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Tea party matter very dangerous cincinnati should probably not have these cases and we know that it was then sent to washington. dealt with by five deputies and associate chief councils. doesn't that utterly undermine the president's claim? >> there is no doubt about it that the tone that the president took in the o'reilly interview, vastly different than last year when this came to light nearly a year ago, when he said this was inexcusable, was outrageous and they were going to get to the bottom of it. and clearly washington was involved was obama asked for the irs head to step down. it's bee...

Strong criticism for an apparent lack of qualifications for some of its picks for key ambassador positions. the president's pick for ambassador to norway has never been to that country. he testified that norway is a constitutional democracy, it is in fact a constitutional monarchy. the ambassador to hungary ask a soap opera star. she appeared to know very little about that country. but former senator max baucus me a stunning admission about china where he will be the next ambassador. >> i am no real expert on china, but it's my strong belief that chinese people are just as proud as we american...

President's political picks. >> we have ambassadors from business back grounds and from political back grounds, but our picks are approximately a 70/30 balance. >> ambassador nominees with a highly sarcastic remark. he said quoting, i have no more questions for this incredibly highly qualified group of nominees. a verdict could come any moment now in the case of michael dunn, as jury deliberations enter their fourth day. he's the florida man who allegedly killed a teenager during an argument over his loud music, michael dunn, charged with first-degree murder, but he claims he shot jordan dav...

Situation there. there will be some intermediate steps that we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime. >> that said, u.s. officials reaffirmed there is in their eyes no military solution to the civil war which has now claimed an estimated 130,000 lives in its first three years. gregg? >> james rosen live in washington. james, thank you. >> thank you. controversy is growing over president obama'swarding of political -- appointing them to coveted u.s. ambassador ships but a number of embarrassing mistakes, indeed gaffs raising serious questions about their actual callificati actua...

>> the e-mails may be the smoking gun in all of this. they came up with new rules specifically targeting conservatives and they did it, we learned in the hearing recently, they did out all in secret. look, bob, does it look as though, to the average person that, you know, this is a president who's trying to sweep the irs scandal under the rug? no punishment, no accountability? >> the tone is just so dramatically different, we're in an election year, the president is aiming to just make sure that the democrats retain the senate. so i think he's trying to make this, the republicans a partisan is...