hands, house of represents is still very much in republican hands, that is where you find one darrell issarying to get to the bottom of what happened in benghazi, libya. and his same office is looking into all sorts of immigration issu, and what obama administration is trying to hoist to states like arizona, needless to say, is could be allterm coming up, how do you handle that? who better to ask than former attorney general, one of the best this country had, ed meese, good to have you back. >> thank you, good to be with you. neil: you know, i'm not here to judge even the soundness of the challenges. but we'll sea lot of them, whether you were dealing with thisnd ronald reagan days, how do you go about doingior business and keeps the administration on focus when everyone is sort of going and side tracking what you are doing? >> i think it takes first of all, a steady hand and a good represent our between rapport between the had the and attorney general, a team of people to handle whatever legal cas, you go through legal process, recognizing you on a dua due cl. one the president who is you

there used to be five oversight, you would need thousand darrell issas to run to all the fires. it needs to say no to these appointments by the soldiers. >> sean: what does he say in his book -- all of this basically tramples on the constitution in terms of oversight. >> on top that, obama promised him differently. he promised when these folks came in. >> sean: why has everybody ignored it. i bet for a lot of people are hearing this for the first time. we follow it every day. >> one thing that got brought up by new media it was like fox media that brought up van jones and radical background. with carol brunner and van jones and holder and kevin jennings, you had all these people that couldn't be confirmed by a democratic senate. it was dog's breakfast of appointments. to me it should be a campaign issue. >> sean: it allowed him to appoint the radical people so he could advance a radical agenda. in many ways he was successful. is there anything you can do legally to prevent this from happening? >> congress needs to take steps here. i think the best approach is the approach to doc

there used to be five oversight, you would need thousand darrell issas to run to all the fires. it needs to say no to these appointments by the soldiers. >> sean: what does he say in his book -- all of this basically tramples on the constitution in terms of oversight. >> on top that, obama promised him differently. he promised when these folks came in. >> sean: why has everybody ignored it. i bet for a lot of people are hearing this for the first time. we follow it every day. >> one thing that got brought up by new media it was like fox media that brought up van jones and radical background. with carol brunner and van jones and holder and kevin jennings, you had all these people that couldn't be confirmed by a democratic senate. it was dog's breakfast of appointments. to me it should be a campaign issue. >> sean: it allowed him to appoint the radical people so he could advance a radical agenda. in many ways he was successful. is there anything you can do legally to prevent this from happening? >> congress needs to take steps here. i think the best approach is the approach to get

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now darrell issa wants answers. they send off a letter to senator estate hillary clinton inquiring about libyan government personnel being in on this. they paint a disturbing picture indicating elements of libyan government may have been complacent in a september 112012 attack. in the murder of four americans. also reiterates the fact u.s. government may have had evidence indicating the attack was not a spontaneous attack but included prior surveillance of the compound targets. given the location where they were found these documents appear to be genuine supporting a growing body of evidence indicating the obama administration tried to withhold pertinent facts about the 9/11 anniversary attack from congress and the american people. i know a little confusing for you, not because two prominent congressman are saying it or scores of angry top intelligence officials are going off the record, some now on the record discussing it. not because they have been all over it, but because tonight the main street media finally st

we know darrell issa has his government reform and oversight committee looking at it and we have othererest is that hillary clinton is investigating her own state department. are you requesting this select committee not trusting the findings of the state department? >> you can't trust their findings. you can't trust the timeline that was just put out by the cia. fox already reported in the last few hours that there are people on the ground in libya that will directly refute their sequence of events. it is a coverup, judge. let's call it what it is, it is a coverup. and one of our veterans by the way pointed out to me that in watergate nobody died. and the fact is that we -- in order for the american people to get the full story they would have to be a bipartisan select committee like watergate and like severaller whos that we have had like iran contra and the facts need to be known and the facts can only come out that way. and any conclusions that the state department or any other government organization might have have to be discounted completely. and finally, you cannot have a situat

they must spend five minutes each having a conversation with darrell issa. which is cruel.e the time as a freshman think book. who can forget boehner's crazy hat day and i'm with stupid shirt eric cantor wore when he appeared with fellow freshman todd akin. it's all very mr. smith goes to washington made real by the jimmy stewart impersonating michigan mcconnell. >> if you can't human rights from a punch in

