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And counting. sudden and remarkable fund-raising effort to bring back reading rainbow. what is the number at this hour? it is eye pop. wo we're going to show you the figure. ♪ good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekend with alex witt." troubling details from a null released veteran affairs audit. the audit says problems went far beyond complaints from the phoenix facility with v.a. schedulers being pressured to use bad practices to make waiting times for appointments look more favorable. that audit found appointments at more than 60% of the divisions had been changed at least once. and ...

Veteran patrick murphy and host of msnbc "taking the hill." and marine who served two tours in iraq and leadership fellow for the afghanistan veterans of america. thank you for joining me, fellows. >> thank you. >> patrick, we heard from pete on the possible criminal charges. you're a lawyer. do you believe there were criminal actions here? >> there might be, alex opinion a -- and i wouldn't be surprised if they were. bloom bloom bloomenthal has called for an investigation. we know cooking the books and falsifying data up the chain of command but if they knowingly did that to get a bonus, that...

We are at a crossroads right now on how we treat the american veteran, alex. with great challenges, come great opportunities. the opportunity to lead, to let those soldiers know we need to take care of you when you come home, we leave no one behind and the fact we have 22 veterans committing suicide every day is appalling. >> yes, absolutely. t ty reek, i'm curious about your reaction about the veterans you speci speak with. >> first, thank you for having me. i think the general stepping down is a welcome change. we need accountable and, you know, right now, we need president obama to take the...

It is a separate department of justice fbi investigation that folks like senatthe senator is calling for. >> do you think the right decision for shinseki to resign? >> i served under general shinseki and will tell you he is a man of integrity. he served over five decades in this country in uniform and out of it and he served with integrity. it was his call and he offered to resign. did it break president obama's heart a little bit because they are both from hawaii and they are a very good relationship? i think so. but i trust general shinseki's judgment. and i trust his leadership. he thought ...

Why snowden, at least so far, has been unwilling to come home. >> ed o'keefe, thank you for filling in. appreciate it. >> take care. let's get more on the v.a. scandal. veterans administration secretary eric shinseki has stepped down but he publicly apologized to all vets for what happened at the phoenix facility. >> that breach of integrity is irresponsible. it is indefensible and unacceptable. but i can take responsibility, responsibility for it. and i do. >> he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that any...