oklahoma senator tom coburn, put out the 2012 congressional waste book and it's filled.s government spending. you have want some examples of the tax dollars at work, you have $516,000 for video game that simulates prom night. not bob's, others. study golfers and their imagination, $350,000. $1 million to nasa for doing something with pizza on mars. tens of millions of dollars for tax loophole in the nhhl on strike. and pga. $325,000 to develop a robotic squirrel to capture snakes. >> bob: it does look like greg. >> brian: thank you. tom coburn said better priority and oversight could save taxpayers $19 billion. does it bother you? it's not $1 trillion. >> eric: so it's 202 pages of this book, i downloaded it. >> andrea: print it? >> eric: part of it. on page 10, $4.5 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in food stamp program. that is a ton. $4.5 billion. then you look at the federal spending. i went and juxtapose it to federal spending. we are up in the last ten years over 130% in food stamp spending. we're spending more an wasting a ton more. >> brian: angela? >> andrea: y

>> reporter: senator coburn says his report is proof congress, despite all the talk, is still wasting as much money as ever. >> congress refuses to make hard choices. >> reporter: the wastebook lists congress itself as a waste of money. no major accomplishments this year and a trillion dollar deficit. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> an update on malala yousafzai. she was shot in the head for saying publicly she wants an education. today, she was moved from pierre to a hospital in england where a team of specialists is treating her and tonight, they say she has a chance at making a good recovery. >>> and tonight, we have a story about something going on in american classrooms across the country. a lot of parents want their children to learn to speak chinese, a lot of schools can't afford it. so what's been happening? chinese teachers are coming in paid for by the chinese government. abc's dan harris takes a look at the controversy. >> reporter: it's wondrous and also completely adorable to see a room full of kindergartners in this struggling school district in macon, georgia,

coburn is going after the nfl this year. it classifies itself as a nonprofit organization to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes even though it brings in more than $9 billion a year. coburn also mentions a $395,000 robotic squirrel that's designed to look real enough to trick a rattlesnake. he also blasts nasa for spending nearly $1 million on researching food for astronauts to eat on mars. >> okay. >>> ricky gervais is out. instead, two women will join forces to cohost the golden globe awards. 30 rock's tina fey and parks and recreation star amy poehler will share hosting duties in january. the two are used to sharing the spotlight. they co-anchored "weekend update" on "saturday night live." and starred in several movies together. the golden globes set to air january 13th here on nbc 4. >> two very talented ladies. >> can i mention yesterday i spoke about pumpkin patches and the fact i had never been to one. our friends at 94.7 fresh fm sent me a pumpkin. >> that's pretty heavy. >> as, i guess, an enticement to hit a

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tom coburn a conservative republican in oklahoma and dick dur bin have a plan to fix social security.ou have to start with bipartisan proposals and you have to be willing, senator coburn has been willing to take grieve from his party because at some point he said he would support a revenue increase. and durbin has the same thing gotten grief from the left. these two biggest problems we have are social security and medicare. >> let's go to the question that is vexing the romney campaign which is they're proposing dropping rates but they don't make a single proposal about what tax loopholes or deductions they would limit or eliminate. and it seems to me the tax code is filled with those things, even if the rates were not touched, something has to be done about some of the crazy loop who elholes in there. where would you suggest congress go to tighten up loopholes in deductions? >> the problem is if you close somebody's loopholes, the taxes are going to go up. i guess i'm sympathetic as to why he wouldn't identify what he wants to do. again, it's an area that i think needs to be done. so

