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>> they are usually conducted at the top-secret level. they will have to figure out a workaround. or exclude him from portions of some of the meetings. >> kushner wont be able to see top-secret intelligence generated by the cia and the nsa. information like the real names locations and methods of american spies in foreign countries. information that intelligence community insiders refer to as the crown jewel because of their extraordinarily high value. one senior national security advisor to pre...

Number of other people stepped down or were fired. and emean even dating back to the clinton administration -- brian, youre too young to remember this. but back in 1994 david watkins was fired, the administrator because he was using -- this comes at an awkward tom. a, theyre trying to get this obamacare repealed and replaced. but also the iriny of it literally comes at the same time this administration is pitching its tax reform plan, which basically is geared at trying to save money. but here y...

Remember this, back in 1994 the white house administrator, david watkins, he was fired because he was using marine one to go to golf courses at the time. and so, you know, that caused a shake up there because it was revealed that there were some wasteful spending practices. echoing what jill says, this comes as a really awkward time because you have tom price pitching the healthcare plan where theyre trying to get this obamacare repeal and replace but also the irony it literally comes at the sam...

Cabinet potentially engaging in wasteful spending practices. so it really does not look good for this administration which is trying at this point to really woo voters because it has been so hard to get anything in their agenda passed so far since theyve taken office. so it certainly doesnt help at all. well fit in a break. and coming up, if you had to describe this president as we asked earlier, with just one word, which word would you choose? well tell you the most popular terms chosen by vo...

To prevent unlawful practices and recover unpaid wages and shut down unlicensed salons. the nail workers are underpaid, subject to abuse and bias. swift action from the mayor on that report that came out last week. >> it is really interesting and so many want to know more especially if you want to be a smart consumer about where your money is going and whos benefitting from it. chris christies spending practices are under scrutiny according to a new jersey watchdog analysis of records. governo...

There is whats called a personal use prohibition, which means he cant use any of those funds for expenses that he would have had had he never run for elected office. he cant use them to buy a house or buy somebody else a house, et cetera. what he could do is transfer the money to the republican party. he could give it to charity. he could also keep it if he thinks he might have a political comeback down the road keep it exactly where it is and use it for a future run. its also possible he could ...

Actually like what this guys doing. >> your reaction? do you think hes still in a kamikaze mission? >> well, i think making the defunding of obama care as the reason to not lift the debt ceiling and continue government was the wrong approach. i think we need to do a lot here. i voted against it. i was there on christmas eve voting against it. every republican did. but i think when were talking about the debt ceiling weve got to put in the actual spending and reform of our spending practices. tha...

Over any reasonable limit of debt to gdp after the ten-year horizon. and you got to start dealing with it sooner rather than ator. >> and standard & poors today said the shutdown has cost the u.s. economy $24 billion which is a pretty startling number. you say thats insignificant when you look at the economy as a whole. >> well, its a big number to most americans obviously. but were a $17 trillion economy. a $17 trillion dli economy. what we need to do is to provide more certainty and stability ...

Less than a year he has been hospitalized. lets get back to one of our top stories now. the new questions that are arising in the growing controversy surrounding the internal revenue service. agency officials grilled by congress over their excessive spending practices in the -- and the so-called swag bags given out at really lavish conference. >> were you thinking this will never be seen? or were you thinking how will this look? >> when we have episodes like this it has an impact on the averag...

As head of the u.s./africa command. defense secretary leon panettas expected to decide his fate soon. >> reporter: government wide theres been a crackdown on lavish spending, and this time the focus is on four-star general william kip ward, head of the militarys u.s./africa command. heres how he described the assignment months ago. >> the continent of africa is important to our security, to stability of the world. >> reporter: defense officials confirm an investigation into wards spending practi...