wireless is limitless. good morning. the trifecta of trouble infecting the white house is building steam. benghazi, the ap and arguably, none more potentially problematic for president obama than the irs. while tea party groups requesting tax exempt status got added scrutiny, "usa today" reports this morning the irs gave liberal groups a pass. calling the irs actions intolerable and inexcusable, president obama has ordered treasury secretary jack lui to hold those responsible accountable. republicans and democrats are demanding answers. >> we can't count on the administration to be forthcoming about the details of this scandal because so far, they've been anything but.

>> laws were probably broken. this is one of the most alarming things that i have ever seen and i'm very concerned about it and we've got to get to the bottom of it. >> attorney general eric holder under increasing fire and set to face questioning by the house judiciary committee today announced a criminal investigation into irs misconduct. >> those were as everyone can agree, if not criminal, they were certainly outrageous and unacceptable, but we are examining the facts to see if there are criminal violations. >> and we're expecting to hear more from john boehner and republican leadership. they're meeting behind closed doors at a party conference. i want to bring in matt welch and dana milbank. let's start with the irs, the inspector general's report blamed ineffective leadership of house ways and means. huge cash of documents because they've got a hearing on friday.

matt, what is this administration up against? >> first of all,s there's going to be some very heightened and appropriate scrutiny as to how high up this went. was this just simply a case of incompetence enforcing the laws? republicans are focusing on the it might be politicized, but it might be horrifying if it wasn't. instead of agenda. it seems normal to your irs agent to treat tea party and conservative groups as suspect, that is going to be problematic as well. >> i just got this note in, breaking news, mitch mcconnell on the floor of the senate, the administration needs to make witnesses available to testify in this and any other incident targeting the administration's -- and resist the temptation to stone wall or -- what took place. today, 44 of my republican senate colleagues are joining me

in this call. dana, what's going on here? >> well, mitch mcconnell gets hysterical over nothing at all. set this particular piece of it aside, but on this particular issue, he's exactly right and there's going to be an extraordinary amount of pressure on the administration to be more forthcoming. the pressure was intense until last night, when finally, the president came out and made a statement on this saying yes, indeed, these violations the irs had already admitted to are indeed real and asking jack lui to take action. action needs to happen beyond that of launching this criminal investigation. obviously, people need to be fired and rei signed. there's going to be some question as to whether or not this justice department, the way to respond is get everything out and get it out quickly. >> and your op-ed is titled

obama, the uninterested president. what about what action that president obama has taken so far? >> that's about the ap phone records and is outrageous that the white house is saying we have nothing to do with it. the justice department had a criminal investigation going on now. not hesitating to interfere and this is larger than any one investigation and this administration should get out there and say it's not acceptable to be going after the private cell home office phone records of journalists to 20 journalists, multiple locations, over long periods of time. that's what's known as a fishing expedition and that undermines the first amendment. >> i want to bring in congresswoman karen bass. good morning.

>> good morning. >> i want to talk first to you about what's going on with the irs. eric holder is is going to appear in less than three hours. what's your line of questioning for him when it comes to the irs? >> my number one question really is when did he, well, really looking at this and saying that if this is what happened, it is unacceptable, period. i do think though that we have to remember that this is not the first time this happened in history. ironically, a few years ago, it was african-american churches that were targeted by the irs. it's unacceptable, period. he needs to get to the bottom of it. hold people accountable and if we find that you know, this has happened, then people need to go. >> sandy levin, who is the ranking member, was on "the daily rundown" last hour. he was also calling for heads to roll. let me play that for you. >> sure. >> i think there's reason to

believe that mr. miller should be released of his responsibilities as well as -- there was such total mismanagement. >> he was referring to acting irs chief steven miller and the top irs official, lois learner. elijah cummings says laws were probably broken. do you agree? >> from what i've heard, i do agree. i know an invest xwags is underway. we need to wait to hear all the facts, but if it appears this is what's happening, we need to hold people accountable. i have no hesitation with that. how far do you think the accountability will go? attorney general holder has been under fire when it was revealed that the justice department obtained those two months of phone records. reince priebus is calling for his resignation. i think the question of how long he plans to stay has been

