on capitol hill, two days after the truce in the battle for the border wall, the government is slowly getting back to business today the national mall and memorial parks reopen, congress has until february 15 to come up with a bipartisan resolution over the impasse of the president s demand for a boarder wall joining me now, representative robin kelly and a member of the oversight committee. i know you visited coast guard members today and we re looking at your pictures what did you hear from them about how they feel about their government after missing two paychecks? well i know they still feel good about their government but there were a lot of concerns, personnel concerns, training concerns, maintenance concerns, general operations concerns and they shared with the newer
office found that reserve deputy robert bates was insufficiently trained and given special treatment, including policy has been violated and continues to be violated with regard to special treatment shown to reserve deputy robert bates with regard to his field training. employees said they felt intimidated by sheriff officials to help bates. one said when bates was confronted about his training and overstepping his authority, bates said well, i can do it and if you don t like it, you can talk to sheriff glanz. those training concerns have resurfaced in the aftermath of bates shooting death of eric harris, a suspect in an undercover sting who fled authorities. bates said he killed harris by accident, believing he was using his taser when in reality, he fired his gun. oh, i shot him, i m sorry. reporter: the attorney for
glants. those training concerns have resurfaced in the aftermath of his shooting death of eric harris the suspect in an undercover lawsuit sting who fled authorities. bates said he killed harris by accident. believing he was using his taser when in reality he fired his gun. the attorney for harris family said bates wasn t qualified to be on the force but received preferential treatment because he was a friend of the sheriff. at a contentious news conference on monday the sheriff admitted he and bates have a friendship back 25 years. i was referred to mr. bates and he bam my insurance agent and insured my vehicles in my home for a lot of years. and the two have gone on vacation together and bates has donated car and equipment to the sheriff s office. and the sheriff recalled the
harris. an internal investigation now shows that the tulsa county sheriff s office gave bates special treatment. cnn s martin savidge has the story. reporter: a 2009 investigation found that deputy robert bates was insufficiently trained and gimp special treatment including policies violated and continues to be violated with regard to special treatment shown to reserve deputy robert bates with regard to his field training. the investigation included interviews with employees who said they felt intimidated by sheriff s officials to help bates. one of the supervisors said when bates was confronted about overstepping his training and authority, bates reportedly replied, well, i can do it, and if you don t like it you can talk to sheriff glanz. those training concerns have resurfaced in the aftermath of the shooting of eric harris a suspect in an undercover law
the scandal. i must say that in my experience, the secret service hats been completely professional, so impressive. i always felt like they were, they were willing to do anything to protect the president and the people around the president. aen so, this was really disappointing. now the chairman of three different congressional panels are pushing for more information, but so far, no hearings have been scheduled, harris. and steve centanni, thank you very much. another scandal to tell you about though, this one dealing with your tax money. the general services administration now about an indoor investigation that s growing. you may know that the gsa coming under fire after lavish spending on gifts, trips and $800,000 training concerns, gsa is supposed to be looking for wasteful government spending. joe lieberman wants the government probe to find out how widespread the problem is. the senator calling the culture at the gsa, quote,