in the va. e have a, ranking -- >> so the old days of handing out a check are over. >> over. >> the ranking of our performance by performance level, is i would argue best in government and fully equal to best in the private sector. so for example, the top ranking one, which would be considered the most outstanding in 2012, over 25% of the people were rated that way. today it's around 10%. and the steps that we're talking, are giving people a good, a good knowledge of what they have to accomplish. holding them responsible for doing that. and making the reward matches that. that's part of the leaders train something it's all about that accountability and responsibility. we think again changing the scss from title 5 to title 38 would be a big help. >> that's so important. >> you mentioned the vet link program. i think about 3% were dissatisfied. that's a low number. what do we do about the 3%? how do we follow up on, we are putting in place, just in general, we're putting in place a standard veteran

vrcs have one of the most critical roles within va. ensure that ill and injured veterans have all the help, guidance and resources they need to overcome their employment obstacles to lead to more independent and economically fulfilling lives. the ibvsos recommended a staffing increase that would support a more appropriate client-to-counselor ratio throughout voc rehab so vrcs can devote the appropriate amount of time to each veteran to ensure they're on a path to success. third, the board. we are pleased to see the administration's request for 242 ftees. the ibvsos firmly support this request. the additional personnel are certainly needed, given the exceedingly large inventory of appeals, now estimated at roughly 440,000 appeals pending review at various stages in the appeals process. it's important to note that even if the board is provided with the staffing increase and va's budget is appropriated on time, the impact of these new employees would not be fully realized until sometime in 2018. regardless of the time it will take to hire

vrcs have one of the most critical roles within va. ensure that ill and injured veterans have all the help, guidance and resources they need to overcome their employment obstacles to lead to more independent and economically fulfilling lives. the ibvsos recommended a staffing increase that would support a more appropriate client-to-counselor ratio throughout voc rehab so vrcs can devote the appropriate amount of time to each veteran to ensure they're on a path to success. third, the board. we are pleased to see the administration's request for 242 ftees. the ibvsos firmly support this request. the additional personnel are certainly needed, given the exceedingly large inventory of appeals, now estimated at roughly 440,000 appeals pending review at various stages in the appeals process. it's important to note that even if the board is provided with the staffing increase and va's budget is appropriated on time, the impact of these new employees would not be fully realized until sometime in 2018. regardless of the time it will take to hire

the va also removed lettrick from all oversight of the cincinnaai hospital pending the outcome of those investigations. washington. >> more than a million dollars extent by denver police on public relations. tonight denver 7 is investigating that spending. police administrators say they realize ttey weren't communicating with the public well enough and so they set out `o changg that and spent a lot of public money in the process. hiring a social media and video team buying top of the line camera and editinggequipment and spending money designated for police training and equipment on emmy awards. ttnight denver 7 is asking whether the spending is worth it. >> 2460 bucks for emmy nominations has nothing to do with training police officers and it has nothing to do with equipment. >> okay so john devil rays -- >> wouldn't you agree? >> i'm telling you as a board we believe it fits under the category it may have been labeled as that but that's how we feel and i still support that. >> coming up on denver 7 at 10:00 we have much more from denver police as we ask them about where that money cam

he was living in phoenix and getting some care at the phoenix va. him to come home to el paso. and on to the wait list for care at el paso's va clinic. four months? >> four months before he could see, not a psychiatrist, but he could see a primary doctor. the appointment was cancelled. and made for another one. and he got angry and said, you know what, six months i'm waiting to see somebody. >> reporter: nicholas grew angry, depressed, and violent his mother says. he finally got an appointment, was given medication, and told to come back in nine months. >> that was the point, june, july, august, september, october, november, december, there are guys that have to wait a year. i mean, this is really, it's a sin. >> reporter: february it turned out just became too long of a wait. >> he killed himself. >> reporter: you still wear his dog tags. >> i do. he's with me. this is him. he's my angel. >> reporter: days after his 45th birthday, nick diamico tucked wallets, house key, phone into a desert combat and drove his jeep above el paso and drove over a cl

