problem has been getting into the va system and also legitimately -- you have people who live 50, 60,200 miles away from a facility. should they have to travel 200 miles to get health care? no. the idea of privatizing the va would be a huge disservice to the men and women who have put their lives on the line to defend us. >> do you feel the way that the veterans who have put themselves on the line, do you feel like there's any lesson there in terms of bringing about a social change. you talk about a revolution. have veterans in a way sort of shown us a way around some of those structural barriers to political change? >> i think you have organizations that do a very good job. obviously i know them all because i was chairman of the committee who represents veterans' interests. what i don't think we have at this point is the kind of grassroots activism that we should be having. there's a lot of good groups who are fighting for veterans' rights, but i would like to see more grassroots activism taking place. >> this is about your fundraising. off those huge wins this weekend we know someth

so the va system, the government doesn't provide healthcare. there's no health care system. disenfranchised. and they fund services and states to provide services. it is an agency that is anti- medicine, anti- science and funds wellness programs instead of treatment of the mentally ill. .. >> the budget is just wasted. if you go on the website and you look under -- it is 265 different types of treatment, there is not one medication institute. how can that be? how does the government allow that? this is like an anti-psychiatry agent within the federal government that is spending $3.6 million per year. >> they don't put the money there. >> this is like donald trump is getting popular because of this frustration. >> i will remind you someday of your comment of president trump. >> there is a question from pat, he or she, i think it it is a sheet from the clear handwriting, asked you to talk about a diction in american psychiatry for helping remove the stigma to bring about more treatment. dual dual diagnosis i guess is the fancy term for these kinds of things, talk about it, add

it's part of a broader plan to problems with the va system. >>> and new this morning. officials concerned about the sharp spike in syphilis cases. it's at a 15-year high and more than doubled between 2001 and 2014. over 200 people were diagnosed with syphilis last year. officials say many of the cases involve teen males and adult men adding to the concern more than half of those with syphilis also have hiv, health advocates planning outreach efforts. >>> duke university track faculty taking a step on unionizing. they're hoping to create a collective voice on campus. the durham city council showed their support for a union. >>> coming up. just made history becoming the first openly gay player in the ncaa tournament. >>> plus major changes on the way for sea world, what parts of their shows i find my box of honey bunches of oats and i'm checking to see if i packaged it. best cereal in the world right there. if the last 3 letters were p22, that's me! >>> we're at 53 degrees temperatures continue to drop until the sunrises right around 7:21. we'll be at 51 degrees at 7 a.m

republicans supported a similar effort for the va system, so we know the common ground is there to be found. but we know it's not only when it comes to health care that we have to continue to find common ground. my mom is really the only person who's running for president on either side of the aisle as a record of being able to work with republicans, whether it's on expanding health insurance or radically overhauling adoption on foster care system, something she did with a man named tom delay, not exactly seen as a friend to democrats but because of their joint efforts they are not 80% more children adopted out of foster care system ever year and was a true 15 years ago. she doubled the federal funding for early head start programs working with republicans. she extended va services to national guard men and women when they come home from serving our country overseas so that they and their families can be part of the va system. she did that with republicans. so we need a president who does know how to find common ground. my mom is really the only person running who has a record of doin

even in the va system, which has coverage of across the country typically some of the biggest problems have is where you have to drive two or three hours to get treatment for any kind of medical problem and it discourages people from using it. they start feeling isolated and starts to self medicate. we see a lot of coming back because they don't have easily accessible treatment facilities. so money isn't the entire issue. very rarely is it the solution alone. there has to be passion, there's got to be the stories, there has to be great dedication and professionalism. that money helps and without the government, without us as a society making this commitment, what we will repeatedly end up with is being penny wise and foolish and it is so much more expensive for us not to make these investments because we end up with jails full of folks who can't function when they get out, we end up with people's lives being shattered, folks not being as productive on the job, children suffering from some of the problems of parents who are going through issues that affect their schoolwork and that in t

va is certainly committed to making sure there's access for our members in the sci system of care but there's certainly more that can be done. >> very good. >> i'd like to include capital infrastructure. if you just look at the way the s s.k.i.p. has been put together in between, around $60 billion in construction and infrastructure needs that va would need to do under the current model to close that out over the next decade. that's a tremendous amount. we need to look at ways to afford va the opportunity to enter into public/private partnerships, do sharing agreements with other federal agencies to ensure we can reduce some of that backlog on new construction, but also get us out from underneath some of these older buildings that have non-recurring maintenance costs, they're outrageous because they're so old. i mean, as mentioned in the first panel, if you're trying to maintain a building that's 90 years old, the nonrecurring maintenance value of that is much, much higher than a building that's 10 years old. we need to give them the ability to do those things and need to clearly look

