in chicago, steve brown, fox news. >> bret: republican scott brown will be sworn in as u.s. senator from massachusetts thursday afternoon. governor patrick is expected to sign the official election certification form thursday morning. brown, of course, upset democrat martha coakley last month and will be the 41st republican in the senate ending the democratic supermajority of 60 needed to defeat a filibuster. former indiana senator dan coats wants his old job back. the republican retired in 1998 after ten years in the senate. but he said today he is starting the process of mounting a challenge to democratic incumbent evan bayh this fall. >>> president obama rolls the dice again with another controversial reference to las vegas. and was the president's recent reference to excluding lobbyists from his staff really true? we report, you decide. according to the epa, the air in your home can be two to five times more polluted than the air outside. smoke, germs, viruses, allergens, pet dander, even smelly and potentially harmful voc compounds can actually be floating in the air yo

steve brown up early in highwood, illinois. eve, the revelation of the family bank -- one of the candidates out there lost $75 million last year. how much is that going to hurt that guy? >> well, it was having a drag on akexi giannoulias's campaign prior to the final balance sheet coming out for 2009, had been anticipated by a lot of members in the media about what the bank's finances were in and the reason why it's such a big deal is that in 2006 when giannoulias first ran for state treasurer, this was one of the major pieces that he was a community banker s and knew the neighborhood and was helping people in the bank and now it turns out that the bank's finances are upside down. a lot of that tied to the real estate market certainly. but a lot of questions being raised about what role he played and he hasn't been totally forthcoming about what role he played in some of those loans that went bad. steve? >> and steve brown as well, his rival has been pounding this. could that tip the race because this is the primary. >> it was a

steve brown, live from chicago, thank you steve. martha? martha: here's a new twist on this bailout situation. they are special agents, they're now investigating the banks that were bailed out and who took billions of dollars in taxpayer money last year to save the economy. under the banner known as the t.a.r.p. program, now the special inspector general kneel bar off question says he's taking on as many as 75 criminal investigations into what really happened to our tax dollars. insider trading is among the suggestions of possible claims investigated here. here he is on fox business network's america's nightly scoreboard. >> you're looking into the criminal behavior of certain individuals, is that true? >> that's absolutely true. we have more than 75 criminal investigations ongoing. >> how? >> some of them have been made public, we have smaller fraud case necessary tennessee and in atlanta where we secured indictments. martha: make sure to keep it right here with "america's newsroom", california congressman darrell issa believes there are w

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. >> so, steve, the scott brown election in massachusetts was supposed to be sending a message about fiscal restraint against the growth in government, but this budget doesn't show that. what is the white house calculation here? i mean, political and economic? >> you know, paul, last week, i was in the-- at the republican retreat when president obama told the house republicans, i am not an idealog, but look at the budget and you see the opposite. massive increases in domestic spending on top of the fiscal stimulus bill. we'll borrow under this budget in barack obama's first three years in office 4 trillion dollars. >> steve, i get that, but what is the white house calculation here, do they believe that this is going to grow the economy and therefore, we must spend to create jobs? is that part of it or is there something political here? is this a political document going into the elections? >> i think it's an ideological document. i think that barack obama does believe in the power of big government. he talks about all of these green programs that are going to create jobs and so i thi

cut through two-inch thick pieces of bronze surrounding the foot print of the twin towers. >> steve: scott brownis. he talks about being sworn in later today. >> there is speculation why i want to go down allegedly a week earlier. the 11th was a tentative date based on the information we were getting from the secretary of state office as to what he would need for certification. when he called me a couple of dates ago and indicate he would have it ready yesterday, we moved our plans up because it's been a couple of weeks and it's time to get to work. >> brian: that's the way he feels. he was supposed to be sworn in on the 11th. it will be about 5:00 o'clock today and he wants to be on the appropriations committee. >> gretchen: brazen robbery in milwaukee all caught on surveillance video. robbers barge into a sub shop. one with a rifle. workers managed to lock themselves in the freezer. the robbers apparently didn't notice. they just grabbed some cash and left. brian. >> brian: remember the popular 1980 song from men at work? ♪ >> brian: the band has just lost a lawsuit because an australian court

steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> and the republican who is taking senator ted kennedy's seat, scott brown, could be sworn in asrrow. brown was expected to take the oath of office february 11th, but nbc news has learned that his lawyer is asking massachusetts officials to certify the election now because there are a number of senate votes coming up before the 11th. >>> president obama and his national security team are also focused on homeland security. u.s. officials disclosed their level of concern about the possibility of another attempted terror strike. on capitol hill, top intelligence officials were asked about the likelihood of a new terror strike in the near future. >> in the next three to sixigh ? >> an attempted attack, the priority is certain, i would say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree that. >> mr.ñrçó ñrmoehler? >> agree. >> there's news about christmas-day bombing suspect. they've already gotten useful intelligence about him and his family persuaded him to cooperate. some lawmakers have been critical of the decision to keep the suspect in the civilian court system rather than treat him as an ene

steve: been different than, you know, the normal super bowl. started out on the practice squad. been cut a few times. was home for three weeks. was with the cleveland browns for ree weeks. they cut me and i was driving home and had to hang a right because indianapolis called to come back to the colts. so it's been a wild ride, but i've just tried to stay even keeled. that's what i've learned throughout the year. never get too high or never get too low. i was called up to the active roster against buffalo in week 17. got my first nfl game in a couple of inches of snow. >> that is amazing. you guys were just talking about who he's related to. >> an investigative reporter here for many years and then was a producer for dateline, that's his son. we're going, oh, my gosh, he's gotten so old. >> he goes to gonzaga, then down. didn't really expect to have, you know, this bright future in the nfl. he's had a quiet season. he only had one catch, but they think this kid could be someone that could last for a while in the national football league. >> that's just great. that's just great. very exciting. >> great story. >>> coming up on "news4 at 5," details on charge