log on and cast your vote. results tomorrow. >> excellent. if you want to see me in maryland, i'll be in fredericksberg, and then bethesda. we talk hollywood next. bill: there is breaking news. a police officer shot 7 times and lives to tell his story. said to be making a remarkable recovery after a gunman walked into a police station lobby and opened fire inside the cop shop in los angeles. lucky man, huh? martha: the witnesses to this say the scene was complete chaos. officers rushing everywhere to the station to help. >> i heard five shots, then i heard the police cars zooming down our street. then it made me jump up and come out and see what was going on.

>> reporter: what did you see? >> i saw police everywhere. bill: william lajeunesse is in l.a. what are police saying about how this happened? >> reporter: this hpped around s happened in a police station in the middle of los angeles. he says to the desk officer he has a complaints and he opens fire. the officer is saved by his armored vest. he gets off a few shots as does his partner. a female officer. police released no identifications. but the wounded officer is in stable condition. the gunman is also expected to live. >> nobody i spoke with recognized this guy as anybody we encountered before.

but it's early and nobody got a look at him before he went to the hospital. >> to be shot 7 times that close range by semiautomatic pistol and be talking to me ... >> reporter: police recovered the shooter's weapon in the lobby. it will be traced to possible previous crimes. it happened at the west traffic substation. it's on venice boulevard. there are no metal detectors in the lobby. the situation last night could have been a lot worse. there was a community meeting with 30 residents inside when the shooting happened. no one was hurt but some of the bullets did make their way into that room as people dove for

cover. >> it sounded like a firecracker noise. then we found out a shooting did happen. >> reporter: police recovered the gunman's car that was parked in a bank parking lot across the street. bill: thank you, william. when you get more information, come on back. martha: there was a promising lead in the search for flight 370 and it has gone silent. can you believe this story? new search boats struggling to find the sound that may have been coming from the plane's black boxes. the search is in its 32nd day. that means the batteries on those black boxes could be past the typical lifespan. it may be why these pings have gone silent.

the australian officials are admitting they still don't know much. >> we are looking for wreckage and there is still a long ways to go. without wreckage we can't confirm this is where the aircraft is because we haven't been out of the hold and the transmissions, constantly. so there is still a little bit of doubt there. martha: peter doocy is live in washington. what's the top objective at this point? >> reporter: if that pinging sound came from a black box there is a chance it's still making noise continuously. so crews are sailing in different directions at different headings and they are trying to triangulate the wreckage. >> the connections a few days ago were a time of great hope that it had been a significant

break through and it was disappointing that we were unable to repeat that experience yesterday. >> reporter: the ocean shield is pulling a towed pinker and it's described the way you would mow our lawn. martha: why aren't they using remote controlled submarines to look for this wreckage? >> reporter: investigators know they heard pings this weekend and now they don't hear them. they don't know if there is even a black box down there at all. >> there have been no further contacts with any transmission and we need to continue that for several days right up to when -- the point at which there is absolutely no doubt that the pinger batteries will have

expired. so it will be several days more. until we stop the pinger search, we'll not demoistur -- we'll noy the submersible. >> they should be able a hear a ping one mile in each direction. martha: the depth is something to be contended with in this whole situation. bill: a pretty good depiction on the map. that's the ocean shield, the australian vessel that trolls on the top of the ocean floor. upwards of 3 miles deep in this part of the indian ocean. this is the cable that stretches

down. based on the information we have that cable can go 2 miles below the surface of the water. here is the towed pinger locator. it's in red. just to show you with this pinger locator. the u.s. navy sent that asset in the u.s. just about 2 weeks ago. it's doing its job, but whether it's finding anything is another question. this ship here used to be owned about it norwegians, the australians bought it. that's what's doing a lot of the hard work. it has a submersible but it has not yet gone in the water because they don't want to mess with any of the sound they are getting. we heard one of the sounds they were picking up came from one of the search ships. whether that was the chinese or the australian vessel we don't

know, but that gives false hope. martha: it's amazing nothing has floated up from the surface. you think of the plane that went down in the atlantic. it was four years before they found it. bill: it makes you wonder if we are in the right spot or not. martha: the mystery continues. the trial of the bladerunner is starting to get into its second story after a second day of emotional testimony from oscar pistorius. he broke down yet again. but this time he was describing the specifics of that night. how he found the body of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius drew gasps from the crowd after he removed his

prosthetics and reenacted a what happened that night. >> i took it off. [inaudible] reeva started screaming. i shouted to reeva to get on the floor. martha: there are text messages from steenkamp displaying loving moments. but also trouble in the last two months of her life. >> you have dated a lot of people. if you get upset if i mention one funny story with a long-time boyfriend. i do everything to make you

happy and do not say anything to rock the boat with you. martha: prosecutors say he killed steenkamp not because she was an intruder as she is saying. if convicted he faces 25 years in prison. bill: the small town of bell haven, north carolina hit hard by what many believe is a tornado. no confirmation of that just yet. 13 people including the town's mayor were put in the hospital. in louisiana storms knocking down trees and power lines. this is the scene in baton rouge metropolitan. the gulf coast could get hit hard today. maria molina, what do you say? >> reporter: crews are going to be heading out and observing the damage in north carolina.