questions, do you believe he's still effective and could some fingers be pointed at him when he talk about heads rolling? >> let me just tell you i'm glad he has stayed to far. you have the leadership calling for his resignation before we know what happened here. so we have for the first time in u.s. history, an attorney general held in contempt. we were so disgusted by the process that we didn't participate in the vote. the attacks he has been under from the minute he stepped into the position, i'm surprised that he's actually stayed. i do hope this doesn't dissuade him from his service. >> as you know, congresswoman, eric holder defended the investigation into the leaks, saying it was one of the top two or three most serious he had ever seen and in fact, put american lives at risk.

but does it make sense to you that the president, that high level members of the administration weren't briefed on what was being done about it? >> i think that's what we have to see. i do believe a report will be forthcoming, but to speculate now is just really doesn't do anyone a service. you know, when the republicans were calling for him to step down, it was before they even knew that he rekuzed himself. he wasn't even a part of the situation. and so, i just think that when we have attorney general holder come before the judiciary committee today, i do hope it's an objective process and it is not just political staging. >> congresswoman, thank you so much. it's always good to have you on the program. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. >> so, what happens next here? obviously, we have a situation, matt, where this is building. it's not going away. as a matter of fact, to that point, john boehner, do not go to boehner? okay? so, we're waiting to hear from john boehner. apparently, he is just coming

out of the room and you know, to her point, there has been some pushback on the democratic side. she talked about the irs targeting the naacp, also green peace, a california church. but in spite of all that, do you think heads are about to roll? >> the irs for sure because you have two leaders there who appear to have directly misled congress and other people in the past talking about when they first heard about this. learner said on friday she had heard about this for the first time in 2012. >> now, john boehner is talking about this. >> trying to get to the bottom of what happened. the administration that could make us a lot easier for all americans by coming forward with e-mails that have shown us in some cases that have not turned over to us and i don't want to prolong this anymore than anyone

else. what i want is the truth. in addition to that, the irs is admitted to targets conservatives. even if the white house continues to be stuck on the word if. now, my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> good morning. obviously, there have been a lot of questions raised over the last several days that the news has i think awakened the public. beginning to raise questions in their minds as to the direction of this government. as really to whom is this government accountable. and we're going to proceed obviously in our work here in the house, bearing in mind that we've got to restore the trust in government and we've got to restore the faith in our economy. and there are questions there

are being answered and we are accountable to the families of the victims in benghazi. we certainly are accountable to the taxpayers and the people of this country as to the actions of the irs. and we certainly have plenty of questions are accountable to the press in terms of its first amendment rights and its ability to enjoy those and realize those. we've got plenty of action though on the floor today. this week. obama care repeal is there again because we do not believe that an individual mandate is the direction -- >> john boehner spoke exactly to the point we were just talking about and stepped it up a notch. he said the question is not who is going to resign, but who's going to go to jail and get fired. >> pretty strong words there from the house speaker and clearly, republicans are going to jump up and down on this. let's remember the broader context here, which they're hitting on a little bit as well.

barack obama came into office promising the most transparent administration in white house history. a lot of people who were upset at george w. bush and dick cheney rushed to obama and said, finally, we have someone on our side. his administration's record on prosecuting whistleblowers, on dissembling with the truth on benghazi and elsewhere and just not being open to scrutiny has been disgraceful up until now. all of these various scandals underline that point and i'm glad you know, i hate that we have to pay this cost, but i'm glad that more people are waking up to what has been a very disappointing transparency record. >> for the average person trying to get into the minutia, names, details and timeline of what happened and who knew what and when, can get to be a lot especially when talking about two or three things, but to the overall point matt is talking about, that this was an administration that came in

talking about restoring government competency about transparen transparency. it's sort of the overall impression of multiple problems at once. what is really going to be difficult for this administration moving forward. >> right, i think it is that question of transparency that has disappointed so many people on the left who really believe in obama and believe that promise of openness in government after the bush years and are instead seeing a lot of briefings and in some cases, a worsening of that situation. more, twice as many leak probes by this administration than all previous administrations combined. the problem is by getting involved this that sort of thing, the leak probe irs thing, it allows somebody like eric cantor to try to connect the cots to a whole bunch of other things like fast and furious, benghazi, and try to paint some picture of the obama administration in this overall assault on liberty. that's why the administration on these genuine scandals needs to get out in front and fix these

