brockton va hospital. i have thery va hospital, and had the jamaica plain va hospital. and i am a frequent flier to my va hospitals. i visit them on a regular basis, as well as walter reed and bethesda. and the people that i see there that care for our veterans on a daily basis are not at all reflected in the investigation that is ongoing here, and it is sad. i agree with the chairman's statement. it is sad to see the attacks -- or the allegations, excuse me, on the va in a broad stroke. i would hate to think that the american people think that my doctors, my nurses, my staff, my therapists who are working at the va hospitals, their services is indicative of what we are hearing today. it is not. the doctors, nurses, the staff, the therapist at the va, the city of boston, they are staying and working at the va, number one, a lot of them are veterans. as i go through the corridors of those hospitals, a lot of the folks that are serving our veterans, especially those coming back from iraq and afghanistan, as well as a l

the va is not doing the -- my feelings is that the va is not doing their prestuff that they should do to protect the veterans. >> reporter: most troubling of all is the problem here was identified. more money was given to fix the problem, and what happened? the waiting list grew. >> we appropriated a million dollars because va asked for it. >> reporter: florida congressman jeff miller is chairman of the house committee on veterans affairs. of the million dollars he specifically gave to care for vets on the waiting list, only a third of it was used for its exclusive purpose. at that same time the waiting list kept growing. in just five months from 2500 patients to a backlog of eight 32, some patients waiting eight months for appointments. >> they will say that we redirected those dollars to go somewhere else it was needed. where would it be more needed than to prevent the deaths of veterans? these are real people we're talking about that are being harmed, either made sick, will be sick in the future or had died. >> reporter: and it's not just delayed colonoscopies and not it's not just

you were on the front lines of a va hospital over two decades ago. en what it was like then and how it's like now? >> today we are treating more than just symptoms. years ago people used to come in and we treated symptoms. today we're actually diagnosing treating the problems, and we're treating the whole person. many times people show up complaining with their knee their shoulder something like that. but it doesn't take long at all to realize they're suffering from post-traumatic stress or depression, other mental illnesses that they don't speak of as readily as they'll tell you something is wrong with their knee or shoulder. >> a lot of these heroes coming back from iraq and afghanistan, a lot of times they'll survive some of the wounds losing a limb that they would have not survived if it was korea or vietnam. maggie, how about the wounded warrior project? you take care of veterans that even if they lost a limb or anything -- and what are some of the things you do as far as initiatives to let veterans know what you're doing? >> absolutely. one of t

in the defendant of investigation and the va, these two separate systems are preventing the claims from being processed seamlessly. to put it in terms of an individual, somebody who leaves active duty and then goes to a va hospital has to develop an entirely new record or bring that record and the records have to be made completely seamless. so for example post traumatic stress that affects a large number is treated effectively. >> this is incumbent upon the member of the military or as they leave the veterans themselves to do this. this is not incumbent upon the pentagon? >> they are moving in the right direction, but still instances with my office that deals with them all the time, backlogged claims and other glitches in the system that result from the failure of this system to be interoperable. in another area in terms of employment, the tax credits for employing are about to run out at the end of the year. we have high rates of unemployment among the rhett vans and another need that needs to be addressed as we are with the bill about the hire heroes act. >> in afghanistan, the amoun

>> the va could be providing these numbers to the public regularly but they don't.f the things that was very damning in our story in march was we obtained dozens and dozens of leaked spreadsheets, performance metrics from the va that show that the va had known all along that there were these hundreds of thousands of veterans facing these excruciatingly long waits. 250,000 veterans waiting more than a year, about 50,000 veterans waiting more than two years. they knew all of this. their undersecretary for benefits was getting regular reports. but those reports were not being shared with the public. so i think it would be great, the va has made strides to increase transparency in recent months. they have increased the amount of data that's available online. but they still hide an awful lot from public scrutiny, even the oversight committees in the house and senate often have difficulty getting basic investigation. >> aaron, some great work you guys have been doing. thank you so much for coming on the program. >> thank you. >>> today's tweet of the day comes from singer

