well, you know, we re essentially one is, we have a $1.65 trillion budget deficit and congress should be looking in the couch cushions for every bit of spare change and not sending it back home. but two is, they invite this corruption into the process and i mean the small seat corruption where we pick winners and losers on the basis of political muscle rather than project merit. for instance, only members of the armed services committee actually got these projects. the rest of congress was not able to do it. picking the winners and losers. that s the thing. thanks so much, steve ellis, for coming in on the holiday weekend and i ll see you back in the nation s capital. the nation s chief executive offering comfort to tornado damaged joplin, missouri later today. president obama is expected to arrive shortly after 1:00 p.m. eastern. he s going to meet with tornado victims and deliver brief remarks at 3:00 eastern at a memorial service. his visit comes as the death toll rises now
what? they found another way to spend your money. plus, a dramatic escape for passengers aboard a delta flight. we ll show you what happened in this memorial day weekend, the fleet has arrived in new york. i ll speak to a marine who survived being shot and is headed back to combat in afghanistan. we start with spending cuts on capitol hill. every politician is looking for a way to save a little money, whether it s from medicare or public television or what have you. but funding cuts may not be on the menu when it comes to pet projects. yes, they say they have banned earmarks, but somehow lawmakers are finding a way to keep the money on hand. they re taking it from other projects. so instead of cutting that money from the bottom line, they re funneling it to a little known pentagon fund. senior cnn congressional correspondent dana bash has a look at that. reporter: redstone arsenal in alabama could go et $2.5 million added to a defense bill for unmanned vehicle technolog