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american history to be held in contempt after stonewalling the fast and furious investigation back in 2012. house republicans claim that lerner has already waived her fifth amendment right. she declared her innocence in front of the house oversight committee last year, and in so doing, expressed her views and waived her right to the fifth amendment. congressmen saying that she cannot simply decide, pick and choose, when to speak the truth. >> conservatives were targeted, that is clear. lois lerner has things to answer. she only answers the parts she wants to including before the justice department but not before the u.s. congress. >> our next guest just voted to find lois lerner in contempt of coming res, and the congressman says lerner's efforts in depriving the american people of the truth and her refusal to

meet her legal obligations left him with no other choice. joining us now, congressman scott dejarles. congressman, good to have you with us. the vote decisive and historic. your thoughts on where the house goes from here. >> well, now we wait to see what the courts will do. we need to hear from miss lerner one way or the other to get to the bottom of this investigation. >> and what -- as we have watched this thing proceed against the attorney general, the first u.s. attorney general to ever be held and cited for contempt of congress, but where do we stand with that contempt proceeding and result, and will it ultimately have any influence on the outcome, and will the truth be produced by this administration? >> well, we certainly hope so. and right now, you know, that's

why we're asking for a special prosecutor because the attorney general himself has not been forthcoming with documents in past hearings. and so we think it's really important to get to the truth, that, you know, we bypass in a sense eric holder maybe he would be grateful for this because you're coming from an administration who at first feigned outrage over this incident. and then goes on national tv to say there's not a smidgen of corruption. we have an attorney general whose department leaked the fact that there would be no criminal charges in this case. so i don't think the american people have much confidence that this administration is going to be forthcoming and that the attorney general who's supposed to be the highest authority for law enforcement has also not been forthcoming. >> and the scope of the scandal is vast. i mean, the judicial watch federal lawsuit against the irs, representing 41 organizations, 22 states, where does that

proceed, and how is this finding of contempt against lois lerner helpful in that regard? >> well, there's people who need answers. you know, the fundamental principles of how we vote in election in this country is at risk here. there's people who have withheld their ability to speak freely in a presidential election possibly affecting the outcome of an election. so it's imperative whether you're a republican, democrat that we get to the bottom of this and restore faith in our election system. and i think there's without a doubt corruption here that was admitted even by the inspector general assigned to this investigation, russell george, that these groups were improperly targeted, and they were conservative groups. they mentioned that they were liberal groups, but the liberal groups were not subjected to the same scrutiny and delays. >> and which is absolutely goes to the heart of the charge in this scandal, that the irs was targeting conservative groups and the response -- the official response of the administration,

in various levels, in various departments by various officials has been that they targeted both liberal groups as well as conservative groups which was a patent misrepresentation, to put it kindly. >> right. i mean, that's totally been debunked. and lois lerner knows that she has more to say. you know, she came in, professed her innocence, said she did nothing wrong, made a statement of fact. and then we uncover e-mails that show that she was trying to divert these cases from cincinnati, the very people she initially blamed them on. we brought these people in. they said they felt like they had been hit by a bomb when they heard lois lerner had thrown them under the bus. we know there's e-mails that implicate her. the reason we have to go to this extent is that she needs to talk to us. so the investigation stops right now in lerner. i think we all know that it goes higher up, but we need to get to those facts. >> and congressman, tomorrow the

special committee vote in the house, a benghazi special committee, the vote a foregone conclusion, what will be the effect and next steps? >> you know, benghazi is another incident where the american people, their confidence has been shaken in their federal government and in their administrative office, executive branch, to be specific. so here we have a case where this story, this youtube video story was propagated. and you see jay carney dancing around on tv. it's like this is their lie and they're going to stick with it no matter how silly they look. we know, everybody knows, most of america knows for a fact that this simply was not the case, but yet they choose to stick to the story. and it shakes the credibility of the executive branch. we haven't seen anything like this since 40 years ago with watergate. and the timing is almost similar as well. you know, we're about a year in. the president's acting like he has nothing to do with it. it's a phony scandal, move on. but bottom line is the credibility of the oval office