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on how good your car is, the road is, and the total number of deaths continues to drop, but it's clear -- a year in alcohol related cases and most of those are drivers who have never been convicted and this would be one way to get at them. >> and yet, mothers against drunk driving and other organizations have not come out in support of these recommendations. why is that? >> madd is sloging in out in legislatures. these people really are dedicated on a lot of discreet steps. for example, on first conviction for drunk driving, you've got to have a breathalyzer installed into your car. you've got to blow in and you've got to be clean or the car won't start or license revocation, which means the state trooper who pulls you over if you're drunk, can take out a pair of

scissors and chop up your license on the spot. they are pursuing those and others, a broader range. the trouble for madd is it's a volunteer organization. it's got to raise money. it's got a political pro file. the national transportation safety board is a government agency that is absolutely fearless on these question, doesn't mind tangling with commercial interests and the highway in the air ek set ra. >> thanks so much. terrific writing on this chair of the national transportation safety board, good morning. >> good morning. >> it has been less than a decade since states adopted the current .08. why do you feel it's time to lower it down? >> well, we're really relying on the science that tells us that people are impaired .50 bac. their cognitive functions and visual functions diminish.

and so we know they are 30% more likely to have a crash at .05. this is a risk we don't have to take. we kill too many people every year. if we want that to change, we've got to do things differently. >> are you concerned ta groups like madd, which have had so much influence on the conversation and have been a driving force on changing the norms have not gotten fully behind this? >> madd is an outstanding organization focusing on drunk drivers and getting them off the road because at the end of the day, all those victims have a face and a story. that's why they've been so effective at getting that information out. as matt said, we share so many goals as far as interventions and while we are making this recommendation, all of us can agree that we want to eliminate drunk driving and so, it's

really more about focusing on the things that we have in common rather than the things that are different. >> i'm sure you know this, but the american beverage institute says moving from .08 to .05 would criminalize perfectly responsible behavior. sometimes people look at those statistics and think that's typical social drinking. what's your response to that? >> at the top of the story, you talked ability how many drinks someone could have depending on their weight and gender. we are not focused on getting people do not have a drink of wine or beer with dinner. we're focused on getting impaired drivers off the road. impairment begins with your first dripg. have a plan when you start drinking to make sure you have an alternate ride home, a designated driver. that's the safest thing. people are going to tell you, there's a lot of reasons why we couldn't or shouldn't do this, but there are ten thousand reasons why we should.

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rhetoric over the recent scandals. >> my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> and this morning, yet another democratic is calling on president obama to come out and address the irs and ap scandals head on. >> he has to come forward and give more of an answer than he has done. he can't just national defense as a cheeld or spear to protect the white house. >> the white house did release a statement on the inspector general's report last night saying in part the reports findings are intolerable and inexcusable. the federal government must conduct itself in a way that's worthy of the public's trust and that's especially true for the irs, but with criticism mounting on bailout sides of the aisle, how does the president get control of the narrative? i'm joineded my chris cough nas and danny vargas. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> so, chris, if you were grading the white house' response to these scandals, what

would you give them? >> i'd give them a pretty bad grade. i'd say an f. >> an f? why? >> because here's the problem. when these crisis happen, anyone who's been in campaigns or politics, it's going to happen. it's the response that dictates your reaction in your ability to control events. leets take one for example, the irs scandal breaks on friday. you know, and the immediate response from the administration at the press briefing room is that it was inappropriate. now, i cannot believe that anyone thought after hear iing e reports of the scandal that the first word and message that would come to mind is inappropriate and even in the president's statement today, it is still not strong enough. you know, charlie rangel is right and other democrats are right, the president needs to come out and be more aggressive out this. it doesn't matter if you're republican, democratic, independent, no one is out there

