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Street, do you believe that he and these other members of congress were really paying market based rent? >> oh, absolutely not. its a beautiful place, and in fact, you go in there, as you mention theres maid service, theres a cook, theyre hosting diplomatic meetings there. theyre not bringing in ambassadors to sit on jerry morans box spring. its a luxury place. the fact is they know that. if you go back in 2002, lewis sheldon, christian right leader, said a lot of congressmen dont have 1 n -- $1...

Congress were really paying market based rent? >> oh, absolutely not. its a beautiful place, and in fact, you go in there, as you mention theres maid service, theres a cook, theyre hosting diplomatic meetings there. theyre not bringing in ambassadors to sit on jerry morans box spring. its a luxury place. the fact is they know that. if you go back in 2002, lewis sheldon, christian right leader, said a lot of congressmen dont have $1500 to pay for rent, to c street does that for them. for those wh...

Underground equipment. i totally disagree. i go to a lot of nonunion mines and probably some of the safest mines in the country on a daily basis. mining is something thats -- if its in your blood, its -- you just like the camaraderie and the fellowship. but i think its too early to put any kind of blame on one particular company or to even say maybe not one particular company but to say its a nonunion issue. let the grieving process run its course, right now people near prayers, they need fellow...

Big branch mine in west virginia after an explosion this afternoon. jim? >> thank you. and now, the latest from the political grapevine. president obamas easter adreg dres to the nation being criticized as too broad and mr. obama made it clear and he his family would be quote, marking resurrection of jesus christ went on to celebrate on this easter weekend let us hold fast to operations we hold in common as brothers and sisters as members of the same family, the family of man. one critic notes i...

Big branch mine in west virginia after an explosion this afternoon. jim? >> thank you. and now, the latest from the political grapevine. president obamas easter adreg dres to the nation being criticized as too broad and mr. obama made it clear and he his family would be quote, marking resurrection of jesus christ went on to celebrate on this easter weekend let us hold fast to operations we hold in common as brothers and sisters as members of the same family, the family of man. one critic notes i...

Justice department but critics say nothing really has changed on the ground. case by case, so far, the obama justice department has taken the same position as the bush justice department did on these cases. >> all right. michael isikoff of "newsweek", thank you very much. senior investigative reporter. >> thank you. a watch dog group has some questions for the conservative lawmakers who live in washingtons so-called "c" street house. the organization citizens for responsible and ethics in wash...

Well now lets remember who jeremiah wrights church is, also a church in new york that bill moyer from pbs , hes a member, same fellowship. you can get to it from the communist website. looks fine and dandy. click on the drop-down menu. you will be recommended to visit the ella baker center. how the -- the ella baker center, why did i know that? i remember thats van jones. van jones started the ella baker center, communist. you will be introduced to the international league of religious socialist...

Who subsidizes the rent that bart stupak and the other congressmen pay -- or paid? today stupaks office said mr. stupak moved out of c street at the end of december. they provided us with a letter he sent constituents upon doing so but they have declined to answer questions about how much he paid in rent, who he paid it too and who subsidized his rent if anyone. we looked into it because we couldnt get answers from them and tonight we have big news to report in terms of who mr. stupak seems to h...

8,000 square foot, 12-bedroom mansion called c street. c street is reportedly run by a secretive religious group called the fellowship or the family. the members of congress who live at c street reportedly pay the paltry sum of $600 a month for rent, which is a sweetheart deal and is pretty clearly way below market value for that area. and that raises the question, who subsidizes the rent that bart stupak and the other congressmen pay -- or paid? today mr. stupaks office responded to our questio...

The extent of their influence at all. >> that is what has attracted me to the story again and again. i keep thinking im done talking about c street and the fellowship and the family. then it just keeps coming up. on the specific issue of bart stupak, do you find it troubling specifically that members of congress would be getting what appear to be in-kind donations from the group in the form of rent but they are not declared anywhere? >> oh, absolutely. any time favors are given, that means there...