wilkie: yes, sir. we are in the samefought, and t, because the last thing -- there is a museum down the street that will not let people forget. it is to never forget. and because of my feelings on this issue, i want to make sure that if it is done, it is done so that we still allow people to reflect, to contemplate, and to say also, never again. rep. carter: it is important to every member of this committee, the appropriations committee. you will note that both the chairman and ranking member of the full committee have endorsed our letter, and we expect it to be done. moving on, the cares act provides you with $19.6 billion to respond to the covid-19. as of last week, less than $2 billion of that money has been obligated i would like to know how much has been allocated, and should we be concerned about the low rate of obligation? sec. wilkie: i will let john re-task a, our chief financial officer, answer that. madam chair, is that all right? rep. wasserman-schultz: yes, but before he answers, there is

wilkie: thank you. i'm going to answer the first part by saying the chair of the subcommittee actually answered our most immediate food security needs in your emergency package. you up to the amount of money for per diem costs, which we have instructed those receiving them to use for, amongst other things, their food. think, has helped more people than you probably knew when you entered into that, so i the chair and i thank the committee for that. i will give you a statistic. hometown of new orleans, of those who passed the virus, 51% had diabetes. we have an aggressive education and outreach program on food and on health, related to food choices. i will let dr. mcdonald go into the particulars, but this is the subcommittee that recognize that problem, and we have certainly made up ground, particularly in the homeless community, on this. >> there is a national emphasis on population health, and that is our priority within v.a. i thank you for pointing out the social factors impact -- affecting veterans,

thank you for recognizing me and secretary wilkie, welcome. before i go over some of my question let me go back to the subject matter at hand. i love history and i read history and my hobby is reading history. in trying to consider what problem we have in 1943 and 1944 when these things were erected, it's hard to concede in the 21st century why he would be that way. for all we know that's the horrors of what went on to the jewish people and other people in concentration camps. if you will study history you will realize we had rumors of these things at the governmental level, but you know, they were subject to 24 hours news -- were not subject to do 24 hours like we were. the average american soldier, he may not even have a concept of what was going on in the first -- during that time. the if you give your comments about -- attitudes changed after we actually discovered the concentration camps, even more vehement in the battle we realized -- [inaudible] so maybe the people who erected these stones didn't realize what historically would that mea

where is the va secretary wilkie? where is the president?y we stand behind our men and women, how did we let 88 die in one facility? it's not just there. it's stonemy brook new york, alabama, louisiana, these state-run hospitals across the country are getting decimated. >> what is the chance they have a good answer, it's like that everywhere, we're not doing worse with the veterans than any other population. they're getting as much as as everybody else. it's just a tough problem. is that a legit answer? >> no. absolutely not. it's not what america stands for. if we care about the people on the front lines, we have to show it now. think about the family members that can't see their family members. they can't get answers. they he says he supports the veterans he says he loves our veterans but where is he? he's been invisible. this cuts to the core of who we are, chris. you mentioned it. more than half of the vets at va over 65. many of them have pre-existing conditions. many of them have respiratory issues. vietnam veterans have been exposed t

the veterans affairs secretary, robert wilkie, was saying it's not a va study, but jake, it was done on va patients. they looked at their medical charts, then they published these results, which they said found that hydroxychloroquine did not help coronavirus patients from being ventilated, it actually caused higher death rates, this study found. and while wilkie is correct that this was not peer-reviewed and it was not published in a journal, it was funded in part by the nih and the university of virginia. so the president is there discrediting a study that his own administration partly funded on hydroxychloroquine as he is defending his use of it. one thing he didn't answer is whether anyone else in the room on his cabinet is taking hydroxychloroquine as well. we know the vice president is not. he denied it earlier and said his doctor has not recommended taking it, though he did come in contact with, of course, his press secretary who tested positive for coronavirus. and that was the reason the president cited there as to why he's taking this drug, because his personal valet tested

