current situation is absolutely unacceptable. in illinois and across the nation. i think there's going to be clear accountability here. general shinseki today, i'm going to put him on the spot to tell me what he's done in the six years and where we are, but from where we stand right now and what we've heard, unacceptable. >> all of this comes after president obama met with shinseki yesterday and stood by him and also vowed problems will be fixed and any misconduct will be punished. reaction to the president's remarks from veterans has been mixed. >> we can't control 500 veterans hospitals. i mean, how can he? >> he puts these people in office. evidently he doesn't know what's going on. he just turns a blind eye. >> the fact that it it took him this long to come out and speak out on it, we needed something for the president to know that he'll do something about it and it was more of the same. >> joining me now, verna jones,

director of veterans affairs for the american legion national headquarters, the american legion among those who called for general sin seky to step down. verna, let me start with what the president said yesterday and what we heard from senator dick durbin today, and others within washington who now say there's urgency and there should be some clear accountability. does this do anything to give you confidence that these problem rs will be addressed, solved and the people who created these wait lists will be held accountable? >> well, we applaud the president's commitment to hold the leadership of the va responsible for their actions. you know, if this nationwide, systemic problem will be fixed, the the president needs to be heavily involved in doing that. the american legion called for the resignation of the secretary and the two undersecretaries and we stand by that. our veterans deserve that that happens. what would you like to see next here. if the problem is to be fixed?

>> we'd like some accountability and some transparency. we want to see a plan of action. what's going to happen? how will these wrongs going to be righted? and something that helps the veteran -- restore the faith in this system for veterans? veterans need to be able to walk into a va health care facility and know that they'll receive timely and quality health care. no veteran should die because they go to a va facility. >> of course, we're working and waiting on the inspector general report here, but there are some who believe this is a staffing issue. i believe the number was somewhere around 85 million appointments a year, 500 or more veterans hospitals and many of them have been understaffed. is that the solution the american legion would like to see in addition to the resignation of general shinseki? >> that's a part of it, but there's so much more and i don't think you're getting the whole

story. we need to know how many veterans are going into the va facilities and more transparency and more communication needs to be brought forth by the va. so everyone involved knows what we're working with and the problem can be resolved only when we have a full accountability of what the problem is. >> but the problem we know has existed far longer than these six years that general shinseki has been the secretary of that department. are you at all concerned that this tragedy and it is, if one person has died waiting for care, that's one too many, but does this become, dare i say, a shiny object of distraction from a larger problem that exists not just in phoenix, but va helps across the country and problems that existed in walter reed in 2007 and many other complaints that have come in between then and now. the american legion said all

along they'ir calling to have t undersecretaries resign was not about phoenix. it was about a wide array of problems that happened within the va system. it's about veterans that waited too long. it's about veterans who died because of legion ella. it's about veterans who waited to get their claims decided. this wasn't just about phoenix. so it's been a long process, but something has to happen and it has to happen now. we can't go another six years with veterans going into those facilities and dying because they're waiting too long or applying for the benefits and not getting them timely. it has to start now. >> ma'am, thank you so much for your time and your service today and we'll follow up on the latest developments out of phoenix and to your point, beyond the doors of that one facility. thank you. >> thank you. now to another fight on capitol hill, house democrats say they see their role in the new benghazi committee as a new

defense team. minority leader nancy pelosi named five democratic congressmen and women after the select committee after weeks of negotiations with speaker john boehner. elija cummings, linda sanchez and adam schiff, both of california, and adam smith of washington will be there. congressman cummings will be the ranking member and he said democrats need to be in the room to defend the truth. >> i feel that i owe it want to families of ambassador stephens and the other great americans who lost their precious lives to bring some minimal level of balance to this process and they're false claims wherever they arrive. >> trey says i respect mr. compa cummings and i look forward to working with him and the

