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Did conclude and the documents show as highlighted earlier, we found documents like that as well, political affiliation of the right was a reason for targeting these groups. some of them still dont have their tax-exempt status to this day. it goes deeper than this, donors were audited, if you had conservative causes you were more likely to be audited. everyone went to town against president obamas political opposition in the run up to 2012 election. what happened to the tea party into thousand 1...

We are live here in ft. myers, florida, where the evacuation zone has been increased because of the change in direction, the move westward of this storm, which is still many hours away, but the evacuation zone now expanded to downtown, south and west, down river. theres a lot of people now who may be rethinking their idea to just hunker down where they are here in ft. myers and frankly all along the west coast. they are being urged now while there is time to try to get to evacuation centers. wel...

20 miles down river. at the present time, its stable. but theres still an enormous rescue, still have 29 feet of water against that damaged emergency spillway. and we know that there was significant erosion below the spillway, exactly what and how dangerous it is is now in the process of being determined. the engineers are out there. you can probably see behind me, those sacks of, those big sacks, theyre filled with rock. they intend to take those rocks probably by helicopter and shore up the ou...

American camp. an attack is imminent. >> washington benefits from the shear indifference of commanders on the other side. the hessian commander in trenton is made aware of the encroaching american army and pockets the message without even reading it. >> colonel rawls indifference is a stroke of luck for washington. but elsewhere his operations luck is running out. down river massive ice jams force them to abandon their mission. instead of enveloping trenton with a three pronged attack, washingto...

The recovery just beginning from flooding triggered by a downpour last week. up to 10 inches of rain falling in some areas of missouri. water levels have fallen several feet, but many homes are still far from driving out. those who live here say theyve never seen this before in december. >> not -- not in my lifetime here. no. >> reporter: as they watched the flooding in missouri, those downriver began stacking sand bags knowing its only a matter of time before they get hit. >> now, we get to dea...

Never seen this before in december. >> not in my lifetime here, no. >> as they watched the flooding in missouri, those downriver began stacking sand backs knowing its only a matter of time before they get hit. >> we get to deal with it once it hits illinois. >> rivers in illinois are running 15 to 20 feet above normal level him more to come. two teens swept away. one body has been found. the search continues for the other teen. >> our best guess is they both swam out and the water was too high, ...

>> thank you. and tomorrow, you can hear from two of the top candidates for president on cnns state of the union. bernie sanders and carly fiorina will be on live tomorrow, 9:00 a.m. eastern, only here on cnn. coming up, missouris governor has wrapped up a tour of the devastation from a week of deadly flooding. hear his incredible reaction to what he saw and what lies ahead for those down river. at aleve is the better choice for her shes agreed to give it up. thats today? well be with her al...

Flooding. in illinois, this woman had water flow into her home. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this cap bin caught floating away on the meramec river and where it hasnt yet flooded, residents are preparing while engineers work to try to ensure that they hold. >> my son is gone, the pets are gone and were trying to get things out of here that are important to us. >> reporter: in some places, rivers and streams have already crested. but not the mighty mississippi. the concern is that once the water s...

>> jesus, please be with these people. >> reporter: those floating homes slamming right into this bridge. this is your brothers place. >> my brothers place. >> reporter: paul stapletons family washing away with their home. he managed to rescue them with a boat the family clinging to a tree down river. >> it wasnt pretty. >> it wasnt pretty. >> it wasnt a pretty sight at all. nothing pretty about this. >> but at least theyre alive. >> theyre alive. >> reporter: washed-out roads and debris everywh...

Trees and washed away 400 homes. >> many of those homes were in the town of wimberley. it tore through, ripping bridges from their pier uprooting trees, wrecking cars. scores of riverside homes were torn off their supports and just carried away. officials say at least three people were killed in hayes county. 13 people still this morning are missing. >> among the missing 11 people who were enjoying the holiday weekend in a family cabin in wimberley. when the skies opened up the river tore the ca...