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Manipulated or falsified records at va facilities has to be held accountable. the inspector general at the va has launched investigations into the phoenix va and other facilities. some individuals have already been put on administrative leave. i know the people are angry and want swift reckoning. i sympathize with that, but we have to let the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened. >> we have to talk about this, mike willits, you're wearing this story, congressional reporter from "the hill." cnn's drew griffin live in phoenix. it was drew and this team that broke thi...

President obama has also faced questions as to why he hasn't come out and spoken publicly about this widening scandal. the white house says that will happen soon. so this raises at least the possibility that we could hear from the president as early as today. also, interesting to see what comes out of this meeting. kate? >> absolutely right. and what comes out when rob nabors heads down to the phoenix facility and what he finds. live from the white house this morning. let's discuss this bhoer with daniel footer, a retired va physician who first told cnn about workers covering up long delays,...

Against two-term incumbent renee ellmers. clay aiken joining me live from raleigh, north carolina. welcome back to the show, mr. aiken. >> we'll talk about your race straight away. first i have to ask about the news coming out of washington today. you have, as you are well aware, american war veterans dieing, awaiting treatment at va hospitals. we talked you being pro military, your brother who served in iraq. are you angry about this, these deadly delays facing war veterans? >> i think people should all be very frustrated with the disorganization, to put it lightly, of the va. the va is an un...

Challengers falling short in the primaries but will establishment republicans like mitch mcconnell fare as well in november. the battle to mid terms has started. we'll talk about that. i want to start with president obama calling veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki to the oval office. that meeting happening as we speak. the president expected to speak right after that meeting about this book cooking scandal at va hospitals across the country. that should happen in just about 45 minutes. of course you can see the president live right here on cnn. mr. obama's statement comes as the white ...

Your reporting discovered these fake wait lists existed. now we learned that the phoenix va director got a pretty nice bonus last month in addition to last year, correct? >> that's right. i think this is what they call in d.c. bad optics. out here in phoenix they call it disgusting. the director of the phoenix va in april at the very same time the inspector general was out here investigating allegations manage 789 received an $8,500 bonus. this is just last month. the va has explained this to congress as some sort of a low-level clerical error. but, again, it is as i said, brooke, bad optics a...