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Martha: getting bin laden as depicted in "zero dark thirty". but the whole thing may not have been possible without this man. a pakistani doctor jailed for helping to make america safer. now the potential new breakthrough to free dr. afridi. >> my brother, my family, don't have any protection here. i don't know in guise someone might come for us. i'm afraid the government agencies, the taliban and other terrorists ♪

Taxpayer's dime. that would be your dime. that has come out in a new watchdog report for the department of energy. and they have uncovered some rule bending to pay contractors. can you believe that? several of the salaries for these individuals reached as high as $337,000 for a public job. it is 82% higher than the market rate. that is sort of the number that they're supposed to hover near as a guide line for these jobs. finally a recent decision approved total executive salaries up to nearly $3.5 million for 10 jobs to a contract be group. john fund watches these things closely. columnist for...

Controllers, we're furloughing, laying people off, which will lead to all kinds of aircraft delays. this government is a complete mismatch. on one hand we're overpaying over here. on the other hand, we're basically telling people to stay home when traveling public is hurting. martha: so how does a sweet deal like this happen? >> largely, i think it is the loopholes where you hire consultants. the department of energy has a 100,000 people that it hires through consultants. they go through the, they don't go through the normal civil service procedure. i think clearly you should have either a sma...

Quo. u.n. secretary general ban ki moon says north korea seems to be on a collision course with the international community. back to you. martha: thank you very much. tense times. bill: now we are hearing the obama administration is not able to meet some of its own deadlines passed in obama care, the so-called exchange program. that's designed to help small businesses provide affordable healthcare, openings for its employees. apparently it's being pushed back an entire year. steven moore senior economic writer for the "wall street journal." good morning to you down there in washington d.c. >> ...

Been able to make a decision or has not made a decision. in his last court appearance or in his last court meeting with the attorneys for dr. afridi, he made the commitment that on april 25th he was going to rule. now we don't know if that is the good news story or the bad news story but a decision is going to be made and that's why it's so important for us to talk about what everybody in america can do to make a difference. martha: kera, take us back for a moment and remind everybody what dr. afridi's role was in finding usama bin laden. >> dr. shakil afridi was the doctor that worked with am...