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stress and avocado. vitamin b12 is very critical because when you have a low amount it can give you symptoms like alzheimer's. >> get tested. ask your doctor. >> eat healthy food. >> doctor, i thought you looked trim today. >> thank you. >> keep it up. >> jamie: thank you. >> good to see you guys. >> jamie: safe trip back. >> eric: take care. we start with a fox news alert. there are new calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs. in the wake of the growing controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative and tea party groups, leading up to last year's presidential election, new demands for more answers. was the policy politically motivated payback to administration opponents in the heat of an election year? or merely bureaucratic guidelines on enforcing the nation's tax policies? good morning and welcome to a
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brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. democratic lawmakers are pushing back, saying the justice department's capable of conducting their own investigation -- on themselves? steve centanni has more. >> reporter: hi, jamie. most lawmakers are wary of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the irs scandal at least at this point. but senator lindsay graham is saying that there appears to be a determineddest to crack down on conservative groups in the irs, that it came from the top, and that it needs to be investigated. he's calling for a special prosecutor. >> there is clearly an organized effort within the irs to target political opponents of the president. that's undeniable. this culture of going after tea party groups that were, you know, on the president's case about obamacare -- did just not
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accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top, in terms of tone. >> reporter: but republicans for the most part, hesitate to scw for a special prosecutor because eric holder would be the one apoigning that prosecutor. and democrats say it's too soon and congress this finish its own investigations first. one representative says it's citizens united that opened the door to more political spending by non-profit groups. >> citizens united really unleashed, hundreds if not thousands of organizations, seeking tax-exempt status to play in political campaigns. the wrote as congress said that they had to exclusively be engagedin social welfare and not politics and campaigning. and so here's the irs, trying to decide whether or not these organizations really comply with the law. >> reporter: democrats say they don't yet see any link between the irs scandal and the white
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house. >> jamie: lots of investigations going on. steve centanni, thanks so much. >> eric: for more on this and what could come, we are joined by south carolina republican congressman tray gowd frespattanburg, a member of the house oversight and government oversight committee. he held the testimony last week. >> good morning, happy memorial day. >> eric: do you think a special prosecutor will be named or should be named? >> i can't answer the first. but kianswer the second. yes. it is not an either/or. it is not either congress or a special prosecutor. you can have both. congress ought to keep looking at the policy shortcomings, the manage shment shortcomings. but when it comes to investigating criminal conduct, congress is not well equipped to do that. so, yes, i would support a special prosecutor, so long as that prosecutor has access to a grand jury, subpoena power and the power to immunize -- if
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necessary. but you can have both. you don't have to pick between the two. >> eric: you heard the testimony of lois lerner. you are a former federal prosecutor yourself. what would you do in this investigation? what type of questions would you ask these irs officials about what happened? >> who knew what when? it's really simple. when you think about what the jury wants to know. the jury wants to know who made the decision to target the conservative groups. when was the decision made? juries want to know the motive. they want to know the why. i think that's readily apparent. but the way you conduct investigations, you start at the lowest level with whoever in the field office in ohio -- actually implemented this scheme. you interview people and you interview them under oath and you use the grand jury and you work your way up. and -- because what you don't want to do is give the supervisors or the managers a pass and only put the little
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people in legal jeopardy. you want to work your way up. i mean, look, darrell issa is a phenomenal chairman. but hoo didn't run for office to be a prosecutor. so congress needs to provide the oversight from a policy and a management and a funding standpoint. but there are real questions of criminal conduct. and congress is not the proper body to be doing ha? we saw lois lerper who, claim clammed up. but look at doug skullman, 2012, he says, quote, there is absolutely no targeting. do you think mr. shulman lied to congress or maybe he made a mistake or department know the facts? >> maybe all three. he was among the more dreadful witnesses i ever had the displeasure of spending time around. you saw on that committee hearing. you only get 5 minutes, 5 minutes to question shulman,
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wraps a prosecutor could take 5 days if he or she wanted. to shulman was a dreadful witness. he couldn't answer "yes" or "no." he was the last person on this side of the planet who doesn't realize this was partisan targeting. and the only... avenue of recourse he can come up with is an inspector general. he's incapable of providing any oversight or management in his own entity. he wants to pass it off on the inspector general. if you were watching that and you wish that each member of congress had more than 5 minutes, you will want a special prosecutor to look into this. >> eric: let's take a look at the testimony. it was revealed that he had visited the white house, 118 times over a two-year period. he was asked about that. >> some of the reasons you might be at the white house? >> the easter egg roll with my kids. >> eric: he said he had no memory of talking to anybody at
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the white house about conservative groups. but look, here's the math. 118 times over two years, 240 work days. if you get four weeks of vacation, i will give him 20 days of vacation over two years, 440 work days over 2 years. let's get rid twoft easter egg hunt days. that means 27% of his days, he is visiting the white house. is this a legitimate, appropriate government procedure? or do you suspect there could be something else? >> i think it's hard to fathom that it wouldn't be something else. kudos to jimmy jordan for figuring this out. but kudos to my colleague who is asked him -- that was a democrat who asked him about the easter egg hunt. i don't think there are 118 easter days in the calendar year. so what was he doing at the white house that many times? we can ask him until the cows
