the part where kathleen sebelius came out to fix the technical problem.ke he was going to show a video. he says i got this. zbr it was funny. but maybe it's water under the bridge. she has resigned over the problem. but topping # million in rollees. he gave her a hug. it did go over in the sense that the room was surprised it happened. >> how about joel mchale? his zinger, mr. president, or another inner city minority taking advantage of the federal government to feed and house your family. like oh boy! he had a few lines that the room wasn't able to laugh. there was a joke about the kardashians and republicans that i thought was over the top. i think he got more krvlg in the end. he had a good series talking about healthcare.gov being a verb. the president laughed heartily at that. by the end mchale redeemed himself. the reviews i heard is all in all he did well. >> besides the one liners a lot of people go and see what the reaction is? what's the reaction, right? >> absolutely. i think you played it in the beginning. vice president biden and julia louis

president asked to explain the difference between accepting the resignation and not that of kathleen sebelius. >> i think the problem here as far as secretary shinseki is concerned and there is a double standard there, kathleen sebelius offered her resignation over the controversy over the launch of healthcare.gov. >> an increasing number of very key democrats, this simply wasn't a partisan issue where the white house could point to republicans playing partisan politics as they were on obamacare. this was spreading into the upper echelons of the democratic party and congress, including tammy duck worth, a voice of credibility on veteran affairs. she served under shinseki at the department of veteran affairs, now a member of congress. she lost both legs in combat in iraq. this morning, she, too, called for the resignation of shinseki and after that chorus of voices both republican and democratic, not to mention the attention focused on the issue from the press not to mention many veterans whose care has gone wanting over the course of the last several years, then the time had come for eric shi

replacement for kathleen sebelius would have seen in confirmation hearing. you take on that theory? it seemed what the president was saying that given that, you know, if general shinseki had stayed around it would have been a distraction as the president was talking about. it would be very hard to fix the problems. the determination they made during the website woes last fall into the winter of last year, was that getting rid of kathleen sebelius having new confirmation hearings wouldn't solve the problem of getting the website fixed. this time around, what they want is having more breathing room, several months perhaps to be able to get to the bottom of this and get everything fixed and if general shinseki had stayed, it twob harder to have that breathing room. >> does this give the president some breathing room? obviously the pressure was there to make a significant change, whether it was accepting the s resignati resignation. i don't know outside of that when you have the american legion as others as well as democrats in the house saying this was the logi

that's a way of saying i'm still loyal to kathleen sebelius and she doesn't have a job but i'll haveight. that part i thought -- it was a little awkward for the crowd and not sure, like, is he really ripping on kathleen or -- how does this work? but i thought it was a great moment from the white house correspondents' dinner. >> self department ri kating on her part, right? >> that's awesome because -- >> if it's too partisan, people don't like it. if he's dishing it out to republicans and to himself and to members of his administration, then it makes it funny. seeing kathleen sebelius was the perfect ending to the whole bit. >> a lot of fun to watch that. >> loyalty. >> patrick gavin, let me ask you. >> that's what people like. >> that is true. patrick, this dinner certainly changed through the years. 20 years ago, the president told maybe a few jokes about reporters and then sat down. nowadays, we have the videos, the long list of jokes about reporters. i mean, why the hollywood attraction? why's it grown so much? >> i mean, really did grow but this year a much smaller hollywood con

obama's nominee to replace kathleen sebelius as secretary of health and human services.th care a bipartisan affair anymore in congress, but burwell was well received by members on both sides of the aisle. >> ms. burwell, you have a reputation for competence. and i would respectfully suggest you're going to need it. >> reporter: that warning notwithstanding, republicans, like lamar alexander, mostly used the hearing to take aim not at burwell, but at the health care law. >> republicans would like to repair the damage that obamacare has done. we'd like to prevent future damage as responsibly and rapidly as we can. >> reporter: but burwell did not concede that point. instead, in her opening statement, she argued the effects of the law have been positive. >> the department's work to ensure accessible, affordable, quality healthcare through the implementation of the affordable care act is making a difference in the lives of our families and our communities while strengthening the economy. >> reporter: if confirmed, burwell would succeed kathleen sebelius, who announced her re

