i am heather childers. >> thank you for starting your day with us.e begin with a va scandal much bigger than we first thought. the list keeps growing. >> now more than 100 deaths could be linked to the treatment delays. peter doocy is live with what is being done to help these veterans. >> ainsley, heather if you reach the va records for delay in treatment 167 cases pop up from 2001 that were celted for $200 million. lawmakers are wondering how the va became such an unmanageable bureaucracy. >> you would think an organization made up of veterans who were in the active military would know how to follow directions. we don't have an accountability system or a chain of command within the veteran's administration veteran's medical services and it's showing that's why veterans aren't getting the treatment they should. >> the health and daily needs said officials there already destroyed incriminating records which destroyed practices. now the white house chief of staff is speaking out about this as well. >> the president i have the scars to prove it given t

i am heather childers. thank you so much for joining us. >> good morning heather. am heather nauert in for ainsley earhardt today. it is now half past the hour. eric shinseki will speak to the national coalition for homeless veterans. it is there that he is expected to acknowledge there has been a serious breech of trust between veterans and the va. >> all of this as the president is under mounting bipartisan pressure to relieve the secretary of his command. >> doug zoo laider is live in washington with the latest. doug luzader. >> now the white house will no longer say the white house has confidence in shen sinseki's leadership. he was asked the question again and again in about every way possible. this is about all he would say. >> the president addressed this question off the podium. >> he wasn't asked directly but he has confidence in shinseki. >> the president believes in his c and is confident he served his country. >> once the facts were known about va patient delays and waiting lists that may have cost the veterans and their lives. >> we got a report yester

i am heather childers. >> it is a shoirter week this week on the holidays. the va scandal. today we will hear from va officials on the list of the phoenix facility that led to the death of at least 40 veterans. we are live from washington with what we might learn. >> we may hear some more details today. they will be focusing on the va facility weight list allegations after the request of congressman jeff miller. legislation affairs joe moody as well as michael huff. a number of officials on the hill as well as investigators say they have been on the problems at the va. they have been on problems and they have been scheduling the issue since 2000. most recently in 2012. there is evidence to support delays in care cannot ee arms in veterans our -- worsening conditions or death. the outcomes may not be as good as if you had detected the condition earlier. it also sent down a fact sheet regarding veteran's access to care. offered services that are specialized to prevent in the areas of mental health spinal cord injuries or other areas unique to healthcare delivery and hard to f

. >> i am heather childers. we are going to begin with fireworks during a late night hearing after a scathing report reveals it is worse than ever imaged. the report uncovering a long history of manipulating appointments and wait times so workers could get bonuses as hundreds of vets go without care. >> calls for eric shinseki to step down. >> it was a rare scene on capitol hill. three top va commissioners were called in 40 veterans died at a phoenix va facility. congressmen became upset when their answers were dontoo diplomatic when they said the now documents were not secret. >> i didn't think they were secret. >> you spent easter weekend with your wife i don't know how you could think it was so appropriate to turn such a critical serious mission into a personal holiday. >> it was an easter weekend. i thought it was appropriate my wife could join me. >> set trans di -- veterans die. give us the answers, please. >> the report found that 1700 veterans seeking care at phoenix were at risk of being gort ten or los

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. e white house on the defense over a new smoking gun benghazi e-mail. >> it is prompting a show down in the newsroom. >> heather and ainsley the obama white house is scrambling to explain the administration response to the benghazi terror attack. the prep call with susan was not about the murder of four americans. >> it was not about benghazi it was about the overall situation in the region. >> jay carney insisted there were two talking points with unabout benghazi and roads about unrest in the region. to bolster the case it said the president routinely criticizes. >> fox news sunday's promo begins anti u.s. protests are spreading across the arab world. >> the explanation conflicting with the court record. the e-mail was released to judicial watch which was for benghazi documents. it was released to capitol hill after a subpoena was issued. >> the oversit committee ask--o site committee asked for e-mails about benghazi they gave us the video. susan rice connected it to benghazi carney d