but we had two confirmed tornado. one in mississippi. this was one an ef2. it was on the ground for 22 minutes and left a path lane of 62 miles. in alabama we had an ef-0 confirmed. the storm farther toward the east it's producing rain from new england down into florida and there is a chance that we could see isolated severe weather and that does include parts of florida including orlando and also miami, and farther west. those states we just mentioned alabama and mississippi we are expecting another round of thunderstorms that could produce isolated severe weather. that's as we head up to tonight and this evening. the store system will continue moving eastward later today, and there is also the possibility for more flooding. this time around in parts of new

england, across parts of maine and new hampshire. we have temperatures warming up into the 60s. all that snow across new england will be melting so the combination could produce flooding. >> house speaker john boehner sounding off on the irs and lois lerner. >> someone said who should be fired. i said i don't care who is going to be fired, i want to know who is going to jail. martha: what speaker baron is saying about a possible criminal investigation into lois lerner's activities. bill: the national championship game the fun got out of hand. a number of student wake up in jail this morning we'll take you there. martha: eric holder set to hit the hot seat less than an hour

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bill: the hot seat for lois lerner is getting hotter as one of the more powerful committees on the hill pushing for a criminal investigation into lois lerner. >> i don't care who is going to be fired. i want to know who is going to jail. the fact is the irs -- there are specific laws that protect taxpayers and force the irs to comply with the law. somebody at the irs violated the law. whether it was lois lerner or

not, we'll find out. steve, good morning to you. watching and listening and read being the interview last night. it's clear that boehner and the house republicans are moving in a direction. do they take action this week, and if so, what is that across on the irs deal. >> i think the house republicans have been facing 3 options for quite a bit of time. they can turn up the pressure on lois lerner. they could let the case entirely drop, let it fade away, or they could give her immunity. they seem to have decided to turn up the heat on lois lerner to pressure her into some kind of cooperation or to go after her and make her the target of the investigation which she hasn't been up to this point. bill: it's 11 months. republicans come on tv all the time and say we are going to

hold her in contempt. what's taking so long? >> it's certainly the case that the house government reform committee has been cite sighed for taking this long. and they have been cite sized for not pushing immediately. in their defense they had to take the type to acquire to the extent they can all the materials possible to make their case. we heard from the irs commissioner a month ago, even if they were to comply with the subpoena and provide the information requested by the house republicans, it could take years. that's the kind of resistance these investigators have been meeting pretty cop is tently. bill: it's kind of what the speaker said last night. i think that's the reason why

he's resisted. >> i think that's probably the reason he resisted. their is scepticism of that. but this need to move forward or it's going to fate away. one of the things the white house has been profn effective at is handling burgeoning scandals. they provide a little bit of information. the president expresses outrage that conservative groups have been targeted. he doesn't qualify at all. there is no way the white house staff lets the president echo the accusation against the irs for targeting conservative groups but the white house has pushed off investigators and not provided information. and what happens is eventually the reporters lose interest. we have seen that on benghazi and we saw it with the irs

scandal. bill: the house speaker said several times now he wants to know who is going to jail. based on the evidence you have seen and the evidence you have think might be out there, is someone going to jail? >> i haven't seen that yet. that's one of the problems the republicans have. a lot of it is hidden behind the scenes. there is a question of compromising taxpayer information. it's not enough to say somebody needs to go to jail. you have to provide the facts and evidence that lead you to that conclusion and you need to do that in a hurry. bill: what do you think will happen to lois lerner? is it jail time, is it contempt or neither. talk to us on twitter for the next hour and 40 minutes. martha: did you hear about this one? a married congressman in hot water after getting caught on camera.

not such a good idea. smooching a staffer. his response to this video coming up. bill: the iran hostage crisis -- this is from 1979 playing out in 2014. lawmakers are working to ban iran's newest u.s. ambassador from entering the united states. >> the united states senate is not going to just ignore this most recent insult. but rather is going to give our president the authority to affirmatively reject it. (dad) well, we've been thinking about it and we're just not sure.

