you make the tea partyhahey tea party is not a party, it's a movement. what's the distinction that is worth knowing about? >> guest: it's not a party in the sense that it has no interest in anoint something sort of central leader. it really is a movement that is defined by what i talk about in the book, three very clear, very old constitutional principles. so, you notice that the tea party, through the november 2010 elections and continuing to today, has been sort of ruthless about throwing its support behind candidates who who espoue these principles and don't care whether they have an r or d after the name and don't care if they're well-entrenched-well-funded incumbent republicans. tall acare about is getting their principles embraced by politicians. >> guest: in fact you say the media makes a mistake by thinking the tea party is nonexistent, because we department see an organized movement, they're influence is waning, what are you finding? >> guest: i think the tea party is a live and well, live neglect suburbs. i've been to several tea party events i

the authors examine several tea party chapters and report tea party supporters are predominantly middle-class older americans who according to the authors mostly enjoy manicures social security benefits, but are reticent to pay taxes to assist those they deem him deserving. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. we are delighted to be here in north carolina today and look forward to a lively discussion after we introduced a research boat. just remind you well, the tea party and his contemporary station first-out theme very rapidly and amazingly, just weeks after barack obama was inaccurate as president of the united states following an election that was rather amazing and historic. in february team, 2009, rick santelli went into a rant here about the founding fathers to talk about the horror they would feel days following the 2000 election recognized the rhetorical, the symbolism that is back to their applause and began to work in on the internet and face-to-face measures and communities, regions across the country. within weeks, they are staging demonstrations in various regions fea

investigation into the tax status of tea party groups has given the tea party. that's a really nice gift of you, santa. >> it is really a gift from the white house. >> john: for the tea party that credibility is the equivalent of the red ryder 200 shot rifle that ralphy got in "a christmas story." >> hey, they can easily buy that at any gun show with no background check. >> john: who can't? what else, santa? our next christmas present, this one's not quite as cool. this is the scandalous d.o.j. surveillance of the a.p. it is a nice gift for the obama herit but the tea party doesn't care about journalists so this is basically the socks and underwear version of a tea party christmas present. >> it might be a real scandal but the republicans can't raise any money off so it is a white elephant gift. >> john: i know what the next one is. this is a special one. the tea party loves it. this is the gift of benghazi, the gift that keeps on giving. let's see. oh, wait a second. santa, this isn't benghazi. these are just those e-mails that jake tapper uncovered that show t

principals versus pragmatism for the tea party. jim, what would you like ask a tea partier? >> tea party consistent with 23% of the american public. isn't the tea party worried it will be shoved to the fringes of american politics? >> first of all i like to kind of challenge some of the numbers. we can all sit here and challenge numbers regardless of -- maybe only 23% want to be identified as tea party members. but we just did a survey where overwhelmingly 60 something percent believe in the principles but they don't want to be labeled tea partiers. why? people have demonized us. who would want to be deemed a bigot and racist and homophobe. >> you'll sit there and find the craziest person at the tea party rally. that's who you're going to say is it was filled with these people. it is small business owners. that's who the tea party person is. >> john: it is moms in the carpool line who think millionaires deserve a tax cut. same question. you can take it. what would you like to ask a tea partier? >> the same survey reveals those who identify as a member of the tea party placed

this should help the tea party.here i think we may differ is jennifer is talking very much in philosophic am terms. when you get down to the policy, what does the tea party stand for? do you want to cut social security and medicare. if you do, i think you do, the nation is not with you. >> we will have to leave it there. jared bernstein, thank you, my friend. jennifer stefan no, first time in the show, terrific stuff. that's for tonight's show, thanks for watching. we will have much more on this irs scandal tomorrow evening. i'm larry kudlow. please come back tomorrow. thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. available out there. i knew devry university would give me t

