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Las vegas training conference that cost more than $800,000. peter doocy has the latest from washington. >> it the d.o.j. is looking at the gsa trying to determine in laws were broken in the planning of the four-day, $823,000 western region conference at the m resort spa and casino in las vegas. the inspector general turned over evidence that showed the regional commissioner signed off on contracts that were not competitively bid even though that's the law. those contracts included $59,000 for an audio visual company. over $12,000 for an event planner and 75,000 bucks for a bike building event....

Escaped any sort of punishment. >> right. >> so it's $823,000 this spending spree now being looked at by the justice department. so there's your update on that. >> in the meantime, let's get to your headlines and tell you about these explosions in colombia at the start of the summit of americas. two small bombs exploded just last night, just hours after president obama's arrival. two small bombs also exploded in the country's capital of bogota near the u.s. embassy. and the country's high court and attorney general's office. no one was hurt in any of these explosions. the president attended a ...

To have been to occurring in the $823,000 in las vegas. that requires circumventing the law. that is not right. >> greta: to understand the other numbers and make a fair analysis we would have to see what composed the 2004, 2006, 2008 to see if it compared to the largest one of 2010. >> yes. we have to show transparency on that. >> okay. now, why didn't the inspector general, 2010, $840,000, this seems to me like a no-brainer for a party in vegas. why doesn't the inspector general of the gsa or the then existing director know this before it happened so stop it? or he did, the inspector general...

To have been to occurring in the $823,000 in las vegas. that requires circumventing the law. that is not right. >> greta: to understand the other numbers and make a fair analysis we would have to see what composed the 2004, 2006, 2008 to see if it compared to the largest one of 2010. >> yes. we have to show transparency on that. >> okay. now, why didn't the inspector general, 2010, $840,000, this seems to me like a no-brainer for a party in vegas. why doesn't the inspector general of the gsa or the then existing director know this before it happened so stop it? or he did, the inspector general...

damage control after this one and republicans are in full investigation mode. >> wildfires raging from maine to miami. flames threatening homes. thick smoke stopping traffic after one of the warmest and driest marches -- march ever. >> you don't just come to miami and say the things this guy said. ozzie guillen, manager of the marlin, boy, is he getting off on the wrong foot with the fans. he said something about fidel castro that not too many people like. george zimmerman speaks. well, sort of. the man who alleshot trayvon ma launched a website that solicits donations from support...