to draw a little parallel the way kathleen sebelius stayed in office all the way through rollout of health care despite the fact it was massive problems, despite the fact there were calls for her resignation, she stayed until the job was done so a new person could come in with a clean slate. so the question is, does eric shinseki resign now, or, do we wait until a full report is issued that we find out more bad news, we find more terrible statistics about wait types and then he transitions out? so very interested to see what the president says today. jenna: it's a bigger question because people right now are waiting for health care. veterans are waiting for health care. so the bigger question perhaps in some of these politics, wes, for them, does it seem anybody has a plan? have you talked to anyone on the hill that says, listen, we actually have a plan and we're going to put this in place and it will be smoother? in the meantime while we figure out and get all these reports together? >> we haven't heard any cohesive plan from anyone on the hill. people here with shinseki vowing we'll get

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>> kathleen sebelius was a failure when it came to launching the health care law.a total disaster. she stayed on months. is this a desire to show he is right or void the feeding frenzy and drama and instead wait for the press to return to its default setting of esteem. >> we looked at the people that have been let go. the one let go said they were not doing a good job in afghanistan and humillated the organization. >> eric shinseki is important to the liberal wing of the democrat party that made obama nomimee and eventually the president. he was lionized by democrats. his appoint was called a karmic victory. if obama cashiers him to placate democrats in grass this isn't going to be good. >> care to bet? >> i bet you eric shinseki do doesn't leave today. but i don't mind having lunch with you so either way is okay. >> the white house is struggling to respond to the accountability charge. here is gjay carney. >> the president said quote once we know the fact if there is misconduct there will be punished. we have the facts. who has been punished? >> we got the report

. >> i heard kathleen sebelius rit away when things blew up. this is blowing up why is he asking for his head? >> he has the military brass as well. this week i spoke with the current army chief ray odierno. he stood up for him and strongly defended him and said there are problems at the v.a. >> that's like the watchdog's watchdog standing up for the watchdog. he has a very distinguished military career. but you know the fact that the military is standing up for him. i mean, just look at this. this is his job. >> what strikes me about this is something john said, the bipartisan nature of these attacks. these aren't just republicans. he they are not just red state democrats worried about re-election. this is balloon that. >> even more question why is he still there? >> it wases white house worried. it comes on the heels of the irs scandal and obamacare rollout it speaks to wows official. they don't. the resignation is north going to do the trick. >> i know republicans and democrats both are deeply disturbed by this but the fact that people are n

expect questions about how she'll be different than kathleen sebelius. >> interesting. are democrats taking a new approach, then, on obamacare? >> you mentioned polling. and there are polls that people think that their health care prices are going up, they have limited access to doctors and hospital. they're worried about the future and worried about the premiums they may get handed later this year. but still, majority leader harry reid is trying to go on offense. >> we've seen the last week or two the republicans just throws things at the wall hoping something will stick. one need only look at why we haven't heard these endless speeches in the house or the senate on obamacare, the affordable care act. that's dissipated. >> reid is trying to make sure that obamacare is not the central issue of the 2014 elections. we'll see if that works. upcoming in this hearing, we expect sylvia matthews burwell to be asked about how she'll do implementation of obamacare better. >> thanks so much. >>> hillary clinton getting a major show of support on benghazi as a congressional panel

obama stood by hhs secretary kathleen sebelius because officials were confident here that the broken obamacare website could be fixed. the white house is not so sure about shinseki's ability to repair the damage at the va. john and christine? >> all right, as the president waits to see the internal report from the va, for the first time a top house democrat is calling for a criminal investigation, and for the first time, a member of the house democratic leadership is calling on secretary shinseki to resign. congressman steve israel tells jake tapper on "the lead," there are simply too many questions right now about who did what at the va and why they might have been encouraged to manipulate the wait time for veterans. he's now asked attorney general eric holder to look into it. >> anybody, anybody at the va doctored papers, engaged in a cover-up, withheld health care for veterans, they need to be investigated, they need to be prosecuted, they need to be fired. >> the inspector general's report finds the va awarded bonuses to top officials based in part on performance goals, including

