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>> biggest issue is that the gym needs upgrading and the lobby needs upgrading and a contract is in place to service the air conditioners. >> how do you -- like what sort of stalin moves do you make to get tenants that aren't cooperative? >> the real trick is to rush the contract through before the cbo can is score it. if the tenants realize how much the contract costs, it sinks. >> bob costa on that board. >> can you get it through on a party line? >> bob's on every board. >> poor bob. >> i think we're bullying him. >> the guy is 14 and is on the board for notre dame. six months ago, he was...

Administrations. the contract costs cover entire range of support including accomodations for military, communications secret service staff and other support professionals. security experts are required to travel in advance of the president's or vice president safety and security are not negotiatable. we saw earlier this week another story about half a million dollar hotel bill for the vice president in london. the reason for that high amount, it is safety. jamie. jamie: peter doocy live in washington. thank you so much. that report saying charges like this don't seem out of the ordinary are t...

Boarded air force two. this is different trip that he took last week to attend the installation mass for the pope at the vatican. jenna. jenna: every administration takes these sort of trips. they haven't normally happened during a time of sequester which is something new. has the state department explained what costs so much money? >> reporter: they have, jenna. it takes a lot of people and a lot of vehicles to keep american leaders safe overseas. the state department official e-mailed me this morning to say these costs are nothing out of the ordinary. they are in line with high level travel ...

Thought this price tag was high. also he conceded there are a lot of factors that drive up the cost. like empty rooms for security, and the hotel, of course, may require a compensation for displacing guests. e vice president's office referred us to the state department on this. the state department is saying, these costs are nothing out of the ordinary. they say the contract costs cover the entire range of support, including accommodations for military communications, secret service staff, and other support. security experts are also required to travel in advance of the president or vice presi...

Department here and they say these costs are nothing out of the ordinary. and they sort of spelled out all of these folks that need to go along with the vice president. they said the contract costs cover the entire range of support including accommodations for military, communications, secret service staff, et cetera. erin? >> all right, brianna, thank you very much. i -- this astounds me. i'm sorry. my guests join me now and let me start with you, hill rich. it seems to me, sure, you need to have security. you need to have these things done right. no one is going to deny. that but 136 peopl...