coburn for their kind words.i am honored to be introduced by numeral to such extraordinary public servants who have both spent their lives helping others and delivering for the american people. i am especially grateful for my husband and our children, for their tremendous support, and while my parents couldn't be here with us today, i want to recognize them for their instilling within me and my sister the enduring value of public service. as a second-generation greek immigrant, i was raised to be thankful for the tremendous opportunities this great nation offers and to appreciate the responsibilities that come with those opportunities. westghout my childhood in virginia, my father an optometrist and small business owner, and my mother a teacher set a great example for me and my teacher through their engagement in service through our community and our church. it is that example that is an important part of why i am here today. whether in the public or the private sector, working across a range of issues, i focus m

this is pretty much tom coburn's modus operandi. the entire political party is with tom coburn.d to be bipartisan measure. today there are no republicans supporting senator patrick leahy in getting the $120 million opposition. because there is this thirst for austerity in the country if you are going to spend the money you have to offset. tom coburn will not let this thing go through, unanimous consent you. are going to have something around a week if you really want this to go through of floor time. even then it is not clear. if they've will get the volts clear to filibuster. >> you put your finger on the politics, sam. the very extreme thing has become the mainstream thing for the republican party. this used to be bipartisan. great. didn't used to make news. fine when cops were getting their vest. look at the hearing today. some of the testimony was remarkable. you had officers talking about vests that saved their lives. senator leahy, spoke about it as well. experience with constituents on this. take a his in to that and get your response. >> a very proud moment, walking down

it's not just coburn who is against the minimum wage. republicans are very clear on where they stand on this issue, texas governor rick perry, who has a terrible labor record in texas, said the government shouldn't worry about the minimum wage. >> i don't think it's government's business to be setting the minimum wage out there, even the cbo said, if you want to get rid of a 500,000 jobs between now and 2016, raise the minimum wage. here's the issue, pat, i think you've got believe this, at a time when jobs are at a premium in this country, the last thing you want to be doing is putting policies into place that would kill jobs. >> florida senator rubio is clear where he stands. the republican's savior says, minimum wage laws, well they don't work. >> i support people making more than $9. i want people to make as much as they can. i don't think the minimum wage law works. we all support, i certainly do having more taxpayers, meaning more people employed -- and buy want people to make more than $9. $9 is not enough. the problem is that you

coburn for their kind words.i am honored to be introduced by numeral to such extraordinary public servants who have both spent their lives helping others and delivering for the american people. i am especially grateful for my husband and our children, for their tremendous support, and while my parents couldn't be here with us today, i want to recognize them for their instilling within me and my sister the enduring value of public service. as a second-generation greek immigrant, i was raised to be thankful for the tremendous opportunities this great nation offers and to appreciate the responsibilities that come with those opportunities. westghout my childhood in virginia, my father an optometrist and small business owner, and my mother a teacher set a great example for me and my teacher through their engagement in service through our community and our church. it is that example that is an important part of why i am here today. whether in the public or the private sector, working across a range of issues, i focus m

side that has been championed by senator coburn and they have certainly made process but when mr. mccord who has confirmation near --. >> the gentleman's time has expired. is there debate? mr. connolly. >> i'm going to respectfully oppose the amendment. the department of defense has made progress on this very important issue. it is making progress. we just passed the en bloc amendment an advisory panel that would help this committee with his oversight in this very important issue throughout the entire period. it is a much better approach to making sure this happens in this feel-good thing that you think you have to be somebody it. moving faster treasuries that policy. the only place to get the fast audited is to have the department do it. you move it to treasury and separate the functions oversight