think there is any question now, del, earlier you and pretalking, drawing a parallel between kathleen sebelius and the debacle of the healthcare website. at the height of the criticism this whit white-hot scandal, i t think we'll see the president slow shinseki over the side. he has served the president for six years. he served as an army general and served as army chief of staff. someone has to take responsibility, but i don't think the president is ready to throw him over the side. while the investigation is ongoing, this has been said over and over in the white house. until they find concrete allegations, much is disputed within the v.a. but until we have concrete answers, we'll have the status quo and the president fending off these attacks. >> thank you very much. ebay telling it's users to change your password. cyberattackers attacked it's network. company saying it has no evidence that the information was decrypted or even use. pay pal was not affected by that breach. >>> well, he came to america a s a refugee. robert ray is in jacksonville, florida, tell us what happened at the hearing

i think that you heard the question from reporter, christie parsons, look, kathleen sebelius offered her resignation and you didn't take it, and there's a double standard. and i think you're going to they're that over the next several days. but in any event, the head of the va, sloan gibson, and we're already seeing comments and tweets from a republican senators saying that we need someone from completely outside of the organization to straighten it out. and outside of the culture. del, the problems have been going on for decades at the va. he was on the veterans affairs committee when he was a senator, and the va was part of the platform when he ran for president. so calling for someone from outside of the va, fearing that it's endemic to those who have grown up at the va, if you will, and somebody who needed to come in from the outside and clean house. >> mike viqueira at the white house, and one of the names that i hear tossed around, nebraska senator, bob carey, himself wounded. still ahead. we'll have a lot more on the resignation of eric shinseki. we'll be talking to the head o

one other thing that could come up in the senate is sylvia burwell, kathleen sebelius' replacement athhs. she could get a vote. her confirmation process has gone as smoothly as it could go, and she will get a big bipartisan vote. and the other big thing, i think, to watch is tomorrow. we have tea party tests. we have big primaries in kentucky, georgia, idaho and oregon. and you have incumbent republicans who are being challenged from the right including senator mitch mcconnell. also in the house you have mike simpson, an ally of speaker boehner who's being challenged. the club for growth has supported the challenger to simpson. so we have some legislation moving, not huge pieces of bills, but election season is definitely up and running. >> host: so beyond what's going to be talked about on the floor, there are, of course, the debates that happen off the floor, and one of them is immigration. the lead story for the hill.com this morning, boehner's big reform decision. what's he going to do on immigration? >> guest: that's a great question. it's a really good story by russell berman. a

the reason he keeps people like general shinseki in office and kathleen sebelius who i don't think arey can run interference for him. they can handle the press corps. they are the ones who are dealing with all the incoming and it's not him. so he doesn't want to let them go until this thing blows over and the media that is in love with him decides that they are going to stop covering this story. and i do want to add one thing to what you said. you are absolutely right. obamacare is not exactly single pair. -- payer. under obamacare, millions of americans have signed up under medicaid which is more similar to the v.a. medicare which is more similar. and a number of progressives and leftists in the democratic party, including president obama himself, secretly wanted and openly wanted a single pair as part of obamacare bill. remember, they didn't get it as part of negotiations. so they pushed for something very similar to the v.a. if they had their wish and their dream, they would have it today. they love it. it's big government run healthcare. this isn't a scandal, bill. this is liberali

i don't think he would tolerate as incompetent a person, god bless her, as kathleen sebelius or evensay shinseki and this v.a. thing or so disdisengaged a person on his campaign as he routinely allows throughout the executive branch. >> in his cabinet. >> in the political operation. >> speculation, it's all speculation, but, efficiency as i said in the t points is what this is all about now. mislaura, thank you. howard dean says republicans are not american. next our mad as hell segment. >> you are fired, too. >> i'm fired? you son of a -- >> we hope you stay tuned to those reports. and the award goes to ceramics house. congratulations. thank you. the success of your small business depends on results. go vests! all organic, and there's tons of info on our website. that's why you rely on the best for your business. and verizon delivers the best devices on the best network. you're all big toes to me. so go ahead, stream and download with confidence on america's largest, most reliable 4glte network. activate any 4glte smartphone and get $100 off. for best results, use verizon. we really

