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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20151112:11:05:00

pete and i were just talking, the number is not a firm one. how many vets died waiting for treatment at the va? depends on how you calculate it, but thousands of veterans have waited on wait lists and died, no doubt. pete, when you consider the million of veterans from september 11th to present day that have been trying to reintegrate into society, get a job, receive the medical care that they deserve and have earned, when we consider the 200,000 that are going to make that transition back home this year alone, we re in a situation now where the va should be more than stepping it up. how do you feel in terms of where it is? because we re looking at these bonuses. the va paid $142 million in bonuses amid the scandals of these increased wait times. not for a lack of funding. they budgeted 160 billion, they have 340,000 employees. as we found out recently, $142 million in bonuses given out to executiv executives. they were supposidly going to

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151112:15:42:00

i think we need to continue to apply pressure as it relates to the homelessness. the good news about veterans homelessness is that we ve actually found a great solution to solve it. we know that getting veterans in housing first and foremost and then treating them for any challenges that they have as it relates to trauma or addictions, helping them get a job, we know that getting them in housing first and foremost is a solution to keep them off the streets. that s the good news. the bad news is is that one veteran who s out on the streets is one veteran too many. so we no ed to continue to push that get that 50,000 down to 0. absolutely. i want your reaction to this usa today report that about $142 million in bonuses were paid during a year that saw a lot of high-profile cases of scandal, waste, inefficiency. i mean, people were dying. yeah. well, it s unacceptable to reward individuals while simultaneously there are horrible bad actors at v.a., having secret wait lists. obviou

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20151112:11:00:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20151112:11:00:00
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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20151029 00:49:00

care, some dying while they waited. v.a. employees were cooking the books to hide long delays. drew s reporting sparked outrage. the revelations lead to the resignation of some. the press secretary was in damage control and mismanagement of care was systematic and said that mrs. clinton will roll out her plan to reform the v.a. next month. drew griffin joins me now. as we mentioned, you ve been reporting on this for years. you re the one to break the scandal to full view. does it surprise you that hillary clinton would make this comment? you know, anderson, it really does and here is why. it s a matter of record and report after report shows the delays of care, deaths of veterans waiting for care and wait lists are and were wide spread and systemic and two years of this, it s not getting better and listen to the whistle

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20151021 03:01:00

shinseki, the secretary of the v.a., and even after that, wait times in the v.a. facilities are growing longer and not shorter. right now, half a million veterans are on electronic wait lists waiting for more cases of more than 90 days to see a doctor. tonight, we sit down to find out what is going on and why the v.a. is not getting better. tonight, our correspondent drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: wait times are not getting better. listen to what this whistle ploeer say ploe whistle-blower is saying about the phoenix v.a., the same v.a. that veterans were dying waiting for care. the reality veterans are waiting three, six, nine months at a time to get care at the phoenix v.a. reporter: like many of our source unside, this the whistle-blower is asking that we don t reveal any identity.

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