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert in for ainsl heather childers.he country taking time to remember and honor so many of our heros. >> steve sent a sacentanni is h. >> the rolling thunder motorcycle rally has come to town. they are honoring our fallen heros and those missing in action. they come from all over the country thousands of them to come for the ride in freedom. riders are also speaking out this year for better treatment of veterans who come home seeking medical care. >> they deserve the best care they can get because they write a blank check. >> there is a lot of hard-working people in the va. it's like some of them get labeled and classification as being not caring people. there are people doing everything they can there, too. >>> it will be a busy day here indeed. the president hosting military families breakfast in the state dining room at 9:15 a.m. at 111:30 the president will be at arlington national cemetery for the tomb of the you know known. then member dorial day parade. world war ii veteran colonel richard ecoe. he was part of th

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us as always. we begin a fox news alert. american military and police teams joining an international manhunt for the leader of a nigerian terrorist group. the u.s. putting a $7 million bounty on the leader's head. >> doug liuzader has the latest. >> outrage continues to grow. after a slow start the u.s. is ready to assist the nigerian government. president obama says it is time for the world to respond. we have sent in a team to nigeria. they have military, law enforcement and other agencies who are going in, trying to identify where in fact these girls might be and provide them help. >> the situation gross more and more dire. some sold off into marriage and some have already died. nearly 300 of them were kidnapped from school nearly three weeks ago. the extremist group has threatened to sell the girls. a group outside of the embassy demanding action. >> i was looking to have answers. i created a facebook events page and here we are today. >> the government made it clear the hope is international p

i am anna kooiman in for heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.e are going to begin with a fox news alert. extreme weather touting our country. a u.s. airways flight forced to make a landing because of a hail storm. it cracked the plane's windshield. >> in delaware a tornado leaving a trail of damage there. homes torn apart and reduced to piles of wood. >> having a hard time seeing out they' their windows. the hail makes it look like a strin spring snowstorm. >> hello everybody. severe weather pummelling portions of the country yesterday and today. in the carolinas and mexico and western parts of texas we could be looking at more large hail and strong winds and tornadoes in these areas. thunderstorms are firing up this afternoon and evening hours. as we head into the afternoon the first half of the weekend we have a holiday weekend and across texas and mexico we could be seeing strong to severe thunderstorms. heads up if you live in san angelo and lubbock, texas. you could be looking at severe weather on saturday and sunday. it could be a very slo

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.eir latest blued bloody attack killing 300 people in a nigerian village. >>> hillary clinton fought to keep them off the state's terror list. we have the latest on the massacre and the clinton connection. >> as the sefrp continues for the kidnapped girls there are questions about the groups responsible for kidnapping them. why they were not designated by t as a terror group years ago. there was a request by the state department to do just that. she was headed by hillary clinton. every one of those requests turned down. the daily beef reports they were turned down because there was sensitivities toward the nigerian government. they may have gotten angry as they were designated as a terror group. they are asking for our help. helping with hostage negotiations potential hostage negotiations. some say there needs to be more done. >> let's kill the cancer. let's drag out this vile person who again as i indicated just can't hold up this money often enough. this is it. this is slavery. >> the

heather childers, you're here. >> for heather nauert. nice to be here.engers on what they're calling the ride of doom. six people injured after severe turbulence rocked a u.s. airways plane. the flight was from philadelphia to orlando. when it was over, delaware, that's when it happened. but the pilot immediatelyç turned around. one passenger tweeted this saying nice flight until we hit philly. the turbulence was so bad everyone clapped when we landed. another passenger said they saw one flight attendant actually fly into the air and hit her head on the side of the plane. she hit it so hard part of the plane cracked, the ceiling where she hit. >> after more than 50 days of multinational search efforts the flight path of malaysia flight 370 will get a second look. investigators will meet to plan the second phase. all the data will be reanalyzed to be sure crews have been looking in the right place. the next phase is expected to begin within four to six weeks focusing on an u(uq) search. >>> to chaos inside las vegas a stampede breaks out following floyd

