stout is the director of. the lab was not authorized by the va to conduct a test. they did so at the request of that va employee. the report we received from that lab showed that the sample tested positively for legionela. the same disease causing strain that was responsible for the initial outbreak. according to medical experts this means there are patients now at that hospital that could be exposed to the disease. two years after she lost her father, maureen wants to make sure other families don't suffer her fate. >> i understand, he understands. over and out. >> over and out. >> we also want to mention that dr. hu the medical director of the lab that conducted the tests and there's more. the american federation of government employees confirmed to cnbc that at least in five employees got sick as well. now dr. robert petzell, undersecretary for health at the va testified at the hearing in pittsburgh and said that, quote, lessons learned from pittsburgh are being used to ensure water safety at all va medical centers throughout the nation. now in response to the bo

maybe you can hitchhike to any other va hospital like buffalo just a few hours away. >> the buffalo va exposed more than 700 patients to hepatitis over a two year period by reusing insurance len pens. during that time upstate new york regional director david west was awarded nearly $26,000 in bonuses. >> jon: these veterans should just avoid the northeast corridor. >> failure to monitor mental health patients at the atlanta va lead to three deaths. we found its former director james clark received over 31,000 dollars in bonuses the years two of those patients died. >> jon: holy [bleep]. the department of veteran affairs run by jesse pinkman, driving around to rather than dom va hospitals throwing money out the window. hey you keep up the good work, bitch! that is my jesse pinkman impression. (laughter) going to an american hospital for a veteran shouldn't require more courage than storming the beach at normandy. so now we know about the problems. what are we going to do to fix. >> last year veterans affairs gave out nearly $97 million in bonuses. now congress plans to review the bonuse

public perception than the va is right now. national security core, jennifer griffin, looks at an organization thinks it's doing a great job and how it's falling short. >> it is celebrating what it claims is a reduction in record-high backlog disability claims. down 25% since may, a two-year low, but the va was celebrating long before the problems were fixed, handing out dollars where the regional director of the va, michael mooreland, received a bonus. the chairman of the house veterans committee called hearings to investigate. >> i don't think the va understands that this is not the way to reward individuals for poor performance. you reassign them or fire them. >> the 83-year-old father of john died of the disease at the pittsburgh facility. she says the va lied about the cause and says the problem still has not been fixed. >> you got away with it with my dad. how did you not fix it. well, understanding now it was all about bonuses, and a presidential award, and there it is, it boils all down to money. >> at the st. louis va

the roobleggal director of the va michael more land received a $63,000 bonus. even though five veterans died of legionnaires disease contracted at a v.a. hospital. the chairman of the house committee called hearings to investigate. >> i don't think the va understands that this is not the way to reward individuals for poor performance. you either reassign them or you fire them. >> more reason's 83-year-old father john served in the korean war and died in 2011 of legionnaires disease at the pittsburgh facility. she says the va lied about the cause and says the problem still hasn't been fixed. >> why wouldn't you fix -- you got away with it with my dad. how did you not fix it? while understanding now it was all about bonuses and a presidential award, there it is. it boils all down to money. >> at the st. louis va medical center where more than 1800 veterans may have been exposed to h.i.v. and hepatitis as a result of unsanitary dental equipment, the facility's director received nearly $25,000 in bonuses during her four-year tenure. back in pittsburgh at an emotion

with the va loan. >> all right. alice congratulations, 4.3 is pretty good, and good luck to you and your fiance, we wish you the best. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >>> low rates are also a big reason to buy a home instead of renting. ted joins us now to explain. if it's a good time to refinance, it has to be a great time to buy, how come? >> thanks for having me. when we look into renting or buys, we take into account all of the costs. not just your mortgage payment, but how much you might have to spend on maintenance, and the taxes, take all of that into account, it now looks 35% cheaper to buy than to rent. now that may sound like a big gap. it may sound very cheap,

