>> nexa government investigation looks at veterans medical care in the phoenix arizona va system. it doctor expose some of the problems at the troubled phoenix hospital testifies and we would hear from robert mcdonald and acting inspector general richard griffin. this house veterans affairs committee is chaired by congressman jeff miller. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. this hearing will come to order. i think everybody for attending this hearing which we will examine the oig report on the phoenix issue. i would also like to ask unanimous consent, he is not here yet but that our colleagues david schweikert from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. without objection, so ordered. also members we do have a series of votes that will start at 1:00. i apologize for that. this hearing was moved from its original schedule time because of the joint session of congress to hear the president of the ukraine. what we will do is immediately after the final vote move back as quickly as you can. we will resume the hearing as quickly as we possibly can so that we w

up next, the house veteran looks over the va report from the phoenix health care. we hear from general richard griffin and whistle blower and former director sam foot. then the new va secretary gives an update at changes at the va and that is followed by va and phoenix va health officials answering questions on the final report. president obama relayed the security council meeting on the threats formed by foreign terrorist groups. on washington journal we will talk about the meeting and then we will discuss "city of rivals" which examines washington gridlock. and later purdue university president mitch daniels looks at higher education cost and academic standards. plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. washington journal is live every morning at 7 eastern on c-span. 2014 debate coverage continues on thursday between lee terry and brad ashford and then sunday the iowa debate happens. then campaign 2014 more than a hundred debate for the control of congress. hearing on the inspector general's final report. the house veteran affair committee heard from ge

veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald and phoenix va health care system officials also testified. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. this ring will come to order. i think everybody for attending this hearing which will examine the oig report on the phoenix issue. i would also like to ask unanimous consent, he is not here yet, but that our colleague david schweikert from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. without objection, so ordered. also members, we do have a series of votes that will start at 1:00. i apologize for that. this hearing was moved from its original schedule time because of the joint session of congress to th the president of the ukra. what we will do is immediately after the final vote move back as quickly as you can. we will resell him the hearing as quickly as we possibly can -- resume the hearing. so we do not keep the witnesses waiting any longer than absolutely necessary. on the 26 of august, the office of inspector general released its final report on the phoenix va health care system, which vaulted to national attention af

inspector general's final report on the patient wait times and scheduling practices within the phoenix vath care system. this report did not state a direct causal relationship between long patient wait times and veteran deaths. for some, that is a major concern, and accusations of undue influence by the va on the ig report will be discussed at length today. what the ig did find is that the cases included in this report clearly show there were serious lapses in va's follow-up, coordination, quality, and continuity of health care to veterans. they also concluded that the inappropriate scheduling practices demonstrated in phoenix are a nationwide systemic problem. i do not need any more evidence or analysis. there is no doubt in my mind that veterans were harmed by the scheduling practices and culture at the phoenix facility and across the nation. the bottom line is this behavior, and its detrimental effect on veterans, is simply not acceptable. my heart goes out to the families of the veterans who did not receive the health care they deserved in phoenix and around the country. rest assured,

darren deering, chief of fax of the phoenix va healthcare system. if you would, i'd ask you to stand. i was going to try to catch you before you sat down. raise you right hand. due you solemnly swear under penalty of personalry the testimony your about to provide this truth, the whole truth, and not but the truth? thank you. let the record show that both wilts respond ned the affirmative. secretary mcdonald has already provided an openings statement. on behalf of the department of veterans affairs. so, we will move directly into a round of questions. >> dr. thomas, in march 2013 the oni committee reviewed@7rq wait time and healthcare delays in august a, georgia, columbia south carolina, and dallas, texas. two months later, may, the va waived the fy2013 annual requirement for facility director to certify compliance with va policy. further reducing accountable over wait time. data, and scheduling practices. are you familiar with that? >> yes, sir, i am. >> did you approve or recommend the waiver of the requirement? >> no, i did not. >> so, you knew th

committee held a hearing analyzing the findings of the inspector general's final report on the phoenix va health care system. the investigation identified 40 patients who died while awaiting appointments in phoenix but found there was no conclusive link between delays in care and veteran deaths. t representative jeff miller of florida chairs this committee hearing. >>> good afternoon. this hearing will come to order. i thank everybody for attending this hearing which will examine t the oig report on the phoenix issue. i would also like to ask unanimous consent. he's not here yet but that our colleague from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. without objection, so ordered. also, members, we do have a series of votes that will start at 1:00. i apologize for that. this hearing was moved from its original scheduled time because of the joint session of congress to hear the president of the ukraine. what we will do is immediately after the final vote move back as quickly as you can. we will resume the hearing as quickly as we possibly can so that we will not keep the witne