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come home. but we get 5 minutes and then you move to someone else. we can't follow up. we can't place him in legal jeopardy. i mean, that's the shortcoming of a congressional committee when you are dealing with potential criminal conduct-- bottom line -- >> i don't want to sound like. >> eric: sorry to interrupt. but you believe the only way to get into this is through a criminal investigation of a special prosecutor? >> well, i know so because tidid it for 16 years. i have been in congress for 2. there are certain things that congress is better at and prosecutors are better at. for instance, policy, management... figuring out funding issues. but there are things that prosecutors are better at than congressmen. and investigating criminal conduct would most decidedly be one of those. >> eric: there is that call. damageman gowdy. we think that you for joining us on sunday. >> yes, sir? >> eric: and for your insight and analysis. thank you again.
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>> jamie: fox news alert out of london now. the british are announcing plans to set up a new terrorism task force. they want to root out radical preachers, after the gruesome murder of an off-duty soldier in london. amid a report that one of his attackers was arrested in kenya in 2010 for suspected ties to an al qaeda-linked group is then he was sent back to the u.k. and in the u.k., three more men were arrested, saying they used stun guns to take down two more suspects. and the victim's family had to visit the site of the killing. 25-year-old lee rigby literally hacked to death in broad daylight on wednesday. the street now turning into, as you can see, a make-shift and much-deserved memorial. president obama is facing sharp
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criticism on his stance on counter terrorism, he made a speech to thursday and called for an end to a climate of perpetual war that we have had since 9/11. joining me is major general bob sales and fox news military analyst. as they say, general, the conflicts we are involved with, this is not your first rodeo. you have seen a lot of this. the president hasn't served, but he has had a chance -- it is not only overseas in the splinter groups of al qaeda, we have boston and the streets of of the u.k -- do you take his comments of wanting to revert back to a pre-9/11 as suggesting that our mission to beat al qaeda has been won or is he asking for a recalibration of our commitment and resources? >> that's a great question, jamie. i think the short answer is both. what the president failed to mention are really two things. number 1 is that...
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the american people have a tendence tow walk away from wars as the wars wind down and expect that they will never do that again. number 2 is that the enemy has a vote. i mean, this was a one-sided declaration where the president basically says, we are out of here. but the enemy doesn't think that. and the enemy understands where our vulnerabilities are. -- iraq and afghanistan have thone that. if you want to beat the americans, prow tract the war, you stretch it out, you kill americans as a means, rather than an end -- rather than an end and the americans tire of it and go home. after the war's over, they declare the war over, even though the threat continues. and by the way, we haven't talked about nuclear proliferation -- iran, china, north korea and all the other threats that are out there in addition to al qaeda. >> jamie: i may be too personally involved with the military and having been in the trade tour on 9/11 and seeing
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things i don't want anyone to ever see again, no matter where you are in the world. so why don't we announce to the enemy that we are going to pull back on drones, that we are going to restrict the power of the president and commander in chief to declare war or put resources in place. what's up with this? >> here's the thing. i am a great fan of drones. i would rather have a machine kill the enemy than put our brave counter terrorist and operation forces in harm's way. and the enemy know this is. what do they have in afghanistan in 1999 and 2000 that made them so dangerous? an army, an air sfors, a navy? no. they had terrorist training camps that targeted large-scale terrorism in the united states. if we pull out of the heartland of al qaeda, what's to say that al qaeda won't re-assemble and start the process all over again? we have a magnificent instrument of war -- drones -- and a
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magnificent organization that is capable of taking the enemy out and shut down the capacity to use drones and reduce the forces that are specifically targeted to killing terrorists. >> jamie: general scales, your picture is hanging up at the pentagon. i salute. tell us, based on your experience, what is the status of cited? what do i have to worry about more? ove people watching-- the bad world who hate us, or a neighbor, like we learned in boston or in the u.k. with these guys that there was a history with law enforcement and they're walking the streets? >> yeah, jamie. i think it's overseas. i still think the great threat and the great dream of al qaeda is the use of nuclear weapons. you don't build a nuclear weapon inside your target country. do you it outside. and so, global vigilence is just as important as domestic
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vigilence, and the ability to keep our eyes on the enemy, keep our intelligence up and running. as al qaeda begins to re-assemble if you will and to grow in force, as it is as we speak, we will be prepared to interdict that type of behavior before something like 9/11 happens again. >> jamie: at the same time, you and i i am sure would give credit to our troops and hour commanders for make incredible progress in this war on terrorism that we know is going o. i want to ask you a political question -- is there any possible if the president gave this speech now to deflect attention to the other questions being raraised about government, with the irs or the benghazi investigation? what are your thoughts? >> yeah, this is the old wag the dog-- the tail wagging the dog idea. i think we smell the little of that. those of who us who watch this sort of thing all said, wait a minute. why are we doing this? and why are we doing this now?
