shrimp on a treadmill doesn t get very far, well this shrimp became world famous, his footwork so admired that youtube fans put it to music. all kinds of music. and the shrimp on a treadmill became trendy. shrimp scampying along, song after song. of the tiger reporter: but now just a few years later, he s become a poster boy look at him go. reporter: a poster crustacean for wasteful government spending. senator tom coburn put out a report mocking the national science foundation for funding research projects such as shrimp on a treadmill with a $500,000 grant. the media began cracking jokes about obese shrimp. you know what you call a shrimp that is overweight? jumbo. jumbo shrimp. reporter: this, this is my idea of shrimp on a treadmill.
recall that could have an effect on your weekend fun. first, the latest on the search and recovery efforts in joplin, missouri. scores of people are still unaccounted for on this memorial day weekend. 156 people are listed as missing and searchers still going through piles of debris and the death toll could rise and the confirmed number of deaths stands at 132 with more than 1,000 injured. more than 2,500 people have applied for federal disaster assistance to help with home repairs and personal losses. fema has approved $2.8 million in aid. president obama is returning from his overseas trip today and he s going to meet with emergency officials and tornado victims in joplin tomorrow. the president is expected to hear stories of sorrow and pain, as well as acts of bravery. cnn paul is standing in the debris of what was once a neighborhood in joplin, missouri. paul, how are the search and recovery efforts going? well, they re going very painstakingly slow. you can imagine
spending. senator tom coburn put out a report mocking the national science foundation for funding research projects such as shrimp on a treadmill with a half million dollar grant. the media began cracking jokes about obese shrimp. you know what you call a shrimp that s overweight? what. jumbo. jumbo shrimp. reporter: now this, this is my idea of shrimp on a treadmill. but you won t find this guy working out at equinox. the real shrimp treadmill is at the marine layer lab at the college of charleston, south carolina, where they re using that $500,000 grant to do what doctors do to people. this is like a stress test for shrimp. yeah, it is, exactly. reporter: how long would they run on it? they would run for hours, at least five hours in some cases. reporter: lab director lou burnett says they subject the shrimp to, say, environmental stresses like low oxygen or pollution, then measure their response using blood tests and
malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for friday, may 27th. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on the line, unless they do more to rout out terrorists. today we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and to drive them from pakistan and the region. we will do our part. and we look to the government of pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. a cia forensics team will also be heading to pakistan. pakistan will let cia experts scrub osama bin laden s compound for evidence. now, the team will use sophisticated technology to look for anything hidden in the walls or the ceilings or items that are buried on the grounds. the patriot act gets a four-year extension. this was just minutes before that law was set to expire.