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. 30 minutes to the top of the hour. the house of representatives a house committee pro investigation into benghazi. >> there is talk it will be a bipartisan committee but will that happen? >> we will see. we could have more indication when house democrats meet a few hours from now. we areing this gb discussing whether it be one or five or no democratic lawmakers. the house voting to look at the committee with democrats siding with the majority making the vote 232-186. house minority leader nancy pelosi was thinking about boycotting the family. she and other democratic lawmakers say the ross process has not been fair. >> they have been decide equal access to witnesses aged republicans have leaked transcripts, excerpts without any official committee consideration. how is that bipartisan? >>> oo republican lawmakers have been criticizing democrats for insinuating the investigation into four americans in benghazi is purely political. many remain focused on the investigation at the moment and not on the numbers. >> on one of

i am heather childers. thanks for joining us. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is one minute to the top of the hour. play time taking a terrifying turn with when an inflatable bouncy house gets tossed into the air by strong winds with three children inside of it. two young boys are waking up in the hospital with very serious injuries. kelly wright is following the story for us and he has the latest. >> those two kids are still in the hospital scary moments for them as well as their parents as they watched an inflatable bouncy house taking flight. what you are can lolooking at r now is a bounce house flying in the air as if it were a kite with children inside. >> something like that you see in a horror film. >> moments before this horrific scene taking place a bouncy house had been steaked in stake the front yard of a home as two boys and a girl played inside. it swept the bounce house high into the air carrying it over trees and woods before dropping on a two-story schoolhouse. the 10-year-old girl escaping before it took flight. the two boys 5 and 6 were tra

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with the white house. they asked him to lie in order to mislead the public. that's what timothy geithner says in his memoir. giving this example about social security stains. before i appeared on the sunday shows i objected when dan pfeiffer wanted me to say social security did not contribute to the deficit. pheiffer says the lie was a dog whistle to the left. a phrase i never heard before. he had to explain the phrase was code to the democratic base signaling we intended to protect social security. even more outrageous now geithner doesn't even believe his own book? a source close to him says geithner wasn't encouraged to go mislead the public on the sunday shows. all of this coming from the so-called most transparent administration in history. >> let me say this as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touch stones of this president. >> this isn't the first time the white house isn't accused of bending the truth. this is evidence of a bigger trend of this administration. >> i see

i am heather childers. thank you for joining us. >> i am ainsley earhardt.g sta start with this story. calls are growing for the white nd the president to help free the american marines who is in a mexican prison frightened and terrified. he served two tours in afghanistan. has been locked up now for more than a month over an apparent mistake. >> the 25-year-old says he made a wrong turn and accidentally drove into mexico with three u.s. registered firearms. andrew's mother just got into that prison for a family visit to see her son face to face. qáa van susteren was the >> he is not a criminal. he made a mistake and made a wrong turn. i have got guns i don't want to be here let me turn around and go home. he doesn't want to be with criminals because he's not a criminal. but he does have access in t

time now >>> i'm heather childers time for "sunday housecall." >> welcome to "sunday housecall." joining us as he does every sunday dr. marc siegel, author of "the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> dr. david samadi chairman of the hospital and chief of robotics surgery. we have a lot of topics today. first, world health organization declaring polio a problem. it was eradicated. dr. samadi. >> we haven't heard about polio in such a long time. small box was eradicated. we were hoping polio would join that family also. they are announcing an emergency internationally and public hazard for a lot of people. a look at the background of polio. we haven't heard about it in a long time. it really happens in children under five years old. pol pol polio. we don't see this in the country because everyone gets a vaccination and it's easy, eradicated. in countries like afghanistan, pakistan, now syria. a lot of times because of bad sewer water and not having clean water through the fecal oral viruses getting into kids and numbers are coming up. originally 1840

time now >>> i'm heather childers time for "sunday housecall." >> welcome to "sunday housecall."e does every sunday dr. marc siegel, author of "the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health." >> dr. david samadi chairman of the hospital and chief of robotics surgery. we have a lot of topics today. first, world health organizatio

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with the white house.hey asked him to lie in order to mislead the public. that's what timothy geithner says in his memoir. giving this example about social security stains. before i appeared on the sunday shows i objected when dan pfeiffer wanted me to say social security did not contribute to the deficit. pheiffer says the lie was a dog whistle to the left. a phrase i never heard before. he had to explain the phrase was code to the democratic base signaling we intended to protect social security. even more outrageous now geithner doesn't even believe his own book? a source close to him says geithner wasn't encouraged to go mislead the public o

