She is director of the phoenix v. A. , and now she finally did agree to talk with our drew griffin after leaving in her vehicle. Tonight, at 8 50 to be precise, we got word that she and two others have been placed on administrative leave. Well have more on this later in the hour. First, though, malaysian authorities releasing more on the flight 370. What little there is is not flattering. The document of wasted time and opportunities to contact the boeing triple 7, to track it and investigate whether or not it was in trouble and ultimately find the remains of it. Rene marsh has more. Reporter almost two months after flight 370 vanished, malaysian authorities finally released an official report to the public. The fivepage document doesnt explain why the plane went missing but does make clear that for hours after the plane went missing there was confusion and misinformation. Moments after the flights now famous communication. Contact with flight 370, good night. Good night. 370. Reporter
V. A. That moves comes hours after a House Committee voted to subpoena emails from the Veterans Committee secretary Erik Shinseki, all of this from a cnn investigation not found 40 veterans died at the phoenix v. A. Awaiting for treatment according to sources. Our correspondent drew griffin has been all over this for months joining us from san antonio with the very latest. What about this audit . Whats going on . Reporter we first heard about it through congresswoman ann kirkpatricks office from arizona and confirmed through the Veterans Affairs committee and will be what they call a nationwide access review and will determine just how quickly or maybe not quickly veterans are getting access to their medical care. From what we determined, this will be a face to face audit at every v. A. Facility and clinic across the country. That is going to be a pretty widespread and a lot of work to be done by the v. A. Much called for i guess by the people who have been calling for this for over a
Documenting how some hospitals have been making them wait for care. And at least three hospitals made them wait for care. One v. A. Hospital had a secret list of wait times that they kept hidden. And reporting last night got action, tonight, we can report on what could, what might be the early signs of accountability. It concerns the woman in the car youre about to see here running away. Director helman, can you please talk to us, director helman . She is director of the phoenix v. A. , and now she finally did agree to talk with our drew griffin after leaving in her vehicle. Tonight, at 8 50 to be precise, we got word that she and two others have been placed on administrative leave. Well have more on this later in the hour. First, though, malaysian authorities releasing more on the flight 370. What little there is is not flattering. The document of wasted time and opportunities to contact the boeing triple 7, to track it and investigate whether or not it was in trouble and ultimately f
Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Disturbing details coming to light today disturbing the scandal plagued v. A. Hospital in phoenix. Troops coming home were kept waiting for 10 months for followup at the facility. These were not run of the mill issues that could be delayed. Were talking about people that were injured by being blown up by ieds. Were talking about people who had a mental breakdown and have severe ptsd and having trouble functioning. Were talking about veterans that were severely injured by some means in the while in the military, even if it wasnt in actual combat. Cnn Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin was the first to expose the extent of the problems inside the v. A. Facility in phoenix and elsewhere. Drew, white house chief of staff, rob nabors has now arrived in phoenix where you are and the president directed him to try to deal with this crisis. What does he hope to accomplish . Reporter we asked him that on his way in this morning. Rob
The plane. Right now a horrifying story out of pakistan, a pregnant woman stoned to death by family members after she refused to marry the man they had chosen for her, all this coming just days after an american doctor was brutally gunned down in front of his wife and young son. Hello. Im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. The scandal is growing bigger and calls are growing louder for the v. A. Secretary to resign. We first reported preliminary findings from the Inspector Generals report on the v. A. Scandal. Thats when senator john mccain for the first time, called for secretary Erik Shinseki to step down. Since then, events have unfolded at a furious place. The white house says secretary shinseki is quote on thin ice with president obama. The Administration Says the president found the report on the scandal quote deeply troubling. The scathing report says at least 1700 veterans waiting to see a doctor at the phoenix v. A. Hospital were never scheduled for appointments and they w