twitter at fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. an outrageous new development in the scandal rocking the department of veterans' affairs. it all stems from a bombshell new e-mail in which an employee at a va hospital in wyoming walks his workers through a plan on how to, quote, game the system by manipulating records in order to hide delays in patient care. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neuville, welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> i'm eric shawn in for gregg jarrett. critics are calling this e-mail a smoking gun and say it's undeniable proof that officials

at this and other v.a. offices, including this one in phoenix allegedly went to, they say, to try and hide that hundreds of veterans were left waiting months at a time for doctors' appointments. and in arizona, it is so troubling, because there are the tragic claims that the result was 40 of those who served our nation died from v.a. neglect. molly hennen berg live in washington with more on this very disturbing story. molly? >> reporter: eric and arthel, what's raising even more concerns with this latest v.a. problem is that the department of veterans' affairs was notified back in december that there were some shady scheduling practices going on at the cheyenne v.a. medical center, and at a clinic in ft. collins, colorado. and apparently did nothing about it. eric shinsecchi, secretary of veterans' affairs, says he only found out about the gaming the e-mail system yesterday. and immediately put the employee who wrote it on administrative leave. and ordered an independent inspector general to investigate the matter.

shinsecchi wrote in a statement, quote, v.a. takes any allegations about patient care or employee misconduct very seriously. if true, the behavior outlined in the e-mail is unacceptable. but republican congressman jeff miller, chairman of the house committee on veteran's affairs calls the v.a.'s reaction, quote, faux outrage, and criticizes the department for not doing anything until yesterday. former arkansas republican governor and fox news host mike huckabee says shinseki should be out of a job. >> i think shinseki needs to go, not because he's personally responsible. but he is ultimately responsible. and at some point, you have to say we're cleaning house, we're going to bring people in. they're going to go top to bottom. we're going to get to the heart of this. we're going to fix it. and if they don't fix it -- >> on thursday, prior to yesterday's revelations, the white house said that the president has, quote, complete confidence in shinseki. eric and arthel? >> all right, molly.

and there will likely be much more on this in the coming weeks. >> thanks, molly. okay, eric, we turn now to the brand-new special select committee in the house that's been set up to investigate benghazi. washington this weekend focusing all their attention on just what house minority leader nancy pelosi will do next. she still hasn't named any democrats to take seats next to the six gop lawmakers. and committee chair south carolina congressman trey gowdy. elizabeth prann now with more. >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, we learned more about the republican lawmakers who have been appointed to serve on the benghazi select committee. the big question looms, will democrats sign on? minority leader nancy pelosi could select one, five or no one for the investigation, some democrats argue they want to defend the administration. recent congressional testimony focuses on hillary clinton and those around her. pelosi, however, doesn't want to draw attention to the panel. >> our caucus is clearly among those who say don't have

anything to do with t it's a kangaroo court. it's been identified as such. don't dignify what they are doing. >> reporter: after next week's recess, the panel plans to get down to business under the guidance of chairman trey gowdy and with an extensive group of resumes. gowdy and susan brooks are former federal prosecutors. jim jordan sits on the judiciary and oversight committees. mike pompeiio, martha roby with law degrees, and lynn wes moreland. lawmakers on and off the panel are eager to get started and they dismissed an action on the parts of democrats. >> how can you call this a kangaroo court before you even set it up? let's have nancy pelosi put five people who are willing to look at the facts. shame on them if they don't participate. >> there's no timetable or schedule laid out for the panel. although it is anticipated to continue through the midterm elections. arthel, back to you. >> elizabeth, thanks a lot. eric?

and arthel, we'll have a lot more about this in five minutes. a fair and balanced debate on that investigation committee. meanwhile, abroad now at ukraine, they're warning secession of that country could lead to the nation's, quote, complete destruction. violence tearing through the east ahead of tomorrow's vote when two cities controlled by a pro-russian separatists are set to vote on either to stay part of ukraine or become, quote, the sovereign people's republics with stronger ties to moscow. of course, the west is calling that referendum set for tomorrow illegitimate. this while russian president vladimir putin has asked for the vote to be delayed as the tensions and the bloodshed and the deadly toll has continued to rise. crews searching for the final missing person today following a deadly hot air balloon accident last night. police in virginia say the balloon hit a power line, caught fire and plummeted to the ground just outside of richmond. search crews have so far found two bodies. we are hearing from witnesses

