cummings. in order to get this kind of legislation, you do need to make sure that you've dotted the i's, and i believe we've done so. the minor modification that was made between the time it left the committee and the floor was one that was done on a bipartisan basis. were this to go back to our committee, of course it would pass unanimously. therefore, i urge all members te yes on hrp 1211 -- h.r. 1211. support the bill, support freedom, support the opportunity for the american people to know, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: all time has expired. the question is suspend the the question -- is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1211, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- mr. issa: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. issa: on this i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested

cummings: mr.r, i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from virginia, a member of our committee, mr. connolly. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the distinguished member of the oversight and government reform committee, my good friend, elijah cummings. mr. speaker, 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 thi

but cummings says they're not leaving and neither is chevron. company has operated its 2900 acre richmond facility for more than 100 years. it's the city's largest campaign and largest taxpayer. storage tanks that dot the hillside, the glossy billboards that line the streets. its critics are complaining that very little is being invested in richmond. >> this stuff is chevron stuff here and the neighborhoods around it. >> while the headline grabbing accidents keep taking their toll. one year after the august 2012 fire the city council led by the mayor unanimously voted to sue chevron for lax oversight and corporate indifference to safety restrictions and repairs. >>> are you saying chevron just doesn't care? >> yes, chevron doesn't care. chevron is very clear that profits come first. in fact they have been charged with criminal charges and they admitted to them. >> i can almost hear people right now saying oh there's that green mayor, spouting hyperboles about the big, bad oil company. why should we take her seriously? >> because it is the truth.

cummings issue. does gentleman yield? >> for the purpose of responding to why the ranking member was attacked. >> i don't think the ranking member was attacked. but i instructed our staff a couple of days ago to encourage miss engelbrecht and miss mitchell not to proceed with the ethics complaint. i further talked to them this morning not to proceed in that matter. we want the folks of this hearing to be the fact that these individuals were systematically harassed by their government. that's what the focus is. you guys keep wanting to bring this issue up. i've encouraged them not to pursue that. gentleman is recognized. >> i don't know how in one breath you encourage them not to do it and in the next breath give them the platform to do it. let me go to my question. >> because in three years they've been targeted by four -- >> i agree with the fact that groups, whether they're tea party groups, the naacp or green peace have been targeted by the irs. >> that's not the fact. that's not the fact. >> there's no disputing the f

but cumming said they are not leaving and neither is chevron. company operated the 29-acre facility for more than 100 years and today it's the largest employer and taxpayer and the presence is felt everywhere, from the storage tanks on the hill side to the glossy billboards that line the streets. and the critics complain that very little is invested in richmond. >> this is chevron stuff here and the neighborhoods around it. >> reporter: while the toxic emissions and headline grabbing incidents keep taking their toll. one year after the august 2012 fire the city council led by the mayor was going to sue chevron for neglect on oversight for inspection and repairs. >> are you saying that chevron does not care? >> yes, chevron is very clear that profits come first. in fact, they have been charged with criminal charges and they admitted to them. >> i can almost hear people right now saying oh, there is that green mayor spouting hyperboles about the big, bad oil company, why should we take her seriously. >> well, because it's a truth and it's the big

cummings issue. does gentleman yield? >> for the purpose of responding to why the ranking member was attacked. >> i don't think the ranking member was attacked. but i instructed our staff a couple of days ago to encourage miss engelbrecht and miss mitchell not to proceed with the ethics complaint. i further talked to them this morning not to proceed in that matter. we want the folks of this hearing to be the fact that these individuals were systematically harassed by their government. that's what the focus is. you guys keep wanting to bring this issue up. i've encouraged them not to pursue that. gentleman is recognized. >> i don't know how in one breath you encourage them not to do it and in the next breath give them the platform to do it. let me go to my question. >> because in three years they've been targeted by four -- >> i agree with the fact that groups, whether they're tea party groups, the naacp or green peace have been targeted by the irs. >> that's not the fact. that's not the fact. >> there's no disputing the f

