robie, your recognize. rep. roby: thank you for the invitation to join you. i do not center your committee but i said on the appropriations subcommittee and mr. tresmaine is my constituent. to choose understatements, first to say these people are coming forward shows there are issues that need some attention as well as saying we hear over and over that you cannot change a culture overnight. it has been a year. it has been almost a year since mr. tresmaine and i had our first conversation. we are tired of hearing you cannot change this culture. it has not been overnight. it has been a year. here we are today. mr. tresmaine i was traveling up here today and i was taking about us being in this room together today and how significant that is and i just want to thank you for you being willing to tell the truth when no one else was. for you to step forward to reveal the -- horrible circumstances in montgomery, tuskegee, just says a lot about who you are. i want to thank you many times. i want to take this opportunity today publicly to thank mr. tresmaine and the ot

i know representative robie is on the case for you, mr. tremaine. and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure you get the protection you deserve we don't have any other tragedies. >> absolutely. the office of special counsel has been a lifeline working with page kennedy and nadia piunta throughout this ordeal for the last year made a huge difference. i don't think there's any question they're totally understaffed. but the opportunities i had to speak with them made a huge difference in my ordeal. >> good. and i hope your situation will get resolved. and it sounds like we've got 45 settlements of va whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people. and i know there have been reinstatements with back pay and such. and it's important to send that signal to others. one of the issues that i wanted to get at is this issue of va culture because it seems to me the idea it's gone to the osc is sort of a recognition that this issue has blown up to a place where it wasn't resolved at a lower level.

i know representative robie is on the case for you, mr. tremaine.and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure you get the protection you deserve we don't have any other tragedies. >> absolutely. the office of special counsel has been a lifeline working with page kennedy and nadia piunta throughout this ordeal for the last year made a huge difference. i don't think there's any question they're totally understaffed. but the opportunities i had to speak with them made a huge difference in my ordeal. >> good. and i hope your situation will get resolved. and it sounds like we've got 45 settlements of va whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people. and i know there have been reinstatements with back pain and such. and it's important to send that signal to others. one of the issues that i wanted to get at is this issue of va culture because it seems to me the idea it's gone to the osc is sort of a recognition that this issue has blown up to a place where it wasn't resolved at a lower level.

. >> my thought process was that he was searching for other people and he was going to start going robi row. >> 911, where's your emergency? [ gunfire ] >> reporter: above him, an assault rifle firing. a sound he imitated with his hand. first responders walked into chaos, screaming people the burn of tear gas thrown by the gunman. the dead and dying strewn throughout theater nine. when sergeant gerald spotted holmes dressed in body armor, he thought the killer was a s.w.a.t. team member. holmes was quickly arrested. inside he personally checked every body for a sign of life. >> i checked for a pulse. there was no pulse. >> this 6-year-old was shot in the abdomen. the youngest person killed. he told an officer to carry her body outside. >> i wanted her triaged, out of here. i wasn't keeping a child in the crime scene. >> reporter: dead bodies lay inside the theater. for hours, cell phone that is were left behind were going off, one by one. mark strassman cbs news, centennial colorado. >>> coming up on the morning news, the pope takes on a feminist cause. he's giving his blessing for equa

some parts of nigh roby like italy. this was not acted upon fast enough or well enough and people wonder if there is accurate communication or integration. a lot of people say that is still lacking. i believe there there be an investigation into this attack and a lot of expected to come out of it. >> i certainly hope so. it's very, very hard to fight such vicious criminals like al shabaab. >> in the country of yemen there has been a big set back for the saudi led coalition. those rebels have now seized the presidential palace in the city of aden. the advance comes despite a week of continued air strikes. >> a big break in france. what shape is the flight recorder? that's next on cnn newsroom. >> an american who carried a picture of osama bin laden around is now in jail. the charge, though, plotting terror attacks against the united states. that story next. let's take a look at your credit. >>i know i have a 786 fico score, thanks to all the tools and help on experian.com. so how are we going to sweeten this deal? floor

representative roby is on the case with you mr.esmaine and encourage you to work with the office of special counsel as well to make sure that you get the protection you deserve. and we do not have any other tragedies. chris absolutely. it has been a lifeline. working throughout this ordeal for the past year has made a huge difference. i do not think there is any question. they are totally understaffed. the opportunities i've had to speak with them made a huge difference. rep. kuster: good and i hope your situation will get resolved. it sounds like we have 45 settlements of whistleblower cases which hopefully did bring some relief to those people and i know there been reinstatement with back pay and such and it is important to send that signal to others. one of the issues i wanted to get at is the issue of the v.a. culture and because it seems to me that in the idea it has gone to the osc is a recognition that this issue has blown up to a place where it was not resolved at a lower level. i want to make sure that we have a collaborat

