just 2010 through 2012 gao recommendations. for secretary durkovich, is it public knowledge what federal buildings are rated what? can i go on a website somewhere and find that out? >> i have to -- no. it is not public knowledge. we can make that available to you. it presents a security -- >> sure, i understand. that's why i asked. thank you. >> i want to stick with the matter of gao recommendations. gao has a lot of people but they have a lot of work. they frankly have not been getting the kinds of resources they need to do all we are asking them to do. describe for me, starting with general patterson. explain to us the process. gao comes in, they look at the work that is being done and how it is being managed. they make recommendations. describe the process and the give-and-take before they finalize fragmentation. -- the recommendations. >> i'm sorry? >> describer us the process whereby gao comes in, examines what is being done, makes tentative recommendations and you have the opportunity to respond. recommendations especiall

gao has a lot of people but they have a lot of work. they have not been given the resources they need to do all we are asking. starting withe, general patterson. explain to us the process. in, they look at the work that is being done and how it is being managed. they make recommendations. process and the give-and-take before they finalize fragmentation. >> i'm sorry? examines whaten, is being done, makes a recommendation and you have an opportunity to respond. recommendations, especially high risk lists as a to do list. as we do oversight. describe the back and forth that leads to recommendation. he said there were 26? about 13 has been responded to. half of that 13 has been accepted. the gao makes a recommendation, one of the first things we do is we sit down with my staff to take a look at what is -- what is the genesis and the challenge that we have for the recommendation. and the background on the recommendation. we move forward to look at how we are going to resolve the issue that -- or the challenge that gao has brought forward. w

gao has a lot of people but they have a lot of work. they have not been given the resources they need to do all we are asking. starting withe, general patterson. explain to us the process. in, they look at the work that is being done and how it is being managed. they make recommendations. process and the give-and-take before they finalize fragmentation. >> i'm sorry? examines whaten, is being done, makes a recommendation and you have an opportunity to respond. recommendations, especially high risk lists as a to do list. as we do oversight. describe the back and forth that leads to recommendation. he said there were 26? about 13 has been responded to. half of that 13 has been accepted. the gao makes a recommendation, one of the first things we do is we sit down with my staff to take a look at what is -- what is the genesis and the challenge that we have for the recommendation. and the background on the recommendation. we move forward to look at how we are going to resolve the issue that -- or the challenge that gao has brought forward. w

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gao has also conduct it covert testing. you talked about some of the stuff that's gone on at federal facilities. in other words, they tried to penetrate how secure they are. it's a little like what we do in the nuclear power plant world. how we can, for the record, how would you assess federal security facility today? over 30,000 feet, how would you assess federal facility security today? realizing way on a time continuum. we focus more and more going back to especially 1995. how are we doing today? getting better, getting worse? is an uneven? >> is very uneven, mr. chairman. yes, there have been improvements since oklahoma city and since the twin towers of course we have more focus on this area, more intelligence as well. some of the basic issues still remain unresolved. the kinds of issues he got up in some of your issues brought up this morning. they still do not equate information in the forefront in terms of getting into a federal building and making sure not only to people who stand on the frontlines of federal buildi

gao has also conducted what we call them covert testing. you talked about some of that that is going on of federal facilities. in other words, you try to penetrate federal facilities to test how security works. it is like what we do in the nuclear power plant world. again, for the record, how would you assess federal facility security today? over 30,000 feet, how would you assess federal facility security today, realizing we are on a where folksum, focus on this, going back to 1995, oklahoma city -- is it getting better, worse, it is uneven? >> i think it is very uneven, mr. chairman. yes, there have been improvements since oklahoma city and since the twin towers, of course. we have had more focus on this area. we have more physical protections in many places. we have more intelligence as well. but some of the basic issues stormy unresolved, the kinds of issues that you have brought up in some of your witnesses have brought up this morning. there is still inadequate attention to many of the things that are in the forefront of what we need t

thank you. >> i want to stick with the matter of gao recommendation. gao does a very good work. they have a lot of people but they have a whole lot of work to do, and they frankly have been getting the kind of resources they need to do all we're asking them to do. describe for me, one or both of you, maybe general patterson, explain to us the process. gao comes in, they are looking at the work is being done and how it's being managed, funded and so forth. they make recommendations. describe the process, they give and take before the finalize recommendations. >> i'm sorry? >> described a process whereby gao comes in, examines what's being done, takes recommendations. you have the opportunity i presume to respond to that. we use gao recommendations, especially the high-risk list. we use that as a to-do list as we do our oversight. just described the back and forth that leads to the issuance of a recommendation. i think there were 26 of them that you mentioned. about 13 of them have been responded to and about half of those 13 have been if he will accept the. i'm just interested in

