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Similar to this in the past. during hurricane katrina, many individuals flew to arizona, and at our local coliseum, we provided health care and shelter for those individuals in the short term. each year we do a big dental clinic, where literally thousands of people see dentists over the course of two days. it can be done, alex. the question is, is the political will there to make it happen. but i've made this my primary mission. my opinion is we've got to treat this as if -- what it is, an emergency. every single veteran waiting for care should get a face-to-face appointment with a doctor, and...

Waiting for health care they deserve. could the serious problems boil down to misplaced priorities? >> a v.a. in michigan spent time to cover jesus, mary and the cross after a violation found this is a policy. they must remain neutral so they put up the curtain. >> we told everybody about this story yesterday and you dig deeper to find out only 2% of the people there do not believe in jesus and mary being these religious figures. >> that's right. and those are the numbers coming from the government. they actually poll or find out from their patients what their religious denomination is. one of...

More outsxrag disbelief in the v.a. scandal. sadly, no hearing will change the state of the vets who have died waiting for care. with me now, good evening, congressman. you are not only a congressman, you are a physician, a veteran, you questioned the v.a. officials in the phoenix scandal. i don't know if you heard this, congressman, but dr. mitchell just told us, and i don't think you've even heard this. that the i.g. was intentionally slanlting reports to favor the veterans administration. what do you think of that? >> i just heard it when you had the interview. i am completely disenchanted ...

Sergeant bergdahl. >> also, the firestorm over the va. one whistleblower said the worst may be yet to come. one insider talks to me about that. why is the fbi talking to golfer phil mickelson about a wall street legend. hey there, everyone, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." here's what's happening right now. first up, secretary defense chuck hagel is revealing new details about the release of bowe bergdahl after held for nearly five years by the taliban in afghanistan. the deal was brokered with the country of qatar. now part of the arrangement, these five afghan detainees were release...

All right. thank you. >> the president leaving the white house briefing room after announcing he accepted the resignation of eric shinseki as secretary of veteran affairs. president saying it's a painful decision for him but shinseki told him he didn't want to be a distraction and the department of veterans affairs need to move an and get to the task at hand. drew griffin is joining us together with analysts and reporters. without your excellent reporting over the past several months, the country would not have known about what's really going on at some of these va facilities across the united...