congressmen. gop leaders haveec mroited the deaths of those killed in benghazi. have you changed your opinion now that leader pelosi has put in place some key members of congress there to defend as they put it, democrats? >> first of all, let me say that we acknowledge all of our fallen this memorial weekend and we will certainly look to fix this veterans crisis. many of us will be at our veterans' hospitals this weekend, but let me say with respect to benghazi, i stand by my statement of monumental waste and waste of time, but i do believe that the leadership, strong negotiation and making it very clear that republicans don't intend to be fair, transparent or fair was important for the american people. our leader, nancy pelosi was right in negotiating with the

speaker to make it an even committee to make it the same numbers that the republicans have and that's the way the house ethics committee is constructed and it is the senate ethics committee and they didn't do that. there are seven that are republicans with heavy subpoena powers, and we know if they intended to be fair there would be a better procedural construct, but on the other hand, i think it is important to be in the room, to be able to address the false statements. the chairman of the committee has indicated it was a cover-up. nothing that was presented in any of the oversight committees with arms services to the oversight that suggested there was a cover-up. one member that is a republican on the committee has indicated that secretary clinton personally denied the resources necessary, what a ludicrous position to have, but if we are

going to look fairly on behalf of the american people and most importantly as we offer our deepest sympathy and recognition to stephens and the families of those who were lost we must not politicize it it and so the question goes back what will the republicans do? and i don't see them doing anything other than a major political grandstanding. >> congresswoman, there is an article on politico claiming that hillary clinton allies pressured democrats to join the committee. the quote was clinton's world was so worried about the benghazi attack, they sent a message to house democrats, we need back up. are you aware of that message? >> i think there are always a role that wants to point back to the clintons. what i would say is that the leadership made the decision that after all of the discussion and all of us had a chance to give input that an actuality, to

yield to the issue of transparency and fairness, democrats had to be in the room. i've never seen any of the potential witnesses that they intend to call, shy away from the truth and forthrightness, and i would also say that as you well know, was there an appointed committee convened under ambassador pickering and admiral mullen and they looked thoroughly, they recommended changes and those changes are being made and they did not discover, they did not find any aspect of a cover-up. so any witness that they call i believe will be there to give the truth and the democrats will be there to ensure fairness and i hope the republicans would, as well. >> with that said, this panel, they are charged with issuing a final report on the circumstances surrounding the attack and the u.s. response. what you laid out, though, are investigations that have happened prior to this committee and information that has been

revealed and there are headlines of a smoking gun that never materialized. if people are watching right now why are they to believe that this is not a hearing simply based on perhaps trying to injure hillary clinton if she decides to run. why are we to believe that something will come out of this? will this even be a final report or just a to be continued to be used by republicans if hill rar clinton decides to run. >> you ask an excellent question and the american people should be paramount and that question should go to the speaker and to the members of this committee that he appointed. as i indicated to you, the chairman some weeks or time back, chairman dowdy indicated that this was a coverup. one other member indicated a personal attribution to then secretary clinton on the actions that she did not take. i believe the american people take this enormously seriously. people lost their lives. i continue as a member of congress to mourn those public servants that are willing to

stand on behalf of the american people. they are due the respect that does not equal to politicizing and politics and making this something for a campaign. all i can say to you is that our members are well qualified, know and understand investigations, served in the united states military, combat veteran, and i believe if they do anything, they will stand on the side of fairness, transparency, but more importantly to calm this down as a deliberative, thoughtful process. we can't account for members that have been appointed by the speaker, republicans that have already made up their minds and made very injurious comments already predicting where they're going to go, and so all i can ask from the american people is that we're stepping up to the plate. we're going to be in the room. we're going to be studying this issue and we're going to assure the american people that we are there only to honor the dignity and the service of all of those

who fell wearing the citizenship of the united states in that horrible, horrible terroristic situation in benghazi. we are staying there to be able to provide that truth and fairness. we cannot account for republicans and i am holding my breath hoping that there will b to those who have fallen in the service in this country as we prepare to honor our soldiers this memorial day. >> sheila jackson-lee, thank you for your time today. >> the u.s. is more deeply involved in the search for nearly 300 nigerian school girls kidnapped by boko haram now five weeks ago. the pentagon sent 80 u.s. tripes to neighboring chad. half of them will be operating an unmanned predator drone in the search for the girls. the others will be providing security for that team, but officials stress the american troops won't be involved in any combat operations or even any possible rescue missions. today in nigeria, all schools