is at stake here. and benghazi is the perfect representation of that. >> congressman, we thank you very much. we appreciate it. time for a look at last night's online poll results. we asked, after president obama met with meteorologists, would you describe it as a meeting of the minds? a meeting of peers? or a meeting with no meaning? 93% of you said meeting with no meaning. 4%, meeting of the minds. 3%, meeting of peers. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. the question tonight, will the house select committee on benghazi be more effective without democrats' participating? let us know what you think. cast your vote at loudobbs.com. later we'll have the quotation of the evening. an exciting new book on sale. that's right, it is my book online at bookstores everywhere. it's entitled "border war: my first work of fiction." the thriller cowritten with jim

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and breaking news, veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki says he will not step down following allegations that veterans died while waiting for treatment. my next guest has called for the resignation of shinseki and two

other v.a. officials. joining us now, daniel dellinger, national commander for the american legion. the american legion is the nation's largest veterans organization. and thanks for being with us and calling for the resignation of the secretary of the v.a. what moved you to that decision? >> well, we've seen quite a large amount of issues that come forth. since 2011, really. and it just seems like lately things have just gotten worse within the v.a. system. we had legionella which killed 6 veterans and killed over 20 in pittsburgh. we've had issues in georgia, mississippi, and now phoenix. phoenix, arizona, where they're running ghost lists or hidden lists of appointments that aren't made. so we thought it was essential

at this time that we step forward in the nation's largest veterans organization and ask for his resignation due to failed leadership and poor oversight. >> as the commander of the american legion, you folks are awfully careful about the issues in which you engage politically and in support always of veterans. you also have a number of people including senator john mccain, the veterans of foreign wars organization, not joining you in the call for his resignation. what is your response to mccain and others who are veterans who don't support the call to the vfw and other veterans organizations not supporting you? >> well, i don't think they realize the magnitude. we have what's called a system worth saving. for the last ten years, we go to v.a. hospitals around the

country. we do town hall meetings with veterans. we do reviews within the hospitals. and we see firsthand what goes on in those hospitals. we talk to the patients. we talk to the caregivers and to the administrators. and what really, i think, is the whole gist of this is that when you have people that fail at their job and fail grossly, that they're not punished. that they're not fired. that they're giving sterling reviews. they're giving bonuses and promotions. it just doesn't equate. when you talk about veterans, when you talk about 23 veterans losing their lives due to neglect, one -- one death is tragic. but when you have preventable deaths, that's unforgettable. but when they cover it up, that is unforgivable.

>> are you also disappointed -- that seems to be the word of art lately in washington, d.c. -- are you disappointed at the oversight being provided by the house and the senate armed forces committee, the veterans affairs committee? what are your thoughts about the oversight that has been brought to bear? >> i don't have issues. i've been in hearings where congressman miller, where they ask the v.a. -- and they've been asking for months for records and different things, and they're being stonewalled. they're frustrated. you can see the look on the members' faces of the veterans affairs committee as they talk to. and the last instance was dr. lynch. he just didn't give them the answers or what he thought or what they thought he was to bring with him in front of him during the testimony. so i feel their frustration also. and i really do believe that once the i.g. comes out, that there will be more

investigations. we heard today where it appears as if phoenix isn't the only space, only area that has these dual lists, that it's come out now in austin and possibly san antonio. i think there will be more coming forward. >> daniel dellinger, we thank you for being with us. the national commander of the american legion. thank you so much. >> well, thank you very much for having us. vice president biden quoting theodore roosevelt in his cinco de mayo pitch for amnesty. we'll be joined by the manhattan institute's heather mcdonald to take up some other roosevelt quotes and to learn more about amnesty. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right, no hidd fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know, "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... surprise!!!

