Medical system was overwhelm with new cases from americas recent wars and the needs of vietnam vets well into the highest needs years of life. Reports coming out of the Veterans Affairs showing reduced waiting time. Cleared out backlogs and high levels of satisfaction from the veterans. Then bad news started to seep out. First, some were faking their new numbers. The waits were much longer. And systemic lying, untreated medical conditions, and evening managers reaching goals never achieved. They werent confined to a few bad apple offices , and Erik Shinseki resigned. The resignation came this morning. I said we would not tolerate misconduct, and we will not. There are too many veterans receiving care who deserve our best efforts, and an honest assessment if something is not working. The president thanked the retired four Star Army General Erik Shinseki. But after repeated reports of poor care and mounting criticism, the president decided he would accept shinsekis resignation with with
Live now from capitol hill. Just after 8 p. M. On the east coast. Whats going on . Reporter whats going on is were waiting for white smoke out of the House Speakers Office which is right down the hall to see if they actually have a plan. Our understanding in talking to sources in the Republican Party and even some democrats is that theyre working on trying to shorten that stopgap measure instead of three weeks, which failed to just seven days for one week. The hope is that will appeal to enough conservatives who voted no. More than 50 republicans voted against this and that was part of the problem. But its still up in the air whether and how they can do that. But of course the clock is ticking and theyre still meeting trying to figure out a plan b. They simply didnt have one. They did not have one. They didnt expect this to happen dana. How did it why did it . Reporter good question. I mentioned the republicans who voted no. And then the other factor a big factor is democrats. Almost a
Cnns Nick Paton Walsh has more from beirut. Reporter the clearest claim of responsibility from al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula that they were behind the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in paris. Now, this 12minute message read by one of the official spokespeople says that the kouachi brothers were heroes who were assigned accepted and fulfilled the task they were given and it specifies that key Al Qaeda Leaders help choose those targets. It says that the successor to osama bin laden, head of al qaeda, and an american citizen key in al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula known as Anwar Al Awlaki killed in a drone strike in 2011. This message says he was operationally involved in this attack. Thats key because he was killed in a drone strike in 2011. That would suggest that perhaps if he was involved in this the planning was maybe in place or resources or some sort of designation as early as 2011 and kouachi brothers laid dormant for as long as three years in france before they launch
Second screen experience. Search fox news debate on goggle any time in the next two hours to access exclusive content. You can see the campaigns respond to the debate in realtime and you can weigh in by voting on the tompics being discussed. Just go to google. Com. Google sees political searches spike during televised president ial debates, no surprise there. But they spike by more than 440 on average, as voters across america seek to learn more about whats happening on the live debate stage. Seven candidates are on that stage tonight. Their position on the stage determined by their standing in the latest national polls. As well as polls in iowa and new hampshire. And here they are. Texas senator ted cruz. [ applause ] florida senator marco rubio. [ applause ] dr. Ben carson. [ applause ] former Florida Governor jeb bush. [ applause ] new jersey governor chris christie. [ applause ] Ohio Governor john kasich. [ applause ] and kentucky senator rand paul. [ applause ] apparently iowa is
Second screen experience. Search fox news debate on goggle any time in the next two hours to access exclusive content. You can see the campaigns respond to the debate in realtime and you can weigh in by voting on the tompics being discussed. Just go to google. Com. Google sees political searches spike during televised president ial debates, no surprise there. But they spike by more than 440 on average, as voters across america seek to learn more about whats happening on the live debate stage. Seven candidates are on that stage tonight. Their position on the stage determined by their standing in the latest national polls. As well as polls in iowa and new hampshire. And here they are. Texas senator ted cruz. [ applause ] florida senator marco rubio. [ applause ] dr. Ben carson. [ applause ] former Florida Governor jeb bush. [ applause ] new jersey governor chris christie. [ applause ] Ohio Governor john kasich. [ applause ] and kentucky senator rand paul. [ applause ] apparently iowa is