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be is the focus will shift to congress in a sense and question get an idea of whether or not the house and the senate can work out some agreement on several different legislative proposals make it easy for the v.a. secretary whoever that person becomes, to get rid of people who are found to be involved in these accusations of mismanagement of poor care and delayed care. there s an understanding in the senate they will try to move very quickly on at least one bill that would make it easier for the secretary to get rid of senior officials who are found to be involved in these cases. beyond that a large senate proposal that would have provided more money for health care, for education, for unemployed veterans rejected by the senate molly republicans earlier this year. have to see if democrats have the political will to push that as well. yeah. i want to play part of hardball host chris matthews reaction to shinseki s resignation on friday. we all feel for general shinseki but what a
why snowden, at least so far, has been unwilling to come home. ed o keefe, thank you for filling in. appreciate it. take care. let s get more on the v.a. scandal. veterans administration secretary eric shinseki has stepped down but he publicly apologized to all vets for what happened at the phoenix facility. that breach of integrity is irresponsible. it is indefensible and unacceptable. but i can take responsibility, responsibility for it. and i do. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that any need. for that to happen, many in congress are calling for the fbi to investigate the case. nbc justice responsibility pete williams hat latest from our washington bureau. good morning, pete! reporter: alex, good morning. more calls for the justice department to investigate. what shapg so fis happening is investigation is held by the inspector general of the v.a. but the v.a. has been supplying
patrick, can doctors handle the special care so many vets need? for the routine stuff, absolutely, alex. right now, 10% of the v.a. care is through private doctors and nonv.a. care. right now, 10%. there is this new initiative 26 billion dollar initiative just launched by the v.a. a few months ago to allow veterans to use what is called patient center community care. montell was right. we need a surge of doctors. there is a national shortage in doctors and mental health care professionals specifically and the v.a. is bearing a brunt of that national shortage but we need folks to go and be patriots and take care of these heroes when they come home. gentlemen, thank you both for weighing in. appreciate that. thanks. thank you for having me. one week after that california rampage, the santa barbara county sheriff s department is launching an internal investigation. should deputies have been able to prevent what happened? clint van zandt is next. is the better choice for him, h
me get the rest of the way in, he took off his belt and wrapped it around her to apply pressure. so glad you made it through and the young woman you helped save. others didn t. they re in our prayers. we appreciate your first-person condition of this. thank you for joining us. thank you. on this memorial day as we remember the men and women who died serving our nation, officials are doling with the growing investigation involving more than two dozen va fa sills and now the obama administration is reporting it will let more vets get private cared. the department of veterans affairs wrote each of our facilities is enhancing clinic capacity, and where we cannot increase capacity, increasing the care through nonva care. those republicans and democrats have called on the va to let private hospitals get more involved. all comes after reports, as you probably know by now, of coverups at some facilities,