when the tea party emerged it sure looked like a political party. and i think it is an explanation as to why they singled out that phrase and other phrase and the real scandal here is the abuse of the 501 c-4s that claim to be social welfare organizations. they are not supposed to be doing political activity and it sure looks like a lot of these groups use these designations and they almost half or just under half of their behavior is political. it is a stupid way to ferret out these groups and people are going to pay they are going to lose their jobs but i don't think anybody is going to jail john. >> paul did you know about half a dozen or more senate democrats wrote to the irs requesting if not demanding the irs focus on the tea party? >> well there is a lot of abuse of 501 c-4. privileges. but the taint, the taint of partisan ship comes in a sense, from the press and washington which loves stories about partisan ship and is bored by stories of bureaucracy. you know 90% of washington behavior is rooted in the culture of bureaucracy. my magazine h

lawrence is the executive based virginia tea party. mr. norton says the internal revenue service asked his group beginning in 2010 more than two years ago 500 pages of documents including all of norton's communications and the names of every donor. >> it is not creepy, toes honest with you, to figure they were trying to did i have have i out -- trying to give out who we were and questions who the secret police might ask. >> well, is this the way they do this with the internal revenue service in handling tea party applications? >> not specifically but there was a general atmosphere where people felt they were egged on to do this and this was just bureaucracy and there was a filter to do this more efficiently. it's not efficient to ask detailed questions to go back around and delay them for years when you are sweeping the progressive groups and giving them a stamp of approval. >> i don't know they were swept in. >> they were. they have the rubber stamp. 250 employees are dealing with 750 applications. they should not have the discretion to m

not brought the tea party back to life, and even those media groups critical of the tea party are sayingnot always agree but at it like a public image comeback. >> it's a boon and a lot of it has to do with the fact the president did us a favor by attacking the ap a week before our story hit so they were more than primed to talk about it. but it's definitely brought us back to life and gotten more new people to start looking. if anything that unidentifies citizens it's seeing the irs emblem in their mail box and those who had to go through that understand this can be a little troubling. >> neil: what did you go through? you talk about the irs. >> we first encountered a problem in early 2012. almost like a month before the news of the tea party having trouble with their 501c4, my wife got a phone call from the irs that basically said -- her exact words were -- you're being audited because of your association with the cincinnati tea party. at the time my wife was the treasurer -- >> neil: perfectly or your group was audited? >> personally audited. >> neil: good ahead. >> and -- what they w

i was thinking maybe "making america a better tea party patriot 9-12 place to constitution america tea party nominally social welfare conservative political action tea party secret money liberty i dare you to deny this application of america tea par party." >> that ought to do it. stephen: all right. right here? >> right there stephen: there that is and, trevor, let's do this thing. trevor potter. >> thank you. stephen: trevor potter, we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pulitzer prize-winning environmental journalist. to pick him up tonight i sent a flaming limosine. please welcome david sassoon. [ cheers and applause ] hey, mr. sassoon, good to see you. thanks for coming on. you are the founder and publisher of something called inside climate news. three of your reporters won the pulitzer prize this year. those stories have been collected into an e-book called "inside the biggest oil spiff you've never heard of." >> that's correct stephen: first of all, what is inside climate news? >> inside cl

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the tea party at your parents. you hate them for their opinions because you realize they were right all along. wouldn't it be great if the american media could grow up and do the same? >> so bob, what did you think of the monologue? [ laughter ] >> greg: you were not listening but writing down numbers for something. boycott i was writing down numbers to see how long you were going to bore me. >> greg: you did not listen to a single word. boycott that'boycott.>> i knew . they're planning to sue the irs. what do you make of that? >> i think it's the right thing to do on their part. by the way, there's two groups that are helping them sue, one of which is the most m maligned around the table, the aclu. >> well, finally stepping up. >> greg: the aclu is suing because they asked to find out if they were being targetd, and you're talking about the doj. not necessarily the irs. can i make a point? remember the tea party got together and pushed back against obama care? look what we have now. we have the irs about to take o