is a new report about the investigation into the va and veterans who had to wait for care at a phoenix vay. the single sentence in the inspector general's report that could change the course of the investigation. when it was added and what the va has to say about this new scandal we're the places you call home, when you're away from home. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. like wyndham, we're awaiting your arrival. for a chance to win one million dollars, visit wyndhamrewards.com jon: 11 minutes away from the sop of the hour. check out what is at the top of the hour on "outnumbered." what do you have? >> congressional leaders will meet with president obama to outline his plan with isis. new polls are showing americans are loading confidence in the president's ability to lead. >>> the ray rice scandal, one media outlet believes the nnfl ignored graphic video of the incident. >> a dating site under fire for mentoring program to help people improve their looks. >> all that plus our #oneluckyguy. all happening on "outnumbered" at top of the hour. jon: sound like a good show

in a telling exchange, when asked by a physician in hawaii to share best practices about how the phoenix vao reduce its patient wait time from 238 days down to 7 day, quite a feat, the chief of primary carry e-mailed one of his fellow colleagues in phoenix and stated, quote, wonderful. not sure how to answer this. can i just say, smoke and mirrors, end of quote. and, of course, that's what it was. it was all smoke and mirrors. that individual is no longer with the va. the people who lied, who acted dishonorably, who manipulated data in phoenix and elsewhere clearly must be held accountable. the indemocrmnic problem of thi nature cannot be tolerated. the ig's report detailed numerous cases of poor care. raised concern about two of phoenix's specialty care clinics. review of patient files found problems with continuity of mental health care, delays of assignment to mental health practitioner and limited access to psychotherapy. additionally, the ig also discovered the urology service failed to provide timely care. in fact, the ig launched a separate investigation into this service. a report r

i am the acting public affairs officer at the phoenix va medical center. just a few ground rules.it will be short simple and sweet. we have two microphones set up here. we would like folks to step up to the microphone. in the interest of time try to make statements as concise as possible. we will take comments and answers if we can get them tonight and if not we will be getting the answers to you as soon as we can so the process will be one question from the left and one question from the right and we will see what we can do to get through this evening. any questions for me at this point or step up to the microphone. yes, sir. [inaudible] >> usually what happens is we have to set some sort of a time in a meeting. we are not restricted to an hour. as mr. cortie mentioned the good news is in the future these will be a regular recurring quarterly meeting at this facility throughout the va so some of the folks are starting to line up and we will start with questions. yes sir. >> on to say thank you for your efforts. i am sure everyone appreciates an honest effort here and there. my co

va care. from may through august, phoenix made almost 15,000 referrals for non-va care.we've secured contracts to utilize primary care physicians from within the community in the future. since my confirmation as secretary, 51 days ago, i have traveled the va facilities across the country, including phoenix. speaking to veterans and va employees as well as visiting and speaking with members of congress, veteran service organizations and other stakeholders. during those visits, i found va employees to be overwhelmingly dedicated to serving veterans and driven by our strong va institutional values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence held in this acronym icare. we'll continue to work with the ig and other stakeholders to ensure accountability. as i said, there were over 100 ongoing investigations. by our department, ig, department of special counsel and others. in each case we await the results and will take the appropriate disciplinary actions when all the facts and evidence are known but we will not wait, and i want to emphasize, we will not wait to

critical breakdowns in the system that allowed systemic issues to take root, not only in phoenix, but throughout the entire va system. i would like to highlight two specific issues that were identified in the final ig report on phoenix. first the ig report describes the care received by 45 veteran who is face either clinically significant delays in care or questionable care from the phoenix facility. additionally the ig reviewed seven suicide that oak kufred between january 2012 and may 2014 and found that nine veterans experienced a delay in care, one veteran experienced a clinically significant delay and five veterans experienced other substandard quality of care. many veterans experienced obstacles while trying to establish needed care after hospitalization or being treated in the emergency room. the lack of follow-up, coordination and quality, and continuity of care, many of these veterans experience is troubling, and quite frankly it's unacceptable. secondly, the most troubling usual described in the report was va's awareness of the ongoing scheduling challenges that many facilities faced. further more,

