introducing a new pill that would let states that legalized medical marijuana operate legally under federal laws. currently federal laws leave those who prescribe, use and sell medical marijuana vulnerable to arrests. they want patients including veterans receiving care from va facilities to have access to the care they need without fear of prosecution. still to come in the newsroom i didn t have a template for a one armed television journalist. i didn t know what i could do. learning to cope with the loss of an arm. the emotional road to recovery for my friend, miles o brien. major: ok fitness class! here s our new trainer ensure active heart health. crowd: yayyyy! heart: i m going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sodium and fat. gotta keep it lean and mean. pear: uh-oh. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium. and phytosterols, which may help lower cholesterol.
2009 about dangerous delays in treatment and even falsified waiting lists at the phoenix va hospital. doug mckelway live in washington with new information. what it means, doug. leland, what makes it so significant, it contradicts the narrative that people at highest levels of the va were unaware of the waiting list problems before they surfaced in the press. also suggests that the problems at troubled phoenix va hospital predated the tenure of director sharon hellman. she was dismissed from her job last month and is now suing to get it back. the new york times cites sworn statements of susan bowers who oversaw dozens of va facilities in the western u.s. she said even before sharon hellman was appointed to her job as director in phoenix an audit showed that they did not put patients on electronic waiting list and was there for out of compliance. bowers said there was no such list in phoenix even while hellman s predecessor certified the hospital was in compliance. according to the
real problem, but it definitely is the sort of thing that, you know, 2016 is two years away, and i have to hate to mention that because we are already tired of talking about 2016, and this is how we deal with bank deregulation. you will see a lot more of these popular politically important fights be raised because people are starting to position themselves. don t go too far. i have other questions later, thanks. the clay hunt suicide prevention act is also expected to get a vote, that is if oklahoma senator doesn t stand in the way. this bill named after iraq and afghanistan vet that took his own life in march of 2011 is designed to tackle mental illness in a number of ways, and among them boosting the number of professional health available in va facilities, and speeding up access for care to vets, and
reporter: and you re making basically those triage decisions. yes. reporter: so, you re bumping one veteran for the other, based on who s the sickest. yeah. reporter: a spokesperson for the veterans administration refused to respond to the specifics of this report and would only say that as acting secretary, sloan gibson has said in va facilities around the country, we must work together to fix the unacceptable, systemic problems in accessing va health care. that includes getting veterans off wait lists. carol, we believe the information is in the hands of the office of inspector general. we re not sure if the fbi has that information, but as she says, she believes there is a cover-up still taking place there. and just watching her, pauline, she s clearly emotionally distraught. what might happen to her? she s very scared. she was very reluctant to do
for james mcnair who was killed in that crash. the fbi launching a criminal investigation into the va scandal. they are looking into whether this as the senate passes the overhaul bill. the bill authorizes the construction of 26 va facilities across 17 states and puerto rico. 500 million to hire new doctors and nurses and allow vets to seek private care. it gives the va authority to fire under performing staff and eliminate the wait times as part of the employee performance reviews. day four of the stanley cup finals team looking to be the first team to sweep the finals since 1998. in the first period he shoots and benoit cool lat. kings win the series 3-2-1.