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Daughter, if i'm going to put my life on the line and something happens to me, which is a possibility, are they going to be there to take care of me on the back end when i need them? >> danny, one thing -- i looked at the bernie sanders measure. there some good ideas in there, including vouchers for service men and women who might be facing substantial delays within the va system to just go across the street or the town or another city to get care. i sometimes think we can overthink solutions here but that might be one very quick good one. so that no service member, present or former, has to w...

Prisoner or hostage. >> critics of the prisoner exchange believe it will give terrorists a strong incentive to capture more americans in an attempt to negotiate the release of other detainees. big story out of washington today. the president is set to unveil a new plan setting limits on carbon emissions from power plants. this calls for a 30% reduction by 2030. the president going around congress to put this measure together. the new initiative could take effect next year. it's part of a larger climate action plan that also promotes renewable energy sources, including solar and wind. >> the ...

Broken. there's a basis for that, a change in policy against this sort of exchange may lead to further capture of soldiers, and that's that puts others at risk. we know during this time bowe has been in prison there's been threats to kill him, calls for ransom, calls for larger numbers of prisoner exchanges within this whole process. generally when a war tends to wind down, one does more of these exchanges at the end but it is a concern and a policy, the fact it's been made, a policy that will have to be reviewed t will help other soldiers understand what they should be doing under these circu...

Report. you know, alex, like most people across the country i was shocked when i learned of the depth of the mismanagement. and frankly, the fraud and abuse that occurred at the phoenix va. as you know, alex, i represent the phoenix va hospital and many of the veterans who have been seeking care at that hospital for years. >> i'm curious, did the veterans' families, before this all became such a public firestorm, did any of them reach out to you and say we are having problems with our va system? >> absolutely, alex. my office in phoenix is staffed with msws, masters of social workers, and our ...

Victor. by him becoming the fall guy, will the media lose its focus? will the public lose its focus as opposed to keeping the attention on the systematic changes that have to be made in the veteran administration. >> i don't think that is going to happen because so many people on both sides of the aisle actually care about this and that is one of the things that many veterans i talked with yesterday had real concern over. it is the disconnect at the top that seems to be the va secretary did the right thing by stepping down and resigning. i think everyone can agree on that one. but is there rea...