hope at immigration reform, but now he is backing away, just the latest. growing signs that barack obama is losing friends on both sides of the aisle, faster than he knows, rich with more. >> reporter: much of the president's legislative strategy has been an appeal to voters, more the president is distracted the less he can lobby voters, america skeptical that american become about president, and his priorities, that strategy has mostly failed to cnge any minds in congress, the president's agendas on thin ice, almost like a week ago, president has about same chance of getting tax increases on wealthy and certain boosts in federal spending as he did about a week ago, which is about none. if investigators find a white house influence on just is department or irs on this situation that could hurt democrat chances of taking house or holding senate next year's midterms, they can be referendums on the president. wilhave a impact on his agenda, if you lose law make freres both side, too -- makers from both sides, that farm offensive, that could become problematic, that seemed like an area where there could be a bipartisan achievement to get something done. president as leader it could be probletic. neil: rich edison thank you. >> tomorrow we might get an indication it all hits fan, house, ws and means committee holding a hearing into this mess. and kansas senator pat roberts sits on that commiee with a lot of queions and consents, what do you want to know? >> i want to know why they lied to me, i want to know why i have a letter in my hand i senne clear back in july, i did not get a respond until 9/11 of all dates, i asked specifically, was there any targeting, steve miller. the man who president asked jack lew to ask him to resign, he i still there he did not fire him. i asked him, was there and specific targeting, he said no, i have the letter, is there anybody in this administration that will come clean. that is just not you want we're not getting answers. neil: we have gotten slightly different stories from jay carney a the president as to when the president knew about the inspector general's report. i'm wondering if this is the fit of mmny inconsistenties? what do you hope to get out of the hearing beyond who knew what and when. >> we'll ask those specific questions, there is a criminal preeding or investigation over there with the attorney general. i don't know if i really have that much trust with t attorney general. you have a situation where jay carney not president said we have a current investigation w can'tomment bout that, come on, these are questions you could pretty well answer. neil: ty have already launch aid criminal investigation, when you are launching a criminal investigation, leaving aside ap reporter thing, it is approach that severity of magnide to warrant more than your usual reassessment. what do you think is going on? >> that is his quote, mr. carney one person's view of what actions were taken or individual did is not enough for us to say something concretely happened that was inappropriate. that is not a tepid response, that is no response, that led to what headline said president fired steve miller, he did not fire him. he asked jack lew to ask him to resgn, but he is still here. that is a good thing, i don't know what haze status. is since he has resigned, is he ill acting i don't know. we'll ask him the tough questions, and then we'll go from tre. is is the politics of intimidation. if you are a whistle-blower on benghazi, you are intimidated, if you are a taxpayer that said byhe way i'm in favor of u.s. construction, a patriot or another key word, all of a sudden, your tes are auded. american people get this, they get it strong, they fear the irs, now they have real reason to fear it don't mention patri or constitution or less government on your show, it is going to be hard for you, i'm just warning you. neil: any combination raises eyebrows, thank you, sir. >> you bet. neil: i wan you to look at this, in markets worried about a watergate summer bummer, stocks are pretty much on a roll despite today's downdraft. justice department revelations, and irs revelations, so many revelations you wonder why the markets are not more roiled. they are not. marknows is ising there more gog on. >> i don't think that politics is affected by -- the markets yet, president was very quick to see this is wrong. and all these he was asked a spes yospecific question about f anybody in white house was involved he said, i don't know anything about it sidestepped it. ybe too soon to call it irsgate, you wonder if that is where we're headed. but for now market are happy only game in town is the fed, fed adding liquidity, question this is lurki in background is about new lower deficit estiting the mean that fed will have a hard time committing itself to all ofhe liquidity it has been pumping into the market, even though the economy is not looking great, one day it looks great. neil: reliable adult in the room providing a lot of goodies, as long as that is there it could weather the other stuff. >> so long as security purchases are not so big t distort the markets eif