and she's replaced kathleen sebelius. if confirmed, castro would be the highest ranking hispanic serving in the obama administration. >>> in the case against colleagues, in egypt, adjourned again, the three have now been held inside of an egyptian prison for 147 days. they are falsely accused of conspiring with the muslim brotherhood. in the ninth appearance yesterday, the prosecution got to see evidence, a clearly doctored image, showing mohammed with you former egyptian chief. >>> a teenager who came to a u.s. science fair said that he now's lans to go back. he these threatened inside of his own country. when he was in cairo, he was arrested for violating that country's laws against protest. >> i want an education in the states. i can have human rights. >> abdallah's parents say they support his decision to stay in the u.s. turmoil has been plaguing egypt since forcing many children out of school. >>> tennessee is said to be bringing back the electric chair. bill haslam signed the law on thursday. it allows them to use

obama stood by hhs secretary kathleen sebelius because officials were confident here that the brokene website could be fixed. the white house is not so sure about shinseki's ability to repair the damage at the va. john and christine? >> all right, our thanks to jim for that. all this comes at the same time that more democrats are joining the chorus calling for a larger investigation and calling for the secretary's resignation, including congressman steve israel, a member of the house leadership and the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee. he tells jake tapper on "the lead," he now wants the secretary to step aside and is asking the attorney general, eric holder, to launch a criminal probe to find out what happened. >> i want to know if anybody, anybody at the va doctored papers, engaged in a cover-up, withheld health care for veterans. they need to be investigated. they need to be prosecuted. they need to be fired. >> the inspector general's report finds the va awarded bonuses to top officials based in part on performance goals, including shorter appointment wait

they let kathleen sebelius walk on her own. lois lerner gets to take the fifth time and time again.here's the accountability? >> there's a difference in saying you have an investigation and being held accountable. in the case of the irs, one or maybe two people were fired and nothing actually changed and juan you keep saying we had all of these investigations in benghazi, who has been held responsible? what islamist has been killed or has been captured? that's called being in the american chief. the president is completely awol. forget the scandal. the scandal is we haven't found the perpetrators of this terrible crime against america. >> hang, on, juan. i want wayne to weigh in on something. this week on thursday, i believe it was, the president decided amid all the investigations and all the scandals going on whether it's the cia leak he decided it was very important to sit down with leaders and talk about concussions. >> well, eric, once again this is dodging the bullet, where ever it may land. i don't understand why juan can say that. we don't even know. you know, you said you h

she's tapped to replace kathleen sebelius who resigned after the botched obamacare rollout. emanuel's watching that live on the hill, what's the tone so far? >> bill, polite but serious. senators don't seem to have questions about the qualifications of civil yaphe matthews burwell so far, but they do have questions about obamacare and what she would do differently in overseeing the health care system. you can expect questions about what she would like to change in the obamacare law, what she knows about the health care system and if she'll be straight and honest with lawmakers. >> we want to move in a different direction to put in place proposal zs that provide more freedom, more choices and lower costs. we trust americans to make those decisions for ourselves. we believe that is the american way. since obama will still be in office for the next two years, if you are confirmed, we will need your help to do that. >> reporter: arizona senator john mccain helped introduce matthews burwell and sang her praises, her qualifications, so at this point it's not about her so much, but

birdwell will replace kathleen sebelius who stepped down after the problematic rollout of healthcare.gov. she has been the director of management and budget. >>> calling for help without saying a word. soon text 911 in an emergency. starting next week california emergency dispatch centers can provide text to 911 service through the county's four leading wireless carriers. a program designed with hearing and speech problems but will provide everyone with another way of getting emergency help. >> let's say if someone was following me or something down the street, i might not want it, i might not be inclined to call the police or dial 911 if i don't want that person behind me to know i'm calling the police. i might be more inclined to use the text message-type system. >> might get faster to them by texting. >> it could still be years before texting 911 is widespread throughout the state because emergency centers do not have the necessary hardware to actually support it. >>> this morning, a bill designed to protect your smartphone from thieves will have another shot in the state senate. the

