New information now on the Veterans Affairs scandal. An internal audit says 121,000 veterans across the country are experiencing long wait time for va health care. 90 days for their very first appointments. The va says its eliminating its 14 day scheduling goal for appointments april finding it is, quote, not ataxicabbable. Mike viqueria is live in washington for us. Mike, do these not attainable. Do these numbers add a new perspective on just how bad these numbers are . With yet more to come tony this scandal shows no sign of abating. Weve first seen the ig report of about two weeks ago that indicated the phoenix facility where this scandal originated, the wait times incredibly long. The allegations that 40 veterans died while waiting for care. The president saw Eric Shinseki then, more damning evidence. Shinseki offered his resignation, the president accepted it. Bipartisan criticism now. Richard bloome bloom bloomentha. The Inspector General of the va. Tony all you need to know from
Iraqs Prime Minister has asked parliament to declare state of security. It comes after fighters overran the city of mozul today. Al jazeera has more now from baghdad. Reporter in the early hours of tuesday fighters from the Islamic State of iraq mounted one 69 boldes of the boldest attacks on mosul. Within a few hours took over 59 of it. Iraqs army and Police Officers were found in positions. Within a few hours then a prison break freed 2,004 prisoners. Then the governmental building was taken over followed by tv stations and some banks. Norral maliki addressed th the nation. We declare a state of security. He called for action. It wont be easy to get stat state of emergency as many criticize malikis handling of the crisis. With battles intensified in the city of mosul, theyre abandoning their weapons and fled they were able to take over a city of nearly 2 million. This is a great propaganda. Deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation inside iraq particularly in the north to wh
We have not found that yet. The horror in vegas brings a shift here in washington. Key republicans say they are open to outlawing a device paddock used to convert semi automatic rifles into killing machines. Fully automatic weapons have been banned for a long time. This allows you to turn a semi automatic into a fully automatic. Trump said there is no cabinet chaos so why did the staff need to mediate tensions between the president and his secretary of state . I think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos. I support them very much. More on that in a moment, but we are standing by for an update from las vegas. Thats the room right there. Other ems and response equipment. They said an important update is moments away. Chilling new details about the month leading up to the deadliest massacre leadi inin i history. Terrified concert goers trying to escape in this video. Run, dont walk go go go everybody go p