go to local tea party website and take another look at the tea party. we are standing up for the rights of everyone. thank you for representing us. we would not have got here if it were not for them. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] a womanwith us next who's ahead of the tea party patriots. -- the head of the tea party patriots. [applause] veneer of impartiality is shattered. the irs must be audited. tea party patriots insist on independent, transparent, outside and thorough investigation because the irs cannot be trusted. the justice department is suffering from extreme lack of credibility as of the moment. tea party groups have been waiting for years for the irs to treat us fairly and equally. instead they have singled us out and discriminated and persecuted us. government agents have used the irs as a weapon to silence speech and harass innocent americans and perhaps sway elections. it took over a year to get answers from the inspector general's investigation, which was sparked when questions were asked in march of 2012. the answers in this week's

party. >> is the tea party sputtering? >> and to comedy living individuals everywhere. >> damn, what am i going to write about now. >> bachmann's career included plenty of national highlights. >> the tea party is a dynamic force for good. are they pro-america or anti-america? >> it literally kills women and children. >> president of the united states is threatened by my candidacy. >> bachmann is facing a tough challenge. >> facing an fbi and sec probe. >> rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries. >> i am not quitting because of investigation, i am not quitting because i couldn't win. we can read the exact opposite. >> be assured. >> rest assured. >> i certainly feel reassured. >> michele bachmann is quitting the congress. >> the saddest moment in recent congressional history. >> she will not seek a fifth term in office. because for her, eight years is long enough. >> oh, my goodness! yes! >> the tea party suffered a major loss in the house of representatives today when the official le

does the tea party fit in with this group? guest: those are great example its of what 501(c)4's are. t is like the colonoscope or the rotary. there have been incentives that have been changed in politically non-active nonprofits in the wake of u.s. supreme court decisions. those incentives have helped the groups become more politically active as we have seen a larger number of groups getting into before re -- getting into the foray. and a maroon it did -- it is a means to stay in politics game. it is important to remember hat the organizations that are out there under the 501(c)4 ode, whether you are a epublican or democrat you have ssues that are near and dear to your heart. most of those organizations exist with a 501 at the space (c)3 -- 501(c)3. it is a lobbying arm of an rganization. host: the applications for 501 (c)4 status rose from 15 at 91 to 3398. - from 1591 to 3398. if you want to get involved in the conversation we will put the numbers up on the screen for you. we are going to take this call from james on our lin

was the tea party just the beginning? the irs official now in charge of the division to set and enforce health care laws. michelle bachmann is fighting back. congresswoman, the irs admitted to targeting conservative groups in deciding if they get nonprofit status, the same group is charged with implementing and charging and put nothing obama care. should we trust them to do it in a fair and balanced way? >> already the irs is a foreed federal agency and they made their lives worse, they understand that the american people catching on. they are set to enforce obama care for all americans. no one will escape the bony grip of the irs. i am the author of the bill it repeal obama care, that is an important bill and got through the house of representatives and i am chair of the tea party caucus. it was not only the tea party targeted by the obama administration through the irs, it was also christians and those who support israel and aspect- debt can conservatives and tea partiers. and this is an instance where political oppons

go to local tea party website and take another look at the tea party. we are standing up for the rights of everyone. thank you for representing us. we would not have got here if it were not for them. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] we have with us next a woman who's the head of the tea party patriots. [applause] >> the irs veneer of impartiality is shattered. the irs must be audited. tea party patriots insist on independent, transparent, outside and thorough investigation because the irs cannot be trusted. the justice department is suffering from extreme lack of credibility as of the moment. tea party groups have been waiting for years for the irs to treat us fairly and equally. instead they have singled us out and discriminated and persecuted government agents have used the irs as a weapon to silence speech and harass innocent americans and perhaps sway elections. it took over a year to get answers from the inspector general's investigation, which was sparked when questions were asked in march of 2012. the answers in this week's report served to ra