. >> 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.

elijah cummings, thanks very much.w you're doing your best to try to mentor a lot of these young men, and all of us have to do a lot, lot more. i'm glad the president did what he did yesterday. thank you very much. >> thank you, wolf. >>> we'll take a quick break and be right back with more news. ♪ [ male announcer ] she won't remember this, being carried in your arms. but after a day spent in the caribbean exploring mayan ruins and playing pirates with you in secret coves, she won't exactly be short on memories. princess cruises. come back new. [ female announcer ] plan your seven-day cruise from just $549. call your travel agent or 1-800-princess. some brokerage firms are but way too many aren't. why? because selling their funds makes them more money. which makes you wonder. isn't that a conflict? search "proprietary mutual funds". yikes!! then go to e*trade. we've got over 8,000 mutual funds and not one of them has our name on it. we're in the business of finding the right investments for you. e*trade. less for us,

congressman cummings will discuss his republican colleagues on that session with the tax agency. and later we break down the oscars. can 12 years a slave take the big prize. but we start with a quick update on the situation this ukraine. ousted president viktor yanukovych spoke to ukranians from russia today. he claimed in a performance that was either defiant or bizarre that he's still the president and that no one has overthrown him. also he says he never gave orders to fire on protesters last week when scores of demonstrators died just one day before he fled his palace and tossed his papers in to a river. his speech comes as up identified armed men patrolled two airports in the crimean region of ukraine on the black sea. the area is home to not only many ethnic russians, but also russia's black sea fleet. ukranian officials say the men are russian troops, however, no one has independently confirmed those allegations. and now to today's 20th anniversary of the brady bill. in a week where we've seen progressive forces push back against potentially discriminatory bills in arizona

cummings, noted earlier, if the u.s. department of agriculture were to have a rule in an effort to protect the health of everyday americans, our amendment would ensure that not only the agribusinesses but also food safety experts, children's health organizations, medical associations and scientific entities would also be provided an opportunity to consult with usda prior to the issuance of the proposed rule. i strongly urge all members to support our commonsense amendment, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lankford: it may be a good moment to shine some facts into this debate. i agree that expanding the consultation requirement for the impacted parties is important. these parties have directed -- sorry -- these parties that are directly affected by regulations should have the opportunity to be able to voice concerns about feasibili

conservative groups moving so slowly that one group filed a former ethics complain against congressman cummingsgainst elh cummin, 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. nother 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 thepresident 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 re

a native american single mother of two, courtney cummings called richmond home for 30 years. she's proud of her community, apart from one exception. >> chevron. which dominates the landscape. >> i like it here. richmond is my home. at the same time there's other cities where there's not a chevron in your backyard spewing toxins in the air and no one communicating with you. the sediment is going into our bodies, my children, who have no application except me. that makes me sad. >> the family has breathing problems that requires them to use inhalers. but kumings says they are not leaving, and neither is chevron. they have occupied the richmond if as ulty for more -- facility for a more than 100 years. it's the largest employer and taxpayer. its appearance is felt everywhere, from the storage tanks that dot the hillside to the glossy billboards. critics complain that little is being invested in richmond. while the top offic emissions and -- toxic emissions and head line grabbing antics took a toll. the mayor and a group decided to sue chevron. >> are you saying that chevron does

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

cummings -- let me yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr.avis. >> thank you very much, director. i think you've partially answered questions because as we continue this discussion could you refresh for me just what the purpose and mission of the office of drug control policy is? >> sure. again, we established by congress in 1988. with the authority of really setting at administration's national drug control strategy, we produced that strategy and sent it to congress every year. and it really is a blue print, interagency blue print for how, one, the administration is going to handle the drug related issues and really looking at this whole of government approach to how we're dealing. each agency has a role to play as well as looking at their budgets and making sure that they are aligning their budgets with those drug control strategy. so it sets the administration's drug control policy and looks at strategic priorities and looks at interagency cooperation and interagency action as it relates to how they are going to implement those drug contro