now you have republicans like tom coburn saying crazy stuff like this. "i don't believe there ought to be a national minimum wage. that's my position." so, in the "crossfire" tonight we've got republican representative andy harris, democratic representative barbara lee. both in the "crossfire" tonight. i'm going to go to you. are you willing to go on the record endorsing these radical view from coburn that says america shouldn't even have a national minimum wage? >> we certainly ought to raise the -- we shouldn't raise the national minimum wage. i was a small businessowner in my district, rural area, and she was very worried because she has a small business. >> i got you. >> supposed to hire people. >> i'm not going to let you out of this. yes or no? is a national minimum wage a good idea or bad idea? >> should be left where it is. >> so you're for it? you're for national minimum wage. >> where it is. >> not a penniless, not a penny more? happens to be perfect right now? >> if states want to increase it or cities, god bless them, but, you know, if the ju

if you do what senator coburn suggested, just let the market work. don't have government interfere by establishing a minimum wage that american workers should receive. what it means, quite simply, when you let the free market work is that if you are in a high unemployment area and you have many, many workers compete ing for few jobs, an employer will say to you well, i am prepared to hire you, good news, and i'm going to pay you $4 an hour, and the worker says i can't live on $4 an hour. that's a starvation wage, and the employer says well, that's okay because i got 20 other workers who are prepared to accept that wage. that's what happens when you abolish the concept of the minimum wage. mr. president, many of us -- and i think the vast majority of the american people have a very different vision of where our country should go. we don't believe that you should be abolishing the minimum wage. we don't believe that you should be cutting or privatizing social security or transforming medicare into a voucher program or making horrendous cuts to medicaid

we just had tom coburn on saying no minimum wage increase.ere talking about it, there has to be a compromise here. maybe a pull in keystone and other things. i mean, we all think there has to be a compromise in the works here. you hearing anything? >> i'm not. but one point on benghazi, it's -- >> i tried to get us off the topic. >> sam's scared, chuck. >> i mean, here's the thing about this debate which again you can't have a rational debate about benghazi because it quickly becomes what we just saw there. and i love you both, guys. >> we're just passionate. >> which is the white house was overly sensitive in trying to manipulate the spin within the 48, 72 hours and at the same time actually believed that a video was involved. right? it's possible more than likely that both things are true in this case. and what i have to tell you is the idea that if this is a smoking gun, it's not a very good -- it wasn't a very effective gun. and it's not clear they found anything. very quickly on minimum wage, here's what i don't get, joe. why republicans

starting with perry martin and steve coburn.d together their money to breed their first colt. >> it hit me hard. my dream had come true. >> reporter: to get their horse into shape, they turned to art sherman. at 77, he's now the oldest trainer to win the derby. he came back to churchill downs for the first time since 1955, when he was a 19-year-old exercise rider for that year's winner, a horse named swats. >> it's like a story book, kind of. you look back at all the years you put in this game and finally hit it, the kentucky derby. you know, this is a dream of a lifetime. >> reporter: it's a dream they almost gave away. just two months ago, someone wanted to buy a controlling share of the horse for $6 million. martin and coburn turned the money down. >> i cannot explain it. i know one thing. i'm going to have my '88 ford pickup painted. >> reporter: that sweet derby win. now the chance to capture racing's fabled triple crown is a story that money just can't buy. tonight, many former nay sayers are now betting on california chro

. >> senator, we had your colleague tom coburn on last week. he said there shouldn't be a federal minimum wage. the free market ought to take care of it. what do you think of those who oppose minimum wage, that it leads to the loss of jobs? >> economists are on both sides of that. i think what they don't do, those who say it will lose jobs, forget about all the money that would be pumped into the economy. >> i know. >> that creates. and they don't believe in that because that's dynamic scoring on our side. i want to bring up one thing, our next fair shot agenda item. this week elizabeth warren will introduce legislation on making it easier to pay for college. two parts. first, you should be able to refinance. in other words, there are tens of millions of young people and their families who are paying on hundreds of thousands of loans. you should be able to get it down to 3%. we're going to push that. by the way, this is one of the biggest things hurting the market. >> i totally agree. let's have elisabeth on this week as well. >> we're pushing

