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leaks. >> ifill: apples c.e.o. faced blisterg questions on capitol hilloday. margaret warner looks at whether the tech giant used offshore companies to skirt paying billions in taxes. >> brown: and we close with miles obrien on the legacy of astronaut sally ride and her goal to get more girls to study science, technology engineering and math. >> to get young girls interested in the stem fields, that was her lifes mission. you talk to a lot of astronauts, their mission was s to go to sp...

>> brown: and we close with miles obrien on the legacy of astronaut sally ride and her goal to get more girls to study science, technology engineering and math. >> to get young girls interested in the stem fields, that was her lifes mission. you talk to a lot of astronauts, their mission was s to go to space. her mission was a springboard for something else. >> ifill: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our ec...

Shift. were rotating through that right now. and the guys want to help so much, you know, that pushes you through it. jon: yeah. well i know governor fallin has called out the national guard as well. jeremy lewis from the moore police department, you have a lot of work ahead. thanks for taking time to talk to us today. >> thank you. jenna: some new information on the obama administrations snooping scandal as the justice department secretly pursues a growing list of reporters for gathering the ne...

>> brown: and we close with miles obrien on the legacy of astronaut sally ride and her goal to get more girls to study science, technology engineering and math. >> to get young girls interested in the stem fields, that was her lifes mission. you talk to a lot of astronauts, their mission was s to go to space. her mission was a springboard for something else. >> ifill: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our ec...

reports the tornado was at least an ef4, the second most powerful class of twister, with winds between 166 and 200 miles an hour. on the ground for some 40 minutes as well. well be updating you on the aftermath and the search for survivors throughout the hour and we have a live report from the scene in moore, oklahoma just ahead. first, though right now brand-new stories and breaking news. jenna: the white house offering a new account of what it knew and when about the investigation in...

Associated press was accurate. what this does is to put in the hands of the government every indication of who spoke to whom on matters having nothing, nothing at all, to do with their investigation over a two-month period, and this is the sort of stuff, really, that if some foreign country did, the state department would complain about on grounds of interference with human rights. >> i think its a total disgrace. floyd abrams, thank you very much indeed for joining me. >> thank you. when we c...

Questions whether that was related to a probe into leaks of the details of a foiled terror plot last year. joining me is constitutional first amendment attorney, floyd abrams, author of "friend of the court" on the front lines with the first amendment. welcome to you. ive got to say, this whole transparency thing with the president is crumbling, isnt it, because first of all -- lets go back two weeks. the whole guantanamo bay issue rumbles on, a place he said he would shut down but didnt. then w...

When president obama first took office he pledged to make transparency a hallmark of his white house. listen to what he said in january of 2009, just one day into his first term. >> i want to make government accountable, make it transparent so that the american people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how theyre being made, and whether their interests are being well served. let me say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency...

Nothing at all, to do with their investigation over a two-month period, and this is the sort of stuff, really, that if some foreign country did, the state department would complain about on grounds of interference with human rights. >> absolutely. i think its a total disgrace. floyd abrams, thank you very much indeed for joining me. >> thank you. when we come back, more crises for the obama administration. the battle over benghazi and charges that the irs targeted tea party groups. ill ask wha...

Blame for what im doing to them. thats the classic abuse psychology. >> dr. amador, fascinating. thank you very much indeed. the white house under fire. the irs scandal, benghazi, now the justice department secretly collecting reporters phone records. what happened to the presidents pledge of transparency? ill ask first amendment advocate floyd abrams. later, law and disorder. inside the biggest cases of the day from ariel castro to o.j. simpson to jodi arias. all stations come over to missi...