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Were seeing the sequester hit poor people particularly hard. some of the people affected will testify before congress next week in a hearing on the state of the american dream. joining me now from portland, oregon, is diedre, who will be testifying before the senate subcommittee on economic policy on wednesday. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> so you work for two on one which is a human services hotline, is that right? >> yes. >> tell me both from your own experiences and from what you...

Americans are being negatively affected by the cuts which is up from 25% in march. things are getting worse. and not too many in washington seem to care or even notice. im joined by someone who does care, congressman keith ellison, democrat from minnesota. good afternoon, sir. >> good to be here, martin. thank you for having me. >> its a pleasure. 37% of americans are feeling negatively affected by sequester cuts with 18% feeling a major impact, and yet the only thing congress will act on are fl...

The days following the deadly terror attack. a member of the house committee leading the investigation joins us live moments from now. and the federal government wants you, it wants to offer you a job, hundreds of them are available. what about the sequester cuts, all that mandatory belt-tightening? you have to hear this one to believe it. im in my work van, having lunch,

>> she found out in june 2011 and put a stop to it. but the letters didnt go out until march of 2012. we still had clients getting the letters may 26th asking for facebook into and social media and the list goes on. >> the a clj is planning to foil a lawsuit on behalf of the tea party clients next week. >> a lot of people learned they were not going to see pay. it was all furlough friday. >> the irs ammees were forced to take friday off without pay because of the federal sequester cuts. they got...

Days ago. i believe we need to get to the bottom of it. just dont throw apples at the top if you have no evidence to support it. and in the hearing today, there was no such evidence. we should have a nonpartisan hearing, not look for political points. >> okay. thank you very much. coming up, the scandal that wasnt benghazi. thomas pickering handles the investigation. this afternoon he learned hes been subpoenaed to testify in private next week about his investigation. hed prefer to talk in pub...

Relieved of his responsibilities and so miss lerner. i said that a few days ago. i believe absolutely we need to get to the bottom of it. just dont throw apples at the top if you have no evidence to support it. and in the hearing today, there was no such evidence. we should have a nonpartisan hearing, not look for political points. >> okay. let me agree -- thank you, both, for coming on. mr. reichart. thanks for coming on. give us a sense of your structure so we can identify who made the decisio...

Evidence of wrongdoing. i think its common sense. coming up, the the scandal that wasnt. benghazi. thomas pickering headed the investigation into the benghazi incident. hes been eager to testify in public. this afternoon hes learned hes going to get his wish. hes been subpoenaed to testify next week about his investigation. were going to hear from him, however, first, and hear it tonight coming up next. also, republicans are gleeful in their outrage over the irs and other stories so much so ...

Danielle and david korn. coming up, we know republicans are eager to rough up hillary and some are happily discussing impeachment, were going to look at whether theres any real political fall quout here. also, the horror of the cleveland kidnappings has left many wondering how the women and the little girl will ever recover. well talk about their chances which, it turns out, are better than you might have expected. and the latest in our series, the unkindest cut. how those sequester cuts are h...

>> danielle, allow me to respond to that if i might. i want to show everybody something. the idea that there was a vast cover-up involved was shut down by ambassador thomas pickering. he co-authored the most extensive independent investigation of the benghazi attacks. also the horror of the kidnappings has left many wondering how those women and the little girl will ever recover? well talk about their chances, which it turns out are better than you might have expected. and the latest in our seri...

Assaults is being allege to have committed a sexual assault, this weekend, obviously theres a failing in training and understanding of what sexual assault it. and how corrosive and damaging it is to good order and discipline. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was new york senator kirsten gillibrand expressing her exasperation that the person in charge of responding to sexual assaults for the air force was charged with sexual battery, himself. this week a pentagon report shined a harsh light on...