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Off-the-record meeting this is what the aclu has said in the wake of all of this, speaking to buzzfeed. if youre supposed to be meeting with the media to get their input on how the guidelines were changed and its off the record, well then the doj can change the guidelines and say we had our meetings with the media. >> thats part of the problem. the other part of the problem in terms of the meeting is the genre of the meeting is a little confounding. what kind of meeting is this? there are off-th...

Who is reaching across the aisle most aggressively? >> reaching across the aisle most aggressively? weve done a lot of work on buzzfeed with some young members of congress, aaron schock being one of them. you have youthe youngest memberf congress in history. 20 members are under 50 in the house, and theyre split bipartisanly, so you have 20 republicans and 20 democrats. i think the younger members are trying to reach across and make the case we need to work together and get past this gridlock. w...

Hoping, the irs scandal would die down this week. >> why would i hope that? >> all indications are that the exact opposite will happen. the senate finance committee gets its turn to hold the hearing tomorrow. the bush-appointed former irs chief who was with at the helm when the practice first started. also testifying will be the inspector general behind the audit and the soon to be former aking irs chief. russell ford and steven miller were at the house hearing friday and if tomorrows hearing wa...

Commissioner, steven miller. >> when asked the truth and you know the truth and you have a legal responsibility to inform others of the truth, but you dont share that truth, what is that called? >> i always answer questions truthfully, mr. camp. >> i would hope that you would be willing to submit your emails, phone records, any personal meetings that you had, in the last four years. >> obviously well have to talk about that. >> how can we conclude that you did not mislead this committee? >> i di...

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Gun control and other issues. ill take that up with ross douthat. and president obama takes on some jabs at the media last nights white house correspondents dinner, including a website thats been getting a lot of buzz. >> the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you cant keep up with it. i mean, i remember when buzz feed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. >> but shoot press corps be yucking it up with the white house gang and all chose celebrities? im howard kurtz, and this ...

You cant keep up with it. i mean, i remember when buzzfeed was just something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. thats true. recently though i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. its called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. the fact is i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president. your job is to keep me humble. fran...

I remember when buzzfeed was something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. its true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. its called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. the fact is i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have different jobs to do. my job is to be president, your job is to keep me humble. frankly i think im doing my job better.

But the problem is that the media landscape is changing so rapidly. you cant keep up with it. i mean, i remember when buzz feed was something that i did in college around 2:00 a.m. [ laughter ] its true. recently, though, i found a new favorite source for political news. these guys are great. i think everybody here should check it out. they tell it like it is. its called whitehouse.gov. i cannot get enough of it. fact is, i really do respect the press. i recognize that the press and i have diffe...