side. >> we asked the va to respond to senator burr's calls for accountability. statement. if you experienced delays we want to hear from you. go to wbtv.com, fill out the form to get you the help you need. >>> still ahead on wbtv news this morning, a family from north carolina feels lucky to be alive after a tornado rips through their neighborhood. her children during the storm. >>> 4:45, 15 minutes before >> john: in campaign 2016, jennifer roberts helped open hillary clinton's new campaign office last night in charlotte. it will be the base for ahead of north carolina's primary. south carolina's democratic primary is tomorrow and president bill clinton was drumming up support yesterday on a stop in rock hill. she is leading bernie sanders in most polls in south carolina. >>> the remaining gop presidential candidates laid it all on the line in the final debate before super tuesday, next week. this could be the last shot for them to grab supporters away from donald trump, who is leading in most polls. marco rubio and ted cruz dominated the debate, taking a lot of shots at t

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way, we've increased funding to the va over the last few years. so they've had more money and they've failed to meet their mission. and it's a serious problem that congress is going to continue to stay on until they get this right. billy: we only have -- we have to do a little rapid fire here now. do these two right there. quick question before that. are we going to see a benghazi committee report any time soon? or closer to the election? mr. scalise: i'm not sure what the end result of the committee is. i think one of the things that's been so good about what chairman gowdy has done is that he's made it clear that they're just going to go and continue to get the facts. unfortunately they've had a hard time getting all the facts. all the parties involved at department of state should work harder to get all the information that's been requested. but they continue to uncover more things and they're going to keep doing their work until they get all of the facts out there for the public to see. about what happened in that tragic incident in benghazi w

the choice program is not working better than the va does. >> the choice program uses va money to pay private providers to see veterans who need the specialty care. >> the next day they got aheld of me that quick. this is going to be an easy way this time. >> and what seemed like a ses that would be fast quickly came his medical records show the va did not send his information to the private company that administers the choice program until november 25. nearly a month later. >> how long did it take you from the time you were told you qualified for choice to actually see the specialist you needed to see? >> 60 days. exactly 60 days. >> i had to complain loudly and call my congressman i had to shout from the rooftops that i was being flat out ignored. >> jim bancroft waited a year-and-a-half before he was referred to the choice program. >> literally took an action from my congressman to see a doctor for any of this. that is unacceptable. that is not healthcare. that is a complete neglect and it has nothing to do with my veteran status. it has to do with neglect of a patient. >> when he

very to strengthen the va. we do not privatize the va. >>> we are back. we're going do get into a little bit of election politics. the iowa democratic party has declared hillary clinton the winner. today the des moines register has an editorial calling for the audit of the results saying what happened at the democratic caucus was a debag kel. senator sanders, do you accept the idea that hillary clinton won iowa or do you believe the caucuses are still an open question? >> i agree with the des moines register, but let's not blow this out of pore portion. this is not a winner take all thing. i think where we stand you have 22 delegates, i have 20 delegates. we need 2,500 delegates to win the nomination. this is not the biggest deal in the world. we think, by the way, based on talking to our precinct captains, we have at least two more delegates. what the des moines register said there were half a dozen coin flips, a fairly chaotic type situation. at the end of the day it will break roughly even. i love and respect the caucus process in iowa. i don't have to

the va sends a veteran for a medical test but months later he can't get the results. i don't understand how they don't know what the findings are thirty news now investigates the run around our veterans face to get answers about their own benefits. well the veterans are expressing outrage across the country and right here in half and they say they're being given the run around the local va hospitals and can't seem to get answers about their health and benefits investigative reporter lauren ballard joins us now this is a story that many of our viewers can relate to guys and i were telling one local family story but theirs is indicative of what veterans say is a much larger problem at the va the process of our story might seem tedious because the process that say get answers is tedious were not occurring as picks up the phone dials get another eight hundred number to it with her husband a rock by her side she waits for the familiar automated message this time saying she is the twenty second person waiting. then comes the incessant hum of hold music very hard to get hung

but we work together on something that we could agree on and that is if you work at the va, and you're a senior executive and you're not doing a good job, we should have the power to fire you. and we have had that. donald trump says he cares about veterans, but what is his record? i'll tell you his record. his record was he asked the city of new york to evict homeless veterans because they were a nuisance in front of trump towers. that's his record, when he skipped the debate in iowa he said he was doing an event to raise money for veterans groups. know how much money they got out of that and a previous event? zip. this is not a game. they are not props. we are going to take care of our veterans. when i'm president of the united states, veterans, they're good people at the va and if they're doing a good job, we thank them but if you're not doing a good

