Limited to football. The calls are piling up on capitol hill now for Veterans Affair secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. Its clear that the va has ill served our nations veterans for some time and that this poor treatment became even more alarming and more tragic lately. Accountability for this starts at the very top. Shinseki and other va leaders have been facing tough questions about a coverup. Lisa stark is in washington for us. If you would, walk us through the report that is seemingly confirming a lot of those original allegations reporter it is indeed, tony. Its a report by the inspector generals. It is extremely troubling. It found systemic delays in treatments for vets throughout the system. The report looked at the phoenix hospital thats been at the center of the controversy and it found that 1700 veterans who needed care who wanted care werent even on the official waiting list. They could have gotten lost in the system. Eric shinseki has written an opinion piece in u. S. A. To
At the Syrian Embassy in buy root, syrians in lebanon come to cast thor vote. Vowing to fight terrorism, nigerias president pledging to bring an end to boko haram. Ukraines government says at least 14 have been killed after prorussian separatists shot down a military helicopter over the eastern city of donetsk. This comes as separatists have been seeing heading toward slovyansk airport. The government has taken control of the site, but the separatists the road leading to it. Lets get more on this from our correspondent. David, can you give us more about the helicopter that was shot down . It was a droop carrier. It wasnt a helicopter gun ship like weve seen around the skies in donetsk and earlier this week. Apparently there were 14 soldiers onboard. They just put a new shift into an army base. Including amongst those killed was a senior army general, the Ukrainian Government have confirmed that death toll, 14 killed when the helicopter came down. Apparently the prorussian separatists f
Nigerias president promises to bring back the missing school girls and wage war against boko haram. Robin adams with all the sport. The latest from the french open. And the owner of Manchester United, malcolm glaser, passes away, three days after his 86th birthday. Former army chief abdul fatah alsisi looks to be heading for a landslide victory in the president ial election. Official results are to be declared. Supporters claim to have won over 90 of the vote. The low turn out is an embarrassment for the government. Despite a day of voting and transport, less than half the electorate cast their ballots. The official winner has not been announced. These egyptians are celebrating. Preliminary results released by the government suggest that former army chief abdul fatah alsisi has won the president ial elections with more than 90 of the vote. Al jazeera banned from reporting in egypt, cannot independently verify the figure. That didnt matter to abdul fatah alsisis supporters. Translation
So, vote counting is underway in egypts president ial election. The former army chief abdul fatah alsisi seems to be heading for a win. Final results may not be out, but abdul fatah alsisi reporters celebrated in Tahrir Square after the Campaign Team said that earlier results showed that he had won over 90 of the vote. However, it seems that the extraordinary high turn out failed, and despite a publicity campaign, free transport and an extra day of voting less than half the county cast votes. Well talk to a senior lecturer with the university, in politics. Hes joining us from doha. According to unofficial figures that we are getting. According to state media, they are putting the number of voters at 23 million. Some say, you know, lower than the abdul fatah alsisi camp hopped for and anticipated. I think 23 million is an extremely exaggerated number based on what we saw. We know or have an idea of how a turn out or 52 turn out looks like, if you look at the percentage elections of 2012
Hello, im ray suarez, a Brown University study puts the cost of the iraq war to the United States at over 2 trillion. The cost of war project at ground estimates 134,000 iraqi civilians died in the long years of war. Add Security Forces, aid workers, and journalists, and that number leaps to between 176 and 189,000. Just under 4500 american troops died. That eightyear american presence brought down the murderous rule of saddam hussein, disbathed the baath party and the army. Americans worked hard to rebuild the civil serves and the police. And u. S. Left in 2011. After eight years and eight months, unable to reach a deal with the Iraqi Government for keeping troops in the country. And today, less than three years later, the weaknesses, contradictions and unsolved riddles, with a postsaddam iraq are apparent. The Prime Minister of iraq has declared a state of emergency. After days of intensifying violence, some 1300 fighters from the Islamic State of iraq, besieged the Northern City of