We begin tonight with the growing u. S. Response to escalating violence. The u. S. Is now deploying 150 marines to help evacuate americans and to provide security for the u. S. Embassy. Tens of thousands of civilians have now fled, and are taking shelter at u. N. Bases. The Security Council held an emergency session today, to discuss sending ab extra 5,000 peace keepers to help protect them. The future of south sudan is in jeopardy, and this moment demands urgent leadership to avoided further bloodshed and to restore stability. The leaders of south sudan face a stark choice, they can return to the political dialog and spirit of cooperation that helped establish south sudan, or they can detroy those hard fought gains and tear apart their newborn nation. More now on the situation there. In south africa. He says he was apacked by men carrying machetes. When soldiers staterred fighting what the government called an attempted coupe, young people with no apparent hollywoodtys starting to att
Serviceconnected disability compensation, safe and High Quality Health Care and prompt access to earned benefits. It demands that in dealing with the department of Veterans Affairs, veterans be treated with the dignity and professionalism that is earned through Honorable Service to our nation. The need for oversight is crucial. But it is the need for accountability that is paramount. Speaking directly to th must set the example. True leaders lay out clear expectations, putst others in positions to succeed, they follow through, and most importantly hold themselvess accountable for their actions of the follow me. That is the motto of the infantry. Yet those word can be easily translated to okayizational leadership at va. When there is a mission to be accomplished those who put themselves on the line are the leaders that others want to follow. And, it iacs a lack of accountability that corrodes trust within a chain of command. That said, an undeniable, widespread, simtic lack of accountab
Right ne to it, though, a Ribbon Cutting and dedication for the newly restored riggers this is part of the chmond revitalization thats been going on down here. This was bui in the 1940s to part of the building will be a this morning we saw veteran tting a look at the ship. Eaier in the morning, scouts and members of the lions club placed american flags on veterans graves. Some of the younger scout surpsed by how far back the date andonflicts go. We caugh up with a vietnam veteranho said he really appreciates the recognition. First, heres the scout master. One of the parts of their scout oa is fulfilling their duty to their country. So i think its imptant for them to come outnd remember those wh have made sacrifices in their lives on behalf of their country. Like it because its i think the veterans, were geing more respect than w ever g before. I think about friends that i had in the war zone. Ihink about friends that i have here. Reporter that geneman was at the richmond Veterans Hall
Swarez. It is an administrative perfect storm. The Vietnam Veterans are hitting their years of highest need in healthcare, just as the client rolls are coming up with hundreds of thousands of people that fought in the latest wars. Its long been known inside and outside, the vast veterans Healthcare System, that wait times for care can be long, backlogs were enormous, and it was promised over and over again, in congressional hearings that the department of vet reps affairs understood its problems. And would take care of them. And they did. Or said they did. By minute niplating dates reported between the time a vet asked for treatment and when he got it. Now congress is looking at dysfunction in the enormous Healthcare System, and summoned the cabinet secretary in charge, retired genre rick to testify. Of secret waiting lists at veteran hospitals. Many adverse incident like this makes me as makes me mad as hell, i could use stronger language, but in deference to the committee i wont. But
The problem. The dmv investigating a possible Security Breach that could put thousands of peoples information at risk. Good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. And im ken wayne. Officials at the dmv issued a statement late this afternoon, saying while theres no evidence of a direct breach, the agencys computer system, they are looking into a possible breach from external vendors that process the dmvs credit card transactions, as well as the credit cards themselves. The website, which first exposed the massive target data breach, says this new issue involves online payments for dmvrelated services. An alert by mastercard says those transactions took place between august 2 of last year and january 31st of this year and that the information compromised includes credit card numbers, expiration dates, and the threedigit Security Code printed on the back of the cards. New at 6 00, john sasaki is live in San Francisco with the security flaws this issue exposes. John . Reporter ken, were in