cummings -- let me yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. >> thank you very much, director. i think you've partially answered questions because as we continue this discussion could you refresh for me just what the purpose and mission of the office of drug control policy is? >> sure. again, we established by congress in 1988. with the authority of really setting at administration's national drug control strategy, we produced that strategy and sent it to congress every year. and it really is a blue print, interagency blue print for how, one, the administration is going to handle the drug related issues and really looking at this whole of government approach to how we're dealing. each agency has a role to play as well as looking at their budgets and making sure that they are aligning their budgets with those drug control strategy. so it sets the administration's drug control policy and looks at strategic priorities and looks at interagency cooperation and interagency action as it relates to how they are going to implement those drug cont

>> no, no, congressman cummings sent three letters in total. we responded to all three.ered 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. it was all complete fabrication. yet he decided on committee letterhead to announce that he was opening an investigation, so that's the question we're asking now with the ethics violation complaint, is it okay for a congressman to single out a private citizen and an organization like true the vote and decle an investigation afoot. >> and katherine as we wrap up here, the idea that you now have your tax exempt status, it was given toou last september, is that correct? >> yes, i think so. >> and with that, you'reoing to move forward with goals and objectives of your organization. and we wish you all the very best. and go get hem. >> thank ou. you can count on it. >> it is something. i should think you won't have very much difficu

thank you, phil mattingly, and jeanne cummings. as i said, the chinese new year begins the 31st, and accounts for a lot of business in asia because the country's population takes off for the holiday. in the united states, they're about 3.7 million chinese-americans. my next guest says there are top brands that are fully embracing chinese consumers right here at home, using language and cultural symbolism. saul gitlin specializes in asian marketing. let's just step back for just a second. when i say chinese new year to you, year of the horse, how do you feel? what does that make you think? >> my background is actually in china. the first half of my career in the people's rig public of china -- republic of china. importante most holiday in the year, analogous to christmas in the united states. the one holiday that is broadly celebrated, the pause for festivity, and time off. for me, based on my background it feels like a significant moment in the year, even though here in new york city i had to work today. it has that magnitude of im

. >>> police are looking for two missing women in separate cases. 70-year-old rita cummings was last seen yesterday afternoon leaving her job in d.c. driving her 2012 blue legacy. in northern virginia, police are looking for helen. no one has heard from her since tuesday. she may have been driving her 2012 hyundai, tag number wooivz 8782. call police if you can help. >>> a 95-year-old woman sexually assaulted in her home. police say a man broke into the elderly woman's house on riverdale not far from the vw parkway friday night. the victim heard a noise inside of her house and went to check it out. police tell us a man attacked the woman and ran off. call prince george's county police if you can help with this case. >>> now to a developing story in ukraine. we got live pictures of the capital city of kiev. peaceful protests have started. opposition leaders say they have taken the city and insisting on the resignation of the current president. yesterday the opposition scored another major victory when parliament released a rival of the current president. she said to the crowd she prom

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

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cummings send you? >> he asked to subpoena documents of true-to-vote.anted 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 a democratic congressman about this. coincidence? >> oh, boy, it's hard to argue t

cummings wrote a letter to the board of ethics, debunking these claims. he also made all of those letters available to the public on the democratic committee website. i asked that his letters he made part of the hearing today and i regret that our committee would regard this as a blatant political stunt. >> you can see the entire hearing on the irs targeting of political groups tonight on c-span. a hearing on overhauling the finances of the postal service. over on c-span 3, house foreign affairs committee on al qaeda militants in iraq. >> i think the american public sees the first lady in very glamorous circumstances. gown,dinner, beautiful some speech with a handsome suit or whatever. i think what they may not imagine, looking at the white house from the outside, is that it is actually a very normal life upstairs on those two floors, the white house residence. i would actually lie on the couch and read a book. in my case, my cat would always curl up next to me. >> watched a program on first lady laura bush on our website or see it saturday on c-span, 7:0

