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i would like to think about how disappointed i amto that p.m. president obama is reap act to go this. i thought he would have learned something after sherrod and akorn not jump every time the republicans yell boo. i think he needs to take his time to investigate first instead of firing everybody involved. good point roberto, republicans are trying to make a great big deal of this.

>> "the bill press show," a big weekend for commencement exercises here in d.c. carey washington told her fellow graduates -- not fellow graduates but graduates at her alma mater george washington university that they should go out and write their own script. president obama told young

graduates at moore thousands college that -- moorhouse that somebody like him could become president of the united states. mayor michael bloomberg, says what the hell? just become a plumber. you don't have to go to college. just become a plumber. in other news, dan pfeiffer top obama advisor went on the five sunday talk these to answer republican charges about the irs and point out the white house knew nothing about it. president obama plans a major speech this week on the policy regarding drones. find out all about that and a lot more right here on current tv. [ music ] support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was

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press show. president obama says reaches for the stars. michael bloomberg says reach for the plunger. yeah. tell you all about that. good morning, everybody. it is the full court press here on this monday may 20th. so good to see you today. thank you so much for joining us. here is where we bring you up to date on all of the news of the day. the nation's capitol around the country. we tell you all about it. giving you a chance to tell us what you think about it at 866-55-press o twitter @bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com. the whole team here dan henning. haney happy monday.

cyprian boulding. friends on current tv, we are coming to you live on your local progressive talk radio station and on current tv this monday morning. welcome. welcome, welcome. >> hey, hey, hey. >> what do you say? >> i know. it was of here in washington, d.c. a big day for commencement universities: president obama down at moorhouse college yesterday, a very, very powerful speech at moorhouse telling young black graduates there no excusesnym. you can do everything. become president of the united states. you've got to t do it.

they had stogo through and him he made it. you can, too. the contrast was what michael bloomberg said, mayor of new york not at a commencement exercise but talking about commencement weekend on his radio show. h he basically said strife for the bottom. >> people who are going to have the biggest problem are college graduates who aren't rocket scientists, if you will, not at the top of the class. prepare a plum tory go to college. a plumber for the average person probably would be a big deal because you don't spend four years spending thousands of dollars of tuition with no income. >> a better deal. yeah. forget about college. nothing against plumbers. we all defend them depend upon them and they do good work. putting down a college

education? well said, michael bloomberg. book learning. you go to college for book learning and you learn how to plumb a toilet or install a sink or anything like that. see how far you go. get your book learning. then if you want to become a plumber, okay, you could be an educated intellectual plumber. background there. just shut up next time. peter finn will join us and we will be joined by larry sabato from the university of virginia and indicate nosa the rro will be along later in this hour but first. >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news, one person or a group of people in florida, $590,000,000,000 richer after this weekend. saturday night's winning power

powerball on one ticket sold at a pubs market in zephyr hills, florida no. one has claimed the prize f they take their lump sum payment t amounts to $370 million. there were 31 am million dollar on this jackpot. $22 million winners on this jackpot. i was none of those. it people who were $0 winners. >> it $0. >> taylor swift was a big wishnner at the bill board music awards. she took home 8 trophies. briana, in justin beiber won 3 including the milestone award for music ingenuity.

prison prince with his traffic song let's go crazy. >> i miss that had show. >> i am not sure where this would rank in terms of all of these. american music awards. no. 2. above like the american music awards. if billboard has been around a long time. >> cheap fears are becoming less cheap among the hipster culture pabbs blue ribbon has become such a huge hit that bars have begun to charge more for it because they can get away with it. >> out there until up seven % in the last seven months because of

pbr's rise in popularity. >> you know what? fine. you know, if they are suckers enough to drink pbr, they are suckers enough to pay more money for it. inch. >> good. i have home pbr once or twice in a bar because they were literally giving it away. it was quarter beer night in college. >> uh-huh. >> they would have quarter beer night. if you came with a pocket full of carps, you could bring cans of pabst blue ribbon for a quarter. >> all right. now we know what you are thinking about pabst blue ribbon. no chance i am going to drink it anyhow anyhow. on benghazi am the untold tells, how the media is complicit in helping fan the flames of this so-called benghazi scandal. i won't mention names.

