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Forced scheduling clerks to do exactly what this lady has done. and there are protections for her, and i can only say this, that, that she is some one that we should all be very proved. regardless of whatever the consequences are, she stepped out, and is helping bring this story forward. but as a whistle blower, she has protections at the federal level. >> this letter sent to president obama from the head of the agency that investigates whistle blower complaints saying the va didn't listen to what the whistle blowers were telling them month after month. think of people that could have been giv...

Biopsy done to determine whether or not he had cancer. he couldn't be seen for two months >> reporter: office of special counsel sent a letter to president obama detailing a culture of non-responsiveness at the v.a., all kinds of problems. maybe the most stunning was in a long-term mental health facility in brockton, massachusetts. one veteran had his first mental health evaluation eight years after he moved in. another veteran, seven years. >> i have evidence. >> reporter: now a whistleblower in phoenix where the scandal broke and where 35 veterans died awaiting care said she was instructed t...

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 program was first to report, many spend months waiting for it. you know that by now. some die waiting and some va officials have been covering up the problem. now we learned a cover-...

Good evening. thank you for joining us. the question for the second hour of 360. how many americans who risked their lives for this country died waiting for care. off to night you will hear from a whistle blower who tells us why the answer allude us. she is alleging a cover-up beyond the one we reported on stranger than any you can imagine. bringing dead vets on paper at least back to life. keeping them honest tonight. also tonight, bowe bergdahl's latest stop after five years in captivity. what it says about the pace of captivity and rest of his life may look like. >> details on how investiga...

Years in a mental hospital? >> eight years. eight years. confirmed tonight in a hearing up on capitol hill. it's just crazy. and these critical reports are ignored routinely. and the va according to the office of special council really doesn't acknowledge the fact that all of this abuse of care, harms the veterans. they kind of say, well, yeah, you know pretty bad. but there is no actual evidence that patients are harmed. these patients are dead, you know, many of them are. going to tell you right now. >> the more you reveal. the worse it gets. drew, reaction to drew's reporting from congressm...