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party and conservative groups moving so slowly that one group filed an ethics complaint against elijah cummings, the ranking member of the house oversight committee. catherine angle bracket is among our guests tonight. and the so-called hillary papers revealing a ruthless first lady, hillary clinton, and her somewhat complex analysis of the presidents infidelities. "a-team" on that. another delay in obamacare as well. senator kelly ayotte talking about republican distressed and the president and investor carl ichan surrendering in his battle with apple management. we will tell you who won. and we begin tonight with the white house in denial. press secretary jay carney today argued that distressed has nothing to do with immigration reform from their agenda. how speaker john boehner cited a lack of trust in the president to enforce the law. chuck schumer called upon republicans to pass a bill that would take effect after president obama leaves office. here is here's jay carney's response to senator schumer's proposal. >> this is a tough issue for republicans. but nobody buys the republican reluct

. >> the honorable elijah cummings , dr. maya cummings. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this is joanna cole and mr. peter god one. [inaudible conversations] one .. >> this is good. [inaudible conversations] thank you. [inaudible conversations] ms. karine lynn and mr. john luddy. mr. mark to the locally and ms. elizabeth strickland. the honorable todd stern and ms. jennifer klein. mr. and mrs. caleb ballou. mr. andrew tobias, ms. marie brenner. the honorable edward randall royce and mrs. royce. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. and mrs. lee saunders. [inaudible conversations] >> ms. karen marisol key mr. vivid valvo truck. ms. jane stutzman and mr. bill stutman the third. the honorable daniel gray and ms. seelye. the honorable wesley kiernan, mr. paul kiernan. mr. james crane. [inaudible conversations] ms. jennifer aleman and mr. frank skinner. ms. jill abramson and mr. william woodson. ms. rebecca shaw, is the best shaw -- beth shaw. mr. and mrs. ken frazier. and ms.

lou: sharing with our audience also that there is an etcs complaint against elijah cummings, it breakingocrat on the house oversight committee. if we could share this with the audience very quickly. in an effort to challenge voter registrations by the thousands without any legitimate basis of illegal voters the question. if these other are intentional and motivated across mockable state, it could amount to a criminal conspiracy to include the nstitutional rights. so wow. this is quite a letter to someone who is trying to preserve or perhaps create integrity in the electoral system. >> three letters were sent in total, we responded all three. we offer to try to explain the best that we could the confusion which stmed from a fundamental misunderstanding of what it was about. allegation and we don't have the authority to do that and it was all complete. complete fabrication. butwe decided on committee letterhead to announce that he was opening investigation and that was the question that we were going t ask now. is it okay for a congressman to single out a private citizen and an organizatio

party and conservative groups moving so slowly that one group filed an ethics complaint against elijah cummingsking member of the house oversight

want to share with the audience also you have also filed an ethics complaint against congressman elijah cummingsersight committee. if we could show this for the audience quickly in his letter to you, at some point an effort to challenge voter registrations by the thousands without any legitimate basis may be evidence of illegal voter suppression. if these efforts are intentional, politically motivated and widespread across multiple states could amount to criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights. wow. this is quite a letter to someone who is simply trying to preserve or perhaps in some cases create integrity on the electoral system. did you ever get an explanation from the ranking member? >> no, no, congressman cummings sent three letters in total. we responded to all three. i offered to meet with him. i offered to try and explain as best as i could his cousion, which stemmed from a fundamental misunderstanding of what true the vote is about. his allegation of our sending things to voters, we don't have the authority to do that, we've never done anything like that

she filed a formal ethics complaint against congressman elijah cummings. now, she accused him of intimidation, and he denied it. "the kelly file" asked for comment but he has not answered yet. let's advance the story by taki taking it to the ethics complaint by the congressman, why bring him into it specifically? >> he is the ranking member of that committee, and frankly, megyn, the thought of having to sit before my accuser and be silent in the face of what he did, it was unconscionable. >> what did he do? >> well, he filed over a period of months beginning in october of 2012, he filed three lettes s that he sent to me, asserting that he was opening an investigation. he sends this on the house oversight and government reform. the funny thing i found out about it from an l.a. times reporter who called for comment after the congressman had down a series of news shows, talking about what he believed to be the activities of "true the vote" based on fundamentally flawed information. didn't call me first. just went public. went to the press on a defamation, per

