this is a picture of jeffrey neely with a couple of glasses on wine. that is on our dime, right?dime. but the biggest thing is we do it with overlap when we cut out national defense and men and women in uniform and putting more cost on back of the veterans. we have to continue to look at appropriation process and cut out funding so we don't allow them to do these things. >> eric: you're not suggesting that we don't have -- it's important for administrators, for them to get away. conference, right? >> we're not talk about whether they should have conference. certainly a lot of times we get great ideas in the conferences. we're talking about when they get out of control and they don't have limits. it's out of control if you spend money for a hot tub. $75,000 for assembly of bicycle, bring in magicians and dress up like clowns. i don't think anybody can say it's reasonable or rational. that's beyond limits of what we want to see in government today. >> eric: congressman, the per diem. we hand over the taxpayer dollars to everyone who is assembling at the conferences. sometimes $200

it's said jeffrey neely's trouble are the exception rather than rule when it comes to federal workers. >> my knee jerk reaction is these numbers are quite low for the awards. >> reporter: 20% of the salary for annual performance are sometime the bonus. >> i think some of them should be higher. >> reporter: but the heritage foundation points to another official who mocked oversight into gsa spending david foley. >> i hope you're not going against the obama administration executive reduction in pay incentives. >> reporter: among the bonus recipients we identified three other vegas conference leaders now on administrative leave with similar bonuses and similarly under the eye of the office of inspector general or as they say at the gsa, the oig. ♪love to the nation. i'll never be under oig investigation ♪ >> reporter: a gsa spokeswoman says the new acting administrator was aware of these bonuses and it has become part of his top to bottom review and has several or many gsa senior officials received no bonuses at all. >>> only on 9 tonight a traveling musicians his american airlines fligh

jeffrey neely planned the lavish conference that cost the government more than $800,000. he has been on leave since april, after report found rampant waste at the event. a statement from gsa makes it unclear whether neely was fired or resigned. the scandal also led to the resignation of the head of gsa, the firing of two top aides, and nine others being placed on administrative leave. >>> after five days of deliberations, the jury in north carolina's john edwards trial will be back today, to try to reach a verdict before the start of the holiday weekend. thursday the jury asked for more exhibits. to reexamine and the judge ultimately sent them all 503 pieces of trial evidence so they have everything they might need to look at. edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of using campaign donations to hide an extra marital affair. while the jury was deliberating the former senator and presidential candidate and his daughter walked a few blocks to watch a baseball game. >>> summer is technically weeks away but the official start to the summer travel season is here.

jeffrey neely planned the lavish employee conference that cost the government more than $800,000. he's been on leave since april after a report found rampant waste at the event. a statement from gsa makes it unclear whether neely was fired or resigned. the scandal also led to the resignation of the head of the gsa. the firing of two top aides and nine others being put on administrative leave. >>> after five days of deliberations, the jury in north carolina's john edwards trial will be back today to try and reach a verdict before the start of the holiday weekend. thursday, the jury asked for more exhibits to re-examine. the judge ultimately sent them all 503 pieces of trial evidence so they have everything they might need to take a look at. edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of using campaign donations to hide an extramarital affair. >>> while the jury was deliberate, the former senator and presidential candidate and his daughter cate walked just a few blocks from the courthouse and took in a few innings of a north carolina college baseball game. >>> summer is tech

it's not clear if jeffrey neely was fired or resigned on his own. last month he was placed on administrative leave. the scandal led to the resignation of gsa administrator martha johnson, the firing of two top aides and nine others being placed on administrative leave. >>> a former financial advisor to d.c. mayor vincent gray has now pleaded guilty to federal charges that he lied about a scheme to help gray get elected. >> during the plea hearing, howard brooks admitted to breaking several laws while working for gray during his campaign in 2010. >> reporter: mr. brooks, did mr. gray know about the payments? the self-admitted felon howard brooks refused to answer any questions as he walked out of d.c.'s federal courthouse. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that, you know, it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to investigators over money he then gave to mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. >> he realized he ma

we've confirmed at least one jeffrey neely, one you saw tuesday night, and trying to identify the fourow. our investigation uncovered gsa documents showing those five officials received bonus money just a few months ago all linked to that lavish $823,000 convention including neely who is famous for a bathtub photo and globe trti