i saw a lot of new improved and to the va. but what i talked to my constituents that comment, handling their case work, it was the same i saw in 1973. >> i have a question. java and the military, are you familiar with 1015? >> not off the top of my head. >> okay. if the officer's bible. staff organization on chad organization and operations. can someone handed if your chapter four? page one. i circled it for you. could you read that for me, please? i circled it. >> the commanders is possible for all his staff does or fails to do. he cannot delegate this responsibility. final decision as well as the responsibility remains that the commander. >> if you carry that armatrading wiki to the va. >> correct. >> anytime you like they are responsible for those under them? >> because we're placed in a position of responsibility ever must occur that responsibility for every action. >> of the military, but actually in the commanders authority are often directly it should to the leadership culture of the group, correct? or are you >> to be a

take a look at what we found at the va in jackson, mississippi. >> reporter: the va in jackson, mississippi, has the most whistle-blowers to date, seven so far. according to congressional sources and the office of special counsel. or osc. one of those whistle blowers, dr. phyllis holenbeck, still works there. >> everything can be included under the umbrella of unethical, illegal, heartbreaking and life-threatening for the veterans and everything in the care of the veterans starts in primary care. >> reporter: dr. hollenbeck's claims are substantiated by the osc. this document shows the agency has raised concerns about understaffing and illegal prescribing of narcotics by nurse practitioners, among other things. >> a piece of the wall hit behind me and a piece of the wall this way. >> reporter: 24-year-old c.j. stewart sustained critical injuries when he was severely wounded in afghanistan. he's already had 40 surgeries at military hospitals. but since he is now medically retired, he goes to the va, where his wait time to see a doctor -- >> it took from last august to this september, so actu

with the help of congress, the va's budgets have increased. rease of resources by 50%, and this is what we bring to the mission. we have enrolled 2 million more veterans for va healthcare. veterans could not ask for a stronger advocate than our president. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great personal and professional honor to present to you our commander-in-chief, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. please be seated. good morning, everyone. thank you secretary shinseki, for your lifetime of service to our nation. to vice president biden, and secretary hagel, major general buchanan, most of all to our outstanding veterans service organizations, our men and women in uniform, and to the proud veterans and family members joining us in this sacred place, michelle and i are incredibly honored to be with you today again. to the gold star families, and the brothers and sisters in arms who walked the paths of these hallowed grounds and cemeteries around the world, we join you as you remember y

the report said that colleges were working without any guidance or assistance from the va. and the senator for investigative reporting found that at 150 colleges that the largest numbers of iraq and afghanistan veteran students, the va provides services at just four. >> it's not an expensive program. initially it's a challenging program to get set up because it involves the va doing something with another bureaucracy. >> three years on, the program remains in the pilot stij, with no plan for a major national rollout. a va spokesman fold us the agency is still gathering data on best practices. here at city college, it was the football coach, george rush who saw a need. >> for this campus the commitment was these people have made the greatest sacrifices, and as such deserve the most attention. and they're going to get it here. >> coach rush comes from a military family. he and other leaders sought help from trade unions. >> it was very uninviting. you had to stand in the hallway, it was one person coming off at the time there was no chairs. it was very very upsetting if i was

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. is it the story of the big american energy company despoiling the land of an indigenous latin american community and then refusing a court order to pay more than 9 billion dollars in damages. or is it a case of a corrupt court succombing to overwhelming evidence of fraud, bribery and corruption.such are the opposing arguments in a case decided yesterday by ecuador's national court of justice between that country and chevron corporation.with us is nathalie cely, ecuador's ambassador to the united states.the environmental damage was done between 1964 and 1992 by texaco which is now owned by chevron. is your government's position that the courts have spoken - it's time for chevron to pay? > >this is a private litigation between chevron and the community of lago agrio---and we respect the verdict. the

