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Caucuses. there's a lot of time. joe biden is a strong public servant. hillary clinton is fantastic. >> they're all great. >> all of them are great. >> which one are you rooting for? >> for pure political theater, you have to root for joe biden for democratic nominee. >> ross, donna, thank you very much for your time 679 >> can i say mularkey again? my irishness is coming out. coming out, we're tracing the early warnings about tamerlan tsarnaev, how he landed on a watch list but then dropped off the radar. we'll be right back. gift for your aunt... done. today, we're gonna be talking about y...

What i'm holding in my hand is a detailed list of the abusive practices of 11 big banks that led to million home fore dloe sures. this is a joint investigation between the comp controllers office and the federal reserve. it shows the extent of the errors and wrong doings that were features, not bugs f the closings. the numbers are staggering. more than 1,000 members of the military with completed foreclosures, which means they were convicted from their homes in violation of federal law. the banks agreed not to go after foreclosure. more than 250,000 people who worked out a plan and had their h...

>> there are three government offices that inspect catfish. the gao thinks that could be slimmed down to one catfish inspection program. >> like when my child -- i tell him to do something and he says, it's hard, daddy, i don't want to do, and gives up. this is the part most americans don't understand. >> you have 381 recommendations since 2011 i think. what's the total estimated ballpark figure of savings to the government if all 381 were implemented? >> the estimate is tens of billions of dollars. >> i'm trying to figure out why it took $400,000 to redo the navy uniform when they actually lo...

>> there are three government offices that inspect catfish. the gao thinks that could be slimmed down to one catfish inspection program. >> like when my child -- i tell him to do something and he says, it's hard, daddy, i don't want to do, and gives up. this is the part most americans don't understand. >> you have 381 recommendations since 2011 i think. what's the total estimated ballpark figure of savings to the government if all 381 were implemented? >> the estimate is tens of billions of dollars. >> i'm trying to figure out why it took $400,000 to redo the navy uniform when they actually lo...

Too many government programs waste taxpayers money by duplicating efforts. that is the basically finding of the government accountability office in a 280 page report to congress. renewable energy comes in for much of the criticism this year. efforts to support wind, solar and biofuels are fragmented among 23 different government agencies and a total of 679 different programs. critics say all this government waste and duplication is robbing future generations by driving up the deficit. this morning senator tom coburn of oklahoma targeted that confusing tangle of renewable energy programs as one...