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Dancer was claiming disability while working for madonna, chris brand and others. he wasnt the first claimant busted after appearing on screen. >> kathy cashwell come on down. remember kathy cashwell spinning the big wheel on "the price is right" and claiming workers comp for a shoulder injury. she pled guilty last year. and social security pays $175 billion every year in disability, too. last year alone, they received 72,000 reports of suspected fraud. like this guy throwing the football who cl...

Working. >> reporter: the 27-year-old backup dancer was claiming disability while working for madonna, chris brand and others. he wasnt the first claimant busted after appearing on screen. >> kathy cashwell, come on down! remember kathy cashwell spinning the big wheel on "the price is right" and claiming workers comp for a shoulder injury. she pled guilty last year. and social security pays $175 billion every year in disability, too. last year alone, they received 72,000 reports of suspected fra...

Billion, a relatively small economy in the ukraine, matter to markets? because it is a chess piece for the export of oil and gas from russia. very, very important, strategic situation. one analyst i follow said this is the biggest geopolitical, seismic event since 9/11. so, thats a really -- >> the definition of instability. crazy day in the markets. >> expect dow futures down 116 points right now. so, now, to the winter that just wont let up. my goodness, look at this! at this hour, nearly 10...

6.5 million americans served 7.9 billion hours, estimated value, $175 billion. those are really stunning numbers. how does volunteering impact these individuals but also the country? >> well, its great. there are stunning numbers. i have a great resolution for america. were making our resolutions this week and thinking about, improving our health, meeting new friends, having new adventures. many people are looking for jobs. ive got a secret weapon for you, kristen, america, get out and volunteer...

What would happen is the united states would not be able to borrow any more money. because we borrow almost half of what we spend as a nation, that would mean that all of a sudden within a couple of days, the united states would be spending about half as much as it had been spending before. we would as a country be able to spend based on incoming tax receipts but we couldnt borrow any more. that would mean huge cuts in u.s. government spending. how big? goldman sachs has estimated that it would ...

Patrol agents adding cost. they made the argument it saves the country money which is supposedly what republicans care about. does there seem to be anything that would be offered to the republican party that would make them go for it? >> the only thing are matters like the border control which costs. basically the only way you get this over the republican goal line is by making the bill far harsher than it already is. id be interested in the congressmans response to this but it seems to me that ...

Reach the white house -- and he will tell everybody that thats not what hes thinking right now, but if at any point in the future he wants to do this, he knows that this is something that his party has to do, not just for his aspirations, but if the republican party ever wants to get to the white house again. >> all right. ana, let me bring you in here. obviously this is something where youve got a large majority of americans think border security should be the top priority on immigration reform...

Would save the country about $175 billion over the first ten years. it would save the country that much money. over the next decade it would save another $700 billion. it would make the deficit shrink, not grow. it would be economically beneficial not economically bad. that makes the politics of this awkward. exemplifying the awkwardness of those two things, republicans tried to reach out to latino voters, on the one hand, john boehner met with the congressional hispanic caucus. its not a partis...

Its more than it costs to go to the moon and back 1,000 times but they decided thats what it cost to let all these low i.q. immigrants in the united states get legal status. the racial purification guy ended up getting fired his report stayed. his report that immigration reform would cost a bajillion dollars, his ideas have stuck around on the right edge of the immigration spectrum. the congressional budget office which actually scores things like immigration reform, they say the truth is the op...

Would save the country about $175 billion over the first ten years. it would save the country that much money. over the next decade it would save another $700 billion. it would make the deficit shrink, not grow. it would be economically beneficial not economically bad. that makes the politics of this awkward. exemplifying the awkwardness of those two things, republicans tried to reach out to latino voters, on the one hand, john boehner met with the congressional hispanic caucus. its not a partis...