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Specifically said as we wait for the inspector general's report to come out of treasury department about the irs situation. >> this is something that i think people are properly concerned about. i can tell you that if you've got the irs operating in anything less than a neutral and nonpartisan way, then that is outrageous. it is contrary to our traditions. and people have to be held accountable and it has to be fixed. >> reporter: the president referred to the irs situation as a wait and see situation. i guess you can compare that to him saying the conclusions have been made on benghazi. clear...

believe that low level irs employees devised and carried out the policy all on their own. instead they say the government abused the irs authority to punish rivals. here's what happened according to an internal audit. starting in 2010 the irs levied invasive questioning on groups looking for tax-exempt status whose names hit in a search skewed with seventh key words like tea party, patriot and government debt. these groups were then told to reveal their donors, something strongly protected by the 501 c 4 status. the irs has apologized but said it was an effort to combat the explosion...

Before the cuts set in, kansas republican tim hooul's camp declared, this will be the first significant tea party vijtry in that we got what we set out to do in changing washington. two weeks ago, south carolina congressman jeff duncan made a highly questionable comparison, between the sequester and the war in vietnam. >> in vietnam, we went and took a hill and defeated the enemy and retreated from that position and the enemy took back over. i think one thing we saw in the sequestration, we're taking and holding this ground. these spending cuts we made are locked in. >> and john bain anywhere ...

in the form of harsh, indiscriminate cuts that are hurting some of the country's most vulnerable. the "huffington post" reports that 99,000 people are seeing their unemployment salaries cut by 10%. those in rhode island are seeing much the same thing. >> long-term unemployment benefits are cut for up to 8,000 rhode islanders. >> that's another $40 some odd dollars, you have your phone hanging off the hook over and over with bill collectors, but all you can pay is your rent, rob peter to pay paul, to make sure you only stay that one month behind. >> the "washington post" reports that ...

>> the next thing i know my friend jumped on me. >> he saw a suspect's gun on his friend and intervened. he was shot in the arm. it all reminds baxter of the day ashkenaz's owner was shot and killed in 1996. baxter was working the door that day, as well. >> a little shooken up. traumatized. >> berkeley police arrested one of the two suspects. they found him hiding just a few feet away from ashkenaz. in the meantime the shootings have shaken this entire dance and music community. classes were cancelled, but -- ♪ >> the beat was back. the dance community, the music community is just ...