reporters that he has not offered the president his resignation. he said, "you guys know me better than that." but his remaining support is tenuous. do you still think that he should be at the helm? >> i have not called for general shinseki to resign, although i have to admit, i'm getting a little closer. the reports that continue to come are appalling. these are men and women who served our country, and -- we've not just let them down, we've let them die! >> reporter: congress is stepping up its investigation of the va, but three va officials scheduled to attend a house veterans affairs committee meeting yesterday morning didn't show up. and later in the afternoon, the va general counsel scrapped a meeting with that committee's chairman, jeff miller, after miller demanded it be open to the press. >> we waited all day long. we called nine times for them to tell us whether or not they were going to come, and he never came. >> reporter: all of this while the president's point person on