Vehicle ignition switches. We begin with the changes coming to the u. S. Departments of Veterans Affairs. This morning, a day before veterans day, v. A. Secretary says the largest restructure is under way. Many face discipline. It comes after a nationwide scandal where veterans waited months for health care and employees falsifying data to cover up the problem. Libby casey joins us from the white house, what was the context for the secretarys announcement. And what is the Department Planning to do. Secretary mcdonald says its a muchneeded shakeup and should bring on thousands of workers to help care for workers. Bob mcdonald has been in the job for three months. The prior secretary resigned when it came to light that thousands of veterans waited weeks and months for care. Bob mcdonalds a veteran who used the v. A. Hes come from the outside, and says the focus needs to be on the customer, and Customer Care. We have set our sights on three nonnegotiable goals. First, is to rebuild trust,
Humanitarian reasons. Any way i can help, please let me know. My time hassedexpired. The chair recognizes the Gentleman Program thank you for being with us today. As youre aware the House Appropriations Committee Just released the Homeland Security appropriations bill which contains the detention bed something has been talked about here today, and it says, quote, thats funding made available under the funding shall maintain level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through 2015. Close quote. Whats the purpose of detention . Public safety. The purpose is, as i understand it, to ensure that it complies with court proceedings. Is that correct . Those with Immigration Court proceedings, some are released pursuant to conditions. If we dont think theyre a risk of flight or Public Safety. But those that are considered to be a risk to Public Safety should be detained. Thats that what im asking. Be intent is to ensure that these undocumented immigrants wind up appearing in court. Isnt that w
Generation of americans to head home. Heading into a hurricane. Drones are being used to learn more about the storms and develop new ways to improve early warnings for people in their path. We begin with calls for Eric Shinseki, the secretary of Veterans Affairs to resign. Good morning, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. The report confirmed phoenix area veterans had to wait months and workers tried to cover up the delays. Several hundred veterans didnt make it on to the waiting list. Today the secretary is expected to deliver the results of his own internal audit to president obama and expected to speak before a group of Homeless Veterans. We are in washington. Republican House Speaker john boehner and harry reid are in agreement that they should not at this point call for secretary shinsekis resignation, but that is not the dominant theme on capitol hill this morning. As the calls for v. A. Secretary shinseki to resign, so do his efforts to keep his job. The secretary met with lawmaker