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Which is a fortune 500 company. in bob mcdonald, they've gotten both a veteran and a ceo to address these challenges. we did just get in a statement from bernie sanders, the vermont senator, a democrat -- independent who caucus is with democrats but looks forward to meeting with mr. mcdonald to ascertain views on these important issues. the first statement from a member of congress. but the white house does feel very confident, obviously, about this pick. >> drew griffin on the phone. you are the one who broke the story, highlighting the egregious mistakes made at phoenix v.a. hospital. is it ...

To know about the v.a. scandal is unlike the other fake scandals that you're well acquainted with, this is an actual scandal. as you know, we've long had really long, egregious wait times at the v.a. the thing that was different here is it was uncovered that at first, uncovered specifically at the phoenix v.a. that they were in essence cooking the books. they had a separate, secret waiting list to hide the fact that veterans were waiting on average 115 days to get in to see primary care physicians. there may have been as many as 40 who died waiting to get in to see the doctors there at the v.a...

Systemically v.a. facilities to hide these veterans and how long they're waiting. the head of the v.a. had to resign over this scandal. right now where we are is congress is considering what to do, the house has passed a few piecemeal things. the senate passed a more comprehensive reform to refurbish the v.a. and in certain circumstances letting veterans go outside the system. >> it sounds like the accumulation of decades of inertia that will be very difficult to break. thank you very much for joining me tonight. the rewrite is next. and if i tap my geico app here i can pay my bill.

Hearings and holding people accountable as they are watching it happen. this is their job to have oversight over this department. why hasn't that happened. should members of congress also be held accountable? they are elected by these districts. they are responsible to these voters. >> you're absolutely right, kate, and i think many voters haven't looked at this through a partisan lens. some of polling we've seen, you might have thought president obama and the democrats, because they are seen as the party in control would have taken a bigger hit but they didn't. collectively the institution of...

Coming forward, because she believes she knows something that is frankly unthinkable. that is saying something, considering the shameful facts of what we already know happened at this va. she says someone now is trying to hide the number of u.s. veterans who died here waiting for care. in seven cases so far, where she has determined a veteran on a waiting list was, in fact, deceased, she says someone above her has changed the record back. the veteran suddenly listed as alive. somebody is going on that electronic wait list, and people are identified as being dead. somebody is changing that and ...