oversight,the house -- at the house oversight, elijah cummings spoke about his investigation. >> and the ranking member of this committee. i did nothing different that what mr. issa did. want to say i was acting on behalf of the committee and to basically looking get to the voting situations and whether voters were in any way being impeded from voting. we have the letters by the way. issa saw was sent -- would send copies. >> i think the gentleman wants to make sure it's that you have the opportunity and, the gentleman from maryland obviously is from a targeting standpoint, it led him follow-up and give him the yielding and that neitherre you he nor his staff or anyone else would have contacted the irs and to do that and so i yield to the gentleman. >> i would assure you. i want to thank the gentleman for that. there is no one that i know of that cares more about the rights of our citizens than i do. but just as you all have the passion and i respect that, i, too, have the passion. make sure that no one, i don't care if it's tea party, republican or democrat, nobody is blocked from v

i see you back here tomorrow when our guests include elijah cummings, lisa bloom, and the grillo's witherspoon next. >>> rosie perez joins the table to talk about her new book. i will make the case for ted cruz. >> what? >> you heard that. and as you can see tourre is not with us. you'll have to stay tuned to find out. >> you may have to substitute him with rosie perez. "the cycle" starts next. i'm nathan and i quit smoking with chantix. when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasn't just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didn't have nicotine in it, and that was important to me. [ 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 chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get w

>> you even received letters, i understand, from the ranking member, elijah cummings. >> yes, sir. >>hat did mr. cummings send you? >> he asked to subpoena documents of true-to-vote. wanted to know about all of our practices and alleged things that we simply weren't doing, which makes it very hard to it defend because you can't really defend the negative. he was asserting things that were simply fantasy. >> much has been made about the president's comments in an interview with bill o'reilly about not a smidgen of corruption here. how do you respond to that? >> it's a sad statement from our commander and chief. >> what do you want the american people it to hear? what do you want them to do? >> i want them to remember who we are. the government works for us. it is of the people. and we should not be silenced. >> congressman, before this woman became part of the tea party. she had never been audited. she has had 15 audits, four federal agencies, on or about sharks fbi has been out to her six times. irs audit. bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and she has even gotten a a letter from

. >> joining me now congressman elijah cummings. congressman, thanks for being here. so it feels like we're going into the way back machine just a little bit. having lois lerner come back up to testify again. is there any expectation that she will have anything new to add? >> i don't expect that she will. her lawyer has already made it clear that if she comes, she will be taking the fifth. and i think basically this is an extension of the republicans' effort to draw this irs investigation on and on and on. keep in mind these investigations have gone on for now more than nine months. irs employees have been tied up more than 250 of them tied up and working more than 90,000 hours trying to address issues that have been raised by the republicans. and so far they have not found any evidence of any involvement by the white house with regard to this so-called targeting of enemies. and political enemies. and they have not found any political motivation. as a matter of fact, you would think that if we were going to do a good investigation, that person who started all this sho

joining me e tonight, congressman elijah cummings of maryland.ys goold to have you with us. the president has done his part for $10.10 an hour for federal workers. we're told about the discharge petition coming up in the house. how real is this? can this happen? can we move every worker in america to $10.10 an hour? >> i think we can do it, ed. we on the democratic side are going to do everything in our power and try to urge that 20-something republicans to join us. this is what the american people want. keep in mind, ed, about two-thirds of the american public saying that we want the minimum wage raised because they realize that their neighbor, their friends, the people that served them in restaurants and helped them throughout their day in various jobs need it. so the president started the jobs. many of us had usualed him to to that over a year ago. he's done it. with regard to people working for federal contractors, now we have to simply finish the job. i think it can be done. >> i hope so. discharge petition means that if you get enough signa

congressman elijah cummings, democrat of maryland, and nbc news political reporter kasie hunter who is there it's a great way to put fire under the keisters of republicans. you force them to come out against the minimum wage. will it work? >> i think we can get it to work. no doubt about it. you know, we've been successful seven times in the past with regard to discharge petitions. and then there were more than ten times where they were discharge petitions presented, chris, and even before we got to the 218 number that is required to get to it a vote, the other side then presented it to the floor. so i think there is a good shot at doing it, because this is a very urgent issue with now approaching two to three million of our people in trouble. we got to do something. >> let's talk about the minimum wage, because the irony is, congressman, you've probably looked at the polls like i've looked at it. a majority 56%, a majority of people who vote republican are for a higher minimum wage for the $10.10. >> because -- >> go ahead. >> because. >> they understand that they want their neighbors

. >> the honorable elijah cummings and dr. maya cummings. >> glad to be here. >> we just love the country. we came to support france. >> ms. joanna coles and mr. peter godwin. >> we just brought it and it shattered. we heard there is no dancing. [inaudible] i'm about to find out, i think. this is jewelry from sydney in chicago. i am hoping this isn't too fluffy. thank you. mr. ara aprikian. mr. john ruddy. >> ms. elizabeth strickler. >> the honorable tod stern and ms. jennifer klein. mr. and mrs. caleb baloo. mr. andrew tobias. ms. marie brenner. >> the honorable edward randall royce and mrs. royce. [inaudible] >> is there anything you want to say about the day and how things are going? >> enjoy the evening. >> mr. and mrs. lee saunders. >> mr. bill and jane stetson. ms. karen nagasaki. >> mr. bill and jane stetson. >> the honorable daniel gray. >> ms. janique sealey. >> the honorable mr. karen in and leslie euro and -- kiernan. >> mr. james crane. >> mr. frank skinner. and jennifer bado aleman. >> ms. rebecca shaw ms. beth sh

