the republicans on continuing the economic recovery. our hope is that they're not going to strangle the recovery. bill: we are watching, and thank you for your time, david wasserman-schultz out of florida. next hour we'll talk to indiana congressman mike pence and will ask him the very same questions about how republicans will follow through on all those campaign promises, spending cuts and health care interviews. you will not want to miss throughout the day, starting here. martha: all right. let's go to this legal question for a moment now. a legal loophole that will allow a convicted killer to inherit a fortune from his victim, from the woman he killed. this is not a joke, folks. brandon palladino is in for 25 years for strangling his mother-in-law back in 2008 and when he gets out of jail, he may get a check for more than $350,000, and it's all because the victim's only daughter, dee ana, who you see on the left side of that picture, there she is with her picture, diana edwards, who was choked to death by dee ana's husband,