the president replacing with robert mcdonald, an individual from the private sector, but still now the wait times are long, admitted as much today, he said there's a lot of work to do, meanwhile, republicans are hammering him over that, the president did cover a lot of ground considering it was the v, ifw, again, trying to sell the iran deal. siting those marine that lost their lives in that attack. >> mike for us, appreciate it. during his vfw address he also spoke about the nuclear deal with iran. moon while, ash carter is in -- that the agreement with iran will not threaten israel's security. jaime mcintyre is live with us and jaime, do we know yet what the secretary has been able to accomplish on this? >> if this nuclear deal in fact results in iran that is stronger militarily because of the lifting of economic seances and the eventual of a conventional arms embargo. he didn't expect to change any minds there and based on what we have heard you could say mission accomplishes. he didn't change any minds we did meet for two hours with the prime minister, he left without any sort of f

thank you very much. [ applause ]. >> va secretary robert mcdonald smoke more about veterans issues last week at a hearing on capitol hill. he also testified about a $2.5 billion budget shortfall at the va department. and some of the possible ways to address it. this was held by the house of veterans affairs committee. it's just under three hours. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to this hearing. i appreciate your attendance. we are again gathered to discuss va's budget execution for this fiscal year. less than three weeks ago we gathered to hear testimony regarding a budget shortfall at the department of veterans affairs. i'm sure everybody may be asking why we are here again on the very same topic. and i intend to explain in just a minute. at the hearing, deputy secretary gibson was asked the following question by ms. brown. and i quote if congress doesn't act on the fiscal year 2015 budget shortfall, what is going -- what is it going to look like in the va in july and august and on october 1st. the deputy secretary said we get into dire circumstances the longer we go. but that quot

. >>> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald was at maryland's national harbor today, speaking at this year's vet court conference. he talked about some of the issues facing today's veterans and what the administration was doing to improve va operations. this is half an hour. [ applause ]. hi. how are you? that's great. thank you. thank you. that's beautiful. thank you very much. it's a thrill for me to be here this morning with you. as the judge said i am the biggest believer in veteran treatments courts that there could ever be. i can't think of any better way to keep veterans out of incarceration, stop veterans homelessness. i'm so thankful to all of you here today for the work that you do to help us care for veterans. one of the things that became very clear to me in los angeles as you may have seen in that film, is that we in the va can't do this job by ourselves. we need the help of all layers of government nine government organizations, businesses and others to be a able to care in the right way for veterans. it's important to have collaboration and partnerships. i love thi

announcer: tonight, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies at a house hearing. campaign stops with casey can walker. -- we will have more on the iran nuclear agreement tomorrow when john kerry testifies at the senate foreign relations committee. live coverage begins at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span3. announcer: this weekend politics, books, and american history. friday afternoon c-span's live coverage of the national governors association summer meeting with its open in session discussing how governors can deliver effective results for their constituents. that is followed by a session on state strategy on tour is in. -- torresurism. saturday morning at 9:45, the governors address the nations opiate crisis. later, the governors will discuss how to stimulate state economies and its impact on the employment rate. sunday evening, an interview with former governor of rhode island, lincoln chafee. on book tv, ralph nader on the many unanswered letters he sent to george w. bush and barack obama about domestic and foreign policy. sunday afternoon roberta gratz on new o

next on c-span, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies. president candidate walker campaigns in iowa, followed by "washington journal" with your phone calls. on today's "washington journal," we will talk to congressman carlos cabello about the recent thaw in u.s.-cuban relations. also, congressman brad sherman a member of the financial services committee on the fifth anniversary of the dodd frank financial regulations. and, dr. deborah howard with a recent cdc report on heroin use that found increases in heroin-related deaths. live with your phone calls at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. considered underrated by many first lady historians, caroline harrison was an accomplished artist who took up china painting and carried that interest to the white house establishing its china collection. she was interested in women's issues and helped raise funds for johns hopkins university on the condition that it admit women and was the first general of the daughters of the american revolution until she died in the white house from tuberculosis. caro

they grilled va secretary robert mcdonald on why he failed to warn them earlier about the $2.5 billion budget shortfall. they blamed costly treatments for hepatitis c. >> last year you talked about the management not giving veterans care. now they're giving veterans too much care? >> members of congress expressed shock at the magnitude of the budget crisis many said closing some va hospitals was unacceptable. >>> social security disability payments could be slashed by congress next year. that's according to a report that finds the fund will run out dry in about a year. benefits will be cut by 19% of congress. lawmakers could shift more taxes to social security but republicans say they won't agree unless disabled workers are some how encouraged to re-enter the workforce. >> months of negotiations with the iranians might prove easy by comparison. president obama escalated the push to get their nuclear deal approved by congress. republican leaders are vowing to kill it. secretary of state john kerry and energy secretary ernest moniz came to capitol hill to sell the nuclear deal they made.