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nba commissioner adam silver announcing the league will appoint an interim ceo of the los angeles lakers because of donald sterling's lifetime ban. mayor eric garcetti of los angeles revealed he talked with sterling over the weekend and that the billionaire will embark on what the mayor called a protracted fight to keep his franchise. current clippers' shooting guard j.j. redick is now claiming that sterling is racist and that sterling discriminated against

him because he's white. redick telling "usa today," i've been told both ways. one that he didn't want to pay me because i was white and that he didn't want to pay me because i was a bench player. vice president biden renewing the administration's push for amnesty on cinco de mayo at an event today. mr. biden trying to clarify recent remarks in which he said the 11 million illegal immigr t immigrants in the country are already american. >> i know i was criticized for saying a couple months ago in florida that these 11 million folks in the shadows are already americans. and i got pretty roundly criticized for that. but, you know, they are americans. they may not be citizens, but they are americans. and the definition of teddy roosevelt who said americanism is not a question of birthplace or creed or a line of descent. it's a question of principles, idealism and character. and i would argue that those 11

million folks who have been here breaking their neck, working hard, they are americans. >> joining us now, manhattan institute senior fellow contributing editor heather mcdonald. heather, great to have you here. >> thank you. >> the vice president rather eager in his distortion of teddy roosevelt's views, was he not? >> well, there's a reason why he didn't give us the full quotes from president roosevelt because he also spoke very explicitly that america is one nation under one flag and one language. it's the american flag and it's the english language. i find it ironic that he's making these comments today because earlier this year in february, the ninth circuit court of appeals held that a school district around san jose was justified in banning students from bringing the american flag on campus on cinco de mayo because they faced such a threat of violence from students who were carrying the mexican flag.

so we've moved away from that vision of assimilation. >> so this is a country consigned, directed by our elites to be a multicultural nation irrespective of our nation, our values, our laws? >> there's no easier way to be called a nativist today than to say that you think people actually should learn english and use it in the workplace, use it when they vote. teddy roosevelt himself said we don't just hope that immigrants learn english, we expect them to. and

are the republicans really going to effectively going with an amnesty piece of legislation? >> thiey've been so relentless that anything other than that would be racist. it's hard to keep fighting that fight. again, the reason people come to this country is because of the rule of law. and in other countries, people thumb their noses at the rule of law. there's corruption. officials don't follow it, and they don't believe the citizens should follow it with tax evasion. we have to preserve that as what makes america distinct.

>> do you believe we still remain distinct? this president has made it clear he's going alone. they're not enforcing all sorts of laws and making all sorts of decisions, whether it be about borders, immigration, whether it be about marijuana. those in prison for drug offenses, the list just piles pup >> it's becoming a very ad hoc method of governing which is the absolute opposite of the rule of law. >> and a institutional republic. heather mcdonald, great to have you here. vice president biden quoting teddy roosevelt, has suggested misrepresenting the man and his views on immigration and the country. now, here is one of teddy roosevelt's kwoelts whiquotes w reveals is true thinking and firm beliefs on immigration. saying, quote, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an american and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to

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the nba tonight announced the los angeles clippers' president, andy rosser, is taking an indefinite leave of absence effective immediately.

this the latest development following the racist remarks made by los angeles clippers' owner donald sterling. sterling now also shopping for a powerhouse law firm to represent him in what could be an epic legal battle with the nba over whether his ban and the forced sale of his team will be upheld in court. now sterling's alleged mistress is speaking out about her relationship. this from a recent interview with abc's barbara walters. >> are you in love with donald sterling? >> i love him. >> i'm not sure that's what i asked. are you in love? >> no, i'm not in love. >> you love him what? like a friend? romance? >> i love him like a father figure. >> joining us now, attorney and fox news legal analyst lis wiehl. former federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney doug byrne. thank you both for being here. >> my pleasure. >> the alleged mistress, v.

