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>> bret: the justice department rejected the voter i.d. law saying it made it harder for them to vote. they said it did not meet burden of proof under the voting right law. congress could view over the reaction, pass a new law or submit data for review to the justice department. republican governor nikki haley called the decision outrageous, and said she would try to get the, "clearly political decision overturned." some one-time supporters are trying to jump off the federal money train. known as high-speed rail. william la jeunesse tells us that the billion dollar project may be about to jump...

Josh? >> it's interesting, tony, because this is a big announcement from the president that everyone is talking about jobs, anyway, as we know. this is a big concern to a lot of people. what i have behind me is a map that shows where broadband is missing in this country. basically, all you need to know is that where it's a lot of blue, it's good. where there is a lot of red or pink, it's not so good. so what today's plan is about is helping extend broadband to more places around this country. and that can help a lot of people get access to jobs, get access to information, education, even medic...

But if you're going to take seriously the need to repair and protect coastal louisiana. if you want to take seriously that we need to bring back what's there and what's lost, you should not be taking dumb ideas like building these barrier islands out of sand off the coast. and i don't just say that as a jerk on tv, i say that because there isn't a single prominent coastal scientist who has endorsed this idea. and the list of prominent coastal scientists who have said this idea is dumb, that it's maybe worse than doing nothing is a list that is growing by the day. and they have not been quiet a...

Not just since the bp oil disaster started, but for a long time even before that. but if you're going to take seriously the need to repair and protect coastal louisiana. if you want to take seriously that we need to bring back what's there and what's lost, you should not be taking dumb ideas like building these barrier islands out of sand off the coast. and i don't just say that as a jerk on tv, i say that because there isn't a single prominent coastal scientist who has endorsed this idea. and the list of prominent coastal scientists who have said this idea is dumb, that it's maybe worse than ...

Brings us here to harvard university. this school got 9.3 million dollars in stimulus money to build flying robotic bees which they hope will one day help monitor traffic and pollenate crops. we were in the community today and this town was buzzing. >> probably isn't going to stimulate the economy in the short term. which is what the stimulus package was supposed to do. >> i don't think harvard is doing anything wrong or improper. i work with this organization a lot and they do a lot of great research. >> it seems like a project like that while admirable, could contribute in some way in the fu...