if the republicans want to put anyone in charge of anything who is not a white man or darrell issa. choose from among these gals, john boehner and good luck. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >>> john boehner knows that the president is right on taxes. he knows it, but he's afraid to say that now, so he's sending one of his loyal soldiers out there to say it for him. >> there may be a debate over whether it's a cliff or curb. >> bump in the road. >> the curve of a mole hill. >> but there is one indes putable fact. >> the fact is definitely ticking. >> it's time for the president and democrats to get serious. >> i got a pen. i'm ready to sign it. >> some signs of compromise. >> congressman tom cole urged his colleagues to get in line behind president obama. >> that's just silly. >> scared me a little bit. >> i told tom earlier that i disagreed with him. >> shame on him. >> why would you do that? it's like selling your soul. >> i hope his wife understands. >> he brought my wife into it? he's never met me, my wife. >> his wife. >> some of these people have had im

but congressman darrell issa and d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton have called for a study into whether that should change. advocates say easing the restriction could allow for new development and help accommodate a growing population. some people do have concerns. >> what i want to avoid is a crystal city type of situation where you have these monolithic buildings, and at night they're dead, and they turn into vast canyons. >> this study is scheduled to be completed next fall. >>> we have a traffic alert for drivers in potomac, maryland, in just a few minutes. film crews are scheduled to start production on a new movie. that could slow down your commute. news 4's tony tull is live on river road with more. tony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. star judy dench, if you don't know who she is, she played "m" in the movie james bond. that might bring recognition to her face. as you said, we're going to have a traffic alert this morning starting around 6:00 a.m. it seemed to be a big problem yesterday. we're going to

>> i'd add darrell issa on that. he held the hearings on benghazi a month before the election and bungled them. he released documents without even checking with anyone. and the bottom line here is there are legitimate questions about the benghazi attack and a lot of information we haven't gotten but that's all become secondary to the sort of political fight between the republicans in congress who want to assert that they still have the control of the foreign policy issue, and they want to assert that obama's weak on foreign policy though the election is over and the actual responsible lawmakers who want to actually just figure out what happened and what we can do to prevent it from happening again. >> the way this is going, are we likely to get a giant watergate style mega investigation on this the way john mccain has been demanding? >> there's no appetite for that. the bottom line is congressional committees with set up based on seniority. people want to have control over what they have control over. let's put this

now california congressman darrell issa who oversees d.c. affairs is asking the district and federal national capital planning commission to help decidetaller buildings could be constructed in the city. at a surprise birthday party wednesday for mayor gray, the head of the council's revenue committee, welcomed the new year's long study but with caution. >> what i want to avoid is a crystal city, where you have the monolithic buildings. >> reporter: he suggested new york avenue could be away from neighborhoods. some citizens in the district worry the iconic skyline would be changed by the higher builds. they stress that residential neighborhoods and the city's extensive monumental core would be protected from larger buildings that could change the character of the city. >> if you built a 20-story building, which is going to impact the air, light, things of that nature, would that have a detrimental effect on your quality of life and hence you wouldn't build it. st. elizabeth's, people talk about it all the time. if people do not support the i

darrell issa says a study will begin sometime next month. now d.c. buildings can only be 12 stories high. congress passed a height act back in 1910 and the law is still on the books. some developers say the law is antiquated and easing those restrictions could spur new business opportunities, but preservationists say they will fight changes. >>> tonight at 11:00 tears of joy, president obama breaks down two days after his reelection. the group of people that made him emotional coming up. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. save up to 15% on an ikea kitchen. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. save up to 15% on an ikea kitchen. >>> any good teacher will tell you when you want kids to learn, sometimes you have to get created. there was an example of that today in d.c. fox 5's beth parker has the story. >> reporter: one minute it's a sidewalk. the next minute it's a stage. >> my heart was beating real fast and i felt nervous a little bit. ♪under the moonlight >> when i'm on the dance floor, the dance flo

congressman darrell issa and d.c.nor holmes norton have called for a study on which restrictions should be eased. that will help a growing population. but some people have concerns. >> what i want to avoid is a crystal city type of situation where you have these monolithic buildings, and at night they're dead, and they turn into vast canyons. >>> the study is scheduled to be completed next fall. >>> 14 before the hour. frustration over the long lines most voters to had to wait in. at least one line in prince george's county stretched on for five hours. several polling places weren't able to close until 11:00. politicians from both sides of the aisle point out that similar backups didn't happen in 2008 when there was record voter turnout. now they want a full report from the state board of elections. >> why did it go so poorly this year, and why were these long lines experienced? again, we're going to be a battleground state. ultimately, we don't want this to happen again. let's take the proper steps. let's fix it. >>

