were empty. some ashes were thrown on a dirt heap and that s what the members of congress want to get to today. bill: have the problems been corrected? what happens next. reporter: they are aware of the problems. there might be a senate hearing. they are investigate to see if only 211 graves could have been involved. there might be for. they have taken steps to move in the direction of solving this problem. the main problem being recordkeeping. all the national cemeteries are computerized. it s our little cards and pieces of paper and big maps so they need to modernize that system and that s what members of this committee will be hearing today. bill: thank you, steve. steve centanni on capitol hill. martha: it s one of the first deadlines we are seeing in america s new healthcare law
creek bed suggests at some point in time this was an acceptable way in which to dispose of head stones. currently policy dates to 1994 and certainly this is not now on acceptable way to dispose of head stones anymore. what they do know is they take them off site and recycle them. but somebody was discovering an old headstone, just thrown in the creek, it would appear to be very disrespectful, jon. jon: you touched on it, this is part of a larger problem at arlington these days. what does the pentagon have to say? reporter: a pentagon spokesman just yesterday commented on all of that, saying this specific incident is alarming and we are concerned about it. they re also alarld and concerned about the bigger picture, which, of course, was exposed earlier. that is the inspector general report on arlington national cemetary showing a pattern of mismanagement, bad record keeping, some graves doubled up with ashes bush he d on top of casket, some ashes thrown on top of a dirt heap, where th