but we elevated the issue within gao and within the department. we reached an agreement to where we would be able to and they did provide the information for us to look at. >> at the end of it all, there was no reason after it was elevated there was no reason that they should have denied it to begin with? >> in my view, no. they should have provided it earlier. but at the same point, you know, they had a concern about the security of the information. so they tell us. but you know, their motivation would probably be better addressed by the administrator. >> limited time. i want to set the stage for what others on both sides of the aisle may ask here. when you looked at the robustness of how they determined with such certainty that there had been no breaches, no loss of personally identifiable information, were you satisfied that that -- all those procedures were robust enough with the certainty that miss tavenner said that no losses had occurred, that no losses had occurred? >> well, we did not receive actual security incident reports on these inci

is it gao's position that we do need some i.t. updates and reforms to kind of update on clinger cohen, which was almost 20 years ago in technology, that's light years. >> that's outside my particular area. i focus on information security and privacy issues. i can get that answer to you. >> that would be fine. but isn't information security related to how well we're managing our i.t. assets? >> oh, certainly. and certainly there is need for improvements in how i.t. is secured within the federal government. and by an implementation issue. we're also on record that the federal security management act that governs information across the government could also be updated and modified. >> again, i believe this committee and again the chairman, ranking member and i have been involved in that as well. but the house has certainly tried to address that. and with bipartisan common ground on these issues, i urge you to look at the bill and see how it applies to your particular area. >> i will. >> i thank you. mr. chairman, thank you for allowi

i didn't spend along with gao. then he moved over to the army and served in the army civilian interval our program, the internal review program, was that really a sizable chunk of my career. and i moved back down from washington where i had come, move back to atlanta and i spent the next 17 years moving up the ranks in the internal review organization at headquarters forces command which is based in atlanta at that time. over the course of those years i had an opportunity to serve at every level from what we called at the time -- a trainee, right up to the chief at force, which was a 4-star command and osha a couple of my expenses from those years with you over the course of our time together this morning. after 17 years there in atlanta i decided i wanted to try my hand at work here in washington again. so i moved my family back here and i joined the pentagon were i was the director of internal review for the army. at the time almost 1400 auditors based in 300 locations around the world that helped to provide over

gao has issued two reports related to immigration detention standards issue. week issued a report last looking at how i.c.e. addresses sexual abuse and assault in immigration detention facilities. and last week we issued a report looking at how i.c.e. manages detention facility costs and standards. and so those reports are available on our website. i'm happy to discuss findings if anyone has any questions, but we have done some work looking at issues related to standard in immigration detention facilities. >> and we have a report on the detainer issue also at the american immigration council although i think mark summarized it very well. >> yes, here. >> hi, i'm brenda from the development bank. in terms of removal of mexicans, you've mentioned the iri, also the repatriation through the closest port of entry, and there was also the aliens transfer program. i was wondering whether you've looked into recidivism rates, whether there is looked into reicidivism of thes three different ways of removing mexicans, thank you. >> so we don't do that in this report. that

gao ascent agency is located in the legislative branch. we are sometimes referred to as the investigative arm of congress or the congressional watchdog. and so in that capacity we examine how federal taxpayer dollars are spent and we examine how government programs and initiatives and efforts operate. will of our work is done at the request of chairs or ranking members of committees of jurisdiction in congress, or our work can also be mandated i committee reports or public laws. our reports are available on our website which is gao.gov. many of our reports contain recommendations to agencies that we are reviewing on changes or improvements that they can make to their programs. on the border security and immigration work in particular we have covered a range of topics. on the border security side we've looked at issues like goals and metrics for assessing border security efforts. with also done work looking at dhs' management and oversight of efforts to acquire and deploy surveillance technologies along the border. we've also done work look

