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>> not any one in the general public but there is a lot of people who make a good living in the government doing studies of studies of studies. >> greta: what were they studying in the first place. why dont they just do their job and not be wasteful? what is the. >> you talked about the missile defense program. >> $100 million. >> that is a lot of money. i dont know how much it really costs but you do have to research the issues when you going to be doing defense systems for the whole united sta...

listen, give me a sense of your reaction this morning after hearing president obamas announcement. >> well, im still elated and filled with emotion, what president obama did yesterday was so courageous because, as you know, other past presidents and vice presidents have come out in favor of marriage equality for gay people, but president obama did it while hes still in office and while theres still -- some might consider a risk to his future presidency, re-election but it was incredibl...

of hours, a fresh s.w.a.t. team. they had one overnight. they switched out. the new ones are back in there. they are trying to get into this bunker. let me tell you, randi, this is a pretty tough bunker to get into. its built into the side of a hill, a steep hill. built on the ledge, so its hard to get up to it. they have a chopper circling around keeping an eye on things and dropping off supplies to the tactical team. they believe its very dangerous. they do keller is in there. they d...

You can solve the budget issues, whether its spending or revenue. this is a by definition, spending issue. government spends too much, not that it taxes too little. >> its an issue you are going to hear fought out on the campaign trail. >> its interesting what i have been hearing from republicans are taxes going to go up or not? it seems everybody is in agreement that for some wealthier americans, taxes are going to go -- their tax bill, their federal tax bill will go up. deductions are going to...

Cents for nickels. canada is scrapping their penny. end production this month because of similar budget issues. some say united states do the same. the united states treasury wrote a petition for the white house to dump the american penny. in response the obama administration said the u.s. mint is actively researching to find more economical ways to produce our coinage. >> two major ways for a coin to chance. losing weight and having a different or cheaper metallurgical. in 1773 when the u.s. fe...

We have all that video. the obama campaign has all the video to play. this is also an untested possibility for the vice president. as much as we feel like we know this member of the house of representatives because were covering them on budget issues, thats such a narrow frame to look at someone. do you think that the romney campaign has reason to fear what the full vetting of paul ryan might show and might show in terms of just weakness around the country? >> oh, sure. the fundamental lesson of...

This member of the house of representatives because were covering them on budget issues, thats such a narrow frame to look at someone. do you think that the romney campaign has reason to fear what the full vetting the paul ryan might show and might show in terms of political weakness around the country? >> sure. the fundamental lesson of the sarah palin experience in 2008, you have to vet these people closely. who knows with paul ryan what you turn up. the fact that ryan is getting more mention ...

Together we are in trouble. 17 not world in reading. 23 in math. and 32 in science and we are in a free fall. >>neil: you think charles is fiery on television, and he is, you have to see the hit show "payne nation," i dont like the name but everyone else does, and he hooks up more stations faster than i do, cream puff set up, with a buffett but he is on fire and it could not happen to a nicer guy. really. thank you, buddy. can congress solve our budget issues without passing an actual budget? an...

School? >> few things weve suggested. one, in schools that are more difficult to recruit teachers in like some of our inner city schools that are more difficult, you pay those folks more and pay science and math teachers more. i got in trouble for this because i said i dont think we should pay science and math teacher as much as a gym teacher. then they say, he hates gym teachers. it will be more difficult to convince people proficient at science and math to become teachers than to go work as an...

Traditional book and publishing businesses. and when theres money to be lost by a legacy business, as we know, whether its in health care, energy, or education, theres very little incentive from the status quo industries to talk about this type of problem solving, let alone to advocate for it. which, i think, is why its taken so long to understand that resource allocation is not something you should do as an blanket undertaking. resource allocation is much more intelligently pursued when you hav...