kathleen sebelius was the subject of protest at georgetown university in 2012.ichelle obama's plan speech at a kansas high school sparked criticism. a little bit of history about these protests. democrats, (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. independents and all others, (202) 585-3882. also, if you are a recent college graduate, (202) 585-5883 . we want to hear your story. join the conversation on twitter, @cspanwj. or on facebook.com/c-span. you can e-mail us as well --journal@c-span.org. we will get to more of your thoughts coming up. we have about 25 minutes left to continue talking about this. then we are going to have a roundtable discussion about what is on the agenda for congress this week. house lawmakers return after spending last week in their district. the house and senate in session this week. this is from "the wall street journal, co. a recent article about the list of canceled graduation speakers and how it is getting longer. it says that according to the foundation for individual rights education, between 1987 and 2008 there were 48 prote

one other thing that could come up in the senate is sylvia burwell, kathleen sebelius' replacement at hhs. her confirmation process has gone as smoothly as it can go and she will probably get a big partisan vote. probably not unanimous because it's such a contentious department. and the other big thing to watch tomorrow. tea party tests, cop tests in kentucky can, georgia, idaho, and oregon, and incumbent run rums been challenged from to the right, including senator mitch mcconnell, and mike simpson, an ally of speaker boehner being challenged. the club for growing has supported the challenger to simpson. so we have some legislation moving, not huge pieces of bills but the election season is up and running. >> so, beyond what is going to be talk about on the floor, there are debates about what happened on the floor, and one of them is immigration. the lead story for the hill, boehner's big reform decision. what's he going to do on immigration? >> that's a great question. it's a really good story by russell -- all eyes are on boehner. there was controversy last week where white house s

>> kathleen sebelius, there's a part of that i like. he doesn't throw someone to the wolves when the press comes after him. it's not completely proven. >> he will be shocked to hear that. >> when we said it is indeemic, it is. i don't know how you get the system with 250,000 people all over the place. all these people pouring in. all these veterans from korea and world war ii. and that you aren't going to have these kinds of problems. >> did he fail to fire because he doesn't want the appearance of caving under pressure and he feels it's more president-like not to yield? not to fire? or is -- >> i also think look, you throw him to the wolves. it isn't going to cause the wolf pack to stop going after people. >> this is not a false issue. this is not a false issue, okay. it's not just the 40 plus people who died. there are countless others who have been badly treated. if you can't follow up on the quality of the medical care you are delivering, then it seems to be you shouldn't be in that job. >> should we have a v.a., because it happens

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to step in, how much to step out of the way, playing the long game, the legacy bid, bringing kathleen sebelius up on stage at the correspondents dinner, that's the statement he wants to make. >> that's about him and you make the key point he realized he's not going to get invited to most of the races. we'll see what happens on the campaign trail but i think you make the key point the republicans have national turnout arguments, benghazi, obama care, whether it's the economy, democrats go race by race. we'll continue this conversation in a minute. next our puzzle pieces together, the thrust of the gop's new benghazi conspiracy theory. first in this week's edition of "politicians say the darnedest things" a flashback to correspo correspondents dinners. >> i wish i could be here but i think has bill has everything under control. >> wait, wait, wait, wait! wait! hold on! hold on! your lunch! >> as you know, i always look forward to these dinners. it's just a bunch of media types, hollywood liberals, democrats like joe biden. how come i can't have dinner with a 36% of the people who like me? the on

just like he stood by kathleen sebelius during the glitches and hillary clinton after benghazi. just this week attorney general eric holder said the justice department has no plans to investigate the mess at the va. he's content to sit back and let the va investigate the va. well, at least one democrat is smart enough to realize that's a bad idea. here's senator richard blumenthal at today's hearing. >> isn't there evidence here of criminal wrongdoing, that it's falsifying records, false statements to the federal government? that's a crime under the -- >> should be, yes. >> and wouldn't it be appropriate to ask for assistance from the federal bureau of investigation or some other similar agency? >> you'd think so. yeah. in the "crossfire" tonight, larry korb, jessie jane duff. they have not been shy in their investigations. they investigated media leaks, investigated sheriff joe arpaio, investigated e-book price fixing. they have no plans to investigate the deaths of 40 veterans. why does it seem like instead of holding people accountable, the administration wants to protect the

