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Question, well, she wouldnt let it die. weve got time for a couple question. >> when did you first learn the irs was conservative political groups? do you feel that the irs has betrayed the publics trust and what do you think the repercussions for these actions should be? on benghazi, do you think the white house misled the public about its role in shaping the talking points and do you stand by your administrations assertions that they were not purposely change? is it your interception to send t...

You heard chairman issa talk about that. senator sfin stein, were you concerned about that? >> im concerned about that. my understanding is the inspector general is doing a report that should be out shortly. i think we have to take a good look at it. >> theres no proof the director himself of the irs was personally aware. >> thats my understanding. somebody made the decision that they would give extra scrutiny to this particular group. and i think we have to understand why. i dont understand why...

>> that was march last year. news this morning that he in fact that he and other senior officials at the irs knew there were conservative groups with the word patriot in their names trying to get tax exempt status put through extra regulatory hoops to get that status. you heard chairman issa talk about that. senator feinstein, were you concerned about that? >> im concerned about that. my understanding is the inspector general is doing a report that should be out shortly. i think we have to take ...

Should have been accountable. if this that mrs. clinton is held accountable, so be it, but at the same time i think this speaks more about rand paul of what he said than secretary clinton. okay. reed, i want to take a look at legacy, widely recognized that second-term presidents have some stumbling points. clinton, of course, had monday can lewinsky, iraq, the great recession, so with benghazi, wand now this i.r.s. scandal, do you think this is shaping up to be a second-term curse for obama? >> ...

>> the president touched upon so many things. gun control, immigration, climate change, gay rights, not exactly easy topics to take on. but listen to what he said right after the election. >> im more than familiar with all the literature about presidential overreach in second terms. we are very cautious about that. >> how much a danger do you see that as and how does he avoid what some other presidents before him suffered, what has been called second term curse? >> well, with fdr, nixon and john...

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Compromise. thats almost literally what he said am. so i expect him to talk about common ground and then i expect we wont see it. >> bam bottom has been a firwall president, protecting the progressive agenda, essentially, the protector of liberalism in many ways, allowing -- wont allow row v. wade to be overturned, wont allow regulations to be scrapped at epa. we can make a hundred of those. he is the "you are not going to get past me "presidents president. its hard to call transformation, but h...

Is a human being. turning to his wife, saying, thanks, sweetie. turning to his daughter, saying, i did it. he is still a human being, with a lot of challenges before him. why he picked the blue room. this is a room, 30 by 40 feet, much smaller than of the east room and a lot of ceremonial rooms here when we cover the president. we are told that the president wanted to make it much more intimate, just with family and a very small group of friends. very few, if any administration officials, keep t...

Course, with syria. but ooh ran is the even bigger issue that is undecided. we have gotten some russian help, so far on iran. but it doesnt mean we will get russian help with the next step. >> the arab spring signaled the fall of middle-east leaders with whom u.s. officials had, for 30 years, cultivated careful relationships. president obama called on hosni mubarak to step down. >> a change must take place. >> allocated u.s. resources for a no-fly zone in libbia, leading to the killing of moamma...

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