while robert mcdonald acknowledges that the delays are inexcusable, his proposed solutions to solvingt $625 million from the v.a. budget across the board, or to delay progress on more than 100 other facility and maintenance projects to meet costs. the v.a. says both scenarios will mean any thif consequences for veterans or v.a.'s ability to carry out its mission, in march senator guardier and mike kauffman proposed using the $360 million set aside for v.a. bon uses bonuses to help defrayed the cost. >> it's embarrassing our veterans have had to suffer this long. >> why won't washington worked? incompetent, lack of oversight, zero accountability and at the end of the day you pay for it and vet advance suffering. >> to reduce costs, the v.a. has cut the construction of two of the hospitals facilities small things like the nursing home and post-traumatic stress clinic things that don't seem all that posh are important, right? still no final word on when the doors will open to welcome patients. >>> pope francis comes out swinging on his swing through latin america, he called greed the dun

it looks like veteran affairs secretary robert mcdonald is in the room. so had this should get underway in just a moment. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to this hearing. i appreciate your attendance. we're, again gathered to discuss va's budget execution for this fiscal year and if you will remember, less than three weeks ago we gathered to hear deputy secretary sloan gibson testify regarding a budget shortfall at the department of veterans affairs. i'm sure everyone may be asking why we are here again on the very same topic and i intend to explain in just a minute but as we all know the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretary's testimony on june 25th. at that hearing deputy secretary gibson was asked the following we by ms. brownley and i quote, if congress doesn't act on the fiscal year 2015 budget shortfall, what is going -- what is it going to look like in the va in july and august and on october 1st? end quote. the deputy secretary responded that we get into dire circumstances the longer we go but that quote, before we g

coming next, robert mcdonald testifies before the house of veterans affairs committee full top been question and answer with robert gordon. at 7:00, "washington journal" is live with this morning's headlines. robert mcdonald warned that a $2.5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. he testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. this is just under three hours. >> welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. we are gathered to discuss va's budget execution for this fiscal year. as the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. deputy secretary was asked this question. if congress does not ask on the 2015 budget shortfall, what is it going to look like in the va in july and august? he responded that we get into dire circumstances the longer we go, but before we get to august, we are in a situation where we are going to have to start denying care to veterans in the community because we do not have the resources to pay for it. the deputy secretary t

host: secretary robert mcdonald appeared before committee taking and talking about this issue of the shortfall, the $2.5 billion shortfall and before we hear from him we want to hear from you from the topic of veterans' affairs especially when it comes to funding issues, hospital and service issues and anything you want to ask of our guests, ryan galucci. 202-748-8000 for democrats and 702-248-8001 for republicans and for independents, 202-748-8002 and for veterans, 202-748-8003. we'll take those calls in a moment and show you a portion, a lengthy portion of secretary robert mcdonald before the committee talking about shortfalls at the v.a. [video clip] >> a year ago today at my senate confirmation hearing i was charged to assure the v.a. provides veterans with the highest quality service that they've earned. i welcome that opportunity. for the last year, i've been working with a great and growing team of excellent people to fulfill that sacred duty. over the last year since my swearing in, nine of the 17 top leaders in v.a. are all new. we have to get the right people on the bus and

starting at the bar and robert mcdonald. he is the secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs. he has held that position since july 2014. he was previously the ceo of procter & gamble. next is the director of the national domestic workers alliance and codirector of the caring across generations campaign. she's been working working with immigrant workers since 96. in response to caregivers in the home she launched an organization to help with the need to care for the expanding group of aging individuals in our company. country. next is frank hernandez. he serves with blue cross and blue shield of minnesota. he focuses on medicare medicaid and the federal employee program. he was elected president in 2010. he is insuring for ensuring enterprise health and customer value and patient lives for the walgreens company. finally britney fergusons sitting next to me is a chemist who works full-time at a chemical plant. she received her bachelor's degree in chemistry. she is also a also a single mother of a 2-year-old and the primary caregiver for her 90-ye

starting at the far end secretary robert mcdonald. r of the is department of veterans affairs, a position he has held since july 2014. he prayed served as chairman, president and ceo of procter & gamble. next is the director of the national domestic workers alliance and codirector of the kerry across the generations campaign. she's been organizing immigrant women workers since 96 and in response to the growing call for caregivers in the home she helped launch carrying a cross generations to address two of the major social issues of our time to widespread unemployment and the need for care of the nation's expanding aging population. in 2015 she published a book the age of dignity. next up is frank fernandez who serve as vice president of government programs and president and chief executive officer of blue cross for blue cross and blue shield of minnesota where his role focuses on blue cross medicare, medicaid and the federal employee programs. he was elected president and ceo of blue cross and 2010. harry leiter is a general internist

va secretary robert mcdonald was on the hot seat on capitol hill where he was criticized by some lawmakers to tell them earlier about this budget crisis. >>> the university of california is raising the minimum wage for its employees and contract workers to $15 an hour by the fall of 2017. it becomes the nation's first public university system to set its own base hourly wage. >>> hbo says it has struck a multi- multi-year multi-platform deal with sports commentator bill simmons. hbo will be his exclusive television home. he was the top personality at espn until they parted ways in may. >>> that's the cnbc news update for you this hour. >>> let's get immediately down to john harwood in washington with some breaking news. >> reporter: treasury secretary jack lew is now releasing the trustees report for medicare and social security which comes out every year to assess their long-term soundness. very little change from last year's report. the social security main portion that pays normal retirement benefits is projected to be able to pay full benefits and with its reserves through 2034. that's

