this system is going to take a long time to heal. for many it remains infuriating. >> i'm skeptical of the -- >> reporter: the v.a. bureaucrats returned for this hearing with a far less defensive tone, an opening mea culpa. >> this is a breech of trust. it's irresponsible, indefensible and unacceptable. >> reporter: but then this was the answer to the very first question. >> mr. chairman, i don't have the answer to that question. >> reporter: and here we go again. >> it pains me that we're at this point. how did we get here? >> members of congress getting angrier. >> the reality is you're not outraged. >> i think it's a good system. >> it's not a good system. tell me how you can say it's a good system. >> i think it's a good system, congressman. >> not if you're a veteran, it's not. >> reporter: and they are hearing from their constituents. >> i was approached by a mom whose son committed suicide while he was waiting for mental health services. >> a guy with a detached retina for five months he didn't get treated. >> he was referred to get a

biopsy done to determine whether or not he had cancer. he couldn't be seen for two months >> reporter: office of special counsel sent a letter to president obama detailing a culture of non-responsiveness at the v.a., all kinds of problems. maybe the most stunning was in a long-term mental health facility in brockton, massachusetts. one veteran had his first mental health evaluation eight years after he moved in. another veteran, seven years. >> i have evidence. >> reporter: now a whistleblower in phoenix where the scandal broke and where 35 veterans died awaiting care said she was instructed to keep a secret waiting list while she made life or death decisions about whom to schedule and someone has now gone into the system and changed the status of several deceased veterans to still alive. >> to hide the fact that people died on that list? >> that's my belief. >> reporter: what would be the -- any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other

purpose. >> reporter: as this story broke while the hearing was going on, more disbelief. >> still, while we've been doing this, these hearings for a couple of months, americans are literally wondering when is this going to stop. >> reporter: so the v.a. last night said it felt confident it has the tools and data necessary to move forward. it just becomes clear that they are still in the triage stage dealing with the emergency at hand, and congress wants to know why it took this long for the problems to even become known. just think that this all came to light because of those whistleblowers, many of whom faced retaliation. john? >> all right. thanks, michelle. wait, there's more. a top white house lawyer will take the stand in day two of a house oversight hearing on lost e-mails at the irs. today's testimony follows a game of political cat and mouse surrounding claims that the irs targeted conservative groups. cnn's athena jones is in washington with this one. good morning, athena. >> reporter: good morning, john.

we're talking about high drama on capitol hill last night. this hearing lasted more than three and a half hours, and for much of that time it was republicans grilling the irs commissioner, accusing him of working to cover up the fact that all these e-mails had gone missing. they said the irs commissioner testified back in march that the irs would provide all of lois lerner's e-mails and come to find out just earlier this month that owe mails over a two-year period are missing because of this hard drive crash. i want to play for you a heated exchange, one of several, between the committee chairman darrell issa and the irs commissioner. let's play that. >> all the e-mails we have will be provided. i did not say i would provide you e-mails that would be disappeared. if have you a magical way for me to do that, i would be happy to know about that. we're providing all the e-mails. the fact that three years ago, some of them, not all of them, were not available. i never said i would provide you e-mails we didn't, have and, in

fact, we are going to provide you 24,000 e-mails from the time period. >> my time section period and i've lost my patience with you. >> so there you heard some strong words there, heated words, and we expect to see more of that today. john. >> athena, i understand there is another investigation into this at this point. >> that's right, yet another one. we heard from the irs commissioner last night that the treasury inspector general for tax administration has already opened an independent review, an investigation into these missing lerner e-mails, and so we expect to see that report at some point, but, of course, this hard drive crash happened three years ago, so unclear at this point how long it will take for that independent review to be completed. john? >> athena jones in washington, thanks so much. let's turn now to the crisis in iraq where the country over the country's main oil refinery is intensifying. there's conflicting reports over whether the military or isis militants have taken control of it this morning, and we've just learned that iraqi air strikes have killed 19 militants near that oil complex.

this comes after secretary of state john kerry, he met with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki, who has agreed to begin the process to form a new government. let's get to baghdad live for the very latest. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, i kate, as you've said we've spent the week see-sawing between the conflicting ownership of the baiji refinery. we're hearing that the iraqi air force has called in strikes which just gives you a sense of how much that battle has intensified. we're already seeing the impact of that here on the ground. up in the north of iraq, eyewitnesses are reporting ques stretching for hours at gas stations. interestingly, even the iraqi army admits that the militants are going very carefully in their attempt to take over the refinery, hoping that they will be able to use it for their own needs, fuel needs in the coming days and weeks, but it's not just about controlling the oil supply to iraq's north.

it's also about getting that crucial step closer to baghdad. baiji is on the highway to the iraqi capital. secretary of state kerry is up in the kurdish region. he's just met with the president, and he's bringing the same message he brought down here to baghdad, have you to unite. any military help that the u.s. brings must go hand in hand with a political resolution here on the ground in iraq but these gains that we're seeing the militants taking in day after day, that really gives you a sense of how quickly both of these proses isses need to move and they need to move in tandem. all of those we're speaking to here on the ground are telling us, kate, that u.s. military help cannot come soon enough. kate? >> how they unite and how quickly they can pull it off. that's where all the skepticism remains on the ground in baghdad and, of course, here still in the u.s. thank you so much. important to note, next hour chief national skurecurity headm

sciutto will be sitting down for an exclusive interview. >> a parachute accident in southern california last night resulting in the sailor's death. we do know they were doing routine parachute training and the knave is investigating what exactly went wrong. a federal appeals report has issued a secret justice department memo on an ire strike that killed a u.s. citizen. the memo authorized the use of military form against al alaqui. >> officials in syria say the

last of the dangerous chemical weapons have been handed over. they will transferred to american ship and destroyed over the next couple of months while the remaining material will be disposed at a toxic waste side. the handover is part of a deal reached last fall under threat of u.s. air strikes but there's still questions about whether or not syria is hiding undeclared poison gases that are not classified as chemical weapons. first lady michelle obama says she will not run for office after she leaves the white house. during a summit focused on family friendly work policy she made it clear that her future work will not involve politics. >> no, i will not be political. yeah, no. it definitely will not be. it will be mission-based. it will be service-focused. it will, you know -- >> she made it pretty clear. mrs. obama believes the united states is ready for a female president. and the ratings are in, at least 25 million people watched

sunday's u.s.-portugal world cup match. more than 18 million of you saw it on espn and another 6.5 million caught the spanish language broadcast on univision. the ratings were the highest ever for any soccer match televised in the united states. this could also mean another ratings bonanza when the team takes on germany this thursday, but today you have costa rica-england and italy versus uruguay and ivory coast versus japan. >> the u.s.-germany game is at 12:00 so you may have to skip work. >> we don't condone that. >> who cares. >> it comes right after here here on cnn. we'll extensive pre-game coverage of the u.s. game and i know you'll be watching. you can come on the pre-game show. >> pass it down. >> big reach there. >> let's move to weather right now. i know indra is keeping her eye on flooding going on in the midwest. what can you tell us about the situation there? >> definitely not what you want

to be seeing, michaela. all the rain that hit over the weekend in the upper midwest. this is cedar rapids in towards iowa. several days later we're talking about that water trickling down. so much rain there. highways covered, and here's the concern. let's talk about where we should be seeing those rivers and what the river gauges are showing. we should be seeing below 14 feet. already we're talking about 19 feet out there, and even if it doesn't rain any more, it's still expect toddrickle down, continuing to heighten to 20 feet by thursday. keep in mind this is the forecast without any rain, but, unfortunately, more rain is still in the forecast, and that's the concern as those rivers keep rising up, up and up. so a lot of showers are still going to be out there today. as far as the severe weather threat, it's out there, very concentrated from denver, kind of down from the texas panhandle. 3 million of you do have that threat, even for tornadoes out there, but the bulk of you talking about those scattered showers, the hot, humid, summer factor that everyone is

complaining about, but keep in mind there are a couple of cold fronts out there. what does that mean? a couple of chances for more showers into the northeast. you kind of want to see it day by day. pittsburgh, cleveland, back into cincinnati, you'll get the heavier rain showers and dry notes along the actual east coast. once we go in through tomorrow the rain will shift farther east, new york city, d.c., phil philly, up towards about, you'll be talking about the rain as well. temperature-wise, a mixed bag where it's supposed to be but not necessarily comfortable. 88 degrees, humid, showers, that's what we're looking at in d.c., new york city 81, 90s down in the south. behind the cold front more mild. still scary when you talk about all the rain and the rivers are still cresting. >> a meteorologist used the term mixed bag. >> i'm like wondering what word she's going to pick on because she's got a lot of words to puck on. >> like reaching 90 in washington and that can feel a

whole lot worse in washington with the humidity. >> not a dry heat. >> so pleasant though. >> always. >> a mixed bag. >> steamy. >> thanks, indra. >> coming up next on "new day," primary day in seven states. could this be the end of the line for two longtime members of congress? we'll talk about it. >> plus, a kidnapped baby found alone near the side of the road. look at that picture. we'll the details of this dramatic image that's gone viral just ahead. what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... oh yeah, and frosted! what's your most favorite of all? hmm...the kind i have with you. me too.

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welcome back. startling new allegations against the veterans affairs department. a whistleblower tells cnn that veterans' records were changed at the phoenix v.a. hospital in order to hide how many of them died waiting for care. the allegations were made public just as lawmakers grilled v.a. officials on capitol hill about the growing scandal last night. let's discuss the political fallout with paul begala, cnn democratic commentator and strategic adviser a usa priorities action and ketch madden, republican strategist and cnn commentator.

good morning to both of you. this just keeps getting worse and worse. what's unique about this, i think you can both agree, it's not partisan. this problem, unfortunately, has spanned administrations, but it does make me wonder as this gets worse and worse, where does the buck stop? when does it begin hurting the president? >> well, it may have already. as you recall, when he campaigned in 2008 he campaigned in part on trying to fix the v.a. most people think general shinseki who just resigned, terrific man, army chief of staff but clearly the place is a mess. republicans so far, you're right, republicans so far on this one have not seemed to partisan the way they have been on the irs and these other things, they have not. if i give them free advice, stay with the facts. the facts are outrangeous and indefensible. everybody wants to get to the bottom of it. there ought to be investigations by the congress, and there ought to be prosecutions, if warranted but so far the republicans have played this politically very wisely by not being too partisan on it. their inclination, they won't be

able to contain themselves, they will go too far and politicize this. >> real quick on this, paul, you say it may have hurt the president already. yes, he's got -- there's a lot on his plate especially on the international front, but what more can the president do? should the president be doing more? he's put one of his senior guys down there to investigate, rob nabors, a guy a lot of people trust within the administration, but we don't hear kind of lighting his hair on fire about this. >> he has put a very top person there, removed the secretary to begin with. he sent his deputy chief of staff nabors down there to the v.a. to fix it. that's about all you can do. what you have to do is turn up the heat on the investigators and the people being investigated. people are not cooperating. they need to know that that's unacceptable, but frankly this is not really the president's investigation to run because it's going to have to be done i hope ultimately by prosecutors but also the congress has an oversight responsibility. i have to say the media here, your network and mine, cnn, has

covered this really well and has done a terrific job trying to get to the bottom of it. >> wait, there's more. there was an irs hearing on capitol hill last night. the second one we've seen over the last week that got very, very contentious. republicans on the committee really going right after the irs commissioner. do you think this level of confrontation plays well with the american people because these exchanges are downright hostile? >> it does because it's -- it's because it's the irs, and i think right now people feel like the irs and the federal government is not giving them very simple answers to very simple questions about concerns that they have, and this is a legitimate area of congressional authority. they have oversight over the irs. and in many ways so many of these lawmakers are giving voice to so many of the frustrations that so many americans have about the irs, that it's unresponsive, that it's overbearing, so i think that this is actually -- this is actually one of those areas where the congress and so many