here's republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma. >> the benefit is small. the cost of lost jobs is great. it goes against the free market principles. we don't know what the minimum wage should be. how did they pick 10.10? why not 22? why not $100. that makes everybody earn $200,000 a year. i don't believe you should interfere in the market. if there's going to be a minimum wage, my theory is, if oklahomans want a minimum wage, we ought to have it. >> why not $100? the senate, meanwhile, alison lundergan grimes is making the minimum wage a big issue in her campaign to unseat mitch mcconnell. "democratic u.s. senate candidate alison lundergan grimes reiterated her support monday for increasing the federal minimum wage and it will be the first thing i put my name to if elected to congress. joining me now are eugene robinson, washington post columnist as well as msnbc and ezra klein, also an msnbc contributor. welcome, gentlemen. picking up on that fight in kentucky, i want to show you the democratic house there also has pushed something about 10.10 an hour. it

. >> sounds reasonable to me, senator coburn. the agree fully with comments of senator coburn and how important this is. this morning, there was a description of the report that the pentagon is going to field to$11 billion contract overhaul its electronic health record systems, and this will be the biggest i.t. contract since care.gov's and with all due respect, there acrossen a lot of issues this. as i hear that, it raises red flags for me as far as what controls will be put in place, given that you are not in the position that you would like to be, secretary hale, to have the data that you've just talked about. what are the controls that will be in place for taxpayers on this huge contract? it is important. it is going to under -- as i understand it, it will impact the health records for all of our men and women in uniform. we had notable examples of failed i.t. projects and this is an $11 billion project. what controls will be put in place as you go forward with this echo and i guess, a good question is -- will secretary weekl

that it's our taxpayer money and it seems he can't account for its fiscal hawks like senator tom coburn from oklahoma i have been attempting to force the pentagon scanned for years now. like previous bills which offered incentives to the cod are getting its fiscal house organized. auburn's twenty thirteen on the pentagon act would have punished the military did not comply that bailey is still spinning and knitting. i want a new plan is to have its books on the bike twenty seventeen. critics say that seems like a stretch. there are reasons why this isn't happening. this is a mate for life campaign finance reform in congress allowing contractors. stranglehold on both congress and the pentagon to prevent this article because it would incriminate them to do it all sink in a pentagon employees that are abusing the money at least one part of the military has its financial books in order the marine corps was successfully on a date on december twenty third of last year the marine corps was on a regular chair. so close for the marine corps. took alot of doing it at that point they'll marine corp

>> i agree with senator coburn.m a absolutely different direction but a the ear mark process was broken four years ago, it's still broken. we put in place a moratorium on ear marking. let's keep it in place and work through the competitive grant and use regular order. senator durbin, who i admire and respect, said it was the glue that held biffles together. it's actually the grease. we need more oversight and show fiscal responsibility. just starting to get back on track. we talked about a balanced budget amendment. let's focus there and not good to back to the past that didn't work. >> the argument for them -- i don't believe i'm saying this bu just trying to get it across -- this polices the money to make sure they good for whatever they're established intend and an ear mark will make sure if you think infrastructure needs more money, that this will go just to that and not be wasted by someone else. so there's a method to that money madness. >> that's garbage. first of all, the reason the transportation bill is in

i live in homeland security world with coburn. what did you learn in your current job that will enable us to get better results for less money in some of these very expensive programs? we need to save money. >> i think one of the things i've learnedcu is being very specific about what you're trying to achieve in the space, in terms of, very quickly, are the mosts importantbe levers. i think in our conversation today, there have been a number of things where actually there are conflicting interests and i think what's important is as a leader to be able to quickly get to the problem solving in terms of articulating what are those conflicting interests and how do you weigh how you go forward in terms of it won't be imperfect. there will be things in order to make progress we need on medicare fraud, it comes back to issue we were discussing with regard to races and what tools are we using. there will be places where they are not and continuously thinking where will you focus, what is the core objective and how will you continuously im