stivia stiviano, seems like just a cuddly little thing, harmless as she could be, saying that she loves him like a father. >> right. and would never do -- just -- but she also said there was no sexual relationship between them. i mean, who knows? she also said in the same interview that he was his right-hand arm hand, man hand. it didn't make any sense. >> lis, come on. i did not have sex with that woman, not a single time? come on. >> to her credit, she's not a politician. >> no. and she still maintains that she didn't leak the recording. she did the recording at his behest. he had this i want to archive, i don't remember things, i want to record everything. that's what she says, that she wasn't the one to leak it. i'm just reporting. >> he wanted -- sorry to interrupt -- he wanted her to record him, and then he said all that stuff knowing that she

recorded him. now, if you believe that, i can sell you a bridge in brooklyn. >> to that end, credibility is going to matter much here because it looks like sterling is very serious. he's talking to a number of firms. and big firms. it looks like the nba has a fight on its hands. >> he's going to fight this, absolutely. and he's a very litigious guy anyway. but now he's looking at losing all this money, losing the team and losing face even more than he already has. and he may have an argument. his argument could be that look, yes, i signed off on the bylaws with this contract. so it's a contractual thing. but i didn't give away my big institutional rights. my right to privacy -- to private property. you can't take away that right to private property. that's, i think, what he's going to argue, maybe antitrust. >> the nba has a pretty good position in that the contracts have moral clauses and language such as conduct to the image of the nba, to the sport, that's

their argument. that's what they're going to rely on. the defendant in the suit, he's going to have the position, i did not violate any of the 13 provisions in the charter, and he's also going to have, as lis pointed out, and she's right, some type of free speech argument. as you pointed out, he didn't use any particular racial epithets. i'm not defending him. and i realize the way sentiment goes. the reality is he's got a decent first amendment provisions. >> and i hate to say it, but you have to admit they're going to look at billable hours, bring -- >> no, no! >> i know. >> really? >> now you're going to suggest to me that all of this -- this, if you will, mob process that's been taken here, i mean, the man hasn't been given due process no matter what. there hasn't been a hearing. not within the nba. there's going to be one in court, assuredly. and the people circling to buy this thing. this is clearly unequivocally

about money. >> oh, of course. >> well, let me address that because here's the point. assume for the sake of argument that the nba had every reason to know that he was racist. baylor sued him. he was sued in housing discrimination cases. so you say to yourself, working off your exact point, why didn't they address it? well, this time there was such a public outcry. it's hypocritical. >> and is it an issue of law, which is something i'd like to understand and i know the audience would because they know if the people who are now going to enforce a contract against him -- >> right. >> -- if they knew everything that they now are using as the basis to sell his team and ban him, what kind of standing do they have in law? >> contracts can be enforced unless they're illegal. a court will not enforce an illegal contract. >> it's like an estapo. you're stopped. >> i knew that, it was an

estapo. >> you are stopped from arguing that his conduct violates the rules because he did it for 20 years and you essentially ratified it. >> okay, estoppel is a good argument. my argument is that it's an illegal contract. the nba contract is illegal because it goes against federal law, first amendment right to, you know, to own property. and then they've taken that away. private property and first amendment. >> if they strip him of his property without due process and first amendment free speech right, that could be more important, supreme over the contract. that's their argument. >> mm-hmm. >> and the reality here is that we would expect, even if there were no issue whatsoever, his natural reflex because as you say, he's a litigious owner, he is going to -- >> he's going to fight this. >> that brings up another great point. assume he has a position and can litigate it and drag it out. >> what about his wife who is part owner and says that she is

in concurrence with the nba as they try to take the team? i mean, how complicated can it be? >> and especially if they now go into a divorce proceeding -- >> but they're not in it. >> right. but that's another strategy that he could go with. sterling could go with. initiate that divorce -- not that i'm trying to give this guy advice, please. but initiate that divorce proceeding. then that ties all that community property. so this community property -- >> don't worry about giving anybody advice because there's so much money at play and at risk here. irrespective of the issue of affronting without any question the nba and everyone else with his statements. i mean, this is about money. and the rest is seemingly -- >> it is about money, and i also think that public opinion is a funny thing. you know better than me, it could turn to the point where people aren't so sanguine about people taking his property based on this case. go back to the beginning, he was illegally taped. >> we'll have to leave it there.

thanks so much, doug. appreciate it, lis. the supreme court today with a major ruling and a major surprise. author todd starns joins us on that and his new book, "godless america." it's the little things in life that make me smile.

