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Chris frates is in washington, d.c. as drew griffin has continued this reporting, the floodgates of information about disastrous happenings throughout the va and it has been called systemic, i think we're in agreement about that, it started with 40 people dying while waiting on lists at the phoenix va. i think it went to 1,700 who were stuck on waiting lists across the country. then again today i think i saw the headline, 700 more found on waiting lists in pittsburgh. and now i'm hearing a new audit, something called phase one, one of 216 different site audits, is revealing even more, as if th...

This is a long wait period. but at least they're beginning to respond. we'll find out more. >> i want you to listen, congressman, our brooke baldwin spoke with parents of a veteran who committed suicide after being treated at that phoenix v.a. hospital. they were forcing him to switch psychiatrists. his father then read on cnn part of a letter that the son daniel had written before committing suicide. listen to this. >> i cannot laugh or cry. i can barely leave the house. i derive no pleasure from any activity. everything simply comes down to passing time until i can sleep again. now to sleep ...

Is not a strong leader circle. brought that perception on himself often he seems befuddled by major problems. not informed, disengaged. when mr. obama does finally commit to strong action when he threatened tyrant in assad. result some of the people working under him do not fear accountability this phoenix v.a. situation is so bad the fbi should be involved 14 v.a. medical people are making more than $300,000 each every year. and they may have cooked the books to protect those huge salary. as sean hannity said on the radio today that's a fine. knew the shinseki and the president weren't paying...

Appointment in some cases and where they don't have an established relationship with a doctor and they're not in the system. part of that is going to be technology. part of that is management. as rick shinseki himself indicated, there's a need for a change in culture within the vha and perhaps the va as a hole that makes sure that bad news gets surfaced quickly so that things can be fixed. i know that was the attitude of secretary shinseki and what he communicated to folks under him but they didn't execute. that's a problem. christie parson, last question. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president...

Root of these deep, deep embedded problems at the department of veterans affairs. you heard him earlier this morning saying he's been lied to by top officials inside that agency and people at the various hospital facilities around t country. this is a crisis in confidence. we heard earlier this week that the secretary is on thin ice and we heard the ice starting tocar was asked if the president had confidence in shinseki and he did not answer the question. difficult to see the president come out say now he has confidence in eric shinseki. it's a matter of putting the toothpaste back in the tub...