and more lawmakers are calling for the va secretary, eric shinseki to resign. he speaks today before a homeless veterans group, a day after going to capitol hill and speaking privately with lawmakers. this as he seems to be losing the support of his boss, the president, all after the va's own probe found a cnn investigation was true. hundreds of vets in phoenix were kept off the official books and not given appointments, possibly with deadly results. now, many are asking, how long can shinseki keep his job? our jim acosta has more this morning for us from the white house. >> reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president's full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. >> how does he run the department if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president?