. >> an investigation asking why a veteran died waiting for an appointment at the va. >> there is no excuse for that. >> he didn't say i will fight your war. >> a senior lawmakerrer is >> proposal for several suburbs to split away from cms. why the mayor says the district needs to be split up. >>> we're following that breaking news in kansas. four people are dead and others inyouinjured. we're hearing from a person who the chaos in >>> we are staying on top of breaking news in kansas. four people are dead after a shooting in a business. these are live pictures we're getting, that's from kansas. the cbs station there. this is video from today this is in heston the shooter is among the dead. we learned the police have that alleged shooter's home surrounded right now. there are crime scenes where the shooter opened fire. listen to the man inside of the building when the chaos erupted. gunshots a shooter we kept hearing pop, pop. i ran over there was a fellow, adam, he was shot i walked over i tried to help him as much as i could. >> 14 people are hurt, the f.b.i. and the bureau of invest

camera. if someone doesn't receive neurosurgery at the cincinnati va, or the cincinnati va was paying for it previously, now they can go to choice and another pot of cash would pay for it. : i guess you can look at it that way, sure. ?is, under your leadership then is there a pattern and practice of not filling positions so that veterans go into the choice program? program?absolutely not. what i don't want to see is that we're using choice dollars to balance the budget for a particular medical center.rep. jeff miller of florida chairs the house he's a big supporter of choice, and privatizing care to reduce wait times. but not like this. this. it's very disconcerting that there are still those within the department that don't quite understand that the choice program was supposed to be a supplement, not to supplant care... i just feel disappointedbill hatfield looks to the v-a's promise to those who servedif the government says they're going to take care of their veterans, well, they should it. late this afternoon- va deputy secretary sloan gibson told me- he wants to thank the whistleb

*dozens* of whistleblowers are coming forward alleging widespread problems from inside the cincinnati va veterans at risk.. the nine on your side i-team -- in partnership with the scripps washington bureau has also uncovered evidence of serious conflicts of interest involving leadership.mark greenblatt has the troubling report. i been going to the va hospital for a good 30 years vietnam veteran ted dickey has cincinnati- for all of his care. i have a rapport with a lot of people at the va hospital. but when he needed his 2nd hip replacement, the v-a didn't have a surgeon and referred him outside becausee they their way of running a hospital is not doing surgery and farming it out." but 34 whistleblowers doctors, say veterans are getting short changed and even put at risk. many services are being devastated and are incapable of carrying out their necessary functions. longtime surgeon richard frieberg joins other whistle blowers who say many problems began when acting chief of staff barbara temeck came on board two and a half years ago and went right to work cutting costs and some say cutt

how will you win the argument on that issue given the problems in the va in the last years? what's your argument that the va should exist. >> first of all, i'm against privatizing the va and i'm going do everything i can to build on the reforms that senator sanders and others in congress have passed to try to fix what's wrong with the va. there's a lot of issues about the wait times and services that have to be fixed because our veterans deserve nothing but the best, but you're absolutely right, rachel, this is another part of the agenda. they've formed an organization to try to convince americans we should no longer have guaranteed health care, specialized care for our veterans. i will fight that as hard as i can. i think there's where we can enlist the veterans service organizations, the veterans of america, because, yes, let's fix the va, but we will never let it be privatized and that is a promise. >> senator sanders, you as congressional leader is the right contour of the fight? >> as the secretary knows i have the privilege and the honor of chairing the committee on ve

the agency also substantied misconduct by the cincinnati va's acting chief of staff, dr barbara temeck the agency suspended her medical privileges, and transferred temeck to another role pending potential further discipline. the va announced the sweeping moves, in response to a joint investigation by the scripps washington bureau and wcpo.in a statement, it said the misconduct by both hetrick and temeck related to temeck's prescriptions and other medical care to members of hetrick's family.it's inspector general accepted the agency's referral for "potential criminal greenblatt, scripps news, in washington.