gao will issue a report on this issue early next year. in response to our recent report, they have agreed with recommendations in the 2012-2013 report on sp is contract guards and risk assessment processes. that concludes the opening statement and i will answer any questions you may have. >> my name is steven amitay from the national security companies. this is the nation's largest security trade association whose member companies employ 300,000 security officers across the nation servicing commercial and governmental clients including numerous federal agencies. and works with legislators and officials at every level of government to put higher standards and requirements for security companies and private security officers. of most relevance to today's hearing since 2007 kahan nasca has worked on legislation related to the federal protective services protective security officer program, the contract guard program and also worked with the federal interagency security committee on its 2013 best practices for armed security officers in feder

when you take all the gao and ig reports and the contracts that are over -- that are high risk by gao. it is estimated that over half of everything we spent every year on i.t. gets thrown away. $40 billion. that is more than everything in this book just on i.t. in the federal government. we are now holding people accountable. the administration did not do it, congress does not do it. the number one problem is congress. congressy members of is really awaiting publication of the wastebook each year. this is the fourth year you have done it. here is a tweet from senator rand paul. the $65 million in hurricane sandy relief money spent on television ads promoting torres and in new york and new jersey. #wastebook. talking with senator coburn about his wastebook. $30 billion in spending listed in the wastebook. jonathan from georgia on our line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is actually -- it is on the oversight of the nsa. i think it applies to waste as well. it is always a case of the fox guarding the house. henhouse. it is an issue of public trust. when y

our reporter tra tina gao son is in bangkok. >> reporter: this area around the monument is in front of one of the king's palaces. it's where massive

gao found thate 60% of non-drivers in several areas-- and rural reportedly stayed home on a given day because they lacked transportation. over the age of 75 living in the suburbs reported withficant dissatisfaction how their transportation needs are being met compared to those living in cities. of four oldert individuals live in low density areas, these concerns raise a very real policy question. transportation, which is often hailed as a primary solution, simply does not meet the needs of many senior sites. my state is only the largest communities that have any public transportation at all. more than one third of those over age 60 nine have no public transportation in the communities. even those that do have to plan around fruits, restrictions, on even trips, frequencies, hours of operation, or advanced notice reservations. in rural areas, the option may not exist at all. -- if, fories example, you have problems with ,our site or mobility transportation on a mass transit system can be daunting. people use state-funded home .are services just 65% of those over age 65 reported they can

risk by gao, it is estimated that over half of everything we spend every year on i.t. gets thrown away. $40 billion. that is more than everything in this book -- just on i.t. in the federal government. that's because we don't hold people accountable. the administration did not do it, congress does not do it. the number one problem is congress. host: many members of congress is really awaiting publication of the waste book each year. this is the fourth year you have done it. here is a tweet from senator rand paul. calling out the $65 million in hurricane sandy relief money spent on television ads promoting tourism in new york and new jersey. #wastebook. talking with senator coburn about his wastebook. he's calling out $30 billion in spending listed in the waste book. jonathan from georgia on our line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is actually -- it is on the oversight of the nsa. i think it applies to waste as well. i look at it -- it is always a case of the fox guarding the henhouse. it is an issue of public trust. when you look at the

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when you take all the gao and ig reports and the contracts that are over -- that are high risk by gao. it is estimated that over half of everything we spent every year on i.t. gets thrown away. $40 billion. that is more than everything in this book just on i.t. in the federal government. we are not holding people accountable. the administration did not do it, congress does not do it. the number one problem is congress. they will not do their job. host: many members of congress is really awaiting publication of the wastebook each year. this is the fourth year you have done it. here is a tweet from senator rand paul. calling out the $65 million in hurricane sandy relief money spent on television ads promoting tourism and in new york and new jersey. #wastebook. talking with senator coburn about his wastebook. $30 billion in spending listed in the wastebook. jonathan from georgia on our line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is actually -- it is on the oversight of the nsa. i think it applies to waste as well. i look at it -- it is always a case of the fox g