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day with us.ody massacre killing as many as 300 people in a nigerian village. this as we learn former secretary of state hillary clinton fought to keep the al qaeda linked group off a terror list. doug zoo laider joins us with the latest. >> there are a number of questions about what led up to this and why the terror group associated with it responsible for the girls was not designated as a terror group. a few years ago the state department then led by secretary of state hillary clinton refused to classify them as a terrorist entity. the reason behind that not

i am heather childers. thanks for joining us. >> i am ainsley earhardt.t is one minute to the top of the hour. play time taking a terrifying turn with when an inflatable bouncy house gets tossed into the air by strong winds with three children inside of it. two young boys are waking up in the hospital with very serious injuries. kelly wright is following the story for us and he has the latest. >> those two kids are still in the hospital scary moments for them as well as their parents as they watched an inflatable bouncy house taking flight. what you are can lolooking at r now is a bounce house flying in the air as if it were a kite with children inside. >> something like that you see in a horror film. >> moments before this horrific scene taking place a bouncy house had been steaked in stake the front yard

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. on the defense over a new smoking gun benghazi e-mail. >> it is prompting a show down in the newsroom. >> heather and ainsley the obama white house is scrambling to explain the administration response to the benghazi terror attack. the prep call

i am heather childers. >> i am anna kooiman here for ainsley earhardt.l testimony a retired general said he knew early on it was a terror attack not a protest. >> all this as the white house keeps trying to spin the smoking gun e-mails. >>> if they thought benghazi was behind them won the e-mail that came out this week we spent a lot of time talking about. the top air force general the state department headed by hillary clinton couldn't have done more to save the ambassador and others killed. >> what prevented you from doing that? >> it is not what they did it was what they didn't do. they didn't come forward with stronger requests for action. >> they also requested what ended up being bogus talking points which ended up being an anti islamic video. at the white house briefing the spokesman was bombarded with questions about this. >> he has been very open about this. >> in response to bogus partisan claims by reporters about what had happened to the compilation of talking points around the benghazi attack we produced that material publically which showed

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with a fox news alert.s super tuesday racing up to the mid term elections. six states holding votes. >> kel ly wright joining us to talk about a few of those key races. >> the results are in from one of the busiest days. super tuesday they call it. five deciding senators to face off in the fall. in the kentucky senate race mitch mcconnell sailing to an easy victory against the tea party. in fact facing stiff competition but he will now face secretary of state allison leonard and grimes. >> harry reid wanted her to be in this race. there's a reason, my friends, a reason. every hollywood liberal is sending her a check. >> in arkansas incumbent democrat

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us as always.gin a fox news alert. american military and police teams joining an international manhunt for the leader of a nigerian terrorist group. the u.s. putting a $7 million bounty on the leader's head. >> doug liuzader has the latest. >> outrage continues to grow. after a slow start the u.s. is ready to assist the nigerian government. president obama says it is time for the world to respond. we have sent in a team to nigeria. they have military, law enforcement and other agencies who are going in, trying to identify where in fact these girls might be and provide them

. >> i am heather childers. appreciate it as always. half past the top of the hour.ith va scandal. they have shown a commitment to veterans. new reports show the president has problems with the va years ago and did nothing. >> this as the va starts turning over the paperwork. >> what's the latest in this case. >> there may be some va foot dragging on this. they say they are going to have a congressional subpoena for documents pertaining to the delegation of mismanagement. the documents come close to some of the things they heard with va whistleblowers the administration is in real trouble especially if you look at the things that the former va doctors have said ladies and gentlemening some vess trans died because of mismanagement. >> the veteran system is so large that you have a layer of nurses technicians caring for people and you have bureaucracy administrative people. it is big. the doctors are not only trying to work you have to manipulate through this maze, this bow heem et bureaucracy. >> the white house says president obama is very angry about all of this. de

i am heather childers. >> thank you for starting your day with us.e begin with a va scandal much bigger than we first thought. the list keeps growing. >> now more than 100 deaths could be linked to the treatment delays. peter doocy is live with what is being done to help these veterans. >> ainsley, heather if you reach the va records for delay in treatment 167 cases pop up from 2001 that were celted for $200 million. lawmakers are wondering how the va became such an unmanageable bureaucracy. >> you would think an organization made up of veterans wh

