i have to tell you, nothing will change in the veterans of ministration until we have new leaders and not just from the very top, but all of you have to find something else to do because you are not here to do your job. i yield back. >> thank you. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. so many of my colleagues have alluded to during their testimony the issue of trust being fundamental. especially true. the va and congress working in concert together. i think of being on this committee there has been a consciousness that maybe as some have alluded to, the nature of any bureaucracy. the interchange was really interested. talking about the audit that was being done, and he asked the assistant deputy undersecretary for wrote in chemical operations if we would get that list. there was a pause in the consciousness. i know your hearts are in the right place, the bureaucracy is holding you back. i cannot imagine a scenario o world or you would let someone in bureaucracy not get information. why you would not have just gone out on elements of that will get , and if they don't like i

you have long been dealing with bush ministration officials around the issue of accountability.significance of condoleezza rice in the war with iraq as both national security advisor and secretary of state? >> she was critical and promotion of the lies that led up to the war and the selling of the war to the american people. i want to congratulate carmelo and his colleagues. it is so heartening this generation is reminded and thinking about the crimes of the bush ministration officials, not letting them get away with the sort of gauzy histories about what happened from 2001-2008. i get discouraged when the younger generation thinks things like war is normal work guantanamo is normal or indefinite detention is normal. this is an important step i this group. >> humala, the argument of university, the issue of free speech and other issues that they put forward? >> we have been receiving since the beginning our main backlash him if we could say, is that well, she is a minority, it is a woman, why are you protesting this? she has free speech. those are valid questions, but you have t

it was under hoovers of ministration the income tax bill be roughly 25% to 63 percent, and that's on to choke off investment. a lot of things were not so good. reconstruction finance corporation is a thing he did that have the worst permanent effect. the idea here was banks are in trouble and corporations are in trouble. instead of having congress vote in a subsidy, let's create groups, the reconstruction finance corporation, that has the power and funds to throw subsidies and to various corporations. that will help us get out of the great depression. we gonna have subsidies funded by the federal government congress in particular. somebody who is very strictly accountable, presidency, presidential and administration, congress. when steam ship subsidies did not work and the transition and lorillard subsidies did not work , then we have a political party and is accountable and weekend collected somewhat for congress. the reconstruction finance corporation set up in 1942 under ever changes the game because now you have a large amount of money that will be ever increasing. congress will

fied records to cover up mismanagement, serious charges have been brought against the veterans at ministrationwe are looking inside the centralling health system for americas veterans and lewis chelsea, you heard larry just a moment ago talk about the unfunded and unintended size of the patient pool now. is that a legitimate answer for why it's been so tough to ramp up to where the system needs to be. >> absolutely not, and the american he john is not saying that the v.a. does haven't a tough job. and there aren't a lot to serve, we have never said that. our complaint is that the v.a. has consistently sat before congress and said hey, we have everything under control. we have this -- and veterans are getting an appointment within 14 days and everything is good. and the congress keeps coming back and saying are you slur, because we will give you more resources if that's what you are looking for, and they say no, we are good. but the truth is they are hiding a wait list, so the question now becomes if may open that hidden wait list, and dutch everybody into the system, will the v.a. then be over

the ministration is a wanted knowledge that. lew, who is very skilled and ducking questions ducked that one. like thank you. >> thank you. more on the interview with jack lew tonight on political capital right here on bloomberg television. now, to beats. the electronics company. no word on if it has struck a $3.2 billion deal with apple. the founder of beats, dr. dre, appears to be celebrating. there is video showing him and and.ctress tyree skips he says he's the first billionaire in hip-hop from the west coast. that is the reaction from the deal. beapple's new move, it may giving back what they have taken. it would be great if it could it could succeed. >> with insight on what a deal would mean, i am joined by ben arnold from washington. director executive focusing in consumer electronics. -- ofo with me, david baker spins. fm. artists onsed digital strategy. with all of you here we ought to be able to put something together. i want to start with you. what exactly is this? isthe deal does happen what apple buying. >> they are

the cruel ministrations of tiny-eyed lunch ladies slopping canloads of prison chow into steam tables.urprise, and powdered mashed potatoes that haunt my sense memories still. >> pumpkin soup today with onion, nutmeg and chicken stock. but basic good pumpkin soup. >> this is marie, head chef, cook, host and server for 320 hungry and very discriminating french schoolchildren ages 3 to 12. on the menu price fixe today, a pumpkin soup, a fresh blankette de broissot served with homemade couscous and a sauce supreme. >> this is a very sophisticated meal for children. i was a little -- in school, frankly. like a lot of other students, i want pizza, pizza, pizza, are the children here open to variety? >> [ speaking french ]. >> we want to make sure they always get a little challenged by how the food looks and the smell and also the taste after. i think she has a very strict budget. >> in the usa, greatest country in the world no doubt, we spend an average of $2.75 per student for public school lunch. compare and contrast. >> $1.50. >> did you eat this well when you were here? >> absolutely. >

