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I am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. >> parents are fighting back after unions try to block key reforms to the va. this as a house panel with new rules for firing va workers. peter doocy is live with what this means for the agency. good morning, peter. >> good morning, ainsley. congress is trying to make it easier for veterans affairs department to fire people who aren't taking proper care of

I should have worn green. >> happyurt day earth day heather. hope you're off to a good day. this coming out of washington, d.c. the head of the va has a new idea to fix a billion dollars construction problem. he says pay for it by raiding veteran treatment funds. a va hospital construction project in colorado, is more than a billion dollars overbudget. now the va secretary wants to pay for it with a fund designed to help veterans pay for outside doctors while the va deals with that huge delay in treatment. republican lawmakers slammed this idea. suggesting instead mass firings of those respo...

>> no punish. for a former government worker who admitted to spying for the chinese. brand new documents obtained by fox news are showing up the fbi investigated the state department translator late last year for accepting $1,000 for china to spy american citizens and u.s. government employees. the justice department has not given a reason why it has been prosecuted so far. the head of the da getting new heat for the botched project. robert mcdonald wants to take a billion dollars away from the fund designed to help veterans pay for outside doctors while the department deals with huge treatmen...

As a health care company. >> anderson, we've been reporting on these delays in care -- >> cnn spent more than a year investigating delays in care at veterans affairs hospitals. we exposed systematic problems in the va and thousands of veterans were waiting months, even years to see a doctor. cnn's reporting also uncovered va workers cooking the books to cover up long wait times. congressional hearings were held and va secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign. president obama brought in a new secretary, bob mcdonald who has vowed to clean up the va. 7.1 million more people had health insu...

Locations. they made good on the promise early. on september 3rd, pulled all tobacco products from the shelves. this would cost the company $2 billion a year, but tobacco is against it's moral and ethical principles a as health care company. >> anderson, we've been reporting on your program on these delays at these hospitals -- >> cnn spent more than a year in investigating delay in care at veteran hospitals. we exposed problems throughout the va, and cnn's reporting found that thousands of veterans across the country were waiting months, even years to see a doctor. cnn's reporting also uncove...