jeffrey neely has now resigned today. issa said he lost his ability to lead but they on capitol hill will keep investigating and they will investigate culture of waste at the gsa. i can tell you there is nobody shedding tears. they are pushing backing on charges there is reckless spending in the obama days. this guy was the poster child for some of that. they're glad to see him go. >> bret: the infamous tub shot. thank you. day two of voting in egypt's first free presidential election in generations. wide-open contest that will produce a successor to ousted autocratic leader hosni mubarak. turn-out was weaker than wednesday when people waited outside for hours. official results expected next week. >>> p-5 n-1, no solution. meantime, tough economic sanctions that drew iran to baghdad talks are staying in place. stocks in the u.s. were mixed today. dow gained 34. s&p 500 added two. nasdaq lost 11. european summit delivered no concrete solution for the region debt troubles. analysts are forced to take a hard look at the impa

we're not sure if jeffrey neely was fired or quit.n administrative leave since april when video from that expensive 2010 conference went public. >>> tim kaine leads in a new poll in a matchup for this year's senate race in virginia. he has an edge over republican george allen. allen is the favorite in next month's g.o.p. primary. >>> just in time for the holiday weekend, d.c. will open its public swimming pools today. mayor gray will do the honors at 11:30. there are 19 outdoor pools and 11 spray parks in the district. >>> time to answer our question of the morning. it was the person who gets the most mail in the world, was it the pope, santa claus or the president? >> the answer is b, santa. >> of course. >> of course it is. big red man gets a lot of mail. >>> one more check on traffic and weather right here on 9news now next. >>> early clouds. sunshine today, mid-80s with a chance of an isolated storm and the heat through the weekend. >>> we're just going to go to our traffic camera and show what you it looks like through the chesap

>> reporter: jeffrey neely's official title, shannon, is regional commissioner for the general servicesion or the gsagssa is like the federal government's real estate agency. their job is to really save taxpayer dollars. now he is better known as mr. hot tub, that boondoggle, that lavish convention you mentioned, shannon. $800,000. and aside from the clown and psychics there was that $75,000 bike-building seminar held at this hotel. well the employees, held kind of a talent competition where they did videos and jeffrey neely was a part of one of those videos about how they were wasting taxpayer dollars. remember this? play it. ♪ i have a road show every time they see me rolling in my cob. >> reporter: every time you see neely rolling down gov. he is out of a job but his trouble may not be over because the inspector general's office investigation found under his watch there were numerous thefts, violation of agency rules, and widespread waste of taxpayer dollars, including personal trips for him and his wife and now the ig is asking the justice department to conduct a criminal investigat

jeffrey neely, in the middle here, left the general services administration yesterday.nistrative leave in april after details of out-of-control spending became public. gsa officials were accused of spending thousands on unnecessary trips, activities, and parties. gsa's administrator and two other top aides were fired or resigned because of the scandal. nine others are on administrative leave. >>> there are questions whether the "u.s.s. miami" can be salvaged. it took 12 hours for firefighter to put out a fire on the nuclear-powered submarine yesterday morning. the military says the fire was contained to the forward section of the submarine. that includes sleeping compartments, command and control rooms, and the toward room. and that area suffered extensive damage. the sub was at portsmouth shipyard. the nuclear reactor was shut down when it arrived at the shipyard in march. >>> 13 before the hour. chefy -- cheffy is face something new problems. the government is putting more cars under the microscope. here's cnbc with more. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. u.s.

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jeffrey neely, in the center here, retired from the gsa yesterday.sa officials placed neely on administrative leave in april after details of the expensive vegas trip became public. there were accusations of spending thousands on unnecessary trips, activity, and parties. the administrator for the general services administration and two other top aides were fired or resigned because of that scandal. >>> today marks the sixth day of jury deliberations in the john edwards corruption trial. the jittury doesn't appear to b close to a verdict. the jury asked to review all 500-plus pieces of evidence including details of money give to edwards during his presidential campaign. legal experts say fact that the jury has sequested the evidence again means they -- requested the evidence again means they are not close to agreeing on a murder. >>> new zealand recovering from yet another earthquake. a 4.6 quake rattled the eastern city of christchurch earlier today. there are no reports of serious damage or injuries. christchurch experienced a 6.1 earthquake in febr

jeffrey neely, which saw him testify before congress. he took the fifth on capitol hill. and one more. the big change continues in the newspaper industry. new orleans is the first major city not to have a daily newspaper. i'm reading it on the paper as i say that. molly is calling from california. good morning. caller: yes, the woman who called on the republican line progressbegan to spew of talking points, i would like to mollify her statements by using her own words. scott walker wants to privatize everything and he wants to cut benefits and cut government jobs and that's right. the private sector only spends money they have. we don't have the option of taxing only their money in order to further our agendas. as far as walker, god bless him and god bless america. host: mali from california. itter --inbeck' on tw here's historical notes from our producers. governor barker would be the first to be recalled -- governor walker would be the first governor to be recalled in our history. now to a democrat on the line. caller: i cannot believe so many delusional republicans the