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Not really hurt, but temporarily useless in a military operation. the government says the court's injunction would improperly limit their discretion by spellsifying how the army there provide medical care. the army insists the veterans must prove their disability is related to their time at edgewood and can only be treated at va facilities. >> we don't have time for that 6 or 7 years down the road. reporter: former justice department lawyer says the government wants to maintain control over how medical care is provided. >> the government is the one that has to balance costs and try to finds mo...

Not really hurt, but temporarily useless in a military operation. the government says the court's injunction would improperly limit their discretion by spellsifying how the army there provide medical care. the army insists the veterans must prove their disability is related to their time at edgewood and can only be treated at va facilities. >> we don't have time for that 6 or 7 years down the road. reporter: former justice department lawyer says the government wants to maintain control over how medical care is provided. >> the government is the one that has to balance costs and try to finds mo...

Scandal over excessive wait times for veterans at va facilities. tragic news tonight from here in washington. a federal worker was killed this morning when a large tree fell on him near the u.s. capitol. the architect of the capitol's offices matthew mcclanahan was working on irrigation pipe at the time of the accident. house speaker paul ryan asked for prayers for his wife and young children. right now, the state of arkansas plans to execute to death row inmates thursday. it is the next scheduled event in a flurry of sentences to be carried out before the end of the month. last night schedule...

Scandal over excessive wait times for veterans at va facilities. tragic news tonight from here in washington. a federal worker was killed this morning when a large tree fell on him near the u.s. capitol. the architect of the capitol's offices matthew mcclanahan was working on irrigation pipe at the time of the accident. house speaker paul ryan asked for prayers for his wife and young children. right now, the state of arkansas plans to execute to death row inmates thursday. it is the next scheduled event in a flurry of sentences to be carried out before the end of the month. last night schedule...

>> bret: john, there is a controversy over the lack of presidential portraits at va facilities across the country. >> the other day it was brought to the attention of florida congressman brian mast, who himself is a disabled veteran. that there weren't any portraits of the president. west palm beach and other facilities. mast, with a group of veterans, went to the va with their own portraits of president trump and hung them up on the wall. after they left, va staff took them down which prompted the white house to send a directive to the va. which it passed along to all of the hospitals across ...