on the report, gao should be embarrassed that the issued such a report. they only looked at two states -- tennessee and kansas -- those voter id laws were only in place in 2012. why didn't they look at georgia or indiana when their laws have been in place for six years? if you want to know how bad that report is, you have to wonder -- they compared tennessee and kansas to four states. they said delaware, arkansas, maine and alabama because they said they were similar states, but they are not similar states at all. the issues on the ballot were not similar at all. i will give you this one example. kansas in 2012 had no statewide races. you all know what drives turnout is competitive races. there was no competitive state race. there was no senate race. there is a competitive race this year in kansas. there was no competitive senate race in kansas in 2012. ismaine, which the state being compared to, there was a competitive senate race. the longtime republican senator retired and it was an open seat. which would mean you would have a different drive for turno

was very nostalgic because it was almost 38 years ago when i first walked the halls of gao as a young trainee there in the offices on g street. i didn't want spend very long with gao, then i moved over to the army and served in the army's civilian internal audit program, the internal review program, where i spent really a sizable chunk of my career. and i moved back down from washington where i'd come to start my career, moved back to atlanta, and i spent the next 17 years moving up the ranks in the internal review organization at headquarters forces command which was based in atlanta at that time. over the course of those years, i had an opportunity to serve at every level from what we called at that time auditor intern which was a trainee right up to the chief of internal review at forcecom which was a four-star command, and i'll share a couple of my experiences from over these years over the course of our time together this morning. after 17 years there in atlanta, i decided that i wanted to try my hand at work here in washington again. so i moved my family back here, and i joined

gao as an agency is located in the legislative branch. we are sometimes referred to as the investigative arm of congress or the congressional watchdog. and so in that capacity we examine how federal taxpayer dollars are spent and we examine how government programs and initiatives and efforts operate. will of our work is done at the request of chairs or ranking members of committees of jurisdiction in congress, or our work can also be mandated by committee reports or public laws. our reports are available on our website which is gao.gov. and many of our reports contain recommendations to agencies that we are reviewing on changes or improvements that they can make to their programs. on the border security and immigration work in particular we have covered a range of topics. on the border security side we've looked at issues like goals and metrics for assessing border security efforts. with also done work looking at dhs' management and oversight of efforts to acquire and deploy surveillance technologies along the border. we've also done work

we decided with chairman greg walden's support to send this letter to gao asking them to conduct a study on the impact of the spectrum auctions on low-power television, how it would impact a number of stations, broadcast ability, a number of issues, and then report back to congress and the fcc. the sec has come around and they have begun to pay attention to low-power television as a result of some of the things i have done in the last couple of years, but this gao study will shed quite a bit of light on how they could be impacted. as you know, the spectrum auction is an ongoing issue. i think we have about eight more years. maybe 10 more years with which to conduct it. so we have time, but i don't want, and greg walden doesn't want, and anna eshoo doesn't want, and i don't think chairman upton wants low-power television to be left in the cold. >> representative joe barton. we appreciate your time to talk about telekinetic it and issues. nicationmmute issues. >> joining me, congressman griffith. you have a bill called the cell phone freedom act. what is it? >> it is a pretty simple little

i have the gao already doing a steady.hat reimbursement mechanism because i know it is an issue. though we have to find a way to be more a efficient than it is right now. >> we heard about hundreds of thousands of people coming across the border and finding their prayer rugs. huggies separate the fact? how many are in fact, has been found guilty of anything? >> is that the question of charges verses convictions. >> border security is in a bipartisan way with republicans and democrats on the southern border states who look at this annual lee with the appropriations to see the numbers to separate fact from fiction that is the way to bring us together not from political people but appointees and that is the way to approach that. don't delay to put the resources there to have as an oversight is the good message to address your very real questions tonight senator jeff flake has said that if you have a good fishing guest worker plan were people can do the work for economic reasons with border patrol can focus on the bad guys tha

on the gao report, a gao actually should be embarrassed that the issue such a report. let me point out a couple things. they only looked at tennessee in kansas is voter i.d. laws were only in place in 2012. you have to wonder why that didn't look at georgia or indiana. there is lots of data. if you want to know how bad that report is you have to wonder, they compare tennessee and cans is to force states. delaware, ark., maine, alabama because they said there were similar states the law but they are not at all. the issues on the ballot were not similar in all. one quick example. kansas' in 2012 had no statewide races. you all know what drives turnout is competitive races. there was no competitive state race. there was no senate race. this year, there was no competitive senate race in kansas in 2012. in maine, which the state is being compared to there was a competitive senate race. as you all know, a longtime republican senator retired and it was an open seat, which would mean you have a different driver turnover in the state of maine. the last time -- and so there were