i don't use used to be somebody who is strong in medical, or it ministration. this is a large corporation, it is the second largest agency in the federal government. there has to be someone brought in to make -- who can handle that and move it forward. host: do you think you think you'll stay on through the end of the president's term? guest: he has said he will not resign, the president says he is doing a good job. we still think you should go because of his failed leadership and oversight issues. i don't know. host: weighing in on all of this, senator bernie sanders. he held a hearing that included eric shinseki earlier this month, he also talked about some of the looming issues facing the va hospitals around the country. here's a portion. [video clip] they're waiting list, why is that so? in certain parts of the country, they may not have the staff they need. i have called for more funding. obama's level of funding has been pretty good, but over the last three years, the system is increased by 1.5 million people coming into the system, including some with se

controversies and a number of scandals that have a seemingly touched every department in this of ministrationnment. let's see, the veterans affairs hospital scandal, the administration's cover-up and stonewall of the benghazi scandal. oh, yes, the irs targeting of conservative donors and conservative groups. and then there is the justice department and its surveillance of journalists. the justice department and alcohol, tobacco, and firearms operations fast and furious. and then the administration's obamacare disaster itself. the energy department solyndra scandal, do you remember that one? it seems so long ago. the bureau of land management harassment of ranchers and its decision to throw overwhelming deadly force against one old rancher. the agriculture department, promotion of food stamps to illegal immigrants. that is helpful, i'm sure, but a surprising role for our government. and the general service administration $800,000 loss vegas party disguised as a conference. that was a beauty, wasn't it? and a secret service as prostitutes and, well, seeming inability day and all the liquor the

the cruel ministrations of the lunch ladies slapping chow into the plates, powdered marked potatoes thatnt my memories still. ♪ ♪ >> pumpkin soup today with onions, nutmeg and chicken. >> this is marie, head chef, cook, host and server for 320 hungry and very discriminating french school children, ages three to 12, on the menu today, a pumpkin soup. served with homemade couscous. >> this is a very sophisticated meal for children. >> that is a nice meal. >> i was a little brat in school, like all the other children, variety? >> you want to make sure they always get a little challenged by how the food looks and the smell. and also the taste. i think she has a very strict budget. >> in the usa, greatest country in the world no doubt we spend an average of $2.75 per student for public school lunch. compare and contrast. >> 1.$1.50. >> did you you eat this well when you were here? >> absolutely. >> the kids attack their food like hungrily, wiping out three servings in the time it takes me to eat one. i guess they like it. >> this is good. >> i don't think my chef in new york would do better.

, peter cook folk about the intense interest in the fda's opposed regulation andhe e-cigarette ministratione already getting requests to extend it. we will look at that. we want to move forward in a timely way. this is very important. we need to have extended authority in the products. for new products likely to come. inside pepsico with exclusive interviews and access within the company's gatorade. only on bloomberg tv, streaming at bloomberg.com or on our app for the smart phone and tablet third time now for today's latin america report. the colombian president will preside at the funeral for the children killed in a fire at an overcrowded bus. bringing them home from sunday school. the service will be held near the caribbean coast. are pressing charges against the bus driver, its own -- owner, and those who contacted the vehicle. protestersafter battled security forces. protesters felt security personnel would rock and -- for 15 days to go before the world's most-watched sports event kicks off. that is your report for this wednesday. coming up, pimco called it the roach motel dynamic. we

for they did not get people to put its heart from your believe that anyone on the hill in the ministrationon either party would willingly the security and know that that would possibly cause harm to any american surprise surprise the republicans did it well look i think one thing with here again let's have the hearing once asked that question and once have the republicans have to and accusations are going to yeah you know all have been tried to show up maybe only maybe lanny davis is the only scuttlebutt the only person on. this committee was subpoena power is the republican former federal prosecutor who's the head of the democrats will not be allowed to ask questions or bring witnesses what they want there is a legacy that i guess you know as to the party though if they don't ask they were not told in advance to us because of the rules are set up you cannot bring your witness you know i disagree with that you know those are very very old and he is he is so he is so committed to the rule of law that that is in the ideas before a lot of other little federal prosecutor but he's not the one w