i am the acting public affairs officer at the phoenix va medical center. just a few ground rules. it will be short simple and sweet. we have two microphones set up here. we would like folks to step up to the microphone. in the interest of time try to make statements as concise as possible. we will take comments and answers if we can get them tonight and if not we will be getting the answers to you as soon as we can so the process will be one question from the left and one question from the right and we will see what we can do to get through this evening. any questions for me at this point or step up to the microphone. yes, sir. [inaudible] >> usually what happens is we have to set some sort of a time in a meeting. we are not restricted to an hour. as mr. cortie mentioned the good news is in the future these will be a regular recurring quarterly meeting at this facility throughout the va so some of the folks are starting to line up and we will start with questions. yes sir. >> let me say thank you for your efforts. i am sure everyone appreciates an honest effort here and there. my

. >>> more now from this hearing on the phoenix va facility with the vha chief of staff and the phoenix va chief of staff. they take questions from committee members about changes to the inspector general's report. whistleblower retaliation and manipulation of data. you can read the report on our website, c-span.org, when accessing the hearing. >> thank you very much. the third and final panel comes to the witness table. we are setting up the name plates. i will tell you who we're going to hear from. dr. lisa thomas, chief of staff of the veterans health administration. dr. thomas is accompanied by dr. darren deering, chief of staff of the phoenix va health care system. if you would, i'd ask you to stand. i was going to try and catch you before you sat down. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to proride is the troourt, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record show that both witnesses responded in the affirmative. secretary mcdonald has already provided an opening statement on behalf of the d

phoenix. is it fair to say that the scheduling problems are pretty pervasive throughout the va? >> absolutely. >> okay. specifically for phoenix, look. a good portion of montana heads down there for the wintertime. was it that way parts of the year or all the time. >> we did not try to carve out the snowbird aspect that may impact phoenix. >> i was just curious. >> we did not have a good quarter in any of the quarters that we looked at. >> okay. what would you say to the folks -- because in the conference committee opening statements we heard a lot from members of the conference, from both houses, that talked about that this isn't a workforce issue. in your investigations what would you say to that? >> i would say it is a complex issue with many aspects. one of those aspects is performance standards for the physicians that you do have. without those standards it is hard are to determine exactly how many doctors and nurses you need. it's a clinical space issue. vha guidance talks about a panel of 1,200 patients for primary care, but it assumes that there are three separate offices

phoenix. is it fair to say that scheduling problems are pervassive throughout the va? >> absolutely. >> specifically, for phoenix. look. i mean, a good portion of montana heads down there in the winter time. was there parts of the year where the schedules was worse or was it that way all the time? >> we didn't try to carve out the snow bird aspect. >> i was curious. >> we didn't find a good quarter in any of the quarters we looked at. >> what would you say to the folks, in the conference committee, we heard a lot from the members of the conference from both houses, talking about this isn't a work force issue. what would you say to that? >> i would say it is a complex issue with many aspects, one of those aspects is performance standards for the fgsz that you do have. without those standards, it is hard to determine how many doctors and nurses you need. it is a clinical space issue. vha guidance talked about a panel. priory care. for each doctor, so you can have your patience ready to go. you come in, and phoenix, there is one office per doctor. it is a combination, in s

phoenix. is it fair to say that the scheduling problems are pretty pervasive throughout the va? >> absolutely. specifically for phoenix, a good portion of montana heads down there in the winter time. is there parts in other parts of the year or that way all the time? >> we did not try to carve out the snow bird aspect that might impact phoenix. >> i was just curious. e we didn't find a good quarter in any of the quarters we looked at. >> would you say -- what would you say to the folks because in the conference committee opening statements, we heard a lot from both houses that talked about that this isn't a workforce issue. what would you say to that? >> i would say it's a complex issue with many aspects. one of those aspects is performance standards for the physicians that you do have. without those standards it's hard to determine how many doctors and nurses you need. it it's a clinical space issue. >> you can have your patients ready to go when you come in and in phoenix there was only one office per doctor. in some facilities they are jushd staffed both nurse and doctor staff