for them to get tea party information and proprietary information on tea party groups is outrageous.imbaugh leak stuff? >> eric: i don't know financial information to a liberal group. >> you know who is asking questions. let's take a look at this soundbite. >> on the face is it an assumption? >> i can tell you that i'm not aware of anyone here knowing about it. it would be obviously -- >> not to your direct knowledge of anyone here? >> you can ask me somebody who works. >> but you said categorically? >> i am certainly not aware and confident that no one here was involved in this. >> dana: i'm confident no one was involved. >> bob: it is. i wish they would take the art of dodging a little further. this is one of those things that can come back and bite you. it amazes me people on defense in washington why they don't keep their mouths shut. people like me to have somehow figure a way to dig them out of a hole. >> dana: they had time to prepare for this. but i don't know about this. this was the julian bond, head of the naacp. >> i think it's legitimate to look at the tea party. here ar

tea party -- >> the agency, meaning the irs, that attacked the tea party groups and everything else, spending and taxing and making america better. the very same irs irs agency is now potentially going to do the same thing with respect to obama care, which is just as complex as the tax system, if not more so. you think the tea party knows the regulators who attacked them are coming again? >> i think that everybody knows. everybody knows that they're going to be under assault, and they're going to be scrutinizeded. and this isn't the america that people signed up for. but the trust in the irs is not the subject. i think that number is always very low, if you polled it. it's about trust in obama. trust in this administration. trust in the quote, unquote, leaders. the guy who is going to bring everybody together is the guy dividing everybody left, right and center. this is the story. and this is where the administration is going to fail. this is where jay carney is cracking under the weight. that's the story that needs to get pushed. it's whether or not you can trust that man in the ova

they know the red states are already tea party esque.14 they've got an in. >> an opportunity. thank you, everybody. i really appreciate you joining me. >>> still ahead, can the average woman afford to follow in the footsteps of actress angelina jolie's medical lead? there are new questions about the options available for all women who are concerned about cancer or having predetermined cells for it, rich and poor, after jolie reveals her decision to have a double ma sestectomy. what does it mean to you? i would ever quit. nestlyk [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental h

unity terms tea party and patriots were being used. you just admitted they were outrageous, yet when you're asked about it after you were briefed, that was the answer you gave us? how can we not conclude that you misled this committee? >> there were a lot of questions there. >> its one. how can we conclude you did not mislead the committee? >> i stand by my answer is then and i stand by it now. that implies political motivation. there is a discussion going on. there is no political motivation. >> let me ask you again. >> may i answer the question? >> let me give you some clarity. hear the question you are asked. what kind of action is being taken place at this time that you are aware of? >> the discussion of the context of that, and again we need to go back to look at the context. there with a listing and the treatment of cases. mine understanding is that the treatment of the cases, because all the letters that they were talking about, i'm hearing that people are complaining about letters. we have dealt with them as have been explained

it was a tempest over a tea pot. in news about things that look like things, a jc penney billboard in southern california recently advertised a $40 tea kettle. but that wasn't the real story. it bore a striking resemblance about a certain nazi leader. the image quickly spread on-line and the hitler pot sold out at the jc penney website and it is now no longer available. i don't see the -- oh yes i do. the company cut the cord on the billboard. and while jc penney has not commented on the furor over the furror, they assured them the resemblance was definitely unintentional. they would say that, wouldn't they? more importantly, does the hitler pot get water hot? you be the judge. >> who knew that parrots orca their res or whatever -- or canaries or whatever they are were nazis. how would nobody at jc penney notice the resemblance before they started selling this horrible, evil pot? >> it is hard to see. you ain't gonna look at a pot and say i am looking at hitler. but somebody was driving by the sign and saw it and pro

