Million this weekend . Hello, everybody. Thank you for joining us on this friday. Im betty nguyen. Veterans Affairs Secretary shinseki is refusing to resign over allegations that waiting for health care at va hospitals led to veterans deaths. Jim miklaszewski has details. Reporter as a former army general, this is not expect secretary eric shinsekis idea of taking the hill. He appeared before the Veterans Affairs committee to answer questions and taking the heat of the growing scandal over Veterans Affairs. Any adverse incident like this makes me as makes me mad as hell. Reporter its alleged that va hospitals in at least eight states were hiding veterans wait. Were people, quote, unquote, cooking the books . Im not aware except a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. Reporter its reported 40 veterans may have died while waiting for medical care. So far the va Inspector General has investigated 17. I know 17. We didnt conclude so far. This needs to be a wakeup call to the department. No one should be treated this way in a country as great as ours. Reporter shinseki stood his ground. We only have one mission, taking care of these veterans and not these veterans. Im one of them. Reporter harshest critics claim that shinseki has been missing in action. The only time we hear from him is when somebody calls for his resignation. Reporter jim milkulous sh s nbc news. Firefighters continue to battle the flames in san diego. Theyre asking for the publics help to figure out what caused so many wildfires to start at the same time. The late frest cast from carlsb california. Reporter firefighters race against the wind, carrying embers against the tree tops and up in swirling columns that folks here are calling firenados. Neighbors hoping the shower of sparks coming down wont overtake their homes. One exploded with propane tanks going off like rockets. Three big black columns of smoke and it just took off like crazy. Reporter with more homes lost in san marcos to the advancing flames of the cocoas fire. In carlbad seven homes destroyed plus a complex that housed condos. Firefighters won the battle. They didnt stop the fire here, it usually went into these houses and we would have lost the whole neighborhood. From what could become a very dangerous fire season, the worst fire season that we have seen in a long, long time. Reporter a dousing from above as hand crews dig lines under, its a struggle, fruitless until the weather offers some relief. Carls bad, california. Two people were arrested overnight for trying to start a fire in san diegos escondido area. Police have not said whether the pair were involved in any of the wildfires currently burning. A former Army Officers wife in tampa will be spending the rest three hours ago. Jury announced a verdict in the julie schenecher murder trial. She was found guilt on both counts in the deaths of her children. After the verdict was announced she accepted it and apologized. I apologize to everybody in this courtroom, whose lives i have destroyed. Schenechers lawyers argued she had suffered from Mental Illness and was legally insane at the time of the killings. Aaron hernandez had been charged with two counts of first degree murder relating to a 2012 driveby shooting. Prosecutors say he followed the two victims and ambushed them after a chase encounter at a boston nightclub. The dispute started over a spilled drink, prosecutors said. He has been behind bars awaiting the trial of semi pro Football Player lloyd, who was dating the sister of his girlfriend. Barbara walters officially will sign off today on an episode of the view taped yesterday. The trailblazer gets a starstudded sendoff with appearances from Oprah Winfrey and hillary clinton. She is also joined by 25 female journalists who she influenced and inspired along the way. And what do we say now . Have a great day, everyone. Take a little time to enjoy the view. Thank you. Going to miss her. Shes definitely been a pioneer. I say shell retire for a week and thats it. Exactly. Were expecting some kind of Barbara Walters special to pop up. Of course. We cannot say goodbye. Good morning to you. Hello to you, betty. Happy friday. We did make it to friday. Jack nicholson made it to a clippers fan, rooting for the other hometown team. Not all nice, though, leaving that clippers fan hanging there. Left him hanging. Not all love, i guess. That combo gets los angeles ahead in the game. Led by Kevin Durants 49 points, way too much. 9498 oklahoma city. Washington down by 16 in the second half. Taking the lead off this three. Its a beauty. Then goes scoreless for five minutes. They were silent. Indiana chugs ahead for a 9389 win. Spurs thunders face off monday. Standing or running jump, still the number one draft prospect. Look at the height on that. What would you say his hop is there . 12 feet . I dont know. Those fingers trying to hit those measuring bars on top. Yeah, that was easy for him, too. The catch made after 1 00 am in the morning because of weather delays. Does he look tired . No way. He looks like a pro is what he looks like. Exactly. Sending Trinity Catholic high school to the championship game. High school. Jamis winstons shoplifting spree, the football baseball star decided to steal crab legs. Threegame suspension and 20 Hours Community service for crab legs. Johnny manziel sign there, now its there. Theyre labeled johnny cash tshirts. Nice. After striking a deal with the nfl. Thats probably got. Speckled bonnet for saturday, the preakness. Speckled . What are you talking about . Like sparkles on it. Speckled, huh. Like bill karins. Yeah. I can give him 100 bucks if he could spell bespeckled right now. You cant even say it. The fires that continue to burn in california. It was 102 in downtown l. A. Thats not phoenix or vegas. I mean, its not supposed to be that hot. It was one of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in downtown l. A. Yesterday. Today is cooler. Its still dry. Fire danger will greatly be reduced this weekend. A ton of flooding concerns. Show you where we have flash flood warnings, a couple of them 30 miles to the west of d. C. As far as the heavy rains go, theyre shifting out of North Carolina into eastern North Carolina, eastern virginia, right up over the top of washington, d. C. And a lot of that rain now in central pennsylvania and central new york. Eventually, that will move through areas of new york city, philadelphia later today. It will be a very wet friday. Lot of travel trouble problems as i mentioned over the weekend. Were okay. Everything is pretty normal. No washout. Okay. Normal. I havent heard that in a while from you. Neither have i. All right. Thank you. Just in time for the weekend. New hampshire says hes justified in calling president obama the n word. An accident that sent the victim flying. Her condition and details next. Lets get down to business with cnbcs jackie deangelis. New rules would allow internet providers to charge sites more money in exchange for faster service. Car service app uber is seeking another round of fundraising that would value the company at 10 billion, nearly three times the companys 3. 