. >> republican senator coburn says the annual waste vote proves politicians haven't learned to cut back. american families are familiar with doing just that. as the national debt skyrockets, taxpayer dollars are spent on projects like $325,000 grant to build robo squirrel. robotic rodent designed to test the interaction between live rattlesnake and robot squirrel. although nasa has no plan or budget for manned space flight to mars, the agency spent $1 million developing the mars menu. effort to come up with a variety of foods that human could eat if they were on ma mars. then there is the nearly $700,000 grant for development of musical about global warming. when it opened in kansas city, a reviewer said he learned nothing new about the topic, the song sounded like wikipedia entry set to music. >> we're proud it's in kansas city. we are. >> burn says there is no way to justify the expenditures. >> the money you're spending, you're borrowing against your children's future. it's all outrageous. the fact is that it's not hard to it. we have recalcitrant career politicians refusing to do th

it is part of senator coburn's book showing the dollars.mars menu even though there are no plan to go to mars . coburn's report reports that taxpayers are subsidizing free cell phone service to 16 million americansats a cost of 1. 5 billion. he will join us at seven-- 7:15 eastern time. >> brian: one of the smartest guys on capitol hill. a zumba instructor caught offering more than fitness lessons. cops released the identities of 21 men. cops say 29 year old alexxis wright pulled in $150,000 in less than two years in a dance studio turned brothel. >> steve: wrua indeed. >> gretchen: i talk about close calls is why you shouldn't put your head out of a training train. oh, my god. as you can see she just misses getting hit by the oncoming train. he is laugh sitting on the floor of the train, she said her friends told her to do it. that is every parent's nightmare and end up regrett. >> steve: she is lucky. in the meantime look at the weather. we have rain in portions . northeast, northern plainns and pacific northwest . rio grande value. it is

even tom coburn, one of your heroes, from oklahoma, says we have to raise revenue. we have to cut spending. we have to balance our budget. that is not liberal, that is not conservative, it is just the truth. >> i will make a point that in that entire answer, mr. sadler did not disagree with me once that there is not a single texan who currently pays income tax that he is willing to rule out raising taxes on. i've asked to three times that question, and you have yet to give an answer. >> hold on, what about the question of revenue? he mentioned coburn -- there was a proposal of three to one tax cuts to revenues. >> i think the problem we have right now is that federal spending is out of control. the problem is not the taxes are too low. historically, tax revenues have been roughly 18% of gdp. government expenditures have been roughly 20% of gdp. with barack obama as president, those have risen to nearly 25% of gdp. that is a structural shift in the size of a government. i think the solution is to bring it back. i think that is especially true when the economy is teet

oklahoma senator tom coburn issued his annual report on billions of dollars in wasteful government spending ranging from $300,000 marketing caviar to $90 million in lost taxes because the nfl is considered a nonprofit organization. mitt romney's campaign raised $170 million in donations in september, a little less than president obama's $181 million and romney got more than 1 million contributions in checks of less than $250,000. mitt romney's wife ann will be on "the view" thursday. after mitt romney criticized "the view" on that secretly recorded 47% video, the republican nominee has canceled his scheduled appearance. >>> and abc/"washington post" poll says president obama is now voters choice as a babysitter for their kids. the president has a 13-point advantage over governor romney. >>> two motorcycles in michelle obama's motorcade collided in ohio. the police officer and state trooper involved were not seriously hurt. >>> the first lady continue on to a campaign stop in cleveland where she told voters that in 2008 her husband won ohio by only 260,000 votes then she explained the math o

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bud coburn says it's odd we don't hear from david petraeus concerning the e-seals working for the cia being with us. we appreciate you being with us. have a great weekend, and we'll see you monday. good night from new york.

the other story new at ten according to senator coburn's waste book.ng free cell phone service to 16 million people. it doeses you, the taxpayers, 1.5 billion a year, and rich edson is in d.c. all right, rich, i was kind of a little upset when i heard about the free cell phones 1 1/2 billion dollars, but you've gone through the whole report. make me and our viewers even more angry. go. >> stuart, robo squirrel, how about a squirrel robot? for $325,000 brought to you by the state university system of california, it's built to look and act and smell like the real thing. a squirrel. a prom week video game for about half a million. a video game to simulate prom-like situations. and talking urinal cakes and super bowl buses, you use your hands in this game, it's american football and copies of lets me ultima brought to you by my alma mater rutgers state university, same school that brought us snooki. i don't think that was a federal grant. stuart: edison, you made me laugh. that was very good, with a list like that you can still make me laugh. i don't know