are closed as teachers and many others march to demand the government do more to find the girls. joining me now samuel ubanu, from the nigerian-american leadership council. first let me get your reaction to move more american personnel and up the ante in terms of surveillance provided by drones. >> thank you, tamron. what is going on now is essentially the move that the united states has just made to get more troops on the ground even though us technical advisers and not as front-line troops is very welcome because every little bit helps. the nigerian government is still trying to get its coalition together. there were, perhaps, problems before now that have led that to be difficult before now, but

right now they have to take advantage of this situation, and they have to do their part. they cannot go to sleep just because they're getting help from the united states and other nations which is what we called for originally, but they still have to step forward and take the lead in getting this matter resolved. >> we should note that the u.s. surveillance missions have been taking place since last week. they found no sign of the girls, obviously, but the positioning of chad gives them a closer launch site so that they can conduct these missions more effectively and for a longer period of time as opposed to leaving from italy which had been the the prior arrangement. let's go back to the government and the outcry today. you have all of the schools closed in nigeria, teachers, students, families, still very unhappy with the government's response at this time. what do you say to those people? >> they are absolutely correct because this is not going to be business as usual anymore in

nigeria going forward. this kidnap and the escalation of boko haram is changing the country in ways that perhaps nothing else would have changed the country just a few years ago. now, the government really, really does have to get down, digging and work because it's not enough to be a government and preside over resources and divvy them up. it's time to do work and all nigerians coming together and school teachers and civil society and everybody have to now governize the government and the nation as a whole to work as one unit, actually and get this matter resolved. >> all right, sir. thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it today. coming up, a new $100 million effort will target republicans who deny climate change is happening. find out who is behind the move in some key battleground states. plus, a california woman is

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a california man will face charges today kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive for a decade subjecting her to repeated sexual and physical abuse. authorities say isidro garcia kidnapped his then girlfriend's daughter who came here from mexico ten years ago. eventually forcing her to marry him. the woman is now 25, she's free today thanks in part to a message she sent on facebook. nbc's mike taibbi has the the story from santa ana, california. this is again, bringing back memories of what happened in ohio to those women there and police are unfolding the drama and how this took place. >> reporter: yeah. we have to be careful about making that comparison as some experts have suggested because while the details are still emerging, some of the details are murky and somewhat confusing, but the basic story of this woman is telling, a woman we are not identifying is an account of a decade of alleged abuse that is backed up

by evidence. police tell us the woman is okay physically today and the suspect, her alleged abductor is in custody. it started in an apartment in santa ana, police say a 15-year-old girl just arrived from mexico told them that on that day, her mother's boyfriend, isidro garcia sexually assaulted her. her mother would file a missing persons report, but her daughter never returned home. >> she said she ran away to this park where garcia found her and drugged her and she woke up in a locked garage with no idea where she was. garcia, she told police, contained her with threats to have her deported and landed night shift janitorial work for both of them. >> this is your new name, this is the name you'll be using. get to know this information. >> she said she did try for her freedom. >> he chased her down and she was physically beaten for her efforts. >> she said the months and years

went by, and when they settled in this town 20 miles from santa ana, neighbors saw them as a couple with garcia clearly in charge. >> he wouldn't really let her go outside. she was out maybe like for five minutes or so and then he would pull her in. >> still, they posted photos and videos on social media and had a baby girl and posted her pictures, too, part of what police see is an aspect of stockholm syndrome, a curious bonding between a victim and alleged abductor. >> they get brain washed and bought into the program. >> it was a year ago that three young cleveland women kidnapped as girls escaped a decade-long grasp of their kidnapper, ariel castro. in this case it was apparently social media that freed this victim. she found her sister on facebook and listen when her sister said get away from this man and go to the police. >> now, the woman reportedly told police she did marry garcia some years ago, albeit using