vets at the phoenix va and probably elsewhere across this country died while waiting for care that neverhat was their real story. that after all they did for us, in the end our government couldn't figure out a way to appropriately give back what they so deserved. so today, let's not for the that the va health care crisis is far from over and our veterans and all americans still deserve more answers. >>> coming up on "the real story" are you stuck in traffic, not going anywhere for a bit? why not break out the steel drums and party! all right. >>> bizarre accident in china left a truck stuck like this, with its front wheels high up in the air. no one knows how it happened because the driver apparently didn't stick around and no witnesses to the accident have some forward, but it looks like the truck bumped the road sign and then got stuck there. >>> well, a huge traffic jam or a rapping jam band near philly. weary travelers stuck in traffic half an hour before they started to get out of their cars to commiserate and then look what broke out. justin burke noticed a steel drum band behind h

investigators asking why the inspector general found no link between the secret wait list the va was keeping in phoenixvel va whistle-blower who told us that conclusion was a last-minute change made under pressure. the issue surrounds the investigation of whether more than 40 veterans at the phoenix va died while waiting to see the doctor. the inspector general's final report in august concluded that it could not conclusively assert that long wait times caused the deaths of these veterans. but the line down played any connection 22 enpatient deaths and delays in care and according to this whistle-blower it was not in the original draft of the report. >> they said that the wait times didn't cause the deaths. >> correct. >> and that was added? >> yes. >> at the last minute, essentially. >> yes, it was. >> our source who works at va headquarters and who spoke exclusively to cbs news says officials inside the agency asked for a revision of the first draft. that standard practice but in this case the source says it amounted to pressure on the inspector general, richard griffin, to add that line to water dow

demonstrates break downs in the system that allow systemic issues to take root not only in phoenix, but throughout the entire va system. i would like to highlight two issues that were identified in the final report. first the report describes the veterans who face either clinically significant delays or questionable care from the phoenix facility. they received sfefb suicides that occurred between january of 2012 and found veterans and five experienced b

they stayed for thousand 900 veterans were waiting for the patient appointments at the phoenix va. 3,500 were not on any official list and 1,400 were on the not reporting secret electronic waiting list. 293 of the veterans are now deceased. this exceeds my original allegation that up to 40 veterans may have died while waiting for care. the ig says it isn't charged with criminal conduct. but neither is it charged with producing reports to downplay the potential criminal conduct designed to diffuse and discourage potential criminal investigations for its diminished the public outrage. at its best to this it's best to this report is a whitewash and it's worse it is a feeble attempt to cover the report deliberately uses the language to invent the standards of proof and ignore the wide waiting list was not reporting accurate data and makes misleading statements. and i think that by outplaying the damaged information thereby protecting the officials responsible for the scandal reinforced the long-standing to delay committing i can't let the claim by that they've had to suffer with frontiers. >

report said that investigators could not conclusively link the deaths of veterans to the va hospital in phoenix. a former va doctor accused the inspector general of altering that report. it is a claim that the agency denies. crews are battling dozen of marriage fires in the state. it is live from the west coast. and that is a dozen of wild fires. and not so much in southern california. but the town of wi and the oregon border is still smoking. one minute the neighborhood was there and then gone. and monday, those same winds destroyed much of the town when a 40 miles per hour wind turned the brushfire to a wall of flames that swept through the town. parts of the town were shared andands living in the town must decide to stay or rewilliamed or lease. it is sadness. and not seeing friend's houses and seeing a roar of flames and then nothing but rubble. >> thousands of firefighters remain. 2500 fire fighters combating the winds and probably two days before a chance of rain on friday could slow the dense 18,000 acre forest fire. if we don't have constructive fire lines or manmade or natural barriers

he was a nice guy and everything and he talked me off the ledge and said okay somebody from the phoenix va is going to to contact you tomorrow. thank you sir. i hang up the phone and i wait all day, all day. at 2:30 i start calling the jade opal clinic because nobody has gotten back to me. and it's busy, busy, busy until 3:30 and manages rings until it goes to a busy signal which means we are just cutting you off, screw you go away. so i call crisis line back because now i'm a little upset. i call the crisis line and he puts me on hold. yes, i am that guy, 11 minutes. i was ready to hang up when someone finally answered. he rushed me off the phone. this has happened several times when i've called there. okay, good, we we have got other people. have a good day. finally someone started calling. i get social workers that start calling. if i'm a social worker, i think if when one of my clients, one my patients, one of my veterans comes to me and says i need your this is what i have going on, and i say, ok. first of all, i wouldn't say ok, try to reach out to these people. that is bull shit. if

