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>> so youre saying theres nothing new here because you dispute the source that says that there continuing to scrutinscrutinize the tea party? if and when the source is confirmed, would you say its a story, alan? >> not particularly. tell me theres nothing new here here. >> oh. >> this is one person we dont know saying he would put it for secondary screenings. he wasnt asked the question about progressive groups. >> shannon: we shall see. if this person comes to light, there will undoubtedly be m...

>> the tea party groups and the progressives. where are the progressives? the ig himself, out of his own mouth, said, i have information showing that the term progressive was indeed also a search term. so theres absolutely some outrage and accountability. >> 19 progressive groups, 292 conservative groups. lets look at the proportion and hear from these. i want to see the proof. i do have a problem. no matter where you stand on the political spectrum. i youre being targeted by the irs its a probl...

Cincinnati, and said that no political appointees were in charge. william wilkins was appoint it bid president obama to the irs and we heard these indicates were kicked up to him when they were first coming out after the 2010 house election when tea party groups got the republicans to take over the house, and then they were kicked back down to these employees in cincinnati, who were given orders and they were just following through with the orders. >> were going to stay on this story. thank you ...

Involved in politically sensitive material? >> all the hearings we have seen, there has been a failure to identify a single person in the irs or in the white house that gave the direct disto target -- directive to target the tea party group. is that part of the scandal nice, smoking gun? >> were trying to get to the bottom of it. attempts to ask lois lerner questions failed. the attempt to get to the bottom is not success. , not the fault of the republicans. now the left wings groups are saying ...

The same committee will vote on whether learn every waived constitutional protections before invoking her fifth amendment in may. these new claims by progressive groups that they were targeted by the irs are, in fact, false. if you were paying attention to the scandal, the inspector general report outlined very clearly the distinct ideological imbalance. the outsted irs commissioner admitted to targeting conservatives. michelle malkin joins us. number two fifth amendment, reaction? >> all it tak...

The same committee will vote on whether learn every waived constitutional protections before invoking her fifth amendment in may. these new claims by progressive groups that they were targeted by the irs are, in fact, false. if you were paying attention to the scandal, the inspector general report outlined very clearly the distinct ideological imbalance. the outsted irs commissioner admitted to targeting conservatives. michelle malkinus. number two fifth amendment, reaction? >> all it takes is o...

Program is part of the problem is our incredibly complex tax code and who asks to have the tax exempt status and who doesnt. elizabeth mcdonnell has been looking into this. what about the argument that the irs needed to have more scrutiny about groups because there was so many a phaoeug to not pay taxes. >> if theres hearings you can bet that the irs officials will number one say we cant discuss this due to the nixon era confidentiality laws unless they can get a waiver from the nonprofit groups...

Way. there were inappropriate criteria applied here, and not much of that applied to more conservative groups but there was a failure to manage across the board by the exempt organization portion of internal revenue service. not the entire internal revenue service. but that portion relating to 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s. jenna: so well have to run here. i want to be clear about something that you said because it might be something new to us, that you have evidence or youve heard that also progres...

Applied across the board to groups, whatever. they held some applications for 20 months or longer. so there was mismanagement. the president said, those who managed and mismanaged should be held accountable and thats what i said this morning in terms of those who were in charge of this particular effort. i think they should be relieved of responsibilitis. thats what i said. those current responsibilities. jenna: congressman, nice to have you back on the program. we look forward to the hearing on...

All of my patients have too much salt. we have groups that we specifically want low salt. if you have heart failure, if you already have high blood pressure we try to lower your salt intake. salt works in a positive way in the body. we like to say in medicine water follows salt. its salt that keeps water and blood in your veins. if you have a normally functioning kidney you can get rid of the excess salt. not everybody has a normally function kidney and over the years of excess salt intake it ca...