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the va would have to let the u.s. army corp of engineers the va would are to report back to congress to keep lawmakers up to date. the bill also says congress must be notified 60 days before any money is spent on advanced planning or design. that legislation passed a voice vote in the house today. now it will move on to the senate. now, investigation looked into what the problems were with the va hospitals were in aurora. they say it really came down to mismanagement and a lot of design changes with the hospital and a complicated contract process that the va didn't fully understand. so, corey, now the targeted completion date for the hospital is set to be in january of 2018. >> we hope it stays there and doesn't continue to get extended. noel, thank you. it's 5:44. the police are investigating a shooting near greenville large. the area was blocked off late last night. police say they were one man who lives in that area tells us he was in with his family when he heard gunshots. he said when he looked outside, he saw se

quit marijuana, or go outside the va and find a private doctor for which he will have to pay. and he doesn't think it's fair./// ((paul joncich)) >the v.a. responded to this story: saying their official policy does not prohibit veterans who use medical marijuana from also getting pain killers from the v.a. but each doctor makes their own decision. michael recently switched doctors at the v.a.....which might explain things. right now representative joe heck is co- sponsor of house bill 667 that would help bridge the gap between veterans in medical marijuana states and v.a. docs who still consider marijuana illegal../// ((dave courvoisier)) > coming up next ... jailhouse yoga? ((denise valdez)) only 8news now was invited to check out this unique program that's giving inmates a new piece of mind... take pics there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but atten

on the reforms that have been passed to try to fix what's wrong with the va. there are a lot of issues about wait times and services that have to be fixed because our veterans deserve nothing but the best, but you're absolutely right. this is another part of the agenda. they have tried to convince americans we should no longer have specialized care for our veterans. i will fight that as hard as i can. i think we can enlist the veterans organizations because let's fix the va, but we will never let it be privatized hand that is a promise. >> senator sanders, you as a congressional leader you've worked with in a bipartisan way is that the right contour of the fight? >> as the secretary knows, i have the privilege and the honor chairing the senate committee on veterans affairs and it is interesting to me republicans give speeches about how much they love veterans. i work with the american legion, the vfw and virtually every veterans organization to put together the most comprehensive piece of veterans legislation in the modern history of america and i brought it to

let's see if these charges will stick so he'll be in jail a little longer. >>> in response to the va's national wait time scandal, congress created a program to help them get assistance sooner. 34 whistleblowers inside the cincinnati va paint a picture of departments getting slashed and reduced care for vets. and a day, i think. >> reporter: that's bill, lifting 200-pound artillery shells. >> it makes my back hurt just to think about it. >> reporter: decades later when he needed relief from severe back pain, the cincinnati va told him. >> we don't have a neurosurgeon here at the hospital anymore. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: so they sent him for private care through veterans choice, a new program intended to solve the national wait time va scandal. to qualify, vets must live more than 40 miles away from a va hospital or waited longer than 30 days for an appointment. >> i was very, very naive because i thought it meant that i had a choice. >> you wanted to go to a specific place that had neurosurgeons? >> yes, but instead was sent to a place that didn't have one. >> reporter: tha

the va tax swift leaders. >> we have the latest on this investigation. >> the highest ranking va official in ohio, michigan and indiana is packing his bags. jack is out as network director after the va headquarters in washington announced it's sub assistantuated misconduct cincinnati va's acting chief of staff. the va suspended her medical privileges and transferred her to another role. [ indiscernible ] all reporting revealed widespread problems and allegations from dozens of insiders concerned about care for veterans. we discoverrd improped improper -- discovered improper prescriptions. [ indiscernible ] in may of 2013 just eight weeks before she landed the cincinnati prescription, this time for 100 pills of hydro key done. the problem? illinois regulators say her controlled substance license expired back in 2011. >> was the person allowed to receive the prescription? from what i can gather they were not. >> on tuesday senators took turns questioning the va's secretary. >> this is a situation that the white house is aware of. >> the va served notice to remove him from his position. he r

