one of them is the woman by the name of catherine mitchell. currently in er doctor described the pattern of horizontal violence. not physical violence which she said is exceedingly rare, but pattern of intimidation, exclusion and harassment. speaking t about the testimony. >> had no problems for my orders down, in front of patients in front of the visitors and in front of police officers and housekeepers. eric: another staffer in atlanta since the whistleblower complaint to the deputy chief of staff and after he filed the complaint curious to the complaint was leaked to his immediate supervisor back in atlanta. soon came in retribution. >> i was illegally placed on a work detail by assistant deputy and acting chief business officer. reporter: their work and new legislation to better protect whistleblowers, i whistleblower law already in effect but critics say the court have diminished their impact over the years and in addition to that the fbi is conducting a full-scale criminal investigation of wrongdoing at the veterans administration. back

catherine mitchell, the va whistle blower who worked at the phoenix va emergency department. what a story she has to tell us. >>> israel launching its largest defensive in two years against targets inside the gaza strip. israel saying the strikes aimed to stop hamas once and for with a rocket fire into southern israel. hamas firing back. fighting going off during a wedding ceremony as you can see here. that wedding party sent scrambling. no word on whether or not anyone was injured during that. more coming up on that this morning. >>> as the crisis on the border continues to grow, women and children being shuttled into different areas and kept overnight in places like this, one lawmakers wants to go see these conditions existing in the united states of america and he is not allowed to go into the facility. the red tape he has been put through just to go view where the women and children are being held is an extroidinary story. >> and a vile of small pox found has people concerned. >> a storm tearing house aparts >> the rain came and then it was over with. >> i am still a litt

catherine mitchell, medical director for the iraq and afghanistan post deployment center at the phoenix va health care system. this time i'd like to introduce our colleague dr. price to briefly introduce his constituent who within the fourth witness on the panel this evening. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank you and you the ranking member for allowing me to offer this introduction. this is a remarkably important topic. i commend the committee for the work that you've done as a physician, i worked at the va hospital in atlanta for a number of years during my training. i know how important it is to have honest and real information for our veterans to honor their service which is why i'm so very pleased to welcome scott davis who will be on the panel today. s a resident of my district. a graduate of more house college. his father served in vietnam. he is a program specialist at the va eligibility center in atlanta. he's been in contact with my office for a number of months outlining his concerns. he's come forward with the allegations and concerns that he has in a very brave and