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Less who was involved. that could change momentarily, in hours or in days. we are still waiting. jon: a strange case that started monday night. its good to have you on. thank you. >> thanks so much. jenna: great perspective from wesley. what a story, right. jon: it seems to be heating up for him. jenna: well keep you posted as we hear more. also two hearings today on the nsa scandal one focusing on the agencys controversial surveillance program itself the other digging into how contractors like ...

Jon: well, "happening now," major was in the markets worldwide after new signals from the fed. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is indicating the most specific timetable yet on starting to pull back the stimulus that his agency is using to prop up the u.s. economy, and the markets are reacting. the dow down 187 points right now. fox business networks peter barnes is live in washington. were back under 15,000, peter. >> reporter: yeah, jon. the markets are reeling after bernanke signaled the...

Either if shes the nominee, jon, that she beats a republican. im just saying i cant see a democrat who would beat her. jon: and the first line in emily goodens piece in the hill says democrats in washington are starting to shift from the obamas to the clintons. interesting cop sent. a.b. stoddard, juan williams, thank you. >> youre welcome. jenna: this goes with our theme, talking about elections even though they are far away, some of them, more groups are claiming the irs unfairly singled them ...

Without the dog, we wouldnt have got anything out of it, period. >> reporter: and there are about 70 drug dogs working in washington state right now, and they are, these four-legged cops are now sniffing in uncharted territory, jon. jon: dan springer, thank you. jenna: on the opposite end of the country in florida, new developments in a critical phase of the george zimmerman murder trial. for the very first time, zimmermans defense team is zeroing in on a select group of men and women who could ...

And all of the politician has want to use the the handouts in the tax code we have to do this from the outside. literally the person people are the only people that can get this done. its not going to happen inside the beltway. i think yesterdays protest was part of that, but with the transparency and all of the strength we get through the internet we have an ability to impose an accountability on washington weve never had before. jenna: that is interesting . >> youre so right about that, matt. ...

About what the group does, if it supports candidates or tries to influence public policy. >> if you look at the documents that we originally filed with the internal revenue service when we founded the organization in our 990 forms, they use a lot of the words that have been trigger words for the internal revenue services past targeting. its like traditional values, its upholding the constitution, freedom, you know, those kind of things that were trigger words for the irs agents in the past. >> r...

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