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It looks like a work-around. >> reporter: but it is another form of pork. >> well, no, i disagree. i don't think that it is pork because you're not able to allocate where it goes. >> reporter: that is a big difference with traditional earmarks, lawmakers guaranteed funding for projects back home. here, the defense department has final say over the money. but in some cases, there appears to be little doubt lawmakers' districts would benefit. betty sutton secured more than $30 million for a defense corrosion prevent program and projects. it so happens the university of akron in her ohio district...

Hundreds of millions of dollars was cut from a variety of defense programs and put in a pot and lawmakers are using it to pay for projects and policy proposals. to some it's a pet project slush fund. >> this money has never been in this bill before. it's certainly suspicious it has occurred for the first time after earmarks have been placed under a moratorium and it looks like a work-around. >> reporter: but it's another form of pork? >> no, i disagree. i don't think it's pork because you're not able to allocate where it goes. >> reporter: that is a big difference, with traditional earmarks la...

what? they found another way to spend your money. plus, a dramatic escape for passengers aboard a delta flight. we'll show you what happened in this memorial day weekend, the fleet has arrived in new york. i'll speak to a marine who survived being shot and is headed back to combat in afghanistan. we start with spending cuts on capitol hill. every politician is looking for a way to save a little money, whether it's from medicare or public television or what have you. but funding cuts may not be on the menu when it comes to pet projects. yes, they say they have banned earmarks, but...

passengers aboard a delta flight. we'll tell you twhapd. and take a close look at the circle on your screen. sometimes baseball fans will do whatever it takes to catch a ball, including dropping their kid just to make a catch, come on. it's sunday, may 29th, 6:00 a.m. in atlanta, 5:00 a.m. in joplin, missouri. the nation's chief executive offering a shoulder to cry on this morning, headed to tornado damaged joplin, missouri. president obama is expected in joplin shortly after 1:00 eastern. te will meet with tornado victims and deliver brief remarks at a 3:00 eastern memorial servic...

Karlgaard, elizabeth macdonald and quentin hardy. i put a lot of money in social security, should i kiss it goodbye? >> pretty much. social security was supposed to be a guaranteed retirement plan for people but it just isn't, because it's more like a ponzi scheme. and the money is running out. the congressional budget office estimates in 20 years benefits will have to be cut by 20%. that's probably a conservative estimate. what we need to do in terms of reform is scrap this entirely. people coming in the workforce now aren't going to get paid back anyway, so it's a bit of a lie. let's scrap i...