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Appropriated in the recovery and reinvestment act that has not yet been spent, could be spent now on these priority items. nobody wants to see 300,000 teachers laid off or fire and police laid off. >> hoyer admitted that americans are suffering from spending fatigue. >> many are. thank you. >> the story surrounding the man south carolinas chose to run for senator gets more strange. we talk to someone who says he feels sorry for the candidate. breaking news from the gulf. president obama will add...

Theyre looking at the worst case as well, and theyre looking at additional, you know, warehouse facilities where cleaning stations would be taking care of the oiled wildlife, so a lot of people are leaning forward in the foxhole to address this issue. and its a -- its a pretty impressive operation, and its -- you know, its a tough one to address, thats for sure. >> and by the way, tom, this is not a matter of waiting now. you know this thing is coming to you. the state of louisiana said its on i...

Taxes, judges, regulations. >> dana: senator cruz, let me go to you. there were eye-popping numbers. weve none with social security dicare,hese are programs that are not basically in good financial shape. over 61 million people receive social security retirement or disability benefits. more than 58 million get medicare. yesterday the government announced for the first time will exceed i income and medicare will be insolvent by 2026. ben shapiro said this. our politicians want do anything about i...

The funding associated with the furloughs at the f.a.a. is i think $253 million. thats one-half of 1%. one-half of 1% of the sequester. >> reporter: congress flew out of town for recess. when they get back, you can expect a push to adjust the cut to other programs, perhaps build in flexibility for them. top priority items will get the money they need, john. >> john: so when will air travelers feel relief from the delays? >> reporter: presumably quite soon. at last check, president obama had not ...

Weve never experienced this in our lifetime. weve never had this kind of unemployment at this magnitude of number of people. weve had high unemployment but never 13, 14 million people. >> neil: where do you draw the line on how much and allowing the benefits continue? >> i think there has to be a line drawn because people will grow dependent. but were not arguing the fact we shouldnt help people that are town. were arguing if youre going to do that, lets make the hard choices on lower priority i...