the white house has expressed support for such legislation. ap believes that the following measures are imperative. first, we want the justice department to recognize the right of the press to advance notice and a chance to be heard before their records are taken by the government. this would have given us the chance to point out the many failings of the subpoenas. we believe that notice was equired. the department of justice sees it differently. the regulations should be strengthened to remove any doubt. we want judicial oversight. we need to ensure the proper checks and balances. in the phone records case, the justice department determined on its own that advance notice could be skipped without notice of any government. denying constitutional rights is not how the government should work. third, we want the department of justice to update their guidelines. to bring them into the 21st century. the guidelines were created before the internet. they did not foresee e-mails or text messages. the guidelines need to ensure that the protections afforded

the story? >> no. nothing like that. nothing like that happened. ap got the scoop. it was a very significant new story and sensitive. ap went to the administration and talk to them about it. the ministration asked us to hold the story because of national security concerns and we did. the myth -- the associated press does not want to endanger anyone's life or national security. we did. ther we had heard from government that the national security risk had passed, then we ran the story. now, the white house asked us to hold the story one more day. reasons. they were going to announce the plot the next day. we did not feel that we should hold the story for that reason. so we released the story. we did not feel that national security was compromised. we did not get pushed back from them for running the story. we do not anything until a year later. -- we did not hear anything until a year laterwe found out that our records and gotten scooped up as part of an investigation. we did not hear pushback at that time. >> if they did not stay in detail why they did not want the st

the ap will not be intimidated but our sources will be. nd 98 essentials new sources are critical to a free press and holding government accountable otherwise he'll just year from the official source than the public will only know what the government wants them to no. that is hardly what the framers had in mind when they wrote the first amendment. this month had fines if they show is facing just how much power and information the government has and why a robust free press is more important than ever. this issue resonates far beyond america's borders. the freedom of press enshrined in the constitution has been a model for nations and people are brown toe world. did you ejections could not have been more taylor made to suppress their own. it should not be this way. a free and independent press is fundamental to the oxygen -- it separates the free society from tyranny. the first amendment is the collective covenant that freedom will flourish on the shores. we should all be concerned by the apparent failure of the justice department to recogniz

that's why they asked for a million dollars to get the e-mail addresses turned over to the ap. would it cost million dollars? viagra and t lottery commission can get my e-mails for free. >> that is true. i sometimes get false viagra from the. >>> jeer e-mail -- from the nigerian e-ils and it is terrible. imogen, is this a normal practice they do at work? >> first of all i am loving the fact that the ap is now all over the obama administration and they are probably will ruin the day that the doj were doing things to the ap. love all of this. >> you almost wrapped there. >> i was trying to. they a muppets, again. it s job to be inundated with e-mails and sort through them and to be transparent. i want toead this,ama pledged to i can ma the u.s. government more open a tranrent sending a memo to signatures will behe nation's administered with a clear presumption in the face of doub and open prevails. where has that gone? >> it one. >> she is making a tremendous point. >> she has a wonderful point. i am having ble with the accent though just because of the colonialism. 800 years we s

issuesue today is the for ap. we're used to covering the news. we are not used to the new story. comfortabletirely for us. we are doing our best to cover it objectively. it is up to me to speak and articulate aps position. i will do that. our position to mouth off on every issue. do you think major media outlets have sufficiently scrutinized the obama administrations targeting of whistleblowers? >> i'm not sure. the ap issued and the fox news issue created greater awareness and more focus on the obama administrations aggressive stance towards leakers. i think that that is more well known. it is gotten more scrutiny. , it may not have gotten much attention before. it will get more now. >> we're almost out out of time. before i ask the last question, i have a couple of matters to take care of. i want to remind you of our upcoming speakers. we have carly the arena. -- fiorina. we have jim rogers. second, i would like to present traditionalth a coffee mug. >> great. thank you. thank you very much. >> we have had a serious our. -- hour. yousources tell us that like to use rock lyrics i