among others principally jonathan carl of abc news. you might have heard about this flap, but he is the rarityeporter from nbc news who erroneously it on e-mails which purported to show a bigger roll of -- a major roll on the part of the white house and the state department in some e-mails about benghazi and changing e-mails in order to make things look better than they really were. we will get into that in just a second here let me back up a little bit and put it in context context. yes, republicans are still trying to keep beat that ground. darryl issa house and senate there have been so far 11 could be congressional hearings on benghazi. remember, they tried to bring -- they were going to bring hillary clinton up and that was going to

be enough to destroy hillary clinton. until darryl issa's hearing, maybe even bring the it back again. another big mistake. they think they've got something on this one. in fact t dlaj that terrorist if's in benghazi am four americans including chris stevens. there was not enough security at that embassy. everybody admits that. funding for more security at the embassy. without playing it down or without blaming the president, this happened and security has been increased there and at other embassies and consulates around the world. the obama administration working

with the libyan government is trying to track them trying to track down the people responsible should be the end of stories. republicans don't want to make it the end of the story. they want to make it somehow am president obama is soft on national security and soft on terrorism and they are willing to do do it, including including it fabricating e-mails. the -- the republicans in congress now getting closer to jonathan carl's role here they had been demanding that the white house release all of the e-mails related to this incident because they were accusing the white house of covering up the fact that terrorists were involved: reporting repeating just what those agencies were telling them. it could have been a spontaneous demonstration sparked by the

videotape. similar demonstrations against. republicans are sailing the white house was trying to cover that. again: the white house showed inform response to their request, showed republicans in congress the e-mails. in the congress what word shall i use? they paraphrased, if you will or phonied up these e-mails to make them appear worse than they did. they fed those to jonathan karl of abc news. and jonathan karl without checking the authenticity of them trusted his source, went on the air with his great big breaking news thing and said we've got it.

this proves the white house and the state department were involved in this. they were -- it was a cover-up to show that there were no terrorists involved and he repeated that and it made big news. >> it did. yes realize this was a thing that would happen. you take it directly from the secondary sorts without the original source. >> doctored it. t he ran with it. he reported it. abc news e-mails, which they did not, as if he himself, which he had not. spacey he had discovered he was just simply quoting the source.

and jonathan carl's first is redacted, if you will. >> one e-mail was written by deputy national security officer, ben rhodes. on fridays republicansed leaked what they said was a quote from rhodes: we must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities including those of the state of the state department. and we don't want to undermine the investigation. the e-mails d mention the start department. it read, we need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation. >> yes. so you see, total, total different wording. they put that statement: they reported it as the truth. republicans also provided what they said was a quote from an e-mail written by state department spokesman victoria newland.

the republican version quotas newland discussing the penultimate point is a paragraph talking about the previous warnings provided by the agency about kuwait al-qaeda's presence and actyivity and al-qaeda. the actually e-mail says it could be abused by members top beat the state department of for not paying attention top agency warnings. >> the e-mails are discussing we have to discuss everything related to this. it was the cia we learned, david petraeus and the number two guy at the cia, michael muller who requested that any reference toeller, who requested that any reference to it be taken out because we didn't want to tip them off. s is shoeie kurtz talked about this with david shuster. you you heard how karl took

this, rap with it when it was not the truth. he was just quoting a republican source. clearly, i regret the e-mail was quoted incorrectly. and i regret that it's become a distraction from the story. which still entirely stands. i should have been clearer about the attribution. we updated our story immediately. i don't know about you. did you see squaw find that as an apology. pretending it was his work and it was true. pratt proof he is not sorry at all is this statement: i regret that it's become a distraction from the story which entirely stands. it does not stand.

if it's built ol phony information, on a pack of lineses, the story does not stand. jonathan karl should say, i'm sorry. i was wrong, and the republicans are wrong and they ought to get off this story. the media won't do that because jonathan karl and others want to keep fanning the frames of benghazi. shame on him. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press

this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic

politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right?

[ music ] >> this is "the bill press show." >> it's 26 minutes after the hour. kate nosarra will be here with us in the next segment for the next half hour. right now, we are talking again about jonathan carl making a little bit of news yesterday. sort of pseudo tried to weasel out and apologize but not really. on the show. he made a statement about his reporting. they were wanting to make the department look back on benjamin? is it turns out all he was reading republican -- republican-doctored e-mails. by the way, what are republicans up to?

