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Washington. she thought it was atypical process specific to these groups. its indirect odds to what the democrats were saying. they put oa memo prior to the hearing where they had interviewed, i think, 15 irs employees who insisted absolutely no involvement of washington. then you you had these few people come and describe something completely different. we to keep getting more information. it really does not look good at this point. >> judge? >> we know that the irs treated people differently b...

>> i think it depends really on what the leadership is. if you look at turkey, prime minister erdogan, who is pursuing in the circumstances he faces in turkey an effort, i think, to end the secular nature of the turkish state and trying to purge the military but very free market in this is economic policy. he at least has the wit to understand thats the source of economic growth. morsi did not attack many of the failings of the egyptian economy, subsidies and other constraints that have kept eco...

I mean, is there any hope for getting the truth out of the irs? >> well, judge, its very difficult when you have so many people pleading the fifth amendment. we were able on friday have a vote on lois learner. she proclaimed her innocence, made about nine fact the all statements trying to exonerate herself and we think she waived her right. were bringing her back and see what she has to do. i think in your statement that you made is exactly what i feel having been in washington for seven months ...

I mean, is there any hope for getting the truth out of the irs? >> well, judge, its very difficult when you have so many people pleading the fifth amendment. we were able on friday have a vote on lois learner. she proclaimed her innocence, made about nine fact the all statements trying to exonerate herself and we think she waived her right. were bringing her back and see what she has to do. i think in your statement that you made is exactly what i feel having been in washington for seven months ...

They prepare for the visit by the president. we will be stopping by and checking in with you, ron allen. thanks for that. new news for you this morning, president obama urging house leaders to take up immigration reform. the white house says while in africa the president called house speaker john boehner, majority leader nancy pelosi, encouraging them to take up immigration reform now that the senate has passed a comprehensive bill with large bipartisan support. meanwhile, the government refor...

Work with. >> lisa bloom thanks so much. you can watch msnbc tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern with an indepth review of the trial. ms 10:00 eastern. well have an in-depth review of the george zimmerman trial. lisa, thanks again. this developing news from capitol hill. the house oversight and government reform committee will vote later today on whether embattled irs official lois lerner waived her fifth amendment right. lawmakers made some powerful arguments to bring her back to testify about the ...

For? >> thanks, greta. >> credit card abuse is not the only black eye for the irs tonight. get this, questionable maybe even shady or illegal contracting practices at the irs. house oversight committee chair released a new report. chairman issa joins us. thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me on, and thank you for continuing to cover the most dysfunctional agency one would imagine on so many fronts. >> before i get to the contractor business, i want to talk about lois learner, youre goin...

Liberal groups that had some. they werent grouped in with patriots in the same grouping. >> they werent targeted. barack h. obama foundation was approved in 30 days by lois learner. she sent us a letter and we still dont have our final status from the irs. they are stringing us along to this day since december of 2010. >> a broader question. some people say even if the irs unfairly singled out your group and it seems there is consensus in washington that conservative groups were inappropriately ...

Some woman lawyer and said ask me this question, and maybe -- i thought that was a deliberate sort of try to make the report look not as bad. >> it was a complete setup, completely contrive. knew the i.g. report was coming out. bad news coming? you are going to announce it first. >> they did this phony thing, this plot? >> they knew it would be picked up. and it was. that afternoon it was picked up and went from there. to say they could disclose that themselves first. so contrived from the begin...

Even any partial release of the testimony. what they are attempting to do, say we are making progress. this goes to the heart of the matter. we keep hearing from the administration, isolated to a few people in cincinnati and evidence from people on the record, underoath. giving them their names who say it wasnt. broader than that, extended to washington. >> i think if you are going to dangle something out there, like has been done, you better be ready to say where is the rest of it? the vision o...