michael shepherd, senior position in the ig's air force of health care inspections. also from the office of inspector general, we have ms. linda halladahalladay. and next we will hear from nick torintino, he is a navy veteran of the iraq war and a former mental health administrator in the va and then welt will hear from retired united states marine corps major general thopgs jones. >> we have a lot of answers we need from you, so please begin. >> thank you. chairman murray. we appreciate the opportunity today to address the access to quality of mental health care services to our nation's veterans. and we appreciate so much discussion of a topic that is integral to the well-being and full living out of a fulfilled life of our nation's veterans. mental health is integral to the overall well-being and physical health of a veteran. it's important that if there's underlying depression, problem drinking, substance abuse or other mental ailment that this be diagnosed to ensure that those who have served our country have the fundamental -- physical health aspects of medicati

david day, inspector jn for health care inspections accompanied by michael shepherd, senior physician in the ig office of health care inspections and also from the office of inspector general we have ms. linda halladay, assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations accompanied by dr. larry rinkmeyer and next we will hear from nick tolon ti no, navy veteran and former health administrator officer in the v.a. and finally hear from the founder and executive director of outdoor odd sigh major general thomas jones. mr. shoneheart, we will begin with your tefrt. we have a lot of answers we need from you. please begin. >> thank you. chairman murray, we appreciate the opportunity today to address the access to quality of mental health care services to our nation's veterans and we appreciate so much the discussion of a topic that is integral to the well-being and full living out of a fulfilled life of veterans. it is integral to the overall well-being and physical health of a veteran. it is important if there is underlying depression, problem drinking or substance abuse or other medic

michael shepherd, senior physician in the ig's office of health care inspections. also from the office of inspector general, we have ms. linda halliday, audits and evaluations accompanied by dr. larry reinkemeyer, and next we will hear from nick tolentino, officer in the va, and finally we will hear from the executive direct every of outdoor odyssey, major general thomas jones. mr. schoenhard, we will begin with your testimony. we have a lot of answers we need from you so, please, begin. >> thank you. chairman murray, we appreciate the opportunity today to address the access to quality of mental health care services to our nation's veterans. and we appreciate so much discussion of a topic that is integral to the well being and full living out of a fullfilled life of our nation's veterans. mental health is integral to the overall well being and physical health of a veteran. it's important if there's underlying depression, problem drinking or substance abuse or other medical, mental ailment that this be diagnosed in order to insure that those who have served our coun

michael shepherd, and mr. larry wrinklemeyere. our review found that in consistent scheduling practices to manage the usability of the information needed to fully assess current capacity, resources' tradition, and productivity across the system in the va. in 2011, the vha reported 95% of first-time patients received a full mental health evaluation within 14 days, but we concluded that the 14 day reported measure has no real value as access to care measures, because we measured how long it took to conduct the evaluation, not how long the patient waited to receive it. we calculated the number of days between the first time patients had initial contact and the completion of the evaluation. we projected that vha provided only 184,000 of these evaluations within 14 days. upon the request of the veteran or referral for mental health care. on average, it took us about 60 days to provide the remaining patients with their full evaluation. once we provide the patient with the valuation, vha schedules an appointment for treatment. in fiscal

shepherd kopp to his legal team. his clients include in the past, michael jackson, winona ryder. >>> 7:17.l, this morning, a your in santa clara county will read the verdict in the retrial of a silicon valley soft ware engineer who is accused of murder. prosecutors say jason kai shot and killed a lawyer in the parking lot of her hamilton avenue office back in july of 2008. investigators say kai was trying to stop the lawyer from representing his former mother- in-law in a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit. the first trial in 2010 ended in a hung jury. >>> well, at 8:30 this morning, mass murderer charles man son will be the focus of what could be his final parole hearing. at 77, charles manson says he won't be at what will be his 12th parole hearing at core corrine state prison -- korkorin state prison. so charles manson could be 92 years old before eligible for another hearing. manson was convicted in the 1969 murders of actress sharon tate and six others. >>> hundreds of people are now paying tribute to two fallen heros in philadelphia. they are leaving flowers, candles and cards outsid

michael who i'm sure has been on your program in the past is the faculty director. this will shepherd it into the next generation of human rights crises. >> what are you doing then? >> i'm taking time off to begin working on new projects and will teach at kennedy school beginning in 2003. >> philosophically, you mentioned being a journalist, writing for the "post." what should a journalist do as a job as a reporter? should they advocate? >> i don't think it's our job to add indicate. but i certainly -- i don't think neutrality in the face of genocide is an appropriate stance either. i think it's interesting to go back through other cases -- again, not my own but rwanda and cambodia and other major cases of genocide -- to see journalists bending over backwards upon being greeted with the unthinkable, that is atrot 'tis of this scale. do not compute. upon being greeted with that, immediately, because of this bias toward neutrality and because we're trained in that way, bending over backwards to fine atrocities, so as to do a sort of two-sided account. the thing about genocide is that it

shepherd kopp has signed on to help him fight the mayor's decision to suspend him for official misconduct. his previous clients include celebrities like michaelackson, mel gibson and russell brand. >>> state regulators are spreading the word about a toxic trio of chemicals found in nail polish. a new report reveals some polishes commonly found in nail salons have high levels of chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects, despite being advertised as chemical-free. there was a news conference held in san francisco to call for stricter labeling laws. >> what we really want to do is make sure there's transparency and the information gets out so everyone can make good choices. we think manufacturers want to do the right things and we're sure they'll talk with us about how to do that. >> state regulators determined the mislabeled products could be harmful to thousands of workers and their customers in more than 48,000 salons across the state. the use of three chemicals is legal if properly labeled. >>> things getting coyote ugly in golden gate park. reports of confrontations between pets and coyotes is forcing the closure of some park trails. sta

angeles attorney shepherd cop has signed on to help defend him who's fighting the mayor's decision to suspend him for official misconduct. cop's previous clients include celebrities such as michaelthis neck of the woods but take it live to san francisco. we're actually getting some sunshine and a break from the rain. now, we are concerned about the warmth that we're accumulating because the warmer the better the chance of thunderstorms to fire off so we have a few thunderstorms right now through morgan hill and gilroy. most of the greater bay area completely dry. more rain in the second half of the day. starting about 2:00 p.m. with heavy rain tonight and tomorrow morning. clearing you out on saturday with 65 degrees inland. 63 by the way. 61 on saturday by the coast. up to 72 though with a lot of sunshine on sunday. so you can make outdoor plans for both days but better weather to do so on sunday of next year. stretch of weather extends well in to the end of week. back to you. >> thank you so much. thank you for being with us. we hope you'll join us in 30 minutes for news at 11:00. >>> we are back on this winesday, wednesday, with more of "today." ready to play our weekly trivi