griffin and dr. foot you are recognized for your opening statement for five minutes. >> i started my internal medicine training in 1981 at the phoenix program and finished and became certified in internal medicine and worked in east mesa and runed to the va in 1990. i ran the va's medical departme department, i was a medical service teacher after that, and i became an outpatient clinic director in december of 1994 a position i held until retiring in december of 2013. while i have views on many aspects on what is now known as the va scandal i would like to use this statement to comment on the downplaying of the inspector general's office. this continues in the report issued on august 26th which i fear is designed to minimize standards rather than provide closure to the families affected by it. all of the employees receive training on duty to report waste, fraud and abuse. to the inspector general whose job is to investigate this i did this in 2011 and results in gabriel perez being placed on leave within t

griffin, dr. foote you're recognized for your opening statement for five minutes. >> i started my internal medicine training in 1981 at the combined v.a. program. i finished in 1984 and became board certified in internal medicine. i went to work full time in east mesa, arizona as an emergency physician and returned to the v.a. in 1990 the same year i earned my boards in emergency medicine. i ran the v.a.'s emergency department from 1990 to 1998, i was a medical service teaching attendant from '91 to 2003. i became an outpatient clinic direct in december of 1994, a position which i held in my retirement in december 2013. while i have views on many aspects of what has come to be known as the v.a. scandal i would like to use this statement to comment on what i view as the foot dragging, downplaying and frankly inadequacy of the inspector general's office. this continues in the rot issued august 26th, 2014, which i fear is designed to minimize the scandal and protect its perpetrators rather than provide the

are you surprised there weren't criminal prosecutions, dr. foote? >> not at this point because i think the fbi is still investigating. >> okay. dr. mitch snell. >> i'm not surprised because there's still retaliation against whistle-blowers. there would be no reason for them to prosecute the people that are per traiting it. >> mr. griffith, it does seem like the department of justice is looking the other way because obviously the situation is embarrassing to the administration. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you. mr. walz, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of you for your work towards veterans, and that's what we're here to get, the situation in phoenix and elsewhere that provied even one veteran substandard care is simply unacceptable. and i would like to go back. i have a long history with the oig's office. i know someone myself counted in my unit heavily on the ig to provide another set of eyes to provide that unvarnished view of what was going on. so let's be very clear. what's being implied is tha

dr. foote you are recognized for your opening statement for five minutes. >> i started my internal medicine training in 1981 at the phoenix v.a. prevented a finish in 1984 and became board-certified in internal medicine. i went to work full-time as an emergency visit should then return to the v.a. 1990 the same year i earned my boards and medicine could i ran the v.a. department for not from 199219 1990-198 and a pair of service teaching attendant for 91 to 2003 and i became an outpatient director in december of 1994 they but they physicians -- position which i held since my retirement. while i have views on many aspects come to be known as the v.a. scandal i would like to use the statement to comment on what i view as the foot-dragging downplaying an inadequacy of the inspector general's office. this continues in a report issued august 262014 which i i fearst 26, 2014, which is designed to minimize the scandal and protect its perpetrators rather than to provide the truth along with closer to v

daigh and dr. foote and dr. mitchell know what i will be talking about. for those of you who don't know, when you're in training you present cases to staff and they critique your care of those cases. i had a chance to review many of these cases your entry to the conclusion, dr. daigh, but you did, that it had no effect on the outcome of those patients is outrageous. you would've lost both the lens and i was to try to convince the staff come on me when i was a staff member. i think the question i posed to you in one of these cases, if this were your family member, yours, just like case number 29 that have the congestive heart failure, this was your dad, and would you be happy with the explanation you just gave of his death? secondly would you accept that? i say no because you know if your dad had gotten his allergy testing and differently, the outcome may been very different. that's why we put these devices and. and prevent sudden cardiac death. secondly, case number seven, this one in the va got lucky on. a guy in his mid '60s comes in to see a doctor wit