it's part of a plan to rebuild trust after widespread problems with the va system. >>> and several hundred abuses animals re moved will be up for adoption today. advocates from more than 50 agencies have been working to rehabilitate the 10 o'clock this >>> a lot of people have been waiting for this moment. a baby bald eagle finally hatching this morning at the national ar bazoo. a live webb cam has been watching them. they are dubbed mr. president and the first lady. they are the first couple to nest in the area since 1947. >> that is so beautiful. >> it's nice to see life comes in the world, however it gets here. >> something to smile about in washington! impressive! >> nobody can go up against that. >> we need more rebirth in washington. >> right. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour the side of a rock star of evolution. guess who is here? they play husband and wife on the screen and olivia and bobby are hot in our toyota green room! plus, we will learn what really happened when she auditioned for the wall street. >> they are sharing the green room with ano

i run tbi care for the va system and help set that up and in doing the research in the va for that. it's really hard to do after the fact. you have one. it's assessed. you make a diagnosis. that person gets back to activity a day or two. all right? doesn't play sports, but gets back to activity. gets back to school. they're at risk to get another concussion for the first several weeks, months, years even. but we're all at risk to fall down and to be in front of a bus. you're at much higher risk to get fat, to get heart disease, to get psychological problems if you don't go back -- >> tim, i just wanted from my own experience. she was hit in the face. she was told not to go to school. >> i know, it's wrong. it's wrong. >> -- for the next six weeks. only reason we graduated was -- she graduated was because they let her do things after. >> she should have been activated quicker. >> i she was definitely told no contact sports again, and if it happened a second time, she -- >> i know. we need to stop that. >> how many of you think after a person's had initial concussion, whatever its cau

i run tbi care for the va system and help set that up and in doing the research in the va for that.ly hard to do after the fact. you have one. it's assessed. you make a diagnosis. that person gets back to activity a day or two. all right? doesn't play sports, but gets back to activity. gets back to school. they're at risk to get another concussion for the first several weeks, months, years even. but we're all at risk to fall down and to be in front of a bus. . you're the much higher risk to get fat, to get heart disease, to get psychological problems if you don't go back -- >> tim, i just wanted from my own experience. she was hit in the face. she was told not to go to school. >> i know, it's wrong. it's wrong. >> -- for the next six weeks. only reason we graduated was because they let her do things after. >> she should have been activated quicker. >> i was definiteshe was defini the to do contacts sports again and if it happened a second time psh. >> i know. we need to stop that. >> how many of you think after a person's had initial concussion, whatever its causes, that they should

i run tbi care for the va system. it's really hard after months. diagnosis, that person gets back to activity a day or two. doesn't play sports, but gets back to activity. get back to school. they are at risk to get another concussion for the first several weeks, months, even years. we are all at risk to fall down and be in front of a bus. you are much farther -- you are a much further risk to get fat or heart disease. >> i can provide management. she was hit in the face and told not to go in school. >> it's wrong. >> the only reason she graduated is because they let her do things after. >> she should've been activated quicker. >> you are told not to do contact sports again. if it happened a second time -- >> no, we need to stop that. >> how many of you think that the person had an initial concussion, whatever costed that they should return to activity really quickly? -- afterel concussion? a single concussion? >> i've been to your clinic and you pointed out to me that it used to be a state in the dark and didn't do anything for long periods of tim

she mentioned 3/4 of women's veterans don't use the va health care system at all. at first statistics like these may seem surprising. folks might wonder how could these women serve with such honor and then hesitate to even discuss that service when they come home. but when you meet these women and you hear their stories, you begin to understand why they might be reluck tant to taut their status. katherine brown will celebrate her 17th year in the army in may. she's deployed to iraq and served as company commander. but when she decided to reenlist after spending time in civilian life, many folks asked her how she could possibly put her career ahead of her responsibilities as a mom. a question they wouldn't dream of asking her male colleagues. then there's specialist kate hoyt who is with us today rockin' a great jacket by the way. kate searched as an army photo journalist in iraq documenting war on the front lines, ride in convoys and taking cover from mortar fire. but when she walked into a local va organization, the bartender took one look at her and offered her t

separate from active duty and hand it over to the va as a customer, there's a scene there where you medical records are supposed to leave the dod system and picked up by the va hospital network. that calls for something that sounds like medical record. that is largely done and still largely done. that mandate, the mandate for operatable it was several years old and was met so far by the dod taking their approximately 1-file box average paper records per veteran, hiring a contractor to scan them and sending that as a pdf to the va as image pdf. it's still mostly that way, by the way. we have made it somewhat better but there's still a long way to go. that is the nutshell of what there is to do in the va. we are in the middle of it. >> they get to pick their own job titles kind of like silicon valley tradition. [laughter] >> i don't know if he picked it or not but matthew's handle within the va is leader if you're a star wars fan. sorry, go ahead. >> he's been a part of that va effort. you brought up immigration, the short version of that is the process by which you enter the united states on either immigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa.

