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Concerned veterans for america, which is the group that kicked off the anger about the va system in arizona. this is a mainstream position being advanced by mainstream republicans and democrats were unwilling to talk when george bush was president. that has an effect. it has an administration that in this case, in the case of bergdahl was ready to celebrate something being shocked at how politically difficult everything can become when you have republicans assigning the weakness to them. >> assigning the motives of book sales for someone who is not even announced she is running for president. ...

The broader mission was of course the commander in chief's decision. it certainly is interesting and i should say chuck hagel will be on capitol hill in a public session tomorrow and the armed services chair is the one holding the hearing. it will be very interesting to hear what chuck hagel said for himself. >> dana bash, thanks so much. also this morning, senators on capitol hill are calling for a criminal investigation by the fbi after an internal audit revealed more than 120,000 veterans are either waiting for or never received care from the va. the va acting inspector general says his o...

That bergdahl may be owed up to $200,000 in back pay, but so far, no decision has been taken to pay him that money, pending the judicial review on why he fell into taliban hands, john. >> $200,000 is a lot of money, an interesting development. karl penhaul at landstuhl. thanks so much, karl. happening today, the house taking up a bill to get faster help to veterans on va wait lists. it would allow them to seek care outside the va system. it comes on the heels of a scathing report from the agency's inspector general. that report found more than 57,000 veterans waiting 90 days or longer for th...

The white house. >> reporter: so collins and others on the hill say the white house didn't want to hear objections and went forward without congress. jon. jon: the outrage continues as you say. mike emanuel on the hill. mike, thank you. jenna: add to that senators announcing a bipartisan deal to help our veterans get the medical care they need. this plan would spend $500 million to fix what some are calling a broken va system while allowing veterans to go outside that system for treatment. it is just a framework at this time. douglas mckelway is live in washington a proposed solution all the s...

Forsyth county, georgia. cumming, georgia, is the town outside of atlanta. reports of shots fired outside. an officer involved. we're tracking that down. more on that breaking news in matter of moments. i'm bill hemmer. thank you for by being with us today. you as well. >> thank you, have a good weekend. jon: fox news alert on three developing stories at this hour as we honor the service and sacrifice of so many fallen american heroes. the descendants of general eisenhower and president roosevelt mark 70 years since the d-day invasion at a wreath laying ceremony at the world war ii memorial ...