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt it is 31 minutes to the top of the hour.ian government flames to know where 300 abducted school girls are and why they are being held by boko haram. >> a seen year u.s. official tells fox news they cannot independe independently confirm the report that the if i recalls have been found. it has been an agonizing six weeks for family who are hoping to see their daughters return home alive and well. >> during another vocal protest where the government is demanding to do more to help find the girls the nigerian defense team told the group they are locating the 300 school girls. he added the military is not rushing in and using force to rescue them fooering t -- fearie girls would get killed. >> the terror group boko haram kidnapped the girls they are threatening to sell the girls into flavor ry if nigerian president doesn't release the members. the government is urging protestors to direct their aaroning toward the terror group. demonstrators say the government needs to do a better job at protecting the citizens. >> the governmen

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with a fox news arert.government knowing where 300 girls are held that were abducted by boko haram. >> we cannot independently confirm the report the girls have been found. meanwhile it has been an agonizing six weeks for families who are hoping to see their daughters return home alive and well. >> during another vocal protest they are demanding the nigerian government to do more to help find the girls. the defense chief told the group the military has located the nearly 300 school girls. he added the military is not rushing in and using force to rescue them fearing the girls would get killed. >> the good news is that we cannot tell you. >> the

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. 5:01 on the east coast. grilled on the hill.ric shinseki hammered by lawmakers oversee kret waiting lists at clinics across the country. >> a lot of fireworks at the hearing. >> lawmakers argued on one hand reform is needed from top to bottom which includes a leadership shake-up. eric shinseki promised an exhaust i haive review. he vowed to get down to the bottom and take action and also defended his agency. >> this is not a job, i am here to accomplish a mission i think they critically deserve and need. i can tell you over the past five years we have done a lot to make things better. we are not done yet. >> some republicans called for shinseki to step down man fee want to see the completed probe first while others are frustrated signs were missed. white house deputy chief of staff who assisted in the review john mccain says problems created a much larger crisis calling for much larger consequences. >> whether he resigns or not is important. but if these allegations are crew people should be going to jail not just resigning thei

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is 59 minutes after the top of the hour.e begin with extreme weather. tornadoes leaving a trail of destruction across kansas and nebraska. devil twisters ripping off roofs and bringing down power lines. in missouri cleanup is underway after an ef 2 trampled a small town destroying everything in its path. >> old man winter dumping more than a foot on heavy wet snow in colorado and wyoming. look at these pictures looks like a month of january. stret treacherous ice causing sefrlt accide several accidents there. feels more like summer. inching closer to the first 90 degree temperature of the year. we will take it, right, heather? >> it is a huge mix, though. hundreds of people forced out of their homes this morning as a wildfire puts an entire town in texas at risk. over

. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. we begin with a fox news alert.ifornia woman held captive for ten years found alive and her accused kidnaper now hours away from facing a judge. garcia is accused of drugging and abducting his girlfriend's daughter back in 20004 when she was just 15 years old. police say the now 25-year-old gained enough courage to come forward after she found her sister on facebook. >> we never heard nothing about her getting hit or abused. >> the victim claims the suspect forced her to marry him. in 2012 she gave birth to his child. >> incredible story. brand new court document oos revealing the accused boston marathon bombers might not have acted alone. prosecutors think the sarn neve brothers had outside help making the bomb. the bomb fuses were made from christmas lights the remote control detonate tore with devices. he could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> are authorities still attempting to free a u.s. marine sitting in a mexican prison? he has been locked up for more than a month. he made a wrong turn into mexico wi

i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is 31 minutes after the top of the hour.per tuesday like racing up to the elections. 6 states carrying key votes. >> kelly wright has more. >> the results are in from one of the busiest days in the year's calendar. super tuesday five deciding senators to face off in the fall. in the kentucky senate race mitrich mcconnell sailed to eeasy victory. mcconnell will face stiff competition in the fall against democratic secretary of state. >> my opponent is in this race because harry read and obama wants her to be in this race. it's the reason my friends. a reason every hollywood lib gerl is sending her a check. >> in arkansas incumbent democrat mark pryor to defend his senate seat. voters have chosen chuck mersly and monica web bee for republican. democrat primary for governor was a multi candidate fight. tomorrow wolf who democrat rivals accused of trying to buy the election with a huge ad campaign. he will face tom corbett in the fall. here's another tidbit on pennsylvania. chellie clinton's mother in law lost her bid to win bac

