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steve: welcome back. today crews in florida plan to finish demolishing this house nearly swallowed by a sink hole last week while one man believed to be dead somewhere underneath, he may never be found. 36-year-old jeff bush was swallowed by the earth as he slept in his bed on friday and now the rest of his family is homeless. gretchen: joining us to explain what the crew s next steps need to be, sink hole repair expert, billy fernandez. good morning to you. good morning to you. gretchen: how do you become an expert in sink holes and what happened here? what happened here is simply a sinkhole opened up underneath this property, boards below the house, unstable soil, and the house gave way. brian: how did it take shape, billy? we understand it was all going on underneath with the limestone and the water. ....
Across sections of the midwest that will produce snow in minneapolis and cities like chicago. we re talking significant snowfall. six to ten inches forecast in minneapolis. chicago could see over six inches. dc, you are under a winter storm watch because as we head into wednesday, you re also going to be seeing snowfall. there is a possibility that you could be getting over five inches of snow. that s as we head into wednesday. it will depend on how much cold air is in place. that s going to depend, or the snowfall totals will depend on how much cold air is in place. high temperatures today, very warm in texas. in the 80s in dallas and san antonio. 31 for your high in minneapolis. and in the 60s over in florida. brian? thanks a lot. one day i ll have to say hello to you. brian: number two ranked tennis player, she wants to be number one. victoria azarenka has a rematch with the number one seed and the legend serena williams at 31. it will be phenomenal. before she takes on serena, ....
You ve got to be earnest about it and you ve got to have a sustained commitment to it. on the earnest side, the president is doing nothing but fin pwer pointing finger pointing, creating straw men and knocking them down. as far as sustained commitment, he had 18 months to take this on. he waited until the last 18 days to start scaring people. that is a recipe for getting nothing done. he s the commander in chief. he s the president. if he wants to put people in a room i know he says i m the president, not a dictator. i get that. but if you want to lead and make it happen, you can bring the sides together and forge a solution if you put your biases aside and put the country first. brian: you are trained to get things done. don t point fingers. it is the opposite of how you ve been trained. can you imagine ronald reagan or george bush 43 or president clinton because of a piece of paper not sending aircraft to the ....
Aren t that unusual after all. they happen regularly. a new congressional report shows taxpayers picked up the tab for at least 894 conferences in 2012 to the tune of $340 million. how were they able to get away with this kind of waste and how does congress plan to stop it? let s talk to the congressman who chairs the subcommittee on oversight. is this law a colossal waste of money or is there vital business being done? for the most part, a good conference is worth the money. but when you see spending like we saw in las vegas or with the post office, $2.2 million for a conference in san francisco, you say this is too much. i grew up in a traveling tourism town, corpus christi, texas. we see the value of that. but we ve got to get the people in these government agencies to realize it s not their money they re spending. it s the taxpayers hard-earned money. brian: you ve got $89 ....
gretchen: 47 minutes past the top of the hour. quick headlines for you: white house officials say the president will appoint three new people to his administration today. first up urbgs m.i.t. first up m.i.t. scientist to head the energy department. wal-mart foundation president as his budget director. heidi klum and howard stern are getting together? kind of. the model said to be the fourth judge on america s got talent. she ll join howie mandel and a former spice girl. brian? brian: gretchen, let me correct you. you re never a former spice girl. one of the most infamous bashes held by the general services administration back in 2010. it turns out that smoking clown and others like it ....