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I think it's premature to make that decision. there's a lot of investigating that needs to go on. what concerns me the most are the veterans. in just talking about the veteran valdez, we need to focus right now on the veterans because if this has been going on, it means that some of these hospital centers are so crowded that they haven't been able to comply with their own standards. so we need to conduct some kind of an emergency action here, and i think the president of the united states has a discretion, certainly the responsibility to move on this and say if you're not seeing these people a...

Eric shinseki for a meeting at the white house today. this as the administration conversations to battle to contain the growing outrage over the potentially dead lly wait times for veterans. now officials say they're investigating 26 different va hospitals and clinics and the president is dispatching a top aide to the phoenix va facility where cnn first reported on those secret wait lists. let's get over to michelle kaczynski first. what are we learning about the meeting? >> va secretary shinseki is faced multiple calls for resignation. questions from the president as to why he wouldn't giver ...

Them. i want them to enjoy everything that they intend to. >> how do you guarantee that you get the best quality, high-quality physicians working in the va system? >> well, i think it is safe to say that we don't. but make no mistake about it, we've got some great professionals within the va. they're passionate about the population they're working for. but in many cases, this is like every other bureaucracy that we find in the federal government. it doesn't function with common sense. when a veteran picks up the phone and calls the va facility, it starts with getting a happy person on the othe...

>> we were met by armed federal guards who told us he did not have permission to even set foot on the hospital's property. we do know the pittsburgh va has issued a statement saying it is now implementing the improvements recommended by the inspector general report. but that's not good enough for congressman jeff miller, chairman of the house committee on veteran's affairs. earlier this month, miller toured, yesterday, another va facility. miller says his committee is doing its own investigation into the pittsburgh legionnaire outbreak. that's not all. believe it or not, people in

One in four veterans wait more than a month to see a doctor. that means during the course of the year, as many as a million veterans may be waiting more than a year to see a doctor. that's wrong. that's unacceptable. >> it is wrong. it is unacceptable and outrageous. if my guess is, if i were to ask you what is the worst case scenario here, you're probably going to tell me suicide. >> yes. i'm going to tell you suicide. it's tragic. just last week i spoke with a suicidal veteran who was denied care in a va facility. this is beyond unacceptable. this is tragic. and va needs to get fixed. va nee...