dr. foote indicated to come forward and say we are so short-staffed. >> ifill: dr. sam foote, what do you think about the solutions the v.a. put out today? >> the fundamental problem is a mismatch between demand and supply and the v.a. is going to need to turn to the private sector primarily for urgent and emergent care and hospitalizations. v.a. does a great job of chronic care on scheduled appoints, things like diabetes, high blood pressure, getting your medications, but they fall down terribly especially out west and in sparsely populated areas where there isn't any appropriate hospital let alone a v.a. one. i would definitely favor something like a medicare card that's run like medicare and not reinvent the wheel for some to have the patients that live far away and don't use the v.a. fee basis system for a non-v.a. care system. that takes months to get approval from the center and maybe 6, 12, 18 months for austin to pay it. you need something where they can bill the veticare immediately because unless you have a senator on one arm and an investigational tv crew on

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. sam foote. by the end of 2016. our sunday panel weighs in on this latest timetable. and our power player of the week. fox news's brett baier on his son's amazing story of survival. all right now. fox news sunday. >>> hello again from fox news in washington. we'll fwet to hillary clinton's new book and what it means for 2016 until a moment, but, first, some breaking news. a lone american p.o.w. of the afghanistan wlikt is now in germany. after almost five years of captivity. >> bowe bergdahl is -- they are trying to gleen whatever they can about his time with the taliban. >> he wasn't forgotten by his country because the united states of america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. >> only very, very few people knew about this operation. we did not want to jeopardize any leaks. >> bergdahl broke down crying when he was finally on board the u.s. helicopter being flown to safety. several dozen u.s. navy seals met 18 armed taliban on the border with pakistan to receive bergdahl who walked off his basin expoliticably on june 30th, 2009. >> i just want

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

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. 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 doing what you have done. >> mazininmazing -- amazing she forward. she is brave. she is incredibly brave to come forward. the most startling

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

dr. foot and i really started connecting about what was happening. >> in december of last year, de wenter and a v.a. physician name the dr. sam foot told everything to the v.a.'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 knowle? then it wasn't. and we were waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. >> and nothing happened. >> nothing happened. nothing. we didn't hear anything. the leadership was at thing us we passed everything. we're not doing anything wrong. and i'm like we're not doing anything wrong? and people are still dying. we were giving up hope and that's when dr. foot finally decided that we need to contact the media and we need help with this. >> de wenter says till now, she was simply 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've done. i'll have other people at work who say thank you for doing what you've done. >> drew, i mean she's scared. he's incredibly brave to come forward. the most sta

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

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

dr. sam foote came forward publicly on our air, he was the retired va physician who came forward with allegationss saying. there was a whisper campaign. we believe it was emanating directly from the department of veteran ace fairs trying to call him a disgruntled employee, somebody was trying to retaliate because of past, you know, shmites he might have gotten on his record, thought he might even be out for cash. those whispers were getting back to us through back channels at cnn, i might add. all proven to be untrue, but there was a definite attempt to try to silence and discredit dr. foote in the midst of his very public airing. >> amazing reporting by drew. 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 th

dr. sam foot, the retired v.a. physician who blew the whistle in the medical center and he suggested an alternative to the secretary's approach to the internal audits. he was skeptical that they were doing with to work and produce good data. he believes that the government accountability office should conduct a survey of care providers and other health professionals at v.a. hospitals to find out what they think the new and returning waiting patient times are and then give the hospital administrators a one-week amnesty period to record report their waiting times. i think we welcome help from any government agency in informing problems and helping us come to solution. whether that's the best option, i don't know. but we have certainly valued the reports from the g.a.o. and the o.i.g. in the past. >> could you comment? >> thank you. we value collaboration and working to provide our veterans the best care. >> i work hard every day to do my job and provide the information that the committee needs. >> i took note of this