the food and drug ministration to no action find the banana slug and refining. a design studies. the released a press release, detectable quantities of non hallucinogens and bananas. donovan's recent hit miller yellow was war and the women to be about you know what, electrical banana will be the latest craze. the song was actually written before the print was hatched, kooky cosmic coincidence. the constant repetition amelya low on radius amplified the banana hoax as a spread through subterranean tributaries, corporate channels, and word of mouth. a famous rumor about the beatles paul mccartney followed a similar pattern. in 1969 news spread that he died in a car accident and had been replaced by a look and sound like. underground newspapers, free-form and radio and of a counter cultural efforts in every time and life ran with it and region -- legions of stoned hippies were poring over the of loans. it was all in good fun, but not everyone appreciated this. in the case of the banana of some radicals even called a counterrevolutionary. students for a democratic society insisted tha

the cruel ministrations of tiny-eyed lunch ladies slopping canloads of prison chow into steam tables. and powdered mashed potatoes that haunt my sense memories still. ♪ >> pumpkin soup today with onion, nutmeg and chicken stock. but basic good pumpkin soup. >> this is marie, head chef, cook, host and server for 320 hungry and very discriminating french schoolchildren ages 3 to 12. on the menu price fixe today, a pumpkin soup, a fresh blankette de broissot served with homemade couscous and a sauce supreme. >> this is a very sophisticated meal for children. i was a little -- in school, frankly. like a lot of other students, i want pizza, pizza, pizza, are the children here open to variety? [ speaking french ] >> we want to make sure they always get a little challenged by how the food looks and the smell and also the taste after. i think she has a very strict budget. >> in the usa, greatest country in the world no doubt, we spend an average of $2.75 per student for public school lunch. compare and contrast. >> $1.50. >> did you eat this well when you were here? >> absolutely. >> bonjour.

the ministration -- the administration requested more funding.owers do you have that the chairman did not have? what guarantees will we get that you would not conduct your committee the same way? one of the most iconic images of this congress is shutting down the microphone so that the ranking democrat can't be heard. that is their idea of bipartisanship when it comes to investigating the ministration. i think the track record is pretty poor. the questions being asked have already been answered many times. do the administration -- did the military make a mistake there? guest: the republican chairman has addressed this. they try to find out if there were military axis points that could be called in. the long and short of it is, heartbreaking as it is, we simply do not have the assets near enough and fast enough to make a difference. theory thatnspiracy the state department vetoed or a beenstanddown, that has debunked time and time again. statement shows that when you look at it passionately and objectively, these questions have been asked and answ

this it ministration saw a resurgence offul the automobile agency. in a situation where you can't even get in the japanese markets. but, i guess, in closing, i would just ask that you continue very focused negotiations, it does not take the place of currency. but it is important we open up those markets as well. >> thank you, senator. as you know, we negotiate upfront about phasing out tariffs. longerackloaded, being than the course agreement. ongoinga negotiation about the nontariff barriers to japan's auto market which has been historically closed. withe making progress dispute settlements, along those lines. we are making progress. >> thank you. >> thank you. senator can well. -- caantwell. >> i appreciate your focus on transparency. keyword of our generation. to have transparency. issue -- i, this issue differently than my colleagues. our region of the country looks at this differently. 1-3 jobs are related to trade. i support the reauthorization of the xm bank. we approach this next reauthorization a hope we don't find consternation of people wh

the ministration put forward a series of changes. they made reductions in certain compensation. they were going to lay up 11 ships from the navy, and several proposals to try to make sure. committeest part, the government of all those changes, found the money creatively for 2015. the problem is it creates a bow wave. 2016 and 2017, we will not been -- be able to do that. i think as we move forward in the process, if they do not like the cuts the administration will put out there, we will have to put out alternatives. for 20istration asked billion additional dollars and acknowledged the budget they were handed to for the budget agreement for this body two years ago or a year ago, for 2014 and 2015, did not give them a month -- enough money. so money is not forthcoming they will have to live within the budget presented to them. i do not think it is helpful for congress to duck every single one of those hard choices. i will have two amendments on that. i know brack is not popular and i know of no rational argument against doing it other than, i do not want them to close a base in m

the president, the science and technology focus departments and agencies across his of ministration, and my office all look forward to working with congress to get this job done. all be pleased to answer any questions the members have. >> member of the committee, the department of energy has long been one of the nation's premier agencies driving innovation, economic growth and energy security, environmental stewardship and a clear national security. my written testimony and accompanying documents provide numerous examples of how sponsor research is benefited the nation substantially. this afternoon i will focus on a few examples in some key areas. we will take supercomputing is an example. supercomputing is fundamental to the scientific research and is the cornerstone of the nation's history chip program and the absence of nuclear testing. supercomputing enable scientists to engineers to conceptualize and test the hypothesis and engineered systems. as a direct result of the decade's more than half of the world's 500 computers including five of the top-10 fastest of located in the uni

