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Health and human services secretary tom price says he is going to stop using private jets for government purpose trips while the practice is under investigation. price faced some criticism for how much his trips cost such as this one a few weeks ago. politico estimates his private flight cost $25,000 when a train ticket for the same trip cost 72! >> we have heard the criticism. we have heard the concerns. and we take that very seriously and have taken it to heart. we welcome this review. we want...

>> you did public service and you didnt go make tons of money afterwards. harry truman who won world war ii, afterwards there is a famous story him being invited to speak and he shamefully writes and says can you pay the train ticket for me and my wife. now you do public service and people are making millions of dollars, thats not what there is supposed to be. steve: theres a ban on that? >> a ban on that. steve: we were talking to someone about lobbying. very much in line with that, the members...

>> you did public service and you didnt go make tons of money afterwards. harry truman who won world war ii, afterwards there is a famous story him being invited to speak and he shamefully writes and says can you pay the train ticket for me and my wife. now you do public service and people are making millions of dollars, thats not what there is supposed to be. steve: theres a ban on that? >> a ban on that. steve: we were talking to someone about lobbying. very much in line with that, the members...

Train ticket from france to milan in his pocket when he was searched. we know this is a guy who was under special surveillance by german authorities. in six prisons in italy. he had a troubled time in europe. he was not authorized to be in europe at all. german authorities tried to deport him, but did not have the right paper work. it sounds like a lot of gaps here that show real concerning problems for authorities getting hands on guys like this. >> good morning, christine. that is right. you h...

Get on the train and get a ticket and off you go. there are no controls at the borders. it is not surprising that he managed to get all the way from berlin to milan undetected. he ran into this patrol outside the train station and this has happened. the italian authorities obviously are positioned with the press conference just ended with applause from the journalists there. >> ben, can you repeat that? how was he able to get a ticket from germany to italy? >> reporter: well, this is what the it...

Station. a suburb of milan at 3:00 in the morning. police stopped a man. this is not unusual late at night in the italian cities. they asked him for his documents. he reached into his backpack and pulled out a a.22-caliber pisto and hit a police officer in the shoulder. one was shot and killed and shot to death. anis amri. the italian police found on the body of anis amri what appeared to be a train ticket that came to milan via france. it is important he bought a train ticket in europe and if y...

The german officials said they have not received official confirmation from the italian authorities, they thanked them for their work. the italian minister being forthright. without any doubt, the christmas attacker in berlin is dead. >> lets go to rome now and barbie is there with us. this happened ten hours ago. under wraps. they tried to confirm they had their man, barbie. >> reporter: that is right. they say they have confirmed by digital fingerprints of the dead person this is an actual mat...

It is easy enough to buy a train ticket. within europe, you dont have to produce identification. thats one way he got here. that is what we are seeing in the italian press. >> it must come as relief that he appears to have been travel ago lo ing alone. appears he is not working with anyone? >> reporter: yes. you have to ask why did he return to italy? keep in mind, he spent several years in italian prison. six separate prisons. it was probably there that he became radicalized. we understand he d...

Distance of 600 miles and had a train ticket in this pocket which indicated he did come through france and then went to italy. the borders are tonenned up but there are open borders in europe and thats a big question mark. and tonight france is saying they cannot confirm he came into their country. so you can see theres a lot of finger pointing. he was there. all the while he was the most wanted man in europe. in fact again there was a european-wide arrest warrant for him. he was gunned down bei...

It goes to when the attacker carried this out. to everyone in the counter terrorism world we thought that time and the day was rather strange. it may appear he carried out the attack with a train ticket. high speed trains from germany. when you go to france youre on the tvg. in eight hours and 28 minutes you are in paris. if he carried out an attack at 8:00 and could be on a train k59 before the germans would know to put the national security ring of steel around the airports and train station. ...