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Conspiracy, obstruction and perjury. >> on may 16 the president was asked whether he has confidence in the attorney general and he answered in the affirmative. is that still the case? does he still have confidence in the attorney general? >> he absolutely does, yes. >> geraldo: and momentum builds to demand the resignation of the attorney general of the united states one strong voice im eager to hear from it my own familys representative from congress. republican peter king of new york. welcome ...

>> may 16 the president was asked whether he has confidence in the attorney general and he answered not the affirmative. >> he absolutely does,y yes. >> we talked about -- >> this is a joke. >> we got to get that. >> you know what, last week we were professional. >> we were first to this and pointed out that testimony versus what nbc uncovered and reuters that eric holder actually knew about this investigation prior yet denied it there. what -- did he perjure himself? >> im not the head of the i...

This. phoeb believenobody believed them h. even on the right you didnt see the romney campaign make this a key component of their attacks on the president or his administration that they were misusing the i.r.s. these pleas for help in effect went largely unheaded. a lot of people suspected this and it turns out they were right. bill: tucker, hang on one moment. this could be the moment they are sworn in and well get the question about the fifth. >> do you solemnly swaeur swear that the testimon...

Questions today. >> thank you. before the witnesses are recognized for their opening statements, i will first swear them in. while this is the prerogative of every committee chair, it has not been the custom here at ways and means, but then its not customary for this committee to have been so repeatedly misled by an agency under its purview. so it is always against the law to provide false statements to congress the act of swearing in a witness impresses upon him or her the gravity of the procee...

Where people are being killed every day. more reaction just ahead, well talk to a key member in that briefing. house foreign affairs, chairman, ed boyce. and what will israel do? joining us today, israels ambassador to the united states, michael orrin. lockup -- the surviving boston bombing suspect is moved to a federal prison overnight. and the suspects carjack victim reveals new details about his terrifying and daring escape. on this vote, the yeas are 361, the nays are 41, 0 recorde...

On this vote, the yeas are 361, the nays are 41, zero recorded as present. two-thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed. >> nothing gets lawmakers to act more quickly than when it gets personal. their own flight plans today and laavelers and lobbyists. this morning, house members overwhelmingly passed the senate fix to faa furloughs. caused by the sequester that they authorized it in the first place. 10% across the board. joining me, nbc capitol hill correspon...

The most that will happen will be a really unimportant change in one of the laws on back ground checks. >> i have to tell you candidly, i dont consider criminal background checks, i think it is common sense. >> grace mcdonald. age 7. december 14th, 2012. newtown, connecticut. >> what i realized was her family was just like my family. that was me. and i was her. >> today let us decide as the world watches, there will be no more newtowns. >> on this vote, the yeas are 68. the nays are 31. 3/5 of t...

I know how to do these things. so i had to go up there and do what i did. >> what he did was lead an awkward set of voice votes to try to amend the platform. it took three tries and many present thought there was no way two-thirds of the delegates were in favor of his motion. >> the opinion of the chair two-thirds have voted in the affirmative. the motion is adopted i banged the gavel for god and jerusalem and im proud that i did. >> term limits are pushing villaraigosa out as mayor of los angel...

Some tough decisions. the big question is what does it mean for you when you fly? cnns rene marsh is at an airport in fredrick, maryland, that will be affected. that tower practically brand-new. built with government money. and now, because of government money problems, it could be shut down. >> i know. does that even make any sense here? thats absolutely right here, christine. not even a year, the federal government spent money to build this tower and they could find out today that they will ha...