. >>> the annual list of the richest lawmakers in congress, topping the list is republican michael mccall from texas. a distant second, john kerry of massachusetts. virginia secretary mark warner came in fifth. three democrats made the top five, but overall, there are only 19 democrats on the list of top 50. >>> we have bad news for federal workers because president obama is extending a two year pay freeze for federal employees until at least next spring. the freeze will stay in effect until the spending plan is passed. but the presidential campaign makes it unlikely that will happen before the start of fiscal 2013 on october 1. under a law that was passed in 2010, salaries were frozen for 2011, and 2012. but employees still have been able to get raises with promotions as a performance reward, or by climbing the pay scale. >>> but we have some good news for you, nearly one year after our big earthquake, the washington monument is not sinking. a government report says the quake did not cause any change in the base for the depth of the monument. experts from the national geodentic surgery s

at the top, michael mccall with $290 million.e is the son-in-law of the clear channel communications. and john kerry is the richest democrat. that will do it for us today. thank you so much for being with me. my guest next week is hilda salease. i'll see you again next weekend, keep it right here everybody.

michael mccall from texas a net worth of $290 million.mocratic senator john kerry takes the second spot. gary polk. senator of virginia and that's stopped by. >> all right, well the family -- judge is expected to get guardian -- (inaudible). >> about 63,000 acres -- (inaudible) >> dallas has been the worst hit by the out break. they now have 11 confirmed deaths, the results of west nile virus. >> make sure you do have that jacket out and about. 62 degrees in baltimore. and we're seeing another 55 in winchester, 61. elegant city clean up efforts there today and we have some good weather, some good news. maybe isolated shower in the forecast and the reason why, well, we do have this trough of low pressure across the area, back west, we do have high pressure that will begin especially as we head into tomorrow and also friday. isaac is out here in the atlantic and it is pushing over the western an tilllies what it's doing it is strengthening we do have some hurricane warnings going up for the dominican republic as we make its way off towards

republican congressman michael mccall now leading an official investigation into these allegations. >in washington state surrounded by flames. you can see the fire, couple of feet away from the house in the back, in the front, on all sides. house didn't burn down. why? all thanks to a metal roof. the flames bounce right off the roof instead of burning the home to the ground. >> gretchen: smart move by the homeowners. they wanted his head, so he went after pot heads? up next, stunning accusations against attorney general eric holder and what he did to divert attention away from fast and furious. >> brian: first, here is dave. here is ali near the band. they're going to tell us us what on this weekend. what have you been working on? >> we are working. >> yeah. >> it's going to be a busy weekend. we're talking of the 4 billion still in prescriptions filled. almost 40 million contain fake drugs. we'll tell what you you need to know and what's hiding in your medicine cabinet. >> talk about government red tape, wait until you hear what happened to one new mom who just wanted to invent a mat

congress topping every one with $90 million is for the second year in a row texas republican michael mccallon. >>> staying on politics. talking about a guy we've been talking a bit about, todd akin. he says the mess he's in is the media's fault. the republican senate hopeful says he will indeed stay in that race in missouri despite the blow up over his statement that for reasons rape rarely leads to pregnancy. now take a look at this tweet. he's dropped this tweet. i apologize but the liberal media is trying to make me drop out. actually, his fellow party members are the ones begs akin to quietly go away. they include these men. you have mitt romney. you have romney's number two, paul ryan and rush limbaugh and another republican explains why akin is making the party squirm. >> this is a time when the republicans were trying to ramp up to the convention. we want to have a message of tolerance, diversity, big tent and a focus on economic issues. suddenly we're having the focus drawn back into issues that republicans really don't want to be talking about except for somebody like todd akin who

representative michael mccall, a texas republican holds the top spot thanks to his $290 million net worth. he was followed by democratic senator john kerry of massachusetts, almost $199 million. california republican representative daryl issa slid to third place. democratic congressman -- [ inaudible ] -- and mark warner of virginia round out the top five. republicans did nominate the list. 31 members of the g.o.p. made the top 50. >> interesting list. trying to give back by serving. >>> what are you going to have for us in the next half-hour? >> who's single on that list? >> no. >> we're going to look at the most stolen cars in america. the bachelor on the hill. >> thanks, jess. >>> still ahead, secret service swoops in on a man accused of e- mailing threats against the president. more on that story next. >> the congressman who made the legitimate rape comment is standing up to his fellow republicans. >> head in sports, the nationals play a long ball against the braves, going, going, gone. but we will be right back. grz it is 8 -- >>> it 18 after 5:00 on this wednesday morning. we'll hav

texas congressman michael mccall the richest lawmaker on capitol hill.ng to the political website "the hill" which released its list of the 50 wealthiest lawmakers. mccall reported an estimate worth of $290 million for 2011. that's almost $100 million richer than number two on the list, massachusetts senator john kerry. republicans dominate the list coming from the gop. president obama's love of basketball we know about it, but appears nba executives prefer mitt romney. while obama's collected $60,000 in campaign donations from coaches and players like grant hill and vince carter, romney, he's raked in $70,000 from owners and executives, including miami heat president pat riley. national weather service tracking a tropical storm that could become a hurricane early next week and could hit florida when the republican national convention kicks off in tampa. climate scientists note forecasts for systems this far out are unpredictable. those are things we thought you should know. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benef

has released the annual rankings of the 50 richest lawmakers which texas republican congressman michael mccallworth an approximately $290 million. >> that's way ahead of the number 2 man on the list massachusetts democrat john kerry worth $199 million. >> no, he is not. his wife is. >> darryl isa, 31, republicans. >> surprise, surprise. >> that's why they want those tax cuts to continue. >> really. americans waste a lot of food. a new report out from the national resource defense council finds out we throw out nearly every other bite of food we eat. forty % of the country's annual supply is tossed in the trash. the daily beast notes that it is a total of $165,000,000,000 worth of food. >> this is appalling. about half of the food that we buy, we throw away. think what that -- i mean, i hate to come back to the eat everything on your plate and the poor starving kids in africa but think of the people that could feed. >> we have really cracked down on that because that's amazing. half the food. >> some is they are not consuming everything they cook. a lot buy food. >> throw it away. >> bad fluid

the analysis by the hill a political news site shows republican representative michael mccall of texase than $290 million. democratic senator john kerry of massachusetts, he comes in second. 31 of the 50 wealthiest members are republican. so they are doing quite well. look at that $290 million and $198 is john kerry. they're certainly bringing in a lot of dough. >> i wonder if they'll put out a list of the 50 poorest representatives in washington. i would be interested in that one as well. >> yeah. there are some members of congress that they're doing this that certainly didn't come to washington to make a whole lot of money. they're doing this because they have a sense of public service. that would be an interesting list to see, wolf. >> we know they make about $200,000 a year. >> yeah. >> so they're not too poor to begin with. >> right. >> at least they've got a good salary. thank you, lisa. thank you very much. >>> the romney campaign has distanced itself from senate hopeful todd akin. but is paul ryan, his colleague in the house, too close to the republican at the center of this fi