>> criminal what they are doing. >> it's also kind of classic going a little too far. >> bill: yeah. >> when you think you see a scandal. questions there. just sort of try to make it worse overshot. >> what are we saying on the social media, here jonathan carl and james o'keefe have in common. >> answer that question. frances says mr. karl should resign. he should at least apologize. apologize. howie kurtz knows what a real apology is. it happens. you just own it. all right. supposed to have two sources.

the story is still not standing. the story republicans are trying to fabricate about benghazi, that it was a deliberate cover-up on the part of the obama administration related to the 2012 campaign does not stand up. makes sure there is more security at our embassies in the future. >> this is "the bill press show." >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. "great leadership"

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this is "the bill press show." >> 33 minutes after the hour. not a good week for president obama last week. still dealing with benghazi. on top of that comes the irs. on the associated press the violation of the first amendment. some seem to be more interested. kate nosarro covers congress for buzz feed. she joins us. the writing and reporting. ways and means committee last friday. >> type of people. >> it's a long hearing. everyone wants to get their questions in. you know, steve miller who is the acting irs -- >> i thought it was interesting. they fired him and yet he had to go out the next day and get beat

up. >> he did not want to be there. he was not happy about having to be there. >> i don't know why he didn't have to say, hell, i am out of here. >> he was so unhappy. you could see in his face just like the contempt he had for these members of congress who were grilling him and, you know, i was watching it. i was thinking to myself, you know, this was a scandal, you know. he needs to go out there and show just like an inch of hugh milty and that did not exist. >> i thought it was bad when steve miller said some people call me the state cowboy. >> great. and then we also heard from the inspector general, russell george. when it was clear, did you learn anything friday? >> we did. we learned that the inspector

general told the treasury last year that they were going to be looking into the irsnd that kind of blew up on friday afternoon. people were starting to freak outed about that. jack lew said they didn't know the specifics of the investigation. inspector general was going to start to look into what was happening at the irs. >> let's separate at that point because republicans, see, they knew last summer. they knew last summer the treasu treasury department did. this whole thing. the white house knew what was going on. inform president obama in the 2012 election? >> yeah. n more of that kind of talk.

when did they know it? you know, was it some kind of ploy to try -- >> isn't there a little fact that's getting lost in the e coordination, which is that the republicans in congress were also told at the same time? >> that's right. darryl issa the head of the government oversight committee. am looking into it. >> what would you do about it? >> we didn't hear anything from him then. >> right. >> it's kind of hard for them to make the argument that we were kept in the dark when they weren't kept in the dark. >> they were going to do with it. >> bill: i am not necessarily

defending the irs. i just think this is a scandal that is not a scandal, you know. you really look. am some people kind of out of control or running amok or lazy or whatever. the "new york times" reports yesterday, which i was surprised has hasn't been reported. the sub head on the "new york times" story snow scrutiny went beyond conservative groups. >> i haven't seen that. am in the article, including at least two dozen. some that were overtly. >> i think the thing -- >> reporter: >> more tea party groups.

more that apply for tax exempt status. >> i don't think that it was am you know, the irs, they have a job to do, which is to look in and make sure that you see organizations are meeting the standard of social welfare groups. not unheard of that they would be casting, that they would look at pretty much everyone, but the thing is -- >> that's their job. we want them to do that. >> they admitted that they specifically searched for words like patriot, tea party, you know groups. constitution. the most beloved. everybody hates -- dan, the

point was made better than anything else at saturday night live with amy po the ehler who showed up, seth myers was really great and they are talking about the irs. >> no need to avoid scandal. you are less popular with americans than exercise. don't get me wrong. i understand even if you do your job perfectly, i are. s, no one is going to give you a gator aid shower but you've got to try a little harder. >> really, the government only keeps you around to make the dmv look good. you are the turtle. really. >> it is true. >> i think that anything that they do they have admitted they mess up, you know. >> one moment, where people sort

of didn't deny any application. >> that's the next one. can you tell me tea party group. >> it's all about politics. >> the standard for all of these. >> that's one thing you would hear democrats argue, you know, what is the social welfare group? what is political? what is not political? how do we determine that? and they weren't defending the irs's actions. understand why.

>> i don't know if you can. >> one thing am i want to remind our listeners, we can talk about milne sloan for citizens of responsibilitin thursday or friday of last week, she pointed out this all stems back to 1959 when congress passed the legislation setting up the sort of tax-exempt status. i hope stead, they had to be -- that status was reserved for exclusively, exclusively educational social welfare. the same year the irs adopted regulations to apply that knew law and their new it educational or seville welfare. tests. and 51%, you know, for some of

your time on social welfare and education, 49% on everything else. congress was talking about maybe ten or twenty % political maybe, you know. it spending 68, 70% on the money on political campaigns and they still have tax eement status. we are supporting these guys. right? there is a real problem with that definition inside the irs. i guess we will take some calls on this, too. 866-55-press. so how does this impact for what, you know, long-term on the obama presidency? >> i don't think anyone is going let this go any time soon.