during this hour from kathleen sebelius, 8 million people have signed up for obama care.lt 18-30 four account for almost a third of those enrolled. what do you think when you hear those numbers? -- 18-34. >> i think anytime someone has access to health care it is a great thing. if nothing else it has served to a catalyst for opening up the conversation. we know medicine plays an incredible important role in that in keeping people healthy. likes you use the word catalyst, implied a jumping off point for further discussions or tweaking around the edges. >> i am hopeful it is a lot we can continue to work with. to provide access to high-quality health care. you mentioned in the intro india. where is that coming from? our operational hub and engine for anti-retro viral franchise. we are one of the largest makers of anti-hiv medication. we have been working with governments in providing access in regions around the world. very important medicine. >> chief executive officer at myran. more breaking news this afternoon. they are said to be in exclusive talks for merck's consumer

human services secretary kathleen sebelius on her way out, the nominee to take over the job sylvia mathews- sylvia mathews burwell testified for the first time. what did she have to say about the future of obamacare? >> this is still a very incendiary topic here in washington. she tried to walk a line. she defended the law in her testimony and said it would be her job if she is chosen to implement that law, but she also said she will be trying to engage both parties if she gets the job. even still, republicans on the committee, including lamar and scott, use this hearing to voice this -- their grievances. nozick tries is there. we also heard from democratic senator kay hagan -- no surprises there. we also heard from and it genetic -- democratic senator kay hagan. she is under fire. here is what she said about the rollout. >> there are a number of things in thinking about i.t. procurement as well as delivery. one is, you don't connect the business owner and the i.t.. that connection does not generally occur and it is a problem i have experience in the private sector. -- have not experience

as long as eric shinseki is the guy, the face of this, justice kathleen sebelius was the face of the health care.gov. notice when that fixed they moved her out. so when they fix the v.a., they'll move shinseki out or he'll be able to step down. but i would disagree. i would say that in every organization, if -- there has to be accountability, the buck stops here, someone has to take some of the blame. and you go to the stop and you go to as high as it goes. if it stops at shinseki, i'm not sure it stops in phoenix. it may go higher. it may be systemwide f. it is systemet ettett ick, i think yo shinse shinseki. if he was telling things were going on out of his control, you go to the next step up and did it get to the white house? i'm not sure. in the interim, fire him, put someone else in there. when you do that, you send a signal that works for the new administrators they won't play around anymore. they won't let you get away with hidden lists that frankly are killing veterans. >> if shinseki does go, though, the pressure seems to dissipate, right? so with him continuing to stay ther

. >> does this remind you of kathleen sebelius and hhs? >> they're going to have a lot harder time with him because he's a long-time soldier. he's a vietnam veteran. and he has a disability. so i think we're going to have a lot harder time getting him than -- >> he beat out kim kardashian in the google search. >> that's an accomplishment. >> resignations in politics are not just about cases of doing justice to people. there's a symbolic effect. the next veterans administration head and the next head of any cabinet department is going to learn from this ask more questions. if not to say, well, i didn't know and i wasn't responsible, those aren't good answers. because you're actually -- the reason he needs to be -- to resign or be fired is to encourage the next person to do a more careful job. >> i agree with you that there's a symbolic value and also this is how traditionally presidents have shown they're on top of it. i'm 2ke78ding the resignation today of so and so. but shinseki resigned tomorrow, it doesn't fix the problem. my question t

the director was tapped to replace kathleen sebelius who resigned after the roll out of the obama care. >> and any serious conflict with the nomination? >> not really. she was confirmed by the senate to the budget post 96- nothing. but law makers have had issue with cathlone sebelius, the outgoing secretary feeling she was not forth coming with trouble with the obama care website and that led to this question: >> will you be willing to be clear and honest to the american people about the implement aegz of obama care regardless of what the administration's policy is. >> if i am confirmed two pieces of principle with information is transparency and accuracy. >> a huge issue on capitol hill. all of the changes to the obama care law without congressional input and that led to this exchange. >> last august, senate majority leader harry reid was asked if his goal was to move the affordable care act to a single payer system. his answer was yes, yes, absolutely yes. similar statements were made by nancy pelosi. and the president of the united states. do you agree with that statement, there is

