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>> the republicans have not been banging the drum on this politically. theyve methodically drawn this out over two years, the investigation. i think they have every right. im hearing some rumbling from congress they might expand the investigation into the irs. to include things like looking at whether or not audits were politically targeted. if the irs bachlks at that what are they going to say? they havent done anything to generate good will in this investigation. and theres funds that have rec...

>> dr. and reverend alveda cane thank you so much. and the governor set for a news conference. and the irs scandal. a watchdog group recovering thousands of missing e-mails from none other than lois lerner. he was at the center of the scandal accusing tea party and other conservative groups. doug how many e-mails are we talking about? >> were talking about 6,400 e-mails that stretch from a time period of 2004 to 2013. a long long time. nine years. but most of them come from the year 2012. th...

Drives or drive was destroyed imperson impersoni improperly. irs commissioner admitted the di disappearance of her e-mails is suspicious but claims there is no crime involved. in minnesota thursday president obama gain referred to phony scandals and says the irs matter is all about politics. it is all geared toward the next election or ginning up a base and it makes people cynical and it makes people turned off from the idea that anything can get done. >> in the past few minutes, the commissione...

Levels, obviously. but what the problem appears to be is that where do you go from here? whats the backstop? wheres the resource? if the department of justice is not willing to take it seriously and to make sure that this hard drive is investigated for potential criminal charges of destroys evidence, how are you going to get anywhere in this entire investigation? >> you know, were going to have to continue to do what we have been doing, which is continuing to dig and dig and dig. use every tool ...

And delivered 67,000 learner e-mails. the senate republican leader accused the obama administration of stalling. >> the latest claim by theires, it lost two years worth of e-mails and the woman in the center of the scandal. they lost two years worth of e-mails. but congress submitted a request for the e-mails a year ago and they are telling us now? . irs commissioner has been called to testify by two house committees about the missing e-mails. he met with them last night and utah senator warren ...

Excuse. >> this is an outright lie. government agencies go to great lengths to ensure they have redundancy in their backup systems. e-mails do not get loss. >> reporter: they say records must be properly stored and preserved. but the irs says it was temporary. ", prior to may 2013, these backups were retained on tape for six months.d the agency say 250 employees have worked more than 120,000 hours at a price tag of $10 million to deliver some 67,000 learner e-mails. >> they have given us a lot o...

Today was troubling on many levels, obviously. but what the problem appears to be is that where do you go from here? whats the backstop? wheres the resource? if the department of justice is not willing to take it seriously and to make sure that this hard drive is investigated for potential criminal charges of destroys evidence, how are you going to get anywhere in this entire investigation? >> you know, were going to have to continue to do what we have been doing, which is continuing to dig and ...