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Perfe perspective. >> this is kevin yoder, who has now apologized to his constituents for swimming nude in the sea of galilee. it was aan oversight or something. here we have his excuses. number ten, whats the big deal? i was naked the whole trip. number nine, it was spring break. chill out. number eight, people in the middle east are pretty easy going about nudity. number seven, in my defense i had been drinking heavily. number six, trying to take the focus off mitch romneys taxes. number five,...

Scene, just two weeks after helping create the debt ceiling steal mate which lost the u.s. its aaa credit rating and after one of the most politically excruciating times in the history of washington, a group of house republican freshmen basically took a frat party to the sea of galilee. as first reported by politico, they were on a house visit to the israel, private junket paid for a non-profit offshoot of the pro israel labby apac and decided to jump into the sea of galilee including kevin yode...

Private junket. >> its as much about congress as it is about republicans. >> this time, okay. >> but congressional ratings went down to 10% last week. so you know, i just think its a pox on everybodys house. the missouri remarks were unfortunate. but i think theyve been -- everybodys cut those, ras off at this point. romney separated themselves. .other candidates. >> im curious. you heard scarborough this morning. joe thinks, martin that romneys got to come out and say akin has to get out of the...

Training conference. i went on the web site earlier today. im still not quite sure what the objective is here when they talk about smart pay. and later tonight on the general jackson steam boat, theres a reception with entertainment that follows that. whats going on in nashville? >> yeah. amazing how they continue to talk about how theyre cutting in government, but try to justify how youre taking a big junket on a steam boat. you can look from their own web site not only the lavish rooms and the...

Affairs. >>neil: but do you they they knew or they just didnt --. >>guest: watergate changed all that. suddenly reporters made the reputations not by being indebted with the establishment. but breaking loose and doing investigative reporting. >>neil: you reveal bigger things, the securing, and i never heard this until your fine book, the pan am deal for flights for he and his family, that alone, i think of my exclusive contract and dunken doughnutted -- kidding -- but the bosses got iny about it...

In think again. some federal judges getting ready for a costly junket in hawaii. that is at the top of the hour. up here next, flying with your families for that summer vacation? you better bring some extra cash if you want to sit next to junior. man: 1939 -- my parents ran across an ad for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, weve got ...

This junket was a tony rudy joint. he helped organize the all expenses paid part of this trip. when he got home from the trip, he said the whole thing had been paid for by a group for the national center for public policy. that group denied paying for the trip but they were hip deep in the scandal. he served as an aid to tom delay in the mid-1990s. tom delay took a six day trip to russia. jack abramoff went along for the ride. tom delay said it was paid for and organized by the obscure washingto...

Golf resort in scotland in 2002. this junket was a tony rudy joint. he helped organize the all expenses paid part of this trip. when he got home from the trip, he said the whole thing had been paid for by a group for the national center for public policy. that group denied paying for the trip but they were hip deep in the scandal. he served as an aid to tom delay in the mid-1990s. tom delay took a six day trip to russia. jack abramoff went along for the ride. tom delay said it was paid for and o...

>> good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and dont have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mock...

year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasnt promising $2 gas. he wasnt dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to crack down. >> where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying oil, creating the shortage and driving oil higher. we cant afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of american families get the short e...