0 that. in fact, since this entire irs thing has erupted you have seen this dmuld question not only by prominent republicans like senator thune but others who say the irs is a mess. senator, how bad does this get on the health care implication side? well, i think that s one of the really scary aspects about this whole discussion, neil, is that the very people, sarah ingram, who was head of the exempt division that did all of this political targeting in this latest episode would be responsible under obama care for the regulations associated with all of the pieces of obama care that the irs is going to be responsible for. so what we did is simply sent a letter to the attorney general, eric holder, as well as jack lew, the treasury secretary, that essentially said is she under investigation in this latest issue? and we don t believe that any regulations pertinent to obama care ought to move forward until such time as that issue s resolved. she either resigns or is fired. those things ou
0 can you call the red cross at 1-800-red-cross. and now you know the news for this tuesday, may the 21st, 2013. i m shepard smith live in moore, oklahoma. oklahoma strong. o reilly is up right now. bill: the o reilly factor is on. tonight: how did this happen? mr. chairman, i can t say that i know that answer. once again they don t know. the former chief of the irs says he has no idea why conservatives were targeted. this on the heels of the attorney general saying he has no idea why the justice department is snooping around reporters. i don t know what happened there about interaction between the a.p. and the justice department. i was recused from the case. and president obama saying he has no idea how benghazi got so screwed up. we were not clear who exactly had carried it out and how it occurred and what the motivations were. bill: tonight charles krauthammer and i will analyze the see no evil strategies. we had to pull a car out of the front hallway off a teacher
0 teacher and she i don t know what that lady s name is but she had three little kids underneath her good job teach. bill: lead story is oklahoma where the suffering is immense. we will take you there life and tell you some dramatic stories. everything is gone but the important things are alive. bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now hi, i m bill o reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. busy live program for you. in a few moments we have analyst from charles krauthammer about the continuing irs fiasco and that s what it is. the feds snooping around fox news correspondent james rosen. but first the lead story tonight, the killer tornado in oklahoma. right now the death toll stands at 24. hundreds injured after a fierce twister hit oklahoma please, dear god. please keep these people safe. this is amazing, amazing tornado. this is just a deadly situation really. dage in the billions. human suffering impossible to calculate. the
0 people are working to try to restore their lives. this is an area that has seen this type of devastation before. they ve walked down this road. they ve come back from this road. and everybody seems to say that they will do the same thing once again. thomas, i m not surprised that you were taken aback by the courage of that father. it was truly remarkable, given the circumstances. what are people on the ground saying about the relief effort, supplies coming in, and assistance that they re receiving? is there a sense that their needs are being supplied at this time? so far, so fwogood on that front, martin. the emergency assistance that has come into this area, whether organized through regional, state and federal affiliates or through just community resources, has been demonstrative. i mean, we have seen the american red cross everywhere. americare is here. fema representatives walking in the streets. the area we are now there s a volunteer support center set up where palettes of
0 coverage on the tornado aftermath in moore, oklahoma. a special edition of cnn newsroom with chris cuomo picks up right now. good morning. thank you for joining us. i m carol costello here in atlanta. and i m chris cuomo here in moore, oklahoma. take it away, chris. set the scene for us. thank you very much, carol. having a little bit of communication issues there. we know what happened here on monday, carol. the question, how quickly can the community come back? we re told from government officials that what they believe about those who lost their lives here, 24 people, 9 children, those numbers are not expected to change. now, the silver lining is that you remember the numbers had been higher, and the estimates have been higher than that. so the adjustment to the numbers we have is welcomed by everybody in the community. this has changed into recovery, from a search perspective in terms of what they are looking for, but also just in terms of the large sense of how this co