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addictive drugs to keep them on the field. however, the president of the nfl physician's society task force says he is surprised by the suit in a statement that read in part, quote, as an nfl team doctor for the past two years, i've seen first hand the outstanding medical care that team doctors provide to players on and off the field. i will will leave it to others to respond to specific allegations of the lawsuit, but as doctors we put our players first. players accuse the league of fraudulently concealing the dangerous side effects of the drugs and some players say while they were given the drugs they weren't told they suffered broken bones. joining me now two players named in the lawsuit j.b. hill, and john pritchard who played for the houston oilers along with their attorneys, steven silverman, thank you so much for joining me. let me start out with you. fans hear this lawsuit and think how could this happen?

how is this possible? how are these allegations true? >> we ourselves didn't actually know we were becoming addicted to drugs ourselves. >> what is your story? >> my story is after leaving the national football league and taking the drugs and you are put out of the good old boy locker room and the painkillers, once you are released you still have pain. i needed to get the pain taken care of so what did i do? i looked for a pain killer on the streetses which led to other drugs and i became addicted to drugs and ended up walking the streets and becoming homeless and it took me years in and out of drug rehab centers before i got my life together. >> ron, what was it like for you? >> it was different for all of us, but for me, i was more attracted to the uppers than the downers and things of that sort and then, you know, there are players even at the highest level that you need to kind of kick in the butt to get them

going. you would think that wouldn't be that way and i wasn't one of those. i needed to be held back, and i got a beef with the nfl based on the nfl based on that i shouldn't have to be determining my health status to return to a football game or my health status to return to the next week after surgery which happened to me. >> so you were put back in the game despite severe injuries that would normally have kept you off the field? >> right. they're not going to order me to do that. they'll leave it up to me to do that and, of course, i'm going to do that. it's sort of like exploitation. you know, they know our mindset. a player wants to play. so any way he can get back on the field he'll try to get back on the field and they opened up the opportunities for that. >> steven, first, the concussion revelations regarding concussions and the accusations that the league covered those details up and now this. is the allegation that the league and these physicians team

together to keep players in the dark? >> that's the allegation that's a systemic problem throughout the league and to build on what ron was saying, you -- these guys come to the league. they trust their doctors like we all trust our doctors and you trust your doctor to do what's in your best interest, but if the doctor's loyalty is to the league and lets a guy go out on the field who should either have surgery or be on bed rest and instead pumps him up with full-body narcotics and painkillers and he goes out and severely injures a body part that's already injured and has permanent injury for the rest of his life that's a serious problem. >> but you have some who say, listen, ron, your health, your well-being is of the most importance to you. if a physician says go back in the game it's your responsibility to say no. >> but they -- they're not disclosing all the facts. one of our clients asked what's the ramifications of toridol and

the doctors told him it's just going to cause you some bruising so he weighed that. all right, bruising or -- and i go back on the field or i don't go back on the field and he weighed that and said i'm out there. what they didn't tell him is that these excessive shots of toridol cause kidney damage and now -- >> the long-term effects of that drug. >> let me ask you, the physician here was quoted as saying i've been in this for 14 years. he is taken by surprise by these allegations. do you believe that is an authentic reaction to this lawsuit? >> no. >> why? >> you have 600 players covering 40 years and every team in the nfl and every one of them are telling essentially the same story. the drugs may be different, but they're all telling us exactly the same. distribution of controlled substances by trainers, injections by doctors to get people back to play, and remember, everybody we're talking about here is in their 20s. these are kids.

so, you know, at that age, of course, they're going to think they're vulnerable. how many of us at 20 are thinking about long-term consequences when they ask their doctor is this stuff safe? is this going to harm me? they are told there's no long-term effects. don't worry about it. >> the league has been silent thus far. why do you believe we have not heard from roger goodell? >> let me say something about masking the show. you do a show and you do makeup and are about we come out, there is mackup and we cover the scar up. when you wipe theic maup away that scar is still there. same way with painkillers. you give us the painkillers and put us on the field and when the game is over the pain is still there. what happens? you take more painkillers? so you take painkillers before the game, halftime, after the game, during practice, before practice, after practice and so you don't realize that you're becoming aed to it.

