ainsley: some quick headlines for you. people could soon be allowed to light up in canada. prime minister justin trudeau. hoping to take effect next year. as canada goes to pot colorado is coming down to their high thanks to president trump. lawmakers dropping plans to become the first state to allow pot social clubs. the bold charntion in regulation could say spark a federal crackdown in that state. pete? pete: thank you, ainsley. a new bombshell report revealing conditions at the v.a. s washington, d.c. medical center so terrible our american heroes are said to be in imminent danger. just. so findings from the v.a. inspector general include lack of supplies, dirty storage areas, and no system to weed out recall products including long wait times. this is just three miles from the white house.
yesterday. this is what he said. patient safety is paramount. and we took these actions with that specific concern in mind. we are focused clearly on accountability. no leader or other employee stands above the paramount concern of ensuring the safety of our veterans. we will act as rapidly as possible to hold accountable all who are responsible for what we find. pete: he replaced that director with someone outside the v.a. system. a colonel from the army medical system. what do you make of his reaction? i think the reaction is great, pete. as we know, colonels are great choices to run v.a. americans. i applaud that outside source to get somebody in there. you know, while i applaud the secretary and the president thus far, there is so much work left to be done to bring accountability. we have got to look deeper into this. this director that has been removed now is still not terminated for what he did. and he collected over 17,000 in bonuses over the last two years for running a fac
here to react to this development is v.a. whistleblower brandon coleman. a whistleblower they phoenix v.a. first of all, your reaction to the fact that this washington, d.c. hospital was found to be in such condition just three miles from the white house? first off, poet, i think we can both agree that no veteran should ever be putt at risk, sceettle washington, arizona or washington, d.c. there is actually some progress in this story. you and i have hit this pretty hard over the last three years. the media reported the story and that s good. the watchdog the v.a. inspector general actually took action and they presented a preliminary reported. they don t normally do that normally they present the final report that comes out 6 to 12 months after the fact. but they urge the v.a. secretary to take action. and we have a v.a. secretary that has a backbone now and that wants transparency and also wants accountability. he took action immediately removing this director from the position. pe
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the piece. he will be sean hannity s guest tonight. 10:00 p.m. eastern time. next, an update on repealing and replacing obamacare. where exactly is congress and the white house? here s what some of our affiliates are covering. fox 40 in sacramento as officials caught off flows from the orville reservoir. it is supposed to allow the removal of debris from the bottom of the spillway. fears over the integrity of the spillway it led to the evacuation of almost 200,000 people downstream. fox 10 in phoenix. the first malpractice trial against the phoenix va. an 18 year army veteran with terminal cancer is seeking staffers failed to order follow-up testing. live looks from fox 29.