. >> 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

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cummings who referenced some of the disparities in different regions. there's some areas in louisiana where that disparity is 11 times greater for african-american youth. and i do think the administration needs to think through what a comprehensive approach should be. the president has acknowledged what most americans know. marijuana is, well, frankly, not as dangerous to your health as tobac tobacco. it is not as addictive. congress is also out of touch, i would suggest, because congress established these schedules that you referenced in your opening statement. according to what we have in statute, marijuana is schedule 1 which puts it on a par with lsd and heroin, has no medicinal properties and is more dangerous than coke and methamphetamines. and i don't think you will find any sheriff, any district attorney or any health expert who would remotely suggest that that is true. we are in a situation now where there is nobody who checks the identification of an add les ept. they're not asked to prove their age. there's no license that a drug dealer loses

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this is all she international cummings who live from moscow. thanks for joining us and over the next sixteen days there's no doubt it's a busy jewel at the winter olympics in sochi aussie international is following the games closely from our soldiers studio bring you extensive coverage of everything that's happening there and he is and he said howie. the city is still rumbling really can feel the energy in the air after what we saw last night with the opening ceremony of course kicking off the twenty second winter games here in the russian cold still city the two and a half hour or so took spectators on a breathtaking journey through russian culture and history more than forty thousand spectators from around the globe packed into the fist of the stadium to witness this extravaganza this ceremony featured the olympic creative nation this time with a different athlete's not didn't enter the stadium from the side as usual but marched up right from the middle emerging from a changing now of the world and of course there was a grand fireworks displa

cummings you live from d w hitler. coming up in the next half hour. sure love it so off to watch the stars. just what criticized as being childlike would like to you by us assistant secretary of state victoria mill the theaters are packed at the berlin film festival which is the least. don't get it. after much anticipation the winter olympic games have opened in the black sea resort of such a rush a few of the claim has just been led to the past few minutes after a marathon trip to all corners of russia and even suspects. the ceremony kicked off that the purpose built the stadium with the dazzling fireworks display the colorful spectacle including ballet music and of course thousands of athletes from all over the world will be competing for medals over the next three weeks. russia has invited fourteen was among the guests watching all the same. so what can we expect for more we're joined now in the studio by now our sports correspondent jefferson chicks just isn't what events are you looking for two special. while brian as a means for me to say the hi

now days away from the cameras all is not well in the land of mandela twenty six year old constable cum obama later knows it all too well for five years he's been patrolling the streets of johannesburg to try and instill some sense of order. and now we turn to him but there's a. there's a large majority of. poverty. so a lot of the early hours the will of the two for a better life for a better way of the. crime. crime crime and the few paces in south africa today we crime is more rampant or poverty more in demick than alexandra township twelve kilometers northeast of johannesburg. african national congress and the same to of anti-apartheid activism but it's as if time has stood still here many residents feel forgotten by mandela south africa it is quite frightening situation for us to. really make the best effort the spawning township is home to nearly a quarter of a million mostly black south africans sixty percent of them are grindingly poor and unemployed as we drive along the stench of mounds of garbage overwhelms us the stats are sobering each day on average more than fifty people

brown discovery of the overuse of the sky is still cold as twenty to twenty six euros per share the cummings management says it's prepared to spend six point seven billion euros on the company. industry analysts say the move is aimed at improving cooperation and implementing a joint strategy for its two trucks of interest to me and skandia. bw and remaining copy of a sixty three percent holding in skandia. we us president barack obama has been hosting the dalai lama at the white house is causing it to national attention. so far only this footage is being released. the actual meeting was closed to the press in a sign of its diplomatic sensitivity. china one of the meeting council morning talks with the exiled tibetan spiritual leader would seriously impair ties between the two secret ballots. this is that the time obama has made with the dalai lama. the white house says president obama reiterated his strong support for tibetans human rights in the chinese controlled region more now from outgoing washington max hoffman the meeting with a hey so what does that say about china's one ext. well yo

it's the last cum tango in london but no butter is being is this time even if investor lives two hundred frickin years will never discover the vampire squids true nature investor may be able to understand the secrets of the binoche analysis but he or she will never understand the truth about goldman sachs tentacles of fraud and deception. welcome back to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the recent developments in syria. ok richard i like go back to you in washington it looks if you read the tea leaves here are we between the lines the obama administration is going to consider using military force again like we saw back in august here do you see that is a possibility right now because it seems like the americans have really no interest in diplomacy here whatsoever went through the motions like i said with money and weapons keep pouring into the battlefield were civilians or are trying to leave most of them are moving away trying to escape it looks like you know war is on the agenda again for the united states and it's what is most likely

