dean heller was one and senator moran of kansas was the over. we're going to move forward on that. i wanted to thank dean for his support of that important legislation. now, let's look about the va for a second. does anyone here think the va is perfect? i don't think so. if you look at the va objecti objectively a fairly, newt, what you find out, according to the veterans, themselves, from patient satisfaction surveys, they think va health care is pretty food. let me finish. dean was at the hear with me. we asked all the veterans organizations. we said, once you access, once you access va health care, is the care good? what they said is it was good to excellent. the problem that we're dealing with, which is a serious problem, is waiting lists, is access. >> well, two things. first of all, among younger veterans, iraq veterans and afghanistan veterans, i think 59% say it's bad to poor. only 38% say that it's excellent or good. so there's a big difference generationally. second, you've had cases now where you have people who couldn't get a colonoscopy, not a problem of getting registe

heller, dean heller, one of the principals in saving italian art and he ended up he was a painter, he was also a professor before he got into the service to save art. could have been knocked over with a federal when i found that one of his most famous works is in the reception room of love u.s. senate. he painted one of the portraits, there are five portraits there, afterwards, robert heller did taft, just finished, you can see i have all the oil -- i was visiting italy. a great book about the construction of one of the incredible monuments and a couple others i recommend you have got time. conquering gotham if you're into transportation infrastructure, the story of building the station in new york and getting the tunnel from new jersey into man hadn't. an incredible thing, we have thousands of infrastructure projects, this is an awesome one by jill john's, and the last train to paradise is about bringing the train into florida, by a florida artist, a professor who has done burning washington, in my office i have one of the engravings from 1819 of the capital he used in the book so wa

as for republican senator dean heller, he is previously referred to bundy's armed supporters as patriotsbut did distance himself from the rancher after those racist comments, but there's no indication he is weighing in on whether the militias should leave. bundy still owes more than $1 million in fees at penalties for letting his cattle graze on federal land over the past 20 years. the question is how long will an armed militia be allowed to set up camp in a u.s. state to defend a man whose stand against the government is about bilking taxpayers. joining me now is nevada assembly man david bobsian. assemblyman, first of all, are you hearing from nevadans that this situation where you have basically an armed camp set up outside the bundy ranch is causing them discomfort? >> well, i am, joy. hearing from nevada residents, but i'm also hearing from people outside the state, and that's what concerns me as an assembly man. i had a breakfast with the ceo of a company that just expanded the operations in nevada, and the topic that dominated at the table was trespass cattle and armed militia mem

senator dean heller of nevada was blunt with the secretary during a hearing thursday. >> would you explain to me after knowing all of this information why you should not resign? >> i came here to make things better for veterans. we are not done yet. >> reporter: the next day, the man who sat next to shinseki, robert petzel, in charge of healthcare at the v.a., was out. even though petzel had announced his retirement last year, white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough in an interview for sunday's "face the nation" said he was pushed out early. >> there is no question that this is a termination of his job there before he was planning to go. >> reporter: for cindy bordeaux, whose husband died waiting for care, one resignation does not go far enough. >> i think all of the higher-ups need to be held accountable. people shouldn't be able to hold their jobs if they aren't doing their jobs-- when they are not doing them right. >> reporter: mark albert cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: a man in illinois has been diagnosed with the mers virus, the third such case known in the u.s. it is believed

then came this question from republican senator dean heller: >> would you explain to me, after knowingall this information, why you should not resign? >> i came here to make things better for veterans. this is not a job. i'm here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. we're not done yet. >> reporter: the office of inspector general at the v.a. says that, so far, none of the deaths in phoenix is connected to those long wait times. shinseki told the senators they could expect more action from him within three weeks, but, scott, what we're hearing from senators is frustration that he's not cracking down now. >> pelley: wyatt andrews on capitol hill. wyatt, thank you. today, the death toll in turkey's mine disaster grew to 283, with maybe 100 more still missing. the miners were trapped tuesday by an explosion and fire. protesters blamed the government for poor safety, and police blasted them today with water cannons. in soma, they began to bury the dead, and holly williams is there. >> reporter: fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons-- they all lost their liv

. >> dean heller suggested it might be time for a change at the top of the v.a. >> would you explain to me after knowing all of this information why you should not resign? >> well, i tell you, senator, i came here to make things better for veterans. that was my appointment by the president. >> the outrage and frustration are clearly bipartisan after the stand al has spread to at least ten states across the country. >> they are deep systemwide problems and they grow more concerning every day. >> i would suggest this seems to me to be more damage control than it does to be solving the problem. >> reporter: and there is some suggestion the fbi should be brought in to investigate. >> isn't there evidence here of criminal wrong dogging that is falsifying records, false statements to the federal government? that's a crime. >> should be yes. >> reporter: lawmakers clearly wanted more answers from the man in charge. >> in your judgment, based on what you know, are people quote unquote cooking the books? is that a problem within the health care system? >> ooif i'm ni'm not aware othe number o

dean heller and jerry moran. voted no in february.as the va wait time scandal continues to unfold, as republicans increasingly try to turn it to partisan purposes to use it as an election issue, the 41 republican senators who all voted against veterans health care a few weeks ago, they're about to got a chance to get their money and mouths more closely aligned than they are right now. bah the senator who introduced the veterans bill that the republicans filibustered in february, senator sanders, he says he is going to bring the veterans health bill back up again next week. so, all 41 republican senators who voted to filibuster veterans health care before, oh, too expensive. they're about to now have another chance to decide if the treatment of veterans is something they actually want to fix or if instead it is something that they don't want to fix. they want to complain and showboat. and hope their own votes on the subject don't damn them with the blame. the bill drops in the senate next week. if we believe our own passion that rhetor