he had been involved in a cincinnati tea party. as a spokesman, but he said he had not worked with the libertytownship tea party. quote, the obvious question that comes to mind are, why am i being targeted amongst all the others? why where does this information go in the end? clearly it is housed in the irs but does it get shared with other government agencies? do i get an audit? if i do, is it against my business? all of those things go through your mind. now, to this day he doesn't know why his name is question question number 26 for an organization who still hasn't received approval since january of 2010. now the article goes on to say, democratic governor ted strickland, ohio, former governor of ohio, his top aides, who i know, very political, filed for tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) organization in august of 2011. they were approved nine months later. mr. miller, another organization, in ohio, the ohio liberty coalition. this is their part of their documents in response to irs requests. this is only part of it. and this, all

i was thinking maybe "making america a better tea party patriot 9-12 place to constitution america teaparty nominally social welfare conservative political action tea party secret money liberty i dare you to deny this application of america tea par party." >> that ought to do it. stephen: all right. right here? >> right there stephen: there that is and, trevor, let's do this thing. trevor potter. >> thank you. stephen: trevor potter, we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ man ] get the 20 piece mcnuggets. what? that lovely girl, caught your eye? 20 piece mcnuggets are only $4.99. you offer to share them. a conversation begins. that's pretty smart. i been around. [ male announcer ] 20 piece chicken mcnuggets only $4.99, just one of the awesome tastes available only on mcdonald's new extra value menu. the simple joy of being extra smart. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pulitzer prize-winning environmental journalist. to pick him up tonight i sent a flaming limosine. please welcome david sassoon. [ cheers and applause ] hey, mr.

but do you think the tea party deserves tax-exempt status? forget the tea party. do you have any concerns about all the political groups out there that are taking tax exempt status for being, quote unquote, educational? >> well, this is the issue. it just should be done in a completely nonpartisan way. but these are -- these 501c-4s, in order to be tax exempt, in order for people to give them money and also not be disclosed who they are, the 501c-4 has to spend at least 50% plus $1 on actual social welfare. so some of these organizations have been -- you foe, it looks like they've been spending more an on just pure politics. it's a legitimate inquiry by the irs. what is in no way legitimate is this be bias in any way. the people responsible for this should be held accountable. >> senator al franken, thanks so much for your time and keep us up-to-date on your meeting with the securities and exchange commission. >> thank you, jake. >>> come up later this hour, i talk to the guy i wanted to be when i was a young man. i was trying to become a acomic strip cartoon. abo

she was a tea party candidate.that you could raise a whole lot of money being this sort of tea party, ideological star. but once your star fades, where does that leave you? obviously it wasn't enough to run a credible presidential campaign. wasn't enough to ultimately -- it didn't look good for her holding on to her seat. which is quite a republican seat. so it shows the limits of that approach of sort of celebrity politician outsider, anti-establishment candidate. >> right. angela, earlier today a lawsuit was filed on behalf of 25 tea party and conservative organizations against the irs. in the aftermath of the irs scandal, it actually seemed there was a hint of sympathy for tea party groups who'd been targeted. but with the imminent loss of one of their biggest stars and, more importantly, one of their biggest fundraisers, is the tea party movement once again in some difficulties? >> no. i think, martin, they have a ton of other folks who are just as willing to spew out conspiracy theories for the sake of taking

we've learned the tax agency singled out more than the tea party. the president reacts. >> that is outrageous. it is contrary to our traditions. >> pelley: wyatt andrews and nancy cordes are on the i.r.s. story. the mother's day gunman opens fire and 19 are wounded. mark strassmann is in new orleans with the pictures and the manhunt. the officer gravely wounded in a shootout with the boston bombing suspects speaks for the first time to john miller. technically you kind of died. >> i did. i did die, yes. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the scandal at the i.r.s. is growing. today we've learned its targeting of political organizations went beyond the tea party. on friday, the i.r.s. apologized for singling out groups with the words "tea party" and "patriot" in their names. but now it turns out the i.r.s. targeted other groups based on the words "constitution" and "bill of rights." the i.r.s. blamed low-level employees and said that no higher-ups knew, but it turns out a division hea