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bill: a congressman from louisiana in hot water after being busted on camera locking lips with a staffer.

vince mcalister who is married has been in office five months. the video shows a man kissing a woman before leaving the building. mcalister admits it is indeed him. mcalister apoll zwriegs his wife and children and asking for forgiveness. martha: it's not going to go over very well. a big reversal on healthcare. the administration back off plans to cut medicare advantage. the cuts to it were met with a barrage of criticism from democrats looking to stay in office. it covers 16 million seniors or 30% of all medicare beneficiaries. we talked about this just other

day. these cuts were unpalatable to democrats in tough races and bingo it's gone. >> reporter: precisely right. the administration has bent to pressure. another part of obamacare has been changed and ore delayed. -- the changed and/or delayed. the president has bent to political pressure. he has taken the democrats off the hook. by not make these cuts the cost of medicare advantage to 16 million people will not be going up right after the election. what he has done is to take away the political problem for the democrats. butch what the president has also done is introduced new funding problem for obamacare. medicare advantage is supposed to be cut by $156 billion.

that's part of the way you pay for obamacare. if you are not making those cuts how do you pay for obamacare? you got rid of a political problem and introduced a financial problem. martha: some would say that's what obama wanted, he wants single pair. what do you think of that? >> reporter: i think there is mass chaos and confusion because i really don't know exactly what part of obamacare is still in place. what has been delayed or not delayed. what's been changed and not changed. i simply don't know. what i do know is the only thing that definitely remains in place is the taxes to pay for obamacare. they are alive, they are well and you are paying them. martha: stuart, thank you very much.

stuart says def-a-nightly. bill: the ncaa bracket buster for 2014. check it out. it was a great tournament from start to finish. and one unlikely couple watching the game together last night that has some folks talking. martha: attorney general eric holder facing questions from lawmakers who say the president overstepped his powers. he will be on the hot seat in 32 minute from now. what would you like to see him ask?

we have the chairman of the judiciary committee. there he is and we'll be with him moments away. stick around. >> when any president promises to make us a constitutional anomaly and an afterthought, we make law. [applause]

martha: u.s. attorney general

eric holder is getting ready for big testimony today. he will speak hughes judiciary committee. he's expected to face tough questions on everything from the irs targeting scandal to what people are calling president obama's overreach. they are calling on holder to defend the u.s. constitution. >> we know the president can refuse to defend the constitutionality of a statute, even one he signs into law. if he can change one law, can he change all laws? can he change election laws? can he change discrimination laws? are there any laws under your theory that he actually has to enforce? martha: this is going to get interesting today. virginia republican bob goodlatt

joins us here this morning. what is top of mind? what are you going to ask eric holder this morning? >> as you noted and as your viewers know, there are many issues. one is executive overreach as it pertains to the actions of the attorney general, not enforcing drug laws, for example. this issue of the president of the united states rewriting laws or refusing to enforce existing laws is a serious threat to the article one powers of the congress. also we are interested in hearing the attorney general's take on the administration's proposals with regard to the foreign intelligence

surveillance act, and the matters stemming from nsa surveillance. the edward snowden revelations and so on. the irs issue will also be a top one. martha: let's take a look at some of these executive order overrides that we put together. there is a look at the comparison between president obama and previous presidents, george bush and bill clinton. a lot of folks on the other side of the aisle look at that and say big deal. saying he hasn't done anything in terms of numbers that compares to previous presidents. >> executive orders that take care of administrative matters within any administration are an appropriate action to be taken by any president as long as they are within the bounds of the law and are geared towards actually carrying out the law as the

president has the duty to do under article 2 of the constitution. many of those are routine matters that are perfectly appropriate with including some issue offed by president obama. the issue isn't in numbers, it's the reach the president has taken in a whole host of areas from education to welfare reform. simply waving statutory requirements in our welfare laws so benefits can be extended to people who don't qualify under the law for them. waving requirements of the no child left behind act. many much these things need to be addressed in the congress. not in the white house. the president says i have a pen and a cell phone. if you don't do it i'll do it myself. that doesn't build confidence in the congress that if we pass new laws he will enforce them. if you are not going to carry

out the laws why should the congress trust you with new laws to try to solve some of the problems that do exist in our society that need to be addressed. but this president has his own mind, his own way of doing it and his attorney general has simply carried his water on these issues rather than being the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. martha: no doubt the attorney general has his own reasons and his own substantiation for making the decisions. of time the president does one of these executive orders. every one of the 28 sometimes the healthcare law has been changed or amended by these kind of executive orders also for drug issues as you pointed out. he has had to go before the attorney general and say are we okay on this and the attorney general has said absolutely, mr. president. >> it's an unbelievable stretch on things such as prosecutorial discretion which is good to have in the law.

there are hard cases where you say that case doesn't deserve full enforcement. but when you take an entire class of people and say we are going to apply prosecutorial discretion to all of them, that to me is a serious abuse of the separation of powers in our constitution. it's the congress that writes the law, it's the president's duty to carry them out. if he doesn't like a particular law he needs to carry it out nonetheless. and if that's unpop already with the public they will put pressure on the congress to change a law they think is needing to be changed. but the congress needs to do it, not the president. martha: a lot of questions about the process. we'll be watching. thank you so much for coming here first, congressman. good to talk to you this morning. we'll see what happens at the top of the hour. bill: 22 minutes away from starting. the ncaa tournament came to a

close. it ended with uconn number one. it's a shame the team had to lose. both of those teams really came toe up their own in this tournament. 2 points last night for napier. they were in high school just a year ago. but the huskies went wire to wire. the campus went bonkers. damage has been reported around the school. more than 30 arrests have been made as of late last night. martha: one girl ended up with bloodstreaming down her face. the big talk of the gamepresideg

watching from the owner's box. look at this picture. former president bill clinton and george w. bush and first lady laura siting with the cowboys. he put some of his most highly placed friend right next to him. bill: it's a powerful picture. tony romo. the presidents. the monitor that hangs over that stadium is 65 yard long. the connecticut women play for the national title tonight against notre dame. martha: that could be a great game, too. absolutely. bill: tech to be have been hammered the last couple days. earning season begins. the dow closed down triple digits yesterday. it's been a rough couple day on

wall street. we'll let you know what happens 10 minute into the day on wall street. republican ted cruz takes the stand on an accused iranian terrorist. will tehran win on this issue? we are about to find out. >> this nomination is not an isolated incident that is taking place in a vacuum. it's part of iran's clear and consistent pattern of virulent anti-americanism. co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. anyone need a coupon? i don't.

by senator ted cruz call county it absurd and he's not the only one. iran appointing to its next ambassador to the u.n., someone involved in the hospital table holding in 1971. he wants to bar the diplomat from ever entering the united states. >> reporter: the nomination

for alabi to be the ambassador from the iran to the united nations is an unam big use insult to the united states. there there are no circumstances in which the united states should grant him and visa and he should be prevented from ever setting foot on american soil. bill: i don't see how the administration grants this visa, do you? >> under the u.n. headquarters agreement regarding visas to the united nations, i think they can limit the visa even without the cruz built. because i think he represents a threat to american security. this was adirect assault on

diplomatic immunity and now he's come together united states and wants diplomatic immunity. i think it should open a larger discussion about whether the headquarters agreement itself should be modified. i think we should have great say in who gets into this country just because they are come together united nations -- headquarters agreement was written in the 1940s and was very naive. bill: why would iran even suggest this guy? i know he has been an ambassador in several places. austria and several countries. >> they have lower standard there. i think the iranians know what they are doing. it's a classic negotiating techniques and it's very useful, especially against weak american administrations. iran proposed to do something completely outrageous. we get outraged and they say

we'll withdraw this if you make a concession on the nuclear weapons. i think the white house will fall for that. i think iran will withdraw the request to name this individual as their u.n. ambassador and in exchange there won't be an expressed quid pro quo. bill: just say no based on his record. >> that's great except it would require backbone. and this administration won't do anything that could in any way impair these nuclear arms discussions that begin this week in vienna. bill: what he talked about this. is putin content where he is now or not? >> i think he see an opportunity here. he sized up the u.s. and european reaction to his

annexation of the crimea through military force. saw no reaction at all. he's going for even more. i think he can achieve a partition of ukraine and get a neutralization of the rest of the country. i think he's being far more ambitious than i those was at the beginning. he sees no resistance from washington or europe. as long as the he faces inactivity and passivity. i don't think it will stop. i think the other former soviet republics are have inch his sights as well. bill: there are only two players on our side. the u.s. and germany. is there alliance to stop him? >> no. i think we have a real problem with germany and the rest of the nato. if they are going to be passive in the light of russian military activity on the continent of europe.

changing interest national boundaries like that. we can't be more european than the europeans. i hate to say this in hah time of isolationism in the united states rising. if the europeans aren't willing to defend themselves and come to the aid of a country like ukraine, it's hard for the united states to do more. it's an excuse for obama but it's bad for the west as well. bill: they kicked out a few russians and who took over to towns and buildings in the eastern half of the country. we'll see what happens. martha: a new report calling the doom sayers into question. we'll tell what the sign tests are saying. bill: people say people come into this country illegally as an act of love. >> reporter: to most people around the world the youth is

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bill: haz mat crews descending on a school where student start complaining of skin and eye irritation. a toxic substance found on the playground. 23 were treated on the scene and two student and one teacher went to the hospital. the school has not reopened. we don't know what it was. martha: an international group of scientists are saying they have debungd a recent report

that came out of the u.n. on climate change. they are releasing their own findings. they say the doom and gloom is all wrong according to their science. good morning to you, mike. what did they find? >> there is no impending global crisis due to climate change. that's the conclusion of a panel of scientists set up to examine alternatives to the conclusions of the u.n. commission intergovernmental panel on climate change about carbon eve missions. the non-government pal panel concludes there is more car won in the atmosphere but it will not cause catastrophic deadly storms. the human impact is small and any changes in temperature are within a historic coach temperature rare yabilitys. but people in the scientific community are up peer pressure and financial pressure to reach a decision that industry is

having an impact on the environment. >> ethical standard have been lowered and peer review has been corrupted and we can't trust what appears in our most prestigious journals anymore. >> reporter: the conclusion is plant life thrives on carbon dioxide and with more in the atmosphere the plants will do better. martha: the report has critics i imagine. >> the mainstream scientists are going after the credibility of the scientists on the panel. >> that's not an assessment of scientists. mostly that's a bunch of old retired guys who got together and wrote a report that's basically full of information. it's not peer reviewed.

>> reporter: the heartland institute contend it's extensively peer reviewed. martha: very interesting. thank you, mike. bill: a key hearing about to begin on the hill. the attorney general eric holder will face questions on everything from the i.r.s. scandal to president obama's use of executive power. martha: the heavens have a celestial show. the sun, the earth and mars all about to reach a cosmic alignment. i wonder what will happen on when that happens. bill: buy a lottery ticket. ♪ here comes the sun ... when you sat down to dinner with anticipation, not hesitation. when you didn't dread bedtime because of heartburn.

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>> so committee hearing from the justice department or for the justice department and eric holder is on the hot seat right now. we have been watching everybody file into the room. so talked to the chair of the committee and they have a lot of heated questions they are ready to file at the attorney general from lois lerner to overreaches. i am martha maccallum. >> and i will bill hemmer. they can expect a drilling on the enforcement of the law. the chairmen telling us the administration likes to cherry pick laws and ignore others. >> the congress writes the law and the president has the duty of carrying it out. if he doesn't like it, he needs

to carry it out and if it is unpopular, they will put pressure on the law to change it but the congress needs to change it not the president. >> mike emanual is watching from the hill. what are the certaoncerns about executive overreach? >> they are concerned about the way he has changed the health care law three dozen time and they think he should come back to congress to change it. here you have the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, the attorney general before congress, jow better believe he is going to get tough questions about selective enforcement and how the adjustments to the health care law and selectively enforcing others law and how it is legal. there is going to be fired up

lawmakers ready to ask questions of him and looking for his answers. >> the house is said to be running out of patients. you are is 11 months down the road since lois lerner appeared. what is the next move? >> they will push holder on the justice investigation of what went on at the irs. the woman leading the investigation is a obama donor and a donor to democratic causes so lawmakers are concerned she may not be seriously investigating the matter and they are preparing their own paperwork sending a complaint to ask them to prosecute it further. the speaker told megan kelly somebody ought to go to jail and he is not clear if it was lois

lerner or something else, but someone should be held for violating americans and in fp fringing on their first amendment. >> and we will monitor the room and bring the headlines when they occur. sometimes this moves the ball forward on a particular topic or a number of topics and sometimes it doesn't. that is where the drama lies for eric holder's experience. back to that when it is underway live on the hill. three minutes past the hour. house speaker boehner responding to the comments by jeb bush about how he knows immigrants broke the law but in many cases it was quote an act of love to provide them.

but speaker boehner says bush's stance will not cut it. >> the united states is utopia and most people want to come here. so i understand what jeb is saying. but we are a nation of laws. and those who are here without documents, they will have to face the law at some point. >> karl rove is a senior advisor and deputy staff member to president bush. good morning. how are you? >> i am doing fine. how are you? >> fine. what do you think of the comments from the speaker? >> the house republicans say we need to solve the immigration problems in a bill that allows no path to citizens. their attitude is if you are legally you have to pay a fee to

stay, if you want to stay and leave when you want, we will make a provision for that. and if you want to stay, you need to go to the back of the line. >> are you saying the florida governor feels that way? >> he had a book that said he is in favor of a path to citizen ship or a status that doesn't involve citizenship. he was saying people come here to work to provide for their families. even opponentsf of immigration recognize that. but he said it in an artful way. he is going to be hit about this. this will be tossed back at him and he should not do what

governor perry did when he was atta attacked over supporting a piece of legislation that allowed children of immigrants to attend schools at the in-state race. governor bush has to be careful if he becomes a canada candidate and the issue comes back not to respond to the questioning of the people who oppose it. >> if he decided he wanted to run a joyful campaign and no mudslinging. what do you think about that? >> well, look, i think the people are sick and tired of these campaigns in which the object is to trash your fellow democrat or republican in the primaries. where the meanest and toughest things you can say and do are

the way to climb to the top of the heat. you can have a respectful disaagreement about policy views >> we have all covered enough cycles of elections to know how it goes. there were times mitt romney should have punched back but didn't. >> the counter punch is more productive sometimes. john mccain went after bush saying he wanted to toss the seniors off social computer -- security -- and bush didn't punch back. but he did in south carolina. were the add bush doesn't tell the truth like bill clinton. when bush pushed back it helped.