but the law also states that secretary wilkie can inspect any veterans home wherever he wants.va secretary for policy and planning, linda schwartz, says wilkie can create and enforce guidelines hold the facilities available. she was the connecticut veterans commissioner for 11 years and managed all state-run homes there, directly dealing with federal va oversight. and she says urgent action needs to be taken. >> there is a real need to do an analysis of what's going on here and what are the needs of the population. and it can't be something that takes years. it has to be now. taking care of veterans is a great honor and a great responsibility. >> reporter: and as we approach memorial day in the middle of this pandemic, it will also be a moment for the nation to pause, to reflect on the lives of veterans lost and what more might have been done to prevent it. >> it's sad to think how many we will be mourning this year who died because of a virus and not on the battlefield but in a way the battlefield is in the streets of america today. >> when we asked the va if they would do any

secretary wilkie provided an update on the chair of the v.a. has provided through the pandemic and talked about some of the challenges moving forward. this is 2.5 hours.

we are joined by robert wilkie. where is robert? great job you are doing, robert. [applause] we got the veterans' choice and accountability. before, they had to wait. now it's a few hours, they get taken care of. you don't hear bad things about the v.a. anymore. used to turn it on every night, you would see a horror show. you have done a fantastic job, robert. accountability, also. when you have civil-service and unions and all of this, for 40-50 years, they've been trying to get rid of it. they don't take care of our vets, we fire them. before, you couldn't. they were sadists, they were thieves. i think you have let go of more than 8000 people. we have been trying to fire them for years. they were horrible. now, they are gone. we got them out. that is a big thing. robert wilke, thank you very much. national commander of amvets, jan brown. thank you very much. good job you have done here. [applause] you got this very special group. they will be doing a special ride. i will get to watch you, i hope. i don't know, sometimes i look at those bikes, i don't know, they a

but the presidential candidates of 1936 through 1948, wilkie ran in 1940, they were all understood as political moderates who stood well to the left of the republican center and who were regularly denounced by conservative publications like "the chicago tribune" for being insufficiently real republicans, they were kind of the rhinos of their days. yet they embrace to the dire language of free enterprise, and that suggests that on the question of legitimacy of the new deal, there was not significant daylight between their views and the views of more extreme conservatives. self identified moderate republicans did not merely mimic free enterprise a, they helped -- free enterprise for rhetoric, they helped invent it. for example, glenn frank talked about the new deal is a war on business and in his 1940 campaign, wilkie approvingly repeated winston churchill's claim from three years previously that fdr had waged a ruthless work on private enterprise. it was difficult, i think, and it is difficult to square moderation with the binary slippery slope language of free enterprise that moderate

robert wilkie joins us to respond to the critics. >> let's see what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> nice to see you. coming up on "fox and friends" we will hear from senator tom cotton and rick scott. we have judge andrew napolitano who will discuss a brand-new powerful op-ed questioning what if the government has gotten it wrong when it comes to the pandemic. of you been thinking about that? as hundreds of doctors warn of health risks of not reopening the country. we will get reaction from doctor mark siegel and talk to a new jersey nail salon owner who is suing new jersey's governor over the shutdown. here why she says the lockdowns are unconstitutional. we will hear a lot of that. this weekend memorial day weekend, forced to adapt to me coronavirus restrictions, we will talk to the usaa about how they are planning to move forward with the poppy wall of honor this year. we have the 3 hours kicking off 15 minutes from now on the channel you trust in two minutes. "the return of drifting" "drafting" "the return of the slide job" "ripping the wall" "gas-n-go" "bump-n-run" "the ret

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robert wilkie says the da will continue to offer the medication to juul patients despite criticism, he joins us live in the next hour. rob: the senate approving a subpoena related to joe biden's son hunter's work in ukraine. >> reporter: griff jenkins live with reaction from the vice president's campaign and lawmakers. >> the homeland security committee led by chairman ron johnson voted on party lines offering the subpoena, the work that hunter biden did for ukrainian national gas company burisma. democrats, the political stunt designed to help donald trump's reelection. >> there are literally matters of life and death waiting for our committee's attention, but instead this committee is doing the president's personal bidding. members of this committee, i urge you to vote against this political sideshow. >> reporter: this is part of wide-ranging investigations tied to the obama administration, this was for blue star strategies with ties to wuhan -- burisma holdings, on the board until 2019, johnson was surprised democrats don't want to know more. >> democrats are objecting, maybe they a

