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You told me you didn't look at the list. >> i told you we didn't document the numbers. >> president obama was said to find the report troubling but still standing behind eric sin she c sec can i although that support may not hold. to add to the va's troubles another accusation last night that one of the officials sent to investigate the facility in phoenix turned the trip into a vacation. >> you spent easter weekend there with your wife, how you could have possibly thought it was appropriate to turn such a critical serious mission into a personal holiday. >> it was the easter weekend. i though...

To make way for a new agency, the veterans administration. thousands of world war i veterans were marching on washington over unpaid bonuses and poor health care. by 1945, president harry truman accepted general hines' resignation amid accusations of poor care. the agency had similar troubles and scandals pretty much throughout its history. in 1972, vietnam veterans protested the 72 republican national conventions that nominated richard nixon. including disabled vietnam veteran ron covick who said in a speech, i'm a vietnam veteran, i gave america my all and the leaders of this government thre...

Downplaying the health effects of agent orange while enjoying the benefits of a chauffeured car. there were ig reports in 2000, and right up to the present day. the latest report includes the neglect of nearly 1,700 veterans in phoenix. probably the most famous veteran in the country, john mccain, and the ranking member of the armed services committee. he and the rest on the delegation are asking for secretary shinseki to be fired. veterans have always been really vocal about the problems in the va. they do speak out in protest and make noise. do the members of congress just never hear it? did...

The handling of the va. but congress created the va, funds the va and presumably provides oversite. what do these members of congress doing all this time? that wraps things up for "the reid report." join us back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. "the cycle" is up next. >> hey, joy. >> we're going to start off with the latest on the va scandal. will secretary shinseki step down. as we know, the problem is much bigger than that. what happens next? we're going to spin about edward snowden in the big interview last night. does putting a human face on the human story we've been following so close...

Really sad. i've interviewed many of them, too. i've interviewed hundreds of veterans. they will start telling their stories. and you're talking about grizzled world war ii or vietnam veterans, and they'll start crying, trembling lips, because they're so frustrated, so angried and they don't know what to do. i would say at least among that population, there's a tremendous amount of angst. and right now, aggressiveness, too. i will say, there are some veterans who get really good care at the va and they are also trying to stand up and say, no, no, this agency december me good. there's that side...