congress, including nearly a dozen democrats now in the senate, say shinseki should resign. and now he seems to be losing the support of his boss, the president. our jim acosta has more from the white house this morning. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke. the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit. shinseki is expected to hand that over to the president any day now. how does he run the department if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked the secretary t
investigation was true. hundreds of vets in phoenix were kept off the official books and not given appointments, possibly with deadly results. now, many people are asking, how long can the secretary keep his job? jim acosta has more from the white house. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. how does he run the department if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? the president looks forward to the preliminary review t
white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. how does he run the department if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked the secretary to provide to him. reporter: a growing list of senate democrats, many up for re-election, are calling for shinseki to go. the last straw for those senators? an inspector general s report pointing to systemic issues in the va system, noting in phoenix, 1,700 veterans were never put on a waiting list and were likely lost or forgotten. as for the white house, an official cautions the president s loyalty only goes so far. mr. obama stood by hhs secretary ka
and more lawmakers are calling for the va secretary, eric shinseki to resign. he speaks today before a homeless veterans group, a day after going to capitol hill and speaking privately with lawmakers. this as he seems to be losing the support of his boss, the president, all after the va s own probe found a cnn investigation was true. hundreds of vets in phoenix were kept off the official books and not given appointments, possibly with deadly results. now, many are asking, how long can shinseki keep his job? our jim acosta has more this morning for us from the white house. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of a
waiting list, and some of them died. jim acosta is outfront from the white house. jim, the scandal is getting bigger and bigger. you ve now got democrats getting on board, not defending the administration. what is the white house saying? erin, the writing may bonn the wall for v.a. secretary eric shinseki. for the first time since the v.a. scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s fullbacking. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over any day now. here is a bit of what carney had to say. how does he run the department if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked