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The irs official who was in charge of the division that targeted the tea party groups. lois learner gave a short statement to the committee and then refused to answer questions, but amazingly in her statement she said she had done something wrong and violated rules and regulations. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken laws or violated rules and regulations and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. >> i miss heard her the first time. i...

The woman who oversaw the irs unit that targeted conservative groups is now on leave. lois learner acknowledged knowing about the practice two weeks ago and suchd off a political firestorm in the process. but at a hearing earlier this week she declined to answer any questions. heres cnns dana bash with the very latest. >> reporter: it was no surprise that lois lerner, a central figure in the irs scandal, invoked her fifth amendment rights. >> and not testify or answer any of the questions today....

But theyll have a mass in his memory on june 9th which would have been his 9th birthday. a lot more happening in the world tonight. i want to check in with isha with the 360 bulletin. >> anderson, breaking news in the jodi arias hung jury. late word that jurors who were deciding whether she lives or dies hung 8-4. hung 8-4 in favor of death. other news now, in the first major counterterrorism speech of the second term, president obama defended his administrations use of controversial drone str...

Employees in cincinnati. >> you have lois learner come forward and plead the fifth. >> i think it raises questions. >> were seeing from this administration an arrogance of power. >> today the president will deliver a major speech on terrorism. >> counterterrorism policy in the post 9/11 era. >> in some cases, i believe we compromised our basic values. >> and the justification for drone strikes. >> america does not take strikes to punish individuals. >> why does president obama make this speech n...

Couldnt have enough confidence in her either. >> you know, karen, the cato institute had some stats on this. one in 5,000 nondefense civilian federal employees was fired for caused. and in a u.s. federal study, the federal government fire people at 1/5 the rate they do in the private sector, what is that about? >> the government is one of the few place where is you still have strong unions in play. but theres a complicated factor here for lois learner and thats when eric holder opened that crimi...

I didnt know all that stuff about accusing rosen of being a criminal. what do you think? >> the only thing criminal about james rosen is, perhaps, his woody allen impersonation. >> awful. other than that, he seems to be on the level on this. holder can say whatever he wants. but the reporters in this town know what that what was done here was egregious and that somebody is going to have to pay and it may be the attorney general himself. >> maybe holder was just asleep when they taught that at co...

The building with a gun. >> put me out of my misery, polsters, have at it. this isnt affected obama. peak scandal days. his number ropes from april. this has done nothing to him. and i have a recommendation for lois. you get the url. i have done nothing wrong .org. and then list the things you didnt do. this is related to your job. it is a tax writeoff. >> i want to see the hearing play out. >> i think representative issa will keep his word and he will try to push for the fifth amendment challen...

The irs official who was in charge of the division that targeted the tea party groups. lois learner gave a short statement to the committee and then refused to answer questions, but amazingly in her statement she said she had done something wrong and violated rules and regulations. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken laws or violated rules and regulations and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. >> i miss heard her the first time. i...

Maybe we find out very soon. >> i think youre right, bill. i think the hearings have illuminated something every day. it probably wont in the case of lois learner in that we expect her to plead the fifth. that in and of itself, that visual will send a message and it will send a message to people wondering why shes doing that, self-incrimination side of that, avoiding self-incrimination, taking the fifth. the investigation will continue and congress, if they are not fired up about this already, o...

Make a notation on the house to indicate its been searched. did you mark the different buildings? >> caller: yes, maam. we made search markings. marking time of entry, exit. marking all hazards. putting our identification marks if we had victims and moving, like i said, from one structure to the next. >> captain stewart, thank you, sir. thank you to all the people youre working with. please let them know were all grateful for their hard work. >> caller: thank you. a top irs official is about t...