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and why at national defense university? why this rehashing of american national security strategy when right now the strategy seems to be working pretty well, jamie. >> jamie: i am scratching my head on that one. but there is bipartisan support for the closing of gitmo. i thank you for your service to our nation, for your friendship special for being here today. >> thank you, jamie. happy memorial day. >> eric: jamie,ure know it's a hard job market. but they say a significant number of college graduates are find theeing work. what others can learn from their success to find a job of their own. on this memorial day weekend sunday, let's take a look at the military sacrifice and service as we pay tribute to those who have served and made the ultimate sacrifice. >> my name is sergeant estabba... >> retired major.
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>> i have six tours of duty. this country has given me family everything. >> my first fire fight was 8 1/2 minutes, felt like 2 days. for a second, you stop thinking about the rounds that are flying past you or hitting right next to your feet and the mortars coming in and just watched the awesome people do what they do best. >> the royal battle was something that the public had never seen before. the whole sea was lit up with big explosions and big guns firing. what i saw in my camera was a good number of men being shot as they waded through the water. it was always amazing to me that these guys would continue to keep on going. >> in the triangle of death, the amount of violence that we sustained, i kept seeing men and and women who were doing something bigger than themselves. >> i believed. hito be strong for the guys i
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was over there with. >> i think that people should understand that on an island that was one-third the size of central park in new york, over 6,000 people were killed in 76 hours. >> every day i breathe on this planet, i have to breathe for the marines that have given everything. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972.
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>> eric: victims of the boston marathon bombing, reclaiming the victory of completing that iconic race. 3,000 people gathering to walk and run the last mile of the marathon and finish. that, as you know was something they were denied last month when the two bombs went off right near the finish line. it is known as one run and took place as you can see, newscast in light rain. as you remember, three people were killed and more than 200 injured in the explosions on april 15. organizers say this overrun honors the victims and first responders who helped save those lives that day. >> jamie: for sure, it's been a tough job market. we know that for a couple of years. but in a labor department report that caught my eye, issued on friday, the unemployment ready
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ready -- rate for college grads is 3.9%, half of that of the rest of us. many college grads have been successful in finding jobs. so if in today a take-charge consumer protection segment, i wanted to show what you college grads are doing right and what you can learn about it in your own job search. joining me is lindsay pollack, author of "getting from college to career." you have been kind enough to give me a copy of this book. what's the point of all of that monocollege and not getting a job. what is it that they know that the rest of us should? >> the thing vinoticed about college student who is get jobs, they take advantage of the resources available to them. one of the things that is offered by college is a career services office, designed to help you get a job. go to your career services office. it's free after have you graduated. have them review your resume. use social media. set up a linkedn profile, make
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sure your facebook and twitter are queen. and there is my tomorrow. we have a web site full of tips to get your first job. and once have you that job -- >> jamie: what are you doing? >> on the web site? >> jamie: yes? >> we have tips we call a real-world road map that says, this is the first thing to do and here's the next thing to do. once you have the position, don't forget to negotiate for the benefits like a 401(k) program. >> jamie: so invest in your future. one thing, many adult it's college grads, also -- are under-employed. they are not in a dream job. you say that's okay? >> i think it is. i think the worst thing is to keep yourself from starting. take any job you can, even if it's in food service nretail and show a really great work ethic and a good attitude. you will get noticed. it may take longer than you wanted. but you can get up to the
