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Making the complaints over the course of years, and in some cases not feeling like they've gotten that much response. do you detect on capitol hill, looking in the mirror on the members of congress, or is this 100% being focused on the white house? >> reporter: i think there is some of that, joy, certainly. but right now, this is being focused squarely on the white house and the department of veterans affairs. and i think that interim ig report was so problematic for secretary shinseki, because it outlined what appears to be systematic misconduct, and failures at va hospitals. so that is why y...

When the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee speaks out. detailing the extent of the phoenix va's alleged fraud saying two sets of records were kept, one that was secret with the real and lengthy wait time, another that falsely showed bogus two-week waits. investigators believe as many as 40 veterans may have died while waiting for appointments. dr. foot later appeared on the kelly files. >> you say literally that veterans are dying and have died as a result of this shody system at the phoenix va where they are ignoring veterans until they die. explain? >> what happened was in feb...

The taxpayers but they are $3.3 billion in paying their own taxes. they include 714 capitol hill workers and 36 in the white house. nearly 3.5% of federal workers and retirees owe back taxes which is a lower percentage than the public at large. the agency with the most, the department of veterans affairs. the va's health care and administrative woes are all over the news but their fiscal decisions have earned plenty of criticism as well. the washington free beacon reported the department has spent almost $500 million on furniture and draperies over the last four and a half years. republican se...

Secretary still has job tonight. some democrats are bailing and some of his sporters are wavering. what seems to be prevalent is dissatisfaction with how the president has handled the situation. >> reporter: as the president returned from a trip in new york state in chicago promoting american tourism and fundraising for democrats, the outrage over the va's allegedly hiding long wait times for vets medical care continued to grow. house majority whip kevin mckarthy declared it a national embarrassment. the american legion's roscoe butler says others should follow. we feel strongly that it's time...

It was preventable. we need to find out what decisions failed. we need to find out why they stuck with the story about the video for so long. >> reporter: and we expect to hear there house speaker john boehner at the bottom of the hour. benghazi, undoubtedly, will be one of the topics that comes up, and again, we expect to hear from house democratic nancy pelosi in a couple of hours. patti ann: mike emanuel live on capitol hill, thanks. and speaker john boehner is expected to discuss the house select committee on benghazi coming up at the bottom of the hour. of we will bring that to you live. ...