loving the irs and what has happened here is really unconscionable. >> this morning on "morning joe," david axelrod was asked about this, and i don't want to say he was giving them an a grade, but he did say this about the president. >> one of the things that is true about the president is he is cautious and often wants to see what he's commenting on before he comments on it. no one understood the scope of this. >> so, is there some wise counsel there? does it make sense to make changes before the problem is fully known? >> in any crisis communication, the important thing is to be able to react quickly, early, get out in front of it and demonstrate leadership. demonstrate the fact that somebody's in charge. i think that's the other piece that's been missing here. the other problem the white house has is it feeds into a narrative that's beginning to

evolve. a narrative about a president who's in constant campaign mode, a president who is sort of phoning in the presidency and who is very comfortable with just expansive, out of control run amuck government. it's that narrative that's going to be dangerous for this white house and they've got to get out in front of it before it gets worse. >> let me play what sherrod brown had to say on msnbc about the irs scandal. >> president needs to show leadership here. needs to make sure that gets cleaned up. people should lose jobs if they were doing what the media think they were doing. >> chris, obviously, you heard what john boehner had to say. this isn't about firing, but about who's going to go to jail, but does it start with people losing their jobs? >> absolutely. i know that you know people want to say that the irs is independent agency and you can argue about back and forth whether some of the political appointees and there's only two

that are there responsible. at the end of the day, you've got to hold someone responsible. the american people want to see decisive action, especially if something like this happens, and to me, the first thing you do is fire someone and you've got to fire people who clearly went beyond the bounds of what is acceptable in any democracy, let alone in any government, i don't care if it's a republican or democratic administration. that, i would say, is the first thing you should try to do. >> danny, you shaking your head? >> the other thing that's missing here, the fact that obama has turned into the an anti harry true man. with barack obama, the buck stops anywhere but with him. with the tea party witch hunt, point to the irs. with regard to the ap scandal, point to the justice department. anybody but the white house. so i think it's that type of leadership to say look, i am ultimately responsible for what's going on here. i'm going to take control and make sure government works for

the people and i think it's that sort of organizational institutional culture that he's been straddled with, that he sort of built this aura within the executive branch of the government. if they can't get ahold of that and change that narrative, it's going to cause a lot of trouble for this white house. >> wait a second. in all -- with all due respect, we can criticize the administration rightfully so for the mistakes they've made, but let's not pretend that the republicans in the previous administrations have been the paragon of virtue when it comes to running a good government. the administration, the president have a window of opportunity in the coming days and weeks to fix it. i think that's a big distinction and difference from what we've seen in other administrations. >> it is often not the mistakes made that get you u into trouble. it's what happens after those were made. much more to talk about and i'm sure we'll have you both back.

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this is another horrific incident which really astonishes us, but i guess we shouldn't be astonished given the extraordinary prevalence of sexual assault in the military. i'm glad to see secretary hagel move aggressively in the 2012 defense authorization bill remandated that the services put in place an across the board program trained with those tasked with preventing sexual assault and caring for those who are assaulted. obviously, they have much, much work to do. we have put so many tools in the tool box for the military to address this issue. we are watching them very, very carefully and will hold them to a very high standard. >> i want to talk about specific examples. you know that a handful of ex servicewomen who say they were assaulted testified in march. i want to play what one particular victim said. she was raped, assaulted multiple times and said when she finally filed a report, it is

