march 20th, 2007, fayetteville, arkansas. normally, officers go out solo, but corporal chris denton is recovering from a back injury, so he's riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, it's turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> we'd had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to 60 in a matter of seconds. they're dispatched to a car accident that happens to be a block away from their location. >> it was one of those situations with as soon as we got on scene, we knew action had to be taken right now. >> the vehicle is on fire. >> my first reaction was to get out of the car and check to make sure nobody's inside of the vehicle. >> the clock is ticking and the officers have to work f

they traced the call to a pay phone in fayetteville, north carolina. >> we knew that mr.involved in the air conditioning business. we had a general area where the phone call came from. so we concentrated the search in that area. >> and that is exactly where they found him. >> mr. partin was quite shocked to see detectives. he was taken into custody on a warrant. upon questioning by detectives, he refused most of the questions. he didn't confess. >> but dna finally told the tale. partin's dna matched dna on the hair found on joshan's body. >> this dna just sealed the deal. >> to see whether partin's roommate was involved, investigators searched his suv, and on the front seat found a blood stain. but a test on the blood stain didn't match joshan ashbrook. it was dna from the man's son. the roommate also claimed he was at work in tampa on the night joshan was murdered. an alibi corroborated by his employer. prosecutors believed partin picked up joshan while she was hitchhiking. >> hey, there. >> partin gained joshan's trust by having his daughter with him. and by helping her

as an example, at the fayetteville, north carolina, v.a. center, which i visited several weeks ago, the number of patients being treated has grown 22% in the last three years. resources required to meet current demand covering the remainder of fiscal year '14 through fiscal year '17 total over $17 billion. while the amount is large, it represents a moderate percentage increase in annual expenditures. these funds would address clinical staff, space, information technology, and information technology necessary to provide timely, high-quality care. let me briefly address benefits. since arriving at v.a., i have been very impressed with vba's ongoing transformation. i doubt that any major part of the federal government has transformed so much in the past two to three years. and i believe that because of this transformation, we're on track to eliminate the disability claims backlog in 2015. having said that, veterans still wait too long to have their claims decided. and our quality is still not up to our own standard. a portion of our request fo

engineering in 1970 and jurist doctorate degrees with honors and 73 from the university of arkansas in fayetteville. this is one of the most important things being an avid hawk fan that i am. he played football for arkansas from 65 to 69. during his senior year at the razorbacks were the southwest conference champions, cochampions and winners of the 69 sugar bowl against the undefeated, then undefeated university of georgia. mr. hubbell is a nationally recognized author and is popular speaker on government business and the law. he has held executive positions in national government and industries including the associate attorney general of the united states chief justice of the supreme court mayor of little rock where he actually works with mayor lehman of north little rock that this library is named after. he has been a managing partner of the rose law firm and chief counsel for a large washington-based commercial industry insurance company. webb currently lives with his wife suzanne they have four children and they live in charlotte north carolina. his latest book is "when men betray" and i would

fayetteville, north carolina is growing at 7.8% annual rate and when it takes five years to get a building on the ground it doesn't make long to fall behind. so where we are today as a department is we are behind in the in terms of the space required today to serve patients. there are $6 billion in the $17.6 billion that is designed for infrastructure. >> do you have those projects? >> there are -- i will ask phillip to go into some details. there are 77 lease projects for outpatient clinics that would add about 2 million square feet and 4 million appoiappointment and minor construction and occurring maintenance that would add 4 million additional outpatient visit slots there. >> we have heard time and time again that the dysfunctional for the appointments at the va is due to an outdated computer situation. can you say a word on how you will deal with that? >> there are four parallel issues. 11 existing defects in the system being patched as we speak. there are four different interfaces in the process of making it easier for schedulers to access and provide the opportunity for veterans to

so far in phoenix, arizona, el paso, texas, and fayetteville, north carolina, we have been able to reach 2,000 veterans and next week, we'll expand operations to two new locations in st. louis, missouri, and ft. collins, colorado. with more locations to follow as we try to get help to veterans. yes, there are things v.a. should be doing to make sure veterans in crisis get the help they need, but we now see that veterans can't just depend on v.a. to fix the problem. that's why the american legion has full-time staff and a leadership community dedicated to studying the challenges of mental health treatments, to insure the way america treats veterans is a way that will bring real improvements to their lives. that's why veterans, v.a., and local business across the country are supporting our veterans crisis command centers and donating their time and efforts to link veterans with the resources they need. by the time the panel finishes ouronaling remarks, america will have lost another person to suicide. that is a terrible tragedy. we all have to work together to insure that this rate cannot