republicans certainly are not otherwise groups are not. everyone has a different way of looking at it, you know grassed really would like to push for campaign finance reform in light of this, tax reform. there are lots of different things that people want to do in response to this. but i don't see that this going away for the obama administration any time soon. i mean republicans have said we are going to hold multiple hearings, tea party groups, i heard from a lawyer that represents a bunch of them that he had 17 groups that were ready to sue. >> the worst thing that could happen, the worst in judgment is for everything to say we just have to lay off the piece of paper and let the tea party -- let the tea party do whatever they want. peter biner has a good piece out this morning saying the problem is not that the irs is too strong. it's too weak.

>> i did see that before >> bill: this is a time to step up and give the irs more teeth. there are so many tax cheatsshoots out there? >> all right. >> t unfairly targeted. kate nassero, the irs, is it as big? 866-55-press. >> this is "the bill press show."

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>> heard around the country and seen current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: eleven minutes inuntil the top of the hour, the irs getting into a little bit on the associated press and the department of justice as well. first, a story out of georgia, law enforcement authorities arrested a woman, charged her with identity theft after she allegedly used an elderly man's credit card. she had stolen the identity of more than 100 people opening up in facts their name. identity theft is everywhere. you have to be protected against it you recommend lifelock ultimate. the most comprehensive id theft

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twitter@bppshow. why aren't reporters talking more about the department of justice seizing the phone records of the associated press? >> reporters are talking about it. you should hear us on the hill. i mean people are really upset and pretty freaked out by that move when they seized the phone records of 20 editors and reporters from the associated press including those from the congressional press gallery the ap has private phone lines in the press gallery but, you know, just the fact that it was like, you know, in our space. the interesting part is that the people have been calling on the obama administration to invest gave the leaks, you know leaks to the press. >> right. >> leaks on national security and so what i found last week when i was running around interviewing folks was that eppeople were, you know, members of congress were actually not that upset about the dodge, you

know. they certainly said, well it deserves a little more scrutiny because it seems like they cast a pretty wide net if they were only looking for, you know, two or three people. but it the anger to the doj was not there. i was in a hearing with eric holder last week as well, who said he didn't know anything about anything about this. and, you know, people just really kind of on this specific thing, it didn't seem like there was a level of anger, obviously not the same level of angle as the irs situation. >> right. >> and again, by the way, our good friend, eric byrnes from bullfight strategies watching this morning text text in or e-mails a good point that media matters, there is no more left-leaning progress matters.

they were audited by the irs last year. guess what. they thought they were being audited because they were a victim of political, you know, prosecution or prosecution everybody who is audited is. it's unfair maybe, but whatever. am life's unfair that this irs has more -- more leks and is a bigger story because everybody hates them whereas everybody hates the media, too. >> they really do. >> they are not going to talk about the department of justice scandals because they thank maybe the media is getting what it deserves when it's an incredible violation of the first amendment. >> it does appear to be that way. right? there are some members who are very angry about the doj and feel like it's just a part of the overall overreach of the administration. there were some members of congress that introduced

legislation to prevent things like the doj going and taking phone workers this last week so there are folks there, i know. lined see graham gave a great quote to politico last week. it was like, you know, even if i hate y'all, i still want you to do your job. >> great. got to appreciate that. the. >> thanks, lindsey. >> yeah. >> i still hate y'all. >> when we talk about it, people say you are whining because it impacts you. no, it's not. the first amendment is important for all americans. we have to defend it. >> with that we've got to say good by until the next time. thank you so much, kate. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: buzzfeed feature great site. we love t buzzfeed.com great to see you. >> good to see you too. >> this is "the bill press show." touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they

actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right?

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[ music ] >> this is the bill press show. >> all right. here we go in the next hour. democratic strategist peter finn here as a friend of bill. we will talk together with larry sabato director at the university of virginia. looking at the virginia governor's race, looking at the impact of these three so-called scandals on president obama and his ability to get the job done for the next three and a half years. s speaking of the president, fairly easy schedules today, the president and the vice president will get their daily briefing at

10:45 followed by a meeting with the senior advisors and then this afternoon, the president is holding a bilateral meeting with his excellency president fine sign, the president of bedrooma in the oval. jay company convening the prior to house press score for today's press briefing in the brady briefing room at 12:30. i will represent all of you. take a look at the political landscape with peter finn and larry sabato. this is "the bill press show." >> how would you like to put your troubles with the irs behind you?

