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Weak enforcement in some cases for those existing sanctions. it found out that the u.s. government over the past ten years has given more than $107 billion in contracts and grants to u.s. and international multinational corporations that are doing business with iran. wolf? >> jill dougherty, thank you. interpol has its highest alert for suspects of killing a top hamas commander. the suspects left behind clues in dubé boo doubai but has the cold? paula hancocks has the latest from jerusalem. >> reporter: interpol has expanded the search for the killers of a hamas leader. it issued red notice...

>> reporter: president obama is taking a small step on one issue republicans believe is an easy way to reduce healthcare cost. >> it incorporates the best ideas from democrats and republican republicans, including stochl ideas the republicans offered in the summit. funding state grant on medical malpractice reform. >> reporter: the president agrees with the medical profession that defensive medicine, doctors ordering unnecessary tests to protect themselveses is pushing up the cost of healthcare. >> the courts are clogged up with these cases. physicians are afraid of being hauled in court. as a...

Hey, jim. >> hello, shep. well president obama agrees with those who say a lot can be saved in health care by reforming the laws governing malpractice suits so doctors won't order unnecessary tests. he is only proposing giving the states $25 million for grants and demonstration projects, not actually reforms. and the democrat think tank found that some states have already tried such reforms and that expanding them nationally would reap massive savings. >> we found that roughly between 92 and $207 billion per year can be saved from reducing defensive medicine. >> how? what some states have done...

Us what is in involved. >> reporter: president obama is taking a small step on one issue republicans believe is an easy way to reduce healthcare cost. >> it incorporates the best ideas from democrats and republican republicans, including stochl ideas the republicans offered in the summit. funding state grant on medical malpractice reform. >> reporter: the president agrees with the medical profession that defensive medicine, doctors ordering unnecessary tests to protect themselveses is pushing up the cost of healthcare. >> the courts are clogged up with these cases. physicians are afraid of bei...

Biden will present his answer to the president. the answer is a resounding yes wrapped up in a 31-page report. the report cites that the congressional budget office is saying that two million jobs have been saved or created because of the stimulus bill. and today, the administration is adding $1 1/2 billion in new transportation grants. but there's plenty of money in there not getting out to communities. "usa today" did an interesting breakdown of some categories of stimulus money, how much has been funded compared to how much has been paid out. the amount available is in there, too. they don'...