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hi, merlin. >> caller: good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: i'd like to know how we got money going moo their districts. they should really be illegal. i think congress should do something about this. >> well now, if you're a member of congress brought home money for a project in your neck of the woods, would you be upset by that? >> yes. yes, i would. very upset. >> well here's a breakout here. republican of georgia, house member and co-sponsored 26 hill million in earmarks in 2008. at last in this picture he owns a cottage 900 feet from the beach. it's absurd to suggest this benef benefits me." ed is on our republican line. ed, that is good timing. we were just talking about a project in your neighborhood. >> caller: yes, hi. i think nothing scream the need for term limits more than this story. i think the fed should be returned to being lekted by state legislature as was originally in the constitution. i think that will cut down the money and politics. if i may, bull head city is a gambling town. they talk about bringing in solar plants. they talk about bringing in a water park a

chip merlin is a trial aattorney, joseph is a criminal aattorney.ally caught our attention x this happened on saturday, the lead attorney for the prosecution while showing these pictures yet again of yeardley love's body and the bruises on it chokes up, gets very emotional while he's talking to the jury. and by the way, during this case one to have jury members actually had to leave because they, too, felt too affected emotionally about what was happening in the trial. is this a strategy by the prosecution? you're the trial attorney, would you say this is the way to go, to start crying during your closing arguments if you are the one giving that closing argument? >> it can be a double-edged sword because if jurors perceive they're being played as a result of the prosecutor trying to reach into somebody else's emotions -- and prosecutors do this for a living -- it could absolutely backfire, and the defense could, in this particular case, gained by the crime that goes on. this was a very emotional time. the defendant cried, the aunt of ms. love, she w

john merline has this story -- >> more from this story taking a look at the national debt -- that isome analysis done from "investor's daily"when it comes to this to analysts fund. this is from vice president joe biden -- that is an op-ed from the vice president for it and opposing of bed is from reince preibus prius, the head of the republican national committee -- to give you some statistical analysis as far as the money that was spent in the initial recovery act -- this is the way it breaks down -- $840 billion divided into three categories and this is from the congressional budget office -- there are categories for each of those and we will go through that during the course of the morning but again, your thoughts on the three-year anniversary of stimulus funds and united states, the signing of a recovery act and you give us a call from the numbers on your screen. we ask that if you have called us last 30 days, all of doing so today. you can also send us your thoughts on twitter and e-mail, as well. let's go first to a republican line from the bronx, new york good morning. caller:

this means that a place like the university of merlin came -- university of notre dame the free exercise of religion will a year.0 million thes for others, the cost could be as much as $100 million a year. this is not an administration that welcomes diversity. it is an administration that fears that diversity. the obama administration has crossed a dangerous line, and we will fight this attack on the fundamental right to religious freedom until the courts over tune that -- overturn it. picking winners and losers, rewarding friends, punishing enemies, silencing critics -- these things do not strike at the heart of confered served as -- conservatives, they strike at the heart of what america is all about. these are the things that drive the obama economy and drive an agenda that as we have seen again and again as little regard for those who dissent or for a constitution that is meant to protect them. keep up the fight. if some would use the powers of their office to curtail our freedoms, we need to use the power of free citizens to restore them. you know before i became a republican leader