they do, then that is a problem. neil: is there a case they are distorted anyway. >> i'm talking about normal market functioning in narrower way. but, i am find of concerned about the size of the fed balance sheet. neil: another argument to -- a friend of mine works in financial community, he said, in a way it uld be good news, anything that stymies obama spending agea or slows healthcare, he termed albatross, all to the good, in a flip way. >> if you are post-obama anything that gives him a problem is good for you, i would rather we focus on the issues. i'm concerned about politicians lying about bad statel security. neil: not doingnything about it. >> we still need to do, that and lower before at this times may put -- lower before at this ti t off more. neil: thebo numbers game them a backbone pass, right, now you add scandalshe are not going to be addressed. >> tax revenue, this year, are going above historic normshere is really no ground for president to say i'm going to take away tax breaks, it is time to start cutting spending and set priorities, but we spend we get a new program, we never cut. it just gets lumped up, and inefciencies are never taken out, you have tolectric at revenues as -- look at revenues as sharee of gdp and say we have do something about that. neil: we're more different trammed now. >> we are. >> robert brusca thank youery much. enjoy the markets now, if david stocstockton is right, there ise sellingoming. >> and irs not just targeting -- accused of seizing millionsf personal health records, alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeemhe double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? 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>> fortunately the big spending fight is not going to be in the summer, but it will be in the fall. theebt seatinget get -- ceiling will get rolled together, we have a big fight over this in september, i think that scandals may inform that debate in a productive way, they show there a lack theontrol wi that out of control big government, even david axelrod said it is too vast for white house to know what is going on. when the government is too vast for the white house to know what is going on i hope they down size it. neil: that worries me when anyone in the white house doesn't know whattis going on, that gets to be a theme of late. so, there is a sense out there, that at the least, this stymie's the president's agenda to some, not all of the financial community who are loath to gove, that is a good thing , what do you think of that? this hurts president's pending agenda and will help the economy as a result. >> i think all of these grandstanding hearings and vote on repeeling obamacare, it all a different trachfrom focus -- differendistraction from focusse laser beam on the economy. but, looking at the scandal, as a whole, you know what is really happening here circumstance as you said, washington cannot multitask, and i am worried we're taking our eye off of the economy, just when the recovery is starting to pick up, there are still millions of americans that are hurting and need washington to focus on them. neil: i think you can do everything, that gets back to the point that washington cannot, let's say, like a scandal. they have multiple hearings, i and read that it will be the case weather, irs or benghazi or justice deputy after reporters, or whether the hhswent too far with the company pay for publicizing health care law, it could be mess, and that is like, watergate summer-like, do you agree? >> i do. i think that washington can't multitask, but maybe president obama is almost relieved he does not have to talk about the economy right now, he can try to cover-up what is happening in the white house right now it is takingocus off one happening in the economy, to be hones-- -- >> he has been liking what has been happening to the economy. >> but, the economy is not doing much better, people still are leaving, workforce, while we can say that unemployment rate has dropped it is because tre are thousands of people still leaving the workforce, every month, tha we can point to. and that does not point to an economy that is starting to thri. neil: phil, a read onhere this es. do you think these are going to be sort of obsessing points good or bad for the summer? >> yeah, i do, i think they will be where they have been front and center, and even the hhs scandal with secretary sebelius calling ceos for cash that off and the radar. i think they will continue to dominate, i think it will is important tt people who think like i do we need to government government spending under control, that should remain focus, use this as a window on the problem of big government rather than making it about specif, personalities and sensational. neil: okay, we'll have you back. this just in, so far. just two guys, fired as a result of the mountain scandals, we're told, fired. irs commiioner on his way. mowing your wn isn't always easy. but mae the problem isn't your lawn. introducing the all-wheel-drive mower from husqvarna. we engineered its unique drive system and dual transmission to handle hills& thick grass& and tough terrain& without losing traction or power the all-wheel-drive mower from husqvarna. and tough terrain& challenge the impossible. thvisit us onlineve mowerto enter therna. and tough terrain& challenge the impossible promotion at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. are yostill sleeping? 