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Iraq and afghanistan? >> that shows the inefficiency of the pentagon. it costs more to ship it over than it's worth. why did we have the excess supply? >> the national science foundation spent a quarter million dollars to study american attitudes to the filibuster. >> isn't that important? maybe some of the things you might see might be something the government might do some time but not when we have a $640 billion deficit. and maybe we should return the money to the taxpayers instead of wasting it on frivolous things like that. >> and having politicians studying the filibuster sounds like con...

It's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. but first from fox at 3:00 in new york the largest rice in u.s. lottery history got a lot better, mega millions is now $640 billion. in $100 million overnight like the 401(k). the drawing happens at 11 clock eastern daylight and if you win you could get a lump sum of around $320 million. of course that is after the federal government takes its cut. and, if your state has a lotto tax you get less than that. of course, experts say you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning or scoring a date with a super model in the same day. the ...

Have some agreement in our meeting, put those together and it adds up to about $640 billion tat we couldactually save in increased costs or in some cases, some revenue from asset sales and that sort of thing. my democratic friends said no to that offer because it didn't raise taxes. and i think it tells you a lot. and that is that in washington, there is folks that will not cut a dollar unless we also raise taxes. >> all right. well the otherside of that is how republicans feel about taxes. and it is the heart of the matter. the question is whether grover nor quest, the anti- crusader in washi...

Meeting, put those together and it adds up to about $640 billion tat we could actually save in increased costs or in some cases, some revenue from asset sales and that sort of thing. my democratic friends said no to that offer because it didn't raise taxes. and i think it tells you a lot. and i think in washington, there are some folks that will not cut a dollar unless we also raise taxes. >> all right. well the other side of that is how republicans feel about taxes. and it is the heart of the matter. the question is whether grover norquist, the anti-tax crusader in washington, who if you hear...

The deal's effect on the deficit. >> then number two, the super committee by law has to have 48 hours to go over the cbo's calculation. that means they have to get to the proposal to the cbo by tonight or tomorrow morning in order to get it back by monday night and get the 48-hour clock ticking. all that is moot if they can't reach a deal. based on what they said this morning, they don't see very close. >> republicans offered both entitlement reform and tax reform but we thought we could thought there could be a could lessens over the savings which amounted to $640 billion, democrats were not ...