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♪ martha: all right. there is our throwback thursday. back to 1970. 44 years ago today, paul mccartney announced the beatles breakup. remember that moment? the fab four got together in the 1960. their performance on "the ed sullivan show" skyrocketed them to fame. we'll leave you with that. have a great day. jenna: the investigation into the irs scandal heating up as house lawmakers get ready to vote whether to hold lois lerner in contempt of congress. a big day today in washington, d.c. i'm jenna lee. >> i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. the committee going after the former irs official for ...

Of $100 billion deficit. but we do hard things. sometimes they're not popular, but they're not necessary for everyday people to have a good economy. >> you want to make raising the minimum wage a big part of your re-election campaign. you launched a new tv ad on it. but i'm trying -- i'm doing a little math here. you're proposing to move it up to $10.10. you have a democrat -- you have large democratic majorities in the state legislature. why aren't you just passing this right now? if this is important legislation to get done -- [ snapping fingers ] -- why not do it now? it looks like you simp...

Says, everyone is in lock step and they believe the same thing. they can't stand the fact that there are people who don't agree with them. >> you can't go and fight the government for free birth control and all of the things they are trying to do now and then bring someone as strong and independent and self-worthy as conde rice to speak in front of the students. you have been four years in a school telling you you are never going to make a it and you can't do it unless you have the government do it for you and then you bring conde up and you see conde say i can do it and i can do it with my pa...

About the charges against d' souza. >> i think it is strange that somebody would allegedly contribute 20,000 dollars and yet say nothing, there's nothing in the press ever about the fact that i can go to a dinner, you can go to a tinker and put up 25, 35, 40,000 dollars a plate. his lawyer denies any wrong doing. he is being held on 195,000 dollar bond. what does natural really mean when it comes to your food? the fda doesn't have a definition. a few companies replaced the word natural with other words like simply. the reason, too nanny lawsuits being filed consumer groups. >> the smarter co...

Dow. a childhood favorite is going back to basics. under pressure from consumer groups, general mills says it will stop using genetic kalli modified organisms saying less safe but little data to back that up but consumers have been really pushing to get gmo-free foods. general mills says it has no plans to face out genetically products and now you'll see that rolling out in your grocery stores. >> i wonder if it will change the way they taste? >> we will see. former secretary of defense robert gates is recovering after hurting his neck if a fall. he fractured his vertebrae in his washingto...