who say they saw two people fall or jump from the basket. >> it was the most horrific thing i've ever witnessed. it appeared it was trying to land, and there was another balloon in the way that was actually smoking, as well. but it was already on the ground. and you could hear them screaming, "please, dear god, sweet jesus, we're going to die, please help us." so it was kind of like a pop. but when that happened, the basket exploded, and debris started falling to the ground. >> the balloon was one of nearly 20 others taking part in the mid atlantic balloon festival there. organizers have since cancelled the rest of that event. did you hear about this? a teacher fired for trying to break up a school fight? well, the entire incident caught on camera. take a look at this. so what happened? well, the school board fired her. did that board go too far or was it correct? our legal panel weighs in on that question, next. and democrats still balking

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we now know who will take part in the special select committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attack in benghazi that left four americans dead. at least as far as the republican members of that panel are concerned. republicans say they want it to be a bipartisan effort, but so far, no democrat has yet agreed to sign on. house minority leader nancy pelosi bluntly dismissing the panel in her words as politics. >> either people dismissing it or never knew about it in the first place. let's not be accomplices to this

vie versionnary tactic. they don't want to talk about what our responsibilities are here. >> the more i hear about nancy pelosi, the less i think she knows about benghazi. her objection is this, this is going to hurt democrats and secretary clinton. she is acting in a partisan way she is accusing john boehner of acting. >> so is the panel a diversenary tactic? ron bogine and sa teata jackson, fox news contributor from chicago. ron, let me start with you. >> great to see you. >> ms. pelosi uses the words kangaroo court. you heard her say this is all diversionary and politics and people are tired of it. what do you think? >> what's diversionary is nancy pelosi looking like she is not going to seat democrats on the panel. and what they're doing is obstructing the investigation. by basically saying that this is a kangaroo court, trying to distract people from the fact

they are going to obstruct -- they do not want to participate in what's going on. they're very worried about finding out the facts. we just found out that the -- that a white house staffer was involved in a cover-up by convincing susan rice to talk about the anti muslim video and to stay away from that administration policy when it came to benghazi. >> you're talking about the -- >> i think they're worried about what's going to happen here. >> do you think democrats are worried about what this panel could find, it's part of a cover-up? >> let me first say happy mother's day to everyone, and particularly to the mothers of the four brave americans killed in benghazi. mother's day originally was mother's day for peace, and which mothers were calling for peace all over the world. and in this spirit, i hope we can approach this benghazi investigation. the fact is, we need to put patriotism over party. we need a bipartisan committee, we need a bipartisan agreement to seek answers that are right, not just hunt for answers for the right. i fear that we have shifted the

fight from aca over to the fight over benghazi. and this is about 2014 and 2016. and it should not be you have four dead americans and in the meantime you've got 92.5 million americans who are out of work. you've got girls who need to be brought back. there are a lot of issues that we need to deal with. and i don't want to shift away from benghazi. but i want us to get the right answers and seek them for the right reasons. >> and you're right. the outspoken mothers of some of those brave americans who were killed. they want answers too. but look, the democrats, they didn't boycott the watergate hearings. they didn't boycott iran contra. they didn't boycott, what -- the hearings on the mafia? i'm going way back on that one. why boycott this if it's in the intent of our nation to get the true answers out? >> well, you know, i mean, that was a very different time. you had bipartisanship. you had people who would come together, past party and pass legislation that was best for america. we don't have that environment now. it is a highly toxic, highly

partisan atmosphere and we do not need that. >> i'm sorry to interrupt -- do you think the republicans are only doing this for toxic, as you say, purposes and partisan efforts? >> i have seen the energy shift as i have said, from aca to benghazi. and that is troubling to me. particular -- you know what i would like to see? a hearing on 92.5 million americans who do not have jobs. >> well, that's another issue. i totally understand that. >> no, no, but that's a very, very real issue. 100 million americans are not eating. and that's not something we're going to have hearings about? come on. >> well, yeah, a lot of members of congress can do that too. but ron, do you think sa teata has a point? >> i think the democrats are completely playing politics. they're worried about protecting hillary clinton, should she run in 2016. n you know, the republicans on this benghazi panel are very responsible. of the chairman of the special committee, trey gowdy, has 16 years of prosecutorial experience.