the va also provides about $10 billion in educational benefits annually along with ari duncan. econd only to the department of education and most of you know about this as a post 9/11 g.i. bill. but $10 billion of opportunity. they are outhere are only zero y in the nation. the va is the invasion's ninth largest insurance enterprise with $1.3 trillion of coverage and a 6.7 million clients and we operate the country's largest national cemetery system, 131 cemeteries. 337,000 good people come to work every day at the va. about one third of us are veterans. we bring the same determination and initiative and leadership and we learned a uniform to the duties. as we were taught, people don't care what you know until they know that you care. and so we are pursuing and still pursuing better ways to serve. the health service signed an updated memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration and resource sharing between the two agencies. then in december of 2012 working with secretary sebelius we signed the national reimbursement agreement, so far under that agreement over 2,000 eligi

occur. >> president of the united states awarded the purple heart. >> reporter: this afternoon inside the va center the sister was presented with this purple heart 43 years after he was killed in vietnam. >> my brother is smiling down on us. >> reporter: he was a radio operator. >> he was the definition of swag before there was a word swag. >> reporter: in the early morning june 30, 1970 his unit fired on soldiers but one of its units exploded, killing him. he was 20 years old. >> foggy. it was dark. 4:30 a.m. in the morning. people were screaming. >> reporter: initially the military ruled he was killed by friendly fire and therefore ineligible for one of these. and that is how it stood for four decades. until his sister learned that soldiers killed or wounded by friendly fire are eligible if it was nearby so she created records and statements from soldiers. send them to a reboard that awarded him the purple heart. >> this is a great joyous moment for all of us and represents healing for us for something that at one time was a tragic moment. i am very proud of my big brother. >> reporter: an

we should mention the va told cnbc that administrators in dallas formed a review committee and will takeiate action based on the recommendations of the review team. >>, yeah i mean, it's a good thing. listen, it's heart-wrenching on this veterans day to see that, as well as a number of veterans we highlighted which will run on cnbc.com, about 30 minutes long. i urge everybody to check it out. my father was a veteran, my grandfather, late departed, was a veteran as well and this should not be happening to the men and women that sacrificed for us. >> why do you think these problems are so prevalent at vas across the country? >> one theme we kept coming up with over and over and over again is that doctors, right, doctors and nurses who really should be at the forefront of decision-making. it's a hospital. it's about well-being. are actually at the bottom of the food chain. the administrators tend to be at the top more so than in other hospitals. so, you've got decisions above life and death often being made by the men and women who are not the ones on the front lines of curing and healing s

in many cases the va is so far behind. >> you are critical of the va. >> well, we have to recognise that when the soldiers started coming home from these wars, the va was full of soldiers from past wars. so they had to immediately expand to try to take care of these soldiers and they've been playing catch up ever since, and they have never caught up. >> did you see any positives? >> well, on an individual basis, of course. you see the incredible courage of the terribly injured soldiers trying to regain some kind of a life. you see the courage of family members who are trying to save them and bring them back into some sort of life. but the overall tragedy remains, you know. americans like stories of heap endings and like to think the critically wounded who survive - well, that's a happy ending. well, the soldier is still critically wounded and still will be in the care of his family and the rest of us for the rest of his life. not a very happy story. >> it's a powerful book and brings home the terrible cost of war. ann jones, thank you. the book is they were soldiers. >> coming up you may

with the support of the congress the president has increased his budget request for the va by over 50% since 2009. so rural urban remote native americans altering the same benefits and services and our commitment is to deliver on them. i took this appointment to help president obama make things better for veterans quickly and then to change this department for the long-term so that all veterans including native american veterans with the well served and treated with the dignity and respect that they demonstrated to serve in our country's uniform. it's been an honor to be here with you this morning and again sally thank you for the invite. mahalo as we say god lesson may the almighty bless each and every one of you and navy all may be -- almighty continue to bless our nations. thank you very much. [applause] ladies and gentlemen kathleen sebelius secretary of united states health and human services. [applause] >> good morning. good morning everybody. it's my great pleasure to have another opportunity to be at this historic meeting of native americans and all alaska natives here at the d

