v.a. still denies my claim that it's not this is not a. exposures. the politicians the congressional people that sort of tell us unfortunate drop is like a hot potato swims we make sen. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still do minor cases we have attorneys for sure. there are we're going to see we're jews were we are are you know just hopefully we'll make it through a lot. of time so i can make with the ten year golden rule the v.a. system itself means that about for ten years or for me it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits because or i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put their lives on the line for us why would we. not give them the proper medical attention that they need why give them an appointment three months out and then. send it you know prolong it even more to maybe. eight months nine months a year and then even fighting for their benefits if they don't. then book person twelve months of them coming back and he doesn't get a diagnosis forget it they're screwed because they don't see it act it's s

them i'm keep getting these bills call in the lab company telling the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't and you're already sick with chemo and radiation also and all these bills are coming and you nobody's paying them. i mean i mean right now we're quarter million dollars in debt from cancer. we're bankrupt . and the v.a. still denies my claim that it's not this is not a. exposures. the politicians the congressional people that we sought to help us unfortunate drop is like a hot potato since we make sen. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still do minor cases we have attorneys for sure you. are not going to see we're just we're we are we are you know which is hopefully we'll make it till. the time that i can make with the ten year golden rule the v.a. system itself means that about fourteen years or filmic it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits that they deserve i think of the a should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put their lives on the line for us why would we j

getting bills from the labs for a thousand two thousand dollars for blood work and staff call in the v.a. tell them i'm keep getting these bills call in the lab company the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't and you're already sick with chemo and radiation also that all these bills are coming at you nobody is paying them. i mean i mean right now we're quarter million dollars in debt from cancer cost we're bankrupt. and the v.a. still denies my claim that it's not this is not a. exposures. the politicians the congressional people that we sought to help us unfortunate drop us like the hot potatoes when she made sen. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still deny her cases we have attorneys for sure you know i mean what if there were no contumacy were jews were were you are are you know just hopeful you can make it to a long enough time i can make with the ten year golden rule the v.a. system itself means that it about fourteen years or family gets no benefits thats why after ten years i don't get the benefits that they deserve i think the v.a. should take more. be more respo

calling the v.a. tell them i'm keep getting these bills call in the lab the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't in you're already sick with chemo and rate. also that all these bills are coming at you nobody is paying them. i mean it's awful i mean right now we're quarter million dollars in debt from cancer cost more bankrupt. and the v.a. still denies my claim but it's not on this not from exposures. the politicians the congressional people that we sought to help us unfortunate drop us like a hot potato since we made senator. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still denying our cases we have attorneys for sure you have the money there we're going to see we're just were we are are you know just hopefully we'll make it to a long enough time to us i can make with a ten year golden rule on the v.a. system itself to me and said it about for ten years or for me it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits that they deserve i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put the

one navy vet tells us how the v.a. denied his ptsd payments and claims he owed them more than $20,000. that is until "7 on your side" government watchdog nathan baca got involved. nathan is live in northwest to explain this story. nathan? nathan: well, alison, the deeper we dug at the v.a. the more we discovered this is a growing problem. veterans are getting bills, scary bills of tens of thousands of dollars. mostly due to change in the accounting system. but as we discovered in in this case, the numbers were just plain wrong. the petty officer served in the navy, naval r 1985. but it was ethnic cleansing and sniper fire he saw while deployed in 1999 in bosnia that haunted him for years. >> i -- -- [inaudible] >> it took a while to admit he had post traumatic stress disorder. >> i had ptsd. it took me almost ten years to submit myself to the v.a. and say can you help me? >> the memories echoed by his wife. >> if this hadn't changed we might not be together. i don't want the kids to be subjected to this. >> the private

