Bret, how did all of this come to light . Well, jon, this was the result of a foia request by the Washington Times, the specific story youre talking about in regards to when the Obama Transition Team was briefed about the problems at the va. The other scandals that have, the allegations have come up for at least 11 states now. And investigations are ongoing. So this is snowballing as you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for more in depth investigations and bringing in the fbi. Jon there is a former member of the va staff, high level staffer, who had this to say to congress a few weeks ago when some of these allegations first came up. I want to play you for this now. To date, we found no evidence of a secret list, and we have found no patient who is have died because they have been on a wait list. That was dr. Robert petzel, undersecretary for Veterans Affairs. He said at the time we havent found any evidence of secret lists. We havent found any evidence that people die
15 others on the base wounded, roughly half are americans. The taliban is praising the attacker, but not yet claiming responsibility. Earlier former u. S. Army Major General bob scales underscored the significance of this attack. The pentagon tends to minimize the effect of what just happened. The trauma of having a senior leader, someone whos enormously respected by the troops, gunned down by an afghan soldier, is going to reverberate throughout the command in afghanistan and i believe throughout the u. S. Military. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry. Former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy. But we begin with mark jacobson, former Senior Advisor to two former commanders in afghanistan. Hes also a combat veteran who served in afghanistan. Mark, welcome. First, thank you for your service to this country. What are your reflections on what happened . I think first our hearts all go out to the family of Major General greene and of course to the f
University. 15 others on the base wounded, roughly half are americans. The taliban is praising the attacker, but not yet claiming responsibility. Earlier former u. S. Army Major General bob scales underscored the significance of this attack. The pentagon tends to minimize the effect of what just happened. The trauma of having a senior leader, someone whos enormously respected by the troops, gunned down by an afghan soldier, is going to reverberate throughout the command in afghanistan and i believe throughout the u. S. Military. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry. Former federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy. But we begin with mark jacobson, former Senior Advisor to two former commanders in afghanistan. Hes also a combat veteran who served in afghanistan. Mark, welcome. First, thank you for your service to this country. What are your reflections on what happened . I think first our hearts all go out to the family of Major General greene and of cou
This in its tracks in the u. S. But i also have no doubt that as long as the outbreak continues in africa, we need to be on our guard. Other questions in the room . Can you give us a number or to the scale of how big this team from the cdc is going to be and who that directly entails . Doctors that are going to be in the hospital . Or are these going to be people who are going to be expanding out into the community . Can you give us a little more information on that. I can get back to you with the exact size of the team. We provide heepidemiologists or disease experts as needed in the situation. And every cdc staff whos there, or the 130 who are in africa are tied tightly to our experts here who provitd backup 24 7. [ inaudible ] we defer to the local and state Health Departments, theyre there on the ground, theyre the leead and were thee to support. In the room. On the phone . The next question comes from lauren nearguard of ap, your line is open. Thank you. Do we know, can you even s
That Steve Stephens was facing serious financial trouble. He had a gambling problem and recently evicted from his apartment. The victim was 74yearold robert godwin, father of 10, grandfather to 14. His family has this message for the killer. I just want him to know that god loves him. We love him, yes, were hurt but we have to forgive him because if we dont forgive him the bible says your heavenly father wont forgive you. I said im not happy with what you did but i forgive you. If he didnt do anything else. If he did nothing, he gave us god, which means we have eternal life and well see him again. Bill powerful words there. Peter doocy leads our coverage live in cleveland. Police will brief in 30 minutes. Have they had any luck finding him or the vehicle . No, bill. Theyve been pouring over video from throughout this area, this cleveland area, it makes it hard to figure out which direction the fugitive at the wheel is heading. Its very hard. It is difficult. I mean, again, you know, it