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Originated out of washington that might have had connection to the white house, but they havent proven it while youll have democrats continue to complain that this is a cherry-picked witch hunt because original findings by russell george, the ig, in his report were withheld. that, in fact, some liberal groups had been targeted as well. so theres going to be a lot of back and forth. and the irs needs some cleaning up. but there is no evidence yet connecting this to the white house, and there is n...

Indicia that that person had a reasonable fear of death or grievous bodily harm. >> okay. but if youre in your home and you -- i dont want to go too far from why youre here testifying today, but i want to clarify, though, that part of self-defense is you under any circumstance the reasonable belief that you have to act to avoid imminent great bodily harm. >> oh, yes. no question to that. >> theres an objection. >> im sorry. >> objection is the framing of the question is counsels version of the l...

Gregg: oh, yeah. >> new developments in the scandals rocking the irs at this hour. if "wall street journal" reporting the political profiling didnt originate from cincinnati. workers apparently in shock when higher-ups like lois lerner tried to pin the targeting of conservative groups on them. congressional investigators got the directive from a local manager who said washington wanted it. all this emerging as the households a hearing into the $50 million the irs spent on lavish conferences that...

Term. >> listen to the now ousted acting commissioner of the irs testifying today. ill play a little clip. >> i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their work load selection. the listing described in the report while intolerable was a mistake. and not an act of partisanship. >> is that argument going to work? >> god bless him for standing up for his friends and colleagues at the irs but that was the ultimate bureaucratic answ...

And sometimes we get it wrong but its very -- its rare that we get it wrong. this was one of those terrible tragic times when, you know, there was an assessment shared by the ambassador and shared by others that turned out not to take into account the militants attacking that night. so i can tell you there are, as you say, trip wires but what were going to try to do is elevate the discussion and the decision-making so that theres not any doubt that everybody is on the same page, that were not mi...

Break from what your passions are. >> wonderful to have both of you and congratulations on the cover. networking. theyve got to do a remake of the graduate now. coming up on the dr show, diamond jubilee, jpmorgan ceo testifying today. plus, 40 years after watergate, could the journalism that rocked washington happen today and then later, one of the key things weve all learned along the road to this final week of the dr show, it all starts with the right first step. meet two guests whose analysis...

head matchup with mibarack obam. kim jong-uns first speech in public. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." it can be a politicians worst enemy as politicians from ronald reagan to barack obama have learned the hard way. now a would be president is having his own open mike moment, mitt romney speaking candidly at a public fund-raiser about eliminating tax deductions and other loopholes. jim, tell our viewers whats going on. >> this is sort of an open mike moment, even thoug...

and good morning to you. it is tuesday, december 13th. i feel like its a homecoming. >> a long time since the three of us have been together. >> good to see you. >> as usual a busy, busy news morning. breaking news now. four soldiers are dead after two army choppers went down during a training exercise. it happened a joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. crash investigators are trying to find out what went wrong right now. pliv on the pholive on the phon crash site. what do we ...

i wasnt there. i wasnt present in that crime. >> prosecutors painted knox as a demonic figure who killed for the thrill. they described the murder as part satanic ritual and part orgy. the trial of conrad murray enters a second week in about 45 minutes. thats the michael jackson trial. the emergency room doctor who pronounced michael jackson dead is expected on the witness stand first. dr. rachelle cooper says that murray never told her that hed given jackson the anesthesia that alle...

Many environmentalists say the chemicals are potentially toxic and may be creating new dangers by breaking up the oil thats amassed on the waters surface. many experts say the dispersants have helped prevent damage to the underwater sea life. we have the administrator of the environmental protection agency, lisa jackson testifying today. new rules from the vatican today. rules about dealing with ped fe -- pedophiles and other abuses. they make it a crime for a priest to download child pornogra...