When this veteran needed relief from severe back pain the cincinnati va told him. We dont have a neurosurgeon here at the hospital anymore. I couldnt believe it. So the va sent hatfield for private care, through Veterans Choice Program intended to solve the national va wait time scandal. To qualify vets must live more than 40 miles away from a va hospital, or have waited longer than 30 days for an appointment. But hatfield says choice didnt live up to its name. Name. I was very, very naive because i thought it meant that i had a choice laughs you wanted to go to a specific place that did have neurosurgeons. Neurosurgeons. But instead was sent to a place that didnt have one. And that was at least just one of 30 times hatfield was bounced back and forth between phone calls and visits over 19 months between the va, the Choice Program, the clinic he its crazy. And vets across the nation had similar experiences. With pleas for help coming from colorado springs, maine, tampa all documenting
Terrifying Helicopter Crash. The chopper crash landing into the waters of pearl harbor. The investigation into what exactly happened. Good friday morning. The countdown to the South Carolina primaries and nevada caucuses the candidates are stepping up attacks hoping to way undecided voters. And then theres the clash thats pitting donald trump against pope francis and it is taking a new turn this morning. When the pope said trumps plan to build a wall between the u. S. And mexico was not christian, trump fired back calling the pope disgraceful but overnight, trump backtracked a bit. Its your voice, your vote and abcs ray raimundi gathering the latest overnight starting with the democrats. Reporter the stakes couldnt be higher. The president ial hopefuls hot on the campaign trail. The democrats crisscrossing through the state of nevada. About real change. Not promises you cant keep. In the eyes of america theyll been nevada. Reporter both Democratic Candidates facing voters at a televise
Amazing escape. A megabus evacuated just moments before it goes up in flames. How they all got out alive rocket man out of this world mystery. The newly uncovered tapes revealing the, quote, weird music, astronauts say was moon. What the famous rocket man really heard. Im a rocket man ooh, that was bad. But it felt so good. Great monday morning here on Good Morning America. Were getting to the bottom of that space mystery and speaking of stars. Yes, none other than sam champion, everybody, in the house. Of course, they have pandora in space. 30 years ago, yeah. Also, it with us new then. Welcome back, sam. Well begin with the race for the white house. Its your your voice, your vote. Donald trump the clear frontrunner in the republicans. Their next contest in nevada tomorrow and abcs tom llamas is here with the latest. Reporter george, good morning. Donald trump takes his highroller campaign to vegas today while his two closest competitors, senator mar cue row owe and ted cruz try to ar
Out and do this and put other peoples lives in jeopardy michael died at the scene. His brother steve says hed been struggling with heroin for years. 05 22 16he would stay clean for a while and then start doing it again. Steve says he saw michael two hours before the crash. He gave him a hundred and fifty dollars to get his van out of an impound lot05 17 45 when i gave him the money he was in the back seat of the car that was wrecked up there every time that hes came out in the past to get money to pay his rent hes always been in the passenger seat but this time police say he was driving. That baby and a woman were rushed to local hospitals in extremely Critical Condition. Steve says his family is praying they pull through and mikes remembered for the man at his core05 18 09 just remember his as what he was when he was mike and not the addict police say there was a 4th person inside that car taken to the hospital in stable condition. Steve says he was related to that woman and baby. And
In the live alert center now with a gun off the streets of norwood. Police there say they pulled a car over last night for a license plate violation. Officers smelled marijuana, and a search led to 2 bags of pot and this handgun under the drivers seat. They arrested 18 year old brian whisenhunt. He had a criminal history, which prevented him from legally carrying a weapon. A bridge alert this morning youre looking live at the brent spence one of several tristate bridges in the danger zone thats based on a new report of the most troubled bridges in the country, this morning, breaking down what that means for you this study looked at at 27,000 bridges here in ohio. And like this one columbia parkway over 471. They found that drivers are traveling on shaky ground. And its not just this structure but ohio ranks among the worst in the country. 912 percent of all of our bridges and overpasses are ranked structurally defient. And in desperate need of repair. Also making the list the Western H