Roughed up va officials at a rare hearing on capitol hill last night. Lets bring in White House Correspondent my zell kosinski. Michelle, few things as angry as a lawmaker who is not responsible. Im sure they all had their hackles up last night. Wow, this hearing lasted four hours. It was just anger, frustration, at times emotion, these members of congress toward representatives of the va. They were asking these great relevant questions and for some reason the va just could not answer. In part, it was concerning this new official report on the phoenix va where the scandal broke. And now reaction to it is just exploding. How you can stand in a mirror and look at your in the mirror and shave in the morning and not throw up. Its unforgivable. Theres question about destruction of documents and you dont even know who did it or the motive. Reporter the anger from congress overflowed. This is nearly a decade of excuses. The house is on fire, and nobody is going to survive. All of you, i think
Cnns drew griffin who has been covering this from the beginning. Take a listen. You are telling me that our troops coming back from war, now separated from active service he should have priority for scheduling do not. Who are coming to the phoenix va for followup care for war injuries are being put on a waiting list and made to wait six to ten months . Yes, or longer. The allegations are new. The problem is not. President obama is promise accountability and calls for allegations. H is saying they are dishonorable and disgraceful. So is the fact that nothing has been done by this by this administration and others. Lets bring in White House Correspondent michelle. Its all in the beginning stages. Theres so much going on right now. Three top va officials have been called to the hill to meet with the house va committee. The white house has its top adviser down in phoenix where, of course, this all broke. And as much as we now hear the president talk in a mad voice about the need for accoun
roughed up va officials at a rare hearing on capitol hill last night. let s bring in white house correspondent my zell kosinski. michelle, few things as angry as a lawmaker who is not responsible. i m sure they all had their hackles up last night. wow, this hearing lasted four hours. it was just anger, frustration, at times emotion, these members of congress toward representatives of the va. they were asking these great relevant questions and for some reason the va just could not answer. in part, it was concerning this new official report on the phoenix va where the scandal broke. and now reaction to it is just exploding. how you can stand in a mirror and look at your in the mirror and shave in the morning and not throw up. it s unforgivable. there s question about destruction of documents and you don t even know who did it or the motive. reporter: the anger from congress overflowed. this is nearly a decade of excuses. the house is on fire, and nobody is going to survive.
an investigation into itself. the issue, how a cia top agent in afghanistan was exposed during the president s surprise trip to the country. now the agent s top secret and dangerous mission could be in jeopardy. cnn s my zell kosinski is at the white house more. how can the white house investigate itself and what does it think it can find? hi, chris. at first the white house didn t have comment about this incident but now it s announced the chief of staff has asked white house council to thoroughly look at how this happened and look at the processes involved and then make recommendations so that it doesn t happen again. what we do know about how it happened was that a pool reporter who was covering the president s trip to afghanistan had asked a white house staffer for a list of people who would be briefing the president. standard practice. that staffer asked the military for a full list. and somehow on that list was the name and title of the top cia officer in afghanistan. it was th
to be the va secretary, at least for now. eric shinseki now has the job and the president s support. what is he going to do? the allegations are new, but the problems are not. white house correspondent my zell kosinski has the latest. three top va officials are coming to the hill. they re at the phoenix va where the scandal broke. now we have heard directly from president obama using an angry voice saying people will be held accountable. he s not going to stand for these kinds of allegations. the thing is this administration, as well as the one before it, did stand it for years because the va itself made it very clear that these things like scheduling issues and delays were ongoing problems. also on the subject of accountability, the president didn t really get into how the va secretary is being or will be held accountable even if only because this happened on his