one of the principle authors of the gao report will testify before us today. the committee released a report detailing several break downs in both accountability within the administration and transparency to the american people during the design and implementation of healthcare.gov. it is important to understand that with private sector high profile losses of information due to hackers, there huge repercussions to the companies and the government often comes in and further victimizes the companies who have in fact been victimized by hackers. when the government fails to protect involuntarily taken personally identifiable information, there is nobody but people on this dais to try to hold government accountable. documents obtained show factions developed within the agency in charge of implementing obamacare, the center for medicare and medicaid services or cms, these factions fought over several issues including over website security. cms offense fought to keep information from their colleagues within the larger department of health and human services and addit

i think the gao report was based on the previous year's plan enough this year's plan. >> let's go to the audience. >> be met with governor mike pence on monday to talk about his alternative proposal for expanding medicaid and they were still disagreements after that meeting. what are the disagreements confident are you that you will be able to -- medicaid? >> with regard to medicaid expansion everyone knows there are 27 states plus d.c. that have done the medicaid expansion. we are in conversations with a number of states and each of the states as we think about this issue and are working with each state individually there are two things that are the guiding principles of these conversations. the first one is that it is important to listen and hear the needs on a state-by-state basis and the needs of indiana and how that governors approaching it are actually different than tennessee which has also been reported in utah which has been reported in terms of my conversation with the governors. the second issues we have to think about what flexibility they need and what they think is the

with gao. >> you want me to run your agency. i'll run it for you. but gao is making recommendations authorized by the law to do these things. i want to see what you're doing or not doing. i'm not looking for a 700-page report. i'm looking for a couple of page summary to understand what you're implementing and what you're not. you have to have some sort of document. i didn't expect to spend five minutes asking you a prioritized list of what you're working on. is it something you can or cannot provide to congress? >> sure. we'll work with your office to provide it. >> when is a reasonable time to get that, doctor? you come up with a date. >> can you give me a few weeks to do it? >> sure. >> okay. how about a month. we'll get back to your office within the month. >> the end of june, how is that? >> perfect. >> thank you very much. one of the things i've been working on that i'm worried about is the providers. are we engaging and allowing people with serious delinquit tax debt to be engaged in the process. there's a big government-wide problem. we have

i spoke with victor gao from the china national association of international studies and asked him how he thinks chinese authorities will go. >> anyone who fears about the bad consequences should join efforts together and urge the protesters to abide by the law and listen to the orders of the police. the government in hong kong has already declared this demonstration as illegal demonstration and they urge people to disperse. i think the hong kong government is doing the right thing. let's have rule of law in hong kong. let's have true respect of democracy and i think whatever that's happening in hong kong if it happens anywhere else in paris, london or washington, d.c., they would be brought with according to law so let's pray the rule of law will prevail rather than chaos and social instability in hong kong. >> are you suggesting that china would go as far as the tanks rolling into the streets of hong kong? will we see that? >> rosemary, rosemary, you're putting words in my mouth. i would say here in beijing there is a lot of confidence in the maturity and the sophistication and wisdo

. >> well, before i get to the audience, i have my own question which was that last month the gao put out a report that suggested that plans were not necessarily doing a good job letting people know when there was elective abortion covered. this was, obviously, one of the last issues settled when the law was enacted. there's supposed to be one plan that doesn't have abortion coverage, one plan that does. apparently, that's not necessarily happening. what is the department doing to make sure that all gets straightened out? >> so, first, i think it's important to reflect that with regard to the federal law and the issue of federal funds, there are no federal funds being used for abortions except in the cases as the law states, rape, incest and questions of life of the mother. and i think that's an important part in this context. with regard to the issue that's been raised, it's one where we believe we need to be sure the law is being enforced, and right on the ways we're going to communicate with states and insurers. >> will this be straightened out for open enrollment? >> working throu