now the gao is out with a report that questions training for contract guards at almost tent thousandal facilities. officials -- 10,000 federal facilities. officials at five different guard companies told investigators their employees had not been trained how to respond to an active shooter. >> i think the public should be concerned because there is no assurance that guards have been trained to stand post. >> reporter: federal protective service director eric patterson told a senate committee this week the guard's mission is not engaging attackers but ensuring people can get in and out of the be, but it is unclear if they're even ready for that. an official from one guard company admitted more than 1/3 of his workers had never been trained in something as basic as x-ray and magnotometer screening. >> the federal protective service is a joke. >> reporter: d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is proposing to overhaul the service top to bottom before we're faced with another navy yard. >> this is a failing that is ongoing, that it continues 12 years after 9/11 is outrageous. we cannot hav

our reporter tra tina gao son is in bangkok. >> reporter: this area around the monument is in front of one of the king's palaces. it's where massive antigovernment protests had been staged until tuesday. large photographs have been posted here and there and the streets have been decorated with ornaments to boost the mood. the area is crowded with people celebrating the king's birthday, many sporting shirts in yellow and people queueing up for food and drinks for free. since last week political tensions have been high but protests were voluntarily halted so the country could mark the king's birthday with dignity. on thursday morning the king called for solidarity in an address aired across the country. >> reporter: the king is throngest ruling monarch in the rule although he has no official political power, he exerts great influence. in the 3569 political crises the king has paved the way for mediation by so many rival groups to appear together before him. that's why attention has been focused on whether his address on thursday would help end the recent turmoil. the king appealed for so

the gao said a couple years ago that the federal -- not the state, the federal workforce training programs and retraining programs are an absolute mess, organizationally from a managerial standpoint, from a financial standpoint and they need to be overhauled, streamlined and made more effective. since that time, not much has been done. that's unfortunate particularly in these times. >> the last-minute deal making on capitol hill barely scratches the surface. there is a way to break out of the obama economy. i'll share some ideas with you, next. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves

so the congress itself in the late '70s when they set the gao up -- >> government accountability office. >> right. recognized that there was a different degree of independence on either side. i think this is, becomes an interesting and difficult issue going forward because as the previous panel was noting, there is now more responsibility for overall financial stability. and an expectation that the federal reserve and it can't be just the fed. it's got -- the fed doesn't have enough tools to do it by itself, but the other agencies and the fed together need to take away the punch bowl in a credit sense. in a financial stability sense on that side of the house as the party gets going. the people drinking the punch aren't going to be happy. it's not been tested out. the macroregulation requires independence maybe not equal to the monetary dependence but something like it. >> the new york thread was captured by the big banks. you never worked at the new york fed. you could be an independent gauge. was that part of the problem? did alan greenspan's regulatory philosophy play a role? >> i don

gao we will be a good business district in the school to visit. sunday review has once again confirmed its position as france's number one commercial partner in the middle east. trade between three and in paris is doubled in the last ten years now reaching billion here a cd. israel is set to release twenty six palestinians late today the third act released as part of the deal between israel and palestinian leadership for the peace process previous groups were released in august and october each time the israeli government also provoked palestinian anger by nancy new settlements in the occupied west bank. syria is unlikely to meet the deadline to get rid of its most critical chemical weapons damascus by the end of the year to check them out to the country that target will not be built according to the un which calls on the serene regime to intensify its efforts deal backed by russia in the us aims to destroy serious chemical stockpile by the middle of next. and if those homeless targeted by recruiters to go and clean up near new clear the toothbrus

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secretive but for talking about the federal reserve have never been fully audited by an outside source the gao which is another part of the cabinet has looked into his books on the console so much about the fact that we don't know that lee and unaccountable unelected officials and some secrets that slightly different in the ron paul that is actually pushing for nodded. the anzac stands for ron paul is no longer in congress he added that retired last year so in the house grandpa brown was pushing that dylan and we also have their grandpa was fishing in the sand and he has and that he is going to fall back in the gelding's nomination has announced two and had the fed would bring peace to the next year. he's going to hold her nomination and fill that bill is brought to you before so there's a light debated on that at around this right now it looks like that but will come out early in january will see very soon where that's coming down while speaking on the stairs and one of the eu i've obviously congress has a role in all this means you think. i resent the fed policies and danny. in response to u