according to dr. footed to raise these allegations when he first approached the inspector general. they weren't terribly interested in them. shannon: this administration in the top down said whistle-blowers would be protected and not punished. we'll watch and keep very close eye on this particular case as well. mark, thank you. >> thank you. jon: fourth american with the ebola virus comes home. the latest person to contract that very deadly disease. where the patient is being treated ahead. >>> plus, an uncommon respiratory virus sickening children across the u.s. what parents need to know. ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. go to comcastbusiness.com/ checkyourspeed. if we can't

dr. foote who alleged gross mismanagement of va resources, criminal misconduct iba senior hospital leadership, systemic patient safety issues and possible wrongful deaths at phoenix. the transcript of our interview with dr. foote has been provided to the committee and i request that it be included in the record. >> without objection. >> we would like to thank all the individuals who brought forward their allegations about issues occurring in phoenix and other va medical facilities to the attention of the ig, the congress and the nation. on august 19, 2014 the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigation sent a letter to the ig requesting the original copy of our draft report prior to va's comments and adopted changes to the report. on september 2, the committee staff member made a similar request for a written copy of the original unaltered draft s. 1 provided to va and the chairman. concerns seem to come from our inclusion the following sentence in a subsequent draft report that

dr. samuel foote and dr. katherine mitchell know what i will be talking about.r those of you who do not know, when you are in training you present cases to staff and they critique your care of the cases. i had a chance to review many of these cases and to draw the conclusion, dr. john daigh, and maybe it is the criteria, it had no affect on the outcome of the patients, that is outrageous. you would have lost both lambs if you try to convince the staff member when i was a staff member. think the question i posed to you in one of these cases, if this were your family member, yours, just like case number 29 that had congestive heart failure, your dad, would you be happy with the explanation you just gave of his death? secondly, would you accept that? my suspicion is no because you know that if your dad had gotten his allergy testing and a defibrillator the outcome may have been different which is why we put these devices and to prevent sudden cardiac death. case number seven, this one the va just got lucky on. a guy in his mid-60s comes in to see a doctor with ches

dr. foot oig was my resident. i ran back to the v.a. when i had the opportunity. i've committed my whole career and a lot of my personal life to trying to improve the v.a.. the phoenix v.a. certainly is not perfect and i've said that before. i don't think any health care system is perfect. we certainly have made mistakes. we're learning from them and we're moving forward. and a good example is after the interim report came out, i helped lead the initiative to get all those patients that were on unofficial lists in for care, contact them and get them in in a short duration of time. i'm very committed to this mission and to the cause and have spent a large part of my life either as a child growing up or trainee or student or provider in the system. i believe in the system. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. dr. thomas, were you aware of visi vision oig report that found that the phoenix health care system was using unauthorized s practices? >> i was not aware until it was cited in the media and then we asked for a copy of it. >> is it your job to ensure phoenix c

the transcript of our interview with the dr. footebeen provided to the committee, and i requested that it be included in the record. >> without objection. >> we would like to thank all the individuals who brought forward your allegations about issues occurring at phoenix and other va medical facilities to the attention of the ig, the congress, and the nation. on august 19, 2014, the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigation sent a letter to the ig requesting the original copy of our draft report prior to the a's comments, and adopted changes to the report. on september 2 a committee staff member at a summit request for a written copy of the original unaltered a draft as first provided to va on behalf of the chairman. concerns seem to come from our conclusion of the following sentence at a subsequent draft report that was not in the first draft report we submitted to va. the sentence reads as follows. while the case reviews in this report documents poor quality of care, we are unable to conclusively assert that the ab

dr. foot was my attending . i worked one year in the private sector and i came back to the ba when i had the opportunity. i have committed my whole career and a lot of my personal life to trying to improve the v.a. the phoenix v.a. is certainly not perfect and i said that before. i don't think any health care system is perfect. we certainly have made mistakes. we are learning from them and moving forward. a good example of the interim report came out from the inspector general. we helped lead the initiative to help those patients get into care and contact them and get them in. i am very committed to this mission and to the cause. i've spent a large part of my life either as a child growing up or as a trainee or student or as a provider in the system. i believe in the system. thank you very much, mr. chairman. aware ofs, were you the 18 director report of january a 2012 and again in may of 2013 that found the phoenix health care system was using unauthorized scheduling practices and not complying with vha's sched

