descents and radicalized and traveled to war torn areas with three other men. he s reportedly posted pictures of himself on line holding guns. back here at home, a late night hearing about the lack of care given at v.a. hospitals gets pretty heated as congress grills officials for answers. listen to this. i value the v.a. system greatly. i think it is a good system. i it s not a good system. how could you say i think it is a good system. really? yes, i do. not if you re a veteran. this as the office of special counsel sends a letter to the president blasting the v.a. for ignoring whistle blower warnings. it said officials failure to act is part of a troubling pattern that s been taking place nationwide. the acting secretary ordered a review of the system to handle those whistle blower complaints. his uncle is the patriarch of the duck dynasty clan.
the girth, why is that okay? since when do we mock people? because he s a conservative, because he s a republican. there seems to be a double standard. i guess so. don t see that on the other side. any way it is great he was out there. it is the second time in a week. last week he was out there on jimmy fallon cutting it up. heather nauert is standing by. the fact that he was at yankee stadium reminds me of fox fan day coming up next month. it is going to be fun. on thursday we ll reveal the day and the month; has just been revealed. all right. got headlines. a heated late-night hearing as congressmen and v.a. officials go at it again. listen here as colorado congressman mike kauffman grills a v.a. officia dr. thomas lynch. i value the v.a. system greatly.
three times to try to find them all. they re going to try to get those veterans an appointment. if they can t get them into a v.a. facility, if they say there s no appointment available at a v.a. facility, they re planning to help arrange an appointment at private practice and they re doing this immediately. so those there are the specifics on those things that the president casually mentioned last week. now we know what he meant, because the v.a. are apparently doing it. if they are doing it, that s a piece of positive news for the v.a. as they handle this ongoing problem. they re at least doing something besides studying the matter and answering questions on it. of course, there are also multiple investigations by the white house, by the v.a. in the form of in-person audits they re doing at v.a. medical centers across the country, and by the independent inspector general for the v.a. the tentative timeline for that inspector general to finish his final report is august. but today the
those veterans an appointment. if they can t get them into a v.a. facility, if they say there s no appointment available at a v.a. facility, they re planning to help arrange an appointment at private practice and they re doing this immediately. so those there are the specifics on those things that the president casually mentioned last week. now we know what he meant, because the v.a. are apparently doing it. if they are doing it, that s a piece of positive news for the v.a. as they handle this ongoing problem. they re at least doing something besides studying the matter and answering questions on it. of course, there are also multiple investigations by the white house, by the v.a. in the form of in-person audits they re doing at v.a. medical centers across the country, and by the independent inspector general for the v.a. the tentative timeline for that inspector general to finish his final report is august. but today the inspector general released an interim report, that focused mostl
friday, this friday, the day after tomorrow, to finish those initial assessments. once those initial assessments are completed, the v.a. says it is going to reach out to the individual veterans who are on these wait lists. they re going to reach out up to three times to try to find them all. they re going to try to get those veterans an appointment. if they can t get them into a v.a. facility, if they say there s no appointment available at a v.a. facility, they re planning to help arrange an appointment at private practice and they re doing this immediately. so those there are the specifics on those things that the president casually mentioned last week. now we know what he meant, because the v.a. are apparently doing it. if they are doing it, that s a piece of positive news for the v.a. as they handle this ongoing problem. they re at least doing something besides studying the matter and answering questions on it. of course, there are also multiple investigations by the white house, b