veterans who are facing these backlogs and facing the service cuts? all right. well, you know, there s a huge veterans service network out there. you can go to iava.org and you can one of our case managers can help a veteran out there who is looking for some sort of assistance whether it s with your claim or whether it s with another service that s shut down. you know, bottom line is we just need to get the government started again. that s the only real solution to this. it s not just about the backlog. it s not just about benefits. it s the entire structure for care and services for the military, for veterans and their families that s suffering, and nothing short of simply restarting the government and getting congress to actually do its job is going to fix that. certainly patrick murphy and you have sent a message to the so-called knuckleheads. message transmitted. thank you very much. and coming up next, chris matthews and his new book about a time when presidents and house sp
website. iava.org and send a message to the president of this nation we need to end this backlog. thinking how we get from the widespread outrage on this now, will, let me ask you this as well, toward the kind of aim paul is talking about there, toward fixing it, when you were up on capitol hill, and you re able to meet face to face and eye-to-eye policymakers and talk to them about this, do you feel veterans being able to tell these stories personally, you being able to tell your personal story is reaching these policymakers in a way they have not been reached before? are you guys able to actually impart the necessary urgency? there were some meetings this week i felt my story opened some eyes and i became a face with an actual problems. there was others that gladly took the meeting, yes, but i don t feel i connected with them. that s frustrating. i m here representing the face you read about and hear about, the neighbor and constituent and person next door that now has a
presidential commission. why do you think that would help? because we re tired of the rhetoric. we need results. the only thing that matters is whether or not our veterans are getting the benefits they deserve. we don t think we should have to wait until the end of 2015 to have this system cleaned up. it s clear the v.a. can t handle it. the backlog and disability and number of claims waiting continue tops go up. the d.o.d. is part of this. we need the president to step in and fix it. put the full creativity and intelligence and power of the american public and white house behind it. we re not asking to put somebody on mars. we re asking to fix a broken paperwork process. right now, 97% of these claims are still on paper. let s go above the v.a. and above the d.o.d. and to the commander in chief and get him involved and we need him to fix it and what we told the white house and we need the american people to tell him. we have a petition on our website. iava.org and send a message to
says, don t count me out. yes, today is super bowl sunday. 111 million viewers will be glued to the tv tonight. will you? also, 111 million viewers are snacking. can you guess the top three foods that go hand in hand with the fwam? we ll tell you about them. we start with mitt romney. he is waking up a very happy man this morning, you could say. the republican presidential candidate is the winner of the nevada caucuses. it was predicted yesterday. 43% of the vote, he got. romney is leading by 33%. newt gingrich with 25% followed with ron paul with 19%. now, mitt romney is the first one of them to score back to back victories. this is big. he rallied his supporters in vegas last night after the fact. our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we re going to build an america are hope is a new job with a paycheck. not a word on an old bumper sticker. newt gingrich says he vows he i
is there improvement? do you feel they are listening to you? we had a good meeting with the white house. that s progress. we need points on the board. the suicide rates continue to skyrocket. unemployment continues to go up. the backlog is a million claims at that time v.a. people are fighting and dying, coming home in record numbers and we need pints on the board. the founder and executive director of veterans of america. good to see you. you, too. i am a supporter of iava as a an organization. learn more about them at iava.org. coming up on countdown the austere voice of reason that is glenn beck asking tea partiers not to dress up in a goofy way at rallies. coming up here, one candidate decides the way to voters heart is by stink bombing mailboxes. this year s elections are fun to cover and a little scary. in the for a chain of supply, that s logistics