va a continuar trayendo muchas lluvias. directamente para phoenix y tambiÉn tucson. ra por el pacÍfico, un sistema de baja presiÓn. ligero descenso en la temperatura. no deje el paraguas. tengo mÁs detalles. esta noche sÓlo a las 11. regresamos. mi familia lo es todo para mí. son mis pilares. son el motor de mi vida. cuando estoy de gira, cuando estoy viajando, para mí es vital mantenerme cerca de mi familia. estar conectada. yo creo que la tecnología ayuda a tantas familias a mantenerse cerca incluso cuando no están físicamente juntas. obtén un plan familiar. 4 líneas por $100 dólares al mes. ahora con 10 gb de datos 4g lte y llamadas y textos ilimitados. >> circulan por las calles. estrada y la autorizÓ a tres compaÑÍas poner a prueba 29 vehÍculos con un conductor humano detrÁs del volante. en el caso de que las computadoras tomen una decisiÓn que sea peligrosa. asÍ que si estÁs pensando en buscar chofer. nos vemos a las 11. >> estos son los titulares. entre inundaciones tratan de recuperarse del azote del huracÁn odile en el noreste. pero la nueva tormenta polo ame

adding it up the ig report states 4900 veterans were waiting for new patient appointments at the phoenix va. 3500 were not on any official list in 1400 brontË nonreporting secret electronic waitlist. 293 of these veterans are now pcs. this vastly exceeds my original allegations that up to 40 veterans may have died while waiting for care. the ig says it is not charged with determining criminal conduct. true, but neither is the charge of reports designed to downplay potential criminal conduct designed to defuse and discourage criminal investigations or diminish the property of public outreach. as this report is a whitewash and at its worst a feeble attempt at a cover-up. the report to liberal uses confusing language invents new and realistic standards of proof ignores why electronic waiting list was not reporting accurate data and makes misleading statements. in addition to in addition to tim's minimize bad outcomes by downplaying the information and protecting the va officials responsible for the scandal just reinforces the long-standing culture of circling the wagons to let the claim story

. >> you can see all of the town hall meeting at the phoenix va medical center tonight on c-span2 atrn. live tomorrow on c-span2 the family research council's 2014 value voter summit. the event kicks off at 8:45 eastern and keynote speakers are ohio republican congressman jim jordan and south carolina republican senator tim scott. .. and quite possibly in the americas. we have four speakers and we had 10 minutes and we are down to nine minutes each now so we will move fairly quickly after myself will be dr. luciana borio from the food and drug administration, dr. jesse bump from georgetown university and dr. beth cameron from the white house. i would like to show you just a few slides primarily from the time we spent last august in sierra leon and we have strongly held opinions based on that experience and everything that i have done over the last 35 years in medicine and research and public health on what i think is happening and what needs to happen to respond to the ebola crisis which is now in west africa but soon maybe elsewhere. this is a sign from sierra leone find everywhere,

>> nexa government investigation looks at veterans medical care in the phoenix arizona va system. it doctor expose some of the problems at the troubled phoenix hospital testifies and we would hear from robert mcdonald and acting inspector general richard griffin. this house veterans affairs committee is chaired by congressman jeff miller.

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. >> you can see all of the meeting of the phoenix va medical center tonight on c-span2 at the eastern live tomorrow on c-span2 family research council's 2014 values voter summit. the event kicks off at a:45 eastern. keynote speakers ohio republican congressman jim jordan and south carolina republican senator tim scott. in its upcoming term the supreme court is hearing cases on the role of race in drawing congressional districts, protection for whistleblowers and the religious rights of prisoners. the woodrow wilson center recently hosted a discussion previewing the upcoming cases area we will hear from law professors and a former acting solicitor general during president obama's first term. >> good afternoon and welcome to the division for public education on the docket supreme court program hosted in partnership with the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. i am the chairman of the aba preview advisory board. preview is board. preview is a flag ship publication of the aba division for public education and for decades has been the only resource to provide a detailed analy

