to whether they have colluded with the prugss during the campaign. republicans, eric, have shown outrage over this growing scandal. talk to me a little about their reaction. do you expect that outrage, whether it s real or not to grow or will it wane? well, honestly, the kind of lack of outrage from republicans on the hill has been more striking over the past month than their outrage. they have little political incentive still to separate themselves from the president, despite his low approval ratings nationally as you know, his base remains loyal photo him. those are the republicans people need to win election, including general elections, few talk to senator mcconnell or speaker ryan who was asked the past week to comment on the latest developments, that i will defer to the investigations.
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human and civil rights. hello, everyone. i m ashleigh banfield. it s monday, june 23rd. welcome to legal view. unsterile medical equipment, chronic staffing shortages, neglecting elderly veterans for years and years. breaking news this hour, yet another scathing report about the va. amid cnn s investigation into this growing scandal, the office of special council sent a startling new letter straight to the white house. outlining whistleblower complaints at ten va hospitals across the country. senior investigative correspondent drew given has been on the case. he joins me live now with the latest. joining him is cnn legal analyst paul callan, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor is has a few thoughts on these latest very bad pieces of information. drew, i want to start with you. outline how bad this really is been. i think the bottom line is how bad it is is the fact that all those problems you
might be i a i think you re rig, it has the potential to be explosive on a possible presidential run. we are told she details some of this story in her new book coming out in a couple of weeks about benghazi. we will see how detailed that chapter is. martha: thank you very much. bill: breaking news, threatening to subpoena several top officials if they do not willingly defend them next week. coming from eric shinseki as lawmakers and veteran groups call on them to take action now on a growing scandal. bill o reilly argues this is just part of the administration and this president. the obama administration finds itself facing scandalous situation it knew about and did little to improve.
martha: we are back. we have a fox news alert because because the president is set to speak later this hour. he is meeting now with the veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki. that is how we start this new hour of america s newsroom. busy morning. bill: good morning. all this is a scandal over the conduct grows bigger every day. before making a statement, his huddling in the oval office, but secretary shinseki and others. the president has been under fire for remaining silent for so long on this growing scandal. today we will hear about 45 minutes from now what he has to say. senior white house correspondent wendell goldberg live at the north lawn. what is happening at the moment? these have been the president s first comments on the scandal since answer a