fayetteville, north carolina, for example, is growing their patient population at a 7% annual rate. and when it takes us five or more years to get a building out of the ground, it doesn't take long to fall behind. so where we are today as a department is we are behind in terms of the space required today to serve patients. there's $6 billion included in the $17.6 billion total that's designed for infrastructure. >> and can you give us -- what are those projects? do you have them? >> there are, and i'm going ask phillip to go into some of the details, there are eight major projects there. there are 77 lease projects for outpatient clinics that would add about two million square feet and roughly four million appointment slots. and there's minor reconstruction and maintenance that would add several million, roughly four million in round numbers, additional outpatient visit slots there. >> we have heard time and time functional in terms of appointments at the v.a. has to do with significantly outdated program, a computer situation. can you say a word on that, how you intend to prove tha

as an example, at the fayetteville, north carolina, v.a. center, which i visited several weeks ago, the number of patients being treated has grown 22% in the last three years. resources required to meet current demand covering the remainder of fiscal year '14 through fiscal year '17 total over $17 billion. while the amount is large, it represents a moderate percentage increase in annual expenditures. these funds would address clinical staff, space, information technology, and information technology necessary to provide timely, high-quality care. let me briefly address benefits. since arriving at v.a., i have been very impressed with vba's ongoing transformation. i doubt that any major part of the federal government has transformed so much in the past two to three years. and i believe that because of this transformation, we're on track to eliminate the disability claims backlog in 2015. having said that, veterans still wait too long to have their claims decided. and our quality is still not up to our own standard. a portion of our request fo

so far in phoenix, arizona, el paso, texas, and fayetteville, north carolina, we have been able to reach 2,000 veterans and next week, we'll expand operations to two new locations in st. louis, missouri, and ft. collins, colorado. with more locations to follow as we try to get help to veterans. yes, there are things v.a. should be doing to make sure veterans in crisis get the help they need, but we now see that veterans can't just depend on v.a. to fix the problem. that's why the american legion has full-time staff and a leadership community dedicated to studying the challenges of mental health treatments, to insure the way america treats veterans is a way that will bring real improvements to their lives. that's why veterans, v.a., and local business across the country are supporting our veterans crisis command centers and donating their time and efforts to link veterans with the resources they need. by the time the panel finishes ouronaling remarks, america will have lost another person to suicide. that is a terrible tragedy. we all have to work together to insure that this rate cannot

fayetteville, north carolina, for example, is growing their patient population at a 7% annual rate. and when it takes us five or more years to get a building out of the ground, it doesn't take long to fall behind. so where we are today as a department is we're behind in terms of the space required today to serve patients. that there are $6 billion included in the $17.6 billion total that's designed for infrastructure. >> and can you give us what are those projects? do you have them? >> there are -- i'm going to ask philip to go into some of the details. there are eight major projects there. there are 77 lease projects for outpatient clinics that would add about 2 million square feet and roughly 4 million appointment slots, and then there are both minor construction and nonrecurring maintenance that would add several million, roughly 4 million in round numbers, additional outpatient visit slots there. >> we have heard time and time again that the dysfunctionality in terms of appointments for the v.a. has something to do with a significantly outdated program. computer situation. can y

next caller joining us from fayetteville, north carolina. caller: my question is for americans.it rational to blame the president of the united states for something that happened in ukraine? that does not make sense on any level for us to be blaming our president for something that happened in another country. that is crazy. people need to ask themselves that before they get on tv and talking crazy talk that does not make any sense. conquer and divide. that is all this is. host: thanks for the call. earlier this morning we focused on the 45th anniversary of the moon landing. 'sprogramming note, on c-span3 american history, you have the chance to watch a nasa documentary this sunday at 4:00 eastern time, 1:00 for those of you on the west coast. you can check out the schedule information online any time at c-span.org. c-span2.get booktv on chris, san marcos, texas. good morning. caller: i wanted to make a comment on the situation. i agree with the president's made that he did not want to jump to a conclusion. people on the ground to try to figure out what happened. that is pretty

medical centers in durham and fayetteville. or one of the many smaller facilities throughout the region for care. i know firsthand the importance of an organization like the department of veterans affairs tasked with providing comprehensive medical care for so many veterans. and for having sufficient staff on hand to do that. too many v.a. facilities around the country don't have sufficient staff. they face glaring shortfalls of key medical personnel, particularly primary care and mental health professionals. now, mr. speaker, what about the bad actors within v.a. management? they received much attention since the current scandal broke. for certain there is -- there is no question that bad actors within the department must face the consequences of their action. those who broke the rules have to be reprimanded or in egregious cases terminated. this body passed a bill to provide the secretary authority to do that. too off overlooked are the tens of thousands of men and women, many of themselves veterans, at the department of vete