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>> tt is happening as we speak, first step people lawyer up, they say, what ii my exposure? if i have exposure, and a problem, can you make me a deal? i don't want to go to jai i don't want to be ruined. then people who have information, now they havent parlay that information, can i avoid exposure, can i government as a whistle-blower? can i make money outf this, people are meeting with their lawyers trying to figure out why they sit on the line, what line that i want to get othe lawyers reach out to government, say, okay, let's play. neil: but what if its in the end, a intramural fight, zel zel out rogue ages. >> i would respectfully submit that the e has been broken, i don't know you could put it back in, about there still has to be face saving down the road, 6 months from now, a year from now, because you know the next elect this will be an issue, the smart lawyers in the world, anybody can tell you what is wrong, smart ones tell how to avoid the problem, deal with it before it becomes a problem. even if justin personal it has to be addressed -- internal it still has to be addressed, one of these days it will be messy. neil: you are a great lawyer, but i notice in hearings when they start they are never expected to go anywhere, like watergate -- then, the inconsistency in witness' testimonies and material. so surprises happe is it the intent of hearings to get as many witnesses as possible to show overlap to show incontins stanes a race concerns that way? >> i think hrings serve tolis -o different goals, as humanbies we protest too much we talk too. as crimina dense lawyer we say shut up, you request only talk yourself -- you can only talk yourself into trouble. hearin do, that they have a deterrent effect. you want to be next moron in this chair? at some level, it is supposed to, peas us a citizens, look, the government is doing something, we're on top of it, don't worry, i'm in control! but we're not. neil: you think they are wheeling and dealing as we speak? >> listen, they are out there, they are meeting they are rushing they are on cell phones, deals areeing cut as we speak. neil: i can't hear anything just now. >> i hear it all. neil: randy, the best, amazing, anyway. forget tea partiers and whether they sue the irs, did you hear about national organization of marriage that is suing the it as simples this. at bny mellon, our business is invtments. managing them, moving them, making them work. we oversee 20% of the world's financial assets. and that gives us scale d insight no one else has. investment management combined with investment servicing. bringing the power of investnts to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. >> here is another situation at the very least, clearly, their allegation here. that had, fix of chilling speech of a political organization. that happened to be on wrong side of the current administration. neil: top set of republicans, that we know. but it goes way beyond the kind of groups you think of. national organization of marriage, is suing tax giants. not for singling it out, but for getting too much information on the organization out. john ease man is with the organization, and joining me to eplain. john, spell it out for me. what are youuing over. >> wl, very simple. in march 2012 our confidential tax returns were disclosed to ourolitical opponent, human rights campaign, we know that. the pdf document had redactions on if and our computer technician unlayered it, it it d internal irs marks on it. neil: that is someone from within irs leaking this out into hands of folks to do deliberate embarrassment and harm to you. >> we shod point out, reas that human rights campaign and others' our list they can post them on web site, harass, and intimidate them, and scare them from donating to cause of traditional marriage. neil: by the way, i rememberhe 8 wealthy individuals that gave money to romney campaign last year, tgeted and broadca for world to see, several gting audi from hell, a lot of them paying big money to have their name cleared, this would reek of intimidaon? >> it does. and i think it is no accident that head of han heating campaign at the time was also -- human rights cpaign at the time was serving national co-chair for the obama reelect campaign this federal statute that protects your pry vate income tax returns, it is a felony fornyone in irs to disclose that information we are a nonprofit, we do have a portion that are made public, but there are portions of tax rerns that list of donors, that are as private as your individual tax return. and like i said, this is a felony, it is goes back to watergate. back in early 197s this is one of charges of impeechment that was already drown up again president nixon before he was forced to resign,