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and i-- i encourage them to be -- >> but we have a tight and disciplined campaign being run by roby mook who worked in the campaign in 2008 in the states. just came off the successful campaign for calls for governor virginia. he's built a fabulous team. i think we'll have the most diverse campaign in presidential history. and we have a set of values in this campaign that means that people who remember what we're about which is to improve the lives of every day americans will succeed. people who are tight and disciplined will succeed. and if people are not that then there will be no place for them in the campaign. >> finally you have mentioned several times it's a 19th month campaign. you may have primary opposition, you probably will. will hillary clinton debate any primary o uponant? >> yeah. >> i'm confi didn't we'll have primary opposition. one of the things we're going to do is fight for every vote. we don't take any of this for granted. >> so if the votes are there she'll be there. >> you know of course she'll do that. we expect to be challenged and we will run a campaign in all ter

robi, for me, i understand the mayor wanting to straddle both sides of this, if you will. when she said that she wanted to give people space to destroy things. this is mayor stephanie rawlings, to me that's a green light. we have a right. we have been wronged. and we can destroy everything around us. >> and it's a lack of understanding of the psychology of mob contagion. charles: for the audience who didn't hear. this is the press conference we'll play for you right now. >> we tried to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other -- you know, things that were going on. we also gave those who wished to destroy, space to do that as well. charles: again, just shocking -- i cannot believe a mayor would say, hey, you want to tear something up, go for it. >> it's like your mother giving you permission to beat someone up. it's the lack of the understanding of the psychology of the contagion of mob behavior. aggression starts and it gives a free pass to people who normally would not act aggressively to act aggressively. there's a feeling of injustice. and so it g

roby: first, i thank the chairman and ranking member for their hard work on this bill. i thank the chairman for yielding. madam chairman, i am so grateful for this opportunity to stand here today in support of h.r. 20 29, the military construction and veterans' affairs and related agencies appropriations act. this bill undeniably provides much needed funding for both our veterans programs and military projects while staying within the limits, strict limits of our house-passed budget resolution. i'm especially proud because there's funding that we were able to secure in this bill for the folks in alabama right at home. new school construction at fort rucker, the time -- and $33 million for new school construction at maxwell air force base. much needed dollars for our military families at this post. and also a new squadron operations facilities at danley field. these are all extremely important to our critical military functions back in alabama. anybody who's been on post at rucker or at the base at maxwell knows that these schools are in disrepair and are in need of repl

roby: for both retaliated and whistleblowers? -- rep. rice: for both retaliate or send whistleblowers? ms. flanz: if it is a suspension, a demotion, a removal, most actions -- there are differences if we are talking about title 38 doctors and nurses who have their own disciplinary process. but if we are talking about title five, if the person did something wrong and should be discipline and the appeal goes -- the preponderance of the evidence standard what apply. rep. rice: in terms of disciplinary action, that is meant to be taken against the retaliateor or a whistleblower? they both have built-in protections, union representation or whomever, no, none? ms. flanz: not for pure title 48 -- that is a little glitch in the system pertaining to section 74. dr. hooker: what the secretary says goes and that is typically delegated to a chief of staff locally who can be very, very, very retaliatory to physicians who do not play according to the party line, or who are not team players. rep. rice: mr. chairman, maybe that is something that we shou

miss roby, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> first, thank you to the chairman for the invitation to join you today. many of you know i don't sit on your committee, but i do sit on the appropriations sub committee, and mr. tremaimene is my constituent, and i'm very glad to have you here today. first two huge understatements. first to say the people coming forward shows that there are issues that still need some attention as well as this saying that we hear over and over again that you can't change a culture overnight.qj%(Ñ well, it's been a year. it's been almostú50 year since mr. tremaine and i had our first conversation. so we're tired of hearing you can't change this culture overnight. it hasn't been overnight. it's been a year. so here we are. and i was traveling up here today, and i was thinking about us being in this room together today and how significant that is. and i just want to thank you for being willing to tell me the truth, when no one else was, for you and dr. neis to step forward, to reveal the horrible circumstances in montgomery and it just says a lot about who

miss roby, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> first, thank you to the chairman for the invitation to join you today. many of you know i don't sit on your committee, but i do sit on the appropriations sub committee, and mr. tremaine is my constituent, and i'm very glad to have you here today. first two huge understatements. first to say the people coming forward shows that there are issues that still need some attention as well as this saying that we hear over and over again that you can't change a culture overnight. well, it's been a year. it's been almost a year since mr. tremaine and i had our first conversation. so we're tired of hearing you can't change this culture overnight. it hasn't been overnight. it's been a year. so here we are. and i was traveling up here today, and i was thinking about us being in this room together today and how significant that is. and i just want to thank you for being willing to tell me the truth, when no one else was, for you and dr. neis to step forward, to reveal the horrible circumstances in montgomery and tuskegee it just says a lot about who