official admitted wednesday that delays in health care led to deaths of patients at the va medical center in phoenix admission came after harsh questioning in a hearing before the house veterans affairs committee. this testimony is a reversal from an agency report released in august that said it found no link between patient deaths and delays in medical service. cnn first reported that, dozens of veterans had died while waiting for appointments at that va medical center. >>> florida state quarterback jameis winston has been suspended for the first half of saturday's game against clemson. it comes after he was caught repeatedly shouting an obscene sexual phrase on campus this week. just the latest off-the-field trouble for the heisman winner who is accused of sexual assault and theft in the last year. winston has now apologized for the latest incident. >>> police releasing new surveillance video that they say shows university of virginia student hanna graham on the night she disappeared. i want you to take a look at this can you see her off in the distance. a man is following her in a separate video

quisiera sus comentarios estÁ con nosotros desde phoenix y christina jimÉnez desde washington, dc erika quisiera comenzar contigo el presidente ha dicho que no vatros hemos escuchado promesas del presidente obama por bastante tiempo y yo creo que esta fue una promesa mÁs que rota para la comunidad inmigrante y latina y para nosotros estamos con demasiados casos de personas que nos contactan con nosotros y conocen las historias que saben que las familias tal vez esteno como mi madre que estÁ en proceso de deportaciÓn mucha gente nos contacta y muchas personas que estaban esperando este anuncio con grandes esperanzas que realmente podÍan tal vez aplazar la deportaciÓn y que les iba a parar la deportaciÓn y yo creo que el presidente no se da cuenta que no son vidas que estÁ afectando y no solamente una polÍtica con la que estÁ lidiando. >> en la peros poefb polÍtica que estarÍa en posiciÓn mÁs dÉbil para hacer tipo, cosas como la que dice que harÁ en el futuro. lo que es claro y es demÓcrata y el presidente estÁn pryor cuando los intereses polÍtico y no la comunidad es otra cachetada para nosotros como dijo erika otra promesa rota y la verdad que

more importantly with all the money they are putting into the va and stuff this is phoenix.we are a huge city. veterans made arizona what it is and at this time there is no doubt in my military mind that there should be two shifts. instead of everyone living in luxury as life and going home at 4:00. secondly, patient advocate that we have discussed a few times should have a patient advocate that can keep -- you can communicate with as they team player that we were taught so much when we were in the military, someone again that can help you with your treatment plan. i'm trying to keep it as short as i can. i have got third stage lung disease, yada, yada, yada. what is happening to -- happening to all these people? sheron helmand, she still collecting money? dr. bloom was my pulmonologist and just like the rest of the va, retired. they conveniently do this and that. i'm a licensed aircraft mechan mechanic, a light licensed electrician mechanic, united airlines since 1990. been seeing these pieces of ship for two and a half years. i was finally terminated with united airlines m

nueva york 84, miami 89, pondrÍa mayormente nublado, la temperatura mÁxima phoenix y los Ángeles, neblina en la hora de la maÑana, va porque no me puse mis contactos, no los encontrÉ por la maÑana, pero estamos muy contentos porque llega nuestra querida chiquinquirÁ aquÍ a "despierta amÉrica" y la gente ya estÁ super conectada con nosotros enviando muchos mensajes, ella va a venir al room, la estÁn poniendo mÁs bella, recuerden, si tienen que mandar el tuit con #chiquienda, por otro lado lo que estÁ trending en el dÍa de hoy es el cumpleaÑos de beyoncÉ la reina, la gente estÁ pidiendo que hoy sea un holiday, porque es su cumpleaÑos, por otro lado, larry hernÁndez subiÓ esta foto ayer, con sus compaÑeros despuÉs del ensayo de "va por ti", despuÉs les traigo la dinÁmica del programa. >> y con chiqui delgado se vienen las audiciones de las reinas, todo los detalles con gaby Álvarez. >> tambiÉn quÉ hacer para proteger tus datos y que no te pongan las fotos personales en las redes como los famosos. >> a borrar! >> tambiÉn tenemos historias de superaciÓn que nos va a tocar el corazÓn, vamos a conocer a un hispano que perd

