in terms of secretary shen seccy, this is a i go who certainly at some point in his career knew how to take names and kick butt when he needed to and hold people accountable and that's the guy we need in there. >> peter doocy live in washington with the latest. peter, what are the lawmakers saying this morning about the way v.a. leadership is handling this growing scandal? >> reporter: we heard this morning several elected officials and others involved in veterans affairs point out that there's been talk about allegations in the v.a. for several months. secretary eric shinseki did speak on capitol hill earlier this week, but the reviews we heard this morning, less than stellar, and that's only amplifying calls for shin sec toe step down and let someone else come in and clean up the mess that happened while he was at the helm. >> there was talk a year ago of should we ask for shinseki's resignation? a group of us were talking about it. i don't jump on the resignation bandwagon but this has gone from an incompetence to backlog to something criminal. >> there's a new website vaoversig vao

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don't make him produce a report and hin seccy produce a report. we need leadership that people trust. >> it means getting private sector hospitals involved in management too sometimes with the va. >> senator bob kerrey, senator brown, i respect you both. >>> the hawks on the right didn't like president obama's policy speech at west point yesterday, starting with dick cheney, no surprise there, who said the president was weak and blamed the president for not finding a way for us to still be in iraq. >>> also, mitch mcconnell's three-card monte play on health care. he wants to repair obamacare, yet loves the health care exchange in kentucky, kynect. kynect is obamacare. another example of conservatives liking what obamacare does but not the president who delivered it. >>> did you hear about the pakistani woman who was stoned to death by her own family for marrying the man she loved? this is something america will not accept. >>> hillary clinton had lunch today at the white house with president obama. why did they keep it secret? this is "hardball,"

came into the briefing room and explained why eric shin seccy is stepping aside. >> he has worked hardentify the problems with access to care but as he told me this morning, the v.afrmgt needs new leadership to address it. he does not want to be a distraction because the priority is to fix the problem and make sure that vets are getting the care that they need. >> reporter: but, of course, just a couple of hours after that announcement, you had jay carney walking into the briefing room and announcing he's stepping aside. jay carney was not under any sort of pressure to leave but he's been in the job more than three years, a long time and demanding job. went to the president in april and said he was looking for an exit strategy. the president agreed to let him go with the summer and spent time with his kids. despite all those battles you see on television every day, he's enjoyed doing this job. >> it's not always pretty. it could certainly be better and to be a part of it is an honor and eye for me, and no matter how tough the briefing is, i walk out of here having been glad to stand he