the ap is really on the war path. and you know why they're on the war path?cause they got prosecuted by the justice department on national security grounds, and the ap is one pissed off news agency. >> and gutsy. they're being gutsy. >> that's right. they are going after everything and they are going it to dig and come up with and do the job we always wanted them to do. matt lewis, daily caller turks very much. >>> last week we told you about ohio state president foot in mouth disease. a major development in that story and seema mody has it for us next up on "the kudlow report." [ male announcer ] it's intuitive and customizable, just like a tablet. so easy to use, it won a best of ces award from cnet. and it comes inside this beautifully crafted carrying case. introducing the all-new 2014 chevrolet impala with the available mylink system. ♪ [ beeps ] ingeniously connecting you to your life and the road. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. (announcer) at scottrade, our clto make their money do more.re (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottr

we know how that goes but when the ap scooped him by one day it was time to target the ap.he fury today is palpable. the cals for a special prosecutor are are deafening but you won't appoint a investigation prosecutor are. you will just investigate yourselves. is which self? the one who says what you say or the one who does what you do? and by the way, you want to know what the press thinks? just read the newspapers. why don't you admit you are trying to make nice with them? what is the point of even meeting with them. they can't change the law. they are not congress. come on! you just want to make some new friends. hey, maybe they will say something nice. after all, the 2014 mid-term elections are coming up and maybe you can influence the press who is now investigating you you. and by the way, eric, some of the press you invited were your targets. have you ever met with the target of a potential criminal investigation? i know i wouldn't. no prosecutor worth his or her salt meets with someone he or she is' accused of wrongdoing for a kumbaya moment with tea and crumpets. wh

the ap actually published the al qaeda surface to air training manual. ion about what certain weapons certain al qaeda cells have and what they're planning to do with them because of this ap reporting. sometimes the most sensitive and sensational news like that, we know exactly how a news organization got its hands on this sensitive or sensational thing they have published that has national security ramifications. sometimes we know. sometimes it's a reporter finding it in a trash heap in a house in timbuktu. sometimes the source of the information is not easily traceable. for example on the same day this week the ap published their latest scoop on al qaeda and the surface to air missiles, on that same day the "washington post" also published a different story about al qaeda. the "post's" story was about how u.s. forces sabotaged the al qaeda online magazine "inspire" including in some ways that al qaeda apparently was not readily noticing. things like screwing up their bomb-making instructions to the instructions still sort of looked right but the bombs t

that was focused on the ap matter. it was only when a federal judge recognized that this sealed warrant had been held an additional 18 months or nearly three years beyond when the warrant was issued that this became public since the hearing. so this is new information to us. and we want to hear from the attorney general in response to what you point out is a clear contradiction between his statement and the facts as we know them at this point. >> chris: congressman van hollen, same question to you basically. how do you reconcile holder's testimony under oath to the committee that he had never heard of, was never involved in, not the prosecution but the potential prosecution of a reporter with the fact that he signed off on the request for a search warrant that spoke specifically of james rosen's potential criminal liability? >> well, first, chris, i'm glad the chairman is going give the attorney general an opportunity to respond here. here is how. these are perfectly consistent and it is often the practice in cases wher

the ap is known around the world.this was not a local newspaper.god love local newspapers, but the associated press is worldwide.when countries around the world and press agencies around the world heard that the united states government was doing this to the ap and they were shocked and surprised. we received it an enormous outpouring of support. there were surprised that the united states government could do this. i was surprised, a little surprised, that it became such a major story. i am pleased that it did. i hope it will act as a preventative for future actions from the justice department. >> the next question is about how to better engage and mobilize the public? you say that they are engaged. but everything is fleeting. the questioner notes calls and arrests from the "guardian" and "washington post" reporters. how do you keep the story at the forefront of public attention? >> i know some of the polls show that this is not resonate with the public like the irs scandal the irs will resonate with everyone in a different way. but i think it is i

in the ap case, he passed the buck to the deputy attorney general, and so after the hearing two weeks ago we wrote to deputy attorney general james cole with a series of pointed questions about that matter. the deadline that he had for responding was friday. we still have not heard from him. >> chris: let me ask -- >> this is a serious matter, and i hope -- >> let me interrupt for a second. i'll bring in congressman van hollen in a moment, saying you're investigating him for possible perjury. what could holder say to clear up this clear discrepancy? >> in fairness to the attorney general, i'm not going to second-guess what he will tell us, nor what he will sealed warrant had been held an additional 18 months, or nearly three years, beyond when the warrant was issued, that this became public since the hearing. so this is new information to us, and we want to hear from the attorney general in response to what you point out is a clear contradiction between the facts and his statement. >> chris: how do you reconcile his testimony under oath to the committee that he had never heard of, nev