more for you. >>> tea party darling michele bachmann is out.our congressional terms, bachmann joins a long list of tea party favorites who stars burned bright and then burned out. >> i believe there are members of the democratic party that -- >> bye-bye allen west, we hardly knew you. >> we may have to she had blood every couple hundred years to preserve our basic freedoms. >> sorry to see you go, joe walsh. don't let the door hit you on the way out. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> well, i guess voters found a way to shut todd akin down. >> the goal seems to be the government takeover not making insurance more available. >> thank you, jim demint, the thing about the tea party is, it's like a big game of whack a mole. one goes down, another pops up. people like rand paul and ted cruz are following in the footsteps and ripping a page out of the bachmann play book with the new ad attacking the president. >> this administration and allies have used the resource of the government itself to int

party targeting. -- about the tea party targeting. we are going to be talking about yesterday's hearing. testimony from the outgoing acting irs commissioner as well as the treasury inspector general for tax of ministration. but want to see your thoughts of what you saw, hrd, and readabour hearings coming up regarding this case. you can also reach out by a social media. more from the path front page of wall streetg's " journal," they write -- we want to hear what you have to say about this story and the coverage of yesterday's hearing. lindarst call comes from in columbus, ohio on our line for democrats. you are on "washington journal." caller: this is double down dumbing of the republican party. we should be grateful to the irs. anyone who has the name "tea party: t-notes political. party" denotes political. amm sick of the tea party, i sick of what they stand for, and we should be grateful to the irs for what they have done. they needed help. they shorted the people power there because of republicans. that is one way of singling out

she got the power of the tea party before any of they did.he latched on to the movement and made it her own. she started a tea party caucus, which didn't do anything or mean anything, but it propelled her to confidence in a way many of her rank in file colleagues can only dream of. >> dana, appreciate it. in her video, bachmann says she will not abandon the causes she fought for in congress, traditional marriage and family values. she made as dana referenced several memorable and frankly, factually incorrect statements on everything from president obama to the hpv vaccine. on this program, she made a claim about the price tag for a trip the president was taking that was pure fiction. take a look. >> the president of the united states will be taking a trip over to india that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. >> no one really knows the cost, because for security reasons, they don't disclose the cost. so the idea that it's $200 million or whatever is simply made up. >> well, these are the numbers that have been coming out in

we a very strong tea party.have some great worker bees in our tea party and we are effective and know that the politicians have taken notice of northeast tarrant tea party. at the same time, we are just normal people. 90% probably of your viewers, like i'm a stay at home mom. i'm not a cpa or tax attorney or anything like that. i'm not familiar with all of the tons of questions and or the regulations that go with having a tax exempt status. so when you get a letter that says from the irs what is your involvement with verify the recall you immediately start thinking whoa, wait a minute, did i do something i wasn't supposed to do? am i not allowed to be involve with this group? have i ruined everything for this group that we put together and worked so hard to build? it is paralyzing. it makes you think okay i'm just going to back off and we will ignore the whole tax exempt thing and give up. if is wasn't for jay sekulow that is what we would have done. >> greta: julie, thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: coming up,

can you give me similar examples among tea partiers? at the beginning that i couldn't, but i don't understand why this is a surprise. the founder behind occupy wall street has said himself he's anarchist. this is 12 people in seattle, attributing them to o.w.f. members. >> sean: but the difference is nancy pelosi, barack obama himself, supported the occupy movement. they put their seal of approval on it. >> they proudly did, and it's shame. they're not anarchists, they're outright criminals. they try to hide behind the first amendment to commit crimes against property, individuals, law-abiding individuals, yet they try to liken it to the tea party. there is no comparison. they fail miserably short, but they have no shame in sitting there, calling out the tea party, accusing them of the same type of demonstrations. where's the footage? where's the facts? where's the evidence? >> sean: what's happened, your party, the democratic party, has become led by obama, harry reid, and nancy pelosi, a party of lying demagogues, and lie about what i

