Youre in the situation room. Triggered from an explosive report inside the Veterans Affairs, one after another on capitol hill, democrats are now calling for Eric Shinseki to resign and hes said to be on thin ice over the failures at his agency. Cnns drew griffith who broke this story will be live and ill speak with congressman jeff miller. Lets bring with our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim . Reporter wolf, the writing may be on the wall for Eric Shinseki. The white house declined to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is on thin ice. Today, the ice started cracking. As White House Press secretary refused to answer whether president obama had confidence in shinseki who is leading the review of the v. A. Scandal. How does the run the department if he doesnt have the full confidence of the president . How does he conduct an investigation if he doesnt have we look forward to the preliminary review that he ask
Were learning chilling new details about an Oregon High School shooting that has left one student and the gunman dead. Police now revealing just a little while ago that a teacher was also injured in the incident and that the weapon used was a rifle. Our cnn justice correspondent pamela brown is working all of the details for us. Shes joining us. Pamela, youre learning new information about the student. Tell us what you have learned. Thats right. Were learning from Law Enforcement forces that the student was reportedly wearing all black, including a helmet and bulletproof vest when he opened fire on the school this morning killing one of the students. It appears that he died from a selfinflicted wound. Right now investigators are trying to piece together why the gunman did this. Shots fired in the locker room. At least one person down. The burst of gunfire rang out shortly after 1 00 a. M. With more than 2800 students. One person is down. Tonight police have not released a motive and be
Shinseki forced out today amid charges veterans died waiting for health care. Its widespread across the nation, and it has been happening for years. More officials likely will go. And tonight there are calls for criminal investigation. Jim acosta has the story. Reporter for president obama, there was no time to wait. Secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. With considerable regret, i accepted. Reporter according to white house officials, the resignation of veteran ace fairs secretary Eric Shinseki was over in one hour. First shinseki met in the oval office with the president and the Top White House aide now overseeing the v. A. , rob nabors. Then the president and shinseki went for a walk on the south lawn for a private conversation. Minutes later, mr. Obama said shinseki had concluded he was too much of a distraction. And so my assessment was unfortunately that he was right. I bre regret that he has to resign under these circumstances. Reporter shinsekis departure came as t
Will others bring their war back home . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with new details with the growing scandal that led to resignation of Eric Shinseki. The final blow, an internal v. A. Audit showing misconduct at hospitals across the country. President obama says firings are under way, bonuses being canceled. There may even be a federal criminal investigation. Cnn was first to shine the spotlight on the v. A. Scandal and our correspondents are standing by to bring you the full coverage we can. We begin with jim acosta who takes us behind the scenes of todays stunning new developments. Jim . Wolf, in a day of high drama here at the white house, Eric Shinseki was gone in 60 minutes with democrats calling for his led according to one official. Shinseki decided to step down on his own. For president obama, there was no time to wait. Secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. With considerable regret, i accepted. According to white house officials, the re
Donald Sterling agrees to sale of Los Angeles Clippers – CNNby wpjljron
Thursday, June 5th, 2014.Donald Sterling agrees to sale of Los Angeles Clippers – CNN(CNN) Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Sterling’s attorneys told CNN on Wednesday. Last week, Sterling’s estranged wife, Shelly, agreed to sell the franchise to Ballmer for an NBA record $2 billion. The Sterlings are co-owners of the team through a family […]
(CNN) Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Sterling’s attorneys told CNN on Wednesday.