5 billion valuation from last year. 12. 8 million recalls worldwide from gm motors this year. Completely dissolved their stakes in gm in response to these recalls. Lots of trouble at gm. Back to you. Wow, thank you, jackie. A massive explosion in seara. Check this out after rebels sent off a bomb in a tunnel load with 60 tons of explosives. This was the site of the syrian army base noch. No casualty numbers were immediately available. It crashes and sends an 8yearold girl flying sheechlt suffered a concussion but otherwise is okay. Two men have been charged in connection with that crash. A 34yearold woman was caught pretending to be a 15yearold high school sophomore, staying with family in east texas and was actually enrolled in a local high school. No word yet on why. But her principal told nbc news there were no red flags and that she was a good student. A scary situation for people on board a flight bound for tulsa, oklahoma. A report of an engine fire forced an American Airlines plane to circle dallasft. Worth airport before making an emergency landing. Air Traffic Control noticed the fire immediately. We saw flames from the right side engine. How scary is that . Airline spokeswoman said it was caused by a maintenance issue. Police commissioner in New Hampshire is refusing to step down or even apologize after racial comments he made about the president. People called for 82yearold robert copelands resignation at a town hall meeting yesterday. 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A 17yearold student has unseated a West Virginia lawmaker. Yes. This week, sarah blair won a primary for the state house. She will be 18 years old by election day in november. And she graduates from high school next week. Also next week, a talent show at the white house. First Lady Michelle obama is hosting an event which will showcase performances by people in, quote, turn around arts, a program meant to help showcase talent. Sarah Jessica Parker and others will be in attendance. Not an snl sketch. Four gop candidates faced off in a primary debate wednesday in idaho. You just have to see this to believe it. Ive got a masters in raising hell. Weve got a bunch of eastern idiots. Hey fiddle, fiddle. Half the Republican Party is democrats and half of the Democratic Party is communist. And you have your choice, folks, a cowboy, a curmudgeon, biker or normal guy. Take your pick. Heaven forbid the normal guy. Thats your dish of scrambled politics. I am joined now by kevin cirilli. Oh, my gosh, kevin. Happy friday. What in the world is going on in idaho . I think, in all seriousness, its twoterm Governor Otter facing some challenges. Which is he, the normal guy . Is he the i know, right . I think it speaks to a larger issue within the Republican Party, that there is this division. Theyre hitting him for his adopting of obamacare on the state level. And, you know, we all saw it. It went viral yesterday. And it speaks for itself, i think. Does it not . Let me get this straight d that one candidate incriminate himself saying that he killed a wolf on the endangered species list . How did they even get on that topic . It makes you wonder that. Remember in the last cycle when there were binders full of women and the whole big bird comments . Right. That almost looks boring compared to what we saw. I could watch these guys go at it all day long. Same. We do have to shift gears here. National security adviser susan rice was asked if the new committee questioning the benghazi attack will lead to new administration. Her response was dang if i know. It seems like her frustration is showing a little bit, wouldnt you say . You know, shes going to have to get used to it. The panels continue and the investigations are continuing and republicans, led by people like senators john mccain, kelly ayotte, lindsey graham, are not letting this issue die. There will be more panels next week. And even just yesterday, i was attending a speech by senator mccain. Again, he brought up benghazi and held a press conference on it. Its an issue that i think the republicans think they still have legs on. It will be interesting to see. Ambassador rice is wondering this as well, whether or not there will be any new detail that is emerge. Kevin, as always, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Have a good weekend. You, too. Dont go anywhere. First buzz is coming up next. 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Speaking of names on cups Social Security administration puts out the most popular names that are given to kids in the previous year. So, mothers day, just this past sunday, right, they put out the names. There were some 1400 new names. I want to show you the craziest ones. First of all, ill show you, i guess well have the girls. Vanellope. 63 children named vanellope in 2013, coming from that movie wreck it ralph, pistol, happiness and pemberley. And for the boys, j krchceion, and xzaiden. Xzaiden is rough. 12,000yearold skull near the yucatan. They believe it is from siberia. All right. Way too early starts right now. I dont like political correctness. Can i say this . It sucks. Its bondage. And im not im about as politically correct as your proverbial turd in a punch bowl. Im proud of t im going for t im going for the vote of the real people out there, not these bondage type people who dont have a clue about picking up strangers at night and hauling them god knows where. There you have it. Idaho politics just got real, the mustsee debate where one gop candidate is rung on an antipolitical correctness platform for governor. New allegations surface as the government continues to use chemical weapons against its own people in syria. Tearing through neighborhoods. Do investigators have fresh clues about an arsonist . This is way too early. Hey, everybody. Free and open debates especially with bikers named harley, mustsee gop debate in idaho. Its going to rock your world. Serious news out of parts of southern california. It continues to be under a state of emergency as crews battle to contain several wildfires, tearing across the landescape there. The flames have scorched more than 15 square miles, forced tens of thods