it wasn't just one man it was that in ministration even hillary clinton everyone there they went to bat and they said go for it everybody and we did but other administration for example battle for civil rights and we still haven't done a hundred percent on civil rights i think the number of people remember our civil rights has a lot to do with minorities and minorities in every possible way gays women are the gate is a minority but the gay minority is made up of some very wealthy people as well not that civil rights aren't but there's money in that as well and conservatives are gay and it became and. anomic issue more than anything remember the most unfair thing about it wasn't and specially in a situation like mine is that whatever i had left to katie over a certain amount of money we were the last half of it and vice versa health benefits were equal social security benefits were an equal so on an economic level there were over eleven hundred reasons financially speaking as the as the difference between you know her sexual marriage and homosexual marriage that was just economically

and republicans are expressing their frustration with the delay in the explanation of the at ministration's release of thousands of illegal immigrants accuse of crimes. >> homeland security secretary jay johnston defended president obama's decision to withhold the report on deportation policy and forgo further actions reducing deportations so lawmakers can try again to pass comprehensive immigration reform before this year's elections. >> it is something i very much support and believe in for a number of reasons and both the president and i urge the house of representatives to act. >> democrats were not happy. many believe the president increased deportations to record levels were led to believe the trend would be reversed and deportations slashed. >> i am disappointed, saddened, that you are not going to announce in the coming weeks the president said that he had instructed you to do a review. >> reporter: but the president has admitted the high deportation numbers are misleading because the administration includes in the total people captured at the border and immediately returned, which

"the new york times" reports the obama ministration launched the program last year to train "homegrown african counterterrorism teams" in libya, niger, and molly. told "theon official times" the pentagon is spending nearly $70 million to train and equip units in niger and maurita nia. on wednesday, obama is expected to give a speech at west point outlining a new foreign-policy direction that focuses more on training local forces. president obama made a surprise trip to afghanistan over memorial day weekend. speaking to troops at bagram air base, obama discussed plans to keep some u.s. troops in afghanistan beyond the 2014 pullout eight. >> and once afghanistan has sworn in its new president, i'm hopeful we will sign a bilateral security agreement that lets us move forward. and with that security agreement, assuming it is signed, we can plan for limited military presence in afghanistan beyond 2014. because after all of the sacrifices we have made, we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win. >> afghan president karzai has so far refused to sign a deal to keep u.s. troops,

there the president talked about is the ministrations gains despite gop opposition.paid $35,000 per couple to attend. the deficit has been cut in half, greenhouse gases have been lowered. he says we are in the process of ending the second war. both fund-raiser's benefit senator dick durbin reelection campaign and the democratic senatorial campaign committee. the president is scheduled to leave chicago at 10:00 a.m.. >>police in wheaton are investigating *dummy social media accounts where inappropriate images of students and staff at a middle school were recently posted. parents at edison middle school were notified of the investigation via e-mail from the principal yesterday. the accounts have been frozen and the e-mail says those responsible have been identified. a spokeswoman for the wheaton warrenville district says middle school students are required to take a digital citizenship course on responsible use of social media and the internet. severe weather battered several areas of the country ahead of the memorial day travel weekend. hail, heavy rains and damaging

i don't use used to be somebody who is strong in medical, or it ministration.his is a large corporation, it is the second largest agency in the federal government. there has to be someone brought in to make -- who can handle that and move it forward. host: do you think you think you'll stay on through the end of the president's term? guest: he has said he will not resign, the president says he is doing a good job. we still think you should go because of his failed leadership and oversight issues. i don't know. host: weighing in on all of this, senator bernie sanders. he held a hearing that included eric shinseki earlier this month, he also talked about some of the looming issues facing the va hospitals around the country. here's a portion. [video clip] they're waiting list, why is that so? in certain parts the country, they may not have the staff they need. i have called for more funding. obamas level of funding has been pretty good, but over the last three years, the system is increased i 1.5 million people coming into the system, including some with serious i

according to the washington post , in recent years, the obama ministration as "clandestinely intoformed camp lemonnier the busiest predator drone base outside the afghan war zone." obama emphasized the importance of the base during a meeting with djibouti's president in the oval office. >> overall, this is a critical facility that we maintain in djibouti. we could not do it without the presidents cooperation. we are grateful for him. agreeing for long-term presence there. >> more than 5000 u.s. and filipino soldiers have launched two weeks of joint military drills in the philippines. the annual drills opened one week after the unveiling of a 10 year agreement to revive the u.s. military presence in the philippines. on monday, activists protested the deal outside the filipino army headquarters. facilities use our rate-free, tax-free, they can access anywhere in the country for turning the place into a military base, even private defense contractors are given tax breaks. this is a grossly unequal it agreement that benefits only the superpowers. >> the former second-in-command of the u.s.