coburn and rockefeller, who has d.t budge. what you have done is try to respond to challenges in a way that ought to bring people together. that is why i referenced your part with respect to part d. we now know it has come in at costoss in terms of projection. mu they voted senators said, we are going to try to make this work. think you can be a powerful agent once you are confirmed. you can be a powerful agent in terms of trying to bring people together. trying to bring people together regardless of how they voted. that is my take away that you can help cut through some -- wezation we have ian, have seen. is there anything you would like to add? only that in the senate so full of toxicity and wasnership, i think if it two and a half hours it was two and a half hours. listening, your knowledge, your ability to defer -- youyou have in done have not done because you are still in another job because you are anxious to get to these isblems is what the chairman saying. how do you begin to take down the walls on the subject so -- an

coburn must think that's too much.s not alone. >> do you thi >> are you for abolishing the minimum wage? soo. >> we need to look at all the factors that goes into job creation and that's something congress would have to take a look at. >> i don't think a minimum wage law works. >> you don't not believe in the concept of a minimum wage? >> that's correct. >> you would abolish the minimum wage? >> correct. >> here's what's ironic about the whole issue, the gop doesn't like raising the minimum wage, but they also hate people using the social safety net. >> we need to make sure our government programs encourage work, not dependence. >> self-reliance means if anyone will not work, neither should he eat. >> teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. don't simply feed fish. >> don't feed fish. well, how about giving poor americans a fishing pole? if we raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, we would reduce food stamp spending by $46 billion over the next 10 years. gop isn't just heartless on this issue, they'

coburn: i object. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: we went through this ten days ago, and i gave a very long and detailed explanation to my objections to this bill. i won't belabor that again, but again we're at the process where we owe $17 trillion, and we're spending money that we don't have in areas that are far lower in priority than this issue. i have no objection. that i think this actually has, in terms of bulletproof vests, a great way to protect those that protect us. but again, as i stated the last time that we had this discussion, under the enumerated powers, this is the responsibility of the states and the local communities, and on that basis, i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. leahy: mr. president, i'm sorry for that because it will waste more money in two weeks in afghanistan and iraq, or maybe a week, than this would cost for years to protect americans. american law enforcement. police officers who protect us every day. we allow this matter to come to a vote and everybody vote yes or no

coburn: thank you. the most senior member of our body understands the differences he and i have on a lot of issu issues. most of what he said is true in his statement about the sacrifices and the effectivene effectiveness. where we have a difference of agreement and a difference of understanding is in the enumerated powers of the constitution of the united states. and the fact is that every individual in this country today owes $50,000 just on the debt, and every family is responsible for $1,100,000 in unfunded liabilities that your children and you will ultimately pay for. this isn't about vests. this is about continuing to do the same thing that got our country in trouble. this is an $120 million offse wo offset. the constitution lists off the enumerated powers. there's n no role for the federl government in terms of funding local police departments. it is a nice thing to do if we were in surplus. we could ignore the enumerated -- we're not in surplus. we're borrowing tons of money. we're going to bor

for getting its fiscal house organize coburn's twenty thirty odd the pentagon act would have punished the military if it did not comply however that bill is still sitting in committee the pentagon's a new plan is to have its books audited ready by twenty seven t o our critics say that even that seems like a stretch there are reasons why this isn't happening and certainly the lack of campaign finance reform in congress allowing contractors kind of have a stranglehold on both congress and the pentagon to prevent this audit from happening because it would incriminate them but it would also incriminate the pentagon employees that are abusing the money one of the main arguments as to why congress has not forced the pentagon to comply is. the idea that the agency is simply too big to audit it is very complex but to throw up our hands and say well it's too big we can't worry about it that would be surrender we shouldn't do that and well former congressman ron paul is now out of office his senator son is taking up the cause of national defense is the most important thing we spend money on it'

senator tom coburn who came up with this detail and highlighted it, he said, take nasa for example. as nasa was preserving its employees, didn't do furloughs, it was making other decisions about u.s. launch capabilities that have led us to the situation where we are where we're dependent on russia to get us to the international space station. it was the decision they made to cut services rather than to cut federal employees that's taking the focus from this report. >> on the other side of the equation, what republicans did not like about sequester was that there were going to be so many military cuts. ijd i just want to call your attention for the rest of this year and beyond. 2,672 navy members, 1,500 department of defense employees, 2,100 civilian members of the army p 1,000 army contractors. those are numbers, those are hard, fast numbers of people who apparently are going to be cut on the military side. how do we rationalize the difference here? one federal employee and thousands of military personnel? >> those are not necessarily in response to sequester. but the whole point is