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with chaos at the circus. a terrifying turn acrobats plummet nearly 40 feet to the ground. >> safety inspectors at rhode island are looking for clues as to what went wrong here. kelly wright is live in the newsroom with the latest. i can't image seeing that in person. it's horrifying. >> it was supposed to be a day of fun instead what they saw turned out to be very disturbing. >> at first chance they thought it was part of the fact but soon realized something was horribly wrong. a human chandelier hanging by their hair fell 20-40 feet all of them suffering injuries. >> i thought that's not right. sometime they say surprise you and it was part of the show. it really wasn't. >> i am thinking something hit her in the head and two girls (inaudible) two girls were passed out. >> they canceled the remaining shows for the day. they will be conducting its own internal investigation to determine what caused the accident. >> it is an organization that is very concerned about the performance. this comes as a shock not on

i am heather childers. >> it is a shoirter week this week on the holidays. the va scandal. we will hear from va officials on the list of the phoenix facility that led to the death of at least 40 veterans. we are live from washington with what we might learn. >> we may hear some more details today. they will be focusing on the va facility weight list allegations after the request of congressman jeff miller. legislation affairs joe moody as well as michael huff. a number of officials on the hill as well as investigators say they have been on the problems at the

. >> i will heather childers in for jenna lee. >> senators wrapping up their remarks and refer to a letter signed by dozens of law makers asking senator harry reid to form a committee to investigate benghazi. here's senator lindsay graham. >> we think that the senate is derlength in its job. we have had a partisan view of benghazi and that is unfortunate. the intel- committee did a good job. and armed services and foreign relations did nothing on dod and the state department. i think that is a stain on the senate's reputation of being an oversight body. >> joining us now with more on this. chris wallace, anchor of fox news sunday. i don't know, chris, if you are a betting man, but what would bet the odds are of harry reid ceding to the wishes and putting together a committee to investigate benghazi. >> it is a sure thing. it is not going to happen. the talk that it is partisan, it is certainly partisan enough and you can make an argument that o and the house should hold hearings on benghazi. there is no chance that the democrats led by harry reid will allow a select committee in the the se

. >> i am heather childers.e going to begin with fireworks during a late night hearing after a scathing report reveals it is worse than ever imaged. the report uncovering a long history of manipulating appointments and wait times so workers could get bonuses as hundreds of vets go without care. >> calls for eric shinseki to step down. >> it was a rare scene on capitol hill. three top va commissioners were called in 40 veterans died at a phoenix va facility. congressmen became upse

. >> i am heather childers. we begin in half hour with extreme weather sweeping the country.ornadoes leaving a trail of destruction across kansas and nebraska. several twisters ripping off roofs and bringing down power lines. in missouri cleanup is underway after a powerful ef 2 tornado traveled the small town of orik destroying everything in its path. look at this. old man winter dumping more than a foot of snow. wet, heavy snow in colorado and wyoming. treacherous ice causing several accidents there. but over the northeast it feels more like summer. the first 90 degree p it is of the year. >> hundreds of people forced out of their houses this morning as a wildfire puts an entire town down in texas at risk. >> up to 100 homes destroyed there. 1200 now in danger. the fire only about 15 percent contained right now up to 800 people are evacuated and more might have to leave if the fire continues to spread. the third person killed in a hot air balloon tragedy has been found. the body of natalie lewis. a passenger in the paw loon was found 25 miles north of richmond. she was trav

i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us. >> i am ainsley earhardt.e minute to the top of the hour. how and why were four americans murdered. lee goudy has a task force to figure out what happened that night in benghazi. >> peter doocy is live with us to see how that will work. >> the house will volt on how many members and how much money the select committee on benghazi needs. they have a chairman and former prosecutor trey gowdy. he wants to judge whether or not things were done right before, during and after the benghazi attack. goudy doesn't think democrats are going to want to play along, but he doesn't care. >> washington is its own ecosystem. they wouldn't like it if i cured malaria tonight. because i am a republican. of course they are going to be critical. that's not the jury. >> at the white house the administration refuses to say whether or not they will cooperate with the committee, but the suggestion at that and pennsylvania avenue says the