the gao. the cdc. imdv, grinder.t when i was about to give up i discovered a reporter whose website was sorting a national data base of police shootings. >> we don't really know the number of people killed by police. >> how is it possible that they didn't have the national statistics? and this guy had only countsed up to nevada. >> 8.7% of total homicides in nevada are committed by police. >> so what does the nevada police say when you told them this? >> nothing. >> what possible reasons could the federal government have to hide the number of killed citizens? i just squr thad question in my head as it was coming out of my mouth. never mind. no mom wants to think their child will grow up to become just another statistic. thankfully given the state of our laws there's no chance of that ever happening. thank you very much samantha for that report? [ applause ] you are a wonderful woman. >> thank you. >> i'm not losing anything. i'm changing status. [ applause ] started my camry. drove to her wedding. did not forever hol

gao has related medicare as a high risk since 1990. in part due to programs to the waste, which make up a staggering 47% of total improper payment identified by the federal government last year. misspending and fraud represents a significant threat to the 50 million beneficiaries who depend on its services, and also the program's financing. the trust fund has been in deficit since 2008. the medicare actuaries predict it will be fully depleted by 2026. the centers for medicare and medicaid services have the responsibility to combat the fraud from the outside organizations. to combat perpetrators who steal identities and falsify billing documents. there is a risk-based screening for providers and suppliers. in april of 2014, cms announced fingerprint based background checks will be provided. moratoriums are placed on medicare providers and suppliers in the areas that are high risk for fraud. cms has begun administering private sector technology to identify possible fraudulent claims for review. cms also relies on four types of contractor

gao has related medicare as a high risk since 1990. in part due to programs to the waste, which make up a staggering 47% of total improper payment identified by the federal government last year. misspending and fraud represents a significant threat to the 50 million beneficiaries who depend on its services, and also the program's financing. the trust fund has been in deficit since 2008. the medicare actuaries predict it will be fully depleted by 2026. the centers for medicare and medicaid services have the responsibility to combat the fraud from the outside organizations. to combat perpetrators who steal identities and falsify billing documents. there is a risk-based screening for providers and suppliers. in april of 2014, cms announced fingerprint based background checks will be provided. moratoriums are placed on medicare providers and suppliers in the areas that are high risk for fraud. cms has begun administering private sector technology to identify possible fraudulent claims for review. cms also relies on four types of contractor

the gao found 12% of voters in florida, virg and maryland waited 61 minutes or more to vote. sometimes outside in chilly weather election officials in these states are promising improvements during the mid-terms. on the flip side, voters in alaska enjoyed the shortest wait times: on average. >> less than a minute and a half. in many places across the country, voting is going to require you present an identification be al jazeera's lisa stark reports. >> reporter: duchess is filling out the paperwork to make sure she can vote next month in virginia. election. >> why is it important for you to vote? >> that's my right. i think we have earned those rights to vote. >> this year, she needs it he something new, a photo id, something she does not have. >> look at the camera, 1, 2, 3. >> officials are heading out to senior and community centers to register voters and offer free voter identification cards. >> i think it's great that we are providing it free of charge. definitely. just, you know, we want people to come out and vote. and if this is one of the requirements, hey, let's he

thanks to wine makers like emma gao. trained in france, a country of centuries of experience she has brought some of that expertise back home. china has of course been making wine for years. just not very good wine. the problem for ming sha wine is production. not enough of it is being produced, so little reaches foreign markets. the opinion of chinese wine is based on the mass-produced, as they say in the trade, just a little bit ugh. ming sha is out to change that. wine experts gather to sample its offerings. a region some say could become china's napa valley. >> from the very beginning the strategy is from the small boutique wineries. many of these wineries they have their own vineyard so they grow their own grapes. and this helps a lot to improve or put a lot of focus on the quality instead of the quantity. >> reporter: back at silver heights a new cellar is ready for this winery's expansion but wine makers are conscious of maintaining quality, with a country with a rapid appreciation of good wine. >> we need to make