these are not bomb-throwers, people playing partisan politics. and they shouldn't overplay their hand. simply asking the questions, what happened before, during and after, and get to the bottom of it. you know, questions like, where was president obama during all of this? we knew exactly where he was during the osama bin laden raid he ordered. we basically have very foggy details about what happened with him. where was he? why was he, you know -- all we know is that he was potentially patching up something with -- something with israel and benjamin netanyahu during that time, paying attention to campaign issues. rather than focusing on what happened. >> you're talking about an 8:00 p.m. phone call we know of, apparently was in the white house but not in the situation room. >> he was reportedly not there. >> but you know -- if you want -- >> not in the situation room. >> bring in ray mcgovern. ray mcgovern briefs presidents for decades. he says this was an intelligence failure. this was a conflict, it became a diplomatic facility. what does all of that mean? i don't mind asking these questions. i'm not afraid of asking the

hard questions. but you know what? you've got to detoxify the atmosphere so that i can trust the answers. >> that's what the democrats are doing. >> i'm not -- no, you know what, this is not about democrats or republicans. this is about american people getting the answers. >> ron, last word. >> yeah, no. that's what the democrats are doing. they're trying to put up a smokescreen, have a fog machine go around this whole thing by simply calling it politics and calling it a kangaroo court. you know what, we just found out last week that the white house lied. they said they were not part of covering this up. when we found an e-mail from ben rhodes, a white house staffer, telling susan rice, talk about the anti muslim video, stay away from administration policy. that's a golden nugget. oh, my gosh. >> we're up against the clock and we'll see what happens if the democrats do indeed join this committee if it indeed does go forward in a bipartisan manner. thank you. >> happy mother's day, god bless you both. >> happy mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you too as well. a powerful twitter campaign

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and heartbroken over the kidnapping of 200 nigerian dormitory in the middle of the night. this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. >> joining us now, reverend jessie jackson, civil rights activist. so good to have you here. >> good to hear michelle's voice on this issue. >> indeed. and i want to ask you, will you be going to nigeria? >> well i was inclined to go. i was there four times last year, key aware of this issue of boko harran in neither earia. if i could be any assistance to the president, i will. but my concern is not just a matter of these men capturing

the young girls. 1500 were killed this year before these girls were abducted. the indications go beyond them in terms of terror. these al qaeda hit kenya and tanzania before it hit new york. and in sudan, for example, should we ignore african government at our apparel. >> since you went there first i'll follow your lead on this, reverend jackson, you mentioned boko haram and the al qaeda connection. do you believe that boko haram have tenticles that reach into the united states. >> i do not know that but i know they are well-funded and well-armed and they otherwise would not have access to ak-47s and the communications they have. and they had two bombers last

week and near anything nudgeer -- near niger and bloom. it should have ramifications and humane ramifications of the girls be sold and possibly raped and maybe killed. we hope not. we pray to god that doesn't happen. >> we do pray that doesn't happen. you mention the capital of nigeria and oil and nigeria is the largest producer of oil and it is the strongest economy in africa. and of course the focus is to find the girls and bring them back home. what will it take them moving forward to prevent these type of kidnappings and atrocities from

happening in the future and how can the u.s. and other world leaders help, reverend? >> they are using religion as a cover for their actions. none in islam embrace the kidnapping of these girls. there has been some muslim-christian tenia mant. these are muslim girls. but they are acting for destabilize is and if they were to destabilize, i'll tell you, one fourth of those are touched by nigeria and i said we've avoided covering politics in nigeria. and how we cover africa media wise, it could be aet for us. >> and what are you talking about in terms of the political ramifications of to this point

pretty much ignoring policies? >> if all of the rest africa is destabilized it will free a new zone of crisis in the world. i hope the u.s. and britain will use their superior out reach will help. the borders between northern nigeria and cameroon are so porous, they cannot cover it. so nigeria with its pride to reach out in this desperate situation, and after all they have all other troops because it is the big protector in itself. [ overlapping speakers ] >> so i geg your pardon -- i beg your pardon, how can we help? >> on the ground with intelligence. doing intelligence gathering and going into the area. those are ways we can help. and in some point in time bringing in more of our allies

who will know the terrorism and i think libya would be a great help too. i think people on the ground is a big deal. >> reverend, you said you don't want to interfere with the president's affairs over there but perhaps you may be successful since you have been in the past. >> if i were asked i want to help but not conflict with the president. i've been talking to nigerian leaders all week long and i was waiting for the president and what he asks for so far. >> reverend jessie jackson, thank you for your expertise. and we know you will stay on top of it for us. >> thank you. >> and we'll be right back. mus♪