senator tom coburn's released the government "wastebook". star was day at massachusetts public library and played puzzles and took photos with favorite characters. audit program designed to find overpayments in medicaid cost more than it saves. purdue university use ad $350,000 grant to study golf. when they envision a larger target they play better. coburn says his own state spends half a million dollars to keep open a airport averaging one flight a month. those in 30s who drink heavily are immature. winners according to our panel of judges, robosquirrel. researchers in california spent part of a 300 thou grant on this creepy little fellow, a dead squirrel with robot parts all this to determine what a robosquirrel does when encountered with a state. this festival with zombie yoga, and visualization to empower the player emotionally. that means back to you. right. melisss: i think robosquirrel was the winner. no i think that was the most --. lori: what do you think, rich? what was the most outlandish? >> robosquirrel. there is video on youtu

coburn is joining fox and friends later on and will talk about the new waist book. >> the cia tried ton i down by finding him a bride. true according to a danish newspaper. they hired an al qaeda double agent for 250,000 dollars to set the terrorist up with a 32-yeaold. both would have been killed in an american drone strike. instead awlaki told her to get rid of her secretly bugged suitcase thus spoiling the plot. however, the marriage did work out. >>> quite a story. parents in california issuing a violent warning to drivers there. you hit my kid or you will be shot. drivers regularly ignore the 25 mile per hour speed limit. they are worried about their kid's safety. >> we were so tired of all of the speeders and he was just fed up with it one day grabbed the board and started writing on it. >> i am not here to hurt anybody. that's not my intentions. want everyone to slow down we are good. >> can't blame them. the couple feel like the sign is working. they say more drivers are slowing down. >> in 2008 it was obama girl. now it is paul ryan girl singing let's get fiscal. ♪ let's get f

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coburn says this is just the tip of the iceberg, jenna. jenna: these are specific projects somebody had to green light, someone had to say yep, this is where we spend the money. where is all our taxpayer money going? >> check this out. $325,000 grant for robosquirrel. checks out reaction between rattlesnakes and squirrels. he is pretty life like. they spent $300,000 to promote caviar. a company in idaho was granted money to create a website, print flyers and sent the company's owner to trade shows to entice distributors to bring his caviar to the masses. finally nearly 700,000 granted from the national science foundation to a new york based theater company to develop a musical about climate change and biodiversity. the great immensity, opened in kansas city this year. along with the song one reviewer described as sounding like a wikipedia entry set to music the audience was able to experience flying monkey poop. you paid forfeit you paid taxes. jenna? jenna: that certainly gives us some perspective, doesn't it? >> reporter: the deficit and

tom coburn says his annual waste book proves americans haven't cut back.nal debt skyrockets taxpayer dollars are spent on a $325,000 grant to build robo squirrel. a robotic rodent designed to test the interaction between a rattlesnake and robo squirrel. nasa has no plans nor spaceflight to mars but they've developed the mars menu, a variety of foods humans could eat if on mars. then the nearly $700,000 grant for development of a musical about global warming. when it opened in kansas city, a reviewer said he learned nothing new and it sounded like wikipedia entry set to music and it included the flying monkey poop. >> we're proud it's in kansas city. >> they say there's no way to justify the expense. >> you're borrowing against your children's future. it's outrageous and it's not hard to solve. we have career politician to say refused to their job. >> the report outfraud and abuse. in florida, a exotic dancer took in $85,000 in tips and collected nearly $1,000 a month in food stamps while spending $9,000 on cosmetic especially hans. the cost to produce a pe