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>> good morning, friends and neighborhoods and welcome to the "full-court press" here on this monday morning may 20th. so good to see you today. thank you for joining us as we bring you up todate on all of the news of the day. whatever is happening here in our nation's capitol, around the country, around the globe, we will tell you all about it and most importantly give you a chance to sound off about it. you can do so by phone at 866-55-press. you can do so on twitter, of course, we invite your comments on twitter @bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. it was a big weekend for commencement ceremonies. george washington university was told to go out and write their own script and not just follow

what somebody else things they ought to do with their lives. president obama telling graduates at moorhouse college that they should reach for the story and shoot for being presidents of the united states like him. and then michael blockberg by contrast on his radio show told young people today that they might be just as well off becoming a plumber. yeah. reach for the bottom, michael bloomberg says and in other news, tom obama addvisor out yesterday on all sunday shows rebutting republican charges on the so-called scandals of the week. we will bring you up to date on all of that and more right here on current tv. iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does

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>> broadcasting across the nation. on current tv, this is also bill press show. >> bill: president obama says reach for the stars, michael bloomberg says reach for the plumber's helper. yeah. what a message much. reach for the bottom. good morning, everybody. what do you say in it is the full court press. here we go. coming to you live on current tv, all across this great land of ours and on your local progressive talk radio station. ready to tackle the news of the day. >> that's what we do for three hours every morning, bring you up to date on what's happening and give you a chance to sound off. on bp show or on facebook at facebook.com/billpress, show. dmieltd hour. you will be to have a chance not only to put your questions to me but but one of the smartest men around this nation's capitol.

should be. he has been there a long time. >> if age has anyone anything to do with it. >> peter finn here as a friend of bill this hour. what's going on? >> great to be here, bill. >> good got the phones covered. cyprian keeping us looking good on television. >> has his handsful. ourpt at mcalester college? >> i am on the board there. largest class graduating we have ever had. >> bill: is that right? >> 530. he has been out front on this whole irs thing. he gets it. and he was a terrific speaker.

a good morning friend from my days at cnn. president obama down at moorhouse college. we will talk about his message there a little later. he had one great comment about, you know, the various degrees of graduates in this crowd in front of him. here is the president. >> some of you are graduating suma cum laude. some are graduating magna cum magna cum laude. i know some of you are graduating thank you lordy! >> like me. thank you, lordy. thank you, lordy. peter fenn here the whole hour with us. we will be joined by larry sabato from the university of village coming up a little bit and we'll cover the political

landscape. peter fenn, but first. what have you got peter? >> some other headlines making news, washington redskins robert griffin iii is getting married first week in july. most of his wedding gifts have been purchased off of his registry by people not even attending his wedding. u.s.a. today reports after the media uncovered rgiii and his fiance were registered his fans started buying up the wedding gifts. he tweeted out a photo of a roomful of boxes in his house yesterday saying a big thank you to his fans. and there are not many items left to purchase. if you would like to get rgiii a wedding gift, you can do so. >> if you are following him on twitter, our friend cindy boren was tweet being this. he issponding to some of the fans. so the rgiii, did you get that beef jerky maker i will send to you? he would say, yeah, we got it. thanks so much.

beef jerky maker, humidifiers and all of this kind of crap. >> yeah. a warehouse: probably open his own store. >> former congressman allen west, if you were worried, he's got a new job. the tea party favorite from florida has been hired by fox news as a contributor. >> shocking. >> since losing his seat in the last election to patrick murphy he had been hosting an obviously show for pj media. now heading for fox. >> en for fox, that's low. fox continues to go lower. plumbers. >> and there has been no triple crown winner in horse racing since 1978. it will stay that way for another year. kentucky winner orb at the weekend preakness stace, oxbo

won the rates and it breaks the record for long time dewayne lucas who has won four kentucky derby with horses he has trained, more than any other trainer in the industry. it's now on to belmont. >> i am gad i didn't spend any money. >> on orb? >> i decided to buy powerball tickets instead. >> if only i bought it at that market in florida. >> right. pubs. >> pubs. >> zephyr hills, florida. indeed. peter, you know this town is all abuzz now over this irs scandal that's going bring president obama down. what's the truth about this? i have nep seen anything like this. >> i am glad to hear you say

that. >> i have to tell you, i understand why they are doing it. i get the politics of this. but i think the white house is over reacting to this. i mean i would say hey, look we should not be using this key word stuff. we shouldn't do it. but you know something? this is out of control. we have had 501 c 4 organizations sprouting up. the big ones are the ones that deserve. cross roads gps. if you are spending $250 million. this is it. to look at this. two-week not strong enough. the same thing also is. the "new york times."

