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Of the ft. hood shooting and spit in our faces. >> and this man said he's not even able to make ends meet. there are days where he and his wife don't have food on the table because he's not bringing in a check there. >> right. that's logan burnett, who was shot three times during the attack. what he was talking about there was the government's decision to not label this as an act of terrorism, and that has resulted in the victims being denied purple heart medals, combat pay, benefits they feel their families deserve, given what they've been through. and his frustration also comes from the fact...

>>gretchen: 45 minutes after the top of the hour. if you're just joining us, quick headlines. sticker shock at the pump, gas prices jumped 12 cents in the past week. national average $3.67 this morning. triple a says increased summer demand and unrest in egypt are part of the reason for the spike. a fisherman in hawaii had to be rescued after a massive fish capsized his boat. he pulled in a 200 pound tuna but his boat couldn't handle the weight. the boat flipped over. he held on to the bottom until the coast guard arrived. his boat was later thrown back with the tuna still attached. didn't w...

Were 18 of them through out the world -- basically if you were not at a direct threat of being killed imminently you're not going to get additional danger pay if you're a member of the military. a lot of people are like wait a minute, isn't it implicit in the fact that you serve you're going to be in danger. $35 billion from 2013 coming up on 2014, $52 billion. how is that going to impact our national security? >> first, it's going to continue to hit another $50 billion everyear if we don't figure out how to reform the way we spend money. it's going to hit because it will manifest itself acros...

Being cut. does this affect our national security? joining us is pete hegseth. good morning to you, pete. this is the result of sequestration, that big, long word that had to do with the fact that democrats and republicans couldn't get their act together to come up with how to cut our deficit and now this is the end result; right? >> absolutely this is the end result. this is directly how d.c. washington dysfunction acts our national security. because politicians left and right are unwilling to come together and reform things that clearly need reform, whether it's the i.r.s., who anyone who ha...

About ten years ago it wasn't. we're not going to get any notice when that becomes a dangerous area. >> steve: so there goes out of the average troop's pocket, $225 a month. they won't get danger pay. however, we have plenty of money to pay for -- that's right -- the cupid shuffle! you've got irs employees screen right, and brave americans defending democracy >> brian: that woman is dancing with a sprained ankle. so she deserves some type of combat pay. >> gretchen: all right. coming up -- >> steve: is that fair? e-mail us. >> gretchen: or twitter us. coming up, ben bernanke says he's going to...