the va has a hard time keeping those schedulers. they train them and then they often leave but i do believe it's incumbent on the secretary of the va. they have long discussions with the office of personnel management to make sure the secretary and those who work with them have the ability to adjust pay scales so people at the ground level when a veteran comes is treated respectfully and stay in that job and learn what it means to talk to that. >> mr. wilkie, as you know senator sullivan, senator rounds, senator bozeman, senator chester and other members of this committee represent states where our veterans are long distance away from our va facilities. sometimes a full day's drive. as you may know in the debate on the mission bill and in the markups, choice program that works to make these healthcare services available to the veteran is key to the argument that debate. we work as hard as you can and tell us what you plan to do to see to it that choice is a reality in the time an appointment is good and the problem we've had with vet

that is where the va must go. the new electronic health record system is the first steps to modernize thstep tomodernize thf modernizes our appointment system and its template t the tt us started on the road to obligate disability claims and/or payment claims particularly to the providers in rural america and those who administer emergency care. more importantly, the interoperability of the electronic health record system would connect them to the vod, private doctors in the private e pharmacies to create a continuum of care and organized health care around the veterans needs. this is also our opportunity to turn the corner and be ann industry leader on opioid abusel intervention and suicide prevention. business transformation to standardize the policies and procedures across the integrated service networks is also essential if we are to move past the mid-1990s compartmentalized model and give power to the professionals closest toow the veterans this means reforming human resources to give those same people more le

is not subordinate to the secretary. and va, because of the work this committee has done, has three prongs of what i would call the investigation and enforcement tool. not only the inspector general, but the office of the general counsel as well as the accountability and the whistleblower protection office. my vision is those three offices work symbiotically. va suffered, as everyone on this committee knows, with places like phoenix, because the ig office at that time was not as diligent as it should be, and lost the train on that. >> okay. you do not believe that the ig works for you though, do you? >> i believe the ig works with me. >> independently? >> yes. but the ig, as any ig, and i certainly work with the department of defense ig, is given the silence by the secretary. the secretary feels that it's something that needs to be investigated -- >> got you. would you commit to not interfere or hinder the independence of the ig and be transparent with information when asked to give it? >> not only do i commit to that but inter

he pushed lo the va mission act to the finish line. robert has all the experience required to become secretary of the v.a. what makes robert best suited for the job is his lifelong experience as an army brat and the personal experience as the son of a bravely wounded soldier and a service member himself. he has lived the experience. i know robert will bring his personal insight at an intensity to the role that will serve our veterans well. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator tillis. will you rise and raise your right hand and confirm your pledge. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. please introduce your lovely wife so everybody -- >> my wife julie is behind me. we have known each other since we were youngsters growing up in fayetteville. as you know, mr. chairman, she has a very strong georgia connection. her grandmother was georgia. and that's the real swamp. >> that's right. >> just in 2

i think that is where the va is beginning to move. some people say it's broken because of the culture. i think that's worn out right now. the culture that we had that va is, we have a significant employee force that wants to do the right thing for veterans and their families. and the definition of the right thing is ever-changing. if you take lincoln's phrase to care for him who have borne the battle and for his widow and for his orphan, the word care to is the most important. because you look at it, back then what was they care being provided for the veteran? many times it was to take them off the battlefield, try and bind up their wounds and then they were just sent home. and then it began to develop that there was a greater sense of obligation that the country had to take care of them, and the word care begin to have a broader definition than just minimal healthcare. it was pension and benefits. i think the last inflection point of significance was right after world war, as world war ii was ending and general bradley was tasked by p

almost in the class with choice. va accountability passed, and now if people don't do a great job, they can't work with our vets anymore. they're gone. [ applause ] so we're very proud of accountability. in the campaign, i also promised that we would find for veterans' choice. before i knew that much about it, it just seemed to be common sense. it seemed like if thre waiting on line for nine days and they can't see a doctor, why aren't they going outside to see a doctor and take care of themselves and we pay the bill? it's less expensive for us. it works out much better. and it's immediate care. and that's what we're doing. so we're allowingur veterans to get access to the best medical care available, whether it's at the va or at a private provider. in a few moments, i will keep that promise that i've been making ever since the first day of my campaign. seems like a long time ago. and i'm going to sign legislation that will make veterans choice permanent. i just can't stress the people here, the people in the audience,