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. subprime lending is shifting into overdrive in the auto industry. bloomberg news reports more than 27 percent of loans for new vehicles were given to buyers with spotty credit. greg mcbride has his eyes on the industry for us this morning. good morning greg. > >good morning angie. > >is the increase in subprime lending to car buyers becoming problematic? > >no, i don't think it's problematic. keep in mind, we have a lot of pent up demand. there are a lot of people that have put off buying a car for a few years either because they couldn't get credit or financially they just weren't in a position to do so. now with the economy on better footing than we've seen in the past couple of years and better credit availability i think you're seeing a lot of those sales happen particularly for people that ha

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. the new film thor is turning into a blockbuster... overseas but will it be a hit in the u.s.? eric childress our movie guy is here and what do you think? will this film rule the box office? > > oh it most certainly will. it's going to rule this week and it's going to rule next weekend-- basically nothing opens-- projections are in the mid-90s this weekend. it's definitely going to get that sort of avengers bump that we saw with iron man 3 got earlier this year which is the no. 1 movie of the year. this will easily be in the top 10. > > is it worth the 9 $10? > > absolutely not. absolutely not-- the marvel films-- i've counted 30 marvel films have come on over the years and this is definitely in the bottom third of that. > > what's wrong with it? > > it has no real momentum to it-- the first hour i

and there's no question that the va is putting more resources, working overtime to reduce the backlog. but again, the question is, how long can they do that? and also beginning to bring a computer system online, so that will get rid of those stacks of files and papers that have slowed things down. >> also something coming up on three strikes? >> we're at the one-year point where voters passed prop 36 that changed our three strikes law, making it possible for people serving life in prison to get out early. we're going to have a look at how that implementation of reform is going, how many people are getting out, how easy is it to get out, what's happening to them when they're out? >> some critics said it would allow hardened criminals out of jail early. has that happened and caused a problem? >> again, the people who are getting out, their third strike was nonviolent. it could be something as simple as petty theft. and what the statistics show so far is that the ones getting out are actually committing fewer crimes than others who are getting out. so it seems that for whatever set of re

going down and they look at what is -- of theat the question bas drive to change the culture -- the va's drive to change the culture. something arrived just before, but not in time for you to review it for a full committee hearing -- that begs the question of whether you are andg treated with respect your department that we expect all ig's to be treated with. i recognize the ranking member. how many pages is the handbook? give me an approximation. >> it is about 40 pages. >> 40 pages. i see. i want to thank you and your staff. i have to tell you, we can do better. i think you would agree with that. don't you? do you agree? >> i agree. >> we can do better. it would be legislative malpractice if we stood on the and of the deus -- dias said everything was ok. it is not ok. we realize you have a lot of balls up in the air, but i have to tell you -- as far as conferences are concerned, i can see there has been -- you have not spent as much money. it seems you have control. it will see when you submit the documents you will be submitting. we are concerned about the backlog. chairman talks abou

the va is the nation's ninth largest life insurance enterprise with $1.3 trillion in coverage and 6.7 million clients and we operate the country's largest national cemetery system , 100301 cemeteries. 337,000 nifty people come to work every day at the va. about a third of us are veterans. we bring the same determination initiative and leadership we earned in uniform to our duties as we were taught. people don't care what you know until they know that you care. so we are pursuing and still pursuing better ways to serve. in 2010 va and the indian health service signed an updated memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration and resource sharing between our agencies. in december of 2012 working with secretary sebelius and dr. rubin know we signed the national reimbursement agreement. so far under that it remit over 2000 eligible native american veterans have received va reimbursed care from the indian health service and tribal health programs. as of today 106 indian health service facilities are reimbursed. we have also entered into reimbursement agreements with 35 tribes and trib