gm stocks going higher as the new gao -- as the new ceo announced more trade. ♪ >> this is money movese we focus on innovative alternative investments. here are your bloomberg top headlines this hour. in johannesburg, leaders from around the world joined with south africans to mark the life of nelson mandela. the ceremony at the biggest soccer stadium was the first of three major public events this week. president obama was among those paying tribute. never see the life of nelson mandela again. let me say to the young people of africa and the young people around the world, you too can worth your own. >> and the first female ceo in the global automotive industry, she started her career as an intern more than 30 years ago on the factory floor. in charge of product development and quality in all of gm's cars and trucks for a little under two years. person is jet -- ackerson is retiring january 15 and changes at the top of lulu lemon. chip wilson is stepping down as chairman. the president of toms shoes will be the new ceo. we turn to private equity and venture cap. raised $2 billion acros

the gao has the report every year and everyone ignores it. we pay for a report that we ignore. why does that keep happening? >> there are a number of bills that suggest how to deal with this in a pragmatic approach and -- >> why? >> call senator reid. >> you blame him? >> i blame the process and the leadership. at the end of the day we are not tackling the tough issues. we have two more years of spending. but we are going to pay for it over ten years. remember back to 2011 when we were going to pay for the increase in the debt ceiling over the next ten years. here we are 24 months later looking for a new way to deal with the challenges. >> you are voting for the bill tomorrow? >> i'm not. it's a step forward. it's good that both sides are talking. we are having pension reform. but there are two steps back. the bad is the fact is that we are paying over ten years and the ugly is we are asking the military to pay for it ourselves and not cutting spending. we are just shifting two pays in the active duty military. >> what happens when you get to the debt ceiling issue in february

gao also stated quote we remaine concerned about the agency's legal legal authority to undertake theonstration with a p authoritys until next year. a recent report by the kaiser family fountion wned tha report plan or return to the fee-for-service medicare in 2014 as a result of the aca. in addition to the plant availability, questions are being raised about the possibility of rising costs and limited provider networks in the future as more aca mandated cuts go into effect. i would like to thank the witnesses for being here today and i look forward to the testimony regarding how the aca will impact of the medicare advantage p. thank you and a yield the remainder of my time to representative burgess. >> i think the chairman for the recognition they also want to thank the chairman for calling this ring this morning. we see the headlines and we see everything that's going wrong in health care. sometimes we forget that there are some things that actual are going okay. there are things this committee and previous congresses have worked on to fix. that's when the things we'll be discussing

it is gáó+ing brighter by the moment as it tends to do at this time of day. >> when the sun comes up,o, we are not waking up with the 30s. that means we don't have any hr(t&háhp &hc plenty of haze tolp go around f the next few days. 34 right now in san jose. it is cold enough for some frost on your windshield. the sunrise here,e1 justxd spectacular. we are about 15t( minutes away from your official sunrise. highs are going to be comfortable. out of the 30s ande1 40s into t 50s. we want toxd thank youw3ok for up with us each andlpc every da. it was brutallp for a lot of people, specially if you workt( outdoors. we are goin[ú to keep the jtfá throughkox!% z7y andñr tuesday. temperatures shoot right up. we'll be at 68 degreest( on suny in san jose. up to 70 on monday. it looks like that climb will continue all the way through tuesday. we are looking really good for warmer days. i know a lot of you have been asking for that. we still want to see your pictures this morning. send them to us. put them on our facebook page. you can put it right on my facebook page and i might just q respon

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they have lobbyists, they have their own staff, they have gao, ceos, there is no shortage of information. if a politician who had never done a blue-collar job wanted to know what it was like, they could find out in a heartbeat. and so what i find is that it's not really the case that politicians are out of touch or that they don't know what working-class people want. it's that they want something different. in their views are more pro-business. so if you look at surveys of politicians. and occasionally people have surveyed members of the state legislators and what positions you take publicly. but what is your own view about this? if it was up to you, you think you would be more involved are less involved in the economy? and they have tested this again, it is their own views that are more pro-business or conservative. >> these lawmakers that have their opinions, they would probably call themselves pro-worker about the minimum wage and and whether it past a certain point. and are you making this is what is good for the worker? >> i look at differences in how many habits. many are part of m