largely ignored. >> so after that, in the days that followed, i was verbally and socially harassed, put on extra duties that conflicted with my medical profile and socially isolated. eventually, i was given a choice to either get out or to face possible ucmg action myself. >> congresswoman, her story explains why a majority of military sexual assault cases, 29,000 last year alone, are believed to have gone unreported. what do we do about this? >> we've got to work on this in a number of levels. one is the whole notion of prevent i preventing the crime in the first place. it is such a betrayal for those who seek to serve their country and this incident underlines how much work needs to be done there. but second of all, we've got to focus on the commander's actions, how they deal with these crimes as survivors come forward. the third is the issue of retaliation. in the recent report, those who

have been assaulted report 62% reported experiencing serious retaliation and then the fourth area is the way in which the crimes are delt with. we have to focus on all these issues and i think we're doing a lot of work, but clearly, much more to be done so we've got to focus on changes the powers. we saw that recent case in which a jury verdict of guilty was overturned by a commander. we've introduced a bill that would no longer allow for that in serious crimes, felonies in particular, in general, but sexual assault in particular. we've got to look very much at commanders actions as these crimes come forward and there have been steps to move it up the chain, so which commander will make the decision to move forward, but we're going to m o

monitor that carefully and the issue of retaliation is very important. because if survivors feel that they're going to be at risk professionally, they will not come forward. we've got to look at all aspects of this and just stay on this until we get it right. >> congresswoman, we are going to continue to follow this. thanks for talking to us today. >> thank you, i appreciate you taking an interest in this. >> today's tweet of the day comes from josh marshall. quote, we need to take a stand. sex harassment, assault prevention officials in military shouldn't sideline as pimps. ...so you say men are superior drivers?

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just 24 hours after angelina jolie revealed he had a double mastectomy, people magazine reports she is planninging to undergo surgery to remove her ovaries. heightened attention for breast cancer scanning for starts.

how big a halo are we seeing? >> angelina jolie here has created quite a stir and to start news, a special genetic test prompted her double mast tectmy caused myriad's stock to jump 5% since monday. they also hold the patented gene. also jumping jolie on google tuesday's hottest search with all the buzz women ask should i get that test. well, myriad says 35% of those who took their online cancer quiz should. >> if it looks like there's a lot of breast and ovarian cancer, particularly in young women in your family, seek the advice of a high risk clinic, inquire about the test of having a brac test done. >> 1% of women with breast cancer test positive and 30% who test positive get a mastectomy.

now, myriad's education video emphasizes the test is not for everybody. it co.s costs over $3,000, but is covered by the affordable care act. myriad's patent keeps the price high. that will change though if the supreme court says no though to gene patents. options, regular mri screenings, another anti-cancer drug cuts risks up to a half and surgically removing ovaries since the gene can increase the risk up to 25 times. all this changes the scope of the conversation as nick kristof tweeted jolie is the gold standard for celebrity activism. she started a conversation that will save lives, which is why husband brad pitt calls her absolutely heroic. >> and a lot of other cancer

survivors championing her as well because she has started this important conversation. thanks so much, richard. that's going to wrap up this hour. thomas roberts is up next. good morning, thomas. >> morning, everybody. just like you've been talking about, we're going to take on that dialogue as well with a woman in our next hour who's written a book having made the same choice as jolie after losing several women in her family to cancer. it's a great story. forget firing. someone needs to go to jail. that's what john boehner just said about the scandal rocking the irs. we're going to talk about the president's very bad week, which could get a whole lot worse when eric holder gets in the hot seat on capitol hill today. we'll talk with shawn spicer as republicans call for holder's job. plus, sexual assaults in the military. yet another high level officer who was supposed to be trusted now accused of perpetrating them, can this be stopped? what are the options? we're going to talk with a

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my question isn't about who's going to resign. my question is who's going to jail over this scandal? >> john boehner dishing out his toughest red meat rhetoric. hi, everybody, good morning. topping the agenda today, the president's horrible, no good, terrible, very bad week and it's only wednesday. there's no let up for the white house. politico's website completely dominating story after story about the threat of trouble facing the west wing. the word scandal like a record stuck on repeat. republicans are striking while the iron is hot. >> the obama administration has valueded its agenda more than it's credibility. without credibility, we will never regain the