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eleanor holmes norton. >> they are the best educated public workforce in the united states and, they tend to be specialized. there are people who could go to the private sector and earn more money. >> reporter: but in contrast to that just jed senator tom coburn that the government lost more than 9,000 years of work, 9,000 years as a result of employees who never showed up for work, or who did nothing on the job. bill: doug mckelway, what to cut as the series continues out of washington. alisyn: i wish i had a camera of your face, i would have taken a shot during doug mckelway's report. it is not often we see bill hemmer sort of ruffled or stunned but that report just did it. bill: based on the guy working in the cubicle down the hall, that will do it. alisyn: we have a fox news alert for you now. just released new documents about the newtown shooting and they give a detailed account of what happened that day and a laundry list what was recovered at home of the shooter, adam lanza. fox's rick leventhal is getting first look at these documents. i know you've been combing through them.
eleanor holmes norton. >> they are the best educated public workforce in the united states and, they tend to be specialized. there are people who could go to the private sector and earn more money. >> reporter: but in contrast to that just jed senator tom coburn that the government lost more than 9,000 years of work, 9,000 years as a result of employees who never showed up for work, or who did nothing on the job. bill: doug mckelway, what to cut as the series continues out of...
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government oversight reform committee passed a bill, i spoke to eleanor holmes norton about this, she seems this is confident that will pass in the senate as well and will be reconciled and will make it into law. perhaps some of those buildings will be let go finally, alisyn. alisyn: that would be nice. doug mckelway, thanks. >> reporter: okay. alisyn: to figure out your taxpayer share of this program we're talking about, log on to foxnews.com,/your money, and i'm betting you may be annoyed after doing that calculation. bill: you might be in the 80% angry at the government now. it is a fascinating series. alisyn: it is. bill: when you think about 3.5, $3.7 trillion spending every year you will find countless examples. alisyn: it will break it down to put it in real dollars and cents. that helps. bill: once the sequestration got into the bloodstream of america, all this attention, wow we're really spending that much money on this, that and the other. when cameras go walking into empty buildings, we're finding out what we're pay to lease that space, it is stunning. alisyn: we're paying
government oversight reform committee passed a bill, i spoke to eleanor holmes norton about this, she seems this is confident that will pass in the senate as well and will be reconciled and will make it into law. perhaps some of those buildings will be let go finally, alisyn. alisyn: that would be nice. doug mckelway, thanks. >> reporter: okay. alisyn: to figure out your taxpayer share of this program we're talking about, log on to foxnews.com,/your money, and i'm betting you may be...
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. >> captain jack norton is public affairs spokesman. >> sometimes they are tough to get along with. sometimes they are grouchy but they will be there and accomplish the mission. >> there is about to be a changing the guard. chesty will retire this summer and recruit is expected to become a private in april training to take his place. >> he is getting history classes. been through his home and surroundings and getting indoctrinated that we do with all of them. >> sergeant chesty, there you go. >> chesty has his own uniform
. >> captain jack norton is public affairs spokesman. >> sometimes they are tough to get along with. sometimes they are grouchy but they will be there and accomplish the mission. >> there is about to be a changing the guard. chesty will retire this summer and recruit is expected to become a private in april training to take his place. >> he is getting history classes. been through his home and surroundings and getting indoctrinated that we do with all of them. >>...
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jim norton discusses his new book, age is the state of mind and not a measure of time. i will cherish that book. but first, should third graders be exposed to the horrors of war? i don't know. i really just don't know. these pieces make me so emotional. >>> new york state has approved a curriculum for third graders that includes picture books and depictions of war. and the librarian of basrah they drop bombs on a middle eastern town. as frightened citizens wonder who among us will die and will our families survive? another book is about a youngster kidnapped in afghanistan by soldiers and addresses the treatment of women. they say the syllabus is only recommended and principals have the final say on what kids read. meanwhile, this dog has also been added to the curriculum. >> they invented a new creature. that is no longer a dog. by the way, it is adorable, but you know what else is more adorable? the 500 hours of intense torture that they inflicted on that dog. think about how long they made that dog do that. >> the guy with the camera holding a cattle prod. >> that's
jim norton discusses his new book, age is the state of mind and not a measure of time. i will cherish that book. but first, should third graders be exposed to the horrors of war? i don't know. i really just don't know. these pieces make me so emotional. >>> new york state has approved a curriculum for third graders that includes picture books and depictions of war. and the librarian of basrah they drop bombs on a middle eastern town. as frightened citizens wonder who among us will die...
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. >> john: delicate norton talking about all the spending going on at the federal level. seemed to have stolen my suit as well. [ laughter ] coburn did. let's talk about that. doug mckelway, you are familiar with doug mckelway's reporting among other things. talking about this idea we have all of these thousands, tens of thousands of properties, that are sitting vacant, underused, unused whatever. costing us billions of dollars a year in upkeep. meanwhile, the sequestration, benefits for veteran tuition have been cut off. that was $373 million in 2012. sometimes you got to slap yourself upside the head to say where are the priorities here? >> i recommend anybody google wasteful government spending and you will have so many things to make you feel so angry. the government, we are not getting this undercontrol. if you just do the math, 55,000 buildings, 1300 empty buildings in every state could be sold and used for whatever. it's true. >> john: as doug pointed out red tape -- >> they can't do it. i love the list to go through. everybody but stray animals get a say on where
. >> john: delicate norton talking about all the spending going on at the federal level. seemed to have stolen my suit as well. [ laughter ] coburn did. let's talk about that. doug mckelway, you are familiar with doug mckelway's reporting among other things. talking about this idea we have all of these thousands, tens of thousands of properties, that are sitting vacant, underused, unused whatever. costing us billions of dollars a year in upkeep. meanwhile, the sequestration, benefits for...
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this time it's not a real life fight club, but it's not brad pitt and ed norton. one of the videos shows two girls pulling each other's hair and another two beating each other up in the cafeteria. parents got wind of the fight and called the police. the videos have since been taken down, but no one knows who started the club or the facebook page. the page's creator posting the page, to the haters i didn't get caught. i'd rather stay anonymous rather than be known as the idiot who got caught. should facebook have shut this down or would that have been offensive censorship. go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think and we're back in two minutes. the kyocera torque lets you hear and be heard even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. call me! seriously, this is really happening! [ cellphone rings ] hello? it's a giant helicopter ma'am. [ male announcer ] get it done [ chirp ] with the ultra-rugged kyocera rque, only from sprint direct connect. buy one get four fre for your busines love
this time it's not a real life fight club, but it's not brad pitt and ed norton. one of the videos shows two girls pulling each other's hair and another two beating each other up in the cafeteria. parents got wind of the fight and called the police. the videos have since been taken down, but no one knows who started the club or the facebook page. the page's creator posting the page, to the haters i didn't get caught. i'd rather stay anonymous rather than be known as the idiot who got caught....