Blaming the scandal on former president george w. Bush. Why not . But not all democrats are falling in line. And today we have reports of three democratic senatorial candidates that are calling for Eric Shinseki to resign. The kentuckian candidate is expected to make a serious run of Mitch Mcconnell, writing bad we always solemn obligation to our veterans and our government that defaulted on a contract. I dont see how that breach of trust with our veterans can be repaired if the current leadership stays in place. Strong words. And now jd gordon has unleashed a major bombshell. Here he is on the Fox News Channel serving under president obama. Take a listen. There was about 150 detaine at guantanamo right now. Have a medical unit of about 100 doctors and nurses and Health Care Support staff or in its 1. 5 to one is the ratio. But if you look at the veterans in this country, there are 21 million veterans. Of those 21 million veterans and the united eight, 9 million are receiving va care.
Right here this sunday morning. Hello, again, good to have you with us as we come on the air this morning, the mystery of what caused malaysia air 370 to vanish is deepening. The frantic search for the plane continues, but no signs yet of a crash. We have late word that the pilot may have made a lastminute maneuver to turn the plane back, and there is increased scrutiny this morning of as many as four passengers on that plane, including two who boarded using stolen passports. We have Team Coverage from around the world including the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee whos been briefed on the mystery and will join us in just a moment. But lets get right to david curley for the very latest. David. Reporter martha, this is the end of the second day of daylight searching, and still no sign of this Malaysian Airlines 777. We need the crews to find wreckage, then they can listen to the pings of the allimportant black boxes. They could solve the mystery of the sudden disappearance o
Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its friday, may 23rd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking overnight, word of another frightening near collision at one of the nations busiest airports. The faa is now investigating how two United Airlines jets came within a few hundred feet of each other. That is very close. After both took off from houstons bush intercontinental airport. This happened two weeks ago. An air Traffic Controller told one plane to turn right, directly into the path of the other. They were about 0. 9 miles apart and seconds away from colliding when the controller realized the error and told the planes to turn again, avoiding disaster. This is the fourth near collision weve learned about just this week. All right, embattled va secretary Eric Shinseki is fighting to keep his job, vowing to fix delays in care that may be costing veterans their lives. It would be an uphill battle for the beleaguered exgeneral because now some highprofile de
Breaking news. Severe weather, a Tornado Warning that actually here in the washington d. C. Area. Millions are being affected. Chad myers is standing by in the Severe Weather center with the breaking details. What is going on, chad . Three separate Tornado Warnings right now, wolf, for the d. C. Area and also down to fredericksburg and richmond. There is d. C. Proper fairly in the clear. I dont see anything in the west yet. Storms are moving from the northwest. That would be cedar hurst right there, moving south of aannapolis, shady side. A brandnew Tornado Warning farther to the south just popped up right here. Were talking about virginia. This right here would be the chesapeake. Heres port royal. This storm right there moving towards Colonial Beach and maybe far south, if it keeps going, towards hampton roads. Thats the stuff in the east. Believe it or not, theres more stuff out there and another storm for denver. A Tornado Warning earlier. Its now a warning and its taking the exact
Planes to turn again, avoiding, narrowly avoiding disaster. Listen to what it sounded like. United 437, turn right heading 180 and maintain 300 there. Turn right immediately. United 601, stop your turn, climb, stop your turn for united 601. The fourth weve learned about just this week. Stop your turn, stop your turn. Embattled va secretary Eric Shinseki fighting to keep his job and promised to fix delays in care that may be costing veterans their lives. It could be a tough battle for the beleaguered exgeneral because some highprofile democrats now are demanding that he step down. Heres chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Reporter christine and john, va secretary Eric Shinseki was summoned to a closeddoor meeting on capitol hill yesterday afternoon, not to meet with a republican, but a frustrated democrat. And afterwards, shinseki told reporters that he has not offered the president his resignation. He said, you guys know me better than that. But his remaining support is tenuou