coburn's report also cites jell-o wrestling and nsf project in antarctica, although the nsf says those contractors not employees. either way, coburn says that the spending is out of control. >> 12 different agencies doing pure research and we're duplicating and not sharing the experience. >> reporter: nsf strongly defends its projects telling us they, quote, have advanced frontiers of science and engineering, improved americans lives and provide foundation for countless new industries and jobs. that's true. one nsf project led to the creation of google. another led to the invention of bar codes. more recently, there is the robot hoedown and rodeo. you got to hand it to the folks who got taxpayer money to do this. now, nsf says the whackiest-sounding experiments can lead to scientific breakthroughs. robin, george? >> we'll see if it does. >> we will. all right, jon. >>> key witness speak out in the explosive trial of casey anthony, what they said about her disturbing behavior the days after her daughter disappeared. g toe for the veterans who protect our freedoms working with today's va

obviously we are disappointed that the mtc is supporting a measure that would skew support away from the nsf, which is the dominant transit center in the region. >> it might be wise to not comment on that, actually. [laughter] i will only say the ability of san francisco to leverage relationships with the commissioners from the other two large cities -- supervisor wiener: i agree with you. >> but increasing the board and technically everyone else's vote is deluded, and there are certain -- i think that action does reflect overall an interest in increasing the role of the cities -- specifically the three large cities which account for 35% of the region -- do play in this question. i think there are transit services in other cities that will have a potential increase. clearly san francisco's infrastructure does not compare to anyone else in the region. there are few systems that are as robust and as close as capacity. one of the challenges, honestly, asset has is how to convey that and have that interaction -- san francisco has is how to convey that in have that interaction. that being said, i

science and government funding of the computational infrastructure available, for example, through the nsf terror grid and basic research and computational engineering has paved a path towards revolutionalize of the storm surge and we are reaping benefits in this area. as i mentioned we are now able to do high resolution predictions within the time frame required by emergency managers. this would have been impossible five years ago. federal funding for coastal ocean model research has been piece immediately and focus more on the short term rather than the long term. i would welcome any efforts to promote longer term focus sustained funding of research in this area. with respect to the storm surge forecast it's my opinion that future forecast models should be at the highest fidelity again the computational available. there's still basic research to be have our wind, waves and currents and their interaction with coastal features and structures. the ability of natural and manmade systems to withstand and possibly mitigate surge is not well understood nor is a long-term impact of hurricanes on

to find out, scientists from public health and safety organization nsf international swapped 30 surfaces's 660 tests in all to check for germs in the bathroom, the kitchen and on everyday household objects. and the results may surprise you. >> i'd like to think that the bathroom has the most germs. but part of me really believes that it's more like the kitchen. >> reporter: she's right. while most people think their bathrooms are dirtiest, it's actually the kitchen. 32% of all countertops, 45% of sinks and 77% of sponges tested positive for bacteria which can cause food poisoning. and staph germs were also found on 14% of refrigerator handles and 18% of sponges. >> the number one germiest item that we found was the dish sponge from family number 12. >> reporter: meet family number 12. dawn simpson's sponge has a bacteria account of 1.8 billion. >> no way. >> reporter: way. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: seems pretty gross, huh? >> yeah, that's pretty bad. >> reporter: is the sponge something that you really thought of has being the germiest thing in your house? >> no. i definitely didn't t

it is at risk of being cut down this morning by the nsf pc. the pc did not give the neighbors notification of destruction until friday. it is at 4:38 p.m.. they're coming perilously close to the roots of this tree. we're looking at getting a restraining order to stop them until we can discuss what the options are for cutting this tree down. >>mark: why do they want to cut it down? >> reporter: because, they're lying a pipe. it has been underway for three years. the problem is they have not been opened and truthful with us about this particular tree. there was options for cutting it down. you want to sit down and talk about those options are before the cut it down. we want a couple of weeks still to look at the viable options before the cut it down. >>mark: are you and your neighbors plan of staying out there all day. >> reporter: if yes. i myself will step way to go to the county to get a restraining order to make this official and everyone else is going to be under the tree to make sure they do not cut it down. >>mark: thank you for your time