Idealistic effort by a young senator from illinois who we were both right to believe would achieve greatness. I have had the opportunity to serve in your distinguished cabinet and worked with a white house chief of Staff White House staff ably led by denis mcdonough. Den has done much to make real the promise of our democracy. And each of the men and women i have come to know will be lifelong friends. Whatever my accomplishments, they could not have been achieved without the love, support and guidance of two people who are not with me here today, my parents nurtured and my accomplished brother william and made us believe in the value of individual effort and the greatness of this nation. My time in public service, which now comes to an end, would not have been possible without the sacrifices, too often unfair, made by the best three kids a father could ask for. Thank you maya, thank you brooke, and thank you clay. And finally, i want to thank the woman who sacrificed the most and allow
Medication they have and nothing was working. Its frightening especially with lupus because no one has answers. The doctors dont have answers. I certainly didnt have answers. Youre almost hope helpless. I was heart broken because i didnt know why she had to go through this and not somebody else. But they didnt know what to do. They didnt know how to treat me. She had gone through all the drugs so it was kind of the last resort. It all happened really quickly. And they put a port in your neck in your jugular vein and take out your stem cells. You get admitted to the hospital where they give you five days of chemo and it was intense, intense chemo. After they wipe my body clean of all of the sick cells, the lupus cells, they give me my stem cells back. It is a brand new immune system. It is an immune system of a newborn. It took about six to seven months for me to really feel better. Ready . Set, go it is definitely fun. We are definitely outdoor people. We love hiking. Because of adult
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I think everybody for attending this hearing which we will examine the oig report on the phoenix issue. I would also like to ask unanimous consent, he is not here yet but that our colleagues David Schweikert from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. Without objection, so ordered. Also members we do have a series of votes that will start at 1 00. I apologize for that. This hearing was moved from its original schedule time because of the joint session of congress to hear the president of the ukraine. What we will do is immediately after the final vote move back as quickly as you can. We will resume the hearing as quickly as we possibly can so that we will not keep the witnesses waiting any longer than absolutely necessary. On the 26th of august, the va office of Inspector General released its final report of the Phoenix Va Health Care system which defaulted to National Attention after hearing
The health care scandal surrounding the department of Veterans Affairs has widened. The investigation that started with one va hospital in phoenix has intensified. Its spreading out from there including east to washington. Veterans families are mobilized because of the charges returning vets have been ignored, mistreated and have died because of this. And a new whistleblower emerged tonight telling nbc news that an alleged effort to cook the books at another va facility. We begin in phoenix and todays visit from a decorated veteran who happens to be an arizona senator, john mccain. Kel Kelly Odonnell covering in phoenix for us tonight. Kelly, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Whistleblowers have come forward to spoke to nbc news. Newly surfaced documents are shedding light what practices were like concerning patient appointments and here in arizona a town hall meeting brought the anger to the surface. In phoenix today, the growing controversy over veterans care is personal an
The drummer for a classic 80s act is locked up for insulting islam . More cow bell, the kelly file starts now. Breaking news on two big items, as smoking gun emails surface involving the white houses response to the terror attack in benghazi that left four americans dead as president obama was fighting for his reelection. Welcome to the kelly file. Im in tonight for megan, im ma that maccallum. It was in 2012, four americans die in a vicious attack. In the days that follow, administration repeatedly plays up the story that it was a video that sparked this string of spontaneous protests across the middle east and plays down the idea that it was any sort of wellplanned terror attack. Now, thanks to an email that just surfaced today, we now know how the white house Political Team drove that narrative. Just two days later on the 13th of september, 2012, Media Outlets including fox were reporting on protests in cairo at the embassy there. There were reports benghazi was a coordinated attack