what is legal and what is discriminatory. >> you mentioned gao study. they found in that new study it can swing things two or three points. toure, this is something we've talked about as well. two or three points may not sound like a lot but that was the margin if-n two of the last four races at the presidential level. >> absolutely, that can be a huge amount. people will spend millions of dollars to get two to three points. the idea of money, we've seen a lot of movement on campaign finance law in the last couple of years. do you think we're going to see that have an impact on this election when we have seven senate races where both candidates combined have raised over $20 million? >> i think the supreme court is leaned so heavily in this idea that any billionaire can spend as much money as you can, that i think the biggest change you see is now you see -- the biggest spender is going to be -- is going to be tom stooir, the virmallist who's a democrat trying to get climate involved in the campaigns. what you're seeing more from my vantage point is libe

so it is gaoed to be here and we also do a little bit of a different structure for this meeting and so my colleagues will actually introduce ourselves and what we do during the day and who we are in the world. and then, without further adieu, i will ask my colleagues to start. commissioner wong? >> thank you. >> thank you, for coming out and so we ran a little bit late this evening, my name is victor wong and i have worked in public service and civil rights as an attorney for 22 years and time as a public defender and as a kiefl consecutively rights attorney and as a da prosecuting sexual assault and hate crimes and i am the deputy director of api legal out reach which is the largest provider of immigration legal services in the city and we mainly focus on immigration and domestic violence and human trafficking and elder abuse and as a non-profit that i spend my day job at, thanks. >> so my name is dejesus, and i am an attorney during the day and i have been on the commission for a number of years and i grew up in san francisco and in the vernal heights area. and i do have to say, in 1

what i'm in favor of is taking an annual gao study that actually has pointed out $90 billion in programs that could be reduced, eliminated, or somehow taken out of the budget. that's the study we ought to have. every year when that report terrible, oh, it is the budget is out of control, but they never do anything with the gao report. require every committee of jurisdiction to get an up or down vote on those items. that's a great way to start, and that's what i would do. >> this next question comes from one of our viewers or listeners tonight via twitter. #cv2questions. the tv advertising is full of claims about one another. then they say they approve of the message. how can voters trust anything either of you say in these ads? >> i think the way for voters to really understand the truth about ads is a couple things. first of all, you need to really dig in and find out what was said and done by the candidate as opposed to what they say in a n ad. i believe everything i've said in the ads about my opponent have been factually based. we do a fact check before we put it out. there are numer

colleagues, today i'm also calling for a hearing at gao on a report that was released yesterday by our chief economist, a report that analyzes the economic impacts of the central market tenderloin payroll tax exclusion zone which i was proud to walk on more than three years ago with mayor lee, supervisor kim, and many stakeholders. it's a detailed document that some of the key take aways show that the program has succeeded beyond our initial expectations. a few facts. payroll tax revenues grew at 648% for the area compared to an overall city growth of 47% during that same time period. the area $7.1 million more in payroll taxes he than it would have if the area had grown at the same rate as the rest of the city during that time period. the program caused 4.2 million in payroll taxes to be foregone, but because of the increase in the additional payroll tax it's a net benefit of $3 million. there was a 49% increase in the number of new businesses he established in the area in that four-year time period of 61 new businesses which is compared to the rest of the city's new business growth r

that is the gao's estimate. butincreasing tax rates, collecting the obligations american corporations and individuals already oh would generate by some estimates 450 billion dollars per year. allowing medicare to negotiate deeper discounts the price of pharmaceuticals would generate 150 $5 billion of savings over 10 years. growing the economy, i suggested, would create about $1.6 billion -- >> a spending increase, every solution you have involves more spending, regulation, and taxes, and for you to claim now that you are a fiscal conservative is out and out fraud. >> using these words over and over again does not make them true. frankly, it just discourages people from voting. maybe that is your goal. the truth is the math works hearing what does not work is a plan that forces middle-class families to pay more, the forces seniors to pay thousands of dollars more per year in out-of-pocket costs by dismantling medicare, to privatize a social security but increases the cost of higher education. that's exactly the w