stories coming out. that too. largest lib ram groups have been looked at. let's go after it raising millions and millions of dollars. this is not what this was intended for. >> it's pretty clear that unlike nexton knew the irs or unlike even george bush personally ordering torture. nothing to do with this at all. >> absolutely nothing. >> here a cover up. this sounds kind of ridiculous. you know who has covered it? darryl issa got the word

july 15th last year that there was something going on here. determine ice a new about it. a clip last night. admitted he knew or in a sense he knew about it last summer. >> he knew about it before the white house knew about it. am first of all, turns out the press is -- i will tell you. i believe it. i think they over reacted and didn't have all of the facts. and now liberal groups are getting hit up too. secret money. just what social welfare benefit

does the tea party tea party fulfill? >> this is a group. this isn't the boy scouts. come on. you know, there were clear rules initially 20%. it could be 50%. even then, you tell me crossroads gps did they spend half their money on political activity? baloney. 90%. these are folks that go and do it. if anything, it should strengthen the irs's look. they should look.

this is, you know, back in the megson days. >> supposedly, now we have the department of justice and the associated press. we talked about the irs. i couldn't agree more: everybody who is ever audited. >> everybody hates them. >> believes you are even singled out by the irs. >> a million and a half people. for you. figure it out for that audit. i understand of the three of them which one? it doesn't bother me. the ap stuff bothers me. you know one of my first jobs

in washington was a senate intelligence committee, the church committee where we looked at people that were singled out for their opposition to vietnam and civil rights and were followed and, you know, martin luth luther king's phone was tapped. billed in the holds room. >> and am i think they handled it wrong. i don't know all of the details. am it could harm america. called the ap. you will sit down. ing oil yooishings it this is dangerous stuff. you don't audit all of their ap offices. i think civil liberties are under attack. the cheney-bush operations was disastrous. i don't to see any of this repeated to be perfectly frank. >> that's a good point.

democrats hold themselves and problem progressives, you need to be more transparent. you can't sensor the media. what it looks like our guys are maybe doing. >> democratic administration, going to use it. national security. right? i am vised the pentagon papers look at the wikipedia as far as i am concerned, on and on, bay of pigs. right? all hidden under the theme of national security. we should not have been doing.

you can't just automatically say the other problem we have with the technology, all of these. figure out where they have gone. you know there's a point here where we have to pull back and say, you know, we have a right to privacy if there is a problem, let's go at the problem, which i don't think they did with the ap. now again, i don't have all of the facts and it's obviously secret and eric holder what he was trying to do was safe american lives but i think there were other ways to do it. if you do it with the press, you know there is goss to be blow back. every person out there who is a reporter is going to say next one is going to be me. >> absolutely. 866-55 might have press. the toll-free number. peter fenn. when we come back, there are some interesting political races, too. we will talk with larry sabato.

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this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this going. i've been doing politics now for a dozen years. (vo) he's been called the epic politics man. he's michael shure and his arena is the war room. >> these republicans in congress that think the world ends at the atlantic ocean border and pacific ocean border. the bloggers and the people that are sort of compiling the best of the day. i do a lot of looking at those

people as well. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> 25 minutes after the hour. larry sabato from the university of virginia joining us in the next segment here good time

buddy here, long time and a good friend of the program, peter, we talked about the irs. a little bit. are they going to run out of gas for the republicans? >> they clearly don't stay so. they are staying on this you know. it's all of this stuff about a cover-up. >> what did we learn from the last hearing? nothing. >> you can make it. the argument going out. too early before they got all of their facts in, that's fine, you know, but where does that get you? >> by the way, having released

it. the cia the main concern. if you go back and read the newspapers, go over it, comparing it. you know, this was a huge story at the time. stuff coming in. a legitmat debate about the cause and they produced these talking points. so, you know, to say that somehow this look, if the president said this was a

terrorist attack, used the word terror, but if they got it absolutely right right away the president, are you kidding? there was no reason for this administration. it was not a benefit. >> a quick hello to charles out in cincinnati, ohio. hey, charles. what do you say? >> caller: hi, bill. i just wanted to say right on target. i agree 100%. whatever you said. i worked for the irs for 30 years. >> uh-huh. >> i am well aware of the auditing, the classifying operations they did. i was an auditor, and you know the media is fond of using this word "target. they should have substituted select for target because that's what the irs does.

they are not in political activity. he specially partisan political activity. over the years, you get at a time. >> charles appreciate hearing from you. >> that's such a great point. these folks will lose their jobs. they are fired. charles said they can't do that. >> this is "the bill press show." iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision.