it depends really on the region and the va hospital. separately i want to let you know before we take a quick break here that the president has gone ahead and pardoned alice johnson she was a non- violent drug offender whose cause was being championed by kim kardashian you might recall when she visited the white house arguing on alice johnson's be half last week urging that the president pardoned her. he did, more after this. at fidelity, our online u.s. equity trades are just $4.95. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. with expedia, you can book a flight, hotel, car, and activity... all in one place. ♪ everything you need to go. ♪ expedia® that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. ♪ hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ snap ] the kohler walk-in bath features a low step-in at three inches. the bath fills and drains quickly. comes with fully adjustable hydrotherapy jets and our exclusive bubb

jillian: and hopefully move the va forward. we will keep our eye on it and see what happens. it is time, 26 minutes after the hour, the white house framing the travel ban as crucial for national security and the supreme court agrees but the media not so much. >> donald trump and his muslim band signal to the world that muslims are not welcome here. >> supreme court tailor-made to has other philosophy. >> does this prove lower courts are politically motivated? our next guest says there is no question. harassment not on the menu at this restaurant, displaying their support for sarah sanders. carla shimkus with reaction pouring in on that one. heather: election upset. 10 term incumbent congressman joe crowley losing the new york primary to a self proclaimed socialist with no experience. is this the first major sign of democrats moving further left? joining me is republican strategists ned ryan. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> good to be with you. heather: let's begin with the race results in new york, the big surprise. we can take a look at the numbers that came in,

take a look at people at home, what the va admission act would do, and $5.2 billion to the va programto non-va providers, combined the community care programs and expands family caregiver program. what do you think is the most important element that will make a difference to veterans. >> this bill will give veterans more healthcare choice, the additional money is not going into the government run healthcare system. it is going into community care programs that will allow veterans to access care outside of the va when they needed and when the va can't provide the care they deserve. additionly creates private urgent care clinic so they can access walk in care without employment which will vastly increase choice and access for care for veterans. that is the biggest part of this and this is one of the pres.'s biggest promises and is keeping it by signing this bill. heather: what about the timeliness of appointments? this is a huge issue with anyone's healthcare specifically veterans. how will this work? >> one of the remaining issues is there is still not timely care for veterans. there i

thatbelieve that the va you see today is not the va you will see five years from now. change will occurwhether it is .ssessing the physical plant we take a look at the demographic -- demographics of veterans. where there used to be in the millions in the greater new england area, they have moved south. where was a lot of construction after world war two. it was where the veterans went back. we need to look at where our foot writ needs to be to help address and take care of the veterans -- where our foot prints need -- print needs to be to help address to take care of the veterans. you all will not let us a regress. ralphretary, my name is cooper. i do not know if you remember. hadwhen secretary principi his homeless advisory committee , i knowert van karen that pete remembers. direct lead to the secretary. our recommendation went to him. founder, michael, just spoke eloquently about what is going on and what needs to happen in the future. i want to thank you for being so that those kinds of recommendations just did not get skd over the homeless veterans advisory committ

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president trump signed the va mission act yesterday. is a three-part law that's aimed at offering veterans more access to private care. first it injects more than $5 billion into the existing choice program for the next year. that program was created in 2014 after patients died while waiting to see doctors. it allows veterans to see private, nonva physicians. during the next year the choice program and six other health care programs in the va are all going to be combined into one plan. this new single plan will expand access to private sector treatment if the va can't provide a service or a veteran is facing long travel or wait times, or poor service ratings from a va provider. the va would still be in charge of coordinating this private care. president trump says it's all about choice and freedom for veterans. >>> if they're waiting online for nine days and can't see a doctor, why aren't they going outside to see a doctor and take care of themselves and we pay the bill? it's less expensive for us. it works out much better. and it's imm

the va mission act will allow veterans to seek medical care from outside the veterans administration.r veterans to va funded care in the private sector. >> if the va can't meet the needs of a veteran in a timely manner, that veteran will have the right to go right outside to a private doctor. >> reporter: the new law also provides pre9/11 veterans with benefits to help costs with in home care. previously it was only for post-9/11 veterans. >>> a woman who served 22 years in federal prison is free after the president commuted her life sentence. the 63-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent drug crime. kim kardashian lobbied for her release. the white house said she was a model prisoner to work hard to rehab herself. >>> a 10-year-old girl is being honored for heroism. she was in a walmart parking lot and was caught in the middle of a shooting. the 10-year-old girl shielded her 18-month-old brother from gunfire by covering him with her body. she was shot. she is having surgery in the coming weeks to have the bullet in her back removed. >> my first reaction was t