of these lawmakers are really aligned with voter frustration out there. >> you heard paul say that the v.a. scandal so far not partisan. >> right. >> do you think republicans will lay off the v.a. as we head into the mid-term elections. seems to me they will be talking about the v.a. and irs and say this is another example of how government is broken. >> i agree with paul that this is not something that's partisan, and i think that -- that many republicans aren't going to lay off in the sense that they are -- they are not going to stop asking the hard questions. this is their job. they were elected to go and provide oversight to administration agencies like this when they screw up, so they want answers to basic questions that voters also want answers to. >> on the v.a. front, to both of you, but for kevin, i mean, you say that they were elected for oversight, that's exactly right. why did it take drew griffin of cnn to uncover all of the problems with the v.a. before they all started getting oh, so outraged and holding all these

hearings and holding people accountable as they are watching it happen. this is their job to have oversight over this department. why hasn't that happened. should members of congress also be held accountable? they are elected by these districts. they are responsible to these voters. >> you're absolutely right, kate, and i think many voters haven't looked at this through a partisan lens. some of polling we've seen, you might have thought president obama and the democrats, because they are seen as the party in control would have taken a bigger hit but they didn't. collectively the institution of washington has taken a hit as it relates to this v.a. scandal, so i think what's most important for a lot of these members up on capitol hill that are asking these tough questions is that they fix the problem now. let's forget about who to blame and let's get the hard questions answered that we need to in order to fix it, and i think that's where a lot of energy is with the public at large as well. >> hey, paul, i want to ask you quickly about the irs for a second because the commissioner has had two chances to testify up on capitol hill, and both

times he has sent it right back at these members asking him the hard questions. do you think that's a good strategy? he seems angry. >> yeah, i think it's a great strategy. i think it's also the truth. koskinan is a professional with the highest integrity, and i have to say some of these congressmen, the v.a., not being too political on and on the irs they are being so nakedly political they are disgracing themselves. the irs -- the thing that came out originally, right, the first story of this is the irs is targeting conservative groups, if that's true, that's outrageous. now that it's been investigated, we've found they were targeting liberal groups as well and for these congressmen to stand there preening like that. it doesn't help the republicans, by the way, and i think that koskinan, testimony put out 20,000 pages already of documents but some of them have crashed here's ago before he was in charge of thei and i thought

he was great saying what he did. what, i have a magic wand? i think that's grandstanding by the congressional elections at its worst. >> it's primary day, need your take on this. kevin, two of the longest serving members of congress, legends in the halls of capitol hill, if you've covered capitol hill or even walked through those halls, what is going on with the races that charlie rangel and thad cochran are faceing? >> right now this electorate a bad place to be is a legend. >> good point. >> taken together both of these -- both of these contests are about incumbents who many voters feel have fallen out of touch with their district. it used to be the seniority that you could promise and your ability to deliver for your constituents is what helped return you to the hall of congress every single year, but right now every -- a lot of voters are feeling there's an anti-incumbenty strain and feeling that the status quo is

not good enough and what we need in congress is new blood so taken together that's i think what's driving a lot of dynamics in both of these contests. >> you know, paul, i know you probably never would vote for thad cochran but wistful about the mississippi senator in his long career that may soon be coming to an end depending on what happened. >> up on the hill, democrats in my party were feeling that way. they feel like cochran is a guy that can actually get things done. they can get things done. have differences with him as a republican, but he can get things done, and i think these are two very different races n.charlie rangel's case you have a sense of evolutionary change where the district has become more latino, charlie rangel is african-american and his challenger dominican. mississippi is revolutionary, not evolutionary. you're seeing the first republican-elected statewide in mississippi since reconstruction. under fire, probably going to lose, i think, from a tea party extremist who is so extreme that

he has spoken at neo-confederate events and said it would be a hard vote for hurricane katrina relief after katrina destroyed his own state, a real, really radical tea party takeover. the republican party is the tea party. if chris mcdaniel beats thad cochran, and i think he also, one of the most radical elections in a long time. >> to get things done, as you were talking about thad cochran, you've got to first win elections. see what happens today. kevin, paul, thanks very much. great to be with you. >> next up on "new year's day, ""the investigation into missing flight 370 being spun on its head. did it not soar and dive. dramatic elevations as previously thought, the new information and what it means for the investigation. >> plus, a baby abandoned by a carjacker. this photo, it went viral, obviously, and the miraculous way that she was found. we're going to hear from the jogger who was visiting the u.s. and was in perfectly the right place at the right time to help. spokesperson: the volkswagen passat is heads above the competition,

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welcome back to "new day." bottom. hour here. a whistleblower alleges more wrongdoing at the phoenix v.a. hospital. pauline dewenter, a hospital scheduling clerk, says records were changed to hide how many veterans actually died while waiting for care. she says they were covered up to improve hospital statistics. she describes the way patients were handled as, quote, beyond horrible. the crisis in iraq intensifying as isis militants and iraqi forces battle over control for the country's main oil refinery. this morning we have learned

that 19 militants have been killed in iraqi air strikes near that oil refinery north of baghdad. meantime, secretary of state john kerry met with iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki who has agreed to begin the process to form a new government. breaking overnight, two people killed in a deadly shooting in miami. several other people were wounded. police say as many as six were shot at an apartment complex. so far officials say no suspects and no motive in that shooting. we'll keep an eye on that story for you. a huge victory in the war on child sex trafficking. the fbi says nearly 170 victims were rescued and over 280 alleged pimps arrested over the last week as part of a nationwide crackdown. this sting is part of the bureau's innocence lost program which has already recovered some 3,600 children since 2003. officials say children are increasingly being prostituted online. want to show you an amazing

rescue caught on camera. in richmond, texas, an officer pulls a woman to safety just seconds before a train rolled through. yeah. that's officer ramon morales, only on the force less than a year, we're told. he was alerted to a woman sitting on the tracks. he got there, arrived at the crossing arms as they were going down and ran to her just in time. fortunately no one was hurt that. woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation. that is a day on the job he will never forget. >> absolutely not, and she will never forget him either, let's hope. thanks, michaela. another incredible story and incredible rescue in houston. a jogger stumbled upon, if you can marge, an 8-month-old baby strapped into her car seat by the side of the road. police say the baby girl had been kidnapped hours earlier. the picture makes your heart stop. >> this one is too much to believe. shocking. hours earlier the mother had gone to a gas station, ran in to grab something, and her baby and

her car drive off. the photo heartbreaking, an 8-month-old baby girl alone abandoned in the woods crying out for help. those cries heard by this woman who had just happened to be visiting from vietnam and just happened to be on her first jog of the trip on this very day. >> i just come and stayed there until the policeman come to keep the baby safe. >> reporter: baby abandoned after a carjacking at a texas gas station, the mother seen in tears moments after the abduction. she left the car running while she made a quick run inside the store. within seconds the car and the baby both gone. >> she went in it looked like a matter of a few moments. >> reporter: car found abandoned but for hours the search for genesis came up empty until the cries were heard. >> we were very worried, but i'm very glad that the jogger happened to just turn around and see her in her car seat.

>> reporter: and as heartbreaking as this photo is, this photo of the officer swaddling baby genesis in his uniform is equally uplifting. >> whenever we can recover a baby that's alive it's very reassuring in our job. >> reporter: now the manhunt is on for the person who left her in the woods. police have released this sketch. >> she describes him as a young black male with a slight slant in his hairdo and a small white or blondish patch on one side so it's a pretty distinct picture of him. >> reporter: so the suspect is expected to be in the teens, maybe early 20s. the baby was taken to the hospital and is now fine. was released from the hospital. mom and baby reunited, and as weird as it sounds, police say that this is how this one played out. >> thank goodness. >> amazing. >> makes you think -- we did another story, did an interview, remember, of the fireman who found an abandoned baby in a

cemetery, and they were reunited. >> when she graduated high school. >> that's beautiful. >> and can you imagine how this police officer, how that will stick with him. >> they said they had a connection forever. i'm sure that's what will happen here as well. >> happened overnight. baby probably asleep until early morning. maybe not. >> thanks, miguel, thank you so much. it's cnn money time. chief business correspondent christine romans is here. how are the markets looking? >> really close to 17,000 for the dow. european shares mostly down, futures lower but the dow is super close to-to-17,000 which would be another milestone and phenomenal run. the dow hit 16,000 for the first time just seven months ago. millions more cars are being recalled. chrysler, ford and bmw now joining the list of companies recalling vehicles with air bags made by a japanese company takata. the problem, the casing around the air bag's inflator can rupture and cause injuries. more recalls, amazing.

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welcome back to "new day." a new development in the search for missing flight 370. investigators are set to reveal a shift in the plane's search area after they say unreliable information led them to believe that the plane had dipped in altitude. in fact, it may have stayed in a controlled flight hours after losing contact. now, after three months without any leads, officials are focusing the search hundreds of miles southwest of where they had been looking. for more let's bring in a cnn safety analyst and former safety inspector and author of "why planes crash." haven't seen you in months, my goodness. must be the beard.

>> thank you. >> a few things we should wade through here. first off, the search coordinator angus houston discounting radar equipment that indicated these altitude dips, something we talked about right here on cnn. the plane went up. it went down. you have said from the beginning, if i go back through my mental hard drive, had you said from the beginning that the altitude data was an assumption. is that primary radar even reliable for determining altitude? >> not for altitude, no, not for altitude, mike clampt it's really designed to tell you where the aircraft is, what direction it's going and what speed it's going. it has to be very carefully calibrated and looking for altitude. in addition to that it needs a secondary primary radar to give them verifying radar as well to be very accurate about altitude so i'm really surprised and a little disappoint that had they actually used that in their calculations to determine the fuel consumption. it's really surprising to me. >> help me understand that.

why would they have used that in their calculations initially? that set us back a fair amount of time here. >> yeah, it really did. now you have to understand that when you're in an investigation, especially when there's a few pieces of information, you overrely on what information the people are giving you, and so you end up being led down wrong paths, and i think that's what happened here is they wanted to grasp at paths. they wanted to find out what's going on. there's a lot of pressure going on, so you've kind of ultra focused on things that seemed to offer good answers but in fact they don't. it takes a while before they finally sink in and say, well, that's not it. we're looking in the wrong place. >> okay. with this steadier altitude then, the plane would have behaved differently. fuel consumption would have changed, et cetera, so tell us how that then changes this new search area that we're told they will be embarking on. >> well, what it changes is the amount of time and the distance that the aircraft could have flown. if it did go up in altitude

beyond its normal range and dipped way down and come back up again it would have used a i lot of fuel and that's the case where it would have ended up on the arc would have been much different. with the assumptions they were more in the northern part of that arc which would have been less distance flown and that's when it would have run out of fuel and because of this, it's on a constant altitude it would have flown farther. they are confident it's on the arc, a good piece of information but it will be further down south than where they looked originally. >> that's an area not mapped yet. that ocean floor has mott been mapped, the southwest portion of this arc is unknown right now. >> that's correct. it's a place they didn't even look for debris. >> okay. i want to bring up the "new york times" reporting suggesting that the settled search area will be based on a crucial assumption that this plane, as you mentioned, was on autopilot when it ran out of fuel, but you suggest, and you brought it up, that it was in a fuel efficiency mode on this particular model of

plane. explain how that works and how it would change the -- the workings of the plane. >> sure. as the aircraft burns fuel, the center of gravity changes on the airplane which changes the flight attitude of the airplane, so as the fuel burns and it starts to change the attitude, the auto pilot in efficiency mode is capable of understanding that and changing the air speed to make it more efficient and a better fuel consumption rate. if that's the case, then if it was on, i assume it was at this point, it would have gone much further and, again, contribute together idea that it went further south and southwest on the arc. >> it's interesting because we've been talking and we've been talking before we went on camera and you brought up the pact that the area where they are now going to be searching, isn't this the area that ntsb had suggested that the plane potentially could be from the jump? >> yeah, you know. it was just a few weeks after the start of the investigation that the ntsb came out with this

recommended search area, but remember at that time it really wasn't -- ntsb wasn't the primary drive of the investigation. it really hadn't been brought in as the primary people to talk about it, so they did say this, and i think that attributes or that came from the fact that the ntsb would have been very familiar with this efficiency mode and would have known also that the primary radar is not something that's reliable. >> i read also an executive from malaysia airlines made a comment to a london paper that he thinks that this could take a very long time, in fact, that it could take decades to find this plane. do you feel the same way he does, or are you feeling hopeful still? >> i'm not letting myself go there. i really believe we need to find out much more quickly than ten years from now whether we're safe flying on international flights. there's been some great movements forward on tracking airplanes, but even if we track the airplane, that doesn't stop from happening what happened, so it's very crucial, very important that we continue the search and that we find the airplane and figure out what

exactly happened and hopefully find out why. >> good point. david soucy, always a pleasure to have you on "new day." >> up next, john kerry says iraqi unity is necessary to stop isis militants. cnn's interview with the secretary of state in iraq. that's ahead. plus, if the u.s. beats or ties with germany on i guess they call it a draw, if you will, on thursday, the team will advance to the knockout round of 16 at the world cup. what are their chances for breaking it down with a former soccer pro. [ female announcer ] hands were made for playing. legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion,