hey, heather childers. >> speaking of television shows, have you ever seen "the shield"? breaking overnice, michael jace who stars in the hit show detained by police in los angeles suspected of shooting and killing his wife. according to tmz jace called the police himself. he admitted to pulling the trigger with his kids inside the house. detectives are questioning the actor right now. he still has not been placed under arrest. >>> happening today, it is the primary's version of super tuesday. six states holding elections. the spotlight on a couple of key race force you. in georgia, businessman david purdue, cousin of the former governor, in a tight race to replace retiring senator saxby chambliss. if no one gets the majority it will take a run-off to decide who will face democrats, michelle nunn, in the fall. in kentucky, incumbent republican leader mitch mcconnell leads the polls against matt bevin, he was caught giving a speech at a cock fighting rally. in pennsylvania, idaho, and oregon, also hosting primaries today. >>> tensions mounting between the u.s. and china ov

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.o much as always. radio legend casey kasem found in washington state hours after his daughter filed a missing person's report. carry kasem releasing this statement saying we are grateful to local authorities for finding my dad. we are one step closer to bringing him home. they ordered a search two-days ago after they claim the step mother kidnapped him from a facility. he now has advanced parkinsons and can no longer speak. the 6-year-old boy seriously hurt when a gust of wind swept a bouncy house 50 feet into the air remains in a medically induced coma. a 5-year-old is hospitalized with two broken arms and a broken jaw. they are calling it an accident and do not expect to file charges.

. >> i am heather childers. we begin with chaos at the circus.errifying turn acrobats plummet nearly 40 feet to the ground. >> safety inspectors at rhode island are looking for clues as to what went wrong here. kelly wright is live in the newsroom with the latest. i can't image seeing that in person. it's horrifying. >> it was supposed to be a day of fun instead what they saw turned out to be very disturbing. >> at first chance they thought it was part of the fact but soon

. >> heather childers joins us to highlight a few of the key ones. >> let's get right to it.georgia senate race, businessman david purdue faces a july 22 run-off against representative jack kingston. the winner takes on democrat michelle nunn this fall. she used part of her victory speech to take shots at republican lawmakers. listen. >> they don't believe in working together across party lines to get things done, and they're more interested in scoring political points than they are in actually making progress. >> voters in oregon, they have chosen senator jeff americaly -- merckley to represent the democrats and monica ebson. she had this to say on victory night. >> but i do have a message for those national democrats who are willing to shred my family for their own political gain. people are tired of your dirty tricks. [applause] >> in arkansas, incumbent democrat mark pryor will defend his senate seat against congressman tom cotton. what was supposed to be one of the marquee races of the night in kentucky, senate g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell fell to an easy victory agains

heather: and i'm heather childers, in for jen fromna lee.nseki is vowing to do better on patient care saying that any adverse event is one too many. this after shocking claims of neglect surface in va hospitals all across the country with charges including secret waiting lists and falsified records linked to dozens of veterans' deaths. lawmakers now trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> i am very frustrated to be here once again talking about some deeply disturbing issues and allegations. it's extremely disappointing that the department has repeatedly failed to address wait times for health care. >> what happened in phoenix? well, the truth is we don't know, but we are going to find out. heather: well, chief congressional corps responsibility mike emanuel in live for us on capitol hill. mike, what is secretary shinseki telling lawmakers so far about this va mess? >> reporter: well, heather, good morning. questioning is just now getting underway, and shinseki is telling lawmakers that as a veteran himself, he is mad as hell

heather: and i'm heather childers, in for jen fromna lee.aims of neglect surface in va hospitals all across the country with charges including secret waiting

heather childers joining us with details. good morning, heather. >> good morning.new information. the australian transport safety bureau said they have gone over the final transmissions between the plane and satellite and they say according to data, the plane ran out of gas and crashed into a remote area of the southern indian ocean and remain confident the wreckage can be found within 25 nautical miles of the final ping transmission. still all the searches since the march 8 disappearance have come up empty. the aussie investigators say the plane's location would depend on how long it took to descend plus a five nautical mile margin of error in the satellite data. this information comes as the malaysian government releases 50 pages of shra*t data to the public -- of satellite data to the public. families have been pressuring for independent investigation. ocean shield will end its search tomorrow. it has been scanning the sea floor since last month after electronic signals believed to be from a a plane's black box was picked up. no wreckage found. next month author