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and it's right here. and it is entitled "god bless america." and god bless todd starnes for joining us and writing the book, host of fox news commentary on fox news radio. his new book is entitled "godless america: real stories from the front lines of the attack on traditional values." it's available tomorrow. great to have you with us. >> thanks a lot, lou. >> this is -- well, congratulations, first of all. >> thank you. >> to organize with the supreme court a decision allowing prayer, this is the u.s. supreme court we're talking about. just to boost your book. >> god bless that vast right wing conspiracy. >> well, it's working for you. >> indeed. look, it's always a good day when the godless bunch gets pushed around by the supreme court, and this is one of those rare wins where the good guys win. >> our religious liberties have been under assault in this country for so long, i would wager that most of the folks watching us right now can't believe what we just said.

at least the initial shock of hearing a supreme court decision affirming our right for the freedom of religion in this country. >> lou, it's our first freedom and i think our most important freedom and we're under aattack. the mainstream media does not cover this war on religious liberty, but it's more than a war on religious liberty as i write back. this is a war targeting the christian faith. and i have more than 250 pages of stories about christians who have faced persecution, christian business owners who have faced lawsuits, discrimination lawsuits. >> you know, you said christian quite a few times here on the air. we're not often -- i think probably a lot of people aren't used to hearing the word "christian" on the air in the media. you don't hear that a lot at the music awards. you don't hear a lot of it at the oscars, for certain, or on

the evening newscasts. >> you know, lou, when i go back to the southern states, i'm originally from tennessee. when i go back and i speak in churches and christian universities, without fail, people give us a standing ovation. they come up to say "god bless fox news" because we're the only network out there that's really giving people faith a fair shake in this country. >> i assume maybe it's a smaller thing, but i would think, you know, thank goodness for fox business news. >> exactly, fox business news. >> it's great to have you here. >> thanks, lou. >> the book is "godless america," but if you look real closely, there's a "b," and i still believe that one. on sale tomorrow online and bookstores everywhere. congratulations. all the success in the world. >> thank you. up next, the struggles of law enforcement along the mexican border. the center of a brand-new thi r

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the federal government tonight blaming u.p.s. for mistakenly sending a box that contained parts to a $350,000 government drone to a new york college student. the student who says he ordered a weightlifting bench was, of course, shocked when he opened the box to find the parts to a drone. it was addressed to him, and he saw it instead contain wings and a control panel. it turns out those are parts of

a puma unmanned aircraft that the national oceanic and atmospheric administration was going to use to track bird migration. and you say our government isn't working efficiently. noaa says it's recovering the parts, and u.p.s. says it's investigating what happened. and the student is enjoying his moment of notoriety. the word of the evening now, influenced by the creation of the house select committee on benghazi. it now appears we've entered a new phase in the investigation of the benghazi scandal and arrived at an inflection point. the word this evening is vicissitude. it means a change in variation in direction or course. joining me now, a very good friend, former d.e.a. agent, special agent with the florida department of law enforcement and my co-author on the new

thriller novel "border war," james o. born. jim, great to have you with us and congratulations to us on the book going on sale today. how you feeling? >> i feel great, lou. it's nice to be here. thank you. >> so let's go to the idea that we can write a fiction book about something that you and i know a little something about, which is the bad guys and the good guys along the border and what's really happening there. how are you feeling today? about that part of the story and the narrative that we created? >> when you think about we wrote this over the course of a couple years and finished it more than a year ago, like most novels, they go through the big publishers in new york, we hit on some pretty sensitive issues that are still in the news today, specifically the nsa, the capture of guzman and some of the violence that's still going