along with the fact that congress is gao issued a report in the late summer, maybe a week or two before infamous bridge gate took place. criticized the port authority for their lack of transparency. remember, this is the busiest bridge in the world. and we pay among the highest tolls in the country for the privilege of driving over the busiest bridge in the world. and the fact that anybody would use this bridge, this infrastructure for some petty political pay back is almost so bizarre it is a little bit difficult to believe. >> it has seemed difficult to believe, and i did not believe it and chose not to put this story on the air for the first couple of days that i was reading about it because the political implication was so weird. no competing explanation has emerged. is there an explanation that explains why this happened that isn't about political retribution? >> there is no explanation that has come forth. i attended four meetings of the port authority in new york and new jersey. three commission meetings and one sub committee meeting. i went october, november, december, and i sto

walker used to be the government's top accountant, the head of the government accountability office, the gaoow heads the peter g. peterson foundation, which is a strong advocate for reducing government debt. he says that 85% of the health care bills are paid by the government or private insurers, not by patients themselves. in fact, most patients don't even look at the bills. does that make any sense? most things you buy, the customer has some impact. >> we have a system where everybody wants as much as they can get, and they don't understand the true cost of what they're getting. the one thing that could bankrupt america is out-of-control health care costs, and if we don't get them under control, that's where we're headed. >> as we'll see when 60 minutes on cnbc returns, patients with their family's support often find it easier to hope for medical miracles than to discuss just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away.

. >> there were 26 outstanding recommendation made by gao, and up until the first of 13 only four hadacted on. >> security officials say they are implementing the safety recommendation. however, they won't sacrifice quality for speed. >>> oklahoma senator's annual west book is making rounds in washington, d.c. it is a list of the top 100 examples of what he calls wasteful government spending. among them, a 300 million- dollar army battlefield blimp that never worked. and, a $125,000 3d printed pizza for nasa. the republican senator also included bay area ma care and the failure of the $319 million website. the wasteful spending total for all of the entries was more than $28 billion. >>> the 49ers' long run at candlestick park is in its final days. fans hope for one heck of a post game celebration on sunday. ed to we're getting a last look inside the locker room and hearing from the workers who have seen history happen. >> from then haven't richard nixon the throwing out the first pitch the day candlestick opened in april 1960 to the catch in 1982. >> montana throwing under pressure. t

quarter of a trillion waste just in the discretionary program in the federal government outlined by the gaotheir number, that's mine. the fact is if congress hadn't acted, not one of the things in this waste book that has even been thought about being put into a budget deal. when we have that kind of waste and people making decisions that say we're not going to look at where the real waste, is we're going to take injured veterans and limit their pensions, it doesn't fit, and the american people shouldn't believe us. does this solve a political problem for the politicians? yeah. there's not going to be a blowup for the next year and a half over budget numbers, so we've solved the problem for the politicians, but what we've done is damaged the future of the country by continuing to be dishonest about the numbers and the way we go about solving the problems. >> all right. senator tom coburn, republican of oklahoma. thanks so much for coming on the show. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up on "the lead," an indian diplomat arrested and strip searched. did u.s. officials violate her diplom

outrageous wage beyond the military gets paid, we did plenty of apples to apples comparison and so did the gao. the daily wage sparks people's interest that they think they get paid so much more and that is just not accurate because typically they get paid every day they are in the hot zone but then when they leave it goes to zero and when you compare the soldier whose compensation in a war zone and all the other benefits, insurance, health care and retirement benefits, the compensation really equals out even if it isn't the same on the cash by cash basis. so they don't appreciate all of those other legacy benefits they get leader in life. >> what were they making on average? i would say the peak would be about a $600 to it also in comparison for that, that work day is probably going 14 to 16 hours for the other eight hours a day that you could be more rocketed or whatever. so you are literally in the hot zone every day. it was fascinating to read the way that he would have to transport people across the town. so you would have the humvees and the armored suvs and the helicopters overhead and

and also we have to recognize that the gao had released a report prior to this.release a report prior to this stating that there's a lack of transparency and the port authority of new york and new jersey. >> you know, dana. in presidential gop 2016 presidential polls, christie is at 24%. rand paul 13%. paul ryan 11%. cruz 10%. christie, if he continues being the front runner, he will continue to be under intense scrutiny. can he handle it? this is only one of many if he maintains a presumed front runner status. >> that's right. and think about it. we're talking about closing a couple lanes of traffic and it becomes a national story. you can only imagine when it gets into issues that are effecting the entire country. so part of this is something that governor christie did not solicit in terms of the publicity. but he's fueling it by going on all these tv shows and granting all these interviews. so he is asking for more publicity. it's worked to his advantage on popularity and how he's in the polls, but this is going to come with it. there's a period of building up

