several have been fired including former cheese of staff david houlihan.e was nicknamed the candy land for extremely high levels of narcotics. according to usa today five months after they closed the case 35-year-old marine corps veteran died days after the chief of staff signed off on adding another open yet to the 14 drugs he had already been prescribed. listen to what his father told fox last year. >> they put him back on one medication they had him on earlier that he went crazy from and put him on a smaller amount this last time which i didn't understand why the doctor put him back on this again. he couldn't take it any more. >> at the same time the new york daily news is reporting the number of legal settlements made by the va more than tripled over the last five years largely due to a spike in medical malpractice cases. two top officials will have to face the senate committee later this summer. heather? >>>> turning now to the white house family feud fueled by donald trump. several big names in the republican party say they will skip the convention i

the chief of staff at the time, houlihan who was nicknamed candy man because he doled out some bills.not release the investigation there was no follow up with later close the case. five months later 35-year-old marine vet died from mixed drug toxicity after that doctor, known as the candy man, prescribed another drug to the 14-drug cocktail the patient was already taking. >> he was frustrated. they put him back on one medication that they had him on earlier he went crazy from. and, they put him on smaller amount this last time which, i didn't understand why the doctor put him back on this again and, you know, you start to get anxiety built up. he couldn't take it anymore. >> it was very, never came to light of day but time after time, when people raised issue with members of the va or department of justice or fbi or dea, people just didn't do anything about it. reporter: today's field hearing gets underway in wisconsin at 11:00 eastern time. martha: sounds like not only place where they have the problems where they're failing to do their job? reporter: in fact a federal office which o