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can you feel it? welcome back to "new day." the u.s. men's national team gearing up for the fight of their lives on thursday when they play germany. germany's very good at soccer. they play in game three of the world cup. this game is the difference for the u.s. between staying in brazil or going home, but the results there, a lot of variation about how it can go down. greg lalas is the editor-in-chief of mlbsoccer.com and is here to talk about how team usa can get through to the next round, and, greg, the easiest way is to win. >> absolutely. you have to go into this thinking you're going for the win. i think if anything from the last two games against ghana and portugal, the u.s. has to feel confidence in the way they played in both of them, because the ghana game, didn't play well but they got a win. against portugal played very well, still got the draw so you

have to go in thinking you'll win but a draw will do enough. >> a draw will do enough. >> and though they can lose as well. >> i'm not mathematician in all this, but if they lose it all comes down to goal differential depending on what happens with the portugal/ghana game which is played at the exact same time. >> the two things for the u.s. to keep in mind, don't get blown out by germany if you're going to lose, choosing between portugal and ghana choose portugal. >> yeah, definitely. would i go with portugal. >> the odds here, because this -- this is who is going to advance. the odd-makers at 538.com germany virtually 100% chance of advancing. this has to do with issues of goal differential, a million ways to move on, but they still think the u.s. has a good chance to go. >> the odds actually went up when the u.s. got that draw against portugal so although everyone was deflated about that late goal, it was the result that helped the u.s. a lot so i like these chances. all they need is a draw ultimately and they are through, and if you look at it even with a loss, technically the goal

differential is probably in their favor. >> talk about how good germany is here. take a look at the german team. these guys know how to play soccer. the u.s. has played germany in a friendly within the last year, and we did well. >> they did well. got a win. now, look, that wasn't necessarily the "a" team for germany, but it also wasn't the "a" team for the u.s. in that case. in time, this is a german team that's a machine. >> a machine. look at them train. >> i've talked to some people who know the german team very well, and they said they are having similar doubts about their team as well, and they are nervous about this u.s. team. >> so many teams with defensive struggles including germany, including the u.s. one of the big problems for the u.s. will be recovering from this game we saw sunday night. they played in the amazon, manaus where temperatures were 85 degrees, 9,000 percent humidity. jermaine jones right now dousing himself, of course. they had the water break, the unprecedented first of its kind of water break during that game. how do you think the recovery

will affect team usa? >> it's tough when you look at u.s. playing on sunday whereas germany played on saturday. obviously an advantage to germany in that case. there are ten players from mls on this u.s. team and those guys have played in houston in august and july, played in dallas or in kansas city or washington, d.c. in the summer where hot and humid and three or four days later they have to play again at a very high level so they know how to deal with this recovery f.jurgen klinsmann is getting it right, first 24 hours, 48 hours, a lot of water and rest, making sure they are getting nutrition and vitamins back and then they should be ready to go. i think the u.s. actually has a chance in the conditions, 12:00 noon kickoff, hot and humid again, and i like the u.s. in those type of conditions against the germans. >> the u.s. generally a better conditioned team, one of the better conditioned teams in draws like this. two concerns for me. you saw clint dempsey limping off the field at the end of the game. i don't know if that was fatigue or acting, and then matt besler so key in defense, that hamstring of his that's been a

problem. >> the u.s. did not train on monday so we don't really have any update on anybody right now, but i think clint dempsey, seems to always limp off the field at the end of a game because he puts so much into it. matt besler, proven to be an incredible player, world class, playing sporting kansas city and mls and has shown he can jump to the next level, even with the injury. important to remember he didn't come out and he continued to perform well in the second half as well. >> and we're going to need him. this game two languages, a lot of players that speak both, english and german here. huge german connection with five players on the united states team with a german parent, including frankly two of the most important for the u.s., fabian johnson and jermaine jones. >> jermaine jones is arguably the best player on the field in the portugal field and fabian johnson has probably been the most consistent player and we should throw in michael bradley played in germany for a little while before he came back and is now playing for toronto so you

have guys that understand the german system, they know the german players. i'm sure there will be some chirping at moments, but the key might end up being fabian johnson. he's pressing on that right side going against that weak german defense, they should be okay. >> another german connection, too, of course, the coach of the u.s. team, jurgen klinsmann. you know, jurgen klinsmann played in the 1990 west world cup championship team and coached in 2002. his assistant coach was joachim loew right here, they know each other so well. >> by all accounts they are still very good friends. there's been talk about whether they will have a friendship agreement to make sure that they both get through and they get the draw. i don't think that's in their nature. i think jurgen klinsmann has something to prove and wants to go out there and beat his old team. >> now the u.s. has more to play for in this game. it doesn't seem likely there will be any kind of gentleman's agreement here, but if it's tied at halftime, if, you know, 0-0 after 45 minutes, what do you think you'll see in the second half? >> i think you'll see things

naturally slow down. part of that will be the fatigue and conditions in there. i also think it gets into the players' minds that all we need to do is get through. seeing this huge breakthrough of soccer in the united states in general. saw the huge numbers of tv ratings from the sunday game in particular, and i think the u.s., players, coaches, everyone says it's so important just to get to that next knockout stage. it would huge if they can escape the group of death. >> we believe. >> we do believe. >> greg lalas, great to have you here. >> next hour we'll have the family of team usa superstar clint dempsey. he'll be joining us live. important note, lots to discuss for them as there's a big week away. also following a lot of news this morning. let's get straight to it. isis militants fast becoming the regional threat secretary kerry has been warning of. >> the stakes for iraq's future could not be clearer. >> lost lois lerner's e-mails. do you remember anything about that situation? >> i remember being told in

april. >> do you remember who told you? >> v.a. bureaucrats returned for this hearing. >> how could you say -- >> i think it is a good system. >> not if you're a veteran, it's not good. >> so you're bumping one veteran for the other? >> yeah. >> welcome back to "new day." a lot to get to including the house oversight committee will question a top white house attorney over e-mails missing from the account of an ousted irs official, lois lerner. lerner was a key figure in the agency's alleged targeting of conservative groups and last night there was a fire hearing on capitol hill over all of it. cnn's athena jones is at the white house with much more and is in washington with much more. athena what's the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, kate. yes, today is part two of the hearing that the house oversight committee is calling irs obstruction, lois lerner's missing e-mails. we expect to see some of the same fireworks we saw last night in part one of the hearing which lasted more than three and a half hours and was punctuated by

several heated exchanges. >> i asked a question. >> and i answer it had. >> i have always believed that what happened in your agency with lois lerner is a crime. >> reporter: a contentious evening on capitol hill as members of the house oversight committee grill irs commissioner john koskinen over thousands of lost e-mails related to an investigation into the irs. >> all the e-mails we have will be provided. i did not say i would provide you e-mails that disappeared. if you have a magical way for me to do that i'd be happy to know about it. >> my time is expired, and i've lost my patience with you. >> reporter: republican lawmakers contend the e-mails are a key part of the investigation into whether anyone else knew about or directed the targeting of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. the agency says the e-mails were lost when former irs administrator lois lerner's computer crashed in 2011. lerner ran the division in charge of tax-exempt status and maintained she's done nothing wrong. >> do you have any ability to

say no crime has been committed in. >> i have the ability to say i've seen no evidence of any crime. >> of course, but can you not say what i've asked you that no crime has been committed? >> reporter: oversight chairman darrell issa openly accused koskinen of a cover-up in his opening statement. >> you worked to cover up the fact that there were missing e-mails and came forward to fess up only on friday afternoon after you had effectively been caught red handed. i subpoenaed you here tonight because frankly i'm sick and tired of your game-playing in response to congressional oversight. >> reporter: he denied the cover-up claim and issa went on to question his credibility, a move that did not sit well with some democrats on the committee. >> we have a problem with you, and you have a problem with maintaining your credibility. >> i don't think i've seen a display of this kind of disrespect in all the time i've been here in congress. this is an incredible thing, a public servant being -- >> would the gentleman yield. >> no, i will not yield. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> no, i won't suspend either.

i will continue to ask questions. >> reporter: so there you have it, a lot of anger being expressed last night and there's already multiple investigations under way by separate congressional committees into this and now a new one to add to the mix. the irs commissiony told the committee last night the treasury inspector general for tax administration has launched an investigation into the matter of these missing e-mails, and he'll be providing an independent review. kate? >> athena thank you so very much. there is another heated hearing last night on capitol hill that we have to tell you about, this one over the v.a. cnn has startling new claims into the investigation into that agency. drew griffin and his team broke this story. now there's another alleged cover-up at the phoenix v.a. hospital. this time an attempt to hide just how many veterans may have died while waiting for medical care. a key whistleblower speaking out exclusively to drew and drew griffin is joining us from the cnn center in atlanta with details. i mean, you hear this, drew, people at home shaking their

head say how could they be more? >> i shake my head almost every day. the new allegation, kate, coming from the actual keeper of the secret list in phoenix, a scheduling clerk, who says right now at phoenix in the midst of all these investigations someone is trying to hide the exact number of veterans who died on the waiting list by changing them in the record from being dead to alive. pauline dewintenewenter, a sche clerk is coming forward because she knows something that's unthinkable. she says someone now is trying to hide the number of u.s. veterans who died here waiting for care. in seven cases so far where she has determined a veteran on a waiting list was in fact deceased, she says someone above her has changed the record back, the veteran suddenly listed as

alive. somebody is going on that electronic wait list, and where people are identified as being dead, somebody is changing that and saying no, they are not dead. >> correct. >> reporter: to hide the fact that people died on that list? >> that's my belief. >> reporter: what would be any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other purpose. >> reporter: why? dewenter says the number of dead in this v.a. wait list scandal may be even bigger than first reported, and someone, she says, is trying to cover up the record. and that has been happening fairly recently. >> yes. >> reporter: that is a cover-up? >> yes. >> reporter: do you feel that the investigators are on to that? >> yes. >> reporter: because you told them? >> i have surrendered evidence, yes. >> reporter: if there ever was a doubt there was a secret waiting list at the phoenix v.a.,