. >>> the out going chief of va a valeant pharmaceuticals is sc lk int drug price increases in the health care system. last week pearson said he would step down as valeant deal with a number of federal investigations into accounting practices. >>> a new injection that presents debilitating headaches met the main goal of a study. alder is competing with bigger rivals the get this new class of drugs to market. >> it's a problem more than 30 million americans are all too familiar with. migraine laheadaches are not on painful but can be debilitating. options leave a lot of room for improvement. a new group of drugs and development brings hope that may soon change. called cgrp antibodies. they are aimed to prevent migraines before theyy happen. they may produce better results than current therapies. it was new data today that's given support to the whole class. the study results to have shared with a small washington state bio tech company up as much as 50%. defined as 15 days with headaches per month eight of those considered migraines. the medicine reduced migraine base per month by 75% for more than a

system way behind and the american kids lose out. [inaudible] veterans that have fought and more cannot get healthcare from the va and are homeless. i do not understand. why can't they go back to their own country instead of making us taxpayers have to pay for everything, houses, don't you think that takes away from the american family? >> guest: yes, actually, it is not factual that the american taxpayers are paying for health care and welfare treatment for undocumented immigrants. these are people who live in the shadows and are not even entitled to healthcare under obama care. as far as educating children, the way we pay for the education system is through the real estate taxes. every emigrant pays taxes the iran or paying taxes on the house that they might own. it is not true that they are not contributing to the education of their own children. >> host: you tell the story of shannon who worked at the subway up in tempe, arizona. that was her fake name. her mother spent a lot of time in the hospital, and i presume they did not pay for that care. >> guest: i do not know who paid for her care. it is possible that they had health

system? veterans have died waiting for care. why is marco rubio the best pick for the va?he not only drafted legislation to allow the va to fire bad actors and ill administrators but also was brought into a committee concerning when the accountability, that piece was in that legislation. chairman jeff miller is our strongest ally in the house. he personally has a relationship with senator rubio, and has endorsed him. yeah, listen, i lost my legs. i'm having to go find private health care so i don't have to drive 50, 100 miles, wait for someone to tell me my appointment was messed up. that's a big part of taking care of us. that's something that senator rubio has promised to take care of. >> captain hendricks, why do you think ted cruz would do a better job? >> the affordable care act, you look at the size of bureaucracy in the veterans administration right now and you'll see where we'll all end up. it is over burdened with bureaucracy. we wasted $1.1 billion on one hospital in denver and it seems to be out of control. senator cruz suggests that we need to essentially allow

i 39 new escalators at various vas stations.io >>> a group of johns hopkins hki university researchers say theys have found a bug in apple's encryption system.ypon systemy the bug could enable a skilled attacker toacke decrypt photos and video sent as secure instant messages. message the discovery also comes as apple continues to be at odds o with the u.s. government over or unlocking a phone recovered rovr follow last december's deadlyea san bernardino attacks. researchers say the bug would bu not have helped the fbi poll the data. >> if you purchase add kindlein listen close toll this.l thi amazon said a deadline ofe tomorrow to update your outdated software. if you don't install the update you will still be able to read o books you don't loaded but youob will no longer be able to download kindle books from theoe cloud.d. access the kindle store or use e various other services on then t device.vi the emergency update affects the original kindle paper weight ane every model before it. >> all right. all r laura is off today.is offoday. she apparently came down with aw caves march madness over the weakened. weakened. >> a lot of people did.ot o good new

system every year. double that start, extended va services and that in their families can be part.le of points. the 1st relates to the supreme court. i had no idea the supreme court would be thrust into the spotlight it has been. and they always take a moment. nine children, 20 grandchildren about as far away as you can get. spoken openly that he more than anyone helped her learn the inner workings so that she could become an effective just as quickly. i just think it is important for those of us who may be especially for those of us who violently disagree is i did, just about everything, hyper polarization and politicalization clearly addressing. what is passing is revealed, why the supreme court is so important. bailey to the length of campaign. usually important that we overturn citizens united. an organization set up one purpose. she has a personal interest in overturning citizens united. we know the court is important for so much more. so just a few. in 2013 court overturned a core part of the voting rights act. we are seeing that in this election. there are more voter restric

systems. there are other leadership difficulties within the v.a. i want to help our veterans like anybody else, but i don't think the answer is to advance the appropriations for the other 15% of va that's not related to the health services and, at the same time, reward them with more money when they haven't spent the money that they have appropriately. i yield back. >> time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute to close. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank my colleagues for their service as well. and i certainly agree that this is something that we should be able to find some common ground on. you know, when i was in the infantry, fighting in iraq, there were times when we approached problems and they said you're not going to be able to solve this with air power. that didn't mean it was right to take that air power away. they said you're not going to be able to solve this with artillery. that didn't mean they should take our guns away. we're not rewarding the va. we're just giving veterans what they need to get the services that they require. that's why i think this is important. now, in all the comments no one addressed chairma

