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The decision making process, a hundred pages with all sorts of individuals weighing in and offering their suggestions. >> because it goes through the various agencies of the u.s. government whether the state department, the pentagon, the cia, the national security council. they're all weighing in. what to put in these talking points, what to tell members of congress, members of the house and senate intelligence committee, what to tell the american public. and so there's a treasure trove of information. >> that's right. you see specifically four changes that the cia makes. in the original draft...

Individuals because they disagree with their ideological beliefs. >> because as you know, one of the responsibilities of the irs is to make sure that when an organization applies for tax-exempt status, charitable status or whatever, that it's a legitimate organization. >> sure. >> so there is nothing wrong with examining that organization and making sure they're doing something for the social welfare, for the social good. what's wrong is if you just go after conservative organizations as opposed to liberal organizations. >> and targeting people with names, tea party, constitution, you know, na...

What we're doing about this, and where we go from here. i've reviewed the treasury department watchdog's report, and the misconduct that it uncovered is inexcusable. it's inexcusable, and americans have a right to be angry about it, and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the irs. given the power that it has, and the reach that it has in all of our lives. and as i said earlier, it should not matter what political stripe you're from, the fact of the matter is that the irs has to operate with absolute integrity. the government generally...

Fixing it as jessica just pointed out. he met with treasury officials about 4:45 today. so, clearly, something transpired in that meeting. i've been e-mailing trying to find out. and that he has to announce some action and be in charge of this. he's got to get in front of it. he's going to try and move on from it because this is a problem. >> it needs to be the statement of a leader not a lawyer. >> right. >> it can't be if this happened the way that it's reported, then therefore it would be outrageous. that's not what people want to hear. that's basically what he said in the east room, i forg...

That the president is going to address this one shows you which one they actually think could hurt them. they obviously do not think the benghazi scandal -- they wouldn't have released a hundred e-mails if they didn't think they needed to do so, but i don't think they're worried about that long term. i think they believe people see it as a partisan divide. 40% think the president is telling the truth. 40% say he isn't. 20% say they don't know, which is pretty much means nothing. but the irs scandal is something every american understands. big government, big brother improperly going after me b...