dewenter is here to lay those doubts to rest. there simply were not enough doctors, not enough atonightments to handle new patients, backlogged patients and, yes, very sick patients. dewenter, a scheduling clerk, was making life and death decisions. >> and that really overtook even the wait list because now i have a consult where veterans are very sick so i have to ease up on the -- on the wait list, and it sounds so wrong to say, but -- and work these schedule appointments so at least i felt the sickest of the sick were being treated. >> and you're making basically those triage decisions? >> yes. kate, we did ask the v.a. for specific response to the allegations pauline dewenter is coming forward and they

responded with a rather bland and generic response. can you read it on screen basically saying that we all need to work together to end some of these systemic problems that are unacceptable, but they would not respond directly to this new allegation that there is a current cover-up at the phoenix v.a. >> that's clearly an up acceptable response to what we're hearing from pauline dewenter. when you see pauline there laying out what she was doing, what she was forced to do, what she had to live through really, not only seems distraught about that, but she also seems scared about her future, drew. what does her future hold? >> she is very scared, cape. i've been talking with this woman for months now. she wanted us to meet her in very specific hiding places. she was scared to death to come forward. still is very nervous. the reason she is coming forward is she doesn't want this current investigation to be swept under the rug. she really feels by making this public she is doing something to make the v.a. there in phoenix

and elsewhere accountable. she's relied mostly on her husband to get through this. he tells me she's cried almost every night. they are finally coming to the end of this, they feel, but right now she feels her career with the v.a. is j n jeopardy. >> last night we heard congressman jeff miller, the chairman of the key mittie there. he said it's impossible to solve these problems by whitewashing them or denying they exist. that seems obvious, drew, but it does make me wonder to think that maybe we're to the point, even to that point yet where they have stopped denying and stop whitewashing the problems of the v.a. >> i listened to some of these hearings. last night there was a hearing in which a v.a. official was talking about the good quality health care at the v.a. perhaps that is true in some cases, but it's, like you said, kate, you really have to realize this is a huge systemic problem at v.a.s across the country, and it's going to take more than surgical operations to fix it, if i can use that metaphor. you really have to sweep through

the entire organization and change a culture that's been in existence for years. >> and on top of your reporting, the special counsel's office has sent a scathing letter to the white house, a report of their own. what's the impact of that report on top of this? >> that was really stunning to me because the office of special counsel, which protects whistleblowers and also investigates their allegations, came up with this laundry list of huge problems across the country, specific problems where the v.a. has been notified, known about problems and done nothing to correct them. let me give you just one example, kate. there was a veteran with severe mental illness who was checked into a v.a. psychiatric facility in 2003. that veteran was not evaluated by a psychiatrist until 2011. eight years later. >> unbelievable. >> before this person was seen by the specialist that he should

have seen immediately. >> drew, do you think you, since you've been leading the reporting and doing more than really what we've seen some investigators on capitol hill even doing, do you think you've got a sense yet of just how far this goes? >> i real don't because i don't have complete access to all the government records we would like to see. so much of this is hid behind patient rights and hipaa rules, i don't think i have. that's why every day we see another report coming out with even more startling allegations. >> thanks to the courage and strength of people like pauline dewenter and dr. samuel foote who you spoke with earlier who first brought these allegations to you to uncover this. thanks to their courage that we're at least beginning to hear these stories and hopefully the government can now set this straight. going to take a long time. drew, thank you for your reporting. as always, great work. >> seven minutes after the hour. let's take a look at headlines. a hearing will be held today for the house homeland security committee to discuss children

coming to the u.s. without their parents. more than 50,000 children have crossed the border from mexico alone since october. the u.s. says it doesn't have resources to care for all of those children. vice president joe biden met with leaders in central america recently to discuss this ongoing issue. breaking overnight, two people were killed in a deadly shooting in miami. several other people were wounded. police believe as many as six people were shot at an apartment complex. so far officials say there are no suspects and no motor any of that shooting but that an investigation continues. voters heading to the polls today to decide primary races in seven states, including mississippi where incumbent republican senator thad cochran and tea party challenger chris mcdaniel hospital second time is a charge. both failed to get 50% of the vote earlier this month triggering today's primary runoff. the final stockpile of syria's declared chemical weapons have been handed over to a united nations task force. it's the first time a country's

entire chemical arsenal has been removed from its borders. the most dangerous material is set to be destroyed aboard a u.s. ship at sea this. handover was part of a deal that was reached last fall under threat of u.s. air strikes, but questions still linger about whether or not syria is still hiding undeclared poison gasses that are not classified as chemical weapons. a federal court has released a heavily redacted 41-page government memo outlining the legal justification for a drone strike in 2011 that called anwar al awlaki, an american citizen in yemen. he was linked to an al qaeda affiliate that had mounted a series of terrorist plots against the u.s., including the failed shoe bombing plot on christmas day in 2009. i have to show you these pictures. okay. those are some smoking shoes. what happened? let me give you the back story. a bolt of lightning literally knocked a guy in atlanta out of his boots. sean o'connor was raking leaves in his backyard when light nick struck his right foot. seconds later he woing on the

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here, is first of all, the signature fact that 14 million iraqis went out and voted, very significant percentage of the population chose democracy, and there is a constitutional process which we in our strategic framework agreement are pledged to be supportive of, and we are. that constitutional process is actually playing out right now. the fact is that even product barzani today, who is opposed to the prime minister, made it clear that he wants to participate in the process, that he wants to help choose the next government, and other leaders that i met with were all engaged and energized and ready to go to bat for a new governance, so while he says there's a new reality, the new reality is they are under attack and they have realized that they cannot continue with this sectarian division, so part of the new reality is yet to be fully

defined as they form this new government. >> want to bring in phil mudd, the counterterrorism analyst for cnn and former deputy director of the counterterrorism center. you hear secretary of state john kerry trying to dance around theish you've kurds in the north. we toss around a lot of terms. the kurd in the north and the shiia who run the government and the sunni militants, but the kurds in the north right now, whatever the secretary of state john kerry says, they are using language that i've never heard before saying they are through with this fighting, and they may very well want out. this is hugely significant. >> i think it is. we keep talking about the sunnis and the shyia. let's go to the north of iraq, the upper let's say 20%. the kurds for years have owned that territory. they owned it under saddam because the u.s. was patrolling the airspace above suffered stan and keeping saddam's forces out so at that time the kurds created their own political environment and economy. let's cut to the chase. what's the first thing they do when instability hits iraq?

in an economy you take money, take over the oil-riviera called kirkuk. now they have politics, economics, oil, and what they are signalling is game on. we're going to start to increase efforts of autonomy and separation regardless what have happens in baghdad. >> and they have been a source of stability over the years in iraq, and if you remove one of the very few forces of stability it creates even more chaos and as you say, they may be leaving with parting gifts, the oil-rich region of kirkuk. >> this has been autonomous for years. dealt with the kurds ten years before saddam fell. when they walked into my of course, they talked about their ambitions and goals for kurdistan. during the saddam era, very prosperous, economically prosperous when the u.s., again, was keeping iraqi forces out, so this game is on already. the horse is out of the barn. >> horse is out of the barn. they always said they wanted out but to seize on this opportunity complicates things for the united states right now which is trying to negotiate what is already an almost impossible situation. >> think about yourself sitting

in baghdad. you've got kerry, the secretary pressuring maliki to bring together a coalition. you've got the tribal elders in places like anbar aligned with isis. they don't want to show up at the tables. you've got the kurds, not signaling, telling us that they are moving out of coalition, signalling they don't want to show up at the table. we can press maliki all we want but to try to bring the sunni tribesmen in who don't trust him because he's a shiia and the kurds who say, sorry, i think we've got what we want. it's a game tough to win >> you say the horse is out of barn. united states, secretary kerry talks about keeping this nation together, but is it -- is this a done deal? >> i don't think it's over yet, but i think the script is a much different place than it was even 30 days ago and that's largely not just because what's happening with isis militants. they can take geography, but it's very easy with this military force if they ever get a backbone to shift the iraqi forces against isis and take some of too geography back. what you can't put back together

is what we're talking about today, and that's the kurds saying over the course of 30 days we're further along in autonomy than we were a month ago, we're not going to give it up. >> you say it may be easy to take some of this geography back. what about the sunni towns that have fallen to isis and perhaps their iraqi sunni allies? why on earth would they ever go back to a shiia-led iraq? >> if you look at how these extremists have operated, i watched them for about 25 years at ci, we have exam unless places like afghanistan, somalia, yemen. we're trying to cut this in very small slices, day to day. what happened tuesday, wednesday? you've got to cut this in month and year slices and here's why. when the government doesn't provide effective security in some of the sunni towns, what do you say as a sunni villager when militants move in and say we'll make the town secure and provide justice. we don't like these militants but they are better than the government was. it's going to take months or years for the militants to start to institute a kind of religious law that the villagers reject.

this will take time for the villagers to say we don't like maliki. we like the initial security isis provided. months, a year down the road they will start to say well, maybe not so much. >> you're talking about a time frame here that's years, maybe even a decade, and you're talking about the biggest hope for the u.s. and its allies in the region maybe being isis the terrorists overplaying their hand here over a decade. that's sobering. that's bleak. >> the issue here, we've been talking about morale and the iraqi security forces. i think that is important. when you're on the isis side you're motivated by a belief that you're ordained by god to take the military. when you're on the military side you're taking a pay check with maybe a grain of iraqi nationalism. you tell me who wins that fight so the real game to me mind is not banking on whether the security forces are going to win. it's banking on the extremists doing the same thing they did in afghanistan, in somalia, in algeria, and that is over time, regardless of what they say about being inclusive, them instituting a kind of law where

they are cutting people's hands off, beheading people, deciding who is a good muslim, bad muslim. over time that doesn't work. >> and the 300 u.s. troops on the ground going to make a difference one way or the other? >> i don't think so but long term they are critically. i'm not sure if you're in boston you care about what's going on in baghdad. i did because i did it for a living. whether this metastasizes to a point where an iraqi isis leader in mosul says the real target is in london or paris or new york or boston. those 300 folks over time can get a picture of the battlefield, a picture of the militants, so if the battle starts to change they know where we have to strike. >> that happens if they get a chance to take a breath. phil, really appreciate it. >> former nfl star aaron hernandez back in court today just days after he was transported to a massachusetts hospital. details on what put him in the hospital and a look inside his

