yesterday, and we had an opportunity to interview him, and the president said that we have to make shure that the vet are properly cared for, we have to fix congress, and two things, how do we fix congress and what does shinseki, and the number one hearing provide for him next week have to do to get in front if he is in fact going to get there? >> the truth. clear and simple, the truth. and he needs to be straight with the american people, we have a standard of care of 14 days, and that is the dan drd and this is where we are meeting the goals and not, and the people who lied and said that the veterans were taken care of should be held criminally responsible for falsifying the records, and it is a crime. it is potentially, and it looks like may have led to veterans dying on a secret waiting list. >> but he fell short of that krcriminal negligence, then doe shinseki need to step down? >> well, unless he knew about it, and if these are isolated incidents and he found out about them and he is acting on it, then, no, because he just needs to make shure that it is being addressed and as soon

we go to michael shure, good to see you as always. they might be talking about what is happening with the tea party but i thought this was more important to talk about today because so many people in america have relatives, family members, loved ones who need access and have access to the va system and we need it running perform. iproperly. is there the will to six the problems that have been systemic. >> you make a good point, this is not a new problem. it goes back decades and every administration. so the idea that is there a will, yes there is a will. these are politicians, as you know, and if everybody gets the credit, then you find politicians are not as excited about pursuing that goal generally. and when it comes to the v.a. it's a little bit different because these are people, these are constituents, so you want to get the credit in your districts. that's where it bombs important. publicly it's not something that is talked about all the time but this is a crisis. >> is there hypocrisy in congress--is there hypocrisy in congres

from los angeles, al jazeera shure. good to see you both. bill, the legislation establishing this select committee will allow it to spend money and go on forn. the republicans says the white house has not fully cooperated and a committee is needed - are they right? >> yes, and no. the white house has been slow, reluctant to turn over documents. emails keep appearing. >> is there a conspiracy, is there a need for the committee - there has been a lot of investigations. what are they trying to investigate? they say they are trying to investigate a cover up. where there is an allegation of a cover up, there has to be a crime. what is the crime here? nobody has said. >> i guess the argument is it's closure and lying about what happened. michael, white house says benghazi is about the midterms, it's politically motivated, getting the base fired up and fundraising and point to the fact that a lot of republicans are out there. this benghazi watchdog appeal from the national republican congressional committee, others using it as a fundraising issue.

about 20 minutes ago we weren't shure you were going to be able to join us.lain what happened. >> about a half hour ago, we were waiting to go on live. there's a ravine right down here behind me, and we were keeping an eye on, and within about two minutes it came right up behieng me. and i was standing right there on the edge of the ravine. and the whole area burned out. so it was exciting for a few minutes there. >> how is southern california doing? are these fires in control or out of control right now? >> well, that's a technical question. they will give a percentage of how much of a line has been drawn around a fire. but you can get an idea as to whether they are out of control. some are, some are not. but even out of control doesn't mean they are necessarily burning anything. and i think what has been remarkable about this set of fires is how few houses it has actually burned. we're in the middle of a residential area, high up in the hills. there are houses all over the hills, and very few of them have burned. four confirm sod far. an apartment complex d

and we need to make shure that our own government is helping, and in any way that we can, and is that a fair comparison in that nigeria has a government in place, and it has the president, and the military, and albeit recent reports account that the military is demoralized and they feel that boko haram are more armed than they are, and not to say that people should not be protesting and demanding some justice and e help, but is it a fair comparison to say if this happen happened in chicago or washington, d.c.? >> well, here's the thing, the truth of the matter is that the people of nigeria, parents of nigeria, and mothers and fathers care about as much of their children as we do. and frankly, the nigerians have suffered the regular ordinary people of nigeria have been suffering from boko haram before these kidnappings, and there have been terrorist threats and bombings that have been taking place in the nigerian cities, and it took the world weeks to realize that 300 women had been k kidnapped. it is a fair comparison, because these women are as important as any other country or city

outstanding ballots to be voted with the overseas ball lots and the provisional ballots of people not shure about their polling places, and that would take time, and today, the state officials would set today of a county by county canvas to be done to certify the results. we talked to a close friend of keith crisco who said that he had been monitoring the returns and doing their own analysis of this, and he wanted to concede today, because the numbers of outstanding ballots he determined would not have overtaken the lead that clay aiken had, but what a change in the tone and the tenor of the race with the sudden and the sad passing. as you pointed out clay aiken and his folk, and he is not doing anything in terms of the media appearances or the campaign events and letting some time to the pass to proper ly acknowledge the death of his rival and certainly the republican incumbent in this district renee elmer has put out a statement. this does happen from time to time, and it is rare that a candidate passes away in an election season, but it is always a jolt and shock. i had a chance to meet

i'm not a republican or democrat on all of the issues, but it is good politics for them, but i'm not shureomes to the vote and it passes whether it amounts to anything, because this is something that president obama could easily veto and the ball is going to be in the white house court on this. >> and what about the critics who say that the white house has a, mishandled this in the estimate, and this morning in the conservation on "morning joe" where joe and other c conservatives believe that the people who do not want to see this pipeline are big money d donors who vote on the single issues. >> well, it is a tricky situation for the white house, and we have been talking about since 2011 and 2012, because it was precisely an issue that divides the democrats. you have organized labor groups who want approval and the red states who wanted it approved and then liberals and environmentalists who don't, and it is never good to see when your party is divided an issue like republicants and immigration. but it is not that hyped up, because there are environmental regulations that the obama adminis

>> well, not shure. and you know, if you reed the manifesto, you know the types of people that he was after, and those guys that always get the girl, and the women, and the good-looking blonds and he wants to go to the sorority where he had determined had the in his words "hottest women on campus" and he went and knocked on the door there, and then he fired upon three women across the street. he killed two of those women there. and we also know that he did plan to kill his roommates, the people in his house. what his original plan was from the manifesto that we are reading is that he wanted to kill them to get them out of the way so that he could lure people into the apartment, and kill them there. apparently, that didn't happen, because he went on the rolling rampage through isla vista the, but we don't know for instance why target the deli? we don't have any information on that and the people there if he had any particular gripe against them. >> we have heard from his parents at least through the attor

>> well, to be honest, i'm not shure that the speech -- he is going to acknowledge it obviously, butat the direction of the president, but depending how quickly they get done, and my hope is very quick ly will determine who is immediately held accountable. but this is, you know, this is one of those dangerous issues that a president faces that crosses the partisan lines there. is real outrage out there among people, and it is not democratic or republican, because people rightfully have a special place in their hearts for the sacrifice that yvette rans make, and the fact that they have been mistreated or worst at the v.a. is deeply troubling. so i think that the president is being methodical about it, but the time is ticking of how quick ly he needs to response in a forceful way and that depends how quickly the study is done and the investigation. >> but chris, about the democrats specifically, because as we go through the midterms, it could be a touch point for the republicans of the candidates they are up against. >> sure, the republicans try to politicize it, of course sh, an that