, for a host of mental issues at the va, hearing voices was kind of the catchall. i think the question obviously is going to be, how far along was he in the treatment? what were they seen the medical record? pulledhat have clearances to get in the building? at this stage, i don't think we know the answers to those questions and i think that is what investigators will be looking for. were their missed opportunities like we saw at virginia tech, where he should have been able to do the things to get a hold of the guns given his mental treatment? i don't know if that was the case here, but it is certainly something the federal government is looking at, city government is looking at, and reporters like us are looking at. >> is something both having a clearance and having the guns. >> right. our reporter -- the guns are not something that adam and i focused a ton on, but our reporter in washington has really been trying to these together how they got the guns. we know there was a shotgun he used, a handgun. unclear whether he got the handgun from a police officer or sec

, the undersecretary for the va, dr. robert pets el, who handed out those bonuses to the va director who oversaw the legionnaire's deaths, was asked if he had any regrets. >> if you knew then what you knew now, what know now, would you recommend him for this award? >> i would. >> reporter: fox news has also learned that since 2003 until july of this year, the va has paid out nearly $1 billion in the malpractice settlement awards. that money didn't come of of its budget, it came out of the treasury, more of your tax dollars. gregg: jennifer griffin, thanks very much. jenna: well, you don't hear very often, a millionaire learning to live on much, much less, spending less than $5 a day for a week on food. we're going to talk to the ceo of panera bread. you know that, right, gregg? gregg: oh, my daughters love pa anywhere rah. jenna: 800 stores around the country, and the ceo decided he was going to see if he could live on minimal none. he's going -- money. he's going to tell us what his week has been like. >>> plus, the fed

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. ready to charge up first business with their straight talk from the trading floor. alan knuckman and james ramelli are here for traders unpluged. good morning. > >good morning. angie: here's your topic number one---crisis de jour. we're hearing a lot about this debt threat, so how do investors make sense of this? alan: it's always something it seems. we're in a new media age so i think people are overly sensitive to all the news but it's gotten to a point where it's crazy. we're 2% off the all-time forever highs in the s &p and people are losing their minds like there's gonna be a market crash. james: right. this little pullback we've had, that had to happen. we do have this little bit of uncertainty about the shutdown but if we're really afraid that this market is going to roll over and that the

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. trader dan deming of stutland equities joins us now for some chart talk. good morning dan. > >good morning angie. > >they have been buying this market going into the fed announcement today. ehat does that tell you? > >certainly right now the expectations in the market are as such that the fed possibly might taper just a little bit, maybe test the waters ever so slightly but by and large the expectations in the market place. the consensus is as long as that's the case the market could continue to go higher here. > >what do you think will happen after the announcement? is the market more likely to sell off immediately? > >i don't know about that angie. certainly buy the rumor sell the news is typical jargon down here on the floor and it has a tendency to come to fruition more often than not. you're

it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. hit a landmine when i came here, i couldn't move. [male announce david was broadsided on the highway. they weren't very hopeful that he would survive at all. [male announce their traumatic brain injuries have yet to heal. the way i describe it is you're just afraid. am i going to start forgetting things? [male announce tbi is as serious as any battlefield injury. thankfully va has made important advancements in tbi so if you think you or a veteran you know has sustained a brain injury, get screened. returning now to chart talk, matt cavanaugh of cmz trading joins us now and he's taking a look at a couple of high flying stocks. hi matt. > > hi > > let's start with netflix. this is not a stock that you have been a fan with, however, it has performed quite well over the past year you have to admit. >

we know now for a fact that he was being treated at the va as recently as last movement the question is, was there a process from the va to connect to the navy to let them know a subcontractor was potentially under treatment? but, remember, the primary reason why it appears to be workplace violence is that it was done at a place of work, no different than captain hasan in ft. hood. it does appear to be workplace violence related but was it a specific person he was targeting, was it a policy, was it someone? that is very unclear. it may have been he just wanted to make a statement, and this is where he could commit the maximum amount of lethal impact. >> well, i think a lot of people would probably argue with you for your characterization of what happened at ft. hood, but let's focus on what happened yesterday at the u.s. navy yard. this guy was a contractor, a subcontractor. he didn't work at the u.s. navy yard every day. he worked in many different places. so why choose this particular place? >> well, access -- many crimes are based on a few things and one of them has to do with ava

