dr. sam foote. plus, president obama announces plans to pull all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016. our sunday panel weighs in on this latest timetable. and our "power player of the weed," bret baier on his son's amazing story of survivasurviva right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. we'll get to hillary clinton's new book and what it means for 2016 in a moment. but first, some breaking news. the lone american pow of the afghanistan conflict is now in germany. after almost five years in captivity. the taliban turned over army sergeant bowe bergdahl in exchange for five high level afghan detainees being held at guantanamo bay. let's bring in fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> chris, right now sergeant bergdahl is being seen by specialists in landstuhl, germany. he has not spoken to his parents. intelligence are trying to glean anything they can about his time with the taliban. >> he wasn't forgotten by his country because t

dr. foote the v.a. budget, it is not a lack of money the budget has tripled since 2000 so one of the questions is, should the v.a. be taking care from the moment a veteran leaves the service, of every veteran for life or should there be more targeting? if it is a service-related problem or a veteran is connection duty, that, yes, the system will take care of them but if it is an age or health issue unrelated to service that the v.a. should not be responsible? >> the v.a. is here to take care of those who have borne the battle and was set up to take care for people with service connected conditions and in the early 1990's it involved into a safety net and now it is trying to promise under the affordable care act that it is an insurance similar to others. i don't think it can quite meet that goal. if they want to do that it will take more facilities and more money. >> chairman miller, you have the vietnam and korea veterans who are getting older, you have the explosion of veterans from iraq and afghanista

>> i think workload is a piece of it and as dr. foote suggests it's a culture that discourages candor and even in some cases encouraged ethical lapses. >> ifill: how about physician shortages? >> yes, i would agree. many of these facilities have more patients needing care than they have staff to take care of those patients. >> ifill: why? we have both an aging veteran population and a compelling need on the part of veterans returning from war in large numbers with multiple medical problems and a system that just wasn't equipped at all facilities to handle that. >> ifill: let's talk about the system, dr. foote. how much of this is dated technology? >> the computer is not the problem. vista works quite well if you're trying to do it honestly, but it was never designed to try to prevent people who were going to do things incorrectly to do it. as far as the medical thing, the vietnam veterans draw the medical side of the house as babbaby boomers and returning vs are putting a huge strain on mental health. in phoenix only about half are prima

dr. foote, you first. >> i'm extremely helpful. the v.a.ronic care, high blood pressure, diabetes. it falls down at urgent and emergency room type care. >> you get the last word, chairman miller. >> we have a unique opportunity to better serve veterans and not serve the bureaucrats to work inside the system, and let me tell you, if it wasn't for a gentleman named dr. foote, coming forward and continuing to blow the whistle until somebody finally paid attention to what he was saying, we probably wouldn't be talking about it today. >> we all feel gratitude to dr. foote. thank you both for coming in today, and we promise we'll stay on top of this. thank you, gentlemen. >>> up next, we'll ask our sunday group about the prisoner swap with the taliban for the only u.s. soldier who was being held in afghanistan, and president obama takes another crack at laying out the obama doctrine in foreign policy. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of grea

that's when -- dr. foote and i really started connecting about what was happening. >> reporter: in december of last year, dewinter and a va physician, named dr. sam foote told everything to the va's office of the inspector general. >> i thought that was a saving grace. i thought okay, this is it. this is going to be all over. you know? that wasn't. and we were waiting and waiting and waiting. >> reporter: and nothing happened. >> nothing, nothing we didn't hear anything. the leadership was telling us, oh, we passed everything, we are not doing anything wrong. we're not doing anything wrong. and people are still dying. we were giving up hope. that's when dr. hope decided we need to contact the media and we need help with this. >> reporter: dewinter says until now she was too scared to come forward. the truth is -- she is scared. >> my life will change after -- this comes out. i will have people at work who are not going to like me because of what i have done. i have other people at work who say thank you for d

>> dr. foot? >> dr. foot. with dr. ur meeting foot? >> i did not meet with him. >> you did not? a meeting? for >> i did not. > why did you ask for one -- someone at the center of the storm, you're there to understand what the process was. request a didn't meeting with dr. foot? was concerned e it might interfear with the ig's investigation. concern was it might interfere with the truth. and i got to tell you, how far problem goes. because the fingerprints of you that are at this panel today are all over the problem because i can tell you, you're not being forthright in your testimony. for the he model veterans administration. a lot of good young men and that work all ages for the veterans' file.stration, rank and and they are -- some of them are the whistleblowers. them, we would have no idea what's going on. shishi shiship -- hiship leadership is not there. if thattragedy there is the impression that you give all three of them today, is that you andhere to serve yourselves not the men and women that have sacrifices tonary serve this country. nothing will change in the eterans'

