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Reveal possible criminal conduct. that may have happened here. >> absolutely. keep in mind let's address the while elephant in the room. that is that the victims here are veterans. these were our courageous men in uniform that were waiting for these appointments, in some cases dying while waiting for the va to do what it was charged by congress to do originally. this wasn't just manipulation of numbers. this was manipulation of people's lives and it is really a tragedy. >> at the time this was happening, the widely held narrative here was that sharon hellman, the director of the phoenix va, wa...

Down and give a speech in denver. because, howard, if he goes to the border, it brings more attention to the failure of the border. it's very simple, is it not? >> yes, but optics matter. the president doesn't want to be seen in texas because then he owns the problem, but at the same time, it looks like he's avoiding it. >> he is avoiding it, howard. >> i know. >> it doesn't look like it. he is avoiding it. it's the house of representatives' fault. they did it. >> he is doing the blinking. >> we also saw this with the v.a. scandal and the missing irs e-mails. the president seems to be behind t...

Down and give a speech in denver. because, howard, if he goes to the border, it brings more attention to the failure of the border. it's very simple, is it not? >> yes, but optics matter. the president doesn't want to be seen in texas because then he owns the problem, but at the same time, it looks like he's avoiding it. >> he is avoiding it, howard. >> i know. >> it doesn't look like it. he is avoiding it. it's the house of representatives' fault. they did it. >> he is doing the blinking. >> we also saw this with the v.a. scandal and the missing irs e-mails. the president seems to be behind t...

Ironclad thing here, we have nothing. you don't want to come here. stay where you are. it's coming back around. this will be part of mexico again. save yourself 800 bucks and the trip. >> you know what the tipping point was for me? when i saw a drug smuggler or human smuggler, is he probably smuggling everything he can use a jet ski to drive up to the -- our side of the rio grande and the guy gets off, you know, adios, amig go and walks up the bank, a jet ski. all right? talk about the lane for the illegal aliens on the 405. they are now using jet skis. >> i don't care who comes here anymore i...

Ironclad thing here, we have nothing. you don't want to come here. stay where you are. it's coming back around. this will be part of mexico again. save yourself 800 bucks and the trip. >> you know what the tipping point was for me? when i saw a drug smuggler or human smuggler, is he probably smuggling everything he can use a jet ski to drive up to the -- our side of the rio grande and the guy gets off, you know, adios, amig go and walks up the bank, a jet ski. all right? talk about the lane for the illegal aliens on the 405. they are now using jet skis. >> i don't care who comes here anymore i...