wage beyond what the military gets paid, we did plenty of apples to apples comparison and so did the gao, that daily wage always sparks people's interests they think the guys get paid so much more, and it's just not accurate. typically, our guys get paid every day they're in the hot zone, okay? but the day they leave the hot, it goes to zero. and when you compare the soldier his and seven sayings, tax-free in the war zone, all the other benefits, insurance, health care and retirement benefits that accrue, the compensation really equals out even if it's not the same on a cash earned basis. so, you know, young soldiers don't appreciate all those other legacy benefits that they get later in life. >> what were your guys making on average per day? >> anywhere from 450, $450 a day to i would say the peak would be about a $600-a-day guy. >> you mentioned -- >> and also for comparison to that, that workday is probably going 14-16 hours with the other eight hours a day that you can be mortared, rocketed or whatever. so, you know, you're literally in the hot zone every day. >> yeah. seeking of the

details about a secretive hacking unit inside the nsa called the office of tailored access operations, or gao the unit was created in 1997 to hack into global communications traffic. the der spiegel report includes a number of new details about the nsa's hacking abilities. hackers inside the secretive unit have developed a way to break into computers running microsoft windows by gaining passive access to machines when users report program crashes to microsoft. fbi,help from the cia and the nsa has the ability to intercept computers and other electronic accessories purchased online in order to secretly insert spyware and components that can provide backdoor access for the intelligence agencies. in one secret operation called white tamale, the nsa hacked into the communications of mexico's secretariat of public security. publishedlations were just two days after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union challenging the nsa's use -- mass collection of u.s. phone records. u.s. district judge william polley wrote -- another federal judge questioned the constit

they have interest groups, lobbyists, their own staff, they have gao, cbo. there's no shortage of information. every politician who had never done a blue-collar job wanted to know what it was like to do a white-collar job they could do in a heartbeat. so what i find in the book is that it's not really the case the politicians from white-collar jobs are out of touch. it's not that they just don't know what working-class people want. it's that they want something different. their own views are more conservative for sort of more pro-business. if you look at surveys of politicians done in the '50s and in the '90s, just one that was done in 2012, so occasionally people have actually surveyed members of congress or state legislators. they've asked them not sort of what positions do you take publicly, but what is your own view on the economic issues? if it were up to you, would government be more involved or less involved in the economy? across the board those surveys have consistently shown time and again that politicians from the working-class, their own views ar

the gao released a report some time this past summer that stated that there's a lack of transparency in this port authority, and this port authority has a budget bigger than 26 states in this country, they have a very large budget with a lack of transparency. so, what has come out of this is not just this abuse of power and authority that was taken but also that what's going on inside the port authority with this intimidation and fear. the person who testified, a 30-year veteran of that company. he managed the bridge -- well, one managed the bridge, one managed the entire terminal operations with two people there. both of them were afraid that if they said no to this -- and they both knew this was wrong to do. >> right, they both raised a cry, said this is crazy, you can't do this. >> right, they both knew it was wrong and they did it because they were in fear of their jobs if they did not do it. >> and a couple things. one, they lied about the traffic study. there was no -- >> they lied. they lied. >> there was no traffic study. then, somebody thought it might be possible to keep th

have too much information floating around them and the interest groups and lobbyists and they have the gao. there is no shortage of information. if a politician who had never done a blue-collar job wanted to know what it was like they could find out in a heartbeat. and so i find in the bucket is in the case of the white collar jobs are out of touch. it's not that they don't know what working class people want it's that they want something different. their own views are more conservative or pro-business. if you look at surveys of politicians done in the 50's and in the 90's and just one that was done in 2012. so people survey members of congress or state legislators and they ask them not sort of what positions do you take publicly but what is your own view on the economic issues? if it were up to you with the government be more involved or less involved in the economy? and across the board those surveys have consistently showed no time and again politicians of the working class their own views are more progressive and politicians from white collar jobs it is their own views that are more pr