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And you know, if you could, tucker, set the political stage for us. while all of this wasp haing because these things dont happen in a vacuum. >> no. martha: give everybody that background. >> the background of course was the presidential campaign. the presidents re-election campaign of 2012 and a lot of these groups are the part of the same force that allowed the republican to take the house of representatives in the 2010 midterms. they were potent that year. the white house, everyone understoo...

Housing numbers from april, reaffirmed earlier today, they were good year-over-year. here is live look. lawmakers about to interview conservative groups targeted by the irs. well talk to the man running todays hearing. he is congressman dave camp and owe is live next this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, y will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-...

They have got a group from tennessee, a group of iowa and a group from the national organization for marriage. mike emanuel is standing by. well bring in mike in a moment. we want to get to dave camp. his opening statement as this hearing gets underway. some of these groups as martha just mentioned, they have been waiting at a minimum 2 1/2 years for america to hear their story. today they get their shot. >> in may of 2011 the irs started sending letters to donors of conservative-leaning nonprof...

And the question is, who knew what when. were still really trying to find that out. bill: do you think the objective was to slow down the organization so these political groups dont get, i guess, any steam or energy behind them? >> we know that they were slowed down. many of these applications, some have not been approved yet. have been pending over three years. the normal course is two to four months. so, and we know they were targeted simply because they had conservative views. so we know that...

Sander levin offered these groups an apology. something those who were at the irs during the time of this targeting did not do when they were given the opportunity at previous hearings. while levin was not responsible for the behavior, he acknowledged that these folks, these different groups that were targeted for their beliefs deserved an apology, martha. martha: thats a great point. bill: mike, we believe, just stand by one moment here. that this could be the moment when we hear from the first...

We also heard from the inspector general from the treasury department who is investigating all this with the irs. today though the leaders of six conservative groups will testify about their own experience after being targeted by the tax agency for, what, two years? 2 1/2 years? martha: some cases and in some cases theyre still waiting. that is what makes today very unique in this whole process. im joined by tucker carlson, editor of "the daily caller" and coanchor of "fox and friends" weekend. ...

Opening remarks from us, who asked the questions, copies of all questions asked, copies of written materials including invites to candidates and advertising, what are the videos posted were edited and the time and resources devoted to these activities. they also asked for a list of expenses for the past three years including any amounts expended in support of any candidate for federal, local, state, public office, which i might add is zero. since i was already aware that the irs was targeting te...

Job last year and he was talked by valerie jarrett to stay in there. bill: well see if that is the case. soften the beachhead. do you have a date on that, quick? >> do i have a date tonight? oh, do i have a date when he is quitting? no. i dont. i do have a date tonight. so sorry. bill: make it a short night, bob. >> i will do that. bill: 9:21. mary katherine, bye-bye. martha. martha: we expect well see some riveting testimony minutes from now. conservative groups who say the irs singled them out...

Looking for political activity. that part we get. >> right. martha: the problem is they only did it to one side. if all those soros groups and other groups were also undergoing the same kind of scrutiny, just how politically involved are you there would be no argument, right? >> sure. there are legitimate questions you could raise. i live in washington. trust me, there are a lot of nonprofit groups probably shouldnt have that designation. martha: yeah. >> for 27 months not a single conservative ...

Down, which tells me, that you know something is wrong. has there ever been a president in your recollection whose poll number went down who went out on a military -- thats what they said about clinton and bush. hes only doing it to get the poll numbers up. obamas going down. i think the american people know something is not right. tonight i want to take you through a timeline of key events and statement and action taken by this administration and groups associated with the administration. and o...