. >> randall in washington, and we have our white house correspondent, mike viqueira in washington as well. and mike, there have been many scandals in washington. obamacare, and benghazi and this one has legs. >> you're right. it has not been seen as a partisan principal like benghazi. or obama obama. >> i have to cut you off. >> shinseki has presented me with the review of the facilities nationwide. and what they found was that the misconduct has not been limited to a few va facilities, but many across the country. it's totally unacceptable. our veterans deserve the best. they have earned it. and last week, i said if we found misconduct, it would be punished and i meant it. secretary shinseki has begun the process of firing many of the people responsible, including the senior leaders at the phoenix va. he has canceled any bonuses this year for senior executives, and he has ordered the va personally contact every veteran in phoenix waiting for appointments, to get them the care it they need and deserve. this morning, i think that some of you also heard rick take a truly remarkable act

. >>> our white house corresponder mike viqueira in washington and mike, the white house saying thisthe most comprehensive report on climate change ever produced. so what exactly is the administration going to push this report? >> reporter: a lot of this is the bully pulpit the president and his staffer will put this issue you front and center not only today but throughout the week, but when you talk about what the white house can do in the face of a congress that is full of republican -- those are the republican sides who are climate change not only deniers, but skeptics as well the president's handsome what limited. one major thing think doing down the pike in a few weeks that will be very controversial, del, new regulations givenning the coal-fired plants. the majority of this country for consumer use comes from coal plants and you cannot talk about this issue you without talk you go about the controversial keystone pipeline, of course the administration putting on of that decision again. this time until after the midterm elections at least sometimes after the elections coming up

wait times were manipulated in 60% of facilities investigated, and al jazeera white house correspondent mike viqueira has been covering this story all day, and mike, the problems at the v.a. hospitals do not end with shinseki's departure. >> reporter: i think the public pressure will go down. the heat, the scrutiny from the press will go off. but these problems are systemic. they are decades old, and many reacting to shinseki's departure. republicans and democrats saying this management structure has to be uprooted, pulled up by the roots and changed from top to bottom. this issue had been cascading. turning into a controversy, a scandal. there were no fewer than two reports outloi outlining the deception and mall feance. some 1700 veterans on the books as having appointments they were never able to see the doctor, and 40 died waiting to do so. now a second report comin coming from erik shinseki and rob nabors, outlining the figure you pointed out. 64% of v.a. facilities nationwide, not just phoenix, experienced the same cooking of the books. shinseki was here at the white house here in person to del

white house correspondent mike viqueira joins me now.ike, the president says he's losing patience with climate change deniers, and the gop response to this report appears to be setting up another battle. what are your thoughts? >> i mean that's absolutely right. we saw the senate republican leader who has his own election coming up in november, and virtually the only people who vote in midterm elections and non-presidential elections are the hardcore base motivated supporters, and this is both of those angles. the president has serious problems with those on the left, particularly those who are part of the environmental activist community, they're angry about keystone, he hasn't killed that. and many suspect that he's going to approve it after the midterm elections. they're angry about fracking, and there's almost a panacea to america's energy needs, saying that the united states is going to surpass russia and saudi arabia as top oil and gas producers. we have seen mitch mcconnell on the floor of the senate today, saying that this is a s

our white house correspondent mike viqueira is in washington. what else can we expect to hear from the president today? >> reporter: we can look at today as the third in the three-act play. the president had the surprise visit in the heart of afghanistan over the memorial day weekend on sunday there addressing the troops. some of the 32,000 left there now after a peak of 100,000 at the time of president obama's surge way back in 2011. then we saw the president yesterday, another surprise appearance frankly in the rose garden where he put some flesh on the bones of something he announced long ago, and that was his goal to remove all american combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year. what was new? the number that will be left in that residual force you just described by the end of the year, 9800, by the end of next year half that pament and by the end of 2016 a normal embassy force with security personnel of course around him. but then today what's being billed as a major foreign policy speech, the president said yesterday he wants

. >> our white house correspondent mike viqueira is in washington this morning. what can we expect to hear from the president today? >> you can look at today as the third act in a three act play. first there was that surprise visit to baghram air base in the heart of afghanistan over memorial day. yesterday, the president appearing in the rose gordon announcing that troop withdrawal strategy and how many troops were going to be left in afghanistan and their mission. today, the president says he wants to turn the page to a new era in american foreign policy. >> it was the first year of his administration when president obama went to west point to announce a surge in american forces in afghanistan. >> as commander-in-chief, i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 u.s. troops to afghanistan. >> four and a half years later, the president returns to west point, this time the day after announcing how the american role in afghanistan will end. >> it's time to turn the page on more than a decade in which so much of our for

mike viqueira for us at the white house. mike, thank you. >>> congested roads are a big problem coming up later this hour. science and technology correspondent jake ward tells us may not be new roads but how we organize cars on existing roads. >>> hillary clinton prepares for a 2016 presidential campaign, the debate over her health and how that debate started. >> reporter: tony, the new york post reported that george w. bush's former political adviser spoke to a republican audience and repeatedly suggested that hillary clinton may have suffered brain injury two years ago. she did fall. she suffered a concussion and spent four days in the hospital from a related blood clot, but he exaggerated the amount of time spent in the hospital and said, we need to know what is up with that. >> reporter: newt gingrich went even further, quote, i'm total opposed and deeply offended by karl rove's comments about secretary clinton. i have policy disagreements with hillary, but this personal charge is what is wrong with american politics. he, rove, should apologize. >> reporter: they caapologize.js called the race. >> this is what i say about cognitive capac