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support of the affordable care act hurt her, even though health and human services secretary kathleen sebeliusave signedericans up? >> she is extremely vulnerable, and i think it has been trailing most of the democrats in the polls, and a key thing, as you know, republicans now have 45 55, and joeocrats' biden would break a 50/50 tied. they get halfway there by having basically easy picks in looking and southrginia dakota and montana, where three democrats are retiring, so they need to win three out of four seats that are really seen as low hanging fruit on the tree, and in addition with north carolina, we are talking alaska and another state. >> georgia, i think. >> no, it is not georgia, but louisiana, arkansas, excuse me. mark pryor in arkansas, and they need to nominate their best possible candidates and make no rhetorical mistakes, have all of their ducks in a row and get a little behind their backs, which looks like they can do. they are ahead in the polls, but there is very little room for error, and that is why there is this sense going into this. ok, my guest joining us from washingto

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health care.gov was broken, everyone and their brother on the right was saying it's time for kathleen sebelius to go. why is speaker boehner not calling for shinseki's job? >> it may have to do with his background of his noble background as a war hero. i respect that, but it's time for him to go. the speaker has been a little slow to call for a number of things that he should have much sooner. so hopefully he's going to join the ranks of us that say it's time for this noble war hero, but incompetent va secretary to go and get somebody in to clean house. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> coming up next on "hannity." >> this has become partisan. there was a time when there were great believers in the constitution of this body. >> one day after his epic floor speech in support of the u.s. constitution, senator rand paul joins me next. plus, breaking news on a classified e-mail that the white house had direct contact on the night of the benghazi attack. in life, there are things you want to touch, and some you just don't. introducing the kohler touchless toilet. the no-touch flush

if it is kathleen sebelius on health care, and eric shinseki on veterans affairs and the president doesn't comment on for a few weeks. so it appears that the heat is on these cabinet secretaries or under secretaries and let me give you one new nugget of information. i went to the va website to find out who did the president nominate to replace petzel. it's dr. edward morealski. cbs news revealed that the hooins va medical center has secret waiting lists, more than one, and people not getting care, veterans not getting care was being hidden. well, it turns out that the president's nominee, i'm not saying he had anything to do with the secret waiting lists, but the man that the president nominated to take over for robert petzel works at the hospital that is under investigation right now. >> hi, ed. it's kimberly. listen, there's a lot of outrage over this because people are very dissatisfied with the white house's response. it's more like smoke and mirrors at the fun house at veterans experience and now total disrespect with what appears this new nomination because this is another hospital t

that's different than kathleen sebelius' challenges at the healthcare website.you're now at a time for the president to nominate a new secretary, and the department can go back and finish up the backlog and deal with these larger issues having to do with possible illegal activities by senior members of that department. >> well, this timing of this resignation obviously puts a swift change of the guard because sloane gibson takes over as acting secretary. he just joined the v.a. in february. does a power vacuum like this make the v.a. even more vulnerable at this point? >> i worry that people will think that the resignation. general shinseki will believe that the problems are now solved. nothing further from the truth. secondly, while joa sloane gibson is a fine leader, there are going to be new challenges ahead. the first being the confirmation in the senate for a new leader in the veteran's department. >> how do you think the veteran also ultimately take this news? >> i think if you take a look at most veteran organizations, they'll think it's a good first step

not getting the va secretary's resignation just as he allowed kathleen sebelius to stay on after the obamacare debacle. >> it's not just republicans i think it's independents, it's republicans, democrats, everyone is looking at this with grave disappointment i think at the president's press conference today. harkens to president nixon saying he is not a crook at the height of the watergate scandal. a very difficult press conference for many to accept because they wanted to see more action taken immediately. not more reports, not more investigations but some serious steps to move this in the right direction. >> you know i just have -- to compare richard nixon saying i'm not a crook to barack obama today talking about the va, i can't sit here about commenting how absurd that is. the truth is the president has a management style that rankles, republicans, independents and democrats. sebelius was kept on and americans look back and say maybe that was the right move. it was a botched effort to roll that health care plan out and the website but because the president stuck with her probably