but in each instance, canadidats are better severed advocating what they stand for and making that the principle standpoint. but counter punch if you need because people want you defending your position >> who do you think is the most formable person in the republican party? >> it is too early. they have to take it to another level. governor bush showed he is a great candidate and run great campaigns in the past, but he hasn't been a candidate in the while and it showed in his comments on sunday. an american in prison in

cuba for four years and is on a hunger strike. alan gross says neither company has made a valid effort to help the matter. he was arrested while working to set up internet access for the island's jewish community under a prram funded by the united states government. he was sentenced to 15 years. eric holder is about to respond to questions. there is the chairman. lois lerner and the irs and a lot of issues are on the table and executive overreach is one of the big topics we expect to come up here. we are keeping an eye on it. trey gowdy wasn't too happy about the executive overreach issue. here is what he said. >> you don't get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to cross examining.

he waved her right by issueing an open statement and ought to stand here and answer our questions. >> thought was about lois lerner and if she should be charged with contempt. we will debate that. >> and a new survey questions the 7 million sign-ups. what is the truth behind the number? the cochair of the congress group regarding that is here >> and comments from the basketball star who led uconn to a national championship. >> i don't think the athletes should get hundreds of thousands, but there are nights i go to bed and i am starving. where castles were houses can kayuconn al-shabaashabazz n

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death toll to 33. 30 bodies has been identified and 12 people listed as missing still. the army core of engineers is building a dike to protect the workers. eric holder is about to get his testimony underway doing the opening statements on the left hand side of the screen. he is expected to face very touch question and some will center on the irs targeting scandal. bob beckle is here and tucker carlson as well who is the editor of the daily caller. always good to have you both here. this has been kicking around, tucker, for whiquite some time. they had an option to hold her

in contempt and they have not taken advantage of it. any chance they will now? >> they haven't. and it is frustrating. we learned about this a year ago when lois lerner testified last year. she gave the statement and refused to answer any questions. why wasn't she held in contempt then? she went before the committee and did it a second time and not held in contempt. with every passing day, justice is denied. we know the crime took place and the president used this administration to hamstring. >> why doesn't she come forward and tell what she knows? >> there is not a bit of evidence, first of all, that the obama administration tried to

hamstring politicians. you have been at this a year and come up with nothing. the best you have is putting lois lerner and asking her to be indicted. she will probably get conte contemptive congress. but i think isa is about the midterm elections for the republicans. >> if i could inject a little fact. in the year before the last presidential election, dozens of pro-obama groups received irs status and how many conservatives? not one. there is no debate they were targeted and if that is not a scandal, i am not sure what is. why doesn't the public have a right to know this?

>> of course, the public has a right to know. and she needs to explain the emails where she says the tea party is dangerous and they should not have these cases. there are too many things in these e-mails that she wrote, bob, that need to be explained to the american people. let's look at what the president said and his outrage when he heard about all of this: >> the misconduct that uncovered is inexcusable and americans have a right to be angry and i am angry. i am not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially the irs given the power and reach it has in all of our lives. >> where did that igdndiginatio

go? >> it is still there. they tried to connect this to the white house and make this a smoking gun. they tried to that but they have not been able to. >> they have been given thousands of documents that have so much redaction in them they can not piece it together. >> that is not what they say. everything document has redactions in it. yo i don't think they have gone far because it may as well just be lois lerner but there is no connection with the white house. >> i believe with bob that they have not gotten far and the republican leaders have a right to ask why they have not gotten further. there is no question that wrongdoing took place. you would see companies indicted but no one has been pudges --

punished for this -- >> that is a great question. and the president said especially in the irs you cannot have this kind of selection going on and the idea is the progressive groups got the status they wanted and conservatives groups didn't. >> some of the liberal groups did get turned down. >> not nearly as many. and many were not approved until the ball got rolling >> we should know something this week. bob, you going to the casino next? >> there is a meeting with the top five families and i had to be dressed in black. >> violence breaking out in kiev.

