mind, we built it and you keep coming. keep writing and e-mailing. see you tomorrow. lou: did evening, everyone. the va hospital scandal is widening, spreading to five states with a growing chorus of calls for the resignation of eric shinseki. two workers were suspended in durham, north carolina for what administrators call an appropriate scheduling practices. two dozen texas lawmakers are calling for an investigation into three va hospital's in their home states. congressman lamar smith leading the group simply trying to save

money with these measures, at the expense of veterans. and e-mail showed that he gave explicit directions to a hospital in fort collins, colorado, and having long treatment delays. the scandal was revealed after he retired doctor claimed that as many as 40 veterans died while awaiting treatment. and the hospital administrators covered up their identity on a secret list. and the white house again today showed support for eric shinseki. >> the president remains confident that he can take appropriate action. >> there seems to be no part of

the obama administration led government that is working as intended. is there anyone capable of doing what is expected? the administration is now marden scandal in the treasury department, the department of justice, the bureau of land management, to name just a few. and did we mention obamacare and health and human services department? from one to be a scandal as well as the latest developments in the ukraine, we are joined tonight by former army vice chief of staff general jack keane and military analyst, it is good to have you with us. the calls for the resignation of eric shinseki. what are your thoughts on his resigning. >> i know him very well. we work together for four and a half years in the pentagon. and what we used to use as a

litmus test when we had a crisis like this, and we dealt with them throughout our career is most senior leaders would, is number one when you have a system of some kind, is the leader personally responsible responsible in his duties in addressing that fill your. and in that case, it would be removed. and given the widespread system that it has, even though he may not have had knowledge, duty of confidence in the ability to fix that and aggressively deal with that issue. i think that those are the so-called stress test that we have performed with our support and the only people that can answer those questions are those that are sitting over with him right now is secretary of the va to make those kind of judgments and the focus -- the problem with that is that we should really talk about the issues

that are happening and what we need to fix them. lou: those issues seem to be rising in number. were talking about i've stayed in the creation of rest to avoid the disclosure of the time taken to treat our veterans. and this is just galling to the extreme and as we look at those whose performance of leadership are now in question, this extends to the congress of the united states in the armed services committee and the veterans affairs committee and this president who today gave this to through jay carney, the leadership of this administration is now in question, given all of the people involved in what is a scandalous treatment of our veterans. >> i totally agree with that. the fact of the matter is that

we have 150 va hoss tells, 820 clinics, 300,000 people and a cabinet secretary to boot and there is no country on the planet that has made that kind of a commitment by the american people in and the congress and the administration's that have served our veterans. all of that being said, there's no issue that unifies the american people more rapidly than failure to take care of our veterans. i believe there will be a clarion call for a systematic review. because on the surface of it, the casual observer will will say we will have significant demands being placed on the system, given this plus all the other veterans are out there, that may not be able to have the capacity and the organization and the culture to support those demands in the 21st century. we need to address that problem comprehensive way. lou: if i may say, that is well

said and certainly my hope for those in congress and the leadership of the house and senate. let's turn now to the ukraine. the german foreign minister now want to start talks between the ukraine and russia and specifically the separatist movement. what are your views on the line that vladimir putin is taking? he seems to refuse to annex or recognize the two principal elections in eastern ukraine. is this a change of tactics and strategy? >> i think the overall strategy to return him to worldwide respect has not changed and to accomplish that and he wants to cut back then to some of the influence and control that he lost when the soviet union

collapsed. so i think that the tactics that you have identified are clearly changing. on the one hand he says that he's pulling the troops out and yet he's not doing that. but what he's really doing, he pulled troops out of your place here place them. so he tells a bald-faced lie to demonstrate that he's making a consolatory effort. and he says that he doesn't want a referendum the referendum in the eastern ukraine go for that is to place on sunday. but the fact of the matter is that he ordered it not go forward, it would not have gone forward. he knew that the separatist when i pointed it out and that has since been revealed and he is saying that the may 25 elections which he opposed, and now he thinks and he understands why it's taking place and he is somewhat in support of it. meanwhile come the fact of the matter is that he's covertly undermining it. so i think that he is changing his tactics.

he wants to diminish the sanctions, but i don't think it's changed his strategy one bed. i think he wants the ukraine under his influence, and i think that he's still targeting on that as he moves forward with the changing tactics. >> one question on france in what appears to be part of this european alliance. and that is france going ahead with delivering two warships to russia including president obama's call for sanctions in providing these two warships to russia. >> i find it galling because the fact of the matter is that the united states have many companies are honestly doing business with russia as do the u.n. and france. this is the french government and the french defense industry going forward and this doesn't get done without the involvement of the french government.

