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Insurge jens who attacked u.s. installations in afghanistan -- at the hearing where he said it, you said we are on a collision course with pakistan. what should we do? >> well, it is a flawed, difficult relationship that admiral mullen said cannot be abandon . we need to put pakistan on notice. they help us with al-qaeda targets in afghanistan. they -- pakistan. they openly support safe havens in pakistan to attack our troops in afghanistan and go after the afghan government. they provide aid and come for to the taliban. we should reconfigure the assistance to pakistan. in a mark-up that i was...

It. the other piece of tape is that when it comes down to it, the riders are in there. >> here he is. here is speaker boehner about the riders. and says oh, by the way, no more funding for this, no more funding for that. here he is. let's listen. >> we will continue to insist that the policy riders passed in hr-1 are on the table. it's just as important to many of our members as the -- as the spending cuts themselves. >> i feel for the guy. it's just as important -- even though you people think we're insane. it's just as important in my crazy closet back here. >> i'm old enough to remember whe...

20% higher than last year's average mark-up. what is the priceiest tickets sold this year? seventh row, $15,900. look at what's going on in dallas. there are a lot of people trying to get here who aren't going to get there today, at least. obviously, they are having a lot of problems on the road. they had major problems at the airport, as well. people trying to get in for the super bowl may have a little delay. we'll keep our eye on this huge storm. everybody has somebody to go heart healthy for. who's your somebody? eating campbell's healthy request can help. 25 delicious soups with low cho...

Prepare it, and enjoy it at home than it is out in a restaurant. >> if they want to charge you $863 for disposable piece of equipment, they can do it. >> the hospital has to be able to bring in more money than it spends or it won't there be for the next patient. >> let's look at that analogy. you go to a restaurant, you wan a nice bottle of wine. typically the mark-up is 100%. they double the cost. even if they double the cost, they wouldn't even be anywhere near in the ballpark. patients obviously can't bring their own supplies to the operating room so what do they do? >> no, you can't bring ...

>> reporter: i'm here at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland. now, let's say that they brought someone in here who just had a heart attack. it costs a certain amount of money to treat that person. the drugs, the nurses, all of that. now, hopkins like other hospitals on top of that charges a profit margin, a mark-up, if you will. and now to talk about these mark-ups i'm here with professor jir regard a girard anderson. how much of a mark-up do you charge? >> 21%. >> reporter: other hospitals and other states in the country, do they also charge a 21% mark-up? >> no, only maryland does ...