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police are looking for a group of car tipping vandals. officer say four smart cars were found flipped over. doesn't that look sad? early monday morning. a witness saw the guys out there

and saw them thrip incar >> i saw eight hooded figures walking out from the corner over here. they walked up to the car. i thought they looked like they were up to no gooded. they walked to this car and all huddled around it and lifted it up. i caught the tail end and they ran away >> they will case felony vandalism charges. sometimes they put them on the nose, on the back, or over. but the cars are too small to defend themselves. it isn't nice. >> that car is about the size of that guys earlobe. >> what is with that trend by the way? not a good idea. the crises in ukraine is

coming ahead. in the country's parliament in kiev this happened: clearly from opposing factions lawmakers spreading punches after pro-russian forces take over buildings in the east. there is a debate on what is going to happen next. greg is live. what is the latest? >> we have been tracking the vo volitile situation after the regional administration is building in the eastern city where it was set on fire and they cleared them out and rescued 70. complaints that local police rolled over and separatist are demanding the russian troops

coming in and complaining about the rights of the russian being infringed on. >> how is russia and others reacting? >> this is the tricky and dangerous part of the whole situation. as the ukrainian troops are poised in the region there is 40,000 russian troops on the other side of the border and s moscow is warning if there is violence that could raise the risk of civil war. nato today saying any intervention by russia would be a mistake of historic p proportion. the numbers involved with the

protest are small and the sentiment in that region for separation is less but as we have seen they can manipulate that. >> the secretary of state john kerry is talking this morning saying it is clear russian agents have been behind the unrest in the last 24 hours and russia is involved in illegal requests with paid operatives. now the secretary of state is repeating this in other parts of ukraine. so we will gauge the effect of that. >> what do you do about it? we don't know at this point. they took a victory lap over the

health care numbers but a new survey is showing they may not be all they promised. reaction it the breakdowns. >> and the natural light show for the naked eye that rarely happens. celestial

all right. let's check back in here. former senator john kerry, now the secretary of state, is reporting in front of the senate relations committee saying it is clear there are russian agents at work in eastern ukraine. he says they will be getting tougher with the sanction against russia as a result of this action and we will see what that means as we move forward here as well. that is the latest from the senate. a massive survey raising questions about the sign-up number from obamacare. a new gallop survey shows it is down from 7.5%.

and that is three and a half million adults gaining coverage. phil gingrey is here. how are you? >> good morning to you, bill. >> gallop is just counting adults but the administration is including children. does that make a difference? >> every child on the s-chip program in georgia and they would have had that anyway. but the 7.1 million people who have signed up during this extended sign-up period include 20% who haven't paid their premiums and that is down to 6 million. it is estimated maybe as many as three million of the people that signed up previously had a private plan they liked and they

had been promised they could keep it. they lost it and had to go to the federal or state sponsored exchanges and the average increase in premium and deductible is going to be horrible especially for the 18-34 year olds. >> back to the headline, does this give democrats ammunition that obamacare is working if you have a number of americans covered? yes or no? >> i think the answer is definitely no. if when we started the process in 2009, they were talking about 45 million people that were uninsured. >> the number in 2010 was 30 million. how it went to 45 million i don't know. it is true that it does include people who have not paid their first month premium.

how much of that seven million did you believe that is? >> it isn't just me, it is gallop polls and a number of other credible polls but it is at least 20%. and that is why when i get elected to the united states senate in november and sworn in next year i am going to repeal obamacare and replace it with truly affordable health care people can sign up for and bring those numbers down. >> on that point, the talk is they have not seen one republican plan your party has gotten behind. where is it? and when will it be out? >> bill, that is absolutely not true. i am co-chairman of the house and there are 21 of us who are health care professionals in our private life and the republican

study committee has a plan and i have four different, not 2700 page bills, but plans to repeal the most agregious parts of th bill. the media isn't giving us the proper credit for having something to replace. >> can you take all of those plans, put it into one, and sell it? >> i think we can. there is discussion of that. that is above my pay grade at this point. i think we wmay very well do that. >> and gallop finds gains in coverage among all age groups, but not much evidence of a late surge of younger people at the end of the march sign-up period.

what does that pmean? >> if you don't have 40% of the risk pool age 18-34 with no claims and not getting sick, if they are not signing up, all of the people with pre-existing conditions are signing up and can't be denied and i think that is a good thing, but the premiums are going to go through the roof and that is why the president is extending the sign up to start after the november election. >> interesting survey. thank you for coming on. there is a study showing a disturbing rise among obesity among children. the cdc was showing a decline. so what gives?

john roberts is looking into this. >> good morning to you. back in february, the centers for disease said obesity is down between 2-5 ages. but a new study from unc says the government wasn't showing us the same story. 2-19 age childrened and 14.5 were obese and it increased. and the greatest increase was among children who were sever y ll leo obese. most at risk were children who were white or hispanic girls in elementary or african-american boys in high school. >> these extreme levels are where we are concerned about type two diabetes in kids and other health problems developing

while children. >> you will remember mitchell obama made the cdc news a big deal, but this study suggests the good news she is promoting doesn't exist. >> what is behind the difference in the findings? >> the cdc found a 43% decline over a decade. but the unc researers went back to when the data collection started and found no decline. in 2003, there was a bubble in the obesity rate and it would look like a decline. but if you move it back further, the bubble averages out and the decline disappears. >> so many sent me messages

saying obesity is getting better and i had to explain to so many it wasn't what it appeared to be. >> the centers for disease control said we stand behind our data and the scales are tipping in the right direction when it comes to 2-5 year olds. but some believe they were cherry picked to give the whoit house good news. >> you would think the cdc would want to full picture to learn and get their hands around the picture. >> a fist fight between a teacher and student caught on camera in the classroom. but is the person being charged that might surprise you. >> and he led his team to a national championship last night but it is something we told reporters that is sparking big debate. >> we should get a scholarship