dr. sam foote used to work at that phoenix hospital.e the news about the secret waiting list, and you, sir, were the whistleblower and welcome back here to "america's newsroom." good morning. >> thanks for having me, bill. bill: e know you're a doctor, not a lawyer, but do you believe a crime was committed? >> well, i think there's the herbal for that, and i think that's -- the potential for that, and i think that's why the fbi is involved. i think the number one question that everybody wants answered is, did the upper management at phoenixen gauge in a criminal -- engage in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the government out of money by providing bogus numbers, and the other issue is were veterans harmed because of that. bill bill so they were trying to imthe numbers to look good and in exchange get money for it. >> that would be the potential crime. bill: what about those stuck on that witting list and verge hi -- waiting list and eventually died as a lack of attention by a physician? >> if they died payoff -- because of the wait, you

came back, you didn't talk to the schedulers that were actually doing the work, you didn't talk to dr. foote the key whistle blower. you made no outreach to him. you didn't talk to any of us. you testified to that effect here. and so we're counting on you to get us out of a ditch. i just don't think it's going to happen. i just don't think you can do it. i think what we need, is we need a new secretary of the veterans affairs that's going to come in and going to clean house. because you have been in the system for a long time. and you're not outraged. the reality is you're not outraged. you have testified before this committee a number of times, always been defensive. always been defensive. covering concealment, escape and evasion. those are terms i learned in the military as a ground combat officer and you have -- you've used those brilliantly i think before this committee. and the va has not been transparent. has not been -- you know, has admitted a lack of integrity. so tell us how we can count on you and the leadership team that exists there now to get us out of this ditch and to be hone

dr. sam foote was the first to reveal widespread misconduct. >> i was somewhat shocked in how dead-on accurate it was. clearly mr. nabors and acting director sloan gibson did not pull any punches on this. >> reporter: the reports' key finding, the v.a.'s goal of scheduling patients for treatment within 14 days is arbitrary, ill-defined and misunderstood. and that may have incentivized inappropriate actions by va personnel to hide the treatment delays. the report also says the va has technology that's outdated and a shortage of doctors and other health care professionals. tom tarantino of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america says the president needs to do a better job of coordinating with veterans. >> this report didn't need to be written, because we could have told the president all of this stuff going back years. and so it's a shame that he's not chosen to use this resource that he has available to him. >> reporter: the report proposes a number of reforms, including increasing transparency and overhauling the entire structure. an agenda the new v.a. secretary will be expected to imple

drew's story came several days after we broke the story and actually talked about what dr. footessues, of which over 50 of those have been oversight hearings. we've been doing our job, and i've been asking the question, where has the media been over the last 3 1/2 years while we have been raising the alarm saying that there are very large issues at the department. >> you brought up this question last night. i thought it was intriguing and i want to ask you and get your take on this as the chair of the house committee ha thatthat has oversight on the va. you asked, how did the culture become so corrupt at the va. what do you think? >> i think that over the years, the va has just been given dollar after dollar. their midlevel management has become bloated. they have not been hiring people at the level that they need to. the people that actually touch and provide the health care for the veterans that are out there today. and it basically became a rudderless ship, whereas it was running itself. and i have said this for a long time. i said it to secretary shinseki. sir, these people k

all proven to be untrue, but there was a definite attempt to try to silence and discredit dr. footeew. amazing, indeed. many respects not only continuing, it may just be beginning. given the stakes involved. good work, drew. we really appreciate it. our viewers appreciate certainly the veterans and their families appreciate what you have done. thank you. >>> just ahead, could another first lady one day become a u.s. senator? there's some buzz out there about michelle obama's future. >>> plus, the nba best player collapses in pain. >>> and the heat really do feel the heat. can lebron james and his team bounce back? rachel nichols standing by. there she is. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? an apron is hard work. an apron is pride in what you do. an apron is not quitting until you've made something a little better. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? for us, everything. sea captain: there's a narratorstorm cominhe storm narrator: that whipped through the turbine which poured... surplus energy into the plant which generously lowered its price and tipped of

dr. sam foot was the first to see it. >> i was somewhat shocked on how dead on it was. clearly they did not pull punches on this. >> the report poses a number of reforms, including increasing transparency and overhauling the structure. the va must prepare for a changing veteran population. a rise in mental health care needs and a growing number of vets. massive changes to come to the country's health care system. the va secretary will be expected to implement soon. >>> a controversial new arizona law is being praised by some as a layer of protection against deadly rampages. the law allows authorities to take at-risk patients to a mental health facility without order. that in response to the shooting of gabrielle giffords. they want to provide mental health assistance to people who may become violent. >> we do know we've intervened where there could be violent acts perpetrated. >> some supporters say it may have prevented the recent rampage in santa barbara. three young men from the south bay were killed in the incident. >>> millions have their eyes on the world cup. how

