that it's not an isolated incident, and the john beale with his good friend robert brenner were instrumental in developing key epa regulations. isn't it true that you received a memo on january 122011 informing you that beale's salary was illegal, it exceeded the statutory cap? and recommending that bonus be terminated? >> it is true that i became aware of the bonus, yes. >> and isn't it true that you did not cancel that illegal bonus and kill over two years later, february 2013? >> actually what is true is i did pursue that issue effectively, and i think the agency was addressing it effectively. >> but the illegal bonus, you knew it was illegal january 12, 2011 but it was canceled fit your 2013 spent yes, i went ahead and i avoided that. >> you consider that effective? >> it took a while to get to the bottom of the john beale issue because he was a criminal that had systemically intended to fund the agency. but the good news is that he is in federal prison right now having paybacks -- >> but you knew the bonus was illegal and it went on for two years? >> actually i understood that he was be

these are the geniuses that promoted that guy john beale who turned out to be a fake and he's now serving prison. he was a big shot at the epa. >> what this regulation is about the supreme court has overturned over the past several years, two big rulings by the sixth circuit court. the court wanted to rule that waterways didn't have to be navigatable. the supreme court said no, you're wrong. this is about expanding that so the epa has more power. >> should we abolish it? >> we should, david. and the agricultural department in fact is trying to get the head of the epa to pay visits to farms which she is finally starting to talk to farmers and recognize irrigation ditch is not the mississippi river. the fact of the matter is we have wetland regulations, which have been abused against property owners by the army rps of engineers. property rights over government rights. >> five seconds quickly. >> this is a problem of process, democrats fail to get any meaningful environmental legislation through so they push it through the epa, the clean air act, it happens time and again. >> good stuff. tha

there is an article from the washington post that says there never to stop john beale accept mccarthy>> thank you. thank you for being here. you exercise one of the most important responsibilities of the federal government. you protect human health and the environment. i applaud your service. i am sorry that this issue has become so partisan. i have the seat of john chafee. he was a republican and environmentalist and i am sorry that that combination is no longer possible in washington. i appreciate that you are doing more with less. there are people here who wanted to do less with less. they don't want the epa to be efficient, they wanted to be wounded. i urge you to continue with your work. your rule will prevent premature deaths. the health benefits of the rule can actually be quantified and have been. this is a particularly important public health victory. island, more than one in 10 of our citizens suffer from asthma. whoe may be people here don't care about that, i do. it is important that the public health side of the equation be recognized as well. i applaud your efforts to re

these are the geniuses that promoted that guy john beale who turned out to be a fake and he's now servinge was a big shot at the epa. >> what this regulation is about the supreme court has overturned over the past several years, two big rulings by the sixth circuit court. the court wanted to rule that waterways didn't have to be navigatable. the supreme court said no, you're wrong. this is about expanding that so the epa has more power. >> should we abolish it? >> we should, david. and the agricultural department in fact is trying to get the head of the epa to pay visits to farms which she is finally starting to talk to farmers and recognize irrigation ditch is not the mississippi river. the fact of the matter is we have wetland regulations, which have been abused against property owners by the army corps of engineers. property rights over government rights. >> five seconds quickly. >> this is a problem of process, democrats fail to get any meaningful environmental legislation through so they push it through the epa, the clean air act, it happens time and again. >> good stuff. thank you v

tonight was john wall and gooden. beale had to be carried off because of an ankle injury. ird quarter, john wall says make it one. knocks down the three-pointer there. fourth quarter, nets up two. drew gets the ball. drives. finishes at the rim. basket tied the game at 94. just a few plays later, more from gooden. he likes it. season high 21 points. wizards up three. late in the game, off this brooklyn miss. the rebound is loose. john wall grabs it. he's going the other way. this sealed the game. the dunk gave john wall game high 33 points. wizards win it 101-94. afterwards, the man that came off the bench to provide the spark just telling it like it is. >> you joke about me being old but i'm still drew goodin. when i see a couple going on i feel i can't miss. the ball was definitely on my side. >> love the man's confidence. not lacking confidence. that's what you need. >> oh, my god. >> up next, four-game road trip out west starting with the sacramento kings tuesday night. let's move on to college basketball. george washington and vcu two of the best in the atlantic confer

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> a santa rosa man has been arrested many times for driving under the influence was arrested again today. william beal told you about him in the past. he's had 19 arrests for dui. today he was picked up for driving with a suspended license. officers had been looking for repeat offenders when they found beall behind the wheel. >>> airline cracks have appeared on the wings apparently because of a problem during the manufacturing process by the maker mitsubishi. >>> a ruling by a administrative judge could open the door for drones. the drone was a model airplane and the faa has no regulations governing model airplane flights. >>> federal officials today gave approval to california's new computer based standardized tests. the new tests are set to be given this spring. they're called the smarter balanced test. and will replace a so called s.t.a.a.r. test used since 1989. the new tests are designed to be taken on computers rather than pencils and paper. >>> there's a new policy that students say is long overdue. >> it's an update to the university of california's sexual violence policy. we'll te -- tell you

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> a santa rosa man has been arrested many times for driving under the influence was arrested again today. william beal told you about him in the past. he's had 19 arrests for dui. today he was picked up for driving with a suspended license. officers had been looking for repeat offenders when they found beall behind the wheel. >>> airline cracks have appeared on the wings apparently because of a problem during the manufacturing process by the maker mitsubishi. >>> a ruling by a administrative judge could open the door for drones. the drone was a model airplane and the faa has no regulations governing model airplane flights. >>> federal officials today gave approval to california's new computer based standardized tests. the new tests are set to be given this spring. they're called the smarter balanced test. and will replace a so called s.t.a.a.r. test used since 1989. the new tests are designed to be taken on computers rather than pencils and paper. >>> there's a new policy that students say is long overdue. >> it's an update to the university of california's sexual violence policy. we'll te -- tell you