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breaking news from los angeles. la police telling us an officer who survived after being shot five times wasn't wearing a bullet-proof fevest. he is alive. we don't have a name yet. the suspect is listed in critical condition. he had a rifle and more ammunition in this car. update on that when we get it. seven times. no vest. he is alive. the sizzling debate over whether college athletes should be paid after one of uconn's star basketball players tells

reporters he sometimes goes to bed starving. shabazz napier, leading the huskies to their 4th championship, beating kentucky 60-54 his two week old comments have resurfaced and are getting a lot of attention. especially after the northwestern football players won their bid to form a union last month. listen to what shabazz napier said: >> as student athletes, we get utilized for what we do. and we definitely are blessed getting the scholarship, but it doesn't cover everything. we have hungy nights without food and money is needed. i think no question we will question the idea. >> joinded by jehmu greene and

our other contributor. what is your response from this? >> academics are second. they are athletes first. >> so true. >> if you are spending 40-50 hours a week on football you start to feel like an employee. not a student. so they are saying if you want to run my life, tell me the classes i cannot and can't take, what kind of part-time jobs i can or can't take, you need to compensate me. >> i think it changes the entire nature of college sports. what do you think of this? >> money does change everything. i agree with most of what was said. they actually couldn't even get a part-time job if they wanted. >> he has a meal plan.

why would he be hungry? i cannot tell you how many responses i got on this story saying -- i would love to ask him this question, does he not have a meal plan? >> perhaps the cafe is closed when they are in practice. the main point is he feels he is hungry so what does that say about how the athletes are treated and this star athlete isn't alone. there are so many students in college and high school who are going to bed hungry and they are not taking care of them. you cannot learn if you are hungry. so whether it is through getting the support from the union or actually being paid they are contributing to hundreds of millions of dollars. >> this is a college environment and there is an argument to be

made. i love sports. my kids all play sports. it is one of the greatest things you can do. and i look back what was said by shabazz napier and i said we are a team. it is about us, not me. and we will hold the trophy and they did. the coach said we are uconn and this is what we do. the last shall be first. what happens to that dynamic when you pay the athletes and the top ones get more money than everyone else, what happens to the team dynamic? i think there is an argument for a stipen or maybe a saving bond they get. but to pay them to play is professional sports. >> that is what it will turn into it. it becomes a job. and i think what they are saying is we are already doing a job.

we are bringing in a ton of revenue for the schools and we are not seeing any of that, numerous kids are wanting to come to the school as a result of us building up the athletics. do i think they should be paid? no, i think they are well-taken care of. but given the way our educational system is glorifying the athletes and taking away that academic component i see their point. >> work study has been a part of college campuses for ever. >> but unionize? >> membership in unions is sliding because paul paul titian have demonized them. but they will make sure people

don't go to bed hungry. >> he is a great kid and a great team. i do want to know if he has a 24-7 card for access to food. >> they will play them a couple buck as month. playing high school sports i played for a skull scholarship. it never happened. >> cover your tuition. the next thing is should we pay high school sports. >> that is not going to happen >> jenna lee has more on this. >> you didn't get the college scholarship but look at you now, bill. bad news in the hunt for the missing malaysian airline flight mh370. after the weekend of hearing the pings, there is silence now. what it means for the search for the wreckage. and controversy over the

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others and it only happens every 20 months. >> if you had a mission to mars, this is where you would time it. why? >> because of the orbit of earth and mars they are in the proper position every two weeks to launch, and india launched a space craft toward mars and nasa did the same. they are enroute to take haven't nuhaven't sakes -- advantage of the line-up. you fly to where mars will be not where they are. >> you are saying at 8 eastern you can look at the sky and see the planet? >> it is bright reddish orange.

it isn't pure red. it will rise up in the sky. a week from monday, on april 14th, mars is going to be closer than it was tonight. and even brighter. >> do you find the significance in events like these to be exciting? is this something you look forward to? or do you say it happens every 26 months. >> it only get better. in 2012, it wasn't as nice. now it is even closer. in the next two years, it will keep getting closer and closer. >> nothing funky is going on, though, right? >> no, just the way space works. >> major developments in the blade runner trial.

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