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welcome back to "new day." breaking this morning, the former tabloid editor of "the sun" and "news of the world" has been found not guilty of trying to hack into the phones of public and private figures. however, her co-defendant andy colson has been found guilty. the two were accused of hacking into phones to read private

messages of politicians, celebrities and even crime victims. their trial was one of the longest and the most expensive in british history. a new report has found that crucial missteps but no evidence of political interference in the jerry sandusky investigation. it took investigators nearly three years to arrest the former penn state assistant football coach. he's now serving 30 to 60 years on 45 counts of child sex abuse. the report was order by the state attorney general who suggested her predecessor now governor tom corbett slowed the probe for political reasons. you might recall the sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her christian faith. she has been reunited with her family. miriam abraham was back -- is back with her husband in a safe house monday night after she was freed by an appeals court. the 27-year-old gave birth to a daughter in prison last month. her sentence had drawn condemnation from around the world. alaskans are back home after

a tsunami warning was issued that. warning came after a powerful, actually a huge 7.9 earthquake struck the aleutian islands monday. the national tsunami warning center cancelled its advisory after a few hours. 150 people on an island were evacuated to a shelter on higher ground for safety. so far no reports of damage. a few frayed nerves possibly. here's a question for you. does queen elizabeth have what it takes to sit on the iron throne? this morning the queen and prince philip dropped by the "game of thrones" set in belfast. before they left the tour presented with a miniature version of the infamous iron throne which appears in the series. >> this is not -- this is not telling the tales out of school. my better half has just started to watch "game of thrones" and will answer all my questions. >> you'll see him in a year. >> he'll answer all my questions

aye or nay. he's already quirky. >> loves to pillage so she would fit very nicely on the "game of thrones" set. >> let's go to washington and john king. do you like "game of thrones?" i did have the question does her better half do the right thing, give the proper bow? >> well said. >> thank you, nicely done. >> i set up a lot of domestic issues there. let's get straight to t."inside "politics this morning," and with me is julie pace of the associated press and ron fournier of national journal. let's start with two separate hearings late last night on capitol hill. republicans see both an opportunity to expose what they believe as major policy issues and part of their effort to gin up turnout. last week the administration

tells congress the woman at the center of the question, did the irs unfairly target the tea party and its tax-exempt status? her e-mails disappeared from a key period. the white house says the treasury department says this was just the computers crashing. the head of the irs was in the witness chair, and he was asked did you happen to tip off the white house to this before you told congress the e-mails went poof? >> did you cause someone to find out at the white house, at treasury or your ig? >> i did not. if you have any evidence of that i'd be happy to see it. >> i asked a question and i answer it had. >> you did not cause anyone to find out? >> i absolutely didn't. >> the disdain, the distrust, look, there's some serious policy questions here. the e-mails just simply disappeared, and then there's the politics of this. does the administration realize how far back on their heels they are on this one? >> it's a bit strange because publicly they are saying the same thing that they have said about the irs issue from the beginning, that this is nothing more than republicans playing politics, but i think to most

americans they look at this and say not only does this e-mail issue seem really strike but it also seems like the irs isn't being very apologetic. they are not -- the tone seems a little bit off if these are e-mails that simply disappear. you might imagine that someone said, hey, we're real sorry about that so the combination of both the politics and the policy is going to cause a lot of questions. >> look, just now, with that clip he said i'm innocent, but if you have evidence that i'm not i'd like to see it. not a good position for a public figure to be in. a year ago exactly tomorrow i called for a special prosecutor in this case while giving the president the benefit of the doubt. i now realize how naive i was to give the administration the benefit of the doubt. this needs to be investigated by an independent prosecutor. >> new reporting, want to tip my hat to the cnn investigative unit which was been on the forefront, a whistleblower coming forward and telling cnn even as the investigation is under way to find out how many veterans were left on waiting lists around the country the records are being doctored because they realize they are

under scrutiny and they are trying to cover things up now, according to this whistleblower, also a subject that administration witness in the chair on capitol hill last night and, again, listen to the republicans essentially going after the administration's credibility. >> it pains me that we're at this point. how did we get here? >> the reality is you're not outraged. >> this is another one. this is an inherited problem. the v.a. has been a mess for years, but the president promised in the 2008 campaign, and it seems that -- if nothing else, what was happening out in the country, the disgust in care level was not making its way to washington at a minimum. >> the problem for the white house on the v.a. scandal we're going to keep hearing more of these stories. this is an agency that's just broken. there are widespread problems, not just in phoenix but all across the country so it's going to be one hospital after another, one whistleblower after another, and while they say that they are trying to fix the problem, it's hard to see how they are going to do that quickly enough to keep up with everything that they uncover. >> what happens at this point in

the administration where you had one democrat in that montage there, democrats are just as mad about this. >> oh, yeah. >> what happens at this point in the administration when even your own party is starting to not trust the answers they are getting, whether it's from the white house itself or the cabinet agencies. >> it's obviously a bad sign. the one thing both these scandals have in common is for a party that wants to establish the fact that good government can do good things, they are giving the public two choices, one, either we're incredibly incompetent, both with the irs and v.a. scandal or we're crooked. pick your poison. it's not a good place to be. >> very tough with the democrats. let's move on. imagine you're joe biden, been a loyal vice president for five-plus years now. in recent days you're the guy they asked to pick up the phone to call the president of ukraine, guy they asked to pick up the phone yesterday to call the prime minister of turkey to talk about syria, doing a lot of dirty work when it comes to foreign policy and then you maybe wake up and turn on the tv and see this. >> that should happen as soon as

possible, and, you know, i think this country is ready. this country is ready for anyone who can do the job, and what we have learned is that the person who can do the job is, you know, doesn't have a particular race or gender or background or socioeconomic status okay, you know, that -- that's the person who can do the job is the person who is the most qualified, and i think we -- we have some options, don't we? >> we have some options, don't we? this should happen as soon as possible. michelle obama -- >> who is she talking about? >> we should have a woman president as soon as possible. >> i wonder who that is. >> who said option. >> sashia malia aren't old enough and michelle obama says she's not getting into politics. >> i do not feel bad for politicians very often but i do feel a little bit bad for joe biden because this guy has done everything that they have asked. he does a lot of dirty foreign policy work, as you said. he's sitting vice president of the united states, and in any other year he would be looked at as the leading candidate to

replace barack obama and yet he's in this extraordinary circumstance where even the first lady is saying he's not the guy. >> ron, part of this question, joe biden talks about he doesn't have a lot of money, been in public service, doesn't have a lot of money, the whole dustup about hillary clinton saying we're not truly well off, dead broke in the white house, not going to fact check that, already done it and why is joe biden talking like this? >> i've got a great pension and a good salary, and -- and -- for real. for real. sometimes we talk about this stuff about struggle. my struggle, my god, compared to where i grew up and the way people are trying to go through things now, but here's the point i want to make. i've been really, really fortunate. >> is it just a coincidence, he does talk about this a lot to be fair to the vice president, but is it just in the middle of all of this about hillary and the middle of him maybe thinking he's being slighted by the president and first lady? >> he's got a severe case of

front-runner's envy for good reasons, like you're saying. what his point really is, hey, she's not very authentic, i am. >> but can he beat her? >> no. >> let's close. it's a big primary day. talking more about this tomorrow, but in mississippi the big run crop, thad cochran, the incumbent republican senator up against a tea party challenger chris mcdaniel and primaries in five other states as well. charlie raquel on the ballot in new york city, a question of whether he can consider a primary in what he says will be his last campaign. in a sentence or two, what's the most important thing you are looking for? >> who turns out in mississippi, whether democrats come out to try to help cochran will be interest. >> specifically black voters. the challenger is trying to scare away black voters, when you scare away black voters in the south it usually backfires. they could come out in big numbers and help cochran. >> this is very, very unpredi unpredictable. makes no predictions. stay here tonight on cnn. i'll be here late. mr. berman, watch closely.

i'm sure you're a big chipotle fan. i want to show you the white house photo. the president went for chipotle yesterday. have that glass up. i think they had that up for a reason. i think the customers are not supposed to reach across. >> i saw this on twitter. a lot of people talking about this. yeah, that's just not cool. that's what it's there for, mr. president. you don't hand pick your items for your burrito bowl. >> exactly. >> let's hope he washes his hands. >> going for refried or black beans? >> i want that piece of corn. >> right there. >> all right. i'm going to take liberties the next time i'm at chipotle. the president did it. >> go for t.bring your detail with you so they protect. >> you that would be you and john berman so i hope you're available. >> happy to take the job, talking to my wist. >> thanks, john. >> see you guys. >> happy primary day, everyone. another one. chipotle. >> i love chipotle. good guys, good people. >> now i'm hungry.

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welcome back. ex-nfl star aaron hernandez is accused in three murders and is due back in court today, this time in relation to the 2012 murder of two men outside a boston nightclub. over the weekend the former new england patriot was taken to the hospital for undisclosed reasons. tonight cnn explores his rapid fall from grace in a new special report "downward spiral, inside the case against aaron hernandez." susan candiotti is here. you've been following this story from the very beginning, susan. you've been looking into this. >> you know, this is a fascinating guy. people are intrigued by him. he is a study in contrast. a million dollar football player who has a charismatic smile and

a fiend on the football field and now he's accused of three brutal murders and shooting a man in the face. in the year long investigation we dig into how far hernandez has fallen, including some fascinating new details about what he's doing in jail. >> the fallen football star spends his days waiting alone in a 7 x 10 foot cell, trying to keep him in line is sheriff thomas hodgson. >> i've talked to him at length. there's a warmth within this person. >> what went wrong? >> learned behaviors and the environment that people grow up in have an incredible influence on who we become. >> reporter: sheriff thomas hodgson believes in modifying behavior behind bars. he says inmate number 174954 is reading the bible and another

book he suggest ed. >> i've got to read "tuesdays with mory." >> reporter: it examines how to create a meaningful life. >> he was clearly moved by the book, told his mother she needs to read it. >> reporter: sheriff told him to find hits center to turn to his childhood anchor, his late dad. >> get back to that place that you felt comfortable and safe in, and that's only going to happen if you go back. talk to your father. go back to your cell and talk to your father. >> reporter: what did he think about that advice? >> when i see him ever so often, did i do what i asked you? >> no, but i'm getting there. i think at this point he's got a picture that he didn't have before, his dad's picture. >> reporter: a photograph of his late father in his cell. but don't get him wrong. this sheriff isn't coddling the former football star. if found guilty the sheriff says

he'll pay. and tonight, you know, kate, we're going to hear more details about this fascinating case that keeps taking so many twists and turns. >> absolutely right. you look at kind of is he changing in prison? is he trying to find his path, but you can't deny the fact that he's still very likely going to be paying some serious time for his past? >> well, it's a lot of strong circumstantial evidence. have to see when a case gets to a jury and we don't think that's going to happen until maybe next year. >> susan, thank you so very much. don't miss all of cnn's special report "downward spiral, inside the case against aaron hernandez." that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. john? >> terrific reporting in that. do not miss that. next up for us on "new day," one of team usa's brightest stars. clint dempsey, his scoring touch once again has world cup fans taking notice. he's got magic stomach that scored the magic goal. his family joins us live to talk all about it. that's next.

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that is captain america clint dempsey. he needs no shield because he has his goal-scoring stomach. that's the one that just gave the u.s. -- right there -- gave the u.s. the late brief fleeting lead over portugal on sunday. clint demsey is a flat out star right now. 25 million people watching that game sunday night, watching him store. maybe as many will be watching on thursday as the u.s. takes on

germany to move on to the round of 16. i know a couple of people who will be watching. his family. we're joined now by lance and ashley dempsey, clint dempsey's brother and sister-in-law, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> we were all watching together. >> yes, we were. >> sunday night there. when that goal happened, not your brother's, but when that goal to tie it up at the end happened, how did that go over in your house? >> it went from -- from the highest high to the lowest low, but we're still in a good position, and my brother's still positive and he's still a threat, so i feel like their chances are great right now. >> you and your brother have something in common, you took your shirt off when he scored a goal. is that a dempsey family ritual? >> it is.

it's working out. if they win the next game i'll have to do the interview body painted next time. >> that's a deal. we'll do it back here at cnn. >> ashley is like i'm on board for that. >> so, take us back to the game. do you guys have any superstitions? what do you do, other than the taking off of the shirts? what superstitions do you have, ashley, which means, of course, what's it going to be like thursday for you guys? >> we're just, we're kind of just on pins and needles. those first few minutes into the game, it kind of takes lance and i walking around a little bit before we can kind of settle into our seat and get going with the momentum, but definitely, the taking off of the shirt, that's a soccer tradition, so it seems to be working. you know, the last two games, we've done so good. so, other than that, we're just kind of, you know, biting our tongues and just excited, you know? it's exciting, it's

nerve-racki nerve-racking, it's an awesome thing. we've been enjoying it. it's been a fun world cup. >> john was just talking about the fact that the game on sunday set a record. 25 million people watching soccer. you're a soccer family, clearly. you've been following his games, i'm sure, for many, many years, but is it something wonderful for you to see that the whole nation is getting this world cup fever? it seems that we have had football fever and baseball fever and basketball fever and hockey fever, but soccer hasn't had its due. >> oh, yes. the fans are bigger, the support is bigger, and clint, he was in england and he decided to come back to the states to raise his family and to join mls, and he wants to grow the game here, and i think he is doing a tremendous job. >> he is growing the game here, right before our very eyes. all right, we all care deeply about his condition, because he got kicked in the face! he's got that shiner.