. >>> va secretary robert mcdonald attends the ceremony of an opening event that deals with veterans at national harbor in maryland. [ applause ] >> hi judge how are you? great to see you. >> great to see you. >> that's great. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. that's beautiful. thanks so much, judge. thank you very much. it's a thrill for me to be here this morning with you. as the judge said, i am the biggest believer in veteran treatments courts that there could ever be. i can't think of any better way to keep veterans out of incarceration, stop veterans homelessness, and i'm just so thankful to all of you here today for the work that you do to help us care for veterans. one of the things that became very clear to me in los angeles as you may have seen in that film, is that we in the va can't do this job by ourselves. we need the help of all layers of government nongovernment organizations, businesses, and others to be able to care in the right way for veterans. it's important to have collaboration and partnerships. i love this picture of judge russell and myself as we're shaking

. >>> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testified on capitol hill earlier this week warning of the potential consequences of a $2.5 billion budget shortfall, which would include hospital closures and employee furloughs. house veterans affairs committee chairman jeff miller and committee members from both parties criticized the va about the lack of accountability and not revealing the budget issues sooner. secretary mcdonald said his department came to the conclusion in mid-may that they could not solve the budget problems. he urged the committee to transfer up to $3 billion from the new veterans choice program to close the budget gap. this is two hours, 45 minutes. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to this hearing. i appreciate your attendance. we're, again, gathered to discuss va's budget execution for this fiscal year. and you if will remember, less than three weeks ago, we gathered to hear deputy secretary sloan gibson testify regarding a budget shortfall at the department of veterans affairs. i'm sure everyone may be asking why we're here again on the very same topic.

that's what a shutdown mcdonalds looks like here in chicago, neil. neil: roberto, he knows the kind of costs we're talking about here. and as jeff was speaking, i thought that's with things the way they are now. now we're look at higher, you know, starting wages for a lot of fast food workers. what do you make of that? robert, can you hear us? >> oh, yes, hi. neil: i apologize. my point was, and i know you didn't hear the beginning of that, was that's what's happened to mcdonalds is before any of these higher starting wages go into effect. now what? >> well, i don't know, it's a tough situation for these guys you know? i think the issue with this when you look at, you know, how it all went down especially with the way the governor approached it is that, you know mcdonalds, burger king they've made all this money, and the unfortunate thing is really the franchise is still going to get the money, not the franchisee. they're still going to get that 5, 6, 7% of gross sales. so it's not really the franchise or mcdonalds or burger king that actually gets hurt. neil: th

-year-old tomika early was a security guard at mcdonald's in forestville and her mother's only daughter. >> it happened after 10:00 when 52-year-old robert paris driving a pickup truck fled and hit another car trapped at a traffic light. the police saw it all and arrested him. >> changing a tire. >> yes. >> this withins who does not want to be on camera. the boyfriend ran up and said he was changing a gnat tire and told her to get in when the pickup struck. >> i can't found my girlfriend. they had nears up. he and the police follow the boyfriend and the police found her. >> it's not good thinking. not good thing. >> she was dead at the scene. >> 33 years old. i was devastated by the news. i was very upset about the guy that hit her and tried to leave on top of that. >> john townsend of triple-a said once again they recommend that you drive on a flat until you have a place to turn off. this is the third vitality we have had in washington d.c. in december since changing the flat on the side of a busy highway. reporting live from southeast washington sam ford, abc7 news. >> now to a fast developing story surrounding a planned parenthood off

mcdonald's six or eight or 12 months from now. we will have coke earnings in in the next hour. robertardelli will join us in the next hour as well. a lot to talk about with him particularly the industrialization of general electric. he may know a little bit about that. we will do that with bob nardelli in the 7:00 hour. with gold under $1100 an ounce 1094. ♪ tom: "bloomberg surveillance." i could say this is the worst use of excel better. brendan: lisa pollock wrote about spreadsheet in. this is the ugly truth about spreadsheets. how good you are at them, how likely you are to make serious mistakes is a function of the culture and practice in which you learned to use them. in absence of formal trading at a university or later, this seems unlikely to change." julian: you have to apply yourself. it is a function of practice makes perfect, or at least less imperfect. tom: brendan, you have nailed it with this. we see this every day at bloomberg. those who can do spreadsheets and those who cannot look in their coffee cup and go, ok. brendan: the dividing line is if you can do pit -- if yo