and there s a reason why the republicanes are still using it. when you heard republicans talk in the gym or running around the house floor, they say, you know just keep going the way you re going because we re still using this. i had a member of congress grab me tonight and say please tell me you re not going to get rid of nancy, please tell me she s not going to retire because that s who i run against. she sle she s less popular than donald trump in my district. you believe it was time for new leadership then and now, your colleagues like new york representative kathleen rice, or telling cnn it s time for polosy to go. is she hurting democrats chances flat out? chances of wins white house races? well, it s 18 months out. i think it does inhibit or ability in certain seats. we got to face that fact. i m not here crying sour grapes
apparently nobody at the epa batted an eye. what do you do for the cia? where are you going? who s authorized it? at some point the managers at the epa should have been asking for some kind of proof. reporter: no one checked beale s story even after $57,000, claiming the flights were for, quote, personal reasons. well, now beale is going to serve nearly three years in prison. he sle agreed to pay about $900,000 in restitution and forfeit half the million in salary. meanwhile. the epa says it s upgraded its safeguards to do more thorough checks on the employees travel and attendancy. certainly hope so. chris lawrence, thanks for that amazing report. other news, a change in the works would affect millions of sports fans who want to watch their home team on television. the fcr is moving to get rid of the long-standing rule that
next week, he will complete the north carolina schedule where he is today and we ll see and wait for the formal announcement then. newt gingrich, said to pack it in next week. martha: we are 24 minutes past the hour. north korea, claiming it is armed with powerful mobile weapons that are capable of defeating the united states. this is the latest saber rattling that comes amid speculation that the rogue nation will indeed test another nuke. we ll watch for that. and the senate today, expected to pass a bill that will make it harder to close thousands of money losing postoffices. even the postmaster general says the painful steps are needed to save his agency. what is up with that? people magazine names beyonce one of the the world s most beautiful woman. how about that? the singer, she sle a new mom, telling the magazine she feels, quote, more beautiful than she s ever felt, bill, and she is, you know?