it's not clear that the va was required to report that to the people who were doing the security clearance. so there's a lot of questions about how the system works, but in any event, unlike, say, the situation with major nidal hasan, who was talking about taking violent action or the justifications for it or internet chatting with people about it, there doesn't seem to be any kind of that kind of a trail here with aaron alexis. friends say he could sometimes be despondent. he complained about the level of pay, that he was slow to be paid. he told somebody he thought he was being discriminated against. but nothing that would indicate any kind of a huge red flag. >> all right, thank you so much, pete williams. to talk more about this i want to bring in clint van zandt, general barry mccaffrey is also an msnbc military analyst. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> clint, you're the profiler. let's start with the profile. he does have an arrest record. >> yeah. >> at least two prior shooting incidents. his dad said he may have ptsd from helping out in new york after 9/11. the other th

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm stan i live on john street i'm here representing the san francisco committee for flown utilities. i know you've heard from us before to place all utilities underground it will make the city satisfactory and it's the right thing to do. task forces have laid auto ways to do this and have taken surveys from homeowners and rents and they'll agreed to pay. besides the fact their expensive to repair an initiative doesn't get a lot of outcome. so the loss of electricity it putting people's lives in dagger and that's something nobody wants to do. the good news it's voidable. many other cities as you know have done it san diego and berlin and other countries. there's been a article about skrirldz and thousand of people losing they can't recal

it's why he saw the help at va hospitals. one of them was in rhode island and according to his company, alexis was in rhode island just this past august, less than six weeks ago. he was in newport, rhode island, where he was working as an information technology contractor. the source says that is based on family accounts, it appears that aaron alexis was unraveling that he, quote unquote, just snapped. brooke, jake? >> deb, let me ask you this. when i'm hearing you saying this father said he snapped and that 9/11 was the catalyst, he's having trouble sleeping and hearing voices, the first question i'm thinking is did the father or mother ever sit down with him and try to talk to him and try to get him to get help? >> you know, it's unclear. because once he left new york city, he really didn't return often. the last time he was here was back in 2010. i maintained contact with both his mother and father, but it's unclear how regular this communication was. they did know enough to basically say that he was having trouble sleepin

and as robert will discuss later today, the va has plans for building on the success of our research facilities. now south of mission bay hunters shipyard will be an innovation district that will act as a test bed for the latest design in smart cities. the navel shipyards closed we watched this lash gibberish but no more. after decades of planning and entitlement work this time next year 2 hundred and 47 home with 67 hundred imply residents will be built at the shipyard. simultaneously we'll be breaking ground for the total revitalization of alice areas folks will soon be living in save energy efficient housing. in fact, such a point is the importance of building and accelerating the development of new housing for people of all income levels. that's right. we're focused as much on building new and affordable housing as on the resident towers that grab our headlines. that's why we're building affordable housing throughout the city and keeping pace with the market housing. you should, you know, this. as of all the housing units in the pipeline 24 percent of it will be performly afforda

on december 3, 2003 at walked into the long-term care wing of the va hospital in syracuse and map 104-year-old eugene lee. worn on march 24, 1829 in salina new york a small town that is now essentially part of syracuse he turned 18 just a couple of weeks before the united states entered world war i. as soon as the united states did enter world war i he dropped out of high school. he only had a couple of months left to go in and listed in the marine corps. for those of you who -- i can assure you that mr. lee did indeed eventually get his high school diploma. in fact he was awarded his diploma on his birthday. this was his 104th birthday. he had it there proudly and display in his room when i visited that day. he enlisted right after america entered the war and was sent to boot camp in philadelphia and assigned to the 51st company of the fifth marine regiment. they worship tour de france very early june of 1917 so just a couple of months after america entered the war and in fact he arrived in france about a week or so after john jay pershing the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm stan i live on john street i'm here representing the san francisco committee for flown utilities. i know you've heard from us