. >> we're going to go from here to capitol hill where robert wilkie will respond on the coronavirus pandemic. debby wasserman shares this hearing on military construction and veterans affairs. live coverage op c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ... [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] do i need to start again since i didn't have the mic. [inaudible question] now i can officially with the mic on call the subcommittee on military veterans affairs and related agencies to order. i'd like

the secretary of the department of veterans affairs robert wilkie joins us live to respond. we are told in addition to the 70 plus who died, another 80 who tested positive and 81 staff members here's how the boston globe describes the situation, as conditions deteriorated the virus is allowed to spread nearly unchecked through the facility as more nurses fell ill, putting residents of symptoms in close proximity with the healthy. what can you tell us about what happened and what actions being taken? >> a terrible tragedy playing out over the country and a national conversation about how to care for america's most vulnerable after the crisis but i want to make a point those senators don't seem to understand that we have no responsibility, no control, no management, don't control anything in those homes. that is what you heard in the report about new york city, those are the responsibilities of the department of health and in some states the responsibility of the state adjutant general of the national park. what we did when we received the alarm was dispatch 50 of our nurses t

so are we right to be as perturbed as many of us are about not hearing from secretary wilkie, not getting a straight count on veterans, you know, this idea that they're dying in other systems and not being counted and some states are counting them at all. are we right to be upset or is there some excuse to be had? >> well, we are right to be upset, and we should be concerned because veterans are especially vulnerable to covid-19. especially those who are exposed to burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. and don't forget that our vietnam veterans who were exposed to agent oranges also have reduced lung functions and other cdo more bidities that mae them vulnerable to this pandemic. >> we know that they're old. the question is did the system make them more vulnerable. do you have questions for the secretary? >> i do have questions for the secretary. i want to make sure that all the va facilities are up and able to take care of all of our veterans, but we should be tracking, we should be testing, you know, all of our veterans. we need to make sure that we know who is actually either falling ill

. >> secretary wilkie was pressed to talk about the holyoke situation.s what he said. >> the law prohibits us from taking direct control over those nursing homes. we take complaints when we hear complaints. we cannot impose our will on those state venues. >> it's not on him. >> yeah, it's on him. he is supposed to be the veterans advocate for the entire country, not just the ones that he thinks he's responsible for and the president should be responsible, too. he's the commander in chief. when we're in the military we say leave no man behind, leave no woman behind. we don't say, well, there is bureaucrat stuff in the middle and that's why i can't save my buddy. he should be moving every mountain he can, deploying every resource he can and getting on the ground there himself to find out what's going on and get ahead of the curve, find out where the next outbreak is going to be, the next honestlies that are going to be hit. it's an abdication of duty. it's unacceptable and he should be ashamed of an answer like that. >> the c.a.r.e.s. act included $17.2 bi

secretary robert wilkie has to say about that.s testifying before the house appropriations committee next tuesday. that does it for us tonight. rachel is going to be back here tomorrow and i'll see you this weekend at 8:00 a.m. on my show "velshi." now it's time for "the last word" with lauren o'donnell. >> good evening. i watched your interview with the governor of wisconsin and he said the state is the wild west now that the supreme court there has struck down his stay-at-home order, and all of the counties might just be trying to make

as the president said, i will ask secretary wilkie to talk a little bit about the va study, there has been some studies around the use of hydroxychlorquine later in disease progression but we are still working on some controlled studies earlier in the disease progression to see if we can measure the effectiveness of it in preventing the replication of the virus and spread in mild to moderate cases rather than the more serious and that data is still pending. >> it has gotten very good reviews, very good reviews from many, many doctors. secretary, please. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to clear up something that the media has not reported accurately. that was not a va study. >> can you hear him, i think it is important. you asked the question. i don't even think you're listening. why don't you listen to him. >> that was not a va study. researchers took va numbers and they did not clinically review them. they were not peer reviewed. they did not even look at what the president just mentioned, the various comorbidities the patients who were referenced in that study had. i also want t