so it is quite hypocritical and frustrating to watch. we've seen this before and here it is again. lou: general, as always, thank you. >> it's good to talk to. >> relationships with russia have reached a new low tonight. a top russian official has announced that moscow will stop supplying the united states with rocket engines used in our military satellite launches. that move is in retaliation of the sanctions that have been applied on high-tech women over the uk and ukraine crisis. including the shutdown of ground stations beginning june 1. and russia said they would reject a request as well, but along the years passed the year 2020. and president obama today

awarded the medal of honor to kyle white, making him only the seventh living servicemember from the wars in iraq and afghanistan to receive our nation's highest military award. he was honored for his heroic actions in afghanistan in 207,130 seconds into a taliban ambush a rocket propelled grenade knocked him unconscious. when he came to, he put himself on the line of fire to help two of his fellow soldiers were seriously wounded. congratulations, sergeant. we will be right back. lou: the federal government wants to seize 1000 texas acres. the bureau of land management discussion coming up next.

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lou: clay aiken today on what has been a hotly contested democratic primary for a congressional aide. his closest rival died yesterday during an accidental fall, described as a freak accident. clay aiken remains a long shot against renee ellmers of the conservative district. and voters in both nebraska and west virginia went to the polls today. the key race to watch, the open senate primary to replace mike johanns. the tea party looking for when. this includes being backed by senators ted cruz and michael he

and even more establishment types like congressman paul ryan. this includes shane osborn, backed by mitch mcconnell. and by the way, the closest thing we will get to it next week, it states, arkansas, oregon, pennsylvania and kentucky. in our next guest is running for governor of texas as attorney general of the state. he sued the obama administration and now he's tearing up for a new fight with the bureau of land management that is trying to use 90,000 acres of property on the red river. joining us now is the attorney general from the great state of texas. it's good to have you with us. let's start with the bureau of land management. >> there has always been tension between them and ranchers and farmers across the west. this has spilled over from

nevada into a disastrous performance into which they brought in reasonable amounts of firepower to bear on one ranger. so it's not something that one sees. what are you expecting when they come to your state? >> it's good to be back with you again. it's just completely out of control. this is stereotypical of what we're seeing under the obama administration where you have a federal agency comment. and then try to use private property. this is something that texas has been fighting with for decades. it's gone back and forth for almost a century. the dividing line is between texas and oklahoma, which is de flows. the state of oklahoma and texas entered into a compact that was agreed upon and so from nowhere they come in and act like they

have the right an entitlement to about 90,000 acres on the texas side of the red river. so we consider this to be a federal land grab of property that along to texas. >> suter saying basically the federal government wants to steal your land? >> it is bizarre. the first actively they were taking our land and then when we challenge them on it. they're saying that it belonged to them all along. so i think that this will turn out to be my 31st lawsuit against the federal government if they continue to assert a rise in this. lou: no attorney general has a better record than you do. >> we do have a winning record against the obama administration and we hope to keep it that way. and i wish we did not have i'll any of these lawsuits because i wish we had no government that

abided by the constitution. as you know, we are a nation based upon the rule of law and we see things like obamacare, for example, where we assume there is a rule of law that the government and the admin is mission continues to move the goalpost and they do not follow the rule blog is my job to hold them accountable to the rule of law. lou: we are talking about immigration customs enforcement and the president made it clear that he is pushing for republican house speaker john boehner, the chamber of commerce, they're going for in the with open borders. what is your reaction? >> just last week a report came out showing the arrest that were made in the valley.

this is just one segment along the texas and mexico border. and in this there are 1000 arrests made every single day. people coming across the border and those are only the ones that are arrested. of course, there are many more coming in every single day and that shows the magnitude of the problem that we are doing what. and it shows why we must have performed to ensure that we secure the border. lou: greg abbott, it's always good to have you with us. >> i didn't say that she had brain damage, she had a serious

health episode. but my point is that if she wants to run for president, but she would not be human if this didn't enter in as a consideration. my other point is that this will be an issue whether she likes it or not. >> i think, unless i'm wrong here, karl rove has art he made a clarification. our quotation of the evening inspired by atheist have their own chaplain in our military. that's right, they set our own chaplain in the military. it sounds like an oxymoron but it is just what christians don't want them to have. and in advance of our talk, the president of the american atheist organization, i thought a view from the founding fathers might be in order on this. a quotation from john adams of the united states who said, our constitution was made only for

moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other, and also have we become in a religious people? we will be exploring that question in the days and weeks ahead. coming up in moments, lis wiehl and mercedes colon take the donald sterling saga and it's becoming quite intriguing now. we we're coming right back, so please stay with us. >> the nigerian government tells terrorists no deal, no trade, refusing to release this for those kidnapped schoolgirls. the true threat of boko haramawe

