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Made that decision that the way for me to affect change in the world was to be able to utilize all of these afforded me in this country. in part that respect for all of the freedoms afforded me here especially in the realm of education was because i was raised in a home where from start to finish it was with patriotism and an appreciation of this country. you know i said before my grandfather probably hung his u.s. certificate or citizenship certificate on the wall every day of his life and he never even spoke english, but he was so proud to have become a u.s. citizen. that's a household i was...

People around this country understand it. >> you know, i was outside robb elementary and i saw that makeshift memorial and there's one picture i took, i keep with me. it's a heart and says your wings were ready, but our hearts were not. you know, senator, your heart can never be ready to deal with the loss of a child. tell me a little bit quickly where you're going to be tomorrow. >> well, jose, i'm going to be down at the school with families at the different schools, making sure things go well. so many parents are not happy with a lot of the things the government has yet, has done or hasn't ...

Officials were falsifying numbers. discipline and reform or slow coming because the union that represents the employees has been fighting to protect its members. va secretary david shulkin says that things had gotten so bad the v-8 was forced to take back an employee convicted of drunk driving three times. here's what secretary shulkin said last week. >> when i became secretary, i knew about the system and i knew who was going to be resisting and who was working for change. what i've done is i've been able to build upon it. >> we should note most of those 500 plus firings came before the congr...

To be resisting and who was really working for change. and so what i've done is i've been able to build upon that. the accountability law that the president signed into action approximately two weeks ago has really given us an ability to make sure that everybody who works in the va understands that this is a different organization, a different culture, and we're really serious about making sure that we're doing best for our veterans. >> neil: you know, obviously you're doctor by training, and you haven't left that part. that's important that you'll sometimes help and work with veterans in that...

International sports organizations, chris, and local organizations and regional organizations in switzerland. one of the problems here is that the swiss system does not allow for vigorous oversight of organizations such as fifa, when we were recently in the swiss capitol to conduct interviews for our show on fifa. we spoke to a swiss parliamentarian, who is working for change. he wants fifa to have his designation switched from a nonprofit, that enjoys the same kind of lack of oversight as a yodeling organization to something more befitting a global billion dollar boheimeth which is what fifa ...