we saw him limpy off the field at the end of the game. make me feel better about this. how is your brother doing heading into the game on thursday? >> well, i think you have nothing to worry about, because last game he showed up and he was tougher than ever. i thought he was going to score with his nose if he had to, and he used his stomach. so you know, he's a soldier, he's a warrior. he's doing a great job. >> have you guys heard anything from him throughout all of this, after the first game, when he broke his nose, after sunday's game? have you guys heard from him? >> well, my family is down there currently. his wife and his wife's family is down there, so they're filling me in. i know he's getting a lot of time taken away with the national team and with the family, so this is kind of my way of joining them is being a soccer fan at home. >> i love that. keeping the home fires burning

and doing all the cheering from here. because look, they'll feel it. we can yell loud here in the united states. we can hear it all the way to brazil, if need be. >> that's right. >> i know a lot has been made, ashley, you have had a chance to talk to the family members, a lot of people have been making a lot, especially the coach of the u.s. team, about the amount of travel the guys have had to do within brazil to get to all of those matches. we know that's going to take a toll on them at some point, or maybe it already has, but you also mentioned that he's a warrior. i'm sure all the other players on the team are as well. do you get a sense that it's going to affect them? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i think that they're so excited and so pumped up for how amazing they've been doing. i don't think it will. i know one day they did get a day off, and he was able to go and spend time with the family, and so were the rest of the players, and actually kind of get to just enjoy themselves. i think the coach rewarded them with that for all the hard work they've done. so, i just think they're just preparing and doing all they can do and ready for this next game with germany. we're excited. >> ashley dempsey, lance

dempsey. lance, we hope you have a shirtless thursday, because that means the u.s. has scored a lot of goals there, so i want to see some flesh. >> he hasn't stopped smiling this entire time, have you noticed? that's a proud brother right there. >> yes. yes, ma'am. >> thank you very much for being with us. >> i think we make it a theme! no, no, we don't make it a theme. >> they can do it. >> great talking to you. good luck to you and to clint. coming up on "newsdan "new day,f contentious hearings on capitol hill. first up, the latest in the va scandal. is there another potential cover-up? plus, lawmakers demanding answers about lost e-mails at the irs. this is as a top white house lawyer is set to take the stand. we'll break down the latest developments 37 spokesperson: the volkswagen passat is heads above the competition,

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investigation, and stunning, new allegations against the va, including a whistleblower speaking out to cnn as the hearing was under way. new this morning, john kerry on the ground in iraq, one on one with cnn, sounding off on the iraqi government and the critical faction that now says it wants out. caught on tape. a great white grabs -- oh, my goodness -- grabs a snack right off a boat in new jersey. now, new research says the number of great whites is growing. what exactly is behind this trend and should we be worried? >> yes! >> your "new day" continues >> your "new day" continues right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, and welcome once again to "new day." it is june 24th, 8:00 in the east. john berman kind enough to stick with us once again, as chris is traveling back from brazil. thank you, sir. >> good to be here. late-night fireworks to tell you about on capitol hill. officials getting grilled by

lawmakers in separate hearings. the head of the irs taken to task for lost e-mails that may, may have shed light on the agency's alleged targeting of conservative political groups. also, va officials getting an earful over a troubling pattern of care at hospitals, this as a whistleblower brings startling, new allegations that the phoenix va hospital covered up the true number of vets who have died while waiting for treatment. cnn's michelle kosinski is at the white house with the very latest. where to begin, michelle. >> reporter: yeah, this new whistleblower adds a whole new level to what's been going on at the va, and at this house committee hearing last night, lawmakers were telling how they're also continuing to hear the horror stories from out there among their constituents. it's going to take the system some time to heal, but for many, it remains infuriating. >> i'm skeptical of the -- >> reporter: the va bureaucrats returned for this hearing with a far less defensive tone, an opening mea culpa. >> this is a breach of trust.

it is irresponsible, it is indefensible and it's unacceptable. >> reporter: but then this was their answer to the very first question. >> mr. chairman, i don't have the answer to that question. >> reporter: and here we go again. >> it pains me that we're at this point. how did we get here? >> reporter: members of congress getting angrier. >> the reality is you're not outraged. >> i think it is a good system. i think -- >> no, it's not a good system. how could you say you think it is a good system? >> i think it is a good system. >> really? >> yes, congressman. >> not if you're a veteran. >> reporter: and they're hearing from their constituents. >> i was approached by a mom whose son committed suicide while waiting for mental health services. >> for five months he didn't get treated. >> he was referred to get a biopsy done to determine whether or not he had cancer. he couldn't be seen for two months. >> reporter: the office of special counsel just sent a letter to president obama detailing a culture of nonresponsiveness at the va, all kinds of problems. maybe the most stunning was in a long-term mental health facility in massachusetts.

one veteran had his first mental health evaluation eight years after he moved in! another veteran, seven years. >> i have surrendered everything. >> reporter: now a whistleblower in phoenix, where the scandal broke and where 35 veterans died awaiting care, tells cnn's drew griffin she was instructed to keep a secret waiting list while she made life-or-death decisions about whom to schedule. someone has now gone into the system and changed the status of several deceased veterans to still alive. >> to hide the fact people died on that list? >> that's my belief. >> what would be any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other purpose. >> reporter: as this story broke while the hearing was going on, more disbelief. >> still, while we've been doing this, this hearing for a couple months, americans are literally wondering when is this going to stop. >> reporter: so, the va says, okay, well, now we have the tools and the data to find a way

forward, but it's clear that they're really in the triage stage just dealing with the emergency at hand. and lawmakers want to know why it took so long for these problems to come to light. it really highlights the importance of whistleblowers out there, many of whom faced retaliation. john? >> finding out the truth. michelle kosinski at the white house. thank you so much. you know, there was a lot of anger on capitol hill last night in a different hearing, this as we learn that a top white house lawyer will take the stand in day two of a house oversight hearing on lost e-mails at the irs. today's testimony follows a political back-and-forth surrounding claims that the irs targeted conservative groups. cnn's athena jones in washington covering this for us. what's the latest, athena? >> reporter: good morning, john. that's right, a lot of angry words, tough questioning, a lot of accusations being thrown around last night during this hearing. it lasted for more than 3 1/2 hours, and republicans spent much of that time blasting the irs commissioner, accusing him of working to cover up the fact

that there were all these missing e-mails. but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were fired up, as was the commissioner himself. i want to play for you a brief exchange of one of the many heated moments from last night. this is between the irs commissioner, john koskinen, and congressman mike turner, a republican from ohio. let's play that. >> do you have any ability to say no crime has been committed? >> i have the ability to say i've seen no evidence of any crime. >> of course, but you cannot say what i've asked you, that no crime has been committed. >> reporter: so, democrats took issue with those accusations, so did the commissioner, but this all shows you how heated things got last night, and today is part two of that hearing, and we can expect a lot of the same tone, a lot of the same tough questioning today, john. >> nasty tone, to be clear there, athena. i do understand there is another investigation already into all of this. >> reporter: well, there is, that's right. the commissioner told that committee last night that the treasury inspector general for tax administration has already launched an investigation into these missing lois lerner

e-mails. so, we can expect to see an independent review, though the report from that inspector general will come out at some point. john? >> thanks so much, athena. primary voters are going to polls in seven states today, and some political careers are very much on the line. in mississippi, six-term senator thad cochran is battling tea party challenger chris mcdaniels in a primary runoff after both failed to get 50% of the vote the first time around. cnn's dana bash is watching this one closely and is live in jackson, mississippi. dana, you were there on the first primary day. what's the runoff looking like? >> reporter: well, you know, on that day three weeks ago, fewer than 1,500 votes separated the two, and it is still incredibly tight, kate. the republican challenger, the conservative, is trying to really ride that anti-washington wave, which is still very, very strong here. and so, the incumbent is trying to broaden his base beyond republicans to try to win.

36-year senate veteran thad cochran is so embracing the senate seniority, he flew in a famous establishment republican, john mccain, to help close the deal with mississippi voters. >> send thad cochran, a good and decent and honorable servant, back to the united states senate. >> reporter: cochran's conservative opponent, chris mcdaniel, got more votes in the june 3rd gop primary, but not the 50% needed to win, sparking a three-week runoff. tea party groups already invested in mcdaniel as their best hope of defeating a senate gop incumbent redoubled efforts. >> the conservative resurgence for this country starts right here in mississippi. >> reporter: nervous traditional republicans from around the country trying to beat back the tea party are here, too. the chamber of commerce airing a hail mary tv ad with former star quarterback and mississippi native brett favre. >> thad cochran always delivers, just like he did during katrina. >> reporter: and the super pac supporting cochran is spending money courting democrats allowed to vote in the gop runoff.

>> you're not a republican, are you? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: especially african americans who want to help a republican helping them for years. jackie brand passed out 5,000 cochran fliers. >> traditionally, african americans vote a certain party, democrat, right? and we wanted to raise the awareness to african americans that we do have a stake in this runoff election. >> reporter: mcdaniel argues cochran reaching out to democrats will fire up conservatives against him even more. >> if senator cochran is going to court liberal democrats to save his seat, it is a clear indication that he has abandoned conservatives in the state of mississippi. >> i just talked to chris mcdaniel who said that the fact that you're courting african american democrats, or democrats in general, is proof that you're a liberal, you're not a conservative. >> is that right? well, you know, my responsibility as a united states senator has been to represent the people in the state of mississippi, not just one party or one race.

>> reporter: now, polls opened just a few minutes ago, and i am, john, at a predominantly african american precinct to see just how much turnout there is going to be. so far, there's actually more than even the poll workers expected. again, the polls just opened a few minutes ago. but the other thing that's going on here is that tea party groups have formed together to send monitors to places like this. we haven't seen them yet, but to send monitors to make sure laws aren't being broken, which has some people concerned about voter intimidation. >> it will be interesting to watch as it unfolds throughout the day. stay with cnn. obviously, we'll bring you the voting and the results as they come in tonight. dana bash in mississippi, thanks so much. now to iraq, where u.s. secretary of state john kerry is getting a sobering assessment of the situation there on the ground. iraq's kurdish leader told kerry that iraq is facing a new reality. this comes a day after kerry sat down with the iraqi prime minister, nuri al maliki, who

agreed to bring forth a political compromise and begin the process to form a new government. a lot of words there. cnn's jim sciutto spoke with kerry and has more from erbil in iraq. >> reporter: as secretary kerry touches down in iraq for the second time during this crucial mideast tour, he says that the president is prepared to take military action, even before iraqi leaders reach the political compromise that the administration believes is necessary for any medium-term or long-term solution. says the president has options prepared and that when he takes military action, it will be sustained and intense. we were able to sit down with secretary kerry here in erbil. 12 days ago, june 12th, the president said he was appearing with the australian prime minister, that my team is working around the clock on options to respond. during that 12 days since, we calculated isis has captured an additional 11 cities and towns, a key refinery, crucial roadways and border crossings.

hasn't the delay in the administration's response here on the ground, military action, strengthened isis during that time? >> i think the real question, jim, is not sort of what happened in those days, the question is what can happen going forward, the strategy that's really going to work. the reason the president sent me out here is that if he were to make the decision, and he may have to, ultimately, but if he made the decision without trying to see whether or not you can have a government that can work or reconstitute the military, then you have a whole different set of options. >> but you said yesterday that the president was prepared to act before there's political compromise. >> he might be. well, he's always prepared to act under any circumstance. he reserves the right to use force, if he has to, if it's going to accomplish a goal. >> reporter: i wonder how you feel personally, because more than two years ago, you advocated for more robust support for moderate rebel groups inside syria.