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm stan i live on john street i'm here representing the san francisco committee for flown utilities. i know you've heard from us before to place all utilities underground it will make the city satisfactory and it's the right thing to do. task forces have laid auto ways to do this and have taken surveys from homeowners and rents and they'll agreed to pay. besides the fact their expensive to repair an initiative doesn't get a lot of outcome. so the loss of electricity it putting people's lives in dagger and that's something nobody wants to do. the good news it's voidable. many other cities as you know have done it san diego

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm stan i live on john street i'm here representing the san francisco committee for flown utilities. i know you've heard from us before to place all utilities underground it will make the city satisfactory and it's the right thing to do. task forces have laid auto ways to do this and have taken surveys

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm stan i live on john street i'm here representing the san francisco committee for flown utilities. i know you've heard from us before to place all utilities underground it will make the city satisfactory and it's the right thing to do. task forces have laid auto ways to do this

he established contact with the va can and then a gentleman in waiting kablthd allen douglas who is in swid land at the time. your strategy influence with long talks was started. the rosens entered and wolf informed hitler and the mediation was discussed, connotation and orientation and super national piety

late tonight, law enforcement sources tell abc news, alexis sought treatment from the va in both rhode island and washington december for insomnia. just the latest in a decade-long string of disturbing incidents. three arrests and series of military infractions. despite all this, alexis went to work for a government computer contractor at the washington navy yard using a secret security clearance he received after joining the navy. he cam e off to the d.c. area, august 25th. 17 days after hearing the voices in rhode island. today, one day after alex igs was shot and killed -- alexis was shot and killed after brutally costing 12 others their lives, the fbi would not talk about their mental state? >> can you give us any guidance if this young man was seeking any psychological treatment? >> i can't comment. >> we have new details on what alexis was up to two days before his murderous rampage. saturday, september 14th. alexis visit itted sharpshooters a gun store and firing range in lorton, virginia, 20 miles from washington, d.c. he fired an ar-15 assault rifle at a practice range and pur

pattern there. >> man with a history of gun violence, michele caruso cabrera, treated by the va for mental illness and he received as the fbi said, quote, legitimate access to one of the most secure facilities in the united states. how does that happen? >> this is unfortunately a lesson we have already learned and we need to keep relearning. better prescreening. we learned this already from who, the post office. from 1986 to 199, many recall there was a slew of homicides, mass killings, where 48 postal employees were killed by 15 different postal employees. when they looked at the history of all the people back in 1986 to 1999 they found the vast majority had troubled histories like this man. they had substance abuse or had a history of violence or they had done other things that would have prevented them from being hired. five of those 15 people should never been hired based on their history. so what did the postal service learn? much better prescreening. why don't we know that now? the other lesson zero tolerance of any suggestion of violence and that may sound like duh, they foun

he received disability benefits, $395 a month but the va refuted claims he received treatment for mental health issues saying he never sought an appointment. his mom released this statement today. >> my son aaron alexis has murdered 12 people and wounded several others. his actions had a profound effect on the families of the victims. i don't know why he did what he did and i will never be able to ask him why. aaron alexis is in a place where he could no longer do harm to anymore and for that i am glad. to the families of the victims i am sorry this has happened. my heart is broken. >> investigators haven't any connection between aaron alexis and his victims. >>> bart and the unions. they say bart negotiators walked out of talks. the union claims bart insists on meeting for only 10 days of the 60 day cooling off period. bart said that is not true. they are ready to meet any time. >> there is no explanation other than bart is not treating this seriously and don't attend to come to an agreement. >> the calendar is not set in stone. just because it is what it is doesn't mean we can't add da