senator coburn has a waste but the they spend $23 million on teaching people in morocco how to make pottery. >>neil: gary, thank you. folk, a quick aside, i want to make clear to folks, republicans and democrats equally to blame. if either side budges, no matter who you blame, if neither side budges, it is what it is, folks. we are looking at a train wreck. a train wreck. i don't care whose side you take but if the president doesn't budge, you know how that goes and so does ed henry. what happens? >>reporter: the "washington post" is sailing the president would veto something with no tax increases. not major news. the white house is maneuvering trying to pressure things and the hope is the president wins the close election and he breaks the republicans, and he said this in private fundraisers, i will break their will and they have to give in on tax increases. >>neil: he will have a mandate. >>guest: exactly the problem is, to he does win, this is more likely to fuel the elections that have consequences. he may not win the election according to the recent polls. then what? until until what -

senator coburn is sending him faund raiser this week.original outrage of his remarks was disingenuous. >> well, i think that it's not only disingenuous. i think when you look at it, the other problem is, he's saying fundamentally what many of them are advocating. look at the fact that paul ryan and the republican party are trying to distance themselves but they are really on the same page. akin, the romney/ryan campaign and the republican platform are all anti-abortion. though romney has clarified that he would allow abortions in case of rape and incest. they all stand by it and want to defund planned parenthood. they are all opposed to contraception coverage. >> absolutely. i think todd akin is the republican party. it's a crude or more sloppy way of saying what they stand for. he and paul ryan worked together on that forceable rape bill. the problem right now is not only that that's also the republican platform. the man who wrote all of the platforms is also fundraising for todd akin. this is not out of a mainstream view. these people

congress hasn't done that much this year, senator tom coburn disagrees with you. he says they've been hard at work dolling out the pork. in his annual wears book, the oak -- waste book, the oklahoma republican outlines a hundred congressional approved programs that he says wastes more than $18 billion. it includes a loophole that lets the n.f.l. , nhl and pga qualify as nonprofit organizations. a $325,000 grant to build a robotic squirrel to see how the animals interact with rattle snakes. that actually duplicates an earlier study. and $24 million in spending to maintain contracts for selling typewriters. we don't know what the buggy makers think about this. >> there was one about foods we'd eat on mars. >>> 6:36. a new poll out shows how citizens would like for leadtories handle big political issues, such as law and order. >> let's face it, you can work up a major appetite touring d.c. in today's daily deals, i'll tell but one tour that will leaving you walking away satisfied. >>> welcome back to 9news now. 6:40 and 49 degrees. monika here with timesaver traffic.

even tom coburn, one of your heroes, from oklahoma, says we have to raise revenue. we have to cut spending. we have to balance our budget. that is not liberal, that is not conservative, it is just the truth. >> i will make a point that in that entire answer, mr. sadler did not disagree with me once that there is not a single texan who currently pays income tax that he is willing to rule out raising taxes on. i've asked to three times that question, and you have yet to give an answer. >> hold on, what about the question of revenue? he mentioned coburn -- there was a proposal of three to one tax cuts to revenues. >> i think the problem we have right now is that federal spending is out of control. the problem is not the taxes are too low. historically, tax revenues have been roughly 18% of gdp. government expenditures have been roughly 20% of gdp. with barack obama as president, those have risen to nearly 25% of gdp. that is a structural shift in the size of a government. i think the solution is to bring it back. i think that is especially true when the economy is teet

. >> over the course of the week we're seeing more prominent republicans senator demint, tom coburn,raham coming out in support of todd akin. do you think he should have the support of the republican party? >> into no. >> in. >> >>. >> no. >> no, i don't. >> the fallout from the latest akin push next in what now. [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. align naturally helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ ooh, baby, can i do for you today? ♪ try align today. and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> welcome back. time for what now? even though governor chris christie said the gop should not give its support to senate candidate todd akin some are changing their minds about the missouri congressman and offering him support now that his name cannot be removed from the ballot. this has been a big 180 for the gop, ryan. santorum is sayin