. >> if the va can't meet the needs of a veteran in a timely manner, that veteran will have the right to go right outside to a private doctor. >> reporter: the president trying to bolster the va and fema, two agencies looking to rehab their public image. and back to the first lady, she will not accompany president trump when he heads overseas next week. blain alexander, nbc news, washington. ha blain. a great grandmother serving a life sentence is going free. alice johnson had served nearly 22 years in a georgia prison for drug trafficking but today the president pardoned her. it was her first offense. kardashian rallied to her cause after seeing johnson interviewed online. while behind bars johnson became a published writer, an ordained minister and a coach for inmates studying for ged am. >>> today marks 50 years since the dea of robert f. kennedy. he was running for president before being assassinated. an iconic image captured his death. over the years he had said that terrible day still haunts h toda arlington national cemetery membef kennedy's family and other dignitaries honored

a lawmaker is holding the va accountable was the singapore summit days way, final touches for the historichootdown with donald trump, it is all about attitude, not preparation. why rebecca says donald trump is more than ready. he took a need for the anthem and couldn't get a job. now he is blaming donald trump. colin kaepernick's newest plan to take the commander-in-chief to court. ♪ >> donald trump moving full steam ahead toward singapore with just days until the historic summit. the commander-in-chief says it is all about attitude, not preparation. what attitude does he need for a meeting with an unpredictable dictator like kim jong un. national security analyst senior fellow rebecca heinrich joins us now with her insight. thank you for joining us, certainly appreciate it this morning. that is a big question. how do you prepare for meeting with kim jong un. when the pres. says it is all about attitude, what type of attitude do you need? >> you need to project confidence and that is what the president is doing. when he says it is all about attitude he is projecting confidence which is wha

wait times for veterans which also then led to the uncovering of fraudulent form filling so that the va looked better than in fact it was. does that ring a bell with you, mr. west, what i just said? >> certainly. >> and there's value in that? >> activities that take time save the federal government money, so all the efforts to collect data is helping our veterans. >> helping our veterans, maybe to the tuning of millions of dollars. >> we all know the processes of the va years ago and that uncovered millions of dollars. >> and that's the finding in 2017. >> thank the gentleman, now recognize mr. ross for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman and i thank the panel for being here. a year gue today, the house passed on suspension my bill which mr. kovacs referred to, h.r. 1293, which was a fundamental accountability transparency bill that would require opm to submit a report each year including the official time granted to employees. no accounting on what that time was used for, what it should be used for, nothing, all it does is create the transparent process for accounting for all officia

. >> with the va just for example, for those that are involved 100% official time, we have nurses, addiction therapist, pharmacist, physicians, lab people who are important to the care of a veteran not doing the job they were hired. 100% of the time is going to unions. this is very disturbing to me. mr. gilson, something you said in your testimony i want to come back to that caught my attention. you said federal unions pay almost nothing toward the cost of their day-to-day operations within the agency. this creates large surpluses that may support lobbying, organizing and other internal union business since the taxpayer is paying operational cost. that is quite a powerful statement. are you saying that the federal employee union can afford to divert resources to other activities besides union operations because the taxpayer is subsidizing the union in essence? >> efg currently has a $54 million set of assets. it is able to build, and by the way not national headquarters. that doesn't count their councils and locals. i would probably say it is 150 million in assets. >> those are coming from t

has less than half of the number of employees of the department of defense. va's numbers are probably closer to the truth, but are also unreliable. based upon my 44 years representing agencies and interacting with program managers, i bet opm's gross total is low by a factor of 5 or 10, and that's not a percentage figure. no one knows. by the way, labor relations official time is not the only official time representatives get. in 2009, president obama issued executive order 13-522 requiring agencies to engage in predecisional involvement on agency decisions and other activities. the unions complained that agencies would hold them to official time in labor agreements. they were advised by opm that since they were complying with the presidential order, duty time, not official time, would be appropriate for union involvement and order activities. many thousands of hours were used under this order. no one knows what it cost. equal employment opportunity regulations creates what it also calls official time. a federal employee representing an eeo complainant in nay of th