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cummings wrote a letter to the board of the office of congressional ethics easily debunking these plans in writing copies of his correspondence with true the vote. he also made those letters available to the public on the democrat -- democratic committee web site. as that these letters be made part of the hare's today and i regret the use of such a blatant political stunt. on the next "washington journal" drexel university eric zellmer looks at the history and politics of the olympic games. >> and if the honorable member has the guts to stand against her she would be swept from office. >> the privatization i believe will go fairly successfully indeed. it will go very successfully indeed and perhaps we can pontificate in the light of the facts. >> there's a whole list of the rules of the unparliamentary expressions and indeed it was only a few weeks ago that the present prime minister i seem to recall was required by the speaker to withdraw over a remark he made that suggested the leader of the opposition was in some way dishonest. i can't remember the details. the liar thing of course w

smaug, we started working with benedict over dutch -- cum berbatch, and rather than doing a typical voicee booth everything that you do with animated characters, we put him in a motion capture suit, and we got to see what his physical presence and body performance was. we translated that into the dragon eric your. -- character. >> was a motion capture suit? >> we mark kirk an actor, and we try to record the movements. what we're really doing is getting the essence of their performance, and see what happens when we have this very moving performance on the small stage, how does that take advantage o -- how do we change that into a dragon? i was the effect supervisor for avatar as well. i am to create anything that is not real. if you can imagine it, but not upit physically, than it is to me degree at it. >> you have also made a 25 foot gorilla? >> we did king kong, exactly. that was peter's lifelong dream, to bring king kong back to the screen. he was a bigfan -- fan of the original, as was i. we brought kong to life. >> would that be done the same way today, or would that be digitally crea

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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

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

time is gets there, it would have stopped in 2,900 cities, travelling further than the earth's sur cumnce. the game begins on friday. >> a successful and divisive history, kevin pietersen has been told his international career is over. he will not be considered for upcoming tours to the caribbean. bringing to an end a career that included 104 tests in which he scored over 8,000 run, and he is englands leading international scorer with 14,000 runs in tests, one-day informationals and t 20 cricket. >> the indiana pacers strengthened their position at the top of the ladder beating the hawks. a team that will not make the playoffs is the la lakers. they lost to the minnesota timber wolves, who had a chance much making the post season. they may need to tight ep their act. cory breuer with a miss of the season. his star 109 to 99. >> that's all the sport for now. >> thank you very much indeed for that. >> now, cast away who claims to have spent a year adrift in the pacific says trams of eating his -- dreams of eating his favourite food kept him alive. he's thought to have drifted 12,500km fr

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

they are learned the lesson a cum weeks ago. schools were canceled it helped. florida. tornado warn together east of sarasota. that's the is veer side. snow across much -- a lot of across the app laces really a -- appalachians has been all ice all day long. some areas will pick up probably an inch of ice accumulating on every surface that brought all kinds of trees and power lines down. power outages south of atlantic forward south carolina and incredible tree damage from the storm. take a look how big it is. it is extends winter storm warnings across mississippi and new england. this is going transition to a coastal storm. traditional nor'easter. we see snow developing across the i85. i think eventually we'll see the warmer air get in. keep l snowfall total down from d.c. to philadelphia and boston. we will see likely a kind of wide spread four to eight inch event from d.c. to new york. t starting tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. interior sections well over a foot snow. some areas probably about 18 inches of snow and windy day tomorrow. and big trouble