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tend as mother's day -- and it is mother's day eve here in the u.s. but in nigeria, many are missing their children. security experts from the u.s. and britain have arrived in nigeria to help. dominic has more. >> reporter: hey there, arthel. bem shell making the news today. this is the second time only that a first lady has replaced her husband the president during his weekly address. she would comment on foreign policy but she said she and her husband are disappointing by the kidnapping by the boko haram and they will do everything they can to bring them home to their

families. >> in this girls, barack and i see our own daughters. we see their hopes and their dreams and we can only imagine the ang rish their parents -- the anguish the girls are fearing right now. >> and the girls have been taken and spread throughout the country. sky news reporting that the girls have been broken up into as many four groups, but we have not confirmed that here and the u.s. is considering possibly using drones to try to locate the groups. at the moment the military cell made up of advisers for the nigeria resources are quite overwhelmed and they don't have the resources to deal with a crisis like this. in congress we are hearing calls that the u.s. should get involved in tactical involvement. >> we have the capability, and

yes in my committee in the foreign affairs committee we passed out a resolution with my amendment that would indicate that we should use u.s. special forces, special ops on the ground in order to assist in obtaining the release of these girls. >> reporter: arthel, it will be difficult for the united states to send special forces in. one principal reason is the nigeria authorities are scared u.s. intervention could whip up more support for those in nigeria. back to you. >> definitely a touchy and unfortunate situation there with those girls. thank you very much. and arthel, it is a solemn day here in our country in new york city. it is where the unidentified remains of those from 9/11 will be archterred -- intoured at the

museum. we are live in new york city down at the world trade center site with the latest. hel hello, brian. >> reporter: hi. well that procession began at around 8:30 this morning. they transported the remains of 1115 remaining victims from the chief examiner's office to the museum. there were no dignity airs, just silence. firefighters stopping and paying respects. the nearly 8,000 remains transported in three flagged caskets and led by the honor guard. they were carried past where the towers once stood. it is only acceptable to the victims' families.

they are 70 feet below ground at bedrock where the majority of the remains were found. >> we always said they need to be interred at the site. that is where they took their left breath and last step and it is important now and it is almost 13 years so this is a very important day for someone like myself. i'm optimistic that michael was one of those remains and i feel at peace that he is finally where he needed to be. >> reporter: a very important day. but some families are upset and protesting outside saying they prefer the repository to be placed above ground akin to the unknown soldier and not in the basement of the museum. >> this is their cemetery and some of us will have to pay $24 to get into the cemetery. that is a national disgrace. we ask that the fallen families have a say in what is going on and if the majority of the family members wanted the

museum, then let it be. >> family members were consulted and they will not have to pay to visit. now again the chief medical examiner office will continue their work to identify the remains and a job and process going on now for the last 12 years. eric. >> and our hearts and prayers are with them and that museum opens on may 21st. brian, thank you very much. well the faa said a u.s. airways commuter jet nearly collided with a drone 2400 feet over florida. we are learning the near miss reportedly happened back in march as the plane approaching the runway in tallahassee, from charlotte, north carolina. the pilot passing a small unmanned aircraft in mid air. the faa has identified who was flying the drone. the parent company is investigating. they use drones to try and

fight terrorism around the globe. well as we continue our battle against international terrorism. increased attacks at our embassy in yemen. we have learned about an attempted kidnapping of two of our officers in yemen last month. the two americans were visiting a barbershop and a pair of armed kidnappers stormed in to try to get them but the american officers, reportedly a cia agent and member of special forces shot and killed the would-be kidnappers. meanwhile, tensions boiling over in the ukraine ahead of tomorrow's vote for referendum when regions held by pro-russian separatists could cause clashed. seven people were left dead yesterday and ukraine saying the vote could throw the country into, quote, complete destruction.