it's like the va. we approved choice. they have been trying to do it for 45 years. choice. job. but the vets -- you have great vets in north dakota. vets, vets. [cheers and applause] so remember i used to say about the vets. and i wasn't a great student of the vets. but i would read where the vets would be line for 13 days, 18 days, three weeks, seven days. and they wouldn't be in bad shape when they start off. and sometimes it would take so long before seeing a doctor that they would be terminally ill. things that could have been taken care of. i thought it was the most of brilliant policy i ever heard. why don't they just go to a doctor local who is looking for the business. we'll specify certain great doctors. be taken care of and we'll pay the bill and it will be much less expensive and you will be all set, right? [cheers and applause] and i thought that was so brilliant. i said i am so smart. i am the smartest person. my uncle was a great professor at m.i.t. for 40 years. i said but i'm smarter than you. i'm smarter than anybody. i came in and i said that to a group of

it's like the va. we approved choice. they have been trying to do it for 45 years. choice. job. but the vets -- you have great vets in north dakota. vets, vets. [cheers and applause] so remember i used to say about the vets. and i wasn't a great student of the vets. but i would read where the vets would be line for 13 days, 18 days, three weeks, seven days. and they wouldn't be in bad shape when they start off. and sometimes it would take so long before seeing a doctor that they would be terminally ill. things that could have been taken care of. i thought it was the most of brilliant policy i ever heard. why don't they just go to a doctor local who is looking for the business. we'll specify certain great doctors. be taken care of and we'll pay the bill and it will be much less expensive and you will be all set, right? [cheers and applause] and i thought that was so brilliant. i said i am so smart. i am the smartest person. my uncle was a great professor at m.i.t. for 40 years. i said but i'm smarter than you. i'm smarter than anybody. i came in and i said that to a group of

it's like, the va, we approved choice. they've been trying to do it for 45 years, twice. d the veterans, you have great vets in north dakota. remember i used to say about the vets, i would read where the vets would be online for 13 days, 18 days, three weeks, seven days, and then they would start off and they wouldn't be in bad shape. then sometimes it would take so long before seeing a doctor that they would be terminally ill. things that could have been taken care of. and i said, without knowing anything, i thought it was a most brilliant policy i had ever heard. i said why don't they just go to a doctor locally that's looking for the business that would be a very good doctor, who will specify great doctors. go to the doctor, and it would be much less expensive and it they would be all set. right? [cheers and applause] and i thought that was so brilliant, i thought, i am so smart. i'm the smartest person. my uncle was a great professor at mit for 40 years. can you believe that? but i said, i'm smarter than anybody. and you know what, i will tell you, i came in and said t

and in the va our stepped in yet again. a goal disallowed. the va are overruled the referee. breath and filled in our wall charts, we could see that spain are now going to face russia here in moscow next sunday. portugal are going to face uruguay on the sunday. it promises to be just as dramatic. group a, that is how russia slipped up, really. those thumping big wins against egypt and saudi arabia. i think this was the day that they woke up and smell the vodka here in russia because uruguay we re vodka here in russia because uruguay were simply too good for them. this was in samara. south americans have really grown into this tournament. luis suarez scored the first kick. a russian owned gold bull for a well—deserved third goal so russia, only runners—up and they have got the spaniards. let's get more from samara now. here in samara, this wasn't russia's game. there was a man sent off. there is a russian revolutionary ever there with a scarf. but there is one big effects, russia has moved to the last 16 of the rome world cup. an incredible achievement when you consider russia

the va encourages those on the registry to take advantage of free health exams available to them. advocacy groups say this is not enough and veterans are being ignored. general petraeus says now is the time to help those who signed up to serve in a time of war. shannon. >> shannon: lea gabrielle, thank you very much. new suggestions tonight about the possibility of life on mars either now or in the past. nasa scientists say they their curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient martian like bed. it's confirmed sharp seasonal increases of methane in the atmosphere. scientists say they cannot rule out a logical source. president trump gives his predictions on the north korean summit. we will get reaction from the panel when we come back. ito take care of anyct messy situations.. and put irritation in its place. and if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected... you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. ♪ >> the cement is all ready to go subject always to change. you never know in this