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he was treated by the va for paranoia. police said alexis told them last month he was hearing voices. he had runs in with police. in 2011 the navy discharged him early for insubordination. but he never lost the security clearance he had since 2008. he opened fire with a shotgun yesterday and not a rifle. during the rampage, she was saved by an officer who was then hit. >> the security officer that pushed her and her other coworkers into the fire escape right before he got shot. >> pandit was killed yesterday and kathy gaarde. >> reporter: chuck hagel placed a wreath to honor the death and the injured. the navy and washington are still reeling. >> the navy yard where the shootings happened is about a mile from the capitol and the baseball stadium. the washington nationals took the field against the braves because last night's game was postponed until today. there was a moment of silence. we continue our coverage of the shooting on our website there. you'll find the photo gallery and those text messages sent during the tense

also have to be wanted stand by a wall and the va in the period >> if there is an edge and need to do an end should check outside of the metal detectors there are people standing by to use a electronic wand. >> i talked to some of the fans of payment earlier today and they think that this is a good idea to in >> why not be safe there do and is that the war is feared i feel safer state's one fan. >> the oakland a's say that you should give yourself a little bit more time to get to the games of the king get cleared to security and then get your seat. >> the procedure starts today not all gates have the metal detectors however by sunday all gates will have the metal detectors at all entrances. >> and ahead at eight dan taps was caught public issue of homosexuality and the catholic church. >> ahead at 8 the pope gang tackles the hot-button issue of homosexuality and the catholic church. >> also people across the bay area are already lining up and were just hours away from the release of the new iphone is. >> coming up next >> coming up tomorrow will have coolant temperatures and a chance

congress asked the va to disclose what drugs they provided and any possible side effects. >>> today the president will travel to new york to address the united nations. he arrives in the big apple this morning. president barack obama will push the united nations to increase pressure on syria to suvendor their chemical weapons. he could meet with the president of iran, but at this time no meeting is scheduled. >>> six minutes after the hour. a huge day at m&t bank stadium. ed reed is welcomed back for number 52 in the ravens ring of honor. they scored two touchdowns before the half to take the lead over the houston texans. they came back out and they kept on where they were going. 30 and long. flacco and smith getting the ravens out of trouble. they had pierce taking it in from two yards out. two yards in. the ravens just keep on rolling. they win, 30-9. the game marks the return for ed reed. he talked about the welcome back he received from the ravens faithful. >> it was awesome, man. when i first ran out of the stadium. you know, like i said, you know -- memories, you know that i have

now the va says he said he was only having trouble sleeping. they did tell the navy what happened. the navy says that was never reported any further of the chain of command. >> thanks. >>> the economic news today sent the stock market soaring, but it wasn't necessarily good news for everybody and the rest of the country. the long and short of it is this -- the american economy is not doing well enough to be left alone. after saying it was gaining strength, the head of the federal reserve decided to keep going with economic stimulus to try to encourage job and economic growth. both the dow and the nasdaq closed at record highs. mortgage rates are expected to drop, but the fed believes the american economy still needs a continuing infusion of $85 million a month. and there are growing concerns that a potential government shut down in washington will do even more damage. now across the border. >>> near ottawa today, a terrible crash between a passenger train and a double-decker bus. survivors on the bus said many passengers were screaming at the driver to stop just sends before the bu

weapoweapons. >> reporter: he got them because it's illegal for the va to report treatment. as a contractor he had a ten-year security clearance. >> it's not that difficult to get a security clearance if you do not have major red flags in your background. >> reporter: the incident is raising more talk about gun control. >> we do not have a firm enough background check system. >> we're going to move this up as quickly as we can. and the shooting is raising questions about security. lawmakers want more answers on a pentagon report, places like washington navy yard at risk. and as a result of all that, there will be a lot of eyes object this now, richard. the president has ordered a review of all federal facilities. secretary hagel wants a review of the clearances. >>> the husband of one of the 12 victims says he now has a hole that will never be filled. nbc's tom costello has more on those whose lives were stolen. >> reporter: taps at the navy memorial for the 12 men and women who came from all walks of life, gunned down in a place supposed to be safe. among them 53-year-old s