greg is live from ukraine with the latest. greg? >> reporter: hi, arthel. strong words coming from the acting president of the ukraine and warning people against going in against a plan for referendum but it is happening amid a lot of tension. and the residences in one city are still reeling from the clashes yesterday between pro-russian militants and among those killed, many were hurt. today barricades were set up and the police headquarters is ruined. several military headquarters left and leaving many people here angry. red cross officials tell us nine workers were abducted over night, reportedly by armed separatist. one is said to have been beaten. they were released after seven hours. we spoke to one eyewitness who said it was all very scary. we had a chance to look at the ballot which will be used in tomorrow's referendum on

independence, autonomy, whatever you want to call it. it will follow international standards but they admitted they are using ole electoral rolls and no outside observers and a yes vote might lead to problems with russia. and they still call the occupied buildings as terrorists and if the vote goes forward it could lead to destruction for the economy and the whole fabric of the region as the two sides pull apart. the first votes are said to be coming tomorrow night. we'll be watching. >> thank you very much for that update. i thought there was some outrage in a small texas community after police officers shot and killed a beloved elderly woman. [ chanting ] >> it is about humanity.

this is about right over wrong. >> some of the residences of texas marching in protest over the death of 93-year-old curly golden, better nobody as miss sully. they are holding a council meeting with promise to take swift action. >> the recommendation from the mayor is that we go ahead and terminate the officer. >> why? >> why? >> tell me why? >> lost of confidence. the community has lost confidence in this officer and that is something that the sit of hearne do not want employed. >> the police are trying to figure out why the officer did shoot miss golden after responding to a 911 call at her home. the police say that miss golden had a gun when the officer arrived. he has since been placed on administrative leave as that investigation continues. severe weather threatening parts of the country, days after heavy rain kraused creeks --

caused creeks and streams to over flow and chance of tornados to the great lakes this mother's day weekend. janice dean in the fox weather center. what is happening? >> want our mother's to be safe this weekend and make sure your radios are on across the central u.s. one of the main ingredients we need is a clash of two air masses and we have the warm air and moist air ahead of the front that continues to move eastward. behind it temperatures will drop some 30 degrees, especially for you in denver where you are expecting some mother's day snow. i know, incredible. there is the radio over the last 12 hours. we are seeing pop up showers and thunderstorms across the eastern third of the country. but the big system will emerge from the rockies in the next 12-24 hours and that system will bring the severe weather and the snow. and we're not just talking about a dusting here, we're talking about several inches around the denver area and the higher

elevations could get up wards of 2 feet. 2 feet of snow. it is not unheard of, but of course heading into may, you don't want to hear that you are getting your winter jackets out again. there is the future radar. as you can see, across portions of colorado and utah and wyoming, that is where we'll see the snow fly over the next 12-24 hours and winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings for the areas in pink where you could receive 1-2 feet of snow. i thought we were done with snow. and the force of weather today, tomorrow and into monday where we have issued a moderate risk for the potential for tornados. we'll keep you posted, arthel. back to you. >> i'm in complete shock. >> i thought we were done. and all the more reason to snuggle this mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you. >> thank you, arthel. >> snow in may. wow! have you heard about the major shake up at the top of the

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time now for a quick check of the headlines. the nba naming dick parsons as the temporary ceo for the clippers. he is a former time warner chairman and ceo. it comes ten days after the nba issued a lifetime ban for donald sterling caught on tape. and marriage licenses have been issued to same-sex couples in arkansas. this is one day after the judge ruled the gay marriage ban was unconstitutional. the general attorney said he would appeal that.

and across the country today, the 22nd annual stamp out hunger food drive. and you can help too. just leave nonperishable items outside in your mailbox like that lady is doing or bring them right to the post office. the nation's largest single-day food drive for those in need. >> very important. meanwhile, house republicans moving forward with a new committee to investigate the benghazi terror attacks but democrats are still refusing to get on board. in a fox news exclusive interview, maria barter onlia sits down with speaker of the house john boehner. he is determined to get to the bottom of this and determines democrats to enjoin, despite what nancy pelosi says. >> you have heard from nancy pelosi prior to today, it says

they are politicizing an attack and what does she say about this. >> i have assured her this is a serious investigation and the minority members will be treated fairly. there have been discussions over the last four or five days that would protect the rights of the minority. >> david hocking, senior editor at roll call joins us to talk about this -- hi, david, how are you? >> hi, arthel. great. thank you. >> let's get to what nancy pelosi is saying. should the demes have equal access and participation, and that is what nancy pelosi is saying and with the upside or down side of fully participating or not showing up at all. >> so the democrats, nancy pelosi is considering three options, which is accepting all of their seats on the committee which would be five seats to the republican 7. the republicans have a majority in the house, they get to have a