the doctor. these are our great veterans. they have been trying to get accountability for 40 years. they have been trying to get vahoice from the beginning. before i knew much about the veterans administration in terms of choice, i said, why do they use choice? i went to the group and they said, we have been tried to get that for 35 years. i knew how to get it. we got it now. they have been trying for 35 years. we secured a record $700 billion. and then next year $716 billion to bring our military to the highest level as ever been. -- it has ever been. we need it. [applause] we confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration and we will set the all-time record with judges including our great new supreme court justice neil gorsuch. [applause] we withdrew from the horrible one-sided iran deal and that is going to turn out to be very good. that was one of the great embarrassments. and we move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. [applause] we are renegotiating all of those trade deals that i'm talking about. we are working with china. we are working with all of those countries. we are so one-sided. an

tell you that because of a bipartisan bill be passed in the senate 1550 people have been fired at the vaor not taking care of our veterans. [cheering and applause] another statistic that i'm proud of and this affects lives is that today african-american unemployment is at the lowest level it's been in the united states history. [applause] and probably most important of all, i think, is when the great recession hit us back in 2008 and 2009 millions of people lost their jobs and lost hope and today because of president trumps agenda 900,000 people have found work regained self-confidence and rejoined the workforce. there is no question that we haven't turned the tide of drift to socialism in america and who would've ever believe that we would have a presidential candidate who had the gall at the soviet union was filled in all the socialism experiments have failed on the world who would have believed we have a presidential candidate talking about it but we stem that tied with president trump and we can never take that for granted. today i want to talk about different threat one we cannot ig

loans insured by the va and the federal housing administration helped the financing of millions of homeurchases across the country. but the most important move made by the federal government was dramatically cutting spending and taxes, even ending price controls and rationing and as result of over 202% increase in private investment. the federal government at the time mobilize helping rebuild the nation's that had been destroyed by the war and created the international monetary fund and the world bank, and the result was the emergence of foreign market with the products that america was making. traded an and international ecy that played by the rules that america helped write. perhaps the best-known phenomenon of this. involve not just government but involve the families. the number of marriages after the war skyrocketed while divorce rates remained very low. people got married younger and they stayed married longer. those marriages produced what came to be known as the baby boom in which 75 million new americans were born from 1946-1964. these new families are deeply engaged in the lif

and it requires adequate funding and leadership at the va to provide the health care and benefits earned by those who serve in uniform. which i this i is very simple. they deserve the best health care in the world. the state department helps prevent people from being radicalized into terrorists, protects americans at home, and they are critical asset to our military protecting the lives of our troops overseas. so let me be clear. cutting funding for our diplomatic efforts means more american troops will die. i said this last year, and i'll say it again, over 151 retired generals admirals and more than 1,200 veterans from lawful plan branches of government in haul 50 cases, have written congress stressing the importance to foreign aid and national security and advocating the cuts to these programs in this republican budget. the country investment in diplomatic operations and phonner aid together currently make up only about 1% of the entire federal budget. it is a small price compared to sending our servicemen and service women into harms way. and with that i yield back. >> now like to re

it expands access for the veterans to va-funded care in the private sector. >> if the va can't meet theveteran will have the right to go right outside to a private doctor. >> the new law also provides pre-9/11 veterans with benefits to help cover healthcare costs such as in- home care. that was previously only for post-9/11 veterans. >>> a woman who served 22 years in federal prison was released from prison today after president trump commuted her sentence. 63-year-old alice johnson was reunited with family members in alabama. she was sentenced in 1996 for a nonviolent drug crime. kim kardashian met with the president last week to lobby for the release. the white house said johnson had been a model prisoner who has worked hard to rehabilitate herself. >>> first lady melania trump back in the spotlight after weeks of keeping a low profile. up next, more on her public appearance today and why the president is now coming to her defense. >> and we are tracking sort of a cool forecast again tomorrow as we head into your thursday. we'll track the weekend, as well. >> coming up on the 7 on ktv