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position that you were hoping for. >> jamie: it's easier to find a job when you have a job really makes sense? >> it really does. >> jamie: what about when you are at that job -- think, obviously have you to be careful about looking for another job. you can't really post on your facebook page, hey, i'm available. what are some of the ways to connect with employers that are private? >> one of the thins you want to do is put up a really good social media profile that shows your skills and experience and talk about it offline. so have coffee with people you want -- you went to college with. ask them for advice on your job search. goat through your networks that you are looking for a position, rather than posting publicly that you are available. >> jamie: in terms of looking for a job, say you are 10 years out, 20 years out, not a recent college graduate. you can go back to an alumni office and say, give me a list of people in my area that i can contact? >> absolutely. and should you network with the recent grads. we did a study called benefit
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for tomorrow with the hartford that found that milellials respect the baby life boomers. so make sure you are talking to people who are not just like you,. >> jamie: there is something to learn from college grads who are finding jobs. we want to help everybody do that. the book is "getting from college to career." thank you for being here. great to meet you. >> thank you,. >> jamie: for more on our consumer protection segments, go to foxnews.com. you will see america's news headquarters and click on that and see links to the last 21 take-charge consumer segments. >> eric: always great information and advice. >> jamie: thank you. we are lucky to have jobs. >> eric: there is new developments in the benghazi investigation. details on some big names. the house oversight committee may soon try to press for answers. what a week it has been, putting
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>> eric: checking out the headlines, floodwaters raging in san antonio, texas. so far, two people have been killed. a third person is missing, after being swept away in a creek. more than 200 people there needed to be rescued. iran, reportedly fielding a large number of long-range missile launchers, quoting the defense minister as saying that units would allow them to, quote, crush the enemy. secretary of state john kerry meets the winner of the boston marathon. the ethiopian medal winner will return the medal to boston to
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honor the victims of the terror attack. >> jamie: have you been following the investigation into the benghazi scandal? it is widening. four people died. lawmakers are looking to interview 13 top state department officials in the coming weeks on top of the questions they have already asked, hoping to learn more about what actually happened, want just that night in libya, but what happened before and what happened after. republican congressman peter king is a member of the homeland security committee and a good friend to this program. we thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> jamie: a lot of important questions. first of all, where is the investigation? how much have we learnd? what is left? >> the more we learn, the more we realize we have to learn. the administration is not telling the full story. we have not found out where that whole tale originated about the -- the video. no one -- there is no woon at all on the ground that night that said anything about a video. but that became the story for 10
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days to two weeks. who did what? we don't know how the talking points were put together. we put out the emails, but we don't know where they came from. jay carney denies that the white house was not involved. denies the state department was not involved. but it is. you know, this is going on, that's why darrell issa is going ahead with the additional witnesses. >> jamie: i really -- you know, commend him on pushing forward these investigations, many of which you are involved with. you know, my question is -- are we ever going to know? because -- tell the american people why it's important for them to have answers on this particular issue. >> we have to know. there are some issues you can debate. you can go around on, have an academic debate. four americans lost their lives. the people had been told their lives were at risk, security wasn't provided. when americans die in the line of battle or americans die when they are sent into a dangerous zone, the government has an
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absolute obligation to find out why it happened and how it prevent that in the future. we have not gotten those answers. four people were killed -- we have an obligation to their families and to americans in the future. what other security warnings are we getting? they can't pass this off as an old story, the way jay carney tried to do it? >> jamie: secretary of state john kerry, promised as the president often said, transparency on what goes on. at the same time, have you to protect secrets -- i understand that as well. but victoria nuland had been up for a promotion for some time, at least in line for it. now the president is making a nomination that has many in washington concerned. are you, and if so, tell us why? >> she has had a distinguished career. but there are very real questions about her role in preparing the talking points. you can see that she was concerned that it was going to come out that al qaeda was involved. she was very concerned -- how do we address this issue?