majority on every committee. that is relatively straightforward precedent so they get five out of the 12 seats. her second option, which one of her leading allies rosa delauero out would say to give the democrats full participation and be entitled to the domes and witnesses and the third option is to walk out and protest altogether and say we're going to take zero of our seats to declare the investigation a farce. that has not been done before i can find in all of the research i did on the history of these kind of investigation committees. it has never been the case where one sidewalked out and -- sidewalked out in protest. that has never happened. >> what are the political ramifications. >> that is a gamble by the democrats. the republicans are trying to figure out what is in their best political interest into the mid term and that is why they've

changed their mind about having a select committee and will now have one where they said for months they wouldn't have one. and so they made up their mind but politically it is in their best interest to pursue this investigation one more time. the democrats have to decide what is in their best interest. i think it would be risky for them to walk out altogether. to not participate is essentially is to seed victory to the other side. >> nancy pelosi said she doesn't want to accede to it. >> but i want to know who should testify and who holds the answer and how confident are you that the select committee can learn something new, and also david, are you confident this will be about discovery and not another political showdown or possible standoff? >> well, right. interesting. who can testify that hasn't already, i'm not sure. as your viewers probably know,

half a dozen congressional committees have looked into this. the republicans don't review some as being forthcoming. i don't know who the break-through witness is supposed to be here. i think the chairman of this committee, mr. goudy from south carolina who is an experienced prosecutor, who actually has some -- gets some respect on the democratic side for being a serious guy has said in the last few days, he keeps referring to this as a trial. maybe that is -- maybe that is a rhetorical slip-up on his part because he is a prosecutor but i think if the republicans are going to portray it as a trial, that potentially leaves an opening to the democrats to say i told you so on this. >> whatever the testimony uncovers, will these be the final answers? >> i'm not sure there is another bite of the apple after this. i think that presumably this committee, which let's be clear, nothing will happen in the next week, the house is in recess and

the standoff between nancy pelosi and john boehner will be long time coming and it is hard to see how, if they push this right up to the election and issue a report and findings, that would have to be the last word. >> and in a short answer here, having said what you just said, david, if this is indeed about getting answers for americans, how do you keep the public engaged? >> oh, i think -- it is interesting. it would be fascinating to me to see if the public is engaged. still around contra, which was 25 years ago, arms for hostages that was hard to reduce for the american people. i'm waiting to see if either side could reduce this to a sound bite or a one-sentence drama that the american people will focus on. >> david hocking, thank you very much for your expertise. and i want to remind you that

you can catch maria's interview with john boehner tomorrow morning with maria bartter onlio. >> looking forward to that. and coming, a detroit teacher loses her job for breaking up this classroom fight and she used a broom. did she deserve lad she got or -- deserve what she got or do the right thing? >> and also, eric, the v.a. hospital scandal continues as an e-mail said that workers were ordered to alter veterans records. we'll have more on that next. >> if these allegations are true, if these allegations are true, they are a violation of law and it is not a matter of resignations it is a matter of whether somebody goes to jail or not. why do results matter so much? it's probably because they are the measurement of everything we do. for a wireless company,

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the bottom of the hour. time for the news. police have recovered a second body from the deadly hot air balloon accident happening in richmond, virginia. it caught fire and a third passenger is still missing and is feared dead. putting out to pasture after 40 years of service. paying one cent to destroy the vehicle. and this morning there was a 5.8 magnitude this morning as far away as anchorage, but there are no reports of any serious damage. the department of vetera affairs jolted by another case of cooking the books to conceal

appointment waiting times. a new e-mail now revealing an employee at a v.a. hospital in wyoming instructed his workers to manipulate records to hide delays in patient care. this is following similar allegations of hospitals in phoenix and ft. collins, colorado. molly henneberg live in d.c. with the latest. hi. >> reporter: hi, arthel. >> so when did the word get back to washington, to the department of veterans affairs that they were scheduling shannon begans going on at the v.a. in chien. >> reporter: it happened back in december that the veteran affairs got word of it and the v.a.'s continues to make records look like they were seen in 14 days when in reality they weren't. one e-mail from a man from the

cheyenne, wyoming, center. said yes, this is gaming the system a bit. but you have to know the rules of the game you are playing and when the front office gets upset, it doesn't help us. the secretary of veteran affairs out about this e-mail yesterday and put newman on administrative leave and ordered an independent inspector general to investigate the deal. >> but some want more. and might want his head. >> it is start. but republican congressman jeff miller wants to know why the department of veterans affairs didn't do something months ago? he said in a statement that shinseki's reaction is more of a knee jerk reaction from the media. if this is what v.a. members take to do the right thing, you