and allow vets to take control of their own care. >> if the va can't meet the needs of a veteran in right outside to a private doctor. >> reporter: the big change comes on the 74th anniversary of d-day in world war ii. the surprise attack was the largest invasion by air, land and sea in history. among the allied forces, more than 70,000 americans. >> they gave their hearts, their blood and their very lives on those beaches to strike a lasting victory for our country and for freedom. >> reporter: the new law also provides pre-9/11 veterans with additional benefits such as in home care that was previously only available for post-9/11 vets. at the white house, i'm kevin corke, fox news. >>> election day has passed and the race for san francisco mayor is still too close to call. one of the candidates now has a razor-thin lead. good evening. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm heather holmes. frank and julie are off this evening. within the last hour, we got some new numbers from the elections department there in san francisco. it shows a tight race getting even closer. loser. there are still 90

and sunday because of the bipartisan bill we passed in the senate, 1550 people have been fired at the vaor not taking care of our veterans. othe statistic that i'm very proud of in this affects lives. today, african-american unemployment is at the lowest level it's been in united states history, folks. [applause] and probably most important of all i think is that when the great recession hit us back in 2008 in 2009, and many people lost their jobs or they lost hope. today because of president trump's agenda, 900,000 people have found work to regain self-confidence and rejoined the workforce. there is no question that we have turned the tide towards socialism in america. who would've ever believed would have a presidential candidate who had the gall after the soviet union has failed, after all the socialism experiments have felt around the world, who would think we'd have a presidential candidate talking about it. we still have time with entrump, but we can never take that for granted. today want to talk about a different thread. when we cannot ignore. we are facing another challenge for

jillian: talking with voters ahead of the va mission act. >> was that a dog that was barking? ow why the judge is laughing, we haven't even started. take a look at this. red white and blue waffle, blueberry, strawberry, how are some does that work? rob: you need some liquid chocolate. >> reporter:ou were just up here at west point. if you have never been to west point you need to make a trip here. it is an unbelievable place, we are here talking about the va mission act, the bill that is a very complic bil simple takeaways it allows access for veterans to get better privatization, it it were private health care for them, we are talking about what does it mean for them? many veterans here, heavy veterinary a at west point. doesn't go far enough and what has donald trump and the military and veterans,bviously a big day june 6th. the important cannot b underscored enough, d-day, we are here in west point. a fun and informative next three hours, stay with us, "fox and friends first" returns after this. rob: you keep eating like that you will need better healthcare too. be right bac

the interstate highway system created axis to suburbs and loans insured by the va and purchases of health care across the country. the most important was dramatically cutting spending and taxes and even ending price controls and rationing and the result of the 200% increase in private assessments. the federal government at that time mobilized by helping to rebuild the nations that have been destroyed by the war and created the international monetary fund and the world bank and the result was the emergence of a foreign market with a product that america was making. international economy to play by the rules. perhaps the best-known phenomenon of this period involved families. the number of marriages after the war skyrocketed while divorce rates remain very low. people got married younger and they stayed married longer and those produced what came to be known as the baby boom in which 75 million new americans were born from 1946 to 1964. these families are deeply engages in the lives of their communities are they formed enjoying churches health clubs bowling leagues and they didn't do it jus

all along the campaign he's promising the veterans we'll bring back accountability to the va, bringingate health care to the veterans and i'm so proud today he signed the va mission act. charles: close to $6 billion access to not only va hospitals but also private facilities so these folks don't die while they wait. how do you feel now, as we look ahead. i've seen a lot of people talk about the greatest generation. can we keep it going? >> we have. my father was part of that h. he spent four and a half years in the pacific fighting the japanese. my father's generation was phenomenal but so is this one, and the ones we're bringing up now. we have a phenomenal country. right now what's happening is these wars are being fought by less than 1% of the country. it's an all volunteer force and that's a buying deal. my father's generation, there was a draft. charles: got to leave it there, sir. lou: good evening, everybody. our top stories, paul ryan affirming his political ambiguity and displaying his indefensible support of the establishment whose boots he loves to lick. the lame duck speake