i apologize to nobody for my work as chairman of the va. we made significant progress in improving health care and expediting benefits for the veterans of our country who deserve, by the way, the highest quality health care we can provide. >> thank you, senator. >> senator sanders, i want to turn to phizel, a doctor who is here with his wife and he's kind enough. because he speaks five languages fluently which makes us bilinguals feel bad enough all of a sudden, he's kind enough to do this in english. >> senator sanders, i'm a physician. we did a lot of volunteer work in town. we try tirelessly to serve humanity every day. >> thank you. >> we're also proud, peace loving american muslims. we're the parents of two children. we're very concerned about the safety of our children with the islamaphobia that's rampant right now. as president, how would you address this? >> bluntly and directly. this country's greatest relied on the history. we have welcomed people into this country. my dad came from poland at the age of 17. people can disagree abou

way, we've increased funding to the va over the last few years. so they've had more money and they've failed to meet their mission. and it's a serious problem that congress is going to continue to stay on until they get this right. billy: we only have -- we have to do a little rapid fire here now. do these two right there. quick question before that. are we going to see a benghazi committee report any time soon? or closer to the election? mr. scalise: i'm not sure what the end result of the committee is. i think one of the things that's been so good about what chairman gowdy has done is that he's made it clear that they're just going to go and continue to get the facts. unfortunately they've had a hard time getting all the facts. all the parties involved at department of state should work harder to get all the information that's been requested. but they continue to uncover more things and they're going to keep doing their work until they get all of the facts out there for the public to see. about what happened in that tragic incident in benghazi w

they want to see changes made in the va, and they think that the problems that have been uncovered at our cincinnati va hospital highlight the problems going on nationwide. the problems at the va and also listening to people about their experiences. concerned veterans for america also wants to share information and find out how they can get involved in the efforts to reform the v.a.. the gathering today will take place starting at 11:00 this morning and run until 12:30 today here at the millennium hotel on 6th street downtown. reporting live andrew setters, mark: in commitment 2016, the republican candidates come together for the last showdown before the all-important string of super tuesday contests next week. donald trump was a target last night for marco rubio and ted cruz. trump has the momentum with three straight wins leading up to super tuesday. >> talking about repeating. i watched him repeat himself five times four weeks ago, and i got to tell you, it was a meltdown. >> i saw you repeat yourself five times five seconds ago. >> i watched him meltdown on stage like i' ve never

several members tell fox news the va seems to be trying to bury the story. a spokesman for congressman brad wenthrop, a member of the house veterans affairs committee, says in a statement to fox news, congressman wenthrop is deeply troubled by this cryptic news and wants to know more, including who is being investigated and why, timing of the v.a.'s announcement, late on friday before a federal holiday, to suggest that the department is trying to hide this story from the public. the house committee of veterans affairs will not let that happen. we've reached out to the va inspector general and the va medical center in cincinnati for comment. we have not heard back from either of them. >> and you would think after all the problems in the va, that they would want to get ahead of a story like this. they would try to be open as they can be after all the accusations of cover-ups. stay on it and let us know what you hear. >> you got it. >> liz? >>> coming up, just in time for valentine's day, flowers send a message of love, but that beautiful bouquet can also carry

the va said that he retired two days ago. >> the person who is responsible always seems to retire just before the investigation starts. >> reporter: the va did approve schinazi's part time arrangement and told us part time employees are allowed to invest in private companies so long as all conflict of interest rules are followed. the va says there will be internal and external investigations. >> chip reid, thank you. >>> well, war and poverty in syria have led to the largest more than a million refugees welcomed by germany. but charlie d'agata found that the welcome is wearing thin. when they saw the suffering. germans opened their arms like no other country in europe. >> hopefully nothing. >> mayor boris palmer was among them. >> we had people drowning in the i found that appalling and >> reporter: but the mayor of the university town of 80,000 has had a change of heart. >> if you have several hundred thousand men who come to your country as singles. and live in sports halls and town halls. what do you expect them to do? and they have no contact to women. and how long will that happen

i apologize to nobody for my work as chairman of the va. made significant progress in improving health care and expediting benefits for the veterans of our country who deserve, by the way, the highest quality health care we can provide. >> thank you, senator. >> senator sanders, i want to turn to phizel, a doctor who is here with his wife and he's kind enough. because he speaks five languages fluently which makes us bilinguals feel bad enough all of a sudden, he's kind enough to do this in english. >> senator sanders, i'm a physician. we did a lot of volunteer work in town. we try tirelessly to serve humanity every day. >> thank you. >> we're also proud, peace loving american muslims. we're the parents of two children. we're very concerned about the safety of our children with the islamaphobia that's rampant right now. as president, how would you address this? >> bluntly and directly. this country's greatest relied on the history. we have welcomed people into this country. my dad came from poland at the age of 17. people can disagree about