v.a. w convention, and he began to tell me that his job was to identify soldiers based on the remains thate left after they were killed in action, and we sat there and we talked for a long while, until i began to hear this struggled sobbing over my shoulder-- at which point i was broken away from this very intense conversation and i could see his wife was weeping. afterwards, his wife came and hugged me and said that was the first time she ever heard him talk about his experience in vietnam, and that she didn't know what his job was up until that point. it's mentally draining and emotionally draining. but i also think at the same time it is what feeds me and what keeps me going, because if it wasn't for the service and this purpose, i would scarcely find purpose to keep going, and the veterans portrait project, and for me, the veterans portrait project is the way, a way to honor the service of those who made that sacrifice, and for posterity, so that our for veterans like myself, every day is veterans day, and for me, the project is a way to remind the american people that that 1% of the a

this breach occurred, you will see that veterans could still be suffering because you did not tell the v.a. -- hopefully you told them, but i -- you have no evidence that you have. first, the v.a. must confirm that the -- with the financial institution where the money was sent erroneously that it received information. then the v.a. has to work out an agreement with that financial entity to return those funds back to the u.s. treasury department's general fund. then the v.a. must get a confirmation from the treasury that the fraudulent payment was actually recouped. and then wait until the treasury actually returns the funds to the v.a. before the v.a. will then send that money back to the veteran. in the best-case scenario, this process can take weeks, but i wouldn't be surprised if it would take many months. now, my office has warned various veterans services organizations of the need to notify their members of this danger. i am working with the v.a. to strengthen v.a. policies and procedures. however, mr. barros, given your company's role in failing to safeguard this critical data i woul

v.a. from what you can tell >> i don't spend a lot of time in the v.a., but our focus on it is to make suref any airmen is -- does leave the service with a disability, they're always a part of the family. they're an airman for life, skps we need to i that care of them >> thank you, secretary. >> thank you >>> coming up, when we return blockbuster media deal talks disney considering that purchase of 21st century fox. those talks stalled, but what does it mean >>> we're going bring you the esenpridt's comments from overnight from seoul squawk begins with two big hours in just a moment shield annuities from brighthouse financial, allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities. with a level of protection in down markets. so you can head into retirement with confidence. brighthouse financial established by metlife. >> president trump in south korea. we've a live report from seoul coming up. big buzz in the media world after disney reportedly held talks to buy most of twenty first century fox. we have the latest on what this deal could mean for the media landscape as the second hour of "squa

v.a. we are now understand that the local residents intervened in this case shooting at the attacker and chasing him down in their vehicles tell us more about that. yeah that's what happened i mean that after the that the gunman left the church he was he was he was confronted by a fire a local resident who then gave chase in his car and it was a car chase and. the gunman was fired at by the local residents and then apparently the gunman at some point practice critical and. apparently died from a self-inflicted who was then he was also kind of this shocked by this by this. resident two who confronted him after coming out of the church. you know thank you very much did always make a nigga there joining us from san antonio texas. a new study of confidential documents has been leaked to a german newspaper exposing tax avoidance by v.i.p.'s and corporations as right terry they're calling it the paradise paper's thirteen point four million files revealing an impressive list of corporations and individuals involved in large scale talks avoidance from facebook nyc nike to u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross and indeed britain's queen

tell my strong, after being so that i was so scared and weak. relegatedemories were to a subconscious. and i returned to san francisco college.hed one night, while i was working at the v.aout of his room and up to me, and said, you were my masked angel. i recognize your blue eyes and your voice. will never forget when you said to me, you're safe now. you will go home. it was stunning to me to meet somebody that was alive! we cry for all these names. men andor all these women that died. but to meet somebody that made the beginning of our healing. 1993 of theon in women's memorial was an ecstatic day for us. were back together and acknowledged. the effort, energy and support project completed were herculean. and on that veterans day dedication, we were greeted by our brothers. many had their military records were looking for their nurses, clerks, women they worked with in intelligence or aircraft maintenance. they were looking for the whoican red cross workers had flown into their l.z. that thank yous and hugs we got and continue to get every time we come here are so warm and so amazing to us. message in circle of healing was truly begun. the spiritual component of our wa