(music) in 1932, republican luck ran out for the next 20 years, when candidates like wendell wilkie proved to be no match for the president franklin delano roosevelt. >> over the years consent democrat alike have run their conventions in the same manner. a chairman is chosen, delegates are certified, a party platform is adopted, candidates for the presidency are nominated. >> the great state of new york, thomas e dewey. >> fellow delegates i give you the man from libertyville, the next democratic nominee and our next president of united states, adelaide stevenson. >> in the 1952 and 1956 campaigns, the impeccable style of the democratic adelaide stephenson provided contrast to general eisenhower. eisenhower's strength rested in the warm father image she projected into millions of american homes. [applause] when the demonstrations for each candidate are completed the roll call vote follows, sometimes decisive and other times a formality. in recent years, most candidates have received the necessary majority in the first ballot. for example, john f. kennedy in 1960. >> mr. chairman, will make

. >> reporter: robert wilkie is the secretary of veterans affairs. >> and it is the fear of thesses th makes tn in many of oblems compound themselves, and then we see the effects. >> how are you adjusting to that? >> reporter: in april, the v.a. made more than a million mental mental health phone ca health phone calls and teleappointments, as we saw at this vet center in new jersey, alt far from kristal, who hopes that by this summer, rory's family will be able to pay their last respects. >> we are burying him in arlington. you know, he deserved that, so that's where we will be putting him to rest. >> reporter: jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> o'donnell: may he rest in peace. if you are a veteran who needs help, or if you're concerned about one, we posted resources on our website at cbsnews.com/veterans. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." news," how a suspected killer was captured, after a multi- state manhunt. china tightens its grip on hong kong. w t ump is set to respond, and that is rattling markets. later, inspiration in a troubling time. we

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secretary wilkie, i wanted to jump -- secretary wolf, i wanted to jump on some of the issues. i thought the efforts you are taking are immense. i wanted to look to the economic security issues and covid-19 did expose the short-term and long-term challenges in this particular space. i would be curious how dhs is adjusting to meet the challenge. if i'm not mistaken, you recently stood up a new office. i want to define some of the mission space but could you talk about the short-term and long-term priorities around economic security? i think the department plays a critical role and i would be curious what you think. >> thank you, frank. i've talked about this for the past several months. economic security is homeland security and we mean that. the department has been involved in economic security for some time. i don't think we have been very articulate on how we talk about that, address that, we usually stick towe stick to our traditil missions of counterterrorism. really, a lot of what we do is in fact economic security. with a you are looking at trade, looking at exports, tsa,

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i'm robert wilkie, secretary of veterans affairs.erations, veterans have honorably defended our nation. and today they need your help. we're looking for retired physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals to help protect veterans from the coronavirus. please join us in meeting this crisis. go to va.gov/joinus or text vaphysician or vanurse to 97211. in america, the zip code you're born in can determine your future. the y helps fill the opportunity gap with education programs for all. for a better us, donate to your local y today. >>> the drug has been found to shorten covid-19 in patients with severe infections, but not cig countily impact whether a patient lives or dies. here to walk us through those and the race to find a vaccine is the chair of the committee on emerging infectious diseases. we're glad to have him. he's showing a lot of promise. dr. birx called it a good first step forward, not a silver bullet. what does it mean we have one treatment or possible treatment? >> this study that was just reported and, by the wa

we have a full team, secretary wilkie i want to give him a shout out and my request sent out for a teamto go in and help us, not just us up staffing but help us manage. we have three big veteran homes, to go up the three paramus being one. >> martha: governor, if you know. no it's not but you are talking about things happening there were a few weeks ago. this started over two months ago, this problem. and this is one -- this is a state run facility. the state of new jersey has responsibilities for this facility. so not what are you doing now, but what were you doing back then? we all knew these homes were the most vulnerable places in the country. so why wasn't testing and help surged to them right in the very beginning, sir? >> you have got to remember, martha, as a country we started with a pea shooter on testing. so we have gone from literally nowhere and new jersey is the top tested states in america and the long-term code care facilities remain if not numbere priority is to get folks tested to. i can't speak to this gentleman, but her question is a good one. you need to cohort pati