the transcript of our interview with the dr. foote has been provided to the committee, and i requested that it be included in the record. >> without objection. >> we would like to thank all the individuals who brought forward your allegations about issues occurring at phoenix and other va medical facilities to the attention of the ig, the congress, and the nation. on august 19, 2014, the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigation sent a letter to the ig requesting the original copy of our draft report prior to the a's comments, and adopted changes to the report. on september 2 a committee staff member at a summit request for a written copy of the original unaltered a draft as first provided to va on behalf of the chairman. concerns seem to come from our conclusion of the following sentence at a subsequent draft report that was not in the first draft report we submitted to va. the sentence reads as follows. while the case reviews in this report documents poor quality of care, we are unable to conclusively assert that t

dr. foote was my attending when i was a resident. i am committed to this mission. worked one year in the private sector and i ran back to the va when i had the opportunity. i have committed my career and personal life to trying item proffer the va. the phoenix va certainly is not perfect, and i've said that before. i don't think any healthcare system is perfect. we certainly have made mistakes. we're learning from them and rear moving forward. a good example is after the interim report came out from the inspector general, i helped lead the initiative to get all the patients on unofficial lists in for care, contact them and get them in a short duration of time. i'm very committed to this commission the cause and have spent a large part of my life, as a killed gripping or trainee or student or as a provider in the -- as a child or trainee or student as a provider in the system. i brief in this system -- i believe in this system. >> mr. michaud. >> thank you. mr. were you aware of the report in january of 2012 and may 2013 that found that the phoenix healthcare system

dr. sam foote and dr.mitchell called a whitewash with this one statement in their and then you have other statements were not only other va facilities that would seem to indicate that many within the va think that this scandal was overblown. you know based on the e-mail that was sent on your behalf, do you think that our congressional reps who have representatives here, do you think they got out in front of the media and over blew the scandal? thank you think that they misled and lied because it would seem from this e-mail that you are implying that. do you believe that? >> no, i believe the ig report found really important issues and challenges for the phoenix va and we are working on fixing them and looking for. >> why are the staff members here trying to undermine the congressional representatives? just so you all know there is another investigation of this fine facility at the hip of violation. why do staff members here try to undermine our congressional representatives? won't answer its? okay, got it.

dr. sam foote and dr. mitchell called a whitewash with this one statement in their and then you have other statements were not only other va facilities that would seem to indicate that many within the va think that this scandal was overblown. you know based on the e-mail that was sent on your behalf, do you think that our congressional reps who have representatives here, do you think they got out in front of the media and over blew the scandal? do you think that they misled and lied because it would seem from this e-mail that you are implying that. do you believe that? >> no, i believe the ig report found really important issues and challenges for the phoenix va and we are working on fixing them and looking for. >> why are the staff members here trying to undermine the congressional representatives? just so you all know there is another investigation of this fine facility at the hippa violation. why do staff members here try to undermine our congressional representatives? won't answer it? okay, got it. mig

the project, and one was a dr requestor and we made a concession and in that we shifted the elevator shaft in the rear of the building. and we reduced its depth by over a foot by the dr requestor and he has not identified any impacts to his property and there are none. and in short, i urge you to not take dr, and also, that the variance be granted and the very unique, configuration of this lot, it is steeply down sloping from front to back, and it is not very deep at all. and it averages 51 feet in depth and necessity the minor variance, and i will turn it over to the architect. >> thank you. >> my name is eric and i am with the architects and the projector going on. there we go. >> yes. >> just a couple of points about the property itself. and it is a very small lot, it is approximately 1340 square feet, and as tom mentioned the average lot depth is 51 feet, ten inches. and relative to the proposed project, the primary rear wall of the new house is set back 15 feet, from the rear property line. and it extends 6 foot 8 inches beyond the property to the north where we have introduced a 3 foot, three inch side yard set back and it extends three feet short of

