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John boehner announced his party will look overall earmarks. >> its important to have a conversation about a earmark moratorium, and i am talking about a real moratorium, because there is no way to be halfway pregnant on this issue. >> reporter: remember that bridge to nowhere that was never built? that would still be okay because it was not tacked on to a spending bill, but attached to a highway measure and the money went to the state of alaska and not a business. and then the jets the pentagon...

Major cyber attack? >> well, we could. there are only a handful of nations who actually intelligence officials have the technology to pull off something like this. however, that doesnt guard against the fact that with technology growing at the speed it is that smaller countries wont have this. and there are attacks where people hack into something. remember the 2003 power outage. >> sure action sure, in the northeast. >> it was unbelievable. the pictures were terrifying. people were on the bridg...

In 2009. kim yu-na, apollo ohno, speed skating $1.5. he appeared on dancing with the stars. $8 million for the top few. thats a lot. >> it is a lot for winter olympians. compared to the summer counterparts its actually low. if you want to look at roger federer from the summer olympics, he made $35 million the year he competed. and then the year after michael phelps competed he probably made about $10 million. >> so, again, theres -- theyre allowed to compete in the olympics no matter the sponsor...

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The door. >> and i heard him last week say that before he walked in the door, the deficit was $1.3 trillion. well, is the president, perhaps, playing a little fast and loose with the numbers? fox news contributor dick morris is a former advisor to president bill clinton and knows all about numbers and hes joining us right now live from atlanta. good morning to you, dick. >> first of all, that shark attack, im occasionally in those waters off west palm. my goodness. >> watch it. well, youve been ...

$5 million for lincoln. $3.5 for bennett. $8.7 million for specter. $13 million for bayh. >> and many are currently behind in polling. lincoln. we know reid who has actually raised a ton and spent a ton. he spent over $2 million, raised $2 million. >> he spent it on what? >> tv ads. hasnt really worked. thats really the question. they have this huge advantage right now, all of these incumbents. what are they going to do with it? start spending and trying to define these races? it is hard in some...

Tax breaks for profits earned overseas. take a look. >> we think $4 trillion will come back into the country, thats money overseas stuck there for years and years. it was 2.5 trilli$2.5 trillion, was $3.5, this is money stuck there for years and come pouring back into the country. >> reporter: so ta couple of things about that, as you know from having covered the business beat for so long, the president is giving an estimate there that is far above what many economists say that the win fall of t...

So far republicans havent found a solution to that. then you have susan collins who a lot of people thought would be an automatic no. in fact, she believes shes gotten something in return for her acts up to this point and that is the state and local tax deduction. what youre looking at is the senate matching what the house did allowing the property tax deduction capped at $10,000. and senator bob corker, jeff flake, theyve made clear this $1.5 trilli $1.5 trillion proposal shouldnt add to the de...

Cut. but it doesnt mean its going to help the country. >> thank you, stephanie. on the screen youre seeing a gaggle of reporters checking out their phones and waiting for lawmakers to walk out of the doors down there after this meeting. house republicans behind closed doors will come out. well get more details on this. one republican who has come out is tom reed from new york, a member of the tax writing ways and means committee. its a pleasure to have you on today. lets go through the facts of ...

Will bring and making the u.s. a haven for the capital. again. we need to get that edge back. they need to encourage more people to start businesses. particularly millennials that will add to our competitiveness. so thank you. >> of the things we have been talking about and there never has been anything like it is the level of enthusiasm for business and manufacturing. its the highest level it ever has been since the charts started. we have a tremendous level of enthusiasm for business and manuf...