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trying to support children on this salary or on this wage. and if you work full time at a fast food place at $9 an hour, that s about $19,000 a year. that s pretty tough, about one in four. the flip side is some business experts say three-quarters of people working these jobs are only supporting themselves. so is it really appropriate to raise wages? it s a debate they ve been having for a decade, and it s in the streets today. christine romans, thanks so much. you re welcome. still to come in the newsroom, president obama says he s got eric shinseki s back, but is that only temporary? could the v.a. secretary soon be out of a job? whon a certified pre-ownedan unlimitedmercedes-benz?nty what does it mean to drive as far as you want. for up to three years and be covered?
hospitals. one person isn t responsible for it. one person s resignation, retirement or sacking ain t going to get the job done. we need to go all up and down the chain of command. reporter: from the american legi legion, if the administration has known about these issues for at least four years, why is it just now taking action? calling the decision not to fire shinseki unfortunate. the obama administration did expand care and funding for the va. it s also very clear right now did not mention to get ahead of this problem as the scandal evolved. instead, on the defense for the last week. just before the president spoke, news broke that the head of the phoenix va while under investigation and right before she was suspended was given a bonus of more than $8,000, now rescinded. the second year in a row she was awarded for what was considered good work. now, president obama announced he wants to see preliminary results at the va investigation in a week from his adviser, a full report o
good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. this morning, new allegations and more outrage in the scandal over the veteran administration hospitals. three senior v.a. officials gave late notice they will not attend this meeting that just wrapped up of the house veterans affairs committee. lawmakers had planned to grill them on allegations that several v.a. centers hid massive delays in providing veterans much needed medical care. and as they cooked the books, possibly dozens of vets died, awaiting the medical attention they so desperately needed. this morning on cnn s new day, the committee chairman warned that an investigation will turn up a lot more abuses in our nation s military veterans hospitals. this is just the tip of the iceberg. i know there s more to come. we have received some information and some tips that will make what has already come out look like kindergarten stuff. pretty ominous words, drew griffin. i know you led this cnn investigation
charges are coming from a medical director at the phoenix veterans affairs hospital. it s one of many va centers accused of cooking the books to hide massive delays, sometimes deadly delays in getting veterans much-needed health care. the doctor says it was going on just a few weeks ago. what s more, the victims include combat veterans wounded in iraq and afghanistan. we re talking about people that were injured by being blown up by ieds. we re talking about people who had a mental breakdown and have severe ptsd and are having trouble functioning. we re talking about veterans severely injured by some means while in the military, even if it wasn t in actual combat. it is the latest stunning claim in an investigation that casts a large shadow over the white house. michelle kosinski has more for you. i will not stand for it.