dr. samuel foote who testified at the hearing. secretary,r from the robert mcdonald, in a few moments as we continue showing you wednesday's hearing from the house veterans affairs committee. right now, back to the calls. maryland, go ahead. caller: i want to be as short as i can because it is a long story . my husband was in one in salisbury, maryland. all he needed was a tooth extraction to be able to swallow. he stayed for 50 days with no water or food and no medicine except a medicine -- pain medicine because they said they could not give him any of it because of infection. he is buried in a veterans cemetery. you need to look into the health care report. there is a section that says doctors can get paid for putting elderly people in pallets of care -- palliative care. that is what he was put in. he was older but he did not need to die. an oral surgeon said so. in the to get him put veterans hospital in baltimore. could.verything i marilyn just put a law in in 2007 like the health care law. it has taken a lawyer for me to get

floor and ceiling he's they're not anything a typical from the street up their 8 or 9, 9 foot 6 that gets us there. >> dr requester do you have anything else you want to add. >> i personally think that the falsification where the dr submitter knew he needed to get a permit and he drew angle and it's about the glossed over it's black and white a more clear civiltion is hard to minimum in my presentation i gave you a falsification was done and in 2002 dot 1153 revocation occurred why is there no penalty for the falsification? >> i'm happy to address that when it was before summit as a project a question coming out the center how to calculate the dimensions its unique in terms of it's relationship to ashbury the question is should they include the adjacent building for the purposes of calculating the rear yard requirement own downey street. our initial reaction was yes, they need to get a rear yard variance but did not it is the unique situation because the buildings due front open different streets technically on different streets what gets to the corner lot it references an angle of 2 hundred 35 degrees i

even with 20/20 vision 60 feet is too far away i don't think we've had a dr a that's got that large of distance we've discussed 3 foot corridors so i think that given that we honor obscure angles to state is not having a front vision by obscuring window to do with this is not raising itself to a level of dr or any concern for this commission i think it's an approval of a project that's kind of modest i move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much are we making the motion to not take the dr. >> commissioners, we have a motion and a second to not take dr and approve the project commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner richards commissioner fong. and commissioner president wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and places you on general public comment for which i have in speaker card >> any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed meeting adjourned so, same time next week? well, of course. >> >> >> good morning, good morning. >> good morning. >> >> the department of aging and adult s

foot with the tear gas." and the police officer agrees you're not wrong dr..here are also photos on the front page of different protests. lots of them have used umbrellas and it has led to the protest being called the umbrella revolution. the guardian is very critical of beijing, saying the chinese cannot say that they were not warned. this is a crisis that could have easily been avoided come according to the guardian, which applauds the student demonstrators and their admirable commitment to democracy. their demands are not excessive, according to the guardian. these democratic forces are led by realists realize they need beijing. and speaking of beijing, i pulled out a very interesting article from the new york times today that points out that beijing is in a tricky situation. it has limited tools for dealing with the unrest in hong kong. the president needs to find a solution that on the one hand keeps hong kong stable, but that doesn't start copycat calls for change in mainland china. according to this article for now, his toolbox seems to be rather empty

foot boat just finish fueling at a dock when it burst into flames. one person was burned on both legs, all injuries were believed to be none life threatening. >>> forever appears on 2 nights. dr. henry morgan is a new york city medical examiner who doesn't just solve the case of mysteries, he has to solve the mystery of his own i am mortality. you can watch it at 10:00 p.m. on 6abc. before the moves to its tuesday time slot. "good morning america" is going across the country to upbraid -- upgrade the morning. "g.m.a." will upgrade your morning somewhere in the philadelphia area. i wonder where. you have to stick around to see where it is. >> what do you mean by upgrade? >> you have to wait and see what it is. >> we had a fast-moving fire in bucks county that forced five people out overnight and left one person burned. >> tens of thousands >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this monday, september 22 and developing this morning. >> we have learnt a traffic tragedy claimed a life of a second person in delaware and dozens more are injured. >> the hunt for survivalist who ambushed pennsylvania state troopers is closing in on two weeks, but pennsylvania police believe they are clo

