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million miles in 39 missions. we'll bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the president's policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> politicians who say if we just drilled more then gas prices would come down. we have been drilling ...

there in florida? >> yep. i'm here in florida, yep. >> this is your beat for many, many years as you watch this, as you're kind of going over in your head how many times you have you have interviewed the crews, when's going through your mind? what are you thinking about as we start to watch the craft land? >> you know, i think like so many people here think and of course, you know, my opinion is certainly somewhat skewed that, you know, it had a lot of flights left in them. all of the vehicles could have flown more except for planning that didn't go perhaps the way it should have. yo...

Administration growing even more outrageous by the day. employees of that agency were apparently paid bonuses for planning that lavish las vegas trip we've all heard so much about and all paid for through our tax money. those bonuses by the way that the employees got, we also paid for. hearings investigating the whole mess could begin as soon as monday. before that we go to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel who is in washington with more details on this. every day, mike, we hear something new. what else do we need to know about this junket to las vegas? >> reporter: jenna the one ...

That head of the gsa has already resigned. following revelations the swankswanky vegas junket featurd mind reader and $7,000 worth of sushi. that was in addition to $147,000 for air fare and lodging and $75,000 for a team-building exercise. late today house oversight committee posted a video from the conference that includes employees joking about never being under investigation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ forget about that award ♪ only my vacation ♪ love to the nation ♪ never be under gsa investigation ♪ >> a gsa spokesman says it's example of a complete lack of judgment shown in the junket. in ...

10-foot long tiger shark. the doctors say it is okay. he will surf again. the shark apparently said it tasted like chicken. martha: his foot. bill: that was one of the headlines. martha: i guess he figures chances of happening again are pretty slim, right? this story is developing now on capitol hill. a federal agency accused of spending close to a million dollars on a little junket to las vegas to have a training conference, all kinds of groups do this, right? now under investigation for an employee that incentive program that is called hats off. what is this all about? house lawmakers lookin...