reform initiative and three of the most fiscally conservative members of the senate, myself, tom coburnvoted for it because we thought it was a reasonable compromise and if you listen to some of the house votes, the house leadership folks, they're also willing to do that, i believe. it comes down to leadership and honestly it comes down to presidential leadership. you have to have the president giving cover to members of his party so they can make these tough calls. >> senator, let me ask you about new hampshire. you know it well. what's been interesting to me there's been some polling that has shown the president with a significant lead. others have had it a dead heat. none have had romney up but what i'm watching is who is spending money in the boston tv market and right now none of the super pacs, mitt romney is not up will but the president is. what is that telling you? what kind of tea leaf reading should we be doing on that? is. >> i don't read those tea leaves because television -- there's been so much advertising, people are sort of tuning it out. new hampshire is a very late de

senator tom coburn is out with this year's look at what he thinks is trivial congressional spending in waste book report. the oklahoma republican outlines a hundred different congressionally approved programs he says wastes more than $18 billion. this list includes a loophole which allows the n.f.l. , nhl and pga to qualify as nonprofit organizations. a $325,000 grant to build a robotic squirrel to see how the animal interacts with rattle snakes. actually that duplicates an earlier study. and $24 million in spending to maintain contracts for selling typewriters. >>> beyonce is headed for the super bowl. >> miley cyrus meets two and a half men. we have those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: if you like it, put a super bowl ring on t. beyonce is confirming on tum letter she'll perform the half time show at super bowl 47 in new orleans. she sang the national anthem in her hometown houston. >>> justin bieber is teaming up to be the face of the new global style. bieber will appear in the german sportswear company's ad campaign. >> i'm sleeping in your room. >> re

senator coburn releasing his annual washington waste list, outlining the 100 most egregious ways the your tax dollars. we've gone through the list. we picked out the most absurd abuses. joining me is fox's rich edson. this would be hysterical if it wasn't my money. let's get to it. moroccan pottery, this is most expense. the translator couldn't translate. materials couldn't be found in morocco. what was this program. >> it was part of a government program, the u.s. agency for international development, part of a $27 million program. not the entire program. but it was to teach folks how to develop things abroad. so a key part of the projeet involved training moroccans training and to design pottery to sell international markets. one thing you mentioned. guy didn't speak english. it didn't translate. this is my favorite part of the report. americans went there to teach moroccans about making pottery, where moroccans have been making pottery since the 6th century ad. they know how to do it. melissa: i can see problems with that one. the martian pizza really caught my attention. we're tr

tom coburn on social, a conservative republican of oklahoma. and today announced $1 trillion worth of cuts to congress in executive branch. i under we have to cut spending. my point is all this sloganeering about being an optimist. i am optimist about our future. but when you cut $1 trillion because you don't want to raise taxes for people over $1 million, because you don't want to produce additional revenues, it will increase the unemployment rate in nebraska. >> back to our journalists. clean with a question directed -- calling "-- colleen williams with a question directed towards senator fisher. >> one part of health care reform did away with insurance companies' ability to deny people coverage for preexisting conditions. part of the trade-off to cover increased costs was requiring individuals to have coverage. if the health care law is repealed, would you favor keeping preexisting conditions coverage? if so, how would you pay for it? >> i support repealing the health care act. i think that is important. what i hear from people across the st

senate he reached across the aisle and worked with a conservative senator like tom coburn to create agovernment data base where taxpayers can track federal spending and willing to sacrifice democratic orthodox, make tough spending cuts in other areas the democrats may not. the republicans on the night of his inauguration, republicans like paul ryan, were already -- had already come to the conclusion they weren't going to work with this president on anything. that was their political strategy. you heard it from mitch mcconnell, top priority was defeating the president, not working to aid the economy. and i think that the american people will reject that at the polls on election day. we already know that was a failed governing strategy, but i think americans are going to say, that was a failed political strategy. we want both parties to work together. the president is willing to reach across the aisle to make tough decisions and republicans should be willing to do so as well. >> ben, i will ask you one quick but very important question, which is, are we to believe that the president is