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0 book seller? it isn't often the dictionary folks come asking us regular people for help. when they do, i feel like we should help if we can. obviously, we really need the help. if you know anything about this, if you have anything to offer, let us know. we'll pass it on. that's your weekend assignment. we're going to see you again monday. "weekends with alex witt" starts now. the outgoing irs commissioner in the hot seat before congress. this morning new reaction. two commuter trains going opposite directions just outside of new york collide at rush hour. in office politics, i talk to ...

targeted tea party groups seeking tax exempt status. >> as acting commissioner, i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service for the mistakes that we made and the poor service we provided. i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload. the listing, as described in the report, while intolerable, was a mistake and not an act of partisanship. good morning. thanks for joining me. bombshells. did you hear any at this hearing? and i'm also curious about the impact on president obama. when they sa...

the run-up to the iraq war. far too often, the press simply accepted these sweeping assertions by the highest officials in the government. without looking for the hard evidence to support it. >> more concern about the politics of my decision rather than what is right and what is wrong. >> i have prayed to god many times that he would forgive me for sending his children to die in a war that never had to happen. >> was there ever any consideration of apologizing to the american people? >> i mean, apologizing would basically say the decision was a wrong decision. and i don't believe it ...

verdict came down last night. what are things like this morning? >> reporter: well, alex, it was quite a night last night. a lot of drama and electricity in the air. taken the jury the better part of two days and they deliberated well into the night and there was some question as to whether this would continue on into the weekend. you have no idea when a jury is going to announce a decision. outside the courtroom, crowds gathered and people from the community came because they wanted to see and hear and be a part of what was happening inside the courtroom, much more somber attitude. ...

To perhaps continue as we go through closing arguments and into the deliberations beginning this afternoon. thomas? >> nbc's ron allen in bellefonte, pennsylvania. ron, thanks so much. joining me here in studio is criminal defense attorney, former federal prosecutor, jay fahey. great to have you here. as ron was pointing out and we were talking about in break this seems like it has gone by at a lightning pace they have been able to get this far and the fact the jury could be handed this case by lunch time. the judge though throwing out two of the counts relating to a i kaiser around victim num...