wonder how they operate when no one is looking. and as of thursday, before the latest revelations yesterday, the white house said the president is standing by checked shinseki. arthel? >> thank you very much for the update there, molly. see you later. >> well have you heard about this? a teacher in detroit fired after using a broom to stop a fight in the classroom. look at the cell phone video. it is in the classroom. you can see the two teenage kids going at it and knocking over desks and other students are standing by watching. the teacher eventually intervenes but used a broom and they said it is corporal punishment? so who is in the wrong here? is she or the school board who fired him. heather and robert, form defense

attorney and robert a former prosecutor. they didn't prosecute her but they fired him is that fair? >> no, it is not fair. she could have claimed self-defense because even though she wasn't being attacked you are allowed to use self-defense. but as for the firing, they said she used physical force on a student, if you read the michigan law there is a carve-out and it said teachers can use reasonable force on pupils to keep order and decorum in the classroom and that is what she did. >> these kids are going at it, she gets the broom. so if they did not have the broom and wasn't able to break it up and these kids were really hurt -- >> or other kids were hurt. there were all kinds of kidded surrounded who could have been hurt. in addition, she had a walkie-talkie. the school code said she is to

use the walkie-talkie. it was broken. the person who should be fired is the person responsible for maintaining that walkie-talkie. and she has hired an attorney and in june she can do so and she will have a strong argument. >> what did she say to the board? >> she said the best piece of evidence is the video. the video is i believe 55 seconds, the fight lasted over 30 seconds. being a former prosecutor, fights usually last five seconds. they are throwing hey makers and one of the students has the other pinned up against the wall and throwing fists. she gave it time to break it up but there came a time when somebody would get hurt. >> and the horrible thing is the kids were only suspended 10 days each and she gets fired. and to fire what everyone says

is a good teacher over this is ridiculous. >> and some say her name is tiffany eaton and some are supporters. >> yes. change.org is a petition to support her. that is the website they used. and not only that, where are the parents? even if this is my child fighting, the parents of these kids, the parents of this school need to rally around her. she did the right thing. she tried to protect not only these two students but everyone else in the classroom and now she's being vilified for it. >> and how can you get good teachers if this is the way you treat trashes and to fire here without a process involved -- >> the school district said there is a prose and she can appeal as you said. so if the school board's defense -- they do say we're going through the process step by step. >> but there is no unions, under this new detroit -- this is a new process put in place for the lowest schools in the country.

so there is no union to support her. she has an up-hill battle to appeal this but the support from the community and now from the nation will help. >> what kind of message does this send to teachers? >> it is a difficult school to work at any way. it is her first year there. will she want to return there? she will probably get offers from other schools who see how good of a school she is and she won't want to be there. >> and other teachers around the country are probably in the same situation. >> as a teacher you have the duty to teach and nurture and be an inspiration to your students and to me she was. and if you are turning your back on this, how are you going to get good teachers to go into an environment where they want to help and change lives and now they are teaching in fear where everyone runs away. it just doesn't adds up. >> so they plan to have a hearing and she can appeal at the hearing. what do you think, robert, at the end will happen. >> i hope she gets reinstated or

place her somewhere else and get her job back. to me she should be in schools because she is looking out for the best interest of the students. >> i think chances are she'll end up there or somewhere else. she is a good teacher. if they are going to do this, they have to give them support in other places and make the walkie-talkie's work. >> yes. they have some things to answer. the teacher's name is tiffany eaton and it is on change.org. >> come on. do something right. if my child is fighting at the school and the teacher doesn't get involved, please, that was disturbing to watch that fight. a nightmare unfolding in nigeria. the u.s. lending a hand and what they are trying to do to bring the children back home safely. and they say dogs are man's best friend, you won't believe what this canine did to save his master's life. it is an amazing story and it's coming up. we asked people a question,