dr. rick sacrais being flown back to nebraska. >>> and back in his home town of chester to help people with their health, evans provided vision screenings and other services, he came with a five foot long -- and fit kids and adults with the glasses they need. they will host a basketball camp for chester students, a mobile health fair is helping kids with medical care, they set up the mobile enrollment office at 1100 popular street. medicare part a and part b will help them manage all the red tape and buck county and montgomery county and chester county. >> still to come on "action news" thursday night. new fallout from the bp oil still that devastated the gulf coast, the company a federal judge says bp acted recklessly and that the energy giant has most of the responsibility for the oil spill that killed 11 men and they already agreed to pay millions in criminal fines and now this is an additional $18 billion in penalties. >>> job seekers in delaware got help with their job search today. u.s. senator tom carpenter and chris couns organized this job shop for people looking for work and they offered advice and resume and dressing for success. it will take place tomorrow at delaware

foot, instead of swinging through, she actually stays in the back. she lifted up, but she put it back down because that is what is needed to overcome the backward falling. >> reporter: dr me to cry but increased the settings to the highest level. the first fall was ugly, but the second wasn't as bad. dr. pai hopes that same muscle memory learning can be one day taught to seniors around the world so they can move forward with confidence. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the debate over the obama administration's strategy against isis. we'll get the latest from the white house. >>> plus, the trial of a man accused in a bizarre plot against a pta volunteer. legal analyst rikki klieman will be here. >>> and historian kenneth c. davis tells us about the significance of the labor day holiday. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm marlie hall. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm michelle griego. >>> hey, we're having fun already. good morning everyone, it's monday, september 1st. it's labor day. >> it's a holiday. >> it's a

foot. >>> good morning. it is monday, september 22nd, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including a big question. how long should we live? dresponds to a doctor who wants to die at age 75. first here's look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> at the u.n. this week president obama will press world leaders to stop the flow of funds and fighters to isis. >> we do not want to play into the isis narrative that the west are there to kill muslims. >> the flames have burned nearly 130 square miles. the dry conditions are expected to continue. >> the latest revelation suggests the ravens organization was very concerned about keeping the video under wraps. >> the three officers were involved in a joint training mission. officials are saying that they don't pose any threat to the public. >> everybodyk bachein t park. everybody back in the park. >> fence jumpers are pretty common here but before friday, none had ever made it into the building. >> police say they do know who lathe st person was who saw hannah graham alive. >> we want to talk about his interaction with a sweet young girl that we can't find. >> it was a long trip, but th

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foot, too. industry. it becomes one of the most re-tweeted comments of the evening and it's that keep the people at the drschear that most interesting thing that happened that night and it's not usually just the story itself. >> as those mental floss started this very selfish endeavor. it started in a dorm room. it was a mixture of cocky and naÏve you're in college, there's no magazine like this, we will start a. in 2001, which was the best time to start a print publication, but it was also from necessity. this was a gut feeling that we had, do you create a magazine that was optimistic, very inclusive, that could educate in a very quick and fun way. but it also had to have a shelf life and had to stay on stands fontnths, four months. and so we contemplated on this. like it really was what felt natural to us and what we wanted to read. >> i loved the description of in mix of cockiness and nativity. some combination of that. david, there's this sense i think that millennials are like this human utopia when it comes to news habits as we because there is a pew study that looked exactly how young people read a

foot. how often do a girl walk around every day? >> that's my point. this is a basket of what i have in my closet. this is what i really wore, dr.to three hours. when we're sitting at the desk, the clock stops. i look at it like dieting. we count calories when we're dieting. when we wear shoes, we count hours in which we wear them. maximumly worn for three hours. put a towel on the floor. take your toes and pick up the towel with your toes. crunch the towel with your toes and pick the towel up with them. >> your advice is we can wear them, just be reasonable? >> exactly. the key word is moderation. >> okay. here we go. we're wrapping, miss j. evaluate us. here we go. we have to work it like we own it. it's my 44th birthday. here we go. one, two, three. >> we got this. >> all right. >> we got this. >> all right. we'll be right back, and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and