the veterans at ministration has always been a problem, has great congressional will support, but what it doesn't have is capacity. capacity is necessary here. >> but then again, eric, you've got this new memo, v.a. staffers are supposedly allegedly gaming the system again by using dozens of scheduling tricks so you can't tell if there's backup. >> secret waiting lists is what they're calling it. the irs went digital right around 1990 or so. they computerized completely and fully computerized, v.a. about it around 2012. that's how rick dick euless it is. you see files stacked up, backlogs 700,000. can i talk about the politics? shin sec ki is on the hook. will president obama ask for his preside resignation? president obama says no. he still has confidence in him based on his war is it military experience. little, the man is a hero. i get it. he put his life on the line. he was a great war hero, warrior. but he was a terrible bureaucrat. he was a -- he ran the place horribly. he needs to go away, but obama won't ask for his resignation because right now the heat is on shin sec ki, the

even with a democratic governor, missouri has taken a real right turn under the tender ministrations and the tens of millions of dollars of rex sinquefield, right? the well-funded, newly emboldened republicans in the state of missouri, they blocked medicaid expansion, which led to this dramatic protest in the state capital yesterday. the protesters actually shut down business in the state senate over the medicaid decision. republicans in missouri are trying to enshrine strict scrutiny for gun rights into the state constitution. and that may not sound like much, but that is such a fundamentalist approach to gun rights that it has really wide implications that have scared other states that have tried this. but missouri is steaming straight ahead to put that in their state constitution. missouri is down to one last abortion clinic in the entire state. this year, republicans in the missouri legislature can introduced 32 separate pieces of legislation against that one clinic. they've got one abortion clinic left, 32 bills this session to try to shut down or curtail the activities of that

and there had been so much embarrassment to the kennedy ministration from the case, that although therity division of the justice department wanted to appeal to the supreme court, bobby kennedy, the attorney general, vetoed it. he and his brother were sick and tired of the case. it had enough embarrassment over it. >> previously, you had had problems with visits in the late 1950's to china and other places, hadn't you? >> correct. >> could you tell us a live at about that? after the chinese revolution, 1949, the official line of the state department was communism in china was a passing phase, and that anything that indicted recognition, journalistic interest or whatever, would only delay that passing. and so there was a ban on china. in fact, there was a ban on the whole soviet, communist bloc, but particularly china. and i had tried for about three years before actually got the visa to get there. the prime minister at the first asian african congress -- conference in jakarta, indonesia in 1955. but one sunday morning at adams house at harvard, where was a neiman fellow for the year,

a political problem is this going to continue to be for the white house and for the ad theed a ministrationing into the midterms? >> well w think they johnathan made the point that it is something that the president has to light a fire under the administration and for some people, it seems too little too late and there are calls already for general shinseki to resign, and shinseki, himself, has said that he does not want to, and if you look at the problems, the rollout, they let kathleen sebelius stay on the job, and ultimately fix them, and that is ultimately she left but that is maybe something that we will see with general shinseki. you will see the veterans continue to do that and you will hear him continue to talk about it and at west point where he going to address the cadets. he is going to continue to express his belief that it is important to take care of those serving the country at events like west point's graduation and trying to sort of create more of a sense of resolve in the leadership. >> david nakamura and jonathan al allen, thank you so much, and a lot of breaking news thi

. >> if i am confirmed, the it ministration and the president has said that we welcome the opportunity to think about things he can do legislatively and otherwise to improve it. >> i will take that as a yes. it is my understanding that there were agreements with the number of web-based entities to allow private exchanges to enroll tax subsidy individuals pursuant to regulations issued by hhs in march, 2012. again, something we talked about. this effort was stymied due to in -- insufficient technology integrations. i understand there have been some small steps taken by hhs, but not a lot has taken place. to my mind, this should be a no-brainer. if we can get some of the sites, perhaps more user-friendly as an additive to help that, i hope you will work with me and these web-based entities to make sure that there is better technology integration this area. >> i welcome the opportunity to think about the best way to do distribution. and harkening back to senator isaacson's russian and your comment, the dissolution mechanism in terms of how people can easily access and receive health care.