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Back home, the first look at the damage from the fire that took the lives of 19 elite hot shots. "360's" gary tuchman reports that flames have died down, but officials are concerned it could flare up at any time. the state department says it's cutting back after an inspector general's report documented excessive spending to promote its facebook presence. the money for two ad campaigns totalling $630,000 did not serve its purpose. and a "360" follow. cnn has obtained a video of american kenneth bay who was sentenced in april to 15 years hard labor in north korea. in the tape he appeals for ...

>> it was not orgies, it was cor cor -- corgies. >> they are british. and john adams was inoculated with smallpox. >> and the whole family? >> yes, and then he spent three weeks in the hospital with head head -- headaches, backaches, fever and eruption of poke marks. >> but the whobl family didn't get it. >> no, they just tent time with a fever. >> state department spent $630,000 to get facebook liege likes. brooke, you said it is one thing if a private company does it and if the state does it they are contravening the democracy. the bureau of international information programs placed the ads....

Heat after spending $630,000 in a bid to make facebook friend and getting them to like the department's post. the tactic worked for a little while but it eventually fizzled out. people weren't that interested in the material being posted by the agency. gregg: the money comes from taxpayers. please like our particular branch of government. heather: you could have spent that money on fireworks. gregg: egyptians reacting to a second revolution in as many years as the army removes president morsi from power. should u.s. aid to egypt continue? we are talking about $1.6 billion a year.

In flavors like creamy vanilla... ...and juicy orange irresistibly melty nature made vitamelts get a sample on our facebook page ... you thought wrong. seize the summer with up to 50% off hotels at travelocity. making friends and keeping them can be tough. that is unless you're able to buy them. a new inspector general report reveals the state department spent $630,000 to buy fans for its facebook page. on the surface, it appears to have worked. the department's bureau of international information programs went from having 100,000 likes to more than 2 million. but the new fans didn't show a ...

You want to remember that time? >> gretchen: sure. >> clayton: remember when the candidates were just bursting on the scene and running for office. mitt romney running for office, all these guys. suddenly their twitter followers would go from like 70,000, suddenly up to 400,000. where did all those twitter followers come from? people were wondering. >> brian: you wanted an investigation. >> clayton: i did. people wanted to know. did mitt romney buy twitter followers and this stuff? they said no, no. but people do it all the time. >> brian: where are you getting that? >> clayton: the state depa...