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she wasn't concerned about defending the use of the videotape as an excuse. she is one person at the center of this, as to who was there when the decisions were made, who from the white house, who from the cia. so her confirmation is very, very important. >> >> jamie: her nomination is a bit more controversial. >> absolutely, yeah. >> jamie: you said we have not had diplomats as we did -- killed in 30 years. and the talking points just to remind folks, described what happened that night and there were changes, victoria nuland involved in email changes on that. i have to ask you this question, with the irs investigation and this investigation and a lot of questions of the administration and those who testify. on the one hand, we have sovereign immunity with government workers who who sometimes can't be tried. everybody's clamming up. do you think that they will give the answers that are necessary and is this a deliberate strategy by the administration to deflect from the controversies by making
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announcements, for example, about changing the war on terror approach? >> you almost have to think that. i heard general scales on. when you have the serious domestic issues and the scandals and the president making a foreign policy speech which didn't say a lot. also, you are talking about what did people know -- what was done? we don't know what the president of the united states did the night four americans are being killed. that's unheard of. people were attacking george bush -- where was he here? with president obama, we don't know what he did on the night of an attack? >> jamie: you don't know as a member of the homeland security? >> no one knows. nobody knows outside the inner circ nel washington. >> jamie: all right. i have a theory as the investigations go on, we will learn more and you will come back and tell us. >> absolutely. >> jamie: i appreciate it. >> jamie: thank you, so much. eric. >> eric: this past week, president obama realigned the
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nation's policies. is the war on terror really over? here a liz trotta with her sunday commentary. >> in case you haven't heard, the war on terror is over. refer to it as the recent unpleasantness. angry men can continue to blow themselves up in iraq, mount fire fights in the capital city of afghanistan or behead a british soldier in the mid-day light of a london street. but don't jump to any conclusions. the war on terror has been undeclared by barack obama. no parades, no act of congress, it's just over. difficult to pinpoint what exactly the president came to this conclusion. was it when the benghazi attack threatened to unmask his commander in chief skills? or when calder was caught reaching into the phone records of the associated press and fox news journalists? or perhaps when the irs bureaucrat, lois lerner, now suspended, hahotly decided to
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take the fifth rather than answer questions about a campaign to punish conservative groups. whatever the case, the president needed to change the subject and seize the news lead from the media with an attention-getting plan. he told an audience at the national defense university, almost ruefully that the war on terror, like all wars, must end. terrorism is no longer a dark global enterprise, direct bide osama bin laden and al qaeda is a mere shell of its former self. the use of killer drones will be curtailed. guantanamo prison will be closed and although it has nothing to do with national security, he tucked into his remarks, a call for attorney general eric holder to rethink his actions on the treatment of journalists. nice play, mr. president. as for the cia -- well it's really been much too busy, so we are reducing their caseload by
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drone management from langley to the pentagon. the president want mars spies, believe military units. the shift of power will be enormous, if it ever happens. one segment of his speech seemed eerie in his assessment of what the united united states is cap, including benghazi and the killing of four american, including our ambassador, saying, it's quote, not possible for america to simply deploy a team of special forces to capture every terrorist, even when such an approach may be possible. there are places where it would pose profound risk to our troops and local civilians, where a terrorist compound cannot be breached without triggering a fire fight with tribal communities, for example, that pose no threat to us. time when is putting u.s. boots on the ground may trigger a major international crisis. mr. obama may not have intended this as a defense of his virtual
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absence during the benghazi attack, but there are few accidents in remarks. the accumulation of lies and rogue operators in the benghazi affair, the irs scandal and the justice department management all play into one another, each lending credence to the others. no matter how keenly the president wants to change the subject, benghazi is in particular, is already showing up in the polls as a ticking time bomb. more than half the people believe it was a crime and continues to be a coverup. it is a violation of the deepest beliefs of thousands of family who is have suffer in the dozen years of war that americans do not leave their countedrymen behind. the disillusion and heartache runs deep. while obama may be looking to on his legacy, forces on capitol hill are issuing subpoenas. a house committee is asking for
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taped interviews with 13 past and present state department employees, including hillary clinton. will she respond? only at this point if it makes a difference? >> eric: the irs targeting conservative groups, the department of justice targeting reporters. multiple scandals have engulfed washington. next, what americans are most concerned about and what the future could bring. what makes a sleep number store different?