republican senator dean heller just asked shinseki about resigning upon. >> i came here to make thingsor veterans. that was my appointment by the president. every day i start out with the intent, in fact, to provide as much care and benefits for the people i went to war with. this is not a job. i am here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. >> shinseki opened with remarks saying that he was mad as hell about what had happened over the allegations. >>> a massive oil spill on the streets of los angeles tops our look at stories around the news nation today. the los angeles fire department says about 10,000 gallons spilled early this morning after a pipe burst. it happened just after midnight local time in an industrial area. the spill was about a half-mile wide and knee-deep in some areas. crews vacuumed up most of the oil and are using diapers to contain the rest. >>> casey kasem's children say they found their father and are going to bring him home. he was found in washington, after filing a missing persons report. police say deputies found him and his

we have a senator here, dean heller, who recently started parroting the adelson rhetoric.ut even harry reid now sounds a little bit like sheldon adelson. and maybe it's just the fear of what sheldon adelson will do a harry reid in 2016. >> that's exactly right. you make a few examples of people and you don't have to spend a dollar for people to say, well, you know what, am i really going to -- is the hill i want to die on, internet government, john ralston, thank you? that is all in for this evening. the fantastic rachel maddow starts right now. >> thank you, i like that very much. every night, please. >> every night it is. >> thank you, chris, appreciate it. and thank you for you at home for staying with us on this fantastic night. in the year 2008, the great state of missouri got rid of its limits on campaign contributions. they said anyone could give any amount for candidates and election issues in that state. and when missouri made that issue in 2008, they got, drumroll please, they got their own missouri version of the koch brothers or their own sheldon adelson, their

. >> reporter: nevada republican dean heller suggested that shinseki, faced with evidence of possiblefeasance, should simply step down. >> would you explain to me after knowing all this information why you should not resign? >> this is not a job. i'm here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. and i intend to continue this mission until i've satisfied either that goal, or i'm told by my commander-in-chief that my time has been served. >> reporter: alaska democrat mark begich wanted to know if shinseki would hold others accountable if the allegations prove to be accurate. >> without getting ahead of decisions, i would say, manipulation of data, of the truth, is serious, with me. >> would you fire them? >> i will do everything i can. >> that's not the question. >> there is a process here, senator. let me not get out ahead of it. >> ifill: tom tarantino of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. >> we can't sit around idle while investigation is underway. veterans need to see the secretary step out in front on this issue and lead. we want a proactive sec

senator dean heller sees hope. he is a republican from nevada. sessionsrned to pete to help push through something, anything that revives benefits that expired in december. the push has consumed the senator for the past four months. that is the latest from "politico" on that. you think it is the long-term unemployed? ok, we cannot hear you. lewis in georgia. republican. you have to turn that tv down. let me put you on hold. john in lancaster, pennsylvania. independent. caller: good morning. need to do is rebuild the industrial base. but that means is that instead government money and rebuilding highways or paying out unemployment, just begin to rebuild the factories. host: how do you do that? money: you take the same you are taking to build highways and you build factories. host: you do it with government money? caller: yes. that is a china did it. they just ordered building factories in putting people to work. thank you. ont: let me update you infrastructure spending. also a story from "politico." "washington's next class" -- cliff" is what poli

thanks to my republican colleague from nevada, senator dean heller, and a coalition of 10 u.s. senators -- five democrats and five republican republicans -- the senate passed a five-month extension of these vital benefits that would provide aid to job seekers that have been searching for work for more than 26 weeks. senators on both sides of the aisle recognize that this is the right thing to do for workers and the smart thing to do for our economy. and so the senate responded and found a path forward. and it was a difficult path. majority leader harry reid dedicated a vast amount of floor time. our bipartisan coalition reached a true compromise and stuck together on vote after vote after vote. and on april 7, 43 days ago, madam president, the full senate approved the measure. unfortunately, speaker boehner and the house of representatives and the republicans in charge there have refused to take up our bipartisan legislation or pass their own extension of these emergency benefits. because of their obstruction, millions of americans are hurting. madam president, we need to get o

i introduced this with senator dean heller. we are in the house to find it incumbent to do the same. this proposal would authorize the department of defense to establish an appeals process for filipino vets who have not been able to have their military service verified by the united states for possible additions to the missouri list. this bipartisan bill gives these veterans the opportunity to have their records examined and verified by military historians so they can receive benefits. it's been an honor to meet many of the hawaii filipino veterans of world war ii and to discuss with them the challenges they have faced in obtaining compensation for their service. after playing an integral part in our pacific strategy in world war ii, over 250,000 veterans have struggled to obtain the benefits for their sacrifice to the nation for the conflict. many of you know they served in the service on the call of general mcarthur and for the next several years they would share the faith of our american -- of the american counterparts in th

let's start with the republican, he is from nevada, dean heller, asked point-blank, general shinseki, your head roll. >> would you explain to me after all this information why you should not resign? >> i tell you, senator, i came here to make things better for veterans. that was my appointment by the president. every day i start out with the intent and in fact provide as much care and benefits for the people i went to war with and the people i spent a good portion of my life doing. this is not a job. i'm here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. >> but it's not happening. it's not happening. so you would think that maybe he thought he should probably get out of there. this is going to be so interesting for me. it's going to be the first time that i can remember over the last six years that democrats and republicans are going to legitimately pursue an investigation on the same page. and if they both do that, let's see if they actually get answers. >> i think you and charles krauthammer on the same page with that one. williams said we should keep an eye