on on the border. i don't know that, you know, if we wrote the book last month, we would have changed anything. >> yeah. and i'm going to say this out loud. i think we got pretty lucky on that, too, because the cartels, you know, are also figuring prominently in our narrative and the reality that is the border. one of the things that i've always -- i've been struck by or the way americans look at the border as if corruption is just on the mexican side and there's no corruption on this side. all of the issues that i deal with and you deal with in our lives, it's really quite an experience for me as a first-timer here to actually go into one's imagination and see where it leads. it's been quite a journey. >> fiction is a lot of fun. when i first -- my first novel was published ten years ago, i

read an article by joseph wambaugh, one of the first cops-turned-writers, and he talked about how he was sued on inform his nonfiction books and how that doesn't happen in fiction. and that was enough right there to keep me only interested in fiction. but just because it's fiction doesn't mean you can't tell an accurate story. >> right. >> you're just not talking about specific people. >> you know, you've just scared the bejesus out of our editor. i guess we should both send a communique saying don't worry, bob, it's all going to be good. it's been such fun writing with you. i think we can tell people we've got a sequel coming out, even as this book hits the shelves today. should we do that? or is it a secret? >> i think we just did. >> jim, it's great to talk with you. again, congratulations. you've made it a hoot. i felt like a kid during most of this, and i appreciate it.

you're a class act and a good guy and a great friend. we appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much. >> jim born. and like i say, day to day, a terrific writer and day to day, he stays, remains as a public servant on the lines as florida state law enforcement officer. the book is "border war." it's on sale now online in bookstores elsewhere. i guarantee you'll have a hoot when you read it. go to loudobbs.com for links to everywhere. up next, my commentary on the president desperately trying to change the conversation. this time from benghazi to global warming. i mean global change. i mean that and your comments are next.

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decision today to focus on a subject that most americans don't really care about and about which there is immense disagreement. you may have also been more surprised by the white house choice of language with which to discuss what it considers to be the most important issue of the day, climate change. previously described as global warming and a few decades earlier described as global cooling. now the white house has a new term. it's decided to replace all of those now outmoded terms, and that new description is climate disruption. climate disruption. catchy, don't you think? and certainly scarier than global change. climate change. and to maximize the chances you will be scared, the white house today released an 840-page report. the national climate assessment report warns we must act now because changes in the climate

have already damaged every part of the planet. and it's only getting worse. the warnings are so dire that president obama is giving not one but eight television interviews to weather folks, also known as meteorologists, talking with weather folks could be just the president's latest effort to spin the news cycle away from the day's developments in the irs and benghazi scandals. unimaginable. and besides, if the climate report were a serious policy effort, wouldn't mr. obama have insisted that somewhere in those 840 pages of that report there would be at least a mention of possible solutions, perhaps some policy choices, perhaps an assessment of cost to fix something? maybe there will be a sequel to the effort. we can only hope, can't we? well, time now for a few of your comments. and we've got a special surprise for the authors of today's e-mails, tweets and facebook

posts. you'll be receiving one of the first copies of my new book, "border war." it's my first thriller. fiction cowritten with jim born, accomplished thriller writer, former d.e.a. agent and currently florida -- that's florida -- state law enforcement officer. now your thoughts. marnell on the obama administration scandals. lou, you can keep your plan. you can keep your doctor, and benghazi was about a video. just kidding. don't we wish the president had been? daytona tweeted, "if they can't get to the truth with trey gowdy at the helm, they never will." roy in maine, "the benghazi scandal has to be hammered until there is a breakthrough. if this fraud had been perpetrated under a republican, he would have been impeached long ago." keep your comments coming. e-mail me at lou@loudobbs.com.

follow me on twitter. go to our facebook page. links @loudobbs.com. thanks for being with us tonight. good night from new york. [ dynamic music plays ]