we will see the president in another ceremony coming up and meanwhile, robert wilkie will be joining he is our guest joining us is a brand-new hour begins. >> ed: fox news alert now is president trump leads americans honoring fallen heroes on memorial day truly like no oth other. good morning again, sandra. >> sandra: nice to be with you on this memorial day. i am sandra smith live at the white house where we should see them departing for fort mchenry in baltimore, the scene of an important u.s. victory that led to the writing of "the star-spangled banner," this after he did just take part in that wreath laying ceremony at national cemetery. pausing to remember our soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom. >> even in the midst of this challenging times is that this freedom loving nation knows that freedom isn't free and we are grateful every day for all of the men and women who served in the army navy air force marines and coast guard, but today is the day that we remember those who served and fell in battle. >> sandra: that was the vice president a bit earlier

secretary robert wilkie has to say about that. good thing he's testifying before the house appropriations committee next tuesday. that does it for us tonight. rachel is going to be back here tomorrow and i'll see you this weekend at 8:00 a.m. on my show "velshi." now it's time for "the last word" with lauren o'donnell. >> good evening. i watched your interview with the governor of wisconsin and he said the state is the wild west now that the supreme court there has struck down his stay-at-home order, and all of the counties might just be trying to make their own decisions. dane county -- >> 72 of them. >> dane county has said they will continue the stay-at-home order, madison is the big city in dane county, the mayor of madison, wisconsin is going to join us in this hour. so we'll find out what she says is going to happen there tomorrow in her city and her county. we don't know yet. >> it's going to be an interesting situation. a lot of people around the country including michigan are watching to see how this plays out. it doesn't

so to talk about it directly, the department, the department of veterans affairs, robert wilkie respondingmr. secretary, a comeback. >> thank you for having me back. >> shannon: in that home in particular we are told in addition to the 70 plus who died, the 80 veterans have tested positive and 81 staff members. here's how "the boston globe" describes the situation. they say as conditions deteriorated, the employees said that it was spread unchecked through the facility as more nurses fell ill, managers combining units to pull staff completing residence in close proximity with the healthy. what can you tell us about what happened in what is being taken? >> let me just say that this is a terrible tragedy throughout the country and we will have a national conversation about how to care for america's most vulnerable after this crisis is past. but i want to make a point that it is clear that the senators do not seem to understand is that we have no responsibility, no control, no management, we do not control anything that goes on in those state veterans homes. those are the responsibilities as

i think jeff wilkie the second command told me they both believe in this high off creating new things back, feeling like he's creating that bookstore again. soon door at google is very soft-spoken, he's a guy who will do whatever he can to minimize his presidents and make room for everybody else which is not what you imagine. zuckerberg, zuckerberg, very interesting guy. a feedback thing is real, a lot of people i've spoken with, he will go in and more than tell you what to do, you will ask a bunch of questions, try to get inside your mind and then make a decision. Ãbvery well-liked, nice guy to the people that matter inside apple but much less willing to take feedback it seems from the rest of the company and we can talk about it but i don't think apple has any of these idea pipelines like the other companies do. people generally like tim cook but there was one story where some of the rank-and-file just saw tim cook in the headquarters and he said, good morning and then tim said, see you. he said see you, what you mean see you? it's like telling me to f off that was interesting. and

veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie is testifying. >> how are we expanding that? >> as i am sure you are aware so 6 is a constant constellation of syndromes. there have been several definitions over the past 20 years and it takes recognizing what we call gestalt, looking at the numbers of the patient, identifying this early so you can hydrate the person and get them the antibiotics they need. several facilities are exploring an automated way to synchronize that data that this might be a substance than for them to make a more immediate clinical decision to engage that patient. we have extensive and consistent protocols across the system for this and excellent data to show that we are effective in managing this but these advancements in technology may take a step further and that will be important in the setting of covid-19 where we know this is a complication of the illness. >> i would like to recognize this cart right -- forgive me. i take it back. i recognize mister case for 5 minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. greetings, your remembered as the first paycheck pe

