we have not seen someone cut to the nitty-gritty to customer-cec services. change and make the improvements that would help. "newcretary shulkin in his york times" op-ed piece said the real battle is over the extent of privatization in the v.a. >> i think that is a huge battle right now. people want to look at the travel report from the inspector general as the reason he was fired. i think it all does go back to the bigger debate. >> what is the mood on capitol hill about privatization? do they want it? >> i think republicans sided with shulkin for a moderate approach. a lot of democrats have worried about it and do not want to see it. they want to see more resources going to the v.a. >> we were not expecting a big newsweek in veterans affairs, but here we are. thank you for being in studio. >> thank you. years,nearly 20 "in-depth" has featured the nation's best fiction writers for live conversations about their books. we are featuring best-selling fiction writers for a monthly program. join us live today at noon .astern with walter mosley his book "devil in

mentorship she shares with our staff, the dedication and commitment she holds for our district and cec enthusiasm that she brings to teaching and learning each and every day for each and every one of our students. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to present miss candy lee. [applause]. >> you're not going to say anything? >> thank you, everybody. it is a great honor to be up here. as mr. tan said, i was a student in csi, and to the student delegates to say, even in taiwan i'm using this gun violence as part of my curriculum to teach not only about the english language abroad but the american culture, and hopefully we can bridge this sort of gap between cultural knowledge and bring this awareness to people around the world, too. so even though i can't be at the march tomorrow, i want to let you know that i am supporting you in spirit, and so are my students in taiwan. thank you for the work that you do. [applause]. >> thank you so much, candy. this is also a reminder that this is the last day to do a teacher nomination for the teacher of the year award, so as we're thanking our