approving an ironic request from last year s anti-disaster preparedness to bobby jindal to pay for state troops, the pentagon expects full reimbursement from the state of louisiana. the white house pushing back against criticism it has not done enough responding to the oil spill. the associated press asking in a rare moment of bipartisanship, quote, will this be obama s katrina? press secretary gibbs calling the notion we haven t been there from the get-go badly uninformed, adding more than 1800 people died in katrina. senior adviser axelrod calling the criticism business as usual. this is always the case in washington, that whenever something like this happens the political speculation sets in. but the truth of the matter is we have the coast guard on the scene almost immediately after this accident. the deputy secretary of the interior was on the ground the next day and we ve been
apparently the c street house has 12 bedrooms, four dining rooms, three offices and a kitchen. despite that grad tour, people who live here, pay $950 a month in rent. people who live here have use of their own private bedrooms but also that quite swanky common space. they also reportedly have maid service. this is all provided by the fellowship or the family, it s . from time to time, they have denied their ownership of the c street house. it s tied quite bla tently through tax records and other documents to this house. subsidized rent to live in the mansion if the people living here weren t all members of congress. all members of congress live here, democrats and republicans, all conservatives. some have lived at c street at this subsidized rate for many,
man. we were supposed to search the house and it just happened. and a man is dead. the prosecution claims that i participated. that i must have hit the man as well. i was in a different section of the house. i at any time even know this man was being beaten. he told me that he had been suffering from depression when he first became incarcerated and he had a young child. and he had already lost two years with that young child and he was uncertain whether or not he would ever have a relationship with his own child. i asked myself all the time, why can t i hold my son in my arms? because my visits don t allow that. and my son tells me, daddy, remove the bars. and he tried to get his head through. i can t hold him. i can t cuddle with him in my arms. outside n block are the general population housing units. one thing that i noticed that stood out was the number of inmates that were in these cells. they were almost like small
and he s given democrats a good chance of holding on to his seat. i think we ve tilted this district. i ve seen the republican field and obviously i m not impressed. stupak says threatening calls made to him had no impact on his decision. he also does not attribute his retirement decision to being named in the ethics and tax complaints about his former status as an apparently subsidized resident at the c street house in washington, d.c. i was skeptical based on his false assertion that it would allow federal funding for abortions. i believe the congressman was both wrong and disingenuous in that crusade. that said he is a public servant who is a respected and popular man in his district and among his colleagues for good reason. i personally and all the staff here at this show that has been so hard on him really do wish congressman stupak all the best in his retirement. that does it for us tonight, we will see you again on monday. at that point, we ll be back in
thankfully senator sam brownbeck of county sent us his own research showing what anyone can get for the same amount of rent he paid at c street. and yes, you can score a room for even less than $950 a month. for example, as the senator points out, for $600 you can live in bowie, maryland, which is lovely. but if you work on capitol hill, it seems fair to mention this apartment is in maryland. in bowie, maryland, which is roughly a 30-minute commute to the united states capital by car, as opposed to the c street residence which is three blocks. the senator suggests you could live in a basement bedroom in vienna, virginia, which happens to be the last stop on that part of the metro. it s outside of the beltway in virginia, roughly again about half hour commute by car or the full length of the orange line. the c street house again, just three blocks away from work. you could crawl there if you