holiday plus a day in part because of his 3-year-old daughter, bella s, troubles with a lifelong chromosomal disorder that had her in the hospital. she s out and doing better, and santorum had planned a rally at 2:00. there you see there s pictures of they re getting set up for what looks more like a layout for a press conference or a media availability than anything else. this is the first time that santorum s been on the campaign trail since last week when he was barraged with rampant speculation about dropping out of the race. at this event he will presumably make it clear whether or not he is staying in the race. he does still believe that while improbable, he can still compete in the race, and if he wins pennsylvania, go on and perhaps compete in texas and stay on, but they are reasonable about it. they ve been practical, and there s also a very real possibility that rick santorum could be departing the race at this appearance now just saw 15 minutes from now. megyn: we will wat
if you re somebody like claire mccaskill, the last thing you want to be is identified with a debacle like this, so you get out in front of it, and that in s increases the pressure on the administration to come up with a different, better answer. megyn: we had the former administrator of the program on yesterday, and she had some controversies of her own. but when he showed her the full screen that was put out by a white house official, by an administration official that showed increases in the funding in spending under president bush at this agency, she said she questioned those numbers. now, this unnamed official refuses to go on the record and refuses to actually put, you know, any facts and figures behind the bottom line number showing the increase of spending, but she thinks they re conflating this was one regional conference out in the southwest. she thought that the numbers showing increases back in 06 and 08 included not just the southwest conference, but other regions a
reporter: yeah. filmed during work on fridays. this is going to get a whole lot worse for gsa before it gets better. see that list? in the next ten days, congress will hold three hearings on this, the oversight and government reform committee, the environment and public works committee, the house transportation and infrastructure committee. congressman darrell issa has labeled his reform hearing the gsa s culture of wasteful spending. he wants to see receipts for all the conferences over the past seven or eight years. gsa, of course, says they re outraged, the administration says it s outraged. and a footnote here vegas says, don t blame us. remember when president obama said don t go to vegas? you shouldn t be spending your money in vegas? vegas is worried this is going to lead to fewer conventions being booked in sin city. megyn: you don t have to today at the m hotel, you don t have to have a $44 breakfast, you don t have to buy commemorative coins in velvet boxes for your