do not tell them is this type of restructuring might preclude them because of rules of a five-year look-back period which one considers to move assets. so h.r. 3122 as amended would require that v.a. post warnings on its website about dishonest individuals who would charge fees to this vulnerable group of families to help beneficiaries apply for pension and aid. this bill would require g.a.o. to submit a report to congress on the types of standards intended to protect vulnerable populations. an analysis of the types of financial exploitation facing veterans who are eligible and any other gaps in efforts to address these issues. enjoys broad bipartisan support in the house of representatives as well as from our veteran service organizations. i want to also acknowledge the work of the subcommittee on disability assistance and memorial affairs, chairman and the ranking member to protect veterans. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: i have no other speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is prepared to close. the

but i don't understand how they tell you that you graduated from the program when it feels like you just tap into it. >> you both understand with the same experience that v.a. has initiated the internal review of the eligibility decisions placing a moratorium on any further benefit revocations so we are happy about that nobody has been discharged that is very little solace to you or others at this time to lose those benefits. we do have a letter to the v.a. urging them to read enrolled those were discharged with insufficient explanation in told the review is completed so we will continue to work on this. >> madam chair since i have been gone with the veterans affairs committee and was told i was here and now we need to make it a priority to look at addressing the things that the ranking member mentioned with those revocations and disruption of service. i never miss an opportunity we have a lot of red tape and the dod and v.a.. let your senate offices in the prostate we the scissors. i have been here two and a half years we have opened our 10,000 case 6,000 of which are veteran related so the next time you go to the v.a. with benefits the you are entitled t

let me tell you something, when i enlisted in the army and my wife heard the same thing, the recruiters talked about our v.abenefits. one of the things my recruiter went out of his way to pound home to me was free health care if i ever needed it through the v.a. i was diagnosed with arthritis in active duty. i eventually became disabled and cannot get health care because we did not have obamacare at the time. i went to the v.a. it is a long story and i know you do not have time so let me say this -- they did not own up to it. i have to pay for it. i feel it is wrong. i gave them my service. i do not expect anything more than i earned. i do not believe they are taking care of any of the veterans the way they should. host: two you and the other veterans, a short piece of video of the veterans secretary at an event earlier this week at the national press club, talking about veterans benefits. >> the system appears to put v.a. an adversary relationship with veterans. they have to come to us and ask rather than we try to help them. lastly, the cost projections always fall short. the actual costs of these program

tell us that story. >> yes. i lost my battle buddy five years ago. he committed suicide. his wife called me and said that they could not afford a funeral because the v.a american flag to be draped across your coffin. his body was going to be cremated and put into a baggy and disposed of. we took it upon ourselves to make sure he had a full military funeral. ainsley: you started dog tag furniture. you are making these wooden american flags. you came on our show and what happened? >> i came on your show and within five minutes of being on the show i found out my voice mail can only hold 112 messages. my website crashed. ainsley: yeah, what happened with that? how much did our viewers give. >> my go fund me page didn't take off because of the fees. people came to the website and donating. people were sending me checks for like $5. anywhere from $5 to $5,000 to metropolitan support these veteran families. ainsley: where did the money go? >> the money goes to pay for the funerals of these families who cannot afford one and to try to transition the families to the next phase of their life without their fallen hero. ainsley: i loved even when you were in dir

getting bills from the labs for one thousand two thousand dollars for blood work and staff call in the v.a. tell them i'm keep getting these bills call in the lab company the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't and you're already sick with chemo and radiation olsson all these bills are coming at you nobody is paying them. i mean i mean right now we're a quarter million dollars in debt from cancer cos we're bankrupt. and the v.a. still denies mike. but it's not all the stuff from exposures. the politicians the congressional people that we saw to help us unfortunate drop is like a hot potato swims we make sen. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still do minor cases we have attorneys for sure. there are no contumacy were jews were. you know it was awful didn't make it through a long. time so i can make with the ten year golden rule the v.a. system itself means that about fourteen years or for me it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits because or i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put thei