phoenix. i was talking about the va. the individual behind me asked me if i worked for the va. said i did, proudly. i was wearing my i care button. he had retired from the air force. he was an employee of the lockheed martin company. he said, you have a challenge, bob. i said, what's that? he said, well, i'm retired from the air force. my daughter is a lieutenant in the air force. she goes to the medical school, the government medical school, u.s. institute for medicine here in washington, d.c., and he asked her about working for the va. she said, dad, haven't you been seeing what is going on in the media? haven't you been reading the newspaper, watching it on tv? why would i want to join the va? so i said, give me her phone number. her name is alexandra. i've called her three times. she is set up for me to go recruiting at her medical school. and i think we're pretty close to convincing her that the va is a great place to work. when i was in charlotte, i talked to two individuals, one from the navy, one from the army, both leaving the service mplet both positions' assistants a

phoenix, arizona. veterans waited so long for care that they died before seeing a doctor. the va secretary resigned because of the scandal and congress passed rare bipartisan legislation to cut down on wait time at clinics. >> what i want you to know directly from me is that we're focused on this at the highest levels. >> mental health care it boosts funding for traumatic brain injury research and suicide prevention. >> we're going to fix what is wrong, we're going to do right by you and by your families and that is a solemn pledge and commitment i'm making here. >> shortly after the president announced his executive actions an independent inspector general report showed the wide suspension of appointment dates was a systemic problems but couldn't link wait in care to patient deaths. >> a federal judge fight has put a temporary hold on new abortion restrictions in louisiana that were due to take effect tomorrow. those rules require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges of a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics. jonathan martin tells us more. >> this is a

phoenix. and had a number of folks that, shall we say, have been affected by the va in my office who sat downth me over coffee. and this is one of those difficult subjects because for those of us from the accounting rules we want to say is a binary , yes, no? and the discussion we were just having, and the reality, whenever we deal with people, people, human beings are not necessarily by neri, yes or no. but some of this is tough. i mean a few months ago to sit down and have coffee with the widow and do-it-yourself as a tough guy condo with lots of this. you can't get a lot of your throat. you have not crisis your child. everyone understands the emotional impact. now we were through the mechanics of what does this report really say fifth and what are the fix is? how do we never ever ever have these types of hearings and these sorts of experiences and not ever sit down with the widow? it breaks my heart. very quickly, when going through the report the word significant is rolled through a number of times, significant causation, a significant factor in the deaths . you do see within the question

phoenix con 107 para maÑana. es un sistema que ofrece bastante lluvia, la posible potencial de mucha lluvia para sur y sureste de mÉxico, en especial veracruz. debe convertirse en tormenta, vaeste de la nacion. y las autoridades en peru detuvieron a dos ciudadanos mexicanos y decomisaron siete toneladas y media de cocaina, presuntamente vinculado al cartel de sinaloa. ♪ ♪ >> las autoridades del condado en texas patrulla en el hall en busca de indocumentados que muchas ocasiones son abandonados por los coyotes. matan flores viajÓ con ellos y les advertimos que algunas imÁgenes son fuertes. >> se prepara con todo el equipo necesario, saben que la jornada serÁ larga. toma la carretera dos 81 hacia el sur, dirigiÉndose a las zonas rurales. >> todo lo que hayan sufrido, creen que el peligro ya ha pasado... el peligro apenas empezÓ aquÍ... no hay agua, no hay comida... el sol... >> los alguaciles del condado apoyan la patrulla fronteriza, pero su trabajo no es arrestar a quienes cruzan ilegalmente la frontera, sino evitar que mueran en el camino. >> nos encontramos mucha gente caminando, algunos salen por las calles, se dan por vencidos el calor extremo y el cansancio los debilit

que un huracÁn de esta categorÍa afecta el cabo san lucas, y en su trayectoria se va a ir debilitando afectando phoenixra, segundo consejo y a mÍ me funcionÓ. vaya al gimnasio con una amiga, un compaÑero. >> eso ayuda, ¿verdad? >> y pueden hacer mÚltiples ejercicios. mira, johnny. cuando tÚ tienes un compaÑero, en cierta forma ahÍ hay como competencia. >> sÍ, por supuesto. >> competencia sana. no. me estÁ ganando, yo puedo tambiÉn. >> y uno motiva al otro. la lonja hasta ahÍ! >> se pueden hacer mÚltiples ejercicios en pareja. eso sÍ. es sÚper divertido, chÉvere. ahora, no necesariamente tiene que ser asÍ. tÚ puedes ir y hacer ejercicio con tu amiga al lado. >> pero hay mucha gente que pone como excusa el tiempo. que si es por el tiempo, no puedo. >> mis hijos, la casa, no tengo tiempo. si usted no tiene 30 minutos como siempre lo hace, haga este tipo de entrenamiento de intervalos que quema mÁs calorÍas en menos tiempo. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. oblÍcuos. >> perdÓname pero no nos vemos mejor que los de atrÁs. >> estos son ejercicios que mira, te empiezan a acelerar el corazÓn y los vas a combinar. arriba. asÍ!