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started showing flulike symptoms. the man is the second confirmed case of mers on american soil. making this extremely concerning public health officials. the pentagon conducting satellite imagery to the nigerian government, the surge is intensifying and more now on the boko haram response, also the author of the upcoming book which is available for pre-order right now. congratulations on the new book.

>> thank you so much. lou: okay, we are trying to locate them. what should we be doing in your judgment? >> the tactical response to each of these different crises come as they come up, is arriving at a time when we don't have a strategic vision of what the war is. so we seem to stumble from episode to episode. when you're in that kind of a posture, i think that you do what you can and i have the feeling that and what we are going to do is have a broader strategic vision of what the struggle against radical islam as. and we don't have that now.

lou: boko haram, what is their relationship to al qaeda? and what is -- what threat do they actually pose? >> they have a sketchy relationship with al qaeda and part of the reason we don't know about it is the evidence that we have about it. and what we have heard is that bin laden provided money for the development when the organization first came into being and they have at least communications and moral support between boko haram and the different al qaeda components. whether they have an operational relationship is difficult to say based on what we know publicly.

lou: we know that there are surveillance flights being flown by the u.s. aircraft over nigeria and there is something going on beyond just this as i mentioned and there is also the possibility of what a we have dealt with and we should acknowledge that. the state department acknowledging that there's a huge increase in acts of terrorism around the world and we are talking about a 40% increase. so this includes the fight against radical islam. >> until you get the policy right, you can expect there to be an increase.

and this includes the audaciousness of boko haram and they basically said that the jihad has begun. it's not anywhere near an end. lou: we welcome your new book. you can find it on amazon and everywhere. be sure to look for it. thank you for being on the show. a wild scene in new hampshire where cameras captured a home exploding and burning to the

ground. the residence son was believed to be killed in the fire. the residents don't know what caused the home to explode and that likely not accidental. the investigation continues. and last night, we asked if republicans should pass an immigration bill advocated by the u.s. chamber of commerce. 11% said yes. we are coming right back. be sure to vote online at loudobbs.com. >> donald sterling's estranged wife may come up with the perfect defense. lis wiehl and mercedes colon join us next. that's right, no .

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lou: l.a. clippers owner showing the of world not talk to repair a reputation he went on a new brand less might tousing magic johnson. >> what has he done? magic johnson. what has he done? he has aids. does he help anybody with the south was situlas what guy goes to every city and has? with every girl? is that someone we want to respect? i think he should be ashamed of himself. what does he do for the black people? he doesn't do anything. lou: anderson cooper looked like he was just trying to hang onto the chair. his wife is reacting to the remarks that her husband may have the dimension of.

and n commissioner call that a malicious sam personal attack. joining us for the pending legal quagmire for everyone involved we have attorneys lis wiehl a and mercedes colon. let's start with shelley starling. she looks as if she is about to have 100% ownership if he has dementia and it does not contradict that diagnosis. >> get the conservatorship he is clearly crazy. seriously? psychological texting - - testing. >> and you are right. >> she is not the of folder she does not have those rights.

but with community property in california she has the good shot. a exhibits a played over and over again. >> nothing that we have learned about this man donald sterling was just he is anything week and feeble by prostate cancer we only know about that because he could have other conditions including to mention a. he is seeking forgiveness. with all of that? >> how do forgive when you do with it again and again? >> obviously if he is demented and mentally incompetent then i can forgive. >> but that the art machinery came with overdrive.

