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Decifit paid off with social security. that's crazy. >> reporter: and it would be raise crazy if officials were planning to do that. >> that's just not true. any changes made to social security wouldn't take place for years or even decades, and they're designed to fix social security's funding problems, not to deal with today's decifit. so there's just a confusion there. >> it's not even legal, that's not the way the law works. the idea here is to make social security itself solvent, not to make it a piggy bank for other government programs, but to make it a program that can continue paying be...

If we can re-establish our link with diane we'll get back to you as soon as possible. jenna: interesting on that, both now criminal investigations in that area. very desay are. we are also watching this developing story the fight to cleanup the gulf. brand-new information from president obama who spoke moments ago. take a listen. >> it was very welcome news when we learned overnight that efforts to stop the well, through what's called a static kill appear to be working, and in a report -- that a report out today by our scientists show that the vast majority of the spilled oil has been removed ...

Could be more fallout from that article, jenna. jenna: no specifics exactly. why would mcchrystal's team be at risk, if we can speculate a little bit here. >> reporter: if you remember the article that sent general stanley mcchrystal to an early retirement, obviously he was held accountable because he is the boss and because it was perceived as not the first time that he had spoken out about leadership on the national security team of the obama administration. some of the damaging information was really from people around him popping off about senior officials here in washington, giving their ...

Reid of the democrats, however, yesterday gleefully read allowed from a "washington post" op-ed by former bush 43 speech writer mike at gerson whose column faulted graham and senator john mccain for abandoning their beliefs on immigration and extol dollars the wisdom of the original drafters of the 14th amendment. >> they purposefully chose on objective standard of citizenship, birth. it was not subject to politics. reconstruction leaders established a firm, sound principle, to be an american citizen, you don't have to please a majority, you just have to be born here. so he went on to say abou...

Money. jenna: bill kwrars are saying they are going to donate half of their earnings to charity. a couple of big names on this list. bill gates, warren buffet and 30 other bill kwraeurs saying they are going to do this. >> reporter: it's a pledge, it doesn't mean they are legally bound to do it. it's a good thing. i'm glad they are pledging. some of the skeptics have said being rich ain't that cool any more after the big recession we've had. 4 this is a good thing, they are going to pledge away to give at least half of their bill yans -- billions. jenna: over a time span. >> reporter: if you w...