it must have had a lit to do with the co-owner, steve coburn saying this. >> all i have to say. do you nonbelievers believe the horse now and this man train ape horse. itch you don'ty need to have your head examined. >> little chip there. understandable when they paid the $#,000 for the mare that produced california chrome, the blue bloods thought they were, well, let mike bogue tell you. >> you guys are a couple of dumb [ bleep ] if you buy this horse. and they kind of like, beavis and butt-head and looked at each other and said what a great name for our stable. dumb [ bleep ] partners racing. >> both pointed with pride to the logo on his hat. and from now on. kentucky, florida breeders they will have to give them some respect. >> really makes you proud if you live here in california to see this horse do exact lely what h did to the california breds at santa anita and in there at kentucky on the biggest stage in the world. >> you can bet trainer art art sherman and steve sherman are celebrating tonight sxch, and i expect a heck of a welcome when they return here at golden gate

and coburn is sort of the face of that but he is facing health issues. so,. >> owe says he is fine. is he stepping down from his seat two two years early. is he not 100% clearly. i don't see him taking on a new challenge at the end of his term but we will see. >> i think one reason is he stepping down not the condition of his health but enormously frustrated with washington. i'm not sure that he would be unfrustrated as the head of the v.a. >> he would be right in the thick of it? >> indeeds. >> jay carney, press secretary stepping down. that actually was a surprise. i don't think general shinseki was a surprise. but i think that was today. >> the timing was a surprise. because two resignations, big resignation was in one day like this rarely happened in an administration. so it was a surprise in that sense. but most of us were expecting jay carney to leave relatively soon. the word on the hill and on -- in the white house was that he was wanting to leave by summertime and had been talking about it but the time something a little strange. i think some people suggested this was sort

martin and coburn turned the money down. >> i cannot explain it.ickup painted. >> reporter: that sweet derby win. and now a chance to catch the fabled triple crown is a story money just can't buy and many former naysayers are now betting on california chrome. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> awesome story. they bought a mare named love the chase for $8,000 and a breed horse for $2,000 which is named peanuts. this is not royalty horse but it beat all of them. >> that's amazing. by the way, the win at the derby, obviously, comes with $1.4 million. the potential to make money by being able to breed this stallion is going to be through the roof for them. >> yeah, he's going to be able to paint his pickup truck like he said. i think he can get a new pickup truck. maybe a fleet of pickup trucks. good for them. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. (tiffany) ask yourself what your children or cigarettes. for as long as i can remember, my mother smoked. she died from lung cancer when i was 16. i could not t

coburn made this comment after the race. >> i just want to thank the people of maryland for all the hospitality they have shown us. and churchhill, you need to take a lesson on this. >> reporter: churchill downs has issued an apology. >>> well still coming up, making buildings safer ahead of the big one. nasa's new technology to protect you in an earthquake. >> locked out and out of luck: increeks complaints about lock smiths overcharges you to get back in your house. >> well the key to our weather, that strong sea breeze keeping us windy and cool as we look live at the ferry building. we will have the forecast for you after the break. ,,,, what is performance? 0 to 60? or 60 to 0? how a car performs in a quarter-mile? or a quarter-century? is performance about the joy of driving? or the importance... of surviving? to us, performance is not about doing one thing well. it is about doing everything well. because in the end... everything matters. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. upon what could be a breakthrough in earthquake >> nasa scientists are trying to solve problems with rocket launches