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>> and that is first lady michelle obama taking over the president's weekly address on mother's day weekend talking about the kidnapped school girls of nighing. experts have arrived in nike earn -- nigeria. and we have the vice president to -- -- the chairman to the vice president. and so you want the world to know, i hear you and i share the sentiments on how sad and horrible the situation is and then he has to balance that emotion with sensible strategy. how should he play it. >> i think you got it right. it is not hard to move people's hearts with a tragedy like this. it is a terrible, terrible

situation. and we replication of what the taliban was doing in afghanistan and now in nigeria. the islamic radicals are hostile to any nonislamic education and subjugating of women, treating them as if they are on the open market for trade. so our hearts are moved and the question is what we can do about it with our resources. on that, the president has not been terribly clear. we talked about this as a law enforcement-type mission. to go in and find the girls and bring them home. we want success there. but what are we prepared to do about the group that is behind this and keeping something similar from happening in the future. that is completely undefined. >> well it is a very crazy group if you will. but i want to go here for a second and then get back to boko haram. as you know the nigerian army put two divisions of soldiers

close to the area but it is too little too late from the government. so good president good luck jonathon be trusted with whatever hand of assistance is handed to him. can he be trusted with that? >> well the nigerian government has been a cooperative government in times past and i don't think there is reason to doubt it to date. but with a missing person's, and we have hundreds of missing persons, time is of the essence and i think it is hard even for internet experts after the trail has developed for several days and have good odds to track where everyone has gone. they have been able to identify a few of the girls that escaped and there are still a large number. we can't know whether they are even in nigeria. >> that is really -- it is really heartbreaking. i want to get back to the big picture. boko haram fighting for an islamic state and radical and

extremely irrational. so on a scale of 1-10 how dangerous is boko haram and at this point, steve, do you believe they have tentacles that could reach into the united states? >> well boko haram is a dangerous organization. it is destabilizing for the region. certainly a threat to nigeria itself. and it is a pattern that our policy members at a national level have refused to identify, of a group of organized radicals seem to have a major effect on the politics and the culture of those areas and they use violence to push their way. it is similar to the groups in mally, and in libya and north africa. and so we need to say who our enemy is or the threat is. it is a regional threat. but the pattern is replicated in many places. and as we've learned with the boston bombing and elsewhere and the internet, you can have

advocacy and if they see success, they will try to replicate it. >> and that is why i asked if you had ties to the united states. and earlier you said the president has been clear as to what to do in that situation? is it because it is -- it is a weird kind of catch 22. if you go in there and get too involved and those guys become emboldened, i have the attention of the united states of america and they can use that as propaganda to recruit even more radicals. >> no doubt. and they do seek propaganda. but i don't think the united states should be the first in and the only force that is used against this kind of a threat. it is really important for the countries themselves and their regional partners and nearby allies to take this threat more seriously and take action together. united states should take a supporting role but we can't

have a coalition we lead against this pro-lawmakeri pro-islamist >> thank you very much. we have to go. thank you. an injured man who suffered in iraq and afghanistan said his service dog saved him when he had a seizure and collapsed to the ground. his said his dog major, pulled his phone from his pocket and stepped on the preprogrammed 911. the police responded. and now he will have to get a new phone, but it shows where dogs are indeed man's best friend. >> we love dogs so much. >> hat's off to major. driving to mom in

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>> by now everyone has an opinion about monica lewinsky. a seedy era of the president clinton presidency. her motives attracted as much attention as an ascended soviet union. many want to scold monica or the history of hillary. some are predictably silent.

the result is this twisted tale of the beret and the dress has become a part of monica lewin y lewinsky. >> some would like to see a clinton conspiracy in the publication of monica's celebrity. they believe it is all an attempt to get the news out this shallow judgment doesn't stand up against the more likely scenario that miss monica and

her friends in media have only just gotten started. she may dog hillary throughout the campaign. that's all she has. her own narrative, as she puts it. it's not a paragon of virtuous behavior. miss monica, a one-trick pony could turn to tacky memory of 16 years ago into a lifelong pursuit. senator rand paul's resurrection of the 16-year-old scandal last january made the important of more drama. he called president clinton's conduct with the young intern predatory. you really can't separate bill and hillary.

he's always been her meal ticket to the white house. they shore up each other eers moral and political discretions. issues of betrayal and deceit have never marred their climb to power. perhaps we should thank miss monica for raising the subject. the massachusetts department of transportation breaking out its best boston accent. check out these new electronic highway signs reading, use your blinker. it's all part of an effort to get drivers to signal when they're changing lanes. state officials say mother's day is one of the busiest traffic days of the year. if they did that in new orleans, we'd have a list of stuff to tell you about. >> and new york. i wouldn't want to know. >> that's true. get off neutral ground.

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