. >> the honorable elijah cummings and dr.aja cummings. >> glad to be here. >> we just love the country. we came to support france. >> ms. joanna coles and mr. peter got one -- godwin. >> we just brought it and it shattered. we heard there is no dancing. [inaudible] i'm about to find out, i think. this is jewelry from sydney in chicago. i am hoping this isn't too fluffy. thank you. mr. ara aprikian. mr. john luddy. >> ms. elizabeth strickler. >> the honorable tod stern and ms. jennifer klein. mr. and mrs. caleb baloo. mr. andrew tobias. ms. marie brenner. >> the honorable edward randall royce and mrs. royce. [inaudible] you want toanything say about the day and how things are going? >> enjoy the evening. >> mr. and mrs. lee saunders. bill and jane stetson. >> the honorable daniel gray. >> ms. janique sealey. >> the honorable mr. karen in and leslie euro and -- kiernan. >> mr. james crane. >> mr. frank skinner. aleman.nifer bado >> ms. rebecca shaw ms. beth shaw. >> mr. and mrs. ken fraser. >> ms. sarah smiley and commander dus

she has suggested you would file an ethics complaint against elijah cummings. >> how did he reacted me't take it well, and some of the republicans were also unsure of this past. what he is saying is his role is as oversight, and he was looking one of thesethat groups was from his perspective harassing voters who wanted to vote. these are mostly minority voters who would not vote for the side catherine angle bretz , and instead of letting them vote they were having challenges that were unnecessary, and he deemed them harassment. >> that is just one of the couple of congressional committees looking into the iraq. in total, how many investigat ions are going on with this particular issue? >> i think we have heard six. air is still the ongoing fbi investigation. there are a couple of committees on each side looking into it. the house ways and means committee talk to the irs commissioner yesterday. they are hoping to get this wrapped up quickly, but if you talk to republicans recently, they are being very clear of the fact this is still ongoing and it is too early to be making any conclusio

the leader of a tea party-based group in that hearing said that elijah cummings has targeted her organization. later in the hearing, illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth addressed the allegations. here is a look. is completely inappropriate to provide a platform to unfairly impact the ranking member of the committee. like any member of this committee, he has the authority and the moral obligation to conduct an investigation into serious concerns that are raised. in this case, the ranking member requested documents to investigate serious public allegations of voter disenfranchisement. he wrote letters laying out these obligate -- these allegations and asked proved to provide documents to prove or disprove these allegations. his actions were no different issathose of congressman when he served and he sent letters of similar document requests from all kinds of government and private entities. i would expect that you and every other member of this committee would extend the right documents, regardless of party affiliation. it is no surprise that the party member has been investigation. what is

i co-sponsored the legislation, which ranking member elijah cummings, authored. the bill is a product of a joint effort by our staffs. the legislation has been endorsed by 29 nonpartisan transparency groups, including the project on government oversight, known as pogo, sunshine in the government, and the sunshine foundation and the american society of news editors. . it's critical at this time that the american people believe and actually receive the information that lets them understand what their government is doing. a key provision of this bill is to codify requirements in a foya memorandum issued by president obama and attorney general holder that includes making presumption of openness the standard law of the land. that means that if an agency -- that an agency can only withhold if the disclosure of such records would cause foreseeable harm. this shifts the burden of proof from the public requester seeking information from goth agencies which he must demonstrate he has the need, to the government being open and transparent unless it has a good reason to with

thank the distinguished member of the oversight and government reform committee, my good friend, elijah cummingspeaker, i was listening to my good friend, ms. foxx from north carolina, and i don't doubt her commitment to try to rein in unfunded mandates and i certainly supported the 1995 effort as somebody working at that time in local government because local governments are burdened with many unfunded federal mandates. no child left behind, for example, comes to mind. this legislation, however, before us today, is not a simple extension of unfunded mandates. it's something else. mr. chairman, any lingering doubt about this week's republican assault, which is orchestrated on the regulatory process is designed to benefit corporate interests should be laid to rest with this bill. agencies are already required to consult with any interested party during the rulemaking process through a robust public participation and comment period. this bill, however, would single out private sector special interests and give them special treatment an unfair advantage by requiring agencies to consult with them be