for tonight anticipate temperature staying on the cool side, but a warmup on the way. tricia: va secretary bob mcdonald faced tough questions on capitol hill about the state it's happening on the nation's capitol as a result of the four-month investigation detailing vendors being put at riv and ethical misconduct involving va leadership. mark has the latest from washington. reporter: nepotism, lack of cleanliness and mismanagement, retaliation. reporter: senators from the veteran affairs commission took turns talking to bob mcdonald they are concerned about the the cincinnati va. >> we immediately sent the office of medical infection to cincinnati. we have a preliminary report from them. reporter: the secretary didn't share the russell with the committee, but did say the insiders who spoke out are safe. >> anybody woo retaliate against reporter: whistle blowers say barbara intentionally cut services veterans depend on like bill who needed back surgery but the va told him... . >> we don't like have a neursurgeon at the hospital anymore. reporter: rod brown announced a new commitme

the va taking it very seriously. they're hiring more workers. ets know they can get help. but it's just another fire that the va health system is trying to put out. another one erupted just this week in cincinnati. an investigative report citing that 34 doctors and nurses at this va facility alleging surgeries and specialty care for veterans are being cut to save money. that a top official there is double-dipping on salary and that there's an element of cover-up under way. here the va is forced to send in investigators, temporarily assigning administrators there, and generally deal with yet another medical center, jake, facing charges of treating our vets poorly. >> what's so frustrating for so many is that congress recently set aside a ton of money to help the va after the most recent va scandal that you broke, but even when congress spends all this money, so much of it seems to be wasted. >> it is, jake. an inspector general report came out this morning. tucson, arizona, the va had leased $1.8 million for equipment. what happened? it sat there.

so i apologize to nobody for my work as chairman of the va. made significant progress in improving health care and expediting benefits for the veterans of our country who deserve, by the way, the highest quality health care we can provide. >> thank you, senator. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> senator sanders, i want to turn top faisal suba, a doctor from there area who is here with his wife. he is kind enough, because he speaks five languages fluently which makes us bilinguals feel bad all of a sudden, he's kind enough to agree to do this in english mostly. how are you? >> that's good. that's very good. >> senator sanders, i'm a physician in town. and my wife does a lot of volunteer work in town. we try tirelessly to be humanity everyday. >> thank you. >> we are also proud peace loving american muslims. we're the parents of two children. and we're very concerned about the safety of our children with the islamaphobia that's rampant right now, as you know. >> yes, i do. >> as president, how would you address isla ma poebia? >> bluntly and directl

the choice program is not working better than the va does. >> the choice program uses va money to pay private providers to see veterans who need the specialty care. >> the next day they got aheld of me that quick. this is going to be an easy way this time. >> and what seemed like a ses that would be fast quickly came

that's right we've got some of the va representatives example with benefits. we've got people from the concern veterans organization habitat for heroes to can build provide homes for them i mean there's all kinds of information and while this ability by the way you know already you twenty five percent of their population is involved in either veterans or military or families. so for us to partner with the eu is a win when we're young man by the name of dominic ramos who was a volunteer went back and said you know i like to start something and have and you will be part of us and within organized we met with the president's office they saw the advantage and we have set up and this is why we're having this us this saturday this saturday i told you that yeah right but all this information is on your screens earlier our website . they were joining us this half hour for thirteen years now at noon on monday received a number system on terror top story this half hour is a crime alert in virginia beach police are investigating a rash of car break ins at virginia beach t

good morning america is looking into why it's so difficult to get an appointment with the va had some o'clock right after daybreak newport news shipbuilding is getting ready to open a health center for its employees and their families. it's near the shipyard on washington avenue between forty fifth huntington ingles industry says of the facilities staff with more than thirty full time employees employees and their families covered by the anthem health plans can use the clinic at a very low cost family health center opens next tuesday march the first we have a special day break on to tell you about all week long our team is giving away five five hundred dollars visa gift card. yes that's one of her everyday this week. here's how you can enter for chance to win. watched a break during the six o'clock hour to learn that special keyword then go to thirteen years now dot com features tab and enter the keyword for a chance to win you can find official contest rules are some comments also know what else is coming up and i'm really excited that we weren't going to hear a lot more about on the

