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To say, but and work these scheduled appointments so at least i felt the sickest of the sick were being treated. >> and you're making basically those triage decisions? >> yes. >> so you're bumping one veteran for the other based on who's the sickest? >> yeah. yeah. >> the stress she says was unbearable. then cape the call she had to make in early december. she finally had found an appointment available for a navy veteran who had come to the va months earlier urinating blood. >> so i called the family and that's when i found out that he was dead. >> de wenter would not tell us the patient's nam...

Who has done exemplary work on our behalf. >> a nice ouster but an ouster nonetheless. it's something many have been calling for from congress to veterans community itself. it's partly because this is such an emotional issue for so many. especially for those who claim to have lost loved ones as a result of those swelling wait times at va hospitals. sally barnes breen is one of that number and appeared on the show twice before. she blames the va hospital in phoenix for the loss of her father-in-law, thomas breen, who died from cancer last november. he's sally barnes breen reacting moments ago t...

Hours ago and he was very sincere about his desire to reform the department. at the end of the day, fundamentally the first order of question is since the department has lost the trust and confidence of the veterans and the department as a system has clearly not been able to follow directions of the secretary, what's going to be different in the coming weeks and months for whoever, whether it's deputy secretary gibson or quite frankly the president so they get independent verification so they can actually fix. it is a systemic problem that has to be addressed by all sides. >> thank you both ve...

Giving you the appointment for your father-in-law and it came too late. >> yes, december 6th they called me up and said, hi, may we speak to thomas breen. who's calling? they said the va hospital, well, i'm his caretaker and i can medically -- power of attorney, whatever have you, i can speak to you. we're trying to set up an appointment. i flipped up. he was dead already. he was dead already. here's for the whole news, you know what's really sad? the saddest thing is after all of this, on the news, channel 10, andrew came to my house and put on the news a few months ago, i called the va to ha...

address them. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care they need. that was rick's judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans and i agree. >> joining me now is derrick bennett, msnbc analyst jack jacobs joining me by phone. first to you, is this the first step or right move? >> we certainly applaud the president for making an aggressive step in replacing general shinseki and applaud shinseki's five deck atds of service to this country. this is not about a single individual or one leader. it's a systemic ...