>> i have to count the p.r. machine the nba machine is working pretty hard. the clippers machine, and magic johnson's machinery david geffen and oprah winfrey the starling's there is no end to the p.r. machine. >> when this first came out the first time we ever heard that he had prostate cancer estimate that does not make use a racist things but not just once we are a forgiving people not just once but then again and again? >> we do not sound like it. the nba says she can have her husband's property even if the court says she can? >> that is legal. >> it looks like somebody is shaking and baking of greats

take -- a great cake. >> who will buy that? mimics seriously has done so much damage not to the team itself but it's that this is an issue. it is a fire sale. i will make a ton of money because highly paid $4 million i will sell a for a multi millions? if you have a fire sale at 800 million. lou: why should there be? one thing you cure the problems as soon is to get sterling out of there so that looks like a fire to be put out rather quickly. >> but who will take ownership? >> that's the problem magic johnson, oprah winfrey, . >> rhee sang perhaps somebody is trying to run down the price of the clippers to buy it? >> that just sounds like of

another p.r. machine and people are gobbling up this nonsense as if there is no interest behind it all zero were agreed and if anyone doubts it they're not paying attention to my opinion. >> you are right the wife will make him look crazy. [laughter] lou: i will beg for mercy. i would like to go to the elevator surveillance really quickly with j.c.. one dash jasey jay-z. lou: this is his sister in law solange attacking him in the elevator and he is

rescued by his bodyguard. and beyonce is not doing much of anything at all. this goes on for some time. credit to the bottom -- a bodyguard i think he handled himself very well. what is the liability here? >> that is different. when this pnc hotel one of the fannie -- fanciest it is stealing from the hotel but privacy? >> but talking about them? >> there is a lot of scuttlebutt. we don't know if it is a complete rumor that there was infidelity but we don't

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lou: reports the advocacy group military association of atheist have met with the department of defense to look at a chaplain for atheists that they have a difficult task getting approval because defense requirements call for a copy of the sacred text.

joining us now is the president of the atheist organization. good to have you here. why in the world would canadians need a chapel? emissaries and why there are millions serving the country right now 10 times as many as there are jewish. they face the same hard questions and babied a place to talk and get counseling in privacy without profit ties to. 76% of the chaplains are evangelical christians. lou: what percent? >> 76%. right now there are more atheist there's est and humanist. lou: i am not worried about the humanist civic but humanist is a kind of atheist.

more declared a theus they and jews and muslims and hindus and buddhists combined. it is about 3.6 percent are humanist plus all those a theus that call themselves christians. lou: it is of very difficult number. >> millions and millions of people. lou: why would the department of defense give a chaplain? have you provide a sacred text? >> we have provided everything the dot has asked for. we have a person who is perfectly qualified, a horse -- a host organization and. the only thing stopping us is the fact we use the word atheist as a word. understand right now there

are atheist serving as chaplains in the military but they are watching. they call themselves jews or muslims they are serving today. lou: using q are persuasive by actually deriding those who are representing? >> they are forced to lie to do their jobs. we think they should be to fall and to a diversity is a very good thing. >> can we use the word diversity for the hell of it? what are you talking about? >> and the chaplain and the dod added jewish chaplains and muslim chaplains they say diversity but now they say no harm. >> is about counseling and inequalities. >> she is the president of

the american atheist organization not human estimate that as a part of a fiesta and they deserve equality. lou: but then don't -- still deserve a place in your title? >> no. lou: space diversity. >> the humanist whose serve deserved every bit of every rice that everybody else gets. it is in nobody's way but the diversity. lou: let's to a grand bargain. how about they cannot believe and no problems. >> they already have that. but they also deserve quality. lou: you cannot have the quality was someone that does not believe. >> have a government does not discriminate based on belief that is fair and what we can do.

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lou: president obama has spent talking up dysfunctional washington blaming congress and a dysfunctional washington for the inability to pass immigration legislation that offers both open borders and amnesty. >> to close three get to a midterm election is the harder it is to get things done. i know it is hard to believe it could be harder.

but it could be more dysfunctional but it is right before the election so we have a window of tour three months. lou: mr. obama has found hope in overly partisan washington although he believed himself to be non-partisan in to be highly efficient and productive bryson for immigration reform as it has been passed out of the house judiciary committee but speaker boehner berri said. but when they keep saying the same rhetoric then it all becomes dead were the. he longs to play in the house republicans whose leader now blames his own pockets for the intransigence of the el beeped rumors of boehner and

donahue. he is on to something. he said there is a window of the of few months oath that they might pass comprehensive immigration reform. i think there is some real opportunity to not only confound and frustrate constituents but a clear opportunity to turn over the midterm elections to the democrats. the most recent poll shows that possibility. we are at the edge of what so many had feared. a leadership now energized and committed to reelect oral disaster. -- to electoral disaster. now to the post that we read on the error receives the

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think you for being with us. neil: is the teapartier over ? hope not because regardless of your views whether this conservative monday watching has had its day in the sun but the tape party candidates not only in recently north carolina where the republicans speaker and with two other teapartier candidates did not do much damage but there of suze by a country mile in kentucky and georgia and mississippi and other states.