the va announced the moves following preliminary results of an internral probe it launched, in response to a joint investigation by the scripps washington bureau and wcpo wcpo our reporting revealed widespread problems and allegations from dozens of insiders concerned about care for veterans under temeck's leadership. and we discovered improper prescriptions she wrote. hi. dr. temeck - mark greenblatt i'm with scripps news we've been trying to talk to you. we understand you've written controlled substances for jack hetrick's wife. can you tell us anything about why you did that? that? records we obtained showed temeck wrote a prescription for 50 pills of a generic form hetrick's wife.in may of 2013, just 8 weeks before temeck landed the cincinnati job, she gave mrs. hetrick another prescription for 100 pills of

the va refuses to give him any benefit. in the military. in 1944 during a battle in the philippines he claims he was wounded when a grenade hit a fox hole he shared with two other soldiers. two of them died. after getting out he never asked the va for any help but now that he and his wife are in assisted living he hopes the va will give him help. >> we got rid of our car and house. i got rid of the money i had in stocks and now i got a letter that says we can't accept it because we have no record of it of you being in the service. i must be one of the unknown soldiers i guess. >> the va is looking for records. he says the application already included plenty of documentation including his discharge papers and x-ray of his wounded leg that he incurred during the battle of the philippines his purple heart and a bronze star. >> you are claiming to now proceed under the programs further evidenced from the veterans. their answer to come and say we have to find more evidence is ridiculous. >> well, making matters worse in this cas

and, look, there are really good people at the va. there are good va hospitals. we thank the people of the va. a lot of them are veterans. then there are people at the va not doing a good job. last week in usa today there was a headline, calls to the va suicide hotline went to voice mail. how can someone not get fired over that? when i'm president if, you're not doing a good job at the va, we're going to fire. you will be fired. and when i'm president of the united states of america, our veterans will be able to take their va benefits to any hospital or any doctor that you want to go see. there's a lot of work to be done. i can go on for an hour talking about the different things. the damage is so extensive. when barack obama's done to this country is deep. and deliberate, by the way. he wanted to change america. he wanted us to be more like the rest of the world. that's how you get a president that guts our military. that's how you get a president that apologizes for america. that's how you get a message, yeah, i'm going to keep repeating it, absolutely i am beca

the va announced the sweeping moves, in response to a joint investigation by the scripps washington bureau and wcpo.in a statement, it said the misconduct by both hetrick and temeck related to temeck's prescriptions and other medical care to members of hetrick's family.it's inspector general accepted the agency's referral for "potential criminal investigation."mark greenblatt, scripps news, in washington. there are veterans from all over ohio in cincinnati tonight -- ahead of a rally tomorrow that was prompted by our investigation.nine on your side's evan millward just talked to that group and joins us live. they call themselves concerned veterans for america.and that joint nine on your side i-team ivnestigation /scripps national bureau caught their eye - and ire.tomorrow they'll call for even more to be done - because they say what happened today wasn't enough.

.### tuesday: snow showers for the nrv, counties boarding west va. & our west va. counties.scatt ered flurries for most areas.highs in the middle and upper 30s tonight: snow showers for counties boarding west va. & our west va. for most areas.lows in the teens and 20s wednesday: snow showers for counties boarding west va. & our west va. counties.scatt ered flurries for most areas .highs in the lower 30s thursday: increasing sunshine with highs in the upper r0s friday: increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s.late-day & the second day of jury selection is underway in the case against ashley white. white is the mother of noah thomas who was found dead in septic tank last march. she's charged with felony child abuse and neglect. so far 22 potential jurors have been struck. down to 12 jurors with two alternates. we will bring you the latest on today's jury selection tonight on wsls ten at five. ### a former bedford police officer is scheduled to being possesion of child pornography. 54-year-old brian mcalexander has been indicted by a bedford grand jury. he is bei

