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At the drug quaalude at the center of the revelations. this is what women say that he may have used to allegedly take advantage of them. >> right. a lot of talk about cosby's quaaludes, especially after the new revelations of deposition. what exactly are they? here's a brief history as we take a look. the technical name for quaaludes is methaqualode. nicknames are luds lemons and 714s. it was an anti-malaria drug. part sedative and sleeping pill and by the 1960s, manufactured in the united states. they were prescribed mostly to housewives of the time with trouble sleeping. that's according to ...

The taxpayers but they are $3.3 billion in paying their own taxes. they include 714 capitol hill workers and 36 in the white house. nearly 3.5% of federal workers and retirees owe back taxes which is a lower percentage than the public at large. the agency with the most, the department of veterans affairs. the va's health care and administrative woes are all over the news but their fiscal decisions have earned plenty of criticism as well. the washington free beacon reported the department has spent almost $500 million on furniture and draperies over the last four and a half years. republican se...

A reasonable suspicion exists, including, but not limited to an applicant or recipient's demeanor. and what exactly constitutes suspicious demeanor? well, it leaves that up to interpretation. the legislature also passed house bill 714, which makes some seasonal school workers like bus drivers, ineligible for unemployment when school is out. and they agreed to a final version of house bill 60, which removed restrictions on carrying guns in bars, and allows places of worship to decide on allowing guns inside their premises. if these bills receive governor nathan deal's signature, they will be th...

Focused on hate right now. >> you know, irin, john just talked about the drug testing issue. it makes me wonder, should we be concerned about the language in the drug testing bill about reasonable suspicion about someone's demeanor as a pretense for drug testing, for benefits? >> i think you're absolutely right to flag that, because we all know that that is a code word that often is a pretext for racist singling out of certain people. we've seen in other states that have done this kind of drug testing of welfare recipients that it is -- that they don't find anything unusual, they don't find a ...

>> reporter: they are but a slow and sure process. cancellations hovering around 714 or so. a big improvement over what folks experienced here over the weekend but here's the issue. the ice storm that impacted this area thursday night and friday, it left things very, very dangerous and very icy and the problem is, the freezing temperatures stayed around all weekend. so this morning we're making it out of the freezing mark. we'll continue to do so into the week. all the junk on the roads and runways and melt and things get back on track. bill: let's hope and soon. casey stiegel thanks, leading ...