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this obviously affects the tea party. tea party word patriot.n did that become i guess a word that needs scrutiny? we now have a political operation here targeting people for their belief system. >> completely. and what the question here is just like you point out in the last segment, richard nixon has to be up in heaven shaking his head going what else is it going to take? he was removed from office for a crime committed so far down the chain and here with the obama administration we have seen benghazi and solyndra and fast and furious and now this yet we have no clue where the buck stops with the obama administration and now dictating what board words are actually criminal? when does it end. >> sean: the president once joked about auditing his enemies. >> he bond hear caused them to come out with this no. landmark legal put pressure on them in 2012. the groups saying we are getting all of these questionnaires and paperwork meant to stymi what we can to. these tea party groups were pivotal to the grass roots and getting people excited. this was

however, every tea party group was reviewed. what's missing in the inspector general's report is the question of why the searches lacked political balance? scott, these investigators said the search terms-- using the search terms was wrong, but they don't report why asking the terms targeted the right. >> pelley: the administration is also dealing with sexual misconduct in the military. today, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered everyone who is assigned to prevent sexual abuse to be retrained. one of them, an army sergeant at fort hood, texas is the latest one facing allegations, and here's anna werner. >> reporter: there are nearly 8,000 women stationed at fort hood, the army's criminal investigation is centered on a sergeant who was a sexual assault prevention and response coordinator there. we learned the sergeant allegedly had a relationship with a subordinate female soldier that involved prostitution. he allegedly approached two other female soldiers to do the same but they refuse. one of the women said he assaulted her.

you are tea party guy. tea party 365. were you harassed? >> not the we know of.e went through fine but here's the broader context of the irs doing this. when you have an agency gone out of control, where do they stop regardless of administration? reno that this has to end and my advice to the republicans, follow the evidence where it leads. continue the prosecutorial process as representatives have gone. stuart: hold on. members of this committee have been asking steve miller all day long who was responsible for targeting and they have not done an answer. they asked who else knew? who did you report to? who did you tell? we have not gotten an answer to that. >> they are not going to give us one. these are the smartest guys in the room who are supposed to do the job but they know nothing. i you willing to suspend your disbelief that they are that incompetent and if they are they still don't belong there. they know, they refuse, thereunder rose, an important point monica made. stuart: when he did go to prison. >> there has been criminal behavior whether it is civil

party movement, who are not tea party members, what do you think those people think about the tea party about the tea party. basically what i see when i walk into a tea party meeting, i see average american citizens. they come from every class, every walk of life, every profession. you know, we've been painteeç as a party of wacko birds orñç bi. bost of these people are fairly well educated. they know this country is supposed to be a republic, not socialist, and want to get back on track. >> greta: will there be more3;g involve.in grassroots politics, is that what you expect, the strategy? >> s]faád'5Ñ for sure. in the near termbrít( frankly,t least speaking for the richmond tea part,v3çl2k÷ would like toe this irs scandal turn into something a little bit more. i feel personally that the irs is too big, too,úmñr bureaucrat. it's the poster child now for everything the tea party is against. the irs basically needs to have a wrecking ball taken to it. it needs to be completely altered, go to consumer-based tax system,ç fair tax or what have you. so that in the near term. the longer-ra

a press conference tomorrow by the tea party. >> yes. a major press conference where all of the major tea party organizations across the united states are coming together, having a big press conference at the capitol. joining us mitch mcconnell, members of the house of representative. members of the tea party are livid. they want to react, tell their story publicly. now the american people can hear them tomorrow morning. real people with real stories, people targeted by the irs, and american center for law and justice will be there as well. they're talking about a lawsuit if people aren't granted status by friday. >> greta: you come here as a multipurpose guest, because you're also a tax lawyer. >> because i like you, that's why. >> greta: i'm curious, with the irs doing this, what is it sort of the usual time period for people to get tax exempt status. i know they got the run around. if you apply for tax exempt status, when should you hear back? >> within a reasonable amount of time. certainly not two years. doesn't take the irs that lo