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White house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president's full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. >> how does he run the department if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president? >> the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked the secretary to provide to him. >> reporter: a growing list of senate ...

Candidate steps forward. at this point, the gop isn't -- they got him out of the way. they'll turn their ire on to the president and this fall election. this is still a hot political football. i think the democrats side and the republicans -- people have lost their lives while waiting on that list, waiting to get medical services with the va system. >> any of the names on the short list to permanently replace shinseki that you find interesting or think would be a good candidate? >> some of the names you put on air are great people of our time, secretary gates, colin powell. there are others. i...

Shelly sterling agrees to sell the clippers to former microsoft ceo steve ballmer for a whopping $2 billion, but can she sell without donald? and his lawyer says he is spoiling for a fight. pressure mounting. va secretary eric shinseki set to speak this morning as more and more lawmakers say it's time for him to step aside. will he resign? and if he does, will it help the troubled va system? terror at 1,300 feet. look at this. the glass on the viewing ledge of the willis tower in chicago seemingly cracks. terrified tourists fearing for their lives. the video you just have to see. the video...

Appointment in some cases and where they don't have an established relationship with a doctor and they're not in the system. part of that is going to be technology. part of that is management. as rick shinseki himself indicated, there's a need for a change in culture within the vha and perhaps the va as a hole that makes sure that bad news gets surfaced quickly so that things can be fixed. i know that was the attitude of secretary shinseki and what he communicated to folks under him but they didn't execute. that's a problem. christie parson, last question. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president...

Have known about problems that predate obama, and i just wonder -- and i recently talked to a doctor who's a professor down at nyu, she's a current, practicing doctor for nyu who worked in the va system who said she was not caught off guard by this at all. it was no surprise to her because of what she saw happening behind those doors, and the wait lists were long, and there were problems, and they were systemic. if it was so obvious, tucker, you're saying these problems have lasted forever, everybody knows that, it was so obvious to her, then why are we talking about shinseki, and why aren't w...