mr. griffin, what should be done in your view? >> there is only one thing to be done. if you remember what it really is, a cartel. a cartel that has the monopoly power of our nation's money. the fed needs to be abolished. there is no way around it. you cannot take the power to create money out of nothing and give it to men and expect that power not to correct the asman. i don't care whether they be bankers are politicians, you give that power to anybody and eventually they will be corrupted by it. the tour reserve system is a cartel, and i think america needs to abolish it before it abolishes america. >> is that possible? >> is not politically possible now because the average person does not understand it, and said it would not support a move, but it is becoming more possible. with the passage of every month and certainly every year and more and more people waking up to the fact that our banking industry is based upon fraud and that these bailouts and all these stimulus programs that are being done with this newly created money, this is not helping the people. it is po

mr. griffin? >> at the end of the day, this is what we do for a living. i play football -- played football for a long time. the game hasn't changed, just the size of the people changed and the talent level. it was fun to get out there, run around, suit up in the redskins gear for the first time officially. it's something i won't forget. >> this touchdown in the first quarter providing a gabby douglas moment. the forward flip into the end zone. cute. the placement refs didn't give him a penalty. i wouldn't describe it as olympic but garcon was certainly inspired by? >> i was inspired by the olympic gymnastics team. i have to work on my landing but if t was very, very interesting. i had enough air but the landing was not where it needed to be but we were excited. >> did not stick the landing. normally this is the time of the year the nats start getting ignored. we are not ignoring them. in fact, i'm be the first person to admit i wasn't buying this team at first. now i'm on the band wagon. how could you not be. best record in baseball, three games clear of

mr. griffin, who was the federal reserve act of the time it was being debated in congress was it a controversy golfing and, were newspapers full of articles about it to? >> it did receive a lot of publicity at the time and there was a lot of discussion that somehow some people were aware the banks had an influence in the legislation when the senator aldridge released and the legislation it was called the aldrich bill he said don't do that. people know that you are on a republican and you are rich and connected with the investment don't call it the aldrich bill coming and he had a great deal of ego. so he did call with the aldridge bill. that's when the controversy started. it is exactly what they said. they had a lot of bad - video out and then they reissued at, carter glass. was called the glass bell and he was a democrat that said that's okay. the had the idea may be some democrats were hard-working people, you know, blue-collar, dirt under their fingernails like ted kennedy. so it worked. now wait is a bill being sponsored by the common man. >> in your view, the bill, the federal reserve fr

mr. stockton, right? drew griffin, i'm with cnn. how are you doing?ken a long time for me to find you. i wanted to ask you some questions. no, sir, brian wells's family is really wanting to know about you, sir. >> as fast as he could, with his driver's side window lowered, jay stockton sped away, not saying a word. mr. stockton, this is drew griffin again, with cnn, brian wells's family is really just trying to get to the truth of the matter about particularly their brother. you're the only one alive and sane enough to tell the truth. and that's what they're after. >> he has refused all of our phone calls, refused to respond to notes placed at his door. the assistant u.s. attorney who prosecuted the case insists to us, jay stockton would tell us what the federal government has proven in court, that brian wells was involved with the bank robbery. >> he could have sat through this trial with the degree of evidence linking mr. wells to these particular participants. >> stockton repeatedly implicates jean hyde's brother. he was involved in the planning, w

mr. stockton, this is drew griffin again with cnn.rian well's family is really trying to get to the truth of the matter about particularly their brother. you're the only one alive and 16 enough to tell the truth. that's what they're after. he has refused all of our phone calls, refused to respond to notes placed at his door. the assistant u.s. attorney who president the case insists to us jay stockton would tell us what the federal government has proven in court, that brian wells was involved with the bank robber robbery. >> no one could have sat through this criminal trial without understand being the degree of evidence linking mr. wells to these particular participants. >> reporter: in fact, the same affidavit that implicates stockton repeatedly implicates jane's brother saying brian wells knew the plot all along, was involved in the planning, was part of the band of criminal misfits trying to rob a bank. jean will never believe that. she believes her government is lying. >> they let an innocent man, my brother, die while in their c

mr. lynch, drew griffin. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: i'm sure you're aware of the serious charges being -- >> not yet. i'm waiting to talk to the attorneys. i haven't spoke to anyone about this. >> oh, really? >> so as soon as i speak with joe and them when they call me this morning, i'd be happy to speak with you. >> reporter: four hours later, michael lynch said this -- >> i have a statement that i have prepared. it says, we hope that these unproven allegations will not diminish the more than 40 years of service hhp has provided to our nation's most valuable treasure, our veterans. hhv looks forward to the chance to tell its story and hopes that this action will not impede its ability to provide vital support to hospitalized veterans nationwide. thank you very much. >> reporter: well, what about -- i got to ask you about the money though. i mean that doesn't answer any of the questions about the money that they're -- that's it? that's all you're -- you guys are going to say? anderson, help hospitalized veterans gets its m

. >> melissa griffin from the examiner joins us live from tampa. first of all, everyone is talking about mrsromney and her speech last night, basically stealing the show. >> she is obviously well loved by the people here, particularly the women in the audience. she came off as bright and articulate and somebody who's very well equipped to be the first lady. there were signs in people were very enthusiastic. her job was to humanize mitt romney and i don't know how she could have done a better job >> what about new jersey gov. chris christie. he was talking about love? >> he was talking about all sorts of things but mostly about himself. in his speech he was almost 15 minutes in before he even mentioned mitt romney and after that speech by mrs. romney, chris christie came up and said we need a strong leader who will drive the polls and not just respond to them and it seemed as if he was really referring to himself but at the end he did get around to discussing mitt romney although there was a very big difference between mitt romney is live speech which is that he is sensitive and kind and sens

mrs. obama will be on the campaign trail. she will speak at campaign events in pennsylvania. turning to sports the redskins' new quarterback will get his first real test on the field tonight. >> robert griffin iii will lead against the buffalo bills in a pre-season lead, going against one of the best defensive linemen in the league, mario williams. he now he will have to be sharp -- knows he will have to be sharp. >> they do have a really good stout line. it will be a good test for us. we will definitely be ready. >> we will definitely have a crew in buffalo tonight for the shatt -- highlights for the news at 11:00. you can watch another matchup -- the baltimore ravens will take on the atlanta falcons. our coverage of that in starts at 7:00. >> a lot of people are looking forward to football. business news -- government jobs continue to decline. the national security administration is looking for thousands of volunteer retirements. >> here is linda bell in new york. >> hello. let's take a look at stock futures right now -- they are little changed. we're waiting on numbers for the trade deficit and jobless claims data. the national security administration is looking to trim its work force ev

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drew griffin from our special investigations unit has been trying to find out for months how much all this extra travel is costing. it's his voice you heard there. his report on mre gotten delay after delay after delay, drew, from the gsa. but tonight some answers? >> reporter: yes, some answers. actually we got them earlier this week, erin, while you and the rest of america were focusing on the republican national convention, that's when the gsa finally gave us a breakdown of all this. gave us the actual figures. of how many people are virtual employees. 379 of them work for the gsa. all over the country. only one in hawaii. over the last four years, these work erbs have racked up $7.7 million in travel costs. that guy in hawaii is the only one that caught our attention but there are, now, even worse examples of excess spending, erin, for these programs. more than $140,000 in travel costs over four years by a gsa employee based in miami whose office is in washington. another one costing taxpayers $64,000 over two years lives in the state of washington, travels back and forth to his office in washington, d.c. this is the kind of waste the gsa's new acting admini