and welfare programs whether it's not verity, food stamp or college cost. the recipients more than anyone. it retards and that skill. >> eric: this is a maker versus takers. people are making and put in system but a lot of people take out of the system. your thoughts? >> these are supposed to be shorterm fixes but this has become a way of life. it's leading to a up the of abuse. 46 million people on food stamps in america. the fraud cases increase by 30%. that is $800 million. that is a up the of money. our focus is no longer on policies that lift people out of post officeerty. it seems libe it's based to make people feel more comfortable. >> ebony, in 35 states, if you are on welfare, you will make more money. in 13 states you make more than $15 an hour. it's out of control. >> the program are supposed to be incentive base. as michelle says be short-term. you have to help people transitioning to better their position in life. but peoplere taking great advantage of the program. it hurts the recipients at the end. >> eric: should the obama administration pul

it's more scatter verity. they have had real strong downpours. in parts of colorado that will's up for them. while there is rain in the forecast and it won't take much for the ground to produce more rain. they won't get as nearly as much as they have got -- received in the last 50 days. >>> the highway to yosemite national park is reopened. state 120 was closed the fire is now 81 contained. full containment is expected my the end of next week. mount deop lo -- diablo will open next week. the cost of the firefighters efforts so far is over seven four and half $4. >>> governor brown threatens the future of a bay area gun show. >>reporter: five weekends a year the cow pal becomes and gun and ammo market play. >> this is easy for them to supervice for a -- supervise. >> it's been going on for decades. >> yeah, and so has the crime in my area. >>reporter: because the call pal is a state runoff city -- facility they have no say in it. >> what do to have a more quality event. >> it will deny access to a state owned building to people who are california

and in fact, the se ver verity e cuts is causing some with low incomes in rural districts.they want to do is being able to brag to republican primary audiences that they cut back on welfare and on food stamps. even though this isn't really welfare. they want to do that, but don't really want to pass the bill because the people that are hungry are in places like louisiana and arkansas, which are represented by republicans. this thing's never going to get through a democratic senate and would probably never in a million years be signed by the white house. this is pure politics. like we heard earlier on msnbc, the leadership is is worried about losing their tea party base. this is an attempt to get them back. >> thanks to both of you. >> checking the news feed this morning, today, kidnappers are reportedly demanding $10,000 in ransom for the return of a 14-year-old girl. two gunmen kidnapped her from her home during a robbery yesterday and the suspects did not know the family. >>> elementary schools in l.a. l's st. bernard parish have turned off water fountains and a pool has

today there are certain salient in certain eternal verities of soldiering life.ertainly haven't just seen to my research for the american revolution. i'm adjusting to all different sorts of things. artillery doesn't play a very large role unlike 20th century war. their small battles for the most part. although ultimately with 25,000 americans killed in action in the american revolution, second only to the civil war in terms of the number of americans killed in action proportionate to our population of about 3 million in the american revolution. so that's a good question and i'm thinking about it. i appreciate it. >> host: boy in portland oregon, good afternoon. >> caller: yes, there's been a lot written on an enigma and magic. the only thing i found was the paragraph that says neither the germans by the japanese were able to make meaningful headway towards solutions of the sigma machine. can you tell me anything about the machine? i never heard about it before. >> guest: i can't tell you much about it because i'm not a signals historian. you know, the germans kep