the gao found 12% of voters in florida, virg and maryland waited 61 minutes or more to vote. sometimes outside in chilly weather election officials in these states are promising improvements during the mid-terms. on the flip side, voters in alaska enjoyed the shortest wait times: on average. >> less than a minute and a half. in many places across the country, voting is going to require you present an identification be al jazeera's lisa stark reports. >> reporter: duchess is filling out the paperwork to make sure she can vote next month in virginia. she has never missed an election. >> why is it important for you to vote? >> that's my right. i think we have earned those rights to vote. >> this year, she needs it he something new, a photo id, something she does not have. >> look at the camera, 1, 2, 3. >> officials are heading out to senior and community centers to register voters and offer free voter identification cards. >> i think it's great that we are providing it free of charge. definitely. just, you know, we want people to come out and vote. and if this is one of the req

there was a recent gao report that come out that said the photo i.d. laws are to keep the vote down. both comment. >> the first part was directed at you. would you like to answer that? >> sure. you can check with the georgia secretary of state, the percentage of voters went up. the percentage of voters particularly hispanic and black voters went up at a higher rate than the census shows growth in population. on the gao report -- they should be embarrassed they issued such a report. let me point out two things. they look at tennessee and kansas who's voter i.d. laws were in place in 2012. why didn't they look at george yorge and indiana who's laws have been in place six years and there's lots of data on them? if you want to though how bad that report is, you have to wonder. they compared tennessee and kansas to four states. they said delaware, arkansas, maine, alabama. they said they were similar states. they're not similar states at all. the issues on the ballot weren't similar at all. one quick example. kansas in 2012 had no statewide races. you all k

also a the big ticket items said gao says we waste hundreds of millions of dollars per year to agencies it is time to get serious and cut the red tape out of government. we also need to look at the defense budget we need a strong defense but we need this sparked national defense stop spending money on plays that will never fly just because a lobbyist says that we should. and speaking of waste cut the waste out of medicare and social security. get our financial house in order. and to give tax cuts. >> this is the big picture in there will speak but is important if of women would stand that you would need matching funds to compete to move around this day. i am voting for it. as well as said dressing and these other ideas come up we have a 20% cut to our own budget. some of these things seem pretty ridiculous like the talking points from washington d.c. makes nose and saddle. to get rid of the attention that all federal employees have? across the nation? there is no difference. soda to understand those issues coming out of the washington d.c. barbershop i don't know much about the barbersh

in this gao report, they found 53,000 civilian employees were kept out of the office for 1 to 3 months unpaid leave, 4000 43 3 threeo a year -- for months to a year. >> they are keeping people just sitting around. she first broke the story. >> there are only so many people who have to be involved in making a decision about an employee. and everyone seems to pass the buck. >> why? because government agencies get to make up their own roles. the justice department is one of the few with a 10-day limit, unless authorized by top brass. they are considering legislation that would put caps on those long, painful absences. exactly what gives taxpayers mad about what happens you're in washington. >> and that figure could be low. government agencies do not have to report the number of their employees on leave or how long -- to not have to report their employees on leave or how long. they have issued a statement addresspm will concerns. >> thank you. it's gary moments after a car struck a townhouse this afternoon. this is the scene on ridgeline drive in gaithersburg. take a look at that. the fire

gao has related medicare as a high risk since 1990. in part due to programs to the program us isibility to this waste which make up a staggering 47% of total improper payment identified by the federal government last year. misspending and fraud represents a significant threat to the 50 million beneficiaries who depend on its services, and also the program's financing. at present the medicare trust fund has been in deficit since 2008. the medicare actuaries predict the fund will be fully depleted by 2026. the centers for medicare and medicaid services have the responsibility to maintain the program integrity of medicare, to combat fraud cms works in partnership with several outside organizations like the health care fraud prevention enforcement action team which operates medicare fraud strike forces to combat perpetrators who often steal identities and falsify billing documents. the agency recently implemented a risk based screening to identify fraudulent medicare providers and suppliers. in april of 2014, cms announced fingerprint base

