Jun 26 Watch Whistleblowers come forward in Veterans Affairs scandal By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Brown talks to Dennis Wagner of The Arizona Republic about two whistleblowers who have emerged to make public accusations about problems within Veterans Affairs health system. One came forward with information about patients who died while waiting for medical… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Reverse incentives of VA health care made fixing the numbers easier than fixing the system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 30 Watch Shinseki resigns, criticizing ‘systemic’ failures of VA health care system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 29 Watch Veterans Affairs ‘scheduling schemes’ spark strong rebuke from Congress By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 21 Watch Why is it so hard for some veterans to get care from the VA? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 15 Watch VA Secretary Shinseki grilled by Senate panel over failures to provide care By PBS News Hour Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki appeared in front of a Senate panel to defend his agency against accusations that a V.A. hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, falsified scheduling reports, and that up to 40 veterans died awaiting treatment. Senators on both… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Under scrutiny in the past, VA clinic delay allegations strike a chord By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 06 Watch News Wrap: More girls abducted in Nigeria after militants went door-to-door, reports say By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Islamist militants have reportedly abducted more girls in Nigeria’s northeast, in addition to the some 270 schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Men went door-to-door, taking girls ages 12 to 15, said witnesses and police. Also, the… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch Winds Keep Arizona Fire Growing Toward Record Size The so-called Wallow wildfire, now the size of Phoenix, continued to spread Wednesday across Eastern Arizona, forcing several communities to evacuate as thousands of firefighters continue battling the blaze. Jeffrey Brown gets an update from Jim Cross, a reporter for… Continue watching