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Martha: i think whisper having a great ol' time, whether he likes it or not. have a great weekend, everybody. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: we'll take up right where they left off with a fox news alert. embattled va secretary eric shinseki just met with president obama at the white house after addressing the scandal head-on in a speech to a service organization for homeless veterans just a few hours ago. it has been a fast-moving story this morning, really all week long. great to see you this friday. i'm jenna lee. >> i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. as 100 members of congress are c...

We need to get answers. >> it goes to the competence of the administration. >> the president is the one who should be held accountable. >> this could be the biggest issue of the election. >> it's not suggesting there's a political scandal to step in and say, i asked for a job to be done, job not done, we have to bring in somebody else. >> on thin ice, those are the words of an administration official to nbc news this afternoon describing the dicey situation for v.a. secretary eric shinseki. his job is now very much on the line after the release of a damning report which confirmed that 1,700 ve...

General for ten years and has not listened to the government accountability office for ten years because if you did, you would have known about these scheduling problems, wait times and inability -- >> drew, let me say that i have knowledge during the course of this hearing that i think v.a. made assumptions that our data were accurate. i think that we assume that the oig and gao information, patient concerns were exceptions rather than rules. i think knowledge that we have perhaps elevated performance majors to goals, that we need to improve that system. >> wolf, dr. lynch went on to say that...

Problem. >> not until the last few days has the media's coverage reached white hot intensity with some pundits and politicians calling for veterans secretary eric shinseki to resign. >> the white house knew. now, the "washington times" is reporting that the obama administration was notified about scheduling problems and delayed care at multiple veterans affairs hospitals more than five years ago. >> if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and i will not tolerate it, period. >> but some are still saying the va mess is kind of an old story. >> it feels to me...

Without the words "under god" was provided for president obama and only president obama to read to highlight the fact that there are different versions and there are different versions, five of them, in fact. two of them do not include those words, three of the other versions that lincoln wrote up later after the address do include the words. you read one of those versions and i think also worth noting, when you look at the dozens of people who participated in this project, you're in pretty good company. not just the president but you had usher and taylor swift doing this as well. >> they are ...