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The administration where you had one democrat in that montage there, democrats are just as mad about this. >> oh, yeah. >> what happens at this point in the administration when even your own party is starting to not trust the answers they are getting, whether it's from the white house itself or the cabinet agencies. >> it's obviously a bad sign. the one thing both these scandals have in common is for a party that wants to establish the fact that good government can do good things, they are giving the public two choices, one, either we're incredibly incompetent, both with the irs and v.a. scand...

To entered in error as if the patient was still alive. my next guest, not surprised, he blew the lid off this va scandal. dr. sam also worked at the phoenix va. doctor, you knew her, i believe. >> yes, we were working together very closely. i want to say pauline is really the unsung hero in this. had it not been for her i wouldn't have known nor would anybody else have known of the deaths at the phoenix va. >> part of senator coburn's report there criticized the possibility that whistleblowers would be retaliated against. and i just want to quote from a letter sent to the president by special ...

I think it is a good system. >> it is not a good system. how can you say -- >> i think it is a good system. >> really? >> yes, i do. >> not if you're a veteran, it's not a good system. >> this happening as the office of special counsel sends a scathing letter to the president blasting the v.a. for ignoring whistle-blower warnings. the letter says phoenix v.a. officials failure to act is part of a troubling pattern nationwide. acting secretary sloan gibson ordering review of the system to handle whistle-blower complaints. house democrats want you to pay the legal fees for illegal immigrant ch...

Is from pauline dewinter. so, you've been to the phoenix facility four times. are you aware of this new revelation? >> i'm not aware of the revelation. i am aware that the oig is looking carefully at all of the deaths that occurred. i do not know if any attempts to hide deaths, congresswoman. >> under all the scrutiny, all the lights, all the spirit of full disclosure, phoenix is still doing this kind of stuff, and you guys have had them under a microscope and you've physically been there four times and this is new? >> congresswoman, i don't know the details of the accusation. >> disturbing, r...

It's a product of the surge of wounded warriors who gave so much in iraq, afghanistan and before that in vietnam. we'll have more on that shortly and whether anything can be accomplished by sending american advisors back into iraq. first the human consequences back home of that flood of combat veterans. people asking for nothing more than the timely medical care their country promised them. as drew griffin reports on this program, many spent months waiting for it. some dyachenkoed waiting and certain va officials have been covering up the problem. now we've learned another cover-up may be unde...