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The environmental and health impact has already upended thousands of people's lives, indefinitely. norfolk southern today released their latest corporate tally on help they are providing locally for the recovery, norfolk southern say they have committed more than $11 million to support the community, which includes $5 million in direct assistance to families, plus some monies for schools, plus a sort of running tab of a small scale good deeds such as the 104 or agents -- bought from a local flower shop for delivery to a nursing home and. if you own the mile plus long train that just crashed an...

The senators continue to stream out of there. meantime, we turn back to the issue of health care. there's north korea, there's taxes, there's also health care today. republicans now, here's the deal, they've got a compromise among themselves. they got some of the members, some of the members of the house freedom caucus now are onboard with health care reform. overhauling obamacare, passing this republican replacement plan. but it still leaves the open question, remember, republicans tried this a few weeks ago, they didn't have the votes. a huge, huge embarrassment for republicans for the tru...

Tell with a story that might surprise you, dan? >> reporter: sure will, jon. it is called state recovery. it has been around since congress passed a law in 1993 when states were going broke over rising medicaid costs. under obama care many more will be affected. six million more people are eligible for medicaid. many own a home and may have other assets. states are allowed to keep a running tab on medicaid bills from age 55 to 64. after your death can attach a lien on your estate. >> i think that people are maybe in for a shock when they find out that their heirs will be paying for care they d...

>> you ain't a journalist. >> i contacted these people. why didn't the people that wrote this book -- they may be good journalists. >> they are good. >> why didn't they say hey it's been five years, has there been retribution to you? i bet they'll say no. >> anna, when you look at it, let's be honest, we may not call it a hit list but don't we keep a running tab of people that have done us favors and not done us favors. john is on my hit list. we may not write it down. republican and democrat a like, is this a surprise? >> of course not. campaigns are wars. you're against me or with me. obviou...

♪ to each other. ♪ keeping -- accountability. >> well, that paid off for gsa employees. these documents obtained by fox news, 7 a pages in all show that more than 3700 employees at that conference received cash awards averaging about $1,000 per emilyee. it cost taxpayers $3.6 million. gsa kept a running tab of the cost which it go d. not always do for some of its out-of-town conferences. several of the 77 fsa conferences that the house committee on transportation and infrastructure wants to examine have no record of spending, no receipts, no way to account for the cost of traveling and lod...