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Than 120,000 vets waited far too long for doctors so see them. in addition, the feds have paid out $845 million to settle v.a. malpractice suits. senator coburn of oklahoma, a physician himself has identified $25 billion wasted by the v.a. despite that $100 million given to v.a. administrators in bonus money in 2010 alone. a shocking abuse of taxpayer money. and while all that was happening, president obama did nothing, absolutely nothing add that the border, iraq, putin, the irs and you have an administration that's basically missing in action. in fact, for you history buffs what's happening ...

Veterans whenever i can. and i also have been involved in federal courts claims act litigation over the years for different reasons in my personal injury practice. >> so it's my understanding that sometimes attorneys don't want to get involved because the fees are limited to 20% of any kind of a settlement. and also explain for us how the doctors at these v.a. centers, they're not held up to the same standards as private doctors with malpractice suits, correct? >> well, the fees are lower, that's one reason it's hard for veterans sometimes to find representation. and the doctors don't have to ...

Center for a hospital. if you spend $250,000 for the unit, in one year it's paid for itself. every test you ask for after that is pure profit. now, they're motivated by profit and also they're motivated by the idea of covering themselves against possible malpractice suits. so tort reform, whether folks on the left would like to hear that or not, tort reform has to be a part of this. >> it's an amazing article. i recommend this to people. jeffrey kluger thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. the winter storm that dumped as much as two feet of snow in the midwest is moving toward the ohi...

welcome, everybody. our "starting point" is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? >> the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. they're 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very closely with egyptian authorities to try to resolve this. essentially, what happened, these two people, ...

This hour's top stories begin with the second named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. meet tropical storm bonnie. what it lacks in size and strength, it more than makes up for in location. it's come ashore just south of miami but it's on a path that may take it across south florida, then into the gulf of mexico, very near the site of the bp oil leak. it is expected to make a final landfall somewhere on the northern gulf coast. flooding in central china is being called the worst in a decade. the xinhua news agency says at least 300 people are dead. more than 300,000 homes washed away. m...