senator coburn said. there will be no insurance industry left in three years. insurance will be dead in three years. i should note nearly four years have passed since that statement. is the private health industry dead? >> representative, no. >> does anybody else on the panel believe the private industry has disappeared? it is borderline, farcical. there is a good reason it is farcical. she is actually taking that republican attack, seriously. right. it is only a joke, to actually take something that, that, mr. coburn said and ask whether it is the case. >> well, it is really -- it's emblematic of the entire debate about obama care. it has been, you know it was going to cause death panels. it is socialism. it is going to destroy the private health industry. all of these apocalyptic predictions. none of them have come true. look, the law is, it is a mix of good and bad. it certainly has the its flaws. but, you know all of the available signs at this point. it is actually working reasonably well. we can say, i think with absolute confidence that, predictions like

his owners, steve coburn and perry martin, scraped together just over $10,000 to breed him. a lot for them but pocket change in terms of racehorses. another contender, wicked strong, was bought for 375,000. >> our guardian angels have been watching over us. and they put this horse on the right path. >> reporter: his trainer, there's a story there too. art sherman is 77 years old and now the oldest trainer to win the kentucky derby. >> it gave me the biggest thrill i ever had in my life. >> reporter: it's victor espinoza's second derby win, but he gives the credit to california chrome. >> you know, i let him enjoy the race around and not try to go against him. and i think he likes that. >> reporter: even that name -- >> it is california chrome. >> reporter: -- was the luck of the draw, literally. his owners put names into a hat at lunch. their waitress pulled out the winner, a name that will now go down in history. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> and up next, a place where they'll give you lessons on how to brag. >>> finally tonight, we've been taught that bragging is bad, th

. >> reporter: yes it has follow co-owners steve and carolyn coburn. >> i turn to him can you believerter: knows many especially since they paid $10,000 for california chrome and they had a 77 year old trainer who hit the big time. >> people who i thought were dead called me. >> reporter: he's the oldest trainer to ever win the most prestiges horse race. >> you may never win another race but at least you can say you won the kentucky derby. >> you just can't describe. >> it's unbelievable. >> what has happened in our lives because of this wonderful horse. >> reporter: that wonderful horse may not be a cash cow but even with a $1.4 million check for winning the derby and potentially millions more on the way. >> i had to come to work, you know. this is my job. >> reporter: his job is making magnetic strips for credit cards for a small company in a small nevada town. he like it that way. when california chrome travels to next saturday's puert puerto. >> we go. about 12 or 13 years old he turns around and says havior do you know who this guy is. they just embrace this. you guys are just li

. >> reporter: getting two-thirds of the way to history reduced the colt's owner steve coburn to tears. >> when i saw this colt, i saw this baby when he was a day old, i told my wife, carolyn, this horse is going to do something big. >> reporter: he and partner perry martin were ridiculed for spending just $8,000 on the mare that produced chrome. >> he's not the millionaire in this field. he is truly the blue collar guy that has been turning in millionaire-like performances. >> reporter: now many are hoping for just one more. craig melvin, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, finding strength and hope in what remains of a day they'll never forget. >>> finally tonight, one more note from moore, oklahoma, a community this week that is marking the anniversary of last may's powerful and deadly tornado. from the shattered remains of a great school, young survivors have found a way to remember the classmates they lost that day and to build a pathway to renewal, one brick at a time. >> this was the shirt i wore on may 20th. it's like my survivor shirt. >> reporter: cade newton is one of

coburn is going to be here until later this year.re going to make sure every day he is here and i am here, this committee is around, that we will stay on top of this. 90%, that is better than 50% or 60%. >> better than zero percent. we want to100%, and get as close to 100% as we can. we want to be helpful and not a problem in getting to that goal. senator tester? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the ranking member and the witnesses for being here today. on the banking committee we talk about banks that are too big to fail. thisnot know how we got to point, but maybe the dod has gotten too big to audit. i certainly hope not, because i do not think anybody disagrees that a full audit of the pentagon's books is critical for moving forward. it would not only help identify ways to increase operational efficiencies. it would increase transparency. would it bring in more appropriate level of oversight to the department of defense. in a budget environment in which we continue to see requests for program illuminations, base closure