>> three very real scandals, benghazi, the irs, and the ap issue. clouding the public's trust on national security. >> 58% of those surveyed, believe they have major doubt about the integrity and the honesty of the obama administration on benghazi, the irs and subpoena of journalist phone records. >> i want to make clear, the president has zero tolerance for misconduct by government employees. and zero tolerance has been demonstrated through his presidency. >> the real scandal of washington this is quickly becoming the most unproductive congress in the history of the united states. that is scandalous. >> this is a special edition of "on the record." tonight, an international manhunt for the contractor who leaked information. and looking for straight answers from the obama administration. >> we should be afraid what the government is doing in our name behind closed doors. what the government is doing in our name under the guise of keeping us safe. >> people can't trust the executive branch, but also don't trust congress and don't trust federal judges

if the ap did not hunt for the information would we even know? >> reporter: no, of course not.answer is no. >> reporter: of course not. bill: alan. >> she should turn over the e-mails, not as many as they should. the whole notion that the e-mails secret and you touched on it a moment ago they are not secret. we know there are alternate e-mails that they can do business. kathleen sebelius is correct. if you're getting 27, 28,000 e-mails we know what spam is, if we're in the public eye -- bill: they are secret if you don't tell anybody and they are secret if somebody asks for them and you don't hand them over. >> this is not the first administration to have more than one alternate e-mail address. there is nothing secret about it. as jay carney pointed out yesterday, yes they should be turned over that is a separate issue. bill: this is what the ap writes, this is important, this is trust in government and all that stuff. it goes hand-in-hand with the i.r.s. watching these hearings. secret accounts drive perceptions that government officials hide actions or decisions. turker. >> i

investigation. >> that is yet another explanation that may not apiece house republicans, nor did it appease the ap today. also we heard from the chairman who said late today that the doj letter provided vague answers to less than half the questions the committee submitted. >> >> bret: doug, thank you. >>> the irs isn't the only government agency facing charges of playing favorites. tonight senior correspondent eric shawn said the epa is accused of hitting certain groups in the wallet. >> reporter: the epa is accused of trying to charge conservative groups fees for freedom of information act requests while largely not charging liberal groups for the same thing. >> i don't think it's fair at all. it's not fair to the american taxpayer. the american taxpayer should expect and demand that the epa treats everyone equally with regard to these requests. >> reporter: research from the competitive enterprise institute, a conservative washington think tank, shows about 90% of the time the epa refuses to waive its fees f conservative groups, but does waive its fees for liberal ones. >> first justice was batt

. >> you have a scandal the again zi, irs and ap issue. these are national security issues. >> wall street journal. they believe they have major doubts about the integrity and honesty of the obama administration of the irs and subpoena of records. 18 percent. >> they have 0 tolerance. it has been demonstrated through out the presidency. >> the real scandal of washington is quickly becoming the most unprotect tive congress of the history of the united states. >> an international manhunt who leaked classified information about nsa surveillance programs. in washington another hunt. these are straight answers from the obama administration. >> they are afraid of what the government is doing. it's under the guise of people keeping us safe. >> don't trust federal judges. to make sure we are aguiding by the constitution due process and rule of law. we are going to have some problems here. >> this program does not target innocent americans in any way, shape or form. these programs help keep america safe. >> they have no authority under the constitut

the ap, the fox news report, that is just the justice department. never been held respoible. that is his line. lou: i really don't believe it is somehow. i believe there is a reason for it, and it is right in front of us. is the way in which the media supports this presidency, supports the man who is in t office and who will not burke the intrusion of facts or accountability for whenever he says that turns up to be false whatever he does that seems that is outside the law, whether it is of enforcing law or whether he is enforcing something other than the law. we see both the cases. the justice department will come and get your phone records. lou: we keep wanting to believe in can be rock mountains in america. i don't believe that this is an accident that he isnsinuating the political arm of his white house and to the internal revenue service, the treasury department. all of the departments in this government. i think we are looking at a rancid and corrupt administration. i don't know how sinister or complete the corruption is, but we sure need to fi

