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Taxes. basically, any conservative fiscal approach, the irs decided -- this is -- this is mind boggling. i want you to continue, mika, but what is mind boggling also is the headline on the front page of "the new york times" which didn't even put this on the front page of its national edition this weekend. their headline? irs focus on conservatives gives gop a path -- an issue to seize on. this -- this, while, mika, the aclu is coming out talking about how chilling this is, how frightening this is that this government is using the internal revenue service to target people with whom they disagre...

Government. in the case of ben ghazi the way jay handled it. >> have you ever seen anything like that? >> i don't recall anything where he said things on the face of them were not supported by the facts. >> let's assess the press conference later and get to the heart of the story which is the controversy surrounding ben ghazi. eight months after the attack on the consulate there the issue is more highly charged than ever. a number of republicans are calling for a special select committee to investigate how the administration handled the deadly raid and another gop lawmakers suggested more whis...

Requests, delaying approval for tax-exempt status and that kind of thing. can you elaborate on what's going on with that? can you give us assurances that the irs are not targeting particular groups based on political leanings? >> let me start by saying, yes, i can give you assurances. as you know, we pride ourselves on being a non-political, non-partisan organization. what's been happening has been the normal back and forth that happens with the irs. there is absolutely no targeting. this is the kind of back and forth that happens when people apply for 501c4. >> it's the irs commissioner who w...

One of the big organizers told me they'lling working as responsible individuals not on behalf of their companies but of course it could still affect their bottom lines. mark zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionaires in the world. at just 28 years old, he's worth $13.3 billion, and his global empire facebook has more than 1 billion unique visitors a month. along with that money comes power and lots of it. president obama visited his company's headquarters. celebrities have showered him with attention. and hollywood even made a movie about his life. >> people want to go on the internet and ...

I mentioned richard nixon. he used the irs to go after political enemies, including george mcgovern. franklin roosevelt used the irs to go after political enemies, and so on a day when we're talking about executive privilege, which was abused during the nixon administration we have a situation today where what appear to be legitimate groups are being asked for their roles. at the same time there have been calls with regard to other organizations, like media matters, which is a 501c3, it's supposed to be straight, charitable, no political activity. if you turn on their website you see it's abso...