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>> i'm not saying they are republicans. i'm saying democrats need to decide if democrats are above the law or only target republicans. under the trump administration they targeted donald trump, durham forward the fbi didn't have real evidence to have that investigated. there was no russian collusion. we are seeing evidence of that. a whistleblower last week was fired from the irs. we don't -- i don't know what their political affiliation is but make sure we are protecting them. we want to talk to them and protect them so they know the information they provide us is safe and they are safe. >> j...

Become an official whistleblower, that individual has to follow a prescribed routine in order to achieve that status. how confident are you that this second irs individual is actually a whistleblower who is abiding by that process, because comer last week on our air admitted he may or may not have been mistaken about the first whistleblower could came forward. >> we know some of the whistleblowers are still there, still out there, they are very credible, particularly the one with documentation or said there is documentation about showing how the president knew what was going on with hunter bid...

Described their devastation following his murder. arias will testify monday. and lottery fever is sweeping the nation. tonight's mega millions drawing is worth $190 million. tomorrow night's powerball jackpot, a near record $550 million. those are just some of the top stories that we are following this friday, may 17th. >> we begin this half-hour with the scandal of the irs targeting the tea party group. one of the men who resigned because of it is set to testify on capitol hill. and president obama is looking to get past the scandal. abc's tahman bradley is covering these developments. good...

>> apparently this doesn't happen. >> jack lew is the type of guy who would ask those questions. he's not sloppy. that is the first thing you do when you go into a bureaucracy, as big as the treasury department, you call everybody and go, what's going on? what's been happening before i got here? what do i need to know about? and everybody that's worth their weight in salt will say, i don't want to be blindsidesed, never let me be blindsided, give me the worst news first and let's work from there. everybody. i can't believe that he was in the dark also. >> and that you want to make sure you don...

>> you really haven't contributed any money to my campaign. >> reporter: the real white house plans to get back on offense. the president is shaking up the irs. a second irs official was ousted on thursday and he is trying to get back to his second-term agenda. on friday traveling to baltimore where he'll be talking up his plans for the economy. jonathan karl, abc new, the white house. there may be a new way to get a jolt of caffeine moments after you get out of your bed. colgate, patenting, caffeine in the bristles of a toothbrush slowly released during being used. and appetite suppression ...