think there are enough and that relates specifically to phoenix, but the rest of them look at the systemic problem. you've given those to the va. this is a big dose, a large order that you are calling for. are you confident that the va has the facilities and the means and the intent and the ability to carry out those recommendations and solve these problems so this does not happen again? >> it would be the first to admit that they need additional clinical space. they need additional clinicians and a new scheduling process. they need a methodology by which they can remotely monitor what the wait times are in las vegas or any other place in the country where they have a medical center. i think they are aware of all these things and the new secretary and his team that he is assembling our dead serious about addressing those things. we do follow up on the recommendations and we have suspended states when things are supposed to be completed and we certainly follow very aggressively on these 24 recommendations and we had internal discussions about how we might scope a future project to go out and verify that everything is working ac

procedures, he said 30 some actions have been taken in phoenix through senior executive employees resign. two dozen are no longer working for the vaabout 100 cases under investigation. he gave all reporters his cell phone number in the interest of transparency. i had never seen that done before. bill: let's hope he can make a difference. martha: disturbing find a power plant, almost zero security at a facility 50 miles from the nation's capital. what is going on there. bill: and what investigators say happened at magic mountain, check that out. martha: president obama may be planning to go at it alone, but some lawmakers say he has to go to congress first. one democrat calling for an unholy alliance between democrats and republicans. >> he is talking about prolonged military conflict that the last months or years in which case he has a constitutional obligation to go to congress and seek authorization. bill: magic mountain classes roller coaster going up in smoke. you can see the gaping hole left behind after part of the track collapsed. the ride said to be replaced by newer version if you wish to go has been worked on since it ca

va secretary eric shinseki. cnn first brought you the story that 40 veterans died after waiting for medical care in phoenix. >>> community action is to let house committee hold hearings this morning on the killing of chris stevens and three others as well. on tuesday, a report containing a point-by-point rebuttal to anticipated republican attacks. >>> breaking news this morning, the vikings banning adrian peterson from all people activities. allegations of child abuse now forcing him from the field. a late-night reversal of a reversal. >> wow, whiplash, money talks i think. >>> plus, a manhunt to find a suspected cop killer. investigators say he could strike again. we'll have that next. why do we clean? to help keep our homes healthy. but not all cleaners are equal. at lysol, we go beyond cleaning, we call it healthing. healthing is killing germs, and having more cleaning power than bleach without the harshness. it's being the #1 pediatrician recommended brand. and sharing healthy habits in 65,000 schools. lysol. start healthing. from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and n

aislados para miami, san francisco 70, temperatura mÁxima de 108 para phoenix, en los angeles un dÍa mayormente nublado en la maÑana, pero vailia muy grande, cinco hermanas, cuatro hermanos, y todos somos muy unidos, desde chiquitos, nos hemos protegido unos a los otros. sabÍamos que no teníamos mucho, y con lo poco que tenÍamos siempre nos conformÁbamos y le sacamos provecho, nunca le pedÍamos nada a mi mamÁ que supiÉramos que nos podÍa comprar, y a mi papÁ tampoco. nunca de niÑa fui al cine, como familia, no pudimos porque Éramos muchos, pero mis papÁs siempre trataban de sacarnos, los llevaban al parque, el juego de futbol de mi hermano, a la playa, muy unidos, gracias a dios, y gracias a mis papÁs que creo que hicieron muy buen trabajo. >> cuÁl es el mejor consejo o el mayor ejemplo que has recibido de tus padres? >> lo que mÁs he aprendido de mi mamÁ precisamente es que uno debe dar el 100% en todo, mi papÁ es muy buena persona, mi mamÁ tambiÉn, dejÓ absolutamente todo lo que era para dedicarse a nosotros, mi papÁ su trabajo se lo regalaba a las personas que no podÍan pagarle, y eso es lo que engrandece a una persona,