the va are works up with a bang. with it, iran's hopes we re with a bang., iran's hopes were gone, spain surviving after a scare. uruguay are another team who tend to rely. a trademark tap to mark his 100th international. at the final whistle, they had done enough, just. uruguay on their way to the knockout stage, saudi arabia heading home. that's renaldo goal means he is now the all—time leading european goalscorer in international football. his hat—trick in that draw against spain saw him draw level with the legendary hungarian striker. bullet of a header against morocco here in moscow. his 85th goal in 152 games. still some way to goal in 152 games. still some way to go to catch david from the run. he is way out in front of 109 international goals. they have got a really tight final round of matches. the danes will be just as orbital. the danes will be just as orbital. the mindset doesn't really change individually. we work on the way we wa nt to individually. we work on the way we want to play, it is to play against any side. i think that's what aussie

they've been trying to get va choice from the beginning. before i knew much about the veterans administration in terms of choice, i said, why don't they use choice? i thought was my idea, i said i am so smart, what a great idea! i went to the group and they said we have been trying to get that for 35 years. so that's all right, we got it now! they have been trying for 35 years. [applause] we secured a record $700 billion in the next year. $716 billion to bring our military to the highest level it has ever been. [cheers and applause] we needed it. we confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration and we will set the all-time record with judges. including our great new supreme court justice, neil gorsuch. [applause] we withdrew from the horrible one-sided iran deal and that is going to turn out to be very good. that was one of the great embarrassments. and removed the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. [cheers and applause] we are renegotiating all of the trade deals that i told you about. we are working with china, we are work

we are pleased to be joined by our great vice president, mike pence, along with my nominee to lead the va, robert wilke. [applause] great job. working along with robert is acting v.a. secretary. [applause] that is a great team. i want to thank some of our many leaders, i call them leaders, because they are indeed leaders on this legislation. they said it would be slow. i was just telling my, it hasn't been slow. we just passed dodd frank. we just got $700 billion for the military. that was a big one. the military is going to be stronger, bigger than before. hopefully we will not have to use it very much. the fact that we have it so strong probably means we will not have to use it as much. i want to thank the people that helped us. december 22, which does not quite fit in, december 22, we signed the biggest tax cuts in the history of our country. that is a big one. [applause] we got $1.6 billion we have already started the wall on the southern border. the wall is started. $1.6 billion, so important. you also have to recognize some of the people that worked so hard to make all of this happe

for 40 years they tried to get the va accountability act passed. you look at the guy that did it and you say, jim smith, you have done of hell of a lousy job. you are late and you don't treat our vets right. jim, i'm sorry, you are fired. get out of here. you are fired. [cheers and applause] so those two things, they just approved it. the accountability was a couple months ago and john helped so much. i will tell you, john helped so much. he was a leader. [applause] >> thank you. he was the leader on both. everybody said, you can't get accountability done. and i said why, i have too much power, too many unions that just don't want it done? people in arizona robbed $300,000 and everybody agreed they robbed the money, but they couldn't fire the people. so now you have accountability done and even more important -- i'm not sure, but even more important, va choice. now you go see a doctor when you have to wait in line. okay? optimism among america's great manufacturers has hit 95% the highest number by far in the history of the survey, which is a very

donald trump celebrating his reforms to the va at his rally in minnesota focusing on the success of hisntability and whistleblower protection act. >> they were sadistic in some cases, they were lazy, lots of different things, you could never fire anybody because the accountability you could forget it. now you bring the person into the office and you say sorry to tell you, you are fired, get out of here. >> this comes as the department's watchdog is at odds with the acting va secretary, michael missile, he said that he would notify congress about peter a refusal to give him access to whistleblower complaints and senate republicans are demanding an investigation into a taxpayer-funded global warming advocacy, senators ted cruz, rand paul, james lankford and jim inhofe in, several grants broke federal law claiming they funded projects with the intent of influencing people's political positions, they say the actions are, quote, not science, propagandizing. the american dream is coming to miami, florida officials approving plans for the largest mall in america that will have a waterslide and

total media saying don't mention the va are. lots of heinz. in a state of shock this afternoon?” va are. lots of heinz. are you in a state of shock this afternoon? i was screaming my head off. state of shock this afternoon? i was screaming my head offlj state of shock this afternoon? i was screaming my head off. i noticed a reaction when i was in parliament and it was on in the office and people were out back everyone was convinced that they would come through in the end and everyone expected them to get a late goal and it didn't happen. there was a swedish sports journalist at that game and there was a great crowd of mexicans who found a south korean and were giving him the bombs and saying you are mexican now. and they had gotten through. thank you both very much. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, for the m

