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casey stegall with the news on this so-called texas autobahn outside of austin.hough this ain't got nothing on the autobahn. they are actually driving along on the highway, right? shave off some compute time, right? >> well, shepard, it's supposed to cut the commute, basically, in half between the two cities. from about two hours down to one hour. now, this is cool. we're cruising along right now at about 70 miles per hour keep in mind this is an 8-ton news vehicle, so we cannot even get up to the legal limit of 85 but take a look at live pictures mounted on the qrv or quick response vehicle as we call it. you can see a car zip right by us. listen to what drivers told us earlier about their need for speed. >> it's going to be good for the people to cut through easily, faster. >> i have gotten into two little ones, i mean, it's great like when you are trying to go and get somewhere especially if there is a not who lot of traffic as traffic starts picking up i would say it's going to be a little dangerous. >> it is going to cost you if you use. this about more than

casey stegall in dallas. thank you. and just in to fox news, an official has resigned in connection with with another report involving taxpayer money wasted on conferences. this time a pair of veterans affairs summits in orlando, which cost more than $6 million. the agency's top human resources official has now stepped down after a report revealed those parties happened on his watch. the report from the veterans affairs inspector general accused him of not living up to his responsibilities. it also accuses several staffers of accepting gifts from contractors, including everything from helicopter rides to massages. the report says the v.a. parties were far more expensive than the conferences in a similar incident. who can forget this man, mr. hot tub? he organized ritzy conferences in vegas for the general servicestration. total cost of those $800,000 all on the taxpayers' dime. he later pleaded the fifth while testifying before congress. tv may have a bad effect on kids even when it's just playing in the background. tha

in dallas, casey stegall, fox news. >> time to talk weather. gary joins us.e might need some umbrellas here in the next few days. >> we have a big baseball game tonight. >> i know. will we get in the game? >> i think they'll get some showers. nothing to halt the play. >> it is already raining out there? >> we're being positive, aren't we? talking about champagne after tonight's game. >> come on, nats. >> i hope we spray some champagne in the near future. >> right after the show? >> hopefully. for the nats, not for me. it is already raining a little bit out there. you can see in our tower picture right now. listen, we are going to get rain moving across. rain moving across this evening, rain overnight tonight, we'll get rain tomorrow. but i don't see anything too terribly heavy, okay. so just keep that in mind. but listen, from now until wednesday morning, know where your umbrella is, or your rain jacket, or whatever you use to stay dry. showers overnight, this is light stuff from the tower cam. again, nothing too heavy this evening and we'll just see -- i thi

what is so special about this spider, casey stegall. >> scientists thought this thing was extinct.y hadn't seen it in 30 years. it's the size of a dime, has no eyes and lives underground. take a look at the little thing that's caused so trouble. it turned up in a six foot hole that was exposed while construction crews were building this new highway under pass. when it was identified in a lab the project was put on hold indefinitely. why you ask all of this over a spider? >> every animal has a place somewhere in the ecosystem and there is no telling about this spider if it's a food source for something that is important, so we may not think it has anything to do with us but we don't know that. >> who knows experts say this creature could one day maybe hold the secrets of curing something like cancer which is judge they stress the importance of protecting endangered species, bill, even spiders. bill: i imagine the folks around there can't be happy with the delays. >> that is an understatement, they are furious. this is on the western side of san antonio section as near seaworld. thou

casey stegall and i have both established that we don't like spiders already on twitter but we promise& balanced report on this record less. what is going on here? >> it's so funny because you and i were talking 0 twitter on how we loat her, spiders. wait until you hear what is going on for drivers in san antonio, construction of this under pass started in april and it was scheduled to be finished this summer. we are talking about a very busy spot on the western side of san antonio for people who have been down there right near seaworld, thousands of cars funnel through that particular spot on a daily basis, and this construction project was designed to ease some of the traffic tangles, but then as crews were going about their business this little guy showed up amid the orange cones and bulldozers. the braken bat cave mesh weave srefrplt it hadn't been seen in 30 years. scientists thought it was is teupbgt. it's about the size of a dime high school no eyes and lives underground. because the spider is even angered the pwra*eubgs wer brakes were put on the construction. >> we do still fe

i'm sorry sure if we have more time to debate it, dennis would say, well, the class stegall act. when you think of that. if you know what it actually did, you would realize that it was completel irrelevant to the crisis. >> okay. i think we're pretty close to the end of our time. if i can run right down the row fairly quickly for predictions. famous baseball player and philosophy yo gi once said it's difficult make prediction because the future hasn't happened yet. prediction do you think the congress will undertake changes to the dodd-frank act in the lame duck session on congress' next year. maybe we can start with you, dennis. >> i think it depends on the outcome of the election if it's roughly a status quo. the senate stays roughly the way it is inspect and the house stays respect -- republican i think substantive changes are not likely. i think they'll be repeated daily attempts what called technical amendments and fixes which is going to be the to january horse through which the industry is going to try to roll back most of this. >> i grow with -- agree with that. we do agr

against the own people because somebody from investment firm on wall street says we want to keep the stegall out and divide the commercial banks and investment banks. look what happened in 2008. you have someone that supports the very pair para sides that cause the melt down. it's designed to have people who come to washington to find out what they need to find out for the hedge funds folks in d.c. or new york, exactly what they need. he take it is out. even chuck grassley from the own party says he's carrying a water for wall street. that has to stop. [applause] >> moderator: congressman cantor? cantor: you know, first of all, i would ask the question went to the priority. again, we have so many pressing issues, why in the world would someone say that is a prior toty for the figs day in office is to put a bill in to rack up the deficit more to impose new taxes to fund political campaigns. using your tax dollars to pay for political campaigns. i'm not for that. i think that is wrong. and i also would ask what cousin it have to to create jobs or effecting children. it has nothing to do with t

glass-stegall i won the speakers to address that. >> during the 08 campaign how the president said the candidate obama said we need to end of the war and iraq so we can win the war and afghanistan. that's the one we have to win but as soon as he came into office he went from the narrative wanting the war in afghanistan to indignant a war in afghanistan. can you tell me where the policy shift went from winning to ending? because when you start talking about your objective ending the war rutka than winning the war, it appears to me that it's sending a message not only to our adversaries but our friends that we are not serious of the mission. so if you could address that it would be very helpful. >> sure. thank you for your many years of service as well. look, the afghan campaign has gone on for 11, 12 years and it was important in the president's mind for the transition point to focus the afghans on taking responsibility or else it would be a perpetual state of affairs where we could have 100,000 troops and provide security indefinitely. that is not what the american people want or expec

and as we know, they enacted the class stegall act. they broke up the bank. and did the security exchange commission and restructured the federal reserve. he took wall street on and took it apart and rebuild the economy from the grassroots up when barack obama came in to office, i mean, almost identical situation what he did was he brought tim geithner who engineered agi and made him the treasury secretary and did all the other things deliberately to signal continuity with the bush administration. he thought it was a wise political move. it was bipartisanship it showed it was above it all. i'm telling you, this was the disastrous moment inspect is what allowed everything -- look, i'm going go off on a digression here. the election that we're having right now in the country, should not be close. okay. barack obama should by all rights by wiping the floor with romney. the fact we are near to electing an investment banker president four years after the financial crisis is astonishing to me. how is it even possible? you know, what made it possible was that the re