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And means committee has been investigating claims that irs official lois lerner and other irs staff targeted tea party and other affiliated groups before the 2012 election. earlier this week, irs officials told the committee that because of the computer crash, a batch of e-mails dating back to 2011 were lost. republicans arent buying it. committee chairman dave camp and charles boostny wrote in a press release, surprise, surprise, a few computers crashed, plot lines in hollywood are more believa...

>> reporter: in the annals of white hot moments on capitol hill this irs hearing ranks high. >> this is a pattern of abuse, a pattern of behavior that is not giving us any confidence that this agency is being impartial. i dont believe you. this is incredible. >> i have a long career. thats the first time that anybody has said they do not believe me. >> i dont believe you. >> reporter: former republican vp candidate paul ryan is usually a policy wog not an attack dog but not case here. >> you can...

Joining me now democratic congressman. i understand you were in the room during that exchange. it sounded pretty feisty. walk us through what happened and what is happening now with the regards to that lois learner e-mail hearing? >> well, i think what youre hearing, craig, is a lot offer have verboise from the republican side. theyre trying to take advantage of the cameras. so far, though, paul ryan is definitely leading in the category for best actor in a fictional drama right now. as far as c...

Question. >> i didnt answer a question. >> >> gentleman. >> time. i control the time. >> last week the irs acknowledged it could not produce e-mails between lois learner and other government officials because the hard drive crashed in 2011. its time for the news nation political postscript. the debate in washington centered around what america can or should do to prevent iraq from falling into a sectarian civil war. >> when so you people murdering, assassinating in these mas massacres. you hav...

Well talk about that. have a good weekend. we have developing news were following now on capitol hill. we have been listening to this house hearing about the irs and those lois learner e-mails moments ago. it got a tad heated between congressman paul ryan and the acting irs commissioner. >> investigators and -- >> will you let him answer the question. >> didnt ask a question. >> yes you did. >> gentlemen! >> gentleman from wisconsin -- >> i realize disrupting a hearing, sort of -- >> come on. ...

Once the congressional investigations began, and once the lawsuits were filed by my clients and others, they had a duty to immediately notify congress and immediately notify the federal judge whos assigned to handle these cases. they have in fact, not only did they not notify anybody, but they, we got a snippy letter from lois learners attorney saying dont destroy anything. she wrote back and said, you dont have to tell me my job. apparently we do have to tell them their job. im shocked that thi...

Once the congressional investigations began, and once the lawsuits were filed by my clients and others, they had a duty to immediately notify congress and immediately notify the federal judge whos assigned to handle these cases. they have in fact, not only did they not notify anybody, but they, we got a snippy letter from lois learners attorney saying dont destroy anything. she wrote back and said, you dont have to tell me my job. apparently we do have to tell them their job. im shocked that thi...

What is not a priority is holding members of his administration accountable for their dereliction of duty. thats the other thing that needs to be done in terms of holding people accountable. >> thanks for being here. >> have a great night. >> you too. new criticism tonight of how the white house is handles the crisis in iraq. all while the president attends a fund-raiser with a fashion icon. breaking news, in the irs scandal, and the missing suddenly missing two years worth of lois learner e-m...

They have been raising the issue of the federal government since 2012. >> its not the states responsibility to deal with this issue. we are doing our parts to make sure to keep our citizens as safe as we can. the federal government is absolutely failing. when you have an incredible inep ininept situation. they were transferred to the department of homeland security site there and then released. first it was lois learners e-mails that went missing and now the irs admits they lost he e-mails f...

What is not a priority is holding members of his administration accountable for their dereliction of duty. thats the other thing that needs to be done in terms of holding people accountable. >> thanks for being here. >> have a great night. >> you too. new criticism tonight of how the white house is handles the crisis in iraq. all while the president attends a fund-raiser with a fashion icon. breaking news, in the irs scandal, and the missing suddenly missing two years worth of lois learner e-m...