that's the gao's estimates. collecting unpaid taxes, not increasing taxes but collecting the obligation american corporations and individuals oh would generate by some estimates $450 billion per year. allowing medicare to negotiate deeper discounts would generate 155 billion to a savings over 10 years. growing the economy i suggested would generate about 12 points $6 billion for every $100 billion increase your. coffman: spending increased in every solution you involved more spending, more regulation and more taxes. for you to claim now that you're a fiscal conservative as an out and out fraud. transit using these words over and over again doesn't make your accusations true. it discourages people from voting. maybe that's your goal. the truth is the math works. what doesn't work is a plan like than once the focus is middle-class families to pay more, forces seniors to pay more in out of pocket costs. privatizes social security, increases the cost of fire education but that's exactly the wrong way to balance bala

boutique wineries like this one have been winning awards thanks to wine makers like emma gao, trained in france, a country with centuries of experience she has brought some of that experience back home. >> people are quite surprised that people can make amazing wine. >> china has been making wine, just not good wine. very little reaches foreign markets, it means that people's perception of chinese wine is based on the mass-produced stuff from other pardons of the country which is mostly as they say in the trade just a little bit uggh. ming cha is out to change that. at a competition in beijing, wine experts gather to sample its offerings. a region some say could become china's napa valley. >> the big strategy is from the small boutique wineries. many of these wineries have their own vineyard. they grow their own grapes and this helps a lot to improve or put a lot of focus in the quality inside the quantity. >> wine makers are conscious of maintaining quality in a country with a rapidly developing appreciation of good wine. >> we need to make good wine for influence our local consumer.

you heard that right, a stunning new gao report found that from 2010 to 2013, more than 57,000 government workers were put on paid leave for months. sometimes even years, all while they waited to be punished for misbehavior. the cost to taxpayers, a cool $775 million just for their salary alone. is anybody irritated? i know bob is not. greg, do you have a thought on this? >> i read some interesting stuff. one of the guys got paid leave for using pornography at work. this is an amazing work, got off at work and got off from work. leave paid. government often is a lottery for many people, instead of scratching the card, you fill out on application, and some people can win and a lot of these people win. >> what about these numbers, $775 million hard earned dollars, american taxpayer dollars. >> it was put in to place so if there were disputes, people questioning -- someone says -- he was wrongly accused, this person should have been put on paid leave. they realize that you can almost ask for anyone to go on ollleav and dispute anything, i have a problem with my boss, i'm a whistle bler, anyt

. >> the extra security means extra personnel but in a troubling new report, the gao reveals that many are guards who act -- lack things like active shooter training. >> and western maryland town making changes to curfew trying safe.p kids they're hagerstown is raising the age limit from 15 to 16. if kids are found out on the 10:00 dr. 10:00 -- after they'll be facing fines between $100 and 500 dollars. tonight, we are asking about curfew in our question of the day. how late would you let your teenager stay out on the weekend? join the conversation and we will share some of the responses we get later in the hour. >> two high school students facing expulsion for holding toy actually they never brought to school. take a look at the photograph before the big homecoming dance. the 15-year-old took a picture and both of them are holding these toy airsoft gun's that shoot plastic pellets. when the school saw the picture on facebook they were suspended for 10 days and now they face possible expulsion. is not dangerous. you cannot kill someone with it. the students know that it is provocative

. >> the fed just came out with a report, right, that said -- no, the gao said that the feds could not find the london trading laws of jpmorgan. that's a billion loss that went under the nose of regularities. these things are too big to regulate. >> what they're talking about strong arm law enforcement. this comes from a meeting with the large bank executive. he's the guy in the back of the room holding the bag. the fed is saying you're too big physical therapy." if you don't use measures, to get to you. we'll use congress to -- they're talking about breaking up these breaks. it's another example of strong-arming. just like when the treasury department talked about tax inversions. >> they didn't take any action. >> american taxpayers are on the hook if things go wrong again. >> well, charlie, why don't we follow your lead off and interject a little of the free market system. to your point, you cannot open a bank without offering insurance right now. the banks are victims in the whole economic collapse. the real problems, the fedy and frannie. those have only got an bigger. >> as much a