lower right we did take pictures of where they took rat traps and rat feces throughout the building. one place the contractors did keep clean, their 30 by 45 foot gym with updated equipment including pictures show a compute area tachd to some speakers and it appeared to be used for music. reporter: there was a security breech, expired passports of epa employees with all their identity information lying there in open boxes. did we mention the inexplicable inventory. but what the hell do we need with pianos in an epa warehouse? it s a big question. why the epa has pianos and why they had all the other inventory. why they had all the stuff we weren t using. reporter: a spokeswoman says the pianos had been there for award ceremonies and other functions there and then moved to the warehouse. the agency said in a statement that moved quickly to address all of these problems and indeed the inspector general gives the epa high marks for its fast response. we called and e-mailed
away space that s raised concern. those little specks on the box lower right we did take pictures of where they took rat traps and rat feces throughout the building. one place the contractors did keep clean, their 30 by 45 foot gym with updated equipment including pictures show a compute area tachd to some speakers and it appeared to be used for music. reporter: there was a security breech, expired passports of epa employees with all their identity information lying there in open boxes. did we mention the inexplicable inventory. but what the hell do we need with pianos in an epa warehouse? why the epa has pianos and why they had all the other inventory. why they had all the stuff we weren t using. reporter: a spokeswoman says the pianos had been there for award ceremonies and other functions there and then moved to the warehouse. the agency said in a statement that moved quickly to address
it s every level of spending. in a written statement gsa responded as of april 2012 all spending for events including training conferences, team building exercises, award ceremonies were suspended. the 2010 award ceremony was an annual event and has been in existence going back to 2002. under the new gsa leadership, these events on this type of spending are not tolerated. there you have it, shep. chairman michael will ask for questions about that tomorrow. shepard: they certainly will. this kind of spend something not the biggest concern for congressional investigators. that s true. gsa spending on conferences pails in comparison to what gsa spends on vacant or underused federal buildings. there are literally thousands of them across the country. they cost the gsa billions every year. shep? shepard: doug mckelway in d.c. tonight. there is word the city of scranton p.a. will give public workers the money they lost after the mayor slashed salaries to minimum wage.
resources the taxpayer pays for. the administration had spent $800,000 on travel and food and beverages related to kind of getaways that are part of, again, team building, award ceremonies and that sort of thing and when that was put under review it found that they weren t following the proper rules for procuring and buying things using government money and the irony of that is the gsa, part of its mission is to help the federal government spend its money wisely. so this became part of an official investigation and that video became part of that as well and so congress is overlooking that and made these reports available. the gsa has said this is indefensible and appalling and they are going to take steps that have been outlined in the summary report to try to curtail this. things like putting a clampdown on these getaways and so forth, and of course, the top person at gsa lost her job almost
this is piers morgan tonight. last time ricky gervais was here, he had just mortally offended pretty much every big star in hollywood at the golden globes last year. by a wonderful coincidence, he s back again, just after offending just about every major star in hollywood at the golden globes. welcome back, ricky, and congratulations on behalf of everybody in britain. they took it better this time. they did take it better. they ve had a year to get used to it. the first time they went, why is he saying all these awful things. then the second time, they thought, oh, they re jokes. is that better? i didn t want them to take it bad, and i don t think i said anything that bad the first time. and they are jokes. i d rather entertain and people gasp i cherish the gasps. they re just as good. not everybody seemed to enjoy your jokes as much as others. i mean, sir elton didn t seem massively enthusiastic. yeah, yeah, he had a grumpy look on his face. but i don t