doj says it didn't initially notify the ap because, quoting here, the potential target could become aware destroy evidence, create a false narrative/=- or otherwise obstrt the investigation. its an explanation that may not apiece republicans on the hill, however. >> shepard: doug in d.c. senator john mccain says he cannot fully support somebody's daughter joining the u.s. military. one of the strong statements from lawmakers taking on the problem of sexual assault in the fighting forces. >> perhaps the clear is sign yet that syria is gassing it's own citizens. that's ahead. >> shepard: sexual assault and harassmentç could destroy the fabric of the u.s. military like a cancer. that's the word from none other than the army's chief of staff. one of the top military leaders at a historic hearing on capitol hill. theç first time that out six of the joint chiefs of staff testified before congress at the same time. and many of them did not agree with the proposal to take away some authority from commanders to decide which cases should go to trial. the new york democratic senator gillibrand dra

are hearing at the exact same time about, you know, what hpened to james rosen, what happened to the ap, to the government using their authoty to overe and look in and get recos from people. so we're seeing, you know, poteially abe on one ha and then onhe other hande're being told we needhis in order to be safe. what kin of case does nsa ve to make to the american public to make them feel better, do you think? >> i think they're beginng to make that case. clrly there are certainly mingas one of the worst possible in thee history of thee lo a the james rosen case andyou the ap case, those were oth arms of government allegedly that did this, that were involved in this and, nsa very specifically, you know, and i canl you from mywn personal experience was not involved in any of those cases. so when you exten that argument you have to ok at the oversight mechanisms that are in place in all these different areas ad perhaps wha vernment ageies need to do, othe government aencies besides nsa is take a look how nsa does this kind of oversight and use that as model for their own internaloversight

establishment of religion. >> reverend graham. >> pro had be-- prohibiting the exercise there of, the ap the people to peacebly assemble. the government for regress of grievances. >> all of your stories we are trying to put this together for all of you at home. when we come back we will have more with the studio audience as we investigate the irs's unprecedented efforts to target the conservatives and intim g e gate -- intimidate them. did it help the president win back the election. we want to hear back from you. log on to "hannity" live, hannity live@foxnews.com. or at twitter you can join us at sean hannity. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for dad's first job as dad. nissan tests hundreds of child seats to give you a better fit and a safer trip. snug kids, only from nissan. ♪ >> you sure you didn't talk to any one at the white house about this issue? >> about singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny? >> that's what we are talking about isn't it? >> 118 visits it didn't show up after 132 members talked to you about it you sure shoo you didn't bring it up to anybody in the white

used by many reporters and not just the ap. this raises concerns. nly about the first amendment, but also about separation of powers. certainly it is likely that many of the calls made by these phones for with congressional staff and members of congress. likely irrelevant to this case, but certainly raising issues of speech and debate. and the department of justice, i wonder if the attorney general has to personally sign off on subpoenas for reporters. in this case since the deputy attorney general apparently signed off on us. seeing if the fbi needs to sign off on the repeated request like this before it goes over. is that you? >> no. it is at the level specifically to you. depending on the context, it would be the assistant director in charge of a particular division. the individual that handles the leak investigations. >> in a case like this, where weatherby consideration of first amendment rights and what they're also be an analysis of the speech and debate talks? >> it would be raised on this. any leak investigation, you know that you are an env

a judge, watching with the ap says, oops, i haven't released this search warrant that i was to seal forunseal it three years later, and took the time to apologize to the american people for being a year and a half late. it give us the information in the warrant, which said not only did they accuse rosen of being a -- a coconspirator in a violation of the he is be on e espionage law, i don't know how they jive, but we've asked the attorney general to explain this. >> the question asked of him originally, sort of centered on the associated press ap story, that's what justice department is saying. when he answered the question, he didn't know anything about potential prosecutions, thinking only about the ap and not necessarily of rosen, would that be a satisfactory answer or not? >> aprove the whole process with regard to james rosen. approved that, and now we hear that's not particularly their defense. the plan is standard operating procedure to go after the reporter. you go through his e-mails and maybe help you with the leaker, but that's not what the privacy act intended to do. >> ever

