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The weather segment, what sam said, it's a cat. it's a cat. >> yes. >> which -- >> wasn't a dog. >> good. >> i talk. >> we told you we weren't going to let him talk. >> moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd, ahead of today's hearings on the irs, michael hainey, with the new issue of "gq". >> i bet another picture of kate upton in there. >> up next, many say, the former congressman, anthony weiner's wife would be his best weapon in a possible run for mayor of new york city, could something she did while working for hillary clinton make her a liability instead? we'll explain next in the polit...

Completely -- >> it has legs. >> benghazi is lit gaited over and over. that's a polarized -- if you wear a red shirt or blue shirt, your mind is not going to get changed. >> yeah. >> the irs is different. >> the irs is. >> but -- >> can i disagree? >> this affects -- >> can i really quickly, we need to get to sam stein, he's been here six 6:00 a.m., his mother hasn't heard him say a complete sentence. sam, we got him out of prep school to come here today and he's wearing his best tie. really quickly, sam, let me -- let me say personally how this impacts the debate. >> yeah. >> i have been sayi...

We're not sure what you call them, but what do you make of what's happened over the past week and a half? >> starting with the irs, what's the impact? >> okay. well it's a big mess, obviously. i know there have been these comparison to watergate. i would say not yet, joe. you've made the point which i think is absolutely correct that you've got to investigate all of these things. the congress, the obama administration itself, needs to dig in to find out exactly what happened. what -- if you -- i mean i would start with the ap, these subpoenas for phone records, from the justice department beca...

Will get the former irs head mr. miller before them to answer questions as well as the inspector general mr. george who wrote this report that was so damming to the irs. the question you bring up is, how far is the gop going to push it. the cliche thing in d.c. to say look they have to keep it serious, can't make this into a witch hunt because they lose the political high ground. the best committee to have out of the gate in order to have these types of questions, joe, is the house ways and means committee. you remember from your time up here, that's where the party puts its stars. it's the sm...

Republicans want to prove to you that government's in the way, incompetent and too big. that's sort of the basic -- the basic premise of both parties right now and the irs scandal goes at the -- hits the democrat s at the heart -- hurts them at the heart of what they're arguing about government. let's just -- i mean one thing here, you know, there is still a larger part of government that works very well, whether it's the military, whether it's any part of this. i mean, this is sometimes we all go over the top, beating up government workers, you know, all of them, they're all incompetent or co...