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bill press show. >> you've got it. 33 minutes. here we are with the "full-court press." this is monday may 20th. good to have you with us this morning. it was a big commencement weekend at various colleges all around the country. president obama at moorhouse college. in minnesota, the first lady of the united states. i understand it's not a party at all. down at the university of virginia yesterday staggering in from the jefferson lawn this morning, dr. larry sabato director for the politics. >> it was enforced, bill. i

live on one. they were shooting fireworks and drinking and saying -- >> these kids have such energy. shut up p we always go out there and screen, get off our lawn. a great weekend. i should mention steven colbert was our speaker on saturday. he was absolutely hilarious. he talked about thomas jefferson's devotion in his private life to diversity and let's you interpret that. jim webb gave a superb speech a broad ranging speech on history and patriotism. it was valley superb. anybody wants to go to the virginia website, both of them are featured there. both speeches were really worth

it. >> that's not always true on graduation weekend. >> talking about it. >> i had an executescuse not to pay any attention. >> neither one spoke at the graduation? >> no. they were otherwise engaged and nominated. that was quite a con convention. no case about it. >> it all depends on how far turnout falls for the presidential. it's all you need to know. virginia, as a whole, has become a very purple state, even purplish blue in presidential eleks. obama has carried it twice and handi handily. i know peter knows village well and you do, bill. the i know credible thing about virginia is it was the least representative

state for the longest time. now, twice in presidential e elections, it has come the closest of the 50 states to the national average of the presidential vote. but that was a big turnout, over 70 persons. the last time we had a governor's election, the year after obama was first elected, the turnout fell from 73% in the presidential year to 40% in the governor's race, and that's why the republicans swept the statewide elections. >> that's the whole ball game this year is turn out going to once again fall from the low 70s to the 40s? i guarantee you the democrats will win. if the democrats can get turnout over 50, they will probably win. >> larry, because you had such a well-organized operation on the part of obama and they got these lists, they know these people. they know where they live.

that one turned over and to terri micallef, do you think they will be able to organize a turnout organization? past? bound to be better than the one four years ago. >> these voters to come around and in an off-year election. one of two states that has an election. it's hard to get people revved up again. i will tell you. let's be honest. terri micallef has pluses and minuses. he doesn't necessarily exciting the democratic base. i think what's important is what's going to happen june 11th. the democrats are nominating candidates for lieutenant governor attorney general. they have got to find the two most exciting candidates among the people running for attorney

general to get energy on that ticket although i will admit. just in opposition. questions about terri micallef. business background. the company he took to mississippi instead of virginia and not producing cars as promised. and then on the republican side, you have all of this stuff where the former chef in the governor's message the we had, it centers around gore micallef. >> cuncinellied has a better chance of winning. the governor is popular. >> next in line it is causing mcdonald a problem. his popularity started to sag. he is being investigated by the fbi.

>> that's never a good sign. >> knock on wood, that's never happened to me. >> maybe neck candidates lieutenant governor. dw jackson, here is what he had to say at the convention. >> unfair with homo section walty, pedophile i can't or some of these other perversions, but i believe that there is a direct connection. they want absolutely complete sexual freedom. >> uh-huh. all right. what slice of virginia does he represent? >> let's just see. he's radioactive. they goofed big-time. it'sgol going to become obvious as time goes on because the impression is, they nominated an

african-american. they nominated an african-american for the ticket. boy, they are learning from 2008 to 2012. now wait until people get to know this particular african-american. there is a trail of controversial statements that would embarrass todd akin. >> he's the nominee. it was the classic example after con convention stampeding. at leisure as they learn. all kinds of things that haven't come out yet. >> you see i assume they won't make a change of this. that would be, you know getting rid of him. here is the other problem.