emails obtained by the ap shows some military officers in charge of the air force's most powerful nuclear weapons are complaining about their jobs. complaints about poor leadership and being stuck in dead end careers. nuclear weapons as well as the call for more experienced missile officers. >>> federer goes down early as the king fights back and a major leaguer gets tossed from the game after it's over. but john travolta crashes a wedding in t-shirts and jean. "early today" returns. stay with us. >>> the suspect in last year's shooting massacre at a movie theater in aurora, colorado has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. on tuesday the judge accepted that plea from james holmes. an insanity plea is widely seen as homes' best chance of avoiding execution. he'll undergo a mental evaluation at a state hospital. the judge hopes to start the trial in february. >>> time now for sports and for all the latest headlines we're joined by betty nguyen. good morning. >> let's get right to it. the defending nhl champ did a crucial playoff win at home. the king of the los angeles kings scored in

. >> and now, they meet the students and they lose the ap taout and become the (inaudible) [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> and also we don't have the president for it and we also do have a president for the fsc. >> and they cannot give to the school. we want to write a letter on behalf of it so we can get it from the school district. that is why our parents and we organized the meeting tonight, to come to this important meeting so that we can have our voice are heard. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> i am the parent of (inaudible) valley, and my name is (inaudible). [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> >> on the may 20, monday night there is some staff from the school district come to our school. and hear what our issue is. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> but what the answer is it seems like you are not taking very serious about what is going on in our school. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> all of that issue and you care about is all of those little things like a rest room is not clean and also but about the big issue is that the student have to call the polic

secondarily in the feasibility study that the ap s did it's late and we weren't given it until after the h b c hearings. and we're not looking to have lawsuits for flaws we're looking for a solution. i'll be happy to answer questions on either of those. but i think what is a last minute attempt to cover the backdoor. in 1989 i represented the fifth avenue and working with supervisor mar to get 1 percent of union square so it could have the same shadow before prop k. on new york times 12 last year you added in and got seven hundred and 64 thousand feet of the mission bay. nobody thought that could be done. my time is up i'll be happy to explain further why this didn't dye tie-in >> thank you. next speaker, please >> thank you. good morning. i'm a resident of san francisco. 43 years. and i have here to ask you to support to vote for this project the mexican museum. i don't think i can make a better case i think why, why not. and then my brother said to me about the shadows yeah, the shadows of the mexican folks. we are are the shadows here in san francisco. we been here california was n

in keeping with that pledge tonight, the ap has learned that the president has picked clifford sloan, a high-powered d.c. lawyer to head the office of the guantÁnamo closer. he office was closed in january but the president wanted reopened. a mother and her teenage daughter's -- who police have behind bars in connection with the shootings. what are the most damaging fires in the hist >> the man accused of shooting a mother and her three teenage daughters are behind bars. he turned himself into authorities today. he is accused in taking place in the shootings on friday afternoon. one of the teenagers has been released at the others remain in stable condition. nearmassive wildfire colorado springs is now 65% contained. the made progress battling fire overnight. it is responsible for two deaths, destroyed 500 homes, and charred more than 15,000 acres. fire crews say they hope to have it fully contained by thursday. here at home, three generations of the same family celebrated something very special today. abc 7 shows us what happened inside the national trying. >> if joseph and elizabeth

i did under the bush administration, but putting that aside, when you put all of this together, the doj ap case, the half a dozen prosecutions under the espionage act, drone strikes on american citizens, irs targeting, this peeling back of privacy and civil liberties, is this going to be a blip in this administration or looking forward do you see this as a potential legacy-defining kind of moment? >> you're talking about the political narrative and i think it probably is not a blip in the political narrative. i would say it's important to distinguish this from, you know, the ap subpoena, for instance. this is a program everyone is saying has been around at least seven years. "usa today" had a story about a large secret nsa database of people's phone records in 2006. it's not a new thing. it's unlike the nsa wireless tap weg had during the bush administration which was the issue there were courts were not involved and it may have been an illegal program. no one is raising that in this case. >> right. >> so there are important differences. but in terms of the political narrative and the pres

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