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Investigation. how did that go? >> he said hes found no evidence of intentional wrongdoing at the irs, and that infuriated some republican lawmakers who say his investigation is at best incomplete. >> unfortunately while im aware this is a initial report, it fails to deliver the accountability the american people deserve. this report doesnt answer even the most basic significant questions -- who started this practice, why has it been allowed to continue for so long, how widespread was it. in fac...

Records, covering the internet metadata according to the newspaper. the program recorded email and ip addresses which can be analyzed to know an individuals interest and pattern of behavior on the web, adding it was shut down two years ago. while not addressing the new investigation of domestic surveillance for a program that doesnt exist anymore, the nsa director said the system is more secure. >> theres clearly actions that were taken to prevent a future leak. weve taken thats right off the ge...

The irs. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill tonight. what did he say? >> daniel wuerffel said that five managers have been replaced, not fired, but replaced. he talked about an accountability review board that will look at other personnel changes coming in the coming months. weve talked about labels, progressive, tea party. it was clear today that liberal groups got much softer treatment from the irs. >> i didnt want to leave the committee with the impression that were not seeing diversity of ...

They insulated the president so far from the scandal. but there is a huge "but." there is no leadership. the president is basically doing a sergeant shultz "im shocked, i know nothing." >>gregg: immigration reform, gun control, debt, budget, all important matters in the second term agenda for both congress and the president yet they are static? >> the problem is, what do you do with the scandals? one comes up this week, another a few days later. by the way, by misleading people which i argue the...

>> why is everybody scared to death about the fact that this scandal with the irs. we are at the mercy of this police force. it has greater and greater power. we got a whole new tax bracket. its got to police the health program. >> do you think the tax exempt groups, i know they are right wing but you think they should be tax exempt. they are focusing on one type. those groups are political action committees. >> hold on a second. >> either the argument is -- a group. >> i agree. [ talking over e...

Moments ago before the break the house speaker and the republican leadership taking questions on obama care, benghazi, irs the scandal that continues to grow by the way. here is house speaker john boehner after he made his initial statement. the questions and answered that follows is how he character rised what happened with this irs deal. >> there are laws in place to prevent this type of abuse. someone made a conscious decision to harass and to hold up these requests for tax exempt status. i t...

Right there. that is a big thing. the other ones not so much. bill: does it effect us? and if so how? >> when these events are aimed at earth, which means like were looking at it straight on the sun they can interfere with communications, with gps satellites, maybe with your cellphone. astronauts in space if its a really strong solar flare they could be in danger they might have to take a shelter or get ready to come home. it can knockout a satellite and shut it down. bill: we are in that year, ...

Comes in. martha: we were told you didnt have to fear anything about your privacy and having your healthcare record online wasnt an issue. but people have been scanning document for catch words you wonder what they will scan in terms of healthcare and health records. its a legitimate question. >> reporter: its possible the irs scandal will delay the implementation of obama-care. thats where this is heading. bill: you mentioned the inspector general report. we got this out of it showing the irs i...

Judiciary committee. they will ask him what he knows about the irs singling out con groups going back five years. im going to move through this stuff pretty quickly. based on what you know about this irs report, how would you characterize it? >> disgraceful. government agencies without sufficient oversight. too broad a charter. we not only are find out they asked totally inappropriate questions and delayed the requests by the conservative groups as well as targeting them, they facilitated the ta...

Congressman? >> im glad to hear the speaker fired up. what we hear consistently from the obama administration, they are going to be the most transparent ever. but when the scandals happen they blame everybody. everybody is responsible but nobody is held accountable. nobody is fired. you look at what happened with benghazi. nobody was fired in that instance. you take scandal after scandal. everybody says i take the responsibility but nobody is held accountable. so to hear the speaker say that, im...