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Duplication. listen. >> there are 47 job training programs according to gao. only five of which have had an impact study since 2004. less than half of which had a performance review. >> reporter: now homeland security spent $90,000 to upgrade security at a spring training site in peoria, arizona, so other pro teams want money for the site. he says homeland security has $9 billion in unspent funds itself. the general services administration which runs federal properties got unusual noteriety when...

Something done. >> bret: why? >> just wanted to say that. >> here we are. last day before this kicks in. the jim angle story makes people mad. $6 billion on lessons about democracy and decision making from fish. that kind of thing. senator coburn points out. those things intube rate people. >> they ask for a report on the ocean waste and duplication in 2011. a sample. 82 program to improve teacher quality. 47 for job training. it goes on. includes billion dollars that the government sent in the ...

>> there is little doubt emotions are frayed. mary landrieu today on the senate floor. >> we have half this cost and half the chamber that works on one side of the i ccasion. cuts, cuts, more cuts. even though they are senseless and dangerous. we have been reducing spen spending. we have set a target lower because we are tightening our belts. >> bret: tightening their belts. is that true? is the congressional waste line getting trimmer? or is there still a lot of fat to be sliced off? chief nati...

>> some lawmakers hope it will force closer look at wasteful federal spending. bret? >> bret: jim, this is what makes people sick about washington. >> drives them crazy. >> waste fraud and abuse are three words we hear all the time. then the battle over sequester. >> program to help people balance their checkbooks. federal government is not doing a good job. they better sign up themselves. >> bret: jim, thank you. what would you cut? let me know on twitter. follow me @brettbaier. another big day...

Jim angle tells us about billions of your taxpayers dollars that the government collected and not yet spent. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern, and back to my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: when you think of positive role models for young women, does lindsay lohan jump out at you? the troubled actress is due back in court next month on charges of reckless driving, lying to police and obstruction and in hopes to get her out of the latest legal troubles her lawyer is trying to ...

Hearing to address billions of dollars in wasted government fund. chief national correspondent jim angle is live in the d.c. bureau with more on this hi, jim. >> reporter: hello, jenna. some lawmakers say the government is sitting on unspent money, worth $45 billion, more than half of the total sequester. livesen. >> there are pots of money sitting in different departments across the federal government that have been authorized over, either a number of months or a number of years. >> reporter: c...

The argument that cyber espionage be consistent with the international rights. >> they have mo way to punish them but china tells $425 billion of products every year so there is leverage there. any action against china could hurt the u.s. >> paying the high prices. its harm to feel the u.s. businesses who use chinese imports and input in their own production. strong words havent had much effect in the on china so american officials and companies are trying to figure out how to stop this from hap...

Jon: a new way to fight cyber attacks. the white house is reportedly considering fines and other trade penalties against china and any other nation guilty of cyber attacks. jim angle is live there. where are we on all of this, jim? >> reporter: we know the u.s. does intend to respond after learning that hundreds of cyber attacks on the u.s. government and some 140 u.s. companies are coming from a chinese military unit apparently dedicated to such activities. now the question is, what do we do ab...

The dow lost 108 today. the s&p 500 dropped 19. the nasdaq fell 49. the obama administration is said to be considering fines and other trade actions against china for what is portrayed as unrelenting campaign of cyber theft and espionage. but chief national correspondent jim angle reports washington is being careful about what it is saying. >> with the revelations this week of chinese cyber espionage against u.s. government and company, administration officials emerm to talk about broad program ...

American market. of it is going to be contentious, though. you had a chinese official saying yesterday that china firmly opposes cyber attacks, has laws against it and went onto claim that china itself is a victim of cyber attacks. he even accused the u.s. of being the main source of such attacks. so it looks like we are in for a round of nasty counter complaints, sort of an international version, jon, of oh, yeah? so is your sister. thats where were headed. jon: lots of finger pointing. keep an...