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Welcome back to "hardball." american investigators are in colombia this week looking into the prostitution scandal rock the secret service right now. according to a u.s. official, some of the age ens now back in states have been offered polygraphs as part of their investigation. and some have accepted the clans it take one. nbc news correspondent kristin walker is at the wlous with the latest. kristin, a sorted story to report bp what do you got? >> reporter: certainly is. it continues to evolve...

>> 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...

>> this has been going on for years now, and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election 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 a gallon gas. he wasnt dusting off a three-point plan. he did, however, label a five-point plan for cracking down on speculators. >> we cant afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying...

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 mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election 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 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan ...

And he had actually told some people -- told some people who knew him cater was very upset. he told folks he was in trouble. >> the incident on the bridge now takes center stage as investigators tie williams to the scene of the crime. police obtain a warrant to search his car and home. >> they obtained samples of the hair of his dog and fibers from the surroundings of williams, including the automobile he was driving, the carpet in it, the carpet in his room, and the bedspread, throw rug and oth...

Bedroom and we dont know when the other two boys came into the room, if ever. >> the one issue we have to consider, there is a reason, your honor, that polygraph tests are not admissible in court. they are unreliable. we cant base simply because there was some deficiencies in a polygraph test and take that to mean she is an outright liar who has no credibility. >> can i respond. take it point by point. again, im not the defense attorney. im teaing with the fact. >> judge jeanine: they told me no...

Bedroom and we dont know when the other two boys came into the room, if ever. >> the one issue we have to consider, there is a reason, your honor, that polygraph tests are not admissible in court. they are unreliable. we cant base simply because there was some deficiencies in a polygraph test and take that to mean she is an outright liar who has no credibility. >> can i respond. take it point by point. again, im not the defense attorney. im teaing with the fact. >> judge jeanine: they told me no...

Bedroom and we dont know when the other two boys came into the room, if ever. >> the one issue we have to consider, there is a reason, your honor, that polygraph tests are not admissible in court. they are unreliable. we cant base simply because there was some deficiencies in a polygraph test and take that to mean she is an outright liar who has no credibility. >> can i respond. take it point by point. again, im not the defense attorney. im teaing with the fact. >> judge jeanine: they told me no...

10,000, 15,000, $20,000. >> reporter: to try to stem the corruption, president obama signed a law requiring polygraph tests for all border patrol and customs law enforcement job applicants. and 13 fbi anti-corruption teams now keep an eye on the 2,000 mile long border, policing the police. >> there is no greater problem that we are looking at within this organization. we cannot fail. >> reporter: authorities insist the vast majority of border officers are honest and work hard in dangerous condit...