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>> the attorney general has the full confidence of the president of united states and is handling his job very well. >> reporter: and holder could be facing another contempt citation. he refused to turn over documents to gun walking operation fast and furious. >> bret: critics say the obama administration has a double standard when indictments national security leaks and may have fresh ammunition concerning one of the presidents top first term advisors. national security correspondent jennifer g...

>> three years ago, just as the tea party was taking off as a political force in the u.s., conservative groups within the movement were being targeted by the internal revenue service. >> its quite remarkable how long this was understood and how long the practice went on and the question is how far up did somebody know. did the president know about it. >> reporter: insisting he just found out about it late last week, president obama vowed to take action. >> i will not tolerate it and we will make...

Press conference at the justice department at 1:00. you can guarantee you therell be a lot of questions about this. >> michael, were going to let you get back to work. nbc national investigative correspondent, thank you. more details emerging now on the irs scandal. the timeline in a draft report by a treasury department inspector general revealing irs employees in cincinnati began cross-su scrutinizing conservative groups that included the words tea party and patriots in 2010. thats one year ...

Quicker. when it rains t pours. the battle late on monday, they disclosed that the justice department secretly obtained roars on more than 20 separate phone lines used by reporters and editors. this new efilation followed a day of damage voel. president obama promised to hold irs staff fully accountable and touching his criticism a bit. >> if in fact irs personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, thats outrageous. ...

Knowledge of the actions. those investigations are handled independently by the justice department. now, to the other controversy in washington. the irs and its targeting of conservative nonprofit groups. monday, president obama echoed outrage from congressional republicans, calling the agencys actions an abuse of power. and now, house lawmakers have scheduled hears over the issue for later this week. tracie potts joins us live from washington with more. >> reporter: good morning. timing is cr...

New information about who knew what, when, and who it was within the irs, jim. >> three years ago, just as the tea party was taking off as a political force in the u.s., conservative groups within the movement were being targeted by the internal revenue service. >> its quite remarkable how long this was understood and how long the practice went on and the question is how far up did somebody know. did the president know about it. >> reporter: insisting he just found out about it late last week, p...

Show after susan rice. my jaw dropped. >> in that attack four americans were killed including the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens. republican ares say requests for extra security in advance of the attack were rejected and they hold secretary of state hillary clinton responsible but democrats say it is all driven by partisan politics. >> my concern is when hillary clintons name is mentioned 32 times in a hearing that the point of the hearing is to discredit the secretary of state who has h...

After one false start and much anticipation, the state department finally leased a draft report on the environmental impact of the proposed keystone xl pipeline extension. now, if its aahpproved it woul move more than 800,000 barrels of oil per day from canadas oil sands to the u.s. heartland and beyond to global markets via the gulf of mexico. proponents say the expansion would bring a crucial energy source, oil, to the u.s. from our friendly neighbor next door, canada, and reduce americas depe...

The individual tracks but nascar is investigating whether that should be changed. two fans that were injured are still in the hospital. president ail assad is slowing to retaliate against israel. he accused the u.s. and britain of supporting terrorism. he says he will not step down from office. former egyptian president hosni mubarak will face a new trial in april. in june he was sentenced to life in prison but an appeals court overturnd that ruling. he is currently being held in a military ...

Report becomes public and key players try to save their jobs and avoid possible prosecution for perjury. this long-awaited report says a lot of very senior people knew the u.s. was helping traffic hundreds of assault weapons to mexico, and they did nothing about it. and their failure in leadership and accountability and oversight got people killed. according to this draft report, the inspector general, quote: found no evidence in operation fast and furious that the atf or the u.s. attorneys offi...