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>> tonight, lawmakers will hear about the va's fiscal irresponsibility, overpaying veterans $85 million since 2012 and the possibility they could potentially overpay another $370 million over the next five years. and inspector general will spell out misconduct allegations in philadelphia, including mail bins full of claims not scanned into the va system, and cherry picking and processing easy claims out of order. lawmakers will also hear from more va whistleblowers, and the inspector general will say more work needs to be done at the va to get rid of the backlog. >> former uss cole commander s...

The entire va system is going to employed. >> all the way back to lincoln the foundation of the system was to serve the veterans and make sure their family gets the care they need as well. and you feel that has failed in so many ways. thanks for coming forward and talking to us today, doctor. >> thank you for having me. 22 minutes before the hour. stunned, silence at the stadium at the world cup. germany scored five goals against brazil in five minutes. in route to a shocking 7-1 victory in the semi finals. 7-1! >> what happened? >> that is the worst defeat in the history of the country. >> ...

>> you filled a report that you not was going to be private and that was leaked. tell us about that. >> i filled an iog complaint in regard to multiple situations. when i filled it, i went to every friend i had in the va system and said tell me your life threatening issues and the things that can't wait for the slow process of change and i will put them forward into my complaint because i wanted it to have the biggest chance of making a positive impact. names have been leaked when i filled it in the past and i knew there would be a good chance my name would be leaked so i told friends to give ...

Speaking out about the hospital spending millions on obama ads. others covered up wait times and mistreatment of the veterans. >> the va has intimidated any employee that brings forth information that is against what the va wishes to project. i submitted a complaint about the va system and ten days after they received my report i was put on leave for a month. the deficiencies were obvious at the er and the actual mistakes and misses sky rocketed. strokes, heart attacks, blood infections and other serious issues were routinely missed by inexperienced nurses or nurses that were overwhelmed by th...

Investigation because its leadership failed to address the needs of veterans. so, that will be the big question. >> yeah. >> does bob mcdonald, this corporate, you know, leader, have the ability to hire and fire people at will to fix what interesting, a corporate leader, mcdonald is not a traditional pick, he is not a military general. do you think that could affect his potential leadership or maybe even work to his advantage? >> reporter: i think it will work to his advantage. the problem has been that we've looked for war heroes or combat generals or whatever to run the va system and what it...