he had the largest such malpractice against the va in 10 years. ght at 10:00, they investigated how many other malpractices, how many practices are standing in the way on the 10:00 news. >>> there is a slight, but this year will be the dryest in u.s. history. san francisco had no rain all of last month. there has been less than four inches of rain since the beginning of this year. this pattern continues and 2013 will be even drier than 1976. we had a little more than 5.5 inches of rain, couples are over the bay -- couples all over the bay area are getting married on 11, 12, 13 and they are holding wedding services every half hour from 9:30 in the morning to 5:30 p.m. if you can't find a spot to get married, you will have another chance for 12, 13, 14, work with me pam. that date falls on a saturday when county offices are closed. >>> 5:40 is the time, after that deadly typhoon devastated the country. we have more on the recovery efforts. plus google is stepping up the efforts and we will tell you more on the special apps google just launched. >>> w

the va system is broken. r troops, and that's what we're going to give him, it seems like, nothing. these kids deserve a good job. it is the brightest military the world has ever seen. lou: you talk about posttraumatic stress disorder in the book. we've got so many guys out there that are suffering from not an i think about this. when you were in vietnam versus so many of them over so many years in afghanistan and iraq and i just -- contrast, if you will, contrast the pressure on the battlefield, knowing you're going out on one mission, the guys we have been sending over to afghanistan and iraq day after day after day of intense combat. >> world war ii. my dad was already overseas and my mom and dad met in 1940. he left in early 1943 and didn't come home until 1945. the total time in cobat was less than six months, even though they were gone for two years. vietnam, average time, 15 men's. today, and i'm a marine talking about this, the united states army, one of the best that it's been, 315 month tours for you

>> to address the issue of how much bang the nation is getting for the buck spent on the gi bill, the va is partnering with nonprofit groups to track outcomes of more than a million veterans. preliminary results are expected next year. funding will be decided before a bill is in place for 2014. >> the new health care law is a problem. the problem is not that people receive cancellation letters notifying them that they'll lose insurance, or that the marketplace website healthcare.gov is a mess - the problem is they are happening at the same time. if people with cancelled plans could log on, use the federal website smoothly and easily they'd learn the options in the outcry over the plans may go away. president obama is encouraging americans to shop around in the new online marketplace. he acknowledged it is not working as fast as it needs to. it makes it scarier for folks. it's an understatement. if you have something taken away and you can't find your replacement options - you'll probably freak out. if the barack obama administration fixes the website. some problems may go away. and then

motor trend also went to cadillac in 1979 for the va p- -- v8 models. >>> the mystery behind the google barge has been solved. they call it an inp-intraactive space where people can learn about technology. does that mean a showroom for google class? >>> new induct es are part of the -- inductees are part of the museum. they include chess and the rubber duck. no one knows exactly who hatched the rubber ducky. the squeaky toy has been around since the 1800's. it includes the green army men, bubbles, clue and my little pony. >>> all right. maryland's most powerful radar clearing out. we're dislon with the rain for the rest of the evening. you have a dry thursday night to enjoy. however, there will be a chill. some 2 degrees below in morgantown and buffalo. that much cooler pocket of air will continue to slide down into maryland as we go into the overnight hours. you'll feel the difference. today was all about the rain and the winds picking up. we did get some nice clearing. the harford zone just before that sun set. it's been a nice sunset on the bay bridge, a nice picturesque end of the d

the great success we had with qualified health centers and work with health centers and work with the vathe community. to actually do the last step in mental health care. >> sorry this something that is new money and new tax dollars or is this something you think some conservatives will be comfortable supporting if it means new federal money? >> i think so. it's not a significant amount of money, but it is new dollars. we use a model that works. the health care centers could expand to add behavioral health. a number of them in my state and other states are doing that anyway. we have a model that works and frankly the tragedies of the last couple of years. drawing attention to this issue. we both believe we have a model that works and a moment that works. this is something that the congress could do to respond to these tragedies. after newtown late last year, the senate committee that deals with the mental health the first they had since 2007. for whatever reason this is something that is a society we haven't dealt with the way we should. it is the consistent thing and the tragedies we se