senator tom coburn samuel government we stopped in some of the stark as examples of lavish spending by the military in recent years. my favorite fact that their force bought six hundred million dollars with airplanes in the city were delivered and ship them to the best ever built and actually never used the kinship to prepare arizona. not to use wire be built solely because of the garden of jobs in ohio and a contractor who is pushing for the straps pentagon in the case didn't want them so rather than leaving the transporter planes in the desert on trust congress has directed the department of defense to get fourteen of them. the us coast guard for free. twenty seven jane wasn't the military's only ethical fiasco after spending three years and nearly three hundred million dollars on a state of the art surveillance plan. yes we finally decided to de link the project for that long endurance and multi intelligence vehicle was nicknamed the route linking high flexibility of flying unmanned surveillance missions for three weeks at a time. however a number of delay his unreleased eight along

tom coburn joins us.on saving preemies. and later it's sheldon adelson against the states with online gambling. i see. another person infiltrating on his business. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >>> how democrats are joining the select committee investigating the 2012 attack on the consulate attack in benghazi. over whether democrats should boycott the panel. pelosi picks cummings, schiff, smith, duckworth, and sanchez. congressman cummings is going to be the ranking member here. he says the ninth congressional investigation into the murders of four americans is not necessary, however, democrats are going to be there to ensure the committee is not politicized. >> i feel i owe it to the families of ambassador stevens and the other brave americans who lost their precious lives to bring some minimal level of balance to this process and to check false claims wherever they may arise. in short, ladies and gentlemen, i believe we need someone in that room to simply defend the truth. defe

. >> his owners, steve coburn and perry martin, are first time breeders with day jobs. they company name "dap racing" stands for "dumb ass partners." a nod to a groomer who once said they were dumb for buying california chrome. there is even a donkey on their silks. >> go for your dream. never give up on your dream because they do come true. i'm living proof of that. >> reporter: now, the so-called people's horse hoping to defy the odds yet again. california chrome will arrive here in belmont park tomorrow morning cloaked in security. he will remain here until the belmont stakes. if he wins on this track, he are be the 12th horse in history to win racing's ultimate prize and the first to do so in 36 years. diane? >> everyone excited. thanks so much. >>> up next, talk about excitement. real money. imagine visiting your doctor without leaving your home and cutting your bills in half? the real house call tonight. >>> and michael jackson, you saw him back on stage singing and dancing? tonight we take you beyond the scenes to show you the tricks that bring superstars back in

senator tom coburn is saying this is outrageous.ing down, the president, the administration, senators like harry reid height it, exaggerated, overstated what the job losses would be and scared the devil out of the american people. he is saying it was a cabinet level multi agent effort at the cabinet level to scare the american people and what we are seeing now is senator tom coburn saying i wanted explanation. he sent a letter to the omb director, give us an explanation why you scared the american people saying sequestration would hurt jobs when it clearly did not. stuart: we brought you the story from brookings, a leftist organization, as they say the rate of new business formation has been cut in half in the past 30 years. in more recent years more businesses are closing up that are being opened. john stossel is here. this week's show is all about risk and business. why is stopping growth of business formation? what is going on? john: it is tougher to do because of regulation. 1,000 pages more every week so reluctant to start some

they have general ross admiral coburn. i guess coburn's bosses in such a great leader but on the american side they fell apart until the moment of ultima or when the crisis really hit. how important was the leadership in this? >> of play such an important role. just having different people in charge at the time of this crisis made an enormous difference. in the case of the british they had been fighting france for two decades said they had time to really develop a very impressive cadre of officers. coburn had served with nelson in the mediterranean and general ross was sent over to lead the army troops that fought under wellington. the united states had been the minutemen of the american revolution. that era had pretty much passed and we didn't have a very effective army or militia. a very small officer corps and the ones we had were not of the best quality. general winder who was put in charge of the defenses of washington is basically a political choice. his uncle is the governor of maryland and president madison is hopi

