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Accountable. egyptians and tunisians and yemenis are making their own. secondly, i think mr. obama hasnt, and it was pointed out earlier, hasnt put enough pressure on mr. morsi up to this point to behave in a democratic fashion. clearly he needs to be putting pressure on mr. morsi but also needs to be telling the egyptian military that receives $1.3 million of american largesse every year that we will not tolerate what we saw before with regard to autocratic politics and militarys involvement in...

One, what a surprise that obama is attacking america while he is abroad? can you imagine angela merkel coming here and talking about what the germans were doing in the 30s? point two. obama himself spoke at a segregated school. its not like you have to go back, he was just a community organizer then. last month, he spoke at morehouse college. an all black, all male college. and i am in favor of that. three, if your mission is to prove that obama is a worst president than jimmy carter, point made...

Only wants her voice and their voices heard? >> reporter: do you think theres others like you? >> i do. >> drew griffin joins us now. drew, first, any idea when the i.g. will be done with its review of this specific case and does the committee believe there are more citizens like jeff black that may have been targeted because of politics? >> on point one, we dont know when the i. gmplgtss gmplgts. office is going to come through. and point two, the committee, they are searching for other people....

Focusing on the irs targeting of party-type groups, congressman kevin brady wondered if the irs scandal is only beginning. >> is this still america? is this government so drunk on power that it would turn its full force, its full might to harass and intimidate and threaten an average american who only wants her voice and their voices heard? >> reporter: do you think theres others like you? >> i do. >> drew griffin joins us now. drew, any idea when the ig will be done with its review of this spec...

Seen this the washington pundit class. >> remember, im based in los angeles. >> thats one strike. >> so thats the real world. >> l.a. is reality, not image. look. you write, matt, its program thats legal, reviewed by congress and subject to court your sight and those are arguments weve heard a lot. its not league in the sense that the supreme court has affirmly ruled on this. you know. youre lawyer. the court said were not going to get to the merits of all the surveillance programs. it basically...

Angers members more than anything else because they already fear the i.r.s. but look at this poll, a new fox news poll, more than two-thirds feel that government is threatening basic civil liberties and out of control. is this the scandal that has the most legs? could this turn into something that consumes the obama administration? >> yes is the direct answer. a couple of reasons. as you suggest, most people say, well they did it to conservative groups, the tea party, they can do it to us and ho...

Showed a pattern, a disproportionate pattern of engaging in political activity. thats point one. point two, you heard john boehner and other republicans call for special prosecutor, suggest that criminal laws might have been broken. well, i am not aware of any really strong case that can be made that criminal laws were broken, but in "the new york times" report this morning, it also speaks about one group in particular that claimed that it would not be involved in any political or election activ...

Disproportionate pattern of engaging in political activity. thats point one. point two, you heard john boehner and other republicans call for special prosecutor, suggest that criminal laws might have been broken. well, i am not aware of any really strong case that can be made that criminal laws were broken, but in "the new york times" report this morning, it also speaks about one group in particular that claimed that it would not be involved in any political or election activity, when in fact it...

Implementing this law for the last 40 or 50 years. thats point one. >> julian, let me interject there, julian, the treasury in this igs report is saying lets fix this and lets give the irs clear guidelines how to interpret it. that is absolutely impossible as long as you use this vague word "primarily." the guideline they should give them is go to the exclusively standard, just use that and youll never get in trouble. >> you dont need guidelines when the statute is clear, thats point one. >> rig...

Do lawmakers sound hopeful that the government shoulddown can be avoided? >> harris, none of the lawmakers we heard from today actually threatened to shut down the government at the end of the march and the focus seems to have shifted past the upcoming deadline to extend that short-term budget resolution and on to a more grand bargain, but speaker boehner says he doesnt know if democrats and republicans can come together for a big deal and comes amid criticism of his colleague congressman paul r...