dr. sam foote in phoenix, how he came through as an on-the-record source.r once he came on camera. >> that's right. and he was the spark behind it because the secret list is what came out of phoenix and for whatever reason, who knows what, that's what the media really just took their -- sunk their teeth into. >> and i wonder what it feels like for you to have seen him resign on friday, what that's like? because for a reporter so many reporters maybe in journalism school think about having an impact on that scale. >> i feel sorry for him. it's bizarre. i don't want to gloat at all or think that's any kind of a trophy, i'm glad that the veterans are now getting some attention to this problem that many people knew about or should have known about. >> drew, thanks for letting me talk to you in between live shots today, a very busy man. >> thank you. >> that's all for reliable sources this week, stay tuned a news update and then "state of the union" with candy crowley. >>> good morning. i'm eric machine pike and here are the big stories we are following this hou

you didn't talk to dr. foote, the key whistleblower. you made no outreach to him. you didn't talk to any veterans. you testified to that effect here. and so we're counting on you to get us out of a ditch. i just don't think it's going to happen. i just don't think you can do it. i think what we need is we need a new secretary of the veterans affairs that's going to come in and clean house. because you've been in the system for a long time and you're not outraged. the reality is you're not outraged. you have testified before this committee a number of times, always been defensive. always been defensive. covering concealment, escape and evasion. those are terms i learned in the military as a ground combat officer and you have -- you've used those brilliantly i think before this committee. and the va has not been transparent. has not been -- you know, has admitted a lack of integrity. so tell us how we can count on you and the leadership team that exists there now to get us out of this ditch and to be honest with this committee, with the american people, with the vete

came back, you didn't talk to the schedulers that were actually doing the work, you didn't talk to dr. footethe key whistle blower. you made no outreach to him. you didn't talk to any of us. you testified to that effect here. and so we're counting on you to get us out of a ditch. i just don't think it's going to happen. i just don't think you can do it. i think what we need, is we need a new secretary of the veterans affairs that's going to come in and going to clean house. because you have been in the system for a long time. and you're not outraged. the reality is you're not outraged. you have testified before this committee a number of times, always been defensive. always been defensive. covering concealment, escape and evasion. those are terms i learned in the military as a ground combat officer and you have -- you've used those brilliantly i think before this committee. and the va has not been transparent. has not been -- you know, has admitted a lack of integrity. so tell us how we can count on you and the leadership team that exists there now to get us out of this ditch and to be hones

dr. sam foote,joining us. appreciate it. >>> let's get to the political fallout on the impact this scandal is having on the white house. larry is director for uva center for politics. larry, welcome to the program. do you think there's anying neg impact on the democrats in forthcoming election? >> absolutely. particularly states that have a heavy concentration of veterans. look, there are two types of scandals. we all know them. some are partisan scandals. they affect only one party. that is one party gets upset about them and the other doesn't care. the other kind of scandal fits the veterans administration scandal. everybody is outraged. democratic, republican, independent. it isn't just the 23 million veterans. it isn't just the 9 million veterans who use va health care. everybody thinks this is truly outrageous. >> i believe there are some polls, a fox news poll, first of all, on the impact on the president. disapprove, 59% disapprove of the administration's handling of problems at the department of vetera

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dr. dragovic noticed the blood stain on the boat launch was nearly a foot in diameter. >> for blood to go to that size to the diameter that we're talking on the cement platform, the body would have had to have been there for a period of time. >> to find out how long florence would have laid there bleeding, dr. dragovic examined slides of her brain tissue. he focused on the neurons, a cellar communication system that controls movement, memory, and emotion. dr. dragovic discovered repair proteins in florence's brain that were released after her head injury. this showed that florence's brain was struggling to survive long after she hit her head and before she drowned. dr. dragovic estimated that florence was lying on the cement for at least 90 minutes, possibly for as long as two hours, before she was in the water, and there was other conflicting evidence. the blood stain on the boat launch and the broken railing above did not line up. >> the trajectory of where she wound up on the deck was not in line with where the break in the railing occurred. >> to see whether the deck railing was struc

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dr. levine for surgery in december. >> i was really embarrassed by the bunions. i was really embarrassed by the corns. >> when she came in, i think the challenge was the foot was ratherkle. >> reporter: six months after her full-foot facelift -- >> they look so much better, and i'm not shy at all with my feet. >> reporter: but not all doctors think we should get cosmetic surgery for the feet. >> take a foot that's functioning well and run the risk of causing other problems i think is ludicrous. >> reporter: she says they come to relieve the pain first, cosmetics, second. for angela, slipping into her favorite well worth it. >> i don't have to squeeze into them. they just go on, like a glass slipper. >> reporter: okay, i feel like the warning label now, but they are highly invasive. and orthopedic surgeons warn of permanent pain, numbness, restricted joint movement not to mention the risk of infection and swelling and all of that. talk about risk/benefit analysis. yeah. >> the pain -- >> tell us what you really think. >> i don't know. i don't know. thank you so much. >>> i have to move on. finally in the "heat index" are kids growing up with the wrong message? while w