for people not to say anything right now. maybe they don't know what to say. >> we'll see if the league responds to these allegations to the point of some 500 players telling similar stories, similar allegations here and it is something that we'll have to have an answer by the league. >> nobody is telling us that the specific facts we're alleging didn't happen. and at the end of the day with all of the media assignment, nobody's telling us that the trainers didn't distribute pills. >> thank you all for your time. greatly appreciate it. i am a dallas cowboys fan, but i'll go along with you two, gentlemen, every day. >> yeah, but i'm a sun devil. >> done, done, done. >> i'll talk live with a high school senior whose story has gone viral after she was punished for what was called the most clefor yearbook quote ever and what she wrote is just genius. i love her mom's response to the fact that herr daughter got in a little bit of trouble. 50 u.s. senators and half of the senate are pressuring the nfl to change the name of the

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than health care and even more than benghazi this upcoming fight over climate change could animate both sides a lot. you talk about the upcoming epa regulations that are going to be released by the obama administration next month. that's bad for jobses and bad for the local economy and republican candidates in various states will say the same thing whereas democrats will say this is a climate and the environment is a defining issue of our time. it's important for future generations and we've got to address it now. >> governors rick scott of florida and paul lapage of maine and tom corbett of pennsylvania. what is the strategy, and let's start with with governor scott? with each of these candidates, steyer is targeting seven different states and these are gubernatorial candidates like scott brown in new hampshire. each of these states are places that barack obama won in 2008 and in 2012. so they're blue or purple states

and what he wants to do by making this play is animate millennials and minorities and parts of the democratic constituency that are important to get these folks out to the polls to say, there are republicans running in these states are climate defires and they're not in the mainstream of what america thinks. they're ignoring this problem and you've got to get to the polls and to your point of what americans think the latest pugh research poll believes the science behind global warming, they found 67% of americans believe there is solid evidence the earth has been generating warmer over the last few decades and figure the change little in the past few years. this will all be factored into this. a hot debate coming up, thank you very much, carrie. >> we told you about the democratic lawmakers who will join the rep rublican-led committee, but many are asking should democrats take part? this is the "news nation" gut check. go to newsnation.msnbc.com to

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georgia school officials are now easing up their punishment of a high school senior after her quote in the yearbook went viral. paris grey who is class vice president wrote when the going gets tough just remember to burr barium, carbon, potassium, thor yum, arsenic, sulfur, uranium, fosse pers on. school officials were, they spelled that back that "a" up. as a punishment, the inhouse suspension kept her from taking part in the senior walk and told her she would no longer be able to give the graduation speech. guess who is joining us the adorable paris grey. how are you?

>> hi. i'm good. >> so your mother's response to this was you are such a nerd. that's what your mom said. tell me the back story here. >> um, well, i wanted to be different in the yearbook so i looked up chemistry jokes and i saw one that was more vulgar than mine and i was, like, i need to tone it down a little bit so i won't get in trouble and i thought i wasn't get in trouble, but it seems like i did, and, you know, i just didn't know -- i mean, if i knew it was a problem i thought it was going to be caught ahead of time and not a week before graduation. >> did you find a lot of people caught on to what you were saying? did your classmates figure it out? >> no. my classmates did not figure it out until they asked me. >> so basically you wrote this clever joke and you'd have to walk around and explain it to

everyone what you were saying and you got in trouble and you learned that the school wanted to keep you from speaking in the graduation. were you pretty afraid? >> yes. >> and the school has released a statement and they said miss grey will deliver the inspiration message during the monday mill high school graduation exercise. the decision was based on misgrey's academic record and her sincere commitment to the school and the community it serves. you are the vice president of the class, honor student, part of the students against drunk driving so overall, just a great student by all accounts here. do you regret doing it? >> no. i don't regret anything, but if i offended anyone i apologize for that. but i do not regret anything. >> we all at "news nation" happen to be fans of juvenile, and he created the back that "a" up and we try to do that every friday night. good luck with graduation.

you're adorable and we can't wait to see what you do with your life and give our best to your mom, okay? >> thanks, paris. >> up next, dallas will star jesse metcalf joins us to talk about his career and being an ambassador to help children in africa live happy and healthy lives. ♪ >> tomatoes, come and eat ♪ >> met calf and his fiance just burned from botswana. we'll talk with jesse live. lrea. lrea. you should know that 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime.

