. >> everyone i've talked to wants to rebuild. >> they will select a contractor, work with the insurance company. get the additional living expenses up front, right now, where they can get clothes, get their lives back in order. kids in school and then begin the process of rebuilding their home, because the insurance companies have all the data on their homes. don't have to show up with the policy. it's in electronic databases, they will walk through with the consumer with specific limits on the policies. >> ...

Know, here for the last two or three hours, it has been raining. and as you mentioned, you know, the rain subsiding now, but what that means for people, you know, going through this debris, you're going through it's nasty, it's muddy. you've got nails sticking up, it's a difficult situation for these families who are trying to go through and start their lives over. but we are hearing from officials. we're hearing from officials about the idea of more storm shelters, more underground storm shelters at schools and at homes. we are hearing from president obama -- and you hear that! [ thunder ] bu...

Now-convicted felon, has been doing. she's gone on a veritable media tour, carol, giving interviews to locals and affiliates and tv shows. not once, but twice during the actual deliberation phases of this case. i don't know how else to explain this, other than it is very odd for a sheriff to facilitate it, even though this sheriff says he's done nothing wrong and that it's her first amendment right. i'm going to tell you right now, as a journalist, it's not your first amendment right to have a television camera in your jail cell or in your jail meeting room. you can speak on the phone, you can...