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Inconsequential reaction is that veterans have a second crisis on their hands, that they're not going to be able to stay in these nursing homes. and i know that you believe that this could just be the tip of the iceberg. how could this become a new national problem? >> well, this is in louisiana right now. but eventually it's going to affect every nursing home in the country that has a v.a. contract. if their costs are as high as our costs and then have to pay an additional wage that is much higher than a state minimum wage or the typical minimum wage of $7.25 right now, they're going to have ...

Hands by signing an executive order boosting the pay for new federal contract workers. but now that's sparking a new crisis for some of our veterans. they're going to get kicked out of a nursing home, at least one right now in louisiana, because the owner can't afford to raise the wages of federal workers. so he's not going to renew the v.a. contract. joining me now, president of the louisiana nursing home association or l.n.h.a. thank you for being here today, joe. >> thank you for having me. >> explain to our viewers what the next crisis for veterans may be with regard to nursing homes in lo...

Worse. now some are getting ready to collect major overtime. your taxpayer dollars this holiday weekend, even though there's barely a thing to be done. plus, she's a top exec at the phoenix v.a. hospital at the center of the v.a. scandal and just last month she got a bonus check of nearly $10,000. so what's happening to that money now? plus, the new panel investigating the benghazi terror attacks, an about-face. >> it's a kangaroo court identified as such. we n very proud of our entire committee. >> why nancy pelosi changing her tune now and what it means to try and finally get all the ans...

The democrats should join. i actually don't really believe the investigation is necessary. but the investigation is going to happen and to the extent that there can be new information that can be looked at, that can be examined, the investigation can be focused, it can be bipartisan and not turn into a political witch hunt, then i think the democrats should join. ultimately i think the caucus decided and the leader decided that it's better to be inside the tent than outside the tent to try to keep things on track. i'm hopeful that gowdy will be able to do that. but i'm suspicious. >> well, sus...

More important than processing applications, these employees say attendance is number one. they have to be there every day to be counted because they say that's how serco gets reimbursed. they get paid even if there's nothing for these employees to do. as you heard from lavon and other employees, by the way, at the arkansas facility, also say the same thing. they were playing games to pass the day. a lot still to come on this. >> i'm picking my jaw up from the ground. outrageous, outrageous and excellent reporting. thank you so much for bringing the story to our attention. >> thanks, gretchen....