bill called for treating him of the essence of devices watched by treaties and had to get to eat at the va to visit the pub so i said with a sawed into buying baghdad instead of the ballots maybe his knowledge at the same distance that the geffen the un would things that just what they can dodge anti tank mine. it was to photograph so well that would fit the bowl but in order to detonate any booby trap. one soldier said he loved that about us on monday rejected peace i don't i. it's the old guy was holding a lead in the flesh on the minuses on the much as i watched elijah and elisha junk although much among them the presence of something i was making seventy s when mike gets a call about six hundred babies have it in. this was the gift that is bought off explosive events but that would mandate achieve what about sport the kitchen but the icing on the east the cg. top with just the way you view the bbc review and enjoying each other. lola jihadist but at the post was so juicy. it cut into them. you don't want to talk to him onto his team and who bid on and she said he was up again as with t

and as robert will discuss later today, the va has plans for building on the success of our research facilities. now south of mission bay hunters shipyard will be an innovation district that will act as a test bed for the latest design in smart cities. the navel shipyards closed we watched this lash gibberish but no more. after decades of planning and entitlement work this time next year 2 hundred and 47 home with 67 hundred imply residents will be built at the shipyard. simultaneously we'll be breaking ground for the total revitalization of alice areas folks will soon be living in save energy efficient housing. in fact, such a point is the importance of building and accelerating the development of new housing for people of all income levels. that's right. we're focused as much on building new and affordable housing as on the resident towers that grab our headlines. that's why we're building affordable housing throughout the city and keeping pace with the market housing. you should, you know, this. as of all the housing units in the pipeline 24 percent of it will be performly afforda

. >> you are critical of the va. >> you are critical of the va. >> well, we have to recognise >> well, we have to recognise that when the soldiers started that when the soldiers started coming home from these wars, the coming home from these wars, the va was full of soldiers from va was full of soldiers from past wars. past wars. so they had to immediately so they had to immediately expand to try to take care of expand to try to take care of these soldiers and they've been these soldiers and they've been playing catch up ever since, and playing catch up ever since, and they have never caught up. they have never caught up. >> did you see any positives? >> did you see any positives? >> well, on an individual basis, >> well, on an individual basis, of course. of course. you see the incredible courage you see the incredible courage of the terribly injured soldiers of the terribly injured soldiers trying to regain some kind of a trying to regain some kind of a life. life. you see the courage of family you see the courage of family members who are trying to save members who are trying to sa

and i was in the va system it was pretty good there. it's not a question i'm here to make at that statement thanking the people in this room helping someone like me get to where i am today. somewhere where i can move other people forward someone like modifying. i represent barship and advocate i do a lot of this in the tenderloin. and without the supportive or support of you and i see colleagues here and people who moved me long in 95 my housing. i didn't want to be here but i'm here. and i appreciate the fact that other people are here to support people like me. i know i just wanted to thank you guys for the energy and i'm the reason you guys are here and the result is been heightened greatly to so i can move other like me to see the vision >> thank you. thank you. (clapping.) >> hi, while i would like to drawing draw your at the scene not only people living in china town by the tenderloin. it's one step higher homeless i was a counselor for housing rights committee in inform. i've been advocate for people in my building this don't spea

beyond the scope we need more research to answer our question but we have to not do what the va has done they don't want to leave anyone on the battle fold. so if some time someone comes to you and takes the treatment called housing what happened a week ago what happened to make them holmes homeless and sighing how can we help them. that's where our health care and homeless programs help. >> it's interesting the first surgeon general a e mr. richmond developed a program so picture a cycle or circle s that has 3 equally dwbtd pieces and knowledge is only 1/3rd of the pie then there's strategic and political will be so 15 years ago when i got interested i think it was a question why don't home matter we know it matters we know what works and how to make people healthy and do supportive permanent housing. it's taking that piece of the pie we've got the

meanwhile all va spending is under review by congress and the white house as they try to hammer out aeal for the federal budget. >>> they come up for the classes and stay for the opportunity. international college students coming to the united states in droves. how china's brain drain could be america's gain. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories. >> from our headquarters in new york, here ♪ >>> they are coming to america like never before. foreign students are flocking to college campuses here in the united states in record numbers. last fall, almost 820,000 international students studied at american colleges and universities. that's up more than 7% from the year before, a jump of 40% from ten years ago. almost half of these students come from three countrie