we are going to reform the va. we are going to reform the tax code. we are going to reform social security and finally getting handle on that debt and deficit. have we ever done any of that? no, we have not. it's just talk. i'm running for the presidency of the united states ladies and gentlemen because i think where pivotal point where as citizens we need to remember who we are and what our republic was intended to be. ours was intended to be a citizen government. as citizens we were intended to have the power but we don't have that power anymore and we don't have control over the money anymore. so i'm going to ask you do not sit down and be quiet. i never will. do not settle for a system that doesn't work for you anymore. don't accept this system that is operating against the interest of the people of new hampshire and against the interest of the citizens of this nation. stand with me, fight with me, vote for me. a foe for me is a vote for u.s. citizens. we have to take our country back now. [applause] .. what double me accountable for. so the only

you know, it's interesting because you bring up the privatization of the va, joey. re just talking about sanders, some of bernie sanders policies and wanting to add more government. is that the answer? >> well, there were five bills that passed the house just this week. of those five bills, two were mainly focused on cutting costs, and actually one bill was focused on oversight with va medical centers. so the va is established as a nonadversarial system. it shouldn't be a mile of red tape, it should be walking to the nearest medical center and proving your service and proving your illness. that is not happening. i enjoy what chairman miller has done, but congress's fiduciary responsibility is taking precedence. it's up to the administration, the president, and the culture he sets or she sets to make the va and the administration to do their job with the veterans, to change the names on the doors when someone is taking -- is not taking correct action in their medical center as a director. that's not what we're seeing. >> very important part of the vote in south caroli

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we don't know if there will be a shake up inside the hospital.the va has not said what dr. temeck's status will be while these investigations are underway. jason law 9 on your side. tonight -- formal charges for the woman accused of hitting a child with her car in west price hill... then driving off. ruby estepp has been indicted on failure to stop after a crash -- and driving on a suspended license.officers arrested her the night of the crime.she was released -- and didn't show up to court the next day. he was doing what so many of us do every day... driving home from work.but jose arenas' morning commute was deadly... and new at six we're hearing from coworkers -- who are overcome with sadness. he was hit head-on by a *wrong way driver* on i-71 near the dana avenue exit.tonight -- taryn chin is accused of police believe drugs or alcohol could be behind this crash.she was driving north in the southbound lanes when she hit arenas head on. and tonight -- it is a sad day for those who worked with arenas at "cintas".nine on your side's ashley zilka spoke to one of them.ashley?

see the bible pity of a local veteran papal call 20 get a doctors appointment at the va. we continue to follow the breaking news of violent crash and i 93 s. in the exit of route 24 s. a car slams right into the side of a guard rail. you can imagine the mess it's causing a bad traffic back about their during rush hour. traffic backed up all the way to the city of boston we will keep you updated was get more information. >> continue follow breaking news cold water killer chisholm sentenced to life behind bars >>> traffic is starting to move again after filing crash should i 93 s. the exit to 24 s. car slammed into the side of the guardrail still actually went through the passenger side of the car. skyfox showing that flight on the road as a driver was pulled from the car into the helicopter injuries to the driver unknown at this time. crash happened around 4 o'clock is a live look at the situation right now. traffic still a mess we want to get by you said a mix of headway getting there that's a whole ordeal right now. far left travel lane remains closed in the area police h

so the administration doesn't view it as a cost to our va. susan ware has worked for 16 years in neurosurgery. and is one of 34 whistleblowers we heard from at the cincinnati v-a she says dr. barbara temeck, the acting chief of staff, began to squeeze employees out from neurosurgery ware : ...before dr. temeck came, we didn't have a backlog of problems with appointments. but ware says in 2014, temeck began looking at closing neurosurgery, and requested a cost benefit analysis. and we uncovered internal documents which reveal annually million to keep neurosurgery in house and an additional $4 - 7 million to send patients outside the v-a. but emails we've obtained show the hospital faced "...a potential large budget deficit" - and in feb of 2015 staff was told by regional director jack hetrick to find ways to "... improve operations and efficiency" he said "..the status quo is not an option." two months after that email ware says temeck... ware: ... called an emergency meeting at 730 at night with the surgeons. and, according to what i was told,