thicker revive your va va voom and save on any rogaine® >>> yucky, rain, rain, rain, all streaming from the south. it is a couple seasons we are deal with this morning a coastal systemnd this cold front will come through. once that happens we will get pretty high wind later this afternoon. so think about when the rain end the wind will pick up and you better hold on to your hat. if you think it is a bad hair day already because of the rain it will be worse when the wind come n we will see heavier rain rolling into southern delaware, southern new jersey, it is still just kind of spotty here, in philadelphia but we will look up to the north and it is very light rain but it is very misty even in places where it isn't actively down pouring but around philadelphia area we're seeing plenty of rain, you will need umbrella umbrella worth any cape may county. milford in dover, delaware we are seeing heavy downpours as well. looking at the future cast we will see rain ending by about 11:00 or 12:00 o'clock but as temperatures pick up so dot wind. we will end up in the mid 60's today and then getting pretty chilly tonight but look the at wind gusts by 3:00 in the afternoon we'

insufficient funding for va programs creates an environment where veterans fall through the cracks, long wait times, adequate psychological treatment programs and technology systems have created a crisis that too little funding will only exacerbate. the bottom line is this. our veterans deserve the best health care in the world. our veterans have earned the best health care in the world. we owe it to past and present service members to provide them with quality health care, education, job training and long-term treatment that they have earned to make sure that their transition back to life here at home is successful. but, despite the good efforts at the va, our veterans continually suffer from treatment options, high unemployment, suicide and homelessness. we can do better. that begins with providing adequate funding for the nondefense portion of the budget. for too long, the sequester and significant budget cuts have put countless programs, including those at the va at risk. this amendment rejects arbitrary republican cuts and restores funding to the president's requested levels for fiscal year 2017 and for advanced appropriations. the amendment i am offering to

va for counseling, not out of the country. so they are lobbying very hard to come home. >> amazing story. margaret amis detained and deported what happens in the undocumented immigrants in the legal system put a human face on how the system choose people out. i wonder if you can talk a little bit about the experiences of yolanda, a woman who gets caught up in a prostitution sting and ends up in prison. >> you want is a good case. she was brought to the united states by her and who had custody of her. when she got here, she never went to high school. she went to work for us. she worked in fast food joints. she worked for a cleaning company and she told me she had really advanced and become a manager. she was really part of her skills. always, always work. she had three kids. the second and third child whereby a man who ended up becoming an abuser and feeding her regularly. one night he practically killed her and she fled the house of the children, applied for another cleaning job in which you got there, it turned out to be an old-fashioned brothel operated out of a motel. she sort of fell into the clutches of those guys. she realized what it was, tried to get out. they threatened to kill

homeless veterans in san francisco and create a system that quickly responds to veterans who become homeless and rehouse them right away. this pulls together the va, hud, housing authority, you know, integral great leadership in our community that comes from service providers, working with veterans and different city staff working in different departments. we were able to identify 101,367 veterans that are experiencing homelessness over the years we have been working on this. currently, we have houses 559 chronically homeless veterans through coordinated entry system. 169 veterans outside of that system, and we're currently working with the priority list of 183 chronically homeless veterans, and 103 of those have hud vouchers in hand and if there is any landlords out there, we are always looking for a landlord to accept housing vouchers. we have worked very diligently with hud to raise the payment standards for hud payments and if anyone is listening and is interested, please do email us at hope@sfgov.org, i can't let that go. we developed a navigation center last year, and it's about to have its 1-year anniversary march 30th. in that time 355 pe

system. recent trips and interviews added greatly, but another important contribution was wargaming. it was conducted by the center for critical analysis. lay on was working on similar ugh wass, -- larry va working on a similar project, and proposed that the two of them work on a book together. the centralnsformed fight needs into a narrative everyone could ingest. describedrio potentially brought the naval war to the front of the narrative. clancy shows this as an indirect form of consumption, of actual military scenarios. wargame was of the only one to have influence. ghn disliked the navy wargames, because it was classified and made it difficult to use, so he made up his own, a game called par harpooning. his time studying this and wrote a letter to larry vaughn, and it became a method for validating scenarios in the book. soviet bombers were able to heavily damaged in aircraft carrier in iceland. the purpose of war gaming is not to identify what will happen, but what could. a lot of the games serve as important analytical tools for military planners. longtime ciaa wargamer, the peyton manning of wargames, noted can have an impact. this forces a lot more personal investment into scena