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the accountability, you can forget it. we passed a bill they have been trying to pass for almost 40 years. it's called va accountability. you bring the person into the office and you say kim, i'm sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here. go! [cheers and applause] even more important and i didn't think i would be saying this so soon. because i would campaign on this. i used to go out during the campaigns, you know base was in minnesota a lot. y one more trip. that won't happen again. but one that's really important to me. i used to say to myself, i wonder why doctors don't care care of our great vets. we just passed veterans choice legislation. that gives veterans the care they deserve. look, so our veterans were waiting in line for 9 days, 12 days, three weeks. someone in line with a minor problem, they ended up having a terminal disease. i said during the campaign before i knew too much about it. there is a lot of common sense. instead of one of our great veterans waiting for two, three, four, five weeks, why don't we let them see a doctor and pay the bill. that's veterans choice. and you know, i went to people

you couldn't fire anybody that worked in the va. they were sadistic in some cases, they were lazy. they accountability, you could forget it. so we passed a bill that they have been trying to pass for almost 40 years. it's called, va accountability. now you bring the person into the office and you say, jim, i'm sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here. [cheers and applause] even more important, and i didn't think i would be saying this so soon because i would campaign on this, but i used to go out during the campaign. and you know, because i was in minnesota a lot but obviously one more trip, iai. that won't happen again. but one that was really important to me, i always wondered why doctors don't take care of our great vets. we just passed veterans choice administration. that gives our veterans the care they deserve, the care they earn. so our veterans were waiting in line for nine days, for 12 days, for three weeks. someone online with a minor problem and they ended up having a terminal disease. now i said during the campaign, before i knew too much about it, but there is

the accountability, you can forget it. we passed a bill they have been trying to pass for almost 40 years. it's called va accountability. you bring the person into the office and you say kim, i'm sorry to tell you, you are fired. get out of here. go! [cheers and applause] even more important and i didn't think i would be saying this so soon. because i would campaign on this. i used go out during the campaigns, you know base was in minnesota a lot. obviously one more trip. that won't happen again. but one that's really important to me. i used to say to myself, i wonder why doctors don't care care of our great vets. we just passed veterans choice legislation. that gives veterans the care they deserve. look, so our veterans were waiting in line for 9 days, 12 days, three weeks. someone in line with a minor problem, they ended up having a terminal disease. i said during the campaign before i knew too much about it. there is a lot of common sense. instead of one of our great veterans waiting for two, three, four, five weeks, why don't we let them see a doctor and pay the bill. that's veterans choice. and you know, i went to p

are assista nts them to be no foul, but the va are assistants which are able to see all the picturesres we are seeing, it is incredible that we are discussing about. yes, really strange that they didn't all that up. they have decisions to make during the match but now there is decisions for gareth southgate to make for sunday. i thought raheem sterling contributed to the first half performance, england on the front foot with real pace and attack and creating a lot of chances. but i think rushford in the warm up qualifier and last night once he came on, he really did give england something else, another goal threat. you can see the frustration after being told to leave that one. maybe you will get his chance against panama. maybe dele alli was a bit unfit, would you make a change in that area? i think loftus-cheek did really well. if dele alli has any questions over his fitness, i would be leaving him out if you have any aspirations in going longer in this competition, you need your best players fit and i wouldn't risk it. hold tight for just a players fit and i wouldn't risk it. hold

maybe -- and i used double faced tape, used a 3x5 card, and he had a flush and round tombstone like the va was using and i stuck it there, and i thought maybe it would hold up through the weather if some other family would visit him, which i guess they did, but i never did hear anything. tom: we'll make sure his name is on the clip on the site. and you'd be surprised. a lot of people have gotten in touch that way. dennis: he had a son and a daughter, so the only one who would still have the name kirshner would be his son. there were some that came up, and i think there was about six of them, and i don't know if i was up to calling around trying to find them. tom: so he passed the name on. dennis: yes. tom: that was a really interesting story. did i miss anything in between the assault, that assault, and the first one in the village? dennis: no. tom: as you share the story of the injury, can you share the contacts, sort of lead up to where you were and what you were doing? dennis: we were working out of a base camp that was along the me kong river, and set up along the shore because we were