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Barely even begun. >> heres senator bob corker and clairk mccaskill. here it is. >> great detail, very painful cuts to medicare. i just did it in a 240-page bill that i have shared with the white house, shared with my colleagues. >> if you dont think theres more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you dont understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we have to look at deeper reforms to entitlements. >>...

Theres a feeling that this has barely even begun. >> heres senator bob corker and clairk mccaskill. here it is. >> great detail, very painful cuts to medicare. i just did it in a 240-page bill that i have shared with the white house, shared with my colleagues. >> if you dont think theres more money to be cut in contracting at the pentagon, you dont understand what has happened at the pentagon. >> as much as i love claire, those are not the painful cuts that have to happen. we have to look at dee...

To build from all sorts of the parts of the earth we spent a trillion on basically on welfare that is more than defense and medicare combined. but we are talking about illegal immigrants that are given food stamps and they are not entitled to medicaid or medicare or social security. it is a food stamp program and set up with whether mexico is pulling up their fair share. >> and john, you go to the web site. anybody can go to the web site. welcome to america web site this is it just a page from i...

Election i expect. santitas jackson and michael graham join us. good to have both of you here this morning. michael, its interesting when you look at this website, this government website where they are directing new immigrants it also goes onto say, frequently its difficult to access such benefits. benefit programs can be complicated and you may be given misleading information about how they operate. its like one arm much the government saying the other guys are really going to confuse you, so ...

Materials, apparently at her house. martha: all right. more than a hundred million americans already getting some kind of government check in the mail, and now the department of homeland security is promoting welfare benefits to new immigrants on wear website. they say welcome to the usa.gov a website that outlines it all. depending on your immigration status, length of time in the united states and income you may be eligible for some federal benefit programs. this as republican senator marco ru...

Be making that huge payment. and also it starts to ramp up after that. the savings in the first few years are pretty small, but after that they get signature. it gets over to a hundred million a year. bill: they could not do it out of sacramento statewide. have you been contacted by other mayor or people trying to see what youre doing out there and perhaps push for the same thing? >> you know, we think that this will sweep certainly the state of california with both san jose and san diego, two o...

Prison. from that house to the big house. they pled guilty yesterday to defrauding benefit programs. theyll pay back over $500,000 but they pay up to 10 years behind bars and new numbers about how many mail carriers are attacked by dogs. this year alone, it was more than 1,000. the most troublesome city is houston, texas. >> my mailman doesnt deliver mine because my dog is so big. >> your fed ex guy will? >> my fed ex guy will do anything! he wraps himself in bubble wrap and gets to the door. >>...

>> yeah, thats right. hi. companies feel they have to do something to stay competitive. if they cant offer the big bucks and they have to come up with something pretty unique to keep and recruit talented workers. these perks were talking about are wide ranging. companies like toy manufacturer mattel, they take pride in their innovative benefit programs. here youll find everything from on site fitness centers and dry cleaning to pet insurance, even half day fridays year round. the experts tell us...

And each one kind of, they dipped their toe in this idea. romney embraced it. santorum embraced it and said it did not go far enough. do they run toward it an embrace it to get votes or keep it at arms length? what do you believe is the best strategy at this moment. >> reporter: theyve all embraced it or something like it. i dont think there is any running away from the fact that republicans are the party that wants to do something big to address this entitlement spending. the president has indi...

an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your fathers example? >> ma...