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The US armed services are spending more money than they are permitted to do by law in their efforts to maintain and continue to operate many weapons systems, the GAO reported.

And next this evening, the former air force intelligence specialist, who defected to iran, against the u.s. now, shes been charged espionage. monica witt worked for the air force and then as a contractor. shes now tonight accused of betraying the u.s. and her former colleagues. did she reveal missions, did she reveal officers names? heres abcs chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: it is an extraordinary espionage indictment. monica witt, a former air force count...

Some problems. conservatives are happy theres budget here for pentagon programs but everybody on the right side of the aisle is upset that the text, the language coming out so close to an actual vote tomorrow. just a little while ago, i was in the elevator with lindsey graham. he asked me what i was working on. i said i was figuring out what is in the budget. he said he was, too. that is frustration by his own partys whip, john cornyn. >> $1.3 trillion in spending and four people deciding it. it...

Commissioning process. is this the way we really want to go? i think its unsettling. its destabilizing and possibly disruptive potentially good effects from that. where this is all going -- >> appears to be what hes trying to do whether with china or putin saying we can be friends but were not going to be friends on your terms apparently based on what happened yesterday. nick, these tweets and well get into this in a second, but these tweets about lockheed has cost the company well over $1 billi...

Some of the tension points between the pentagonen and the dod before. john mccain other senators come out and heaped a lot of praise but said this is going to be a hearing about barack obamas defense capacity and his own strategic thinking not carter. >> you were talking about the intelligence within the pentagon. i keep thinking about the need for human intelligence in places like syria, iraq libya, et. cetera. when its important fight isis but have information. is that going to change any time...

the next prime minister. mario monti is a former european union commissioner. if approved by parliament, hell replace silvio berlusconi who resigned lafrt nig eed last nig italys debt crisis. for first time since the tsunami last march, we can take you inside the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. a team of journalists was allowed within the last 24 hours. there are still levels of radiation around the plant, but the reading is within safe levels. the tsunami fired a 9.0 magnitude eart...

House but it was president obama calling house members and trying to get them to vote against this estate tax language they preferred in order for the bill to go forward and not rejected by the senate again. amazing whipping job in the white house, by the housing representatives not ever seen before. andrea? >> kelly, finally, in the senate tomorrow, saturday session. they obviously are to do something to keep the government open. it will be a short-term bill, spending bill to cover a couple of ...

Busting government shutdown. peter doocy tells us where we are right now. from capitol hill, good morning to you? >> good morning. we have been watching them file down the house where the short-term budget just failed on through with the help of 13 democratic members who voted "yes." 16 republicans voted away from the party and voted "no. it is up to the senate to vote on the shutdown. if they okayed the short-term budget just approved by the house by 11:59 tomorrow night, every federal program ...

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