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This interview, but she felt she had to because she didn't want to get this latest allegation lost or swept under the rug. but she is fearful, like all these whistleblowers are, of retaliation at the va. she feels her career is possibly over, but she was willing to come forward because she felt -- you could see the weight on her shoulders. she's had it. >> good for you, pauline. thanks so much, drew. still to come in the "newsroom," as thousands of undocumented children stream across the border between mexico and texas, the governor of that state is pressing for a solution. >> this isn't a d...

I will continue to ask questions. >> reporter: so there you have it, a lot of anger being expressed last night and there's already multiple investigations under way by separate congressional committees into this and now a new one to add to the mix. the irs commissiony told the committee last night the treasury inspector general for tax administration has launched an investigation into the matter of these missing e-mails, and he'll be providing an independent review. kate? >> athena thank you so very much. there is another heated hearing last night on capitol hill that we have to tell you abo...

Alive. somebody is going on that electronic wait list, and where people are identified as being dead, somebody is changing that and saying no, they are not dead. >> correct. >> reporter: to hide the fact that people died on that list? >> that's my belief. >> reporter: what would be any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other purpose. >> reporter: why? dewenter says the number of dead in this v.a. wait list scandal may be even bigger than first reported, and someone, she says, is trying to cover up the record. and that has been happening fairly recently. >> yes. >> reporter: that is a cov...

System at the va. beyond a new, deeply critical report that is out today you may have heard about. this is reporting to night you will see on the program. it goes beyond what whistle blowers have told a congressional committee which is hearing testimony again tonight. a product of the surge of wounded warriors who gave so much in iraq, afghanistan, before that vietnam. the human consequences back here at home, of that flood of combat veterans. people asking for nothing more than timely access, the medical care, their country all of us promise them that they deserve. as our drew griffin on this...

On that list? >> that's my belief. >> what would be the any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other purpose. >> why? dewinter says the numbers of dead in this va wait list scandal may be even bigger than first reported. and someone, she says, is trying to cover up the record. >> and that has been happening fairly recently? >> yes. >> that is a cover-up. >> yes. >> did you feel that the investigate hes were on to that? >> yes. >> because you told them? >> i have surrendered evidence, yes. >> if there ever was a doubt there was a secret waiting list at the phoenix va, dee winter says she i...