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achievement is botswana. unicef have been on pt forefront of the fight and released data showing between 2009 and 2012, the amount of new hiv infections declined 52% in botswana. that is largely due to the intervention and awareness efforts which includes work done by unicef. joining me are two people taking effort on front line, jesse m metcalfe and saw the challenges facing children there. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> we're all in this together but it is always amazing to see like yourself busy with your careers take a pause and give something back. what made you decide to take the leap? >> it was a natural evolution, i went to a unicef event ironically in dallas where i shoot my television show. we really liked what we saw there. there were so many different

arms in unicef, nutrition, hiv aids treatment and prevention, we were impressed so we wanted to get involved further. >> carol, when you look at the decline of 52% in botswana regarding hiv infections it's proof information hands, volunteering, proof it does work. what unicef is doing and many other organizations. >> it does, it's an amazing statistic but still 18% are hiv/aids positive. there's still work to be done. we're seeing what needs to be done and what's left to do and it was a pretty incredible what we saw. >> on the ground there, jesse, what struck you first? the kids with the smiles despite bleak and dire situations they face. >> what struck me is the hope and spirit of the people of botswana and humility and drashsness and appreciative of our presence and the work unicef was doing. >> carol, what struck you most? >> i would agree, i would think

it was just their energy, their spirit, even though they live in these conditions and they are struggling with the lack of education and poverty and illness, they still have such a spirit about them, that they believe that they can progress. i think that's what really captured -- >> when you look at especially for girls, here you are a successful woman coming from the states to meet and greet them. in some parts of the country, believe less than 20% of the children have access to preschool. we know girls are greatly impacted when no education is available. >> we need to do something about it. that's what unicef is doing. we went into schools and into preschools where they were not only funding what needs to be done but also setting up strategy so they could implement it with the help of the government. unicef can only come in once government is asked. so they can have a better start.

>> i have to ask you about "dallas", of course. how is it going? was it everything you thought it would be? >> it's going really well. i'm very pleasantly surprised that the show has lasted and has such a strong fan base. >> when you're following such an iconic show. >> reincarnation of it, exactly. as a television show the concept of the show, it's worked for 17, 16, seasons now. i'm proud to be a part of it. >> it is addictive television. carol, i don't want to pry too much, i know it's difficult for him to sit next to such a beautiful woman and have people fawning over you over the time, but you're engaged and what's going on -- >> i don't want to discuss that. >> they didn't tell me that. meanwhile your people all just thought, sorry, i'll tell you something personal about me. we know you're engaged. >> i can tell you i have an amazing fashion blog. >> tell me about the blog. >> it's an open forum for

conversation about fashion for women. >> that's interesting. >> what made you decide to do that? >> i wanted to make fashion accessible, there's a stigma attached to it. >> labels matter -- >> and i wanted young women to feel empowered by what they wear and the style they have is independent and doesn't mat every how much it cost or where you bought it from and i wanted to just open that forum for young girls to be able to discuss their love of fashion. >> it's a beautiful transition and i have to say thank you to the bottomless closet an organization here in new york, i hosted a major event for them yesterday. they provide interview outfits for women, many single moms who know that walking in the door were often judged by what they have on. they give interview skills to land jobs. it does matter from when you're a teen into when you're adult. we know that sometimes -- >> donate this suit, this is alice and olivia. >> you heard it, kara is donating the suit off her back

and that means i've got to step up. oh, gosh, okay, let's see, i'll tweet out -- i just got this -- all right, fine, i'll donate this dress, done and done. we'll post our dresses. kara, that's for me prying in your business. congratulations. >> mum is the world i won't tell anyone. >> kimye is getting married this weekend. we'll talk about that. i'm tamron hall. democratic congresswoman linda sanchez of california will join us on "news nation," she's been selected for the committee investigating the benghazi attack. sfx: car unlock beep.

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