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Program has undoubtly helped tens of thousands of people. over 60,000 people were treated through them but i request an audit because i want to get to the bottom of what happened. an independent audit agency separate from the executive branch. >> i know the state is reacting so for 29 clinics, temporarily suspended but all that comes after we told the state what we were finding, what drew was finding. so can the people of california really trust the state audit? i guess that's the question. >> well, i think it's a good step for administration to suspend payment or shut down the clinic but i th...

Omaha zoo. one clearly excited to see the animated die know. the other not so much. next the bad. a new study finds emergency room workers spend 20% of their time on facebook. that's 12 minutes every hour. the ugly. a state audit found $13 million in suspicious welfare money has been paid out in massachusetts. $2 million to nearly 200 dead people. >> earlier in the show we told you about heidi klum paying her kids to eat healthy. so we wanted to know if you would do the same with your kids, and here's some of your responses. >> r.l. cleveland tweeted i think it's an excellent idea. imagine get...

After allegations that some school fudged the numbers in the past. our don lemon looks into schools allegedly cheat for their students. >> reporter: michael mard den is worried. were you the only parent concerned? >> no, by all means. >> reporter: someone may have changed the answer on the standardized tests on his daughter's school last year. do you have concern? >> of course i have concern like any other parent. i have concern. i hope that there's no cheetding. and if it is cheating, there needs to be a punishment for it. >> reporter: and he's not alone. the state of georgia is investigating...

>> reporter: michael harden is worried. >> are you the only parent concerned about the forms? >> no. >> reporter: someone may have changed the answers on the standardized tests on his daughter's schools last year. you have concerns in. >> yes, i have concerns. i hope that there's no cheating. if it is cheating, there needs to be a punishment for it. >> reporter: and he's not alone. the state of georgia is investigating 10% of its elementary and middle schools. 191 of them, because of moderate to severe concern over test results in 2009. when the answer sheets like these were scored, the comput...

Bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. >> it's not just that someone had changed a bunch of answers, it was that, when they changed answers, they got the answer right as a result of that change. >> classes with an unusually high number of theeds changes were flagged. >> it's sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july. in theory it could happen. it's just so incredibly unlikely that you really need a substantial explanation. >> usually, when we talk about cheating, the focus is on kids. in georgia, the finger is being poi...