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With the discretionary spending. >> we're back to 2.4%? >> this is one of the areas they didn't wall off. there were certain areas including pell grants that were walled off and wouldn't be impacted. this, however, was not touched so the department of education from their perspective, their hands are tied because get this, greta, the upshot, there are 37 students, 37 students who actually are a part of this program last year, so this is a grant total of about $165,000 in federal spending. so you're going to go ding about three dozen students and-- >> if you gave me eight hours, i could go to t...

four men a, robert bales was brought to the u.s. and speaks to his lawyer for the first time. here's his attorney, john brown. >> i think flfs an effort to paint him as someone who, rather than having a serious brain injury and shouldn't have been there to begin with, had some other factors. the financial situation for all of us is stressful, i think. but, you know, nobody goes and kills women and children because they had financial stresses. >> bales is kbg held now at fort leavenworth military prison in kansas. that's where we have ted rollins standing by. do we even know if sergea...

let's talk about what concentrated areas are kind of in the bull's-eye, so to speak right now. florida among them. >> north florida and southern parts of georgia. it's really this squall line we are looking at right here that has the most potential for producing tornadic storms. right now there are no tornado warnings that are in effect. some of those thunderstorms could produce wind damage in excess of 60 miles per hour. sometimes those real down burst winds can cause as much damage as a tornado. you still need to stay indoors. another place that we are watching that's included in t...

Francisco. tested on anthrax bacteria, it could also work on infections caused by drug-resistant e. coli or mrsa, a type of staph bacteria resistant to many common antibiotics, often found in hospitals but also community settings like locker rooms, playing fields or schools. >> we're using a protein that is part of the cell's own machinery, so it's hard to understand how it could become resistant to something that it needs. >> reporter: the idea is simple. antibiotics fight against bacteria from the outside. the new technique uses the bacteria's own genes to attack from within. the gene cannot...

Hours to avoid a shutdown this week. where do things stand right now on the hill. >> reporter: hi, peter. forgive me if i have to sit down abruptly. we've expecting the speaker behind me any moment. there's a long list of questions here they're grappling with. the spending bill is one that has gotten a little bit basically worked out as republicans have essentially taken the wall off of the table, although they have added to the border security money. democrats are not objecting to spending, extra spending on border security. they sort of drew the line in the sand with that wall on the mexican...