oh, yes. if you look at the statements about homo sexuality, statements on abortion, they are so extreme, they make mitt romney on a lot of these issues in the final analysis look like a blazing liberal. this is going to be a problem because they are going to. >> they will try. let me thank you. here is what you need to know. cucinelli is the moderate on it. >> once you get to know the other two, the last 11 into e elections. five times six times where there is mix and match. let me tell you something, if the democrats can't beat bishop jackson, they can't elect dog catcher in a state wide

election. that leads to the democrats. they have to build from the middle up. they need to build from the middle up. >> larry sabato, our guest center for politics.org. you mentioned a the other state that has a governor's race this year, which is new jersey. and now, we have seen that some democrats abandoning the am boneau. is it all over? >> likely. we have that rated likely republican. it's moving toward safe but it's may. democratic base. evasion very very well. i couldn't believe it. negative barbara bono. he doesn't want to give her a shot. if something happens, you know,

he doesn't want the dog fight. i want to break my own rules. is chris christie, do you think a serious possible contenter? >> sure. he's a serious possible contender. but winner? look at his record. two in the background. 2012, we nominated the real conservative. >> you know what? if they were smart enough to nominate him, i think he could be really -- >> trouble. you know your buddy and mine, hell, that this thing is going to work for him. >> all right. larry.

we will let you go back to recover from your late night last night. clean up the lawn. a big book on john f kentucky kennedy's assassination. it director of the kennedy library. thank you. >> great talking with you. >> politics. get social with bill press. like us at facebook.com/bill press show. "the bill press show."

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>> this is "the bill press show." >> some other time before the top of the hour here on the "full-court press" with peter fenn in studio with us as a friend of bill. we are giving larry sabato a hard time about commencement exercises down at the university of virginia. i don't want to end the show without looking at yesterday's commencement address by president obama at moorhouse college, a historic speech. and his message to all male black college, and his message to them was very powerful saying no longer can he be accused. a a. >> sometimes, my own failings

just another example. sometimes, am over the last four years, there is no longer room for excuse. look at me. look at you. that looks like you. one more clip here for the president again saying, we don't want to hear your damn excuses. >> there is a common fraternity creed here at moorhouse. excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build monuments to nothingness. we have no time for excuses. >> bill: really, really good. amazingly. blunt statement. you know, if you read his biography, he is so honest and open about that, about his fail failings, about what he went

through psychologically and, you know, furniture if some platitude from somebody he has lived it. >> it's a message that you or i you know, peter, we could not deliver i have never heard him as strong as he was at moolouse. >> i think people will remember for a long time one of his greatest speeches. you mentioned earlier that you thought the white house overreacted to the irs scandal. came out and say hey this wasn't right but put it in perspective and kind of move on. i do thing they are paying too much attention to that. something else that i have been talking about that i wanted to get your take on and that is obviously krantz want to talk about the bucket deficit. >> that's what they want to talk

about. the white house talked about that too much. why aren't they talking about jobs? >> you know, bill the extraordinarily progress we have made now, every month for the last almost four years, we have been creating jobs. this situation is much better. it's going down. >> what we have on the front pages? irs on the front page. page 814 by the way, we just reduced the deficit by $200,000,000,000 from the projections a couple of months ago. do you hear the republicans talking about the economy? no. do you hear them talk about how the president's plans have been working? do you hear them talking about the optimism out there now? do you hear them talk about the stockmarket that copts to go up and tripled almost since the low level? no. this is all they are talking about, ruined this economy.

it's like a four letter word to them. come on. >> i understand that. i don't want understand why we are not talking about the economy and why the president doesn't say, you know, you want another conference and talk about a budget? forget that. we are doing this without any help from you. let's talk about how we are going to put americans back to work. we should do events around the country on this and should talk about specific piece of legislation. he still has out there to solve it. >> that'sness what they care about. they care about their job. am they are their incomes have been stagnant. middle americans. they want a president who is fighting for their comic interests. >> that's what we should be doing around the country. >> no doubt. you asked most americans what is the most important goal or most

important problems facing the country, they are not going to say we need a grand bargain. you know. the with the economy improving. >> yeah. >> going to be paying taxes. >> the you know the government all we are going to do is have a damn good show together which we just did. thank you for coming in. i will get the last word as always with today's parting shot. >> this is "the bill press show."

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>> the parting shot with bill press, this is the bill press show. >> this monday may 20th, my parting shot for today, no doubt about it president obama didn't have a good week last week. i think a lot in the media are making much, much too much of it listening to some commentators, you think barak obama was so badly hurt that he might as well just pack up and go off to florida for the rest of his term. no way is it all that serious my friend. for one thing, the alabama scandals are nothing compared to other recent presidential troubles. ronald reagan personally ordered ollie north to sell arms to terrorists so we could send weapons to the contras. george h.w. bush says he knew nothing about the scandal and lied about his pagey pagey with

monica lewinski bill clinton. compareto that to barack obama. he didn't know the department of of justice seized those records with the ap phone records. he had nothing to do with terrorist attacks. may 2013, remember a long way to go and a lot more on his plate. don't write him off yet. have a good one. see you back here again tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show."

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