when the president was considering military action in syria, some said you gave the speech of your life, advocating for that action, explaining for it. of course, it didn't happen. since then, the war, and again, we have to speak of it across borders, syria and iraq, has only deteriorated, and i wonder if you're personally frustrated to watch that. >> let's be crystal clear, jim. the reason that the decision to strike syria didn't happen was because we ultimately came up with a better solution after the president made his decision to strike. >> on chemical weapons, but that hasn't affected the calculus on the ground. >> but the purpose of the strike was to send a message to assad, don't use chemical weapons, not a strike that was calculated to end the regime or to get involved in the war directly. it was to end the use of chemical weapons. we found a better solution. we got all of the chemical weapons out. yesterday we announced 100% of the chemical weapons that are declared have been removed. now, that's a very significant

accomplishment, and i want to emphasize, the president of the united states, barack obama, made his decision to use that force. >> but isis has only grown as a threat during that time period. >> you're absolutely correct, isis has grown as a threat because countless numbers of jihadists are flocking to syria to oppose assad. assad is a magnet for terrorists. >> reporter: here in kurdistan, the political divisions that are pulling iraq apart are clear. kurdistan operates essentially independently. the kurds made a land grab of their own in the last week, seizing kirkuk. and as secretary kerry met the kurdish leader, masoud barzani, barzani told him there is a new iraq. political action here will require u.s. help and pressure that is also sustained and intense. jim sciutto, cnn, erbil, northern iraq. >> just with that reality in iraq is yet to be seen, for sure. thanks, jim. let's look at more of your headlines. we start with breaking news.

we have just learned that the sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her christian faith and was freed, she has been arrested at an airport as she and her husband were trying to fly out of sudan. myriam ibrahim was back with her husband after being freed by an appeals court, but now she and her family are being held at the sudanese national security office. the 27-year-old gave birth to a daughter in prison last month. her sentence had drawn condemnation from around the world. a federal court has released a secret justice department memo on a drone strike that killed a u.s. citizen. the memo details the legal argument for targeting anwar al al awla awlaki. he was renounced as a leader of an enemy force and killed by a cia drone in 2011. the stockpile of declared chemical weapons have been handed over now to a united

nations task force. it's the first time a country's entire chemical arsenal has been removed from its borders. the most dangerous material is set to be destroyed aboard a u.s. ship at sea. this handover was part of a deal reached last fall under the threat of u.s. air strikes, but there are still questions about whether or not syria's hiding undeclared poisonous gases that are not classified as chemical weapons. happening today, the house homeland security committee will hold a hearing on children crossing into the u.s. without their parents. more than 50,000 children have crossed the border from mexico alone since october. the u.s. has said it does not have the resources to care for all these children. vice president joe biden met with leaders recently in central america to discuss this ongoing problem. want to show you an amazing rescue caught on camera in richmond, texas. a woman pulled to safety by a police officer just moments before a train barreled through. >> wow. >> that is officer ramon morales. he's only been on the force for less than a year. he was alerted to this woman sitting there on the tracks and the imminent danger.

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we're continuing to follow cnn's explosive, new reporting this morning exposing what appears to be deliberate efforts to hide how many veterans actually died while waiting for care at the phoenix va hospital, this as va officials testified on capitol hill about the scandal-plagued department. listen. >> can you give me an idea where the funds were supposed to be spent? >> i will get that information for you. >> i guess the big question is, almost $500 million sitting there in the bank, and why do we have a backlog the size of the one we've got? how did we get here? >> how did we get here? joining us now, the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee, congressman jeff miller of florida. congressman, it's great to see you. >> good morning. >> you said last night, you called it unconscionable. you also told me back in may, and it did stick with me on this

program, you said that we are just looking at the tip of the iceberg in terms of what's going on with the va. that was may. are we now looking at the iceberg finally? >> i would say that we're probably below the water, but i can guarantee you this, there's more to come. cnn, obviously, has been breaking story after story. we have whistleblowers all across the country now that feel comfortable and safe coming out and telling us that they have, in fact, been pressured by their superiors to cook the books, and in some cases, it appears that they've been told to hide people who have died while on the waiting list. >> mr. chairman, how much worse can they get? please give me some scenario. i know you have been looking into this, but we've got allegations of people cooking the books, we've got allegations of veterans dying while waiting for care, and then having them change the status of those people to make it look better. you now have new allegations that it took one man eight years in a psychiatric facility to

even see a doctor for the first time. how much worse can it get? >> i think it's going to get worse, and i think people need to be prepared for that. i know that the acting secretary, sloan gibson, is trying to take ownership of what's going on and to instruct his folks that they need to tell the truth. the problem is, a lot of people just don't know what's going on inside the agency that has 330,000 employees, and that's very, very troubling for the second largest agency in the federal government not to know the answers that we were asking them last night. >> mr. chairman, do you have evidence that this is getting worse, that you just can't reveal right now? >> we have had whistleblowers, including the whistleblower that was on the cnn report last night, telling us that, in fact, yes, data has been changed. of course, everybody's focused on phoenix right now because that's the one that got everybody's attention, and dr. foote said at least 40 veterans died while on the waiting list. of course, the department wanted

to say that it was an anomaly, that it was a very isolated incident. we are now at a confirmed 35 veterans who died while on the list, and i suspect the number's going to rise. >> how much further in terms of the number of facilities do you think this goes? because as you've said, a lot of the focus has been on the phoenix va system. where else? >> i know within the va itself, they're looking at well over 60 facilities out there. i suspect that you're going to see many, many more. of course, the fbi has now said that they're launching a criminal investigation, which is very appropriate, because it appears that some people did, in fact, break the law. and we don't need to lose the fact that already va has admitted that 23 veterans have died in recent years that have died because of delays in their care. >> you pointed out cnn's reporting. drew griffin is a great reporter, and he has done some

amazing work uncovering this story, but it does make you wonder, and i know folks have asked this at home, why did it take drew? why did it take these whistleblowers to figure this out? your committee has oversight over this agency. >> sure, and remember this, our committee actually broke the story on april 9th. nobody was talking about this. drew's story came several days after we broke the story and actually talked about what dr. foote was saying. we've held 70 hearings in the house specifically on va issues, of which over 50 of those have been oversight hearings. we've been doing our job, and i've been asking the question, where has the media been over the last 3 1/2 years while we have been raising the alarm saying that there are very large issues at the department. >> you brought up this question last night. i thought it was intriguing and i want to ask you and get your take on this as the chair of the house committee ha thatthat has oversight on the va. you asked, how did the culture

become so corrupt at the va. what do you think? >> i think that over the years, the va has just been given dollar after dollar. their midlevel management has become bloated. they have not been hiring people at the level that they need to. the people that actually touch and provide the health care for the veterans that are out there today. and it basically became a rudderless ship, whereas it was running itself. and i have said this for a long time. i said it to secretary shinseki. sir, these people know that they will be in the bureaucracy longer than you will be the secretary or longer than the president will be in the white house. >> you know, it's interesting you bring up the managers, because that's, i think, a key question here looking forward. we know now that senior managers, all of them in the va system got essentially stellar performance ratings for 2013, leading most of them to be up for bonuses. drew was talking about this yesterday, and he acknowledged that this sounded drastic, but he said, with how bad it is

right now, he doesn't see a way to fix the system without throwing out all the senior managers at the va and starting over. would you support that? >> i would support throwing out those that have gamed the system or who have forced people not to do their job. we know there are some in the senior management that, in fact, are doing their job and doing it appropriately and focusing on their particular facility. but what we're trying to unravel right now is who knew what and when did they know it? was this a culture that everybody knew about it and they just kept quiet because they were accepting of it? you know, you've got the va that's going in and investigating itself. the very people in the office of medical inspector that had been going around doing this, that actually, the office of special counsel wrote the letter to the president yesterday. but these are people that they grew up in the system, they knew each other, and so, they are less likely to hold each other accountable. and unfortunately, that's gotten us where we are today. >> you said some of them have been doing a good job, and that's absolutely right. there are many people, probably, within the va system that are

doing their jobs. but unfortunately, no one could have guessed it was this bad, though. on the senior manager level, give me some idea of what percentage, how many of them you think are going to have to go or that you think are going to be implicated in this. >> well, i'm not prepared to tell you a number at this point because we are still investigating. we're still trying to find how far up inside the central office in washington this went. >> real quick, how long is this investigation going to happen? because you know at this point, people are saying, stop asking for explanations and start firing. >> well, obviously, you're not going to fire somebody who's doing their job. and you have to find out who has not been doing their job, and i will tell you this, the unfortunate thing is the people at phoenix that caused the problem at phoenix are still on the payroll. they do not have the ability to fire them, and that's why the bill that the house passed that i sponsored would give the secretary the ability to fire senior managers who will not or refuse to do their job.

>> congressman jeff miller. congressman, thank you for holding the hearings. >> thank you. >> thank you for asking the questions. we'll have you back on, because as you said, you think we're just now seeing the iceberg and there's a lot more to come. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. john? >> we all need to make this better. next up for us on "new day," a close encounter with a great white shark off new jersey caught on video, and it's not the only one. why are great white shark sightings on the rise? and perhaps unrelated, or perhaps not, who is jurgen klinsmann? meet team usa's outspoken head coach as he prepares for thursday's game against germany, a team he also once coached. that's ahead. ♪ in any foods. r really gave much thought to the acidity never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. my dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on,

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time now for the five things you need to know for your new day. number one, new accusations in the va scandal, whistleblowers saying the phoenix va hospital altered records to hide the number of veterans who died while awaiting medical treatment. the crisis in iraq intensifying as isis militants

and iraqi forces battle for control of the country's main oil refinery. secretary of state john kerry has been working with leaders there in iraq to find a long-term solution to this growing crisis. the house oversight committee will question a top white house lawyer over lost e-mails at the irs. those e-mails were from the account of a key player in the irs targeting scandal. primaries being held today in seven states. in mississippi, longtime incumbent republican senator thad cochran trying to fend off tea party challenger chris mcdaniel in a runoff. in new york, charles rangel is vying for a term in congress. and check this out, pope francis caught on video pulling over on the side of the road to visit a family that pleaded him to do so, asking him to pray for a young disabled member of their family, and the pope complied. we're always updating those "five things to know," so go to cnnnewday.com for the latest.

john, over to you and the world cup. >> can't get over the pope. >> isn't that lovely? all right, while we all wait for team usa's big game against germany on thursday, mexico came through with a huge win to move to the round of 16. andy scholes has more in the "bleacher report." andy. >> good morning. mexico kpli mond mexico, all they needed to do was come away with a craw with croatia to make it through. and guys, if you haven't seen miguel herrera work the sidelines, you are missing out. in the 64th minute, andres core dado's shot is blocked. looked like a hand ball. the ref missed it. herrera was outraged! game scoreless still in the 72nd minute when rafael marquez gets the header to get mexico on the bored. mexico scores two more goals in the game and herrera was so happy, he starts tackling his players on the sideline. mexico would win the game 3-1 to advance out of group "a."

also advancing out of group "a" yesterday was the host country and favorite to win it all, brazil. their superstar, neymar, he had two more goals. he now has four in the world cup. and brazil beat cameroon 4-1. trending on bleacherreport.com this morning, 17-year-old telsey baker made history last night, becoming the youngest female to ever throw batting practice at a big league game. baker who just had a nasty knuckleball, she threw to some of the rays' top hitters and even got some of them to whiff a few times. and baker, she's already had an incredible baseball career at just 17 years old. she once went 5 1/2 years without losing a game. she says she hopes to play college baseball, maybe even take a shot at the pros. and guys, ironically, she has the same nickname that berman had when he was in high school, knuckleball princess. >> i knew it. you saw that coming. you hang your head.