kathleen sebelius botched the roll out of obamacare, but she wasn't fired.lary clinton wasn't fired either. eric holder, he was not fired. lastly, although lois lerner -- was not fired. what does it take to be fired by president obama? here with reaction is juan williams and colonel alan west. what does it take? does president obama not have the stomach to sign the pink slip? what is it? >> i'm amused by that litany you just read. i think it is extreme. i don't think it's accurate, but i think you're on to a point about accountability. i think everybody has to be held accountable, but loyalty is all a factor. i think president obama is shy about throwing people under the bus. in the case of eric shinseki, there's a large dose of regret all around. nobody thinks he was out to hurt veterans. they think he's a decorated military hero, a general, someone who cared deeply about the veterans and today indicated he was lied to. i think you're going to see more heads roll down the line and possibly criminal investigations about people who were lying to get bonuses f

the president resisted calls to dismiss his health and human services, kathleen sebelius, after seeing the cigar. he also stuck by national intelligence james clapper after he was charged with the least untruthful answer to congress about surveillance on americans. some people call that lying. so far the president has given secretary shinseki the benefit of the doubt. does president obama need to be a tougher manager? let's bring in bill burton. currently is he a senior strategist is thank you both for being here. bill. does president obama dislike the fire people? >> well, president obama doesn't just react to media firestorm and things like that. he's very dedicated to making sure that he has the personnel to take on the problems that he's facing. as they've said at the white house, they are going through all of the facts and making sure that they've got a system and there are very serious problems and i think congressman israel's approach of launching a criminal investigation and it's an important step to take. i don't think the president is against firing people but he's against re

. >> he's not to be equated with kathleen sebelius. but something has to be done. but what bothers me about president obama he stands up at the podium, how many days after this story? feeling pressure because we're coming on memorial day and he pretends like he's not a part of the government. right? like he criticizes the government and he gets really angry. but he is the government. and greg, even if he's the smartest president in the world, and he has magical powers, he can't even fix this. it doesn't matter who he fires or who he hires. the problem is too huge that right now, there are -- the only answer i say is to put some competition in the v.a. >> but what's scary, what if there was no growing outrage, because generally, vets by their nature don't complain. they're too modest to complain. if people like us aren't yelling, would he even respond? >> that's the point. he already knew about this to begin with, if we're supposed to be giving the veterans the best they have, because they have earned this right to have excellent medicare and health care, right? thi

as you know from the history the way this president operates he didn't fire kathleen sebelius when the health care website didn't work well and didn't fire someone for bp oil and irs didn't fire people. this is somebody, according to this white house source, this is not a president who looks for scapegoats, wants to get to the bottom of the problem first and find out what's going on and then take action which is why i think he will allow shinseki to file a report and then allow him to resign. it would have been easier to do it immediately. >> and from shinseki's point of view, to make it more palatable to him. you've been saying some of those individuals who were cooking the books were doing it because they stood to gain personally financially as a result of book keeping maneuvers that understood mine health care for these veterans? >> that was a very very contentious point of the arguments being made last night in this congressional hearing i was telling gloria before we went on, packs, democrats, republicans, overflow congress people from different committees coming in to do the ques

. >> reporter: sylvia matthews burr well is the person to replace kathleen sebelius. >> will you be the health and human services for the american people or the ambassador of obamacare? >> it is my octoberive and as i've talked about in my opening statement, i'm here to serve the american people. >> last time she was confirmed unanimously. i'm assuming not that much has changed since that time. >> reporter: with so much controversy around sebelius and obamacare, the president picked burr well. >> do you think it's fair to give businesses it delay but not individual americans? and what further changes if any to existing law and regulations do you anticipate having to make before december 31 of this year? >> from the administration's perspective, what we are trying to do is common sense implementation within the law. >> reporter: she was also asked how many people who signed up for obamacare actually paid premiums. >> with regard to the specifics of the data that hhs has at this time, that's not something in my current role that i know. >> reporter: after many complaints sebelius was not