represent money not being spent on health care for our veterans who have earned those benefits. >> reporter: the construction company says it needs more money in order to accommodate the va's design changes or it wants out of the project. bret? >> thank you. some unusual math about the national debt and how the u.s. government is managing it. fox business network senior washington correspondent pete barns is here to fill us in. >> reporter: treasury reports the national debt is 16 trillion, 699 billion, 396 million dollars, and that it has been that amount since may 18th, more than 70 days, though treasury has continued to stout thousands in bonds. chalk it up to legal cash management, used by democratic and republican administrations alike, when congress has not immediately raised the debt