>> a joke, including a dirty one in there that we're not going to get to, andy scholes. man, she can show 50 cent a few things, huh? >> yeah, ironically, that was in tampa, the same exact place where he threw it wide left. >> she's got an arm on her, my goodness. >> knuckleballs are not easy to throw, not easy at all. >> so, we understand, princess. andy scholes, better watch out, berman's coming after you. thanks, andy. >> got to give him credit for that. >> that was good. >> your knuckleball. >> supposed to be my tiara. if i'm the knuckleball princess. >> please stay within the theme. coming up next on "new day," on the jersey shore, catching a great white shark on video. hello, beautiful. it's the largest shark encounter in u.s. waters. why are we seeing, or at least it seems that we're seeing, more sharks off american shores? and the u.s. soccer team's controversial head coach getting ready to take on germany. why jurgen klinsmann is now claiming some teams are getting an unfair advantage.

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yeah, the bag is the least of your worries. that's heart-stopping video of a group of fisherman who recently had this "jaws" moment off the coast of new jersey when a great white shark swam up to their boat and stole their chump bag. it's the latest incident along the jersey shores. what is behind the increase of the great white sightings? christopher wojack is a scientist and adjunct professor at monmouth university. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> i want to go to this video right off the bat. >> sure. >> when you see this, you probably see it differently than i do. this gives me little ice in my belly when i see a shark that close to the boat. >> well, you know, i spend a lot of time in the water, so this actually give maze a little ice in my belly as well. the first thing i noticed was really how big the shark was. >> that is a big one. >> that is a serious shark. >> 15 feet? >> more like 14 feet or so.

>> 14, 15, 16, that's big enough for me. >> right. when they start to get this big, they start to get, like, really big. so, the difference between a 12-foot shark and a 14-foot shark is really more than 2 feet, because they start to just get bigger and bigger. >> let me ask you, when you see this, what are you seeing about this? are these naturally curious creatures? >> they really are. >> they really are? >> yeah. >> so, it's not just for the fish they're chumming off the side of the boat. >> exactly. >> but they're also taking a look at the fishermen? >> absolutely. you have to think about where this animal lives, and that's out in the middle of the ocean. >> not a lot of people? >> not a lot of anything, really. they don't run into anything to eat very often. so, they would be a bad shark or not doing their job if they didn't go up to investigate pretty much anything that they came in contact with. >> well, i think it is phenomenal. we want to take a look at this, because we've been talking a lot about shark sightings on our show here. >> right. >> we know the media's seen a few. up 42% since 1997. and i was surprised to see how many great whites are off the coast of north america, at least

along the eastern seaboard, 3,000 to 5,000 is the estimate. >> yeah. i mean, when i was a kid, shark fishing or shark hunting was very popular. people still do it now, but if you've got a white shark, that was sort of like the ultimate prize. and they were generally doing it just for the trophy of either the jaws or to get a drawer full of great white shark teeth. but since the late '90s, they really started to see the population go through the floor, so they became federally protected. >> okay. >> federal waters start anywhere between 3 miles off the coast and go out 200 miles. so, it is illegal to kill a great white shark anywhere around the united states farther out than 3 miles from the shoreline and out past or before 200 miles. >> so not only the ban is increasing the numbers, but there's an increase of seals, ergo, their snacks, so that's why we're also seeing more. but then the idea of changing the image. kate bolduan is a big proponent of sharks, is fascinated by them. others are as well. the image has changed a little bit about the shark, correct? >> it definitely has.

with, you know, public aaquariums allow people to get up close and personal with sharks and they realize that -- >> safely. >> exactly. and they see divers inside the tanks, spending time with them, and the sharks are not actively hunting them when they're in the aquariums. >> we've had numerous reports along the eastern seaboard and all the way down the coast, but one specifically recently, this one that was named catherine. >> right. >> and in fact, they tagged her here in the gulf of mexico and tracked her all the way up here to cape cod. >> right. now, this actually makes a lot of sense if you know what these guys are eating, because the bluefin tuna follow this same exact track. >> oh, yeah, that makes sense. >> and they come in to breed in the gulf of mexico, the tuna, not the shark. >> they breed, they eat, they breed, they eat. >> exactly right. and the sharks basically swim, eat and make baby sharks. >> baby sharks. and last but not least, we're heading into summer season. people will be fishing, boating, having fun at the sea side with their families. give us tips on how to avoid an

encounter, if you will, or worse, an attack, because we've seen reports of attacks. >> the best thing to do is what not to do, which was what these guys were actively doing. >> putting your arm over the side of the boat? >> well, to use chum. you're laying a bread crumb trail behind you for the sharks when they cross so they can follow the chum slick right back to the boat. >> right. >> these animals have a tendency to hunt either nearly the morning or right before the sun goes down. so, to not swim around those times. >> good idea. and if you actually find yourself getting attacked, hit the nose, grab the gills, poke the eyes. assuming you have your wits about you. >> that's exactly right. i mean, i think if you were grabbed around the midsection and you could do something, you would just be fighting. >> you would be flailing. >> i think those are the things that are closest to you. >> god forbid, especially when you see that big shark over your shoulder right there. kind of wants to reach out and grab you. we really appreciate it. >> of course. pleasure was mine. >> kate, i kept in mine that

sharks are your friend, not so much mine, but yours. so i was gentle. did i do all right? >> sharks are our friends. just keep your respective distance when in their territory. word to the wise. thanks, michaela, very much. let's turn to this week's "impact your world." at just 4 years old, alexandra scott started selling lemonade to help kids fighting cancer. she lost her own battle at the age of 8, but one decade and millions of dollars later, her legacy is living on. chris cuomo has more. >> hi! do you want some lemonade? >> reporter: actress bailey madison is handing out more than just lemonade, she's serving up hope. >> pink, of course, because it will match your outfit. >> reporter: madison works with alex's lemonade stand foundation, which encourages kids to raise money for childhood cancer research by selling lemonade. >> you're never too young to make a difference, and your voice can be so powerful, no matter if you're a singer or a dancer, you're an actress, you go to school. no matter what you do in this world, you have a voice and you can make such an impact.

i always say just go for it. >> reporter: that's certainly true for bone cancer survivor kayla cruz. >> peek-a-boo. >> reporter: at 5 years old, she had her left leg amputated above the knee. today, there's nothing this middle schooler can't do. >> she's involved in tae kwon do and swimming. she doesn't consider herself handicapped in any way. she's differently abled. >> reporter: cruz teamed one alex's lemonade stand to share her story, raising pediatric cancer awareness and inspiring other kids to never give up. >> if you fall down, get back up, keep trying and believe in yourself. and no matter what, if you can do one thing, you can do everything. >> she continues to inspire. pretty amazing. coming up next on "new day," a car stolen with an 8-month-old baby inside. >> wow. >> the way she was found is

really being called a miracle. how a frantic search ended when a jogger took a turn down an empty road. and the outspoken head coach of the u.s. world cup soccer team getting ready for thursday's showdown against germany. the team he played on for three world cups, coached another. so, who is jurgen klinsmann? ♪ tell me who are you when folks think about what they get from alaska,

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♪ leader of the pack try saying that in german. welcome back, everyone. team usa resting up before thursday's battle with the power house german team in the world cup, and america's german-born coach, jurgen klinsmann, no stranger to controversy. neither is cnn's miguel marquez, who joins us now. >> the most controversial reporter at the network, yes. look, there are many ways for the u.s. to move forward in the world cup. one is a tie, and that has the internet blowing up with the possibilities. is the fix in? could a u.s./germany tie be in the works so that both teams safely advance to the next round? that suspicion ripping through the soccer world as team usa preps to face off against germany, two teams with lots of ties. >> facing germany always for me personally is a very emotional situation. but once the game starts, i'm down to work and to compete.

>> reporter: leading team usa, jurgen klinsmann, german born, but longtime california resident. he played for germany in three world cups, coached the german national team in 2006, and germany's current coach, joaquin los, they are currently friends. the relationship raised eyebrows. >> he's denied it vehemently. he says we want to win the game, win the group. it they do, they get a better seeding. he's saying that's not the american thing to do. >> reporter: it has happened before, though. 1982, the world cup in spain, where germany and austria played safe so both teams would advance. in the soccer world, it's remembered as the nonaggression pact. adding to suspicion before the u.s. men's soccer team win versus ghana and their tie with portugal, an unlikely person thought they might lose the world cup. their outspoken coach, jurgen klinsmann. >> for us now talking about

winning a world cup, you know, it's just not realistic. >> reporter: and it wasn't the first time this german-born soccer legend has shaken up the american soccer world. >> you see him on the sidelines going nuts after every goal or missed goal. he's a german born, son of a pretzel maker, superstar for the west german team on the 1990 world cup winning team. in 1998, he moved to southern california, kind of mixed in and kind of became an american. >> i think my background hopefully helps me to prepare the american team in the best way possible for a very extreme tournament. >> reporter: he has made a number of controversial moves since he was named the head coach of the u.s. men's team in 2011, like leaving out the most beloved star of previous world cups, landon donovan, while the rest of the team, including five german american players traveled to brazil. >> he's been very open about wanting to change the american

soccer system. and the way america has been doing it hasn't won world cups. i think he feels like he can play around, take some risks. and so far, again, they've mostly paid off. >> reporter: this thursday, his now american team goes up against his former team, germany, a team he knows too well. klinsmann, in his defense, has said, you know, if all this is true, mexico wouldn't be here because the u.s. scored two goals in a game against panama that put mexico where they are today in the world cup during the qualifying round. >> no secret deal. >> no secret deal, my friend. all business. >> all business. all attention. all eyes on thursday. can't wait. thanks, miguel. >> you got it. coming up, a car is stolen. an 8-month-old baby is kidnapped. miraculously, the frantic search ends when a jogger is just simply at the right place at the right time. that amazing story, ahead. i'm re-workin' the menu.

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all right, we have a baby-sized miracle full of good stuff. a jogger in houston visiting from vietnam heard the cries from a baby, so she followed those cries and found a baby

still strapped in her car seat by the side of the road where a carjacker had left her after stealing her mom's car. so, the jogger notified police, who had been searching for hours. >> i just come and took a picture and called 911 and the policeman come to keep the baby safe. >> we were very, very worried, but i'm very glad that that jogger just happened to turn around and see her in her car seat. >> as heartbreaking as that photo might be, the image of little genesis haley right there being held by a police officer, blanketed in his houston police uniform, it trumps it all. >> as a father, i'm just at a loss for words, because i love my kids, and i just don't understand how somebody could do that. >> officer pizana, and to that jogger visiting from vietnam, we thank you. that photo has gone viral. we're told the baby is back with a grateful and relieved family. the suspect they're still looking for. >> yeah, well the cop, the jogger and that baby will have a bond. >> they will have a bond. i hope they can meet again one

day. >> how terrified they must have been. >> a parent's worst nightmare. >> but a good ending. >> have a good day, everybody. a lot of news happening, so let's get you straight over to "newsroom" with carol costello. >> have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. a new va scandal and a deliberate attempt to cover up just how long vets waited for health care. live, secret waiting lists and bringing back the dead. plus, border breakdown. hundreds of children each day caught trying to sneak into this country. now the texas governor is calling it a catastrophe and calling on president obama to help. also, health alert. new warnings of feeding your children overfortified cereal. too many vitamins and millions of kids are now at risk. are the new nutrition labels to blame? and crash report. we'll find out this morning why that asiana plane crashed last mm