senator tom coburn samuel government we stock related some of the stock as examples of lavish spending by the military in recent years including the air force's nc twenty seven j spartan an airplane that can take on thinly and on unpaved runways my favorite. point in the program and this is the fact that their force bought six hundred million dollars with airplanes and assumed they were delivered and ship them to the bench terry has spent a reported five hundred sixty seven million dollars on the projects since two thousand seven hundred twenty thirteen reports by midday today we knew was found that at least a dozen of these transport airplanes or moving straight from the assembly line into a storage unit in tucson arizona without having ever been flown on the military mission ever built and actually never used the kinship to prepare to arizona in active use. why were they built solely because of the pr queen of jobs in ohio and a contractor whose passion for this job pentagon in the case didn't want them so rather than leaving the transport airplanes in the desert own crust. congress

i have cosponsors with senators coburn and flake. actually, senator coburn introduced it initially. i am a cosponsor. what this would do, this amendment would eliminate the corn ethanol mandate from the renewable fuels standard. now, what's that about? well, existing law mandates that we take corn, convert it into ethanol and then the law requires that that ethanol be mixed with gasoline and we all have to buy it when we fill up our tanks. mr. president, you may be aware we now burn over 40% of all the corn we grow in america, over 40% of it we end up burning in our cars. by turning it into ethanol and mixing it with our gasoline. well, this was -- there wer good intentions when this mandate was initially created. some people thought it would be good for the environment. it turns out it's not. it's bad for the environment. and that's not just me saying this. the national academy of sciences, the environmental working group, everybody acknowledges it increases carbon emissions. now, we had members on the other side of the aisle thought that the issue of carbon in the atmosphere, co2

coburn: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: i wanted to spend a moment or two talking about the water resources development act conference report and i would say to my colleagues, both in this chamber and in the house, some improvement in the wrda reauthorization has happened. but it's not near enough. over the past seven to -- from 1986-2010, the average new authorizations were over $3 billion a year and the average amount of money was $1.8 billion a year. so we've been going backwards all that time. in this report, they did deauthorrize less than 10% of the $80 billion in backlogged projects. their attempt to take some of the political nature out of it is a good attempt but it's not nearly complete and will be gamed just like we've seen in the past. what really hasn't happened in the wrda bill, and partly because they don't have the authority to do it, is to change the corps of engineers. there's never been a project the corps of engineers doesn't want to build, and there'

calling themselves the beverley hill billies of horse racing, steve coburn, and perry martin said they had a hump the chestnut coach would be the likely pedigree. it made 77-year-old art sherman the oldest trainer to win the kentucky derby and giving a gift to steve coburn, who turns 61 on saturday. >> it hit me as soon as the horse crossed the finish line. it hit me hard, our dream came true. >> what is is it like after all that to see him win the kentucky derby? >> i can't explain it. i cannot explain it. i knew one thing, i would have my 88 ford pick-up painted. >> listen to that. his cowboy hat on. you mentioned his pedigree. california chrome was the dark horse. >> coming into this, here is the thing. they got the horse from a mother named love the chase. it had won one race. the trainer said - basically called them a name that i won't say on tv. the guys road the horse to vulentry circle. to -- victory circle. that horse - it would be like getting super bowl tickets for $20. now they could possibly have a triple crown winner. the californian guys know a little about horse racing.

steve coburn definitely down with that decision. >> this horse has been running with these nasal strips. what they do is help the horse cool down after the race, by keeping the nasal passages open. >>> giants and a's both off. both in first place. always nice when you can get all dressed up like this as the first place tigers also did. apparently designed by siegfried and roy, the costumes. take this little example of no good deed goes unpunished. cabrera of the indians throws the ball nicely to a fan, but watch him carefully here, trying to make the catch, it hits him right in the nose. owe. i think they later gave him the ball, but he's got a little shiner to show for it. >> he does. >> thanks for joining us, everyone. see you later. >> good night. star command, i'm detecting increof happiness. ...and the speed readings are off the chart! paradise found! luscious locks! great glittering galaxies! the happiest place on earth keeps getting happier! this summer with a disneyland resort room and ticket package you get the time you need to enjoy it all. there's no end in sight! i'm going t