secretary alex azar, robert wilkie, great job. verna, ator seema fema administrator pete gaynor, and chief of the national guard joseph lingo, thanks also to tennessee governor bill lee, my friend. thank you very much, bill, great job you're doing. great being with you. and ma outstanding advocates for america's seniors who are here with us today, thank you all very much. as we tragically have seen, the virus poses the greatest risk to older americans. together, as one nation, we mourn for every precious life that has been lost, and there have been many. we are so saddened by it. through our aggressive actions and the devotion of our doctors and nurses, we have held our fatality rate far below hard-hit other countries such as spain, italy, the united kingdom, and sweden. we are way below other countries. we are deploying every resource in our power to protect seniors and americans of every age and background. early on, we implement a lifesaving travel restrictions and directed billions of dollars toward therapies and vaccines an t

we found out where wilkie was buried, we had to pay our respects. that sort of thing. the only concession that we made to the others was they got a swimming pool in the evening. form of study that was a form of study. there is no excuse, there is nothing quite like being there. i don't know how you feel, but andrew jackson who is not on my hit parade of presidents, goes to hermitage and you will walk away from it with a much more vivid sense of who was, including his limitations >> how did you get into this? >> i was born in atlanta, georgia. when i was young, my mom and dad would go to callaway gardens. near the gardens was the little white house of fdr, state park. i cannot believe that the president had lived in such a small little cottage house. and that he -- and he died while somebody was painting his portrait only half done, and that the pools there i thought and understood polio not being able to walk, and he actually considered himself handicapped but yet he never acted that way. then we moved to ohio, and i lived not just down the road from fremont, ohio wher

spike in mental health wecerns and that the v.a., were speaking earlier this morning with secretary wilkie, and they mentioned the huge rise in telehealth visits for mental health, but what would you recommend we do proactively to reach out, doubling down to try to prevent mental health crises from becoming veterans, particularly among those homeless veterans and those at risk of homelessness in the veteran community? ms. monet: there are a couple things you could do. there is significant overlap in populations of people excreting homelessness. i think there are stunning statistics that v.a. has around the risk of suicidal ideations spiking around evictions, so to the extent that we can prevent homelessness and put people in housing more, that would be a really critical response that i think also continuing with telehealth and doing more to reach out to people and engage them in ways even if you cannot reach out to them in person, you know? making sure they feel like someone cares. rep. levin: my time is up. it is good to see my colleagues. take you all for making this happen. rep. takano:

we are doing today by secretary of veterans affairs robert wilkie. where is robert and?bert. we got the veterans choice and accountability, they have to wait like a few hours, they go outside, they get themselves a good doctor and i get taken care of, so the stories were legendary. you don't hear bad things about them anymore. used to turn on every night you'd see a horror show, so i want to thank you. you've done a fantastic job, accountability also. sounds easy, but when you have a civil service an end you have all of this for 40 or 50 years they've been trying to get rid of it. they don't take care of our vets, we fire them. before, you couldn't. they were sadists, they were thieves, and i think you let go of more than 8,000 people who were terrible trying to fire them for years and that didn't take care of our vets. just the opposite. they were horrible. now they're gone. so that's a big thing. so thank you very much. national commander jan brown, thank you very much, good job. good job you've done here. and he got this very special group that are going to be doing a

robert wilkie joined rob and myself on "fox & friends first" earlier this morning defending the president'sthe antimalaria drug. >> hydroxychloroquine is the 128th most used drug in this country and we have seen it work in many settings across america. jillian: the media has been slamming the president for taking the drug claiming studies prove ineffectiveness and potentially deadly side effects. saving america's national bird from becoming road kill. police come to the rescue when drivers spot an injured bald eagle wandering down a california highway. using gloves and a heavy blanket. a wildlife officer safely moved the 9-pound bird out of traffic and into a cage. the eagle was taken to a wildlife rescue facility where it is being treated. that's a look at your headlines. i will second it back to you. brian: all right. thanks, jillian. follow that have a reporter there or use your reporter friend to find out what's going on. think how much safer new jersey is thinking they don't have that gym open. what a relief. let's go to janice dean now who has the weather. hey, janice. janice: good mo