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Influence industry, in areas of corporate america that have major business before the federal government that have earned some pretty significant access. >> here's the question and you detail this well in your reports. i recommend people go to the daily beast to read this. what does somebody get from meeting with the office of management and budget? so, you were in south carolina. you donated to his campaign. maybe you had interests that could be brought before congress. what are these people who met him as omb director get for? >> the office of management and budget has a very wide purview in...

It's just the nature of the way human beings operate. and especially if they get more facetime with them. so it's part of the influence industry. we're all realistic and recognize that it takes place. but it's got to be disclosed, and it's got to be accessible in an easy way where voters and reporters can find it. >> peter schweizer, maybe they will change this decision. they do have that chance. appreciate you being with us. quick reminder. make sure you set your dvr whenever you can. watch "ac 360" whenever you like. just ahead for us, ahmed chalabi, wound telephone most disgraced, widely ...

Other things bribing public officials. is that the concern here? >> i think it's the combination of things. i mean, certainly you have special interest whether they are corporations, labor unions that will funnel money to say a non-profit organization, which is the legitimate entity that can sponsor a trip like this that they can interest them. i think it's not just sort of the extreme cases like that case. i think this is sort of the currency of how washington works. members of congress, i think it's human nature will find somebody who has given their family or themselves a nice trip to say e...

We want a country where it isn't even considered. >> our task isn't to purge our party, it is to grow it. fascinating from paul ryan, karen. the question is, does the base of the party agree? i feel like there's a disconnect on some of these issues between what leadership wants and what base says. >> we're hearing more and more of the party's leaders and up-and-comers, not only paul ryan, but eric cantor and bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana, sounding much the same note. which is one, we're going to have to present some fresh ideas. and two, we've got to quit you know, excluding people w...

That? >> she is politically elected person appointed to get zimmerman. she was appointed to prevent riots. she wasn't appointed to do justice. she as appointed to calm the situation down. that is problem where you elect prosecutors. we're only country in the western world that elect prosecutors. prosecutors run for re-election based on how many people they put in jail. that doesn't produce justice. megyn: we solved that problem. not saying it applies here. we saw that in the duke fake rape case. he was running for re-election. >> went to jail for a night and got disparred. if i were this prose...