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>> eric: the obama administration is under pressure from a series of scandals. but which one concerns americans the most? let's take a look at a fox news poll about this. topping the list is the irs scandal -- 32% saying that concerns them the most, followed as you can see by benghazi and the department of justice
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snooping on the media. but what is the political impactav all of this? we are joined by blad blakeman, and christy setzer, a former spokesperson for governor howard dean. good to see you both this morning. >> good to see you. >> eric: brad, let me started with you. what do you think the impact has been, is and will be on the administration? >> well, look, eric, the powers of the presidency are derived from his cred scpibility his leadership. the president's credibility has been terribly damaged by these scandals and his ability to lead. he is consumed by benghazi and the snooping on reporter and it is irs targeting americans. i think americans are getting fed up with a president who promised to be open and transparent to the american people and who has been everything but that. eduntil the president can start leading, the domestic agenda is stuck in the water. he is not going to be able to do the things he promised to do because he is bogged down in one
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scandal after another. >> eric: christy, do you think he's bogged down and terribly damaged? >> not at all. the mistake that this poll makes is the same mistake that a lot of those in congress are making is that a lot of people care about the scandals and not just the republican base. the fact is that the president's approval rating is 50%, hovering around there. that's exactly what it's been in january, february, march and april. it hasn't changed a bit. the problem for republicans is that they don't seem to realize they are just talking to their base. they are not talking to all americans? >> brad, do you think that republicans are obsessionsive and just talking to their base? >> no! i mean, these are real scandals. this is self-created scandals by an administration who is out of control. the president is either terribly incompetent or devious. the president denies knowing about the irs targeting americans. this is admitted -- or -- the attorney general going after
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news organizations like fox. or benghazi, which the american people understand now, we have been misled, we have been lied to at the highest levels. the president isn't cleaning house. either you are toalgd to resign or you are put on leave or you are promoted in the case of a state department spokesperson who is up for assistant secretary of state, or the person at the irs is going to lead the efforts on obamacare. so this president is terribly caught up in the scandals. i have to tell you, this is not a republican... disenfranchisement with this president. this is across the board, where americans are fed up with a president who promised one thing and does quite the opposite. >> eric: the white house says the president did not know about the irs situation. but this is going to be investigated. but it resonates with the american people. look, the irs -- [overlapping dialogue] >> it doesn't. the fact is, you know, you know what the american people do care
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about? they care about the economy. on that measure, we are doing a lot better. the dow is over 15,000, unemployment is lower, the housing market is back. the deficit is dropping much more quickly than we thought it was. it's doing well and republicans near la-la-land focusing in the way that they were focused on monica lewinsky in 1988 and lost the house for it. >> eric: you are talking about monica lewinsky. bill clinton survived that, watergate and the plummers, richard nixon and his administration didn't survive that. does it have to directly touch the president for something major to happen? >> i guess it dis. but again, i think the issue is that the republicans have a messenger problem. americans are not in love with president obama and his policies. his approval is 50%, we are clearly a deeply divided country. but the problem for republicans is that they do trust the president more than the
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opposition. opposition to gay marriage and immigrants am. so they are not going to go along with what they for perceiving as political witchhunts right now. >> eric: do you think it's a political witch-hunt? >> the president's problems are just beginning. he is not facing them. he feigns outrage, but his actions are opposite what have the american people feel. what they are feeling day by day. good luck with the 50%. let's see what they near 2014 as we learn to where the president's been. peter king said it best. as chairman chairman of the homd security at the time, he doesn't know where the president was during the benghazi attacks, but we knew full well where he was when osama bin laden was taken out. there is something terribly wrong. >> eric: that will have to be the last word. >> thank you. >> glad to be here. >> jamie: it's a memorial week end tradition at an air strip outside new york city. high-flying acrobats putting on a show have you to see to
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>> jamie: you know all about thanking those who served and their families any time you see them this weekend. but this event in new york city is helping to create the next generation. and janice dean, who serves us weatherwise, but in farmingdale, new york, j.d. is there. get me one of those jackets. [laughter] >> shannon: know. i know you jamie colby, it's all about the attire. but they have been so great here at the american air power museum. they got me suited up, so to
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speak in army green. it's just been an amazing event. all day, talking about the air show. this is an event in its 10th year. happens of thousands of people go out at jones beach. so people can come out and see some of the world war ii aircraft. we have a lot of people out here that will come and tell you about this historic event. lots of tanks and items in the museum for everyone to see, all ages are welcome. if you are head to the jones beach air show for the bethpage air show. you will see the thunder bolt, made here in this facility for world war ii. we have many airline, corporate pilots, mechanics and military jet fighter pilots here for people to come and meet and help commemorate this wonderful day. interestingly enough, the weather postponed this event. yesterday it was supposed to go
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>> this culture of going after tea-party groups did not just accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top nterms of tone. >> shannon: the white house may be ready to move on, but senator lindsay graham is calling for a special counsel to conduct an independent investigation. there are three separate hearings on capitol hill and there are real questions as to whether the obama administration can credibly investigate itself. i am shannon bream live in washington. we go to steve centanni for the latest on the irs scandal. >> reporter: democrats and republicans alike have

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