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Investigators reveal the pings they thought were the plane's black boxes, they may be completely unrelated to the vanished jetliner. we're breaking down the surprising, new turn and what comes next. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is thursday, may 29th. it is 4:00 a.m. in east. it is early, but a lot going on. you'll be happy you're awake. we begin with breaking news in the scandal at the va. this morning, the white house says vet caerans affairs secret eric shinseki is on thin ice. that's the white house saying he's on thin ice. more lawmak...

Political. chief national correspondent jim angle explains why that word is being used in connection with obamacare. >> several states are wrestling with one of key aspects of obamacare, to keep premiums low, which the administration wanted to boost enrollment, consumers got a choice of fewer providers, those willing to accept lower reimbursements. >> they are going to find that they can't see the doctor they want to see or the hospital they want to go because a lot of best hospitals and best doctors are not in their network. >> i can't use this hospital which is two miles from my house. i hav...

Limited to those who would accept lower reimbursements. >> they will not see the doctor or hospital they want to go to because the best doctors and hospitals are not in the network. >> reporter: meaning, it will be harder to find and see a doctor that is part of the exchange. with more patients, lines are likely to grow which many argue and consumers will face rationing by waiting just like the veterans administration. >> we are all in the va now. the things that are happening in the va are similar to what are happening and will happen in obama care, because it is the incentives that come with...

Enemy? >> that's always a call for the commander in chief to make, chris. there's no plans right now for a u.s. military operation on the gound. >> admiral, while i have you let me switch topics to the va. i've been listening to politicians on now. banging the president saying we want to know more, we should have known and we had the republican leader of the veterans affairs committee. this isn't new. how much of what we're hearing about the va now have veterans been trying to bring up for years and years to different politicia politicians, from different parties and we just stayed in the same...

Jeff miller is chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs. of the million dollars he specifically gave to care for vets on the waiting list, only a third of it was used for its exclusive purpose. at that same time the waiting list kept growing. in just five months from 2500 patients to a backlog of eight 32, some patients waiting eight months for appointments. >> they will say that we redirected those dollars to go somewhere else it was needed. where would it be more needed than to prevent the deaths of veterans? these are real people we're talking about that are being harmed, either ...