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>> for people that voted for donald trump that live in rural areas, when you see numbers like that -- i certainly learned this through serving and talking to hospital administrators, that doesnt just help the poor in r. that hurts everybody. because the hospitals, the other health care facilities, the hospice centers, the critical care centers all take a disproportionate hit and they all have to close portions of their services off to people. >> exactly. in rural america, as we know, donald trum...

Know, unilaterally disarm and not have any leverage with anything with the budget, the debt ceiling, which is a constitutional prerogative of congress. so whether its an issue of trade or this or the executive amnesty, it seems like the congress has no problem whatsoever diminishing legislative authority, which i think going back to our previous conversation is whats driven so many people, so many conservatives a little bit crazy about mcconnell and boehner for all their strength. >> john mccain...

Know, unilaterally disarm and not have any leverage with anything with the budget, the debt ceiling, which is a constitutional prerogative of congress. so whether its an issue of trade or this or the executive amnesty, it seems like the congress has no problem whatsoever diminishing legislative authority, which i think going back to our previous conversation is whats driven so many people, so many conservatives a little bit crazy about mcconnell and boehner for all their strength. >> john mccain...

In my mind that you dont replace them with people who dont have disabilities. >> reporter: the problem is sent serd in a little known federal program, ability one. along with its outsourced management group, source america, they manage and award about $2.3 billion in federal contracts every year. multiple sources say these two organizations are being investigated for an acute of such wide scale corruption among the worst case of financial fraud they have ever seen in a federal program. our sourc...

Of the federal contracts under this disability program may be operating in violation of the law. >> the majority of the individuals that were being hired were not severely disabled. >> reporter: even though you are supposed to have 75% or more of your work staff being disability abld. >> in my experience in the ability one contracts that i work on maybe 20% from disabled truly werent capable of finding employment elsewhere. >> reporter: this manager who wants to remain anonymous says the federal...

Every year. multiple sources say these two organizations are being investigated for and accused of such wide scale corruption its among the worst case of financial fraud theyve ever mean? a federal program. our sources say as many as half of the federal contracts under this disability program may be operating in violation of the law. >> the majority of the individuals being hired were not severely disabled. >> even though youre supposed to have 75% or more of your work staff being disabled? seve...

Finances before the 2016 presidential election. at issue is a shortfall in social securitys disability program. the gop-led house adopted a new rule stopping an easy fix by moving cash from social securitys retirement fund into that disability program. this is something thats been done nearly a dozen times over the past 70 years. senator elizabeth warren is charging republicans with inventing a social security crisis. on wall street, stocks closed slightly higher after a slight boost in oil pr...

Good intentions. the disability program is supposed to benefit those ages 50 to 64. a transition into regular materials. >> you see an increase for back page mental illness and nonexerti nonexertion>> i have a pinched nerve and thats a good chance i could qualify if asked hard enough. a oo most of the claims are things like anxiety, february lus. they give disability handouts lawyers make big bucks. >> passed unique social security benefits. dont try to get them on your own. we help people get d...

Administrations disability program. a senate panel reveals the program may run out of money in a year and a half. a disability claimed factory. it indicates an attorney there work with a judge and paid off doctors to score millions of dollars worth of faulty claims. right now more than 14 million americans are receiving disability benefits. >> a white diamond the size of a small egg sold for a record $30.6 million at a hong kong auction. two bidders competed for the 18 carat diamond until one dr...

Well, your government just wont stop doing this to you. and tonight, there is disturbing new evidence of explosive numbers in new government waste. this time, the social security administration, congressional investigators uncovering -- ready for this? 1.3 billion in potentially faulty disability payments, payments to people who claim they were unable to work. nice to see you. >> hey. >> is this really $1.29 billion? is guess this is an estimate, what is this? >> so they found people were workin...