with higher scores on quality of care by tri care and the v.a. but at a time when more members of the military are dying from suicide than from physical combat related injuries it may not be enough the pressing problem of veterans' health issues could change the face of what was one of the most successful examples of government run health care in america in washington christine for the out our team. from our dr david rad founder of the national center of it for veterans studies at the university of utah joins us now welcome welcome there dr rod. so does this system of delivering health care to veterans need to change well i think viewed the indications would suggest that it does so i think clearly with the the long wait times are part of the difficulty of part of what we need is better access and better availability of care the v.a. certainly has been remarkably responsive to care and i think all indications are that the v.a. is providing high quality of care but given the number of veterans struggling with psychiatric issues it's difficult to me

alive and i bet laughable and well you know ask ask anybody who's been in the military ask them how tri-care works people with ice work on capitol hill we got a little with me of complaints about the marvel of government health care in the military context you want to take that and you want to give that to everybody at a much higher matter rating from its customers than do any of the fans but more probably order to say oh. why not have even joyce why are you guys anti choice anti choice joins you know your posts are you know not she has one of the virus laws and we don't have a private government health care but their government presence is so severe we don't even have. i have one of the real code that says stephen jay hensley who took it took a billion dollars in aid from united health care you don't think that's a private i want to pro-choice health care system i don't want to have to pay the bills and if i don't want to be nice republican i don't want to have to pay it you don't have to buy it if you don't have them if you get the job done you know pellets of obamacare bullshit health car

also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans.0 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for wha

also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for what they have done. i don't know cereal or breakfast companies if you have good ideas or entrepreneurial, they would appreciate it. that's s . >>> welcome to "red eye cts. it is like "glee" with guns. andy, what is coming up on tonight's show, old sport? >> our top story is a volkswagen again ad planned for the super bowl racist because of its use of a white guy with a jamaican accent? and how does al gore cfd -- defend al jazeera? and the office in charge of shutting down gitmo shuts down while a detention facility remains open. sadly president morisset was unavailabl

also, $1.8 billion from tri-care, healthcare for the veterans. also, the pentagon announced today that 46,000 jobs will be cut due to budget cuts. the saddest headline today and has me the most upset is one the troops in afghanistan are not getting breakfast. look at the headline. they are cutting back on meals for the soldiers. the guys put their lives on the lines every day. the guys and gals. we should give them a warm breakfast; particularly, in the draw down to thank them for what they have done. i don't know cereal or breakfast companies if you have good ideas or entrepreneurial, they would appreciate it. that's it for us at "the five." thank you for watching. see you back here tomorrow. >> is president obama starting a bidding war over immigration reform? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. for the second day in a row we begin with a new plan to fix america's immigration system. monday, group of bipartisan senators shared their though thoughts. today was president obama's term to unveil his proposal this ti