>> i'm the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight, with darrell issa, myself, other members of the committee, we have been pressing this administration and if we had not pressed them, i don't think this administration would have fessed up to the fact that it was not a video that led to this attack. on june 6th, when our embassy was attacked for the second time the president and the admin station rail failed to recognize that terrorist effort. when you luke at what happened on 9/11, we lost four americans, including our first ambassador since the 1970s. and for weeks, the administration was misleading the american people. every day goes by, more and more questions about what happened and did not happen in libya. the administration hasn't been straight with the american people or the world what did happen. >> you are a mormon politician. what would it mean to you personally to get the first ever mormon president of the united states? >> you know, i guess personally, that would mean a lot to me, but you know what, i'm pretty proud of this country. i think actually when they elected pr

sincere, then i would expect them to be far more concerned about the fact that you had congressman darrell issa and congressman essentially have now revealed a covert cia operation, which may have been part of the reason the administration was trying to not talk about the covert situation going on. and they've outed names of and endangered the lives of libyans working with us. if this is about let's get to the bottom of what really happened and what's going on then let's look at the conduct that the irresponsible members of congress do what they want to do. they came back to hold a hearing for a political reasoning. they couldn't come back to do something for the american people. >> i don't think anybody can doubt senator john mccain's love of country. last i checked he served as a prisoner of war for the country. nobody doubts his love of country. he wants to get to the truth. he's working in the framework of the senate to do that. >> let's put this name back out there. mitt romney. from one republican who was defeated by the president john mccain to this the most recent in his wake, it is mr.

darrell issa has been exceptionally patient, but we're getting to the point where we'll issue subpoenas. it's obvious they won't give us the answers we deserve to have. >> greta: what's the justification for being patient? four americans were murdered. and there have been -- stories have been put out there that simply are not believable, the one being the video which is not believable, the administration admits is not believable. it's been four months since four americans were murdered. i don't understand the patience just to get the straightnswer. >> believe me, the last thing i want to do is talk to greta van sustern on fox news and talk about. we should have been demanding these answers right at the get-go. but the president would speak to the face, if there's new information, we provide it willingly to the congress. that's not happened. the state department had the gal to photocopy some pages from the internet and present those to us as if they're new information. thank goodness for those whistleblowers, because that's the bulk of the information that we have thus far. >> greta: do

darrell issa's panel of five men testifying on a hearing about insurers and employers providing coverage for contraception. more on that in a moment, but as we move into the finish line in this race, mitt romney may be moving to the middle but he is carrying with him a social agenda for women that swings so far to the right he barely is on the track. and according to recent poll, almost half of the elections most crucial, women voters, are running right behind him. you see, a "usa today" gallop poll found that governor romney pulled within one point of president obama among women who are likely voters in battleground states spop when you look even closer at the supposed coalition of women supporting president obama you find that they're not necessarily coalescing and their gender. in 2008 president obama's largest base of supporters were african-american women. his supporters were also latin thats, young women, same-same-sex loving women, women who have travelled the many roads that lead to the intersection where our identities meet. what matters most is that women show up for ourselves

darrell issa. none of us have tried to raise the issues in a very aggressive way. >> are you raising it for -- i mean, are you raising it for political reason to defeat president obama or are you raising it because you think this is a time to talk about it and -- >> i think when you have four americans killed by terrorists and you have an administration that failed to respond in a timely way, then covered up the entire thing, then lied about what caused it, and up to this day is not telling the truth, you have a morale obligation on behalf of the people who died for their country to raise the issue. >> you actually changed my view on something. the thing you said the other night with us is that it got pushed up to election day because this started on september 11th because the administration didn't answer questions and actually i hate to say a silly story when four are dead but the administration is the reason why this is being discussed about anybody. >> they could have told the truth on the 12th

it was the same scenario just a few months ago when the chair of the house oversight committee, darrell issaneral for his role in fast and furious. even though it was mr. holder who shot the program down. but once again republicans preferred to create a diversion rather than focusing on their own issues. you see, the fact is this president is only the second democrat since fdr to win re-election. the first, of course, was bill clinton, and his victory was never accepted by republicans who chose instead to focus on his dalliance with an intern called monica lewinsky. they've learned nothing and forgotten nothing. yesterday speaker boehner said that he and his house colleagues want the president to succeed. great. but if he really means what he said, then he should allow the investigations in benghazi to proceed but keep a lid on mr. issa and not let him turn benghazi into another fast and furious because if he does that, it won't just be the president who succeeds. it will be the republican party, too. thank you so much for watching. remember, you can always follow us on twitter at bashir and

somebody's got to lead the way and, you know, it doesn't help when you have darrell issa saying the reasont we -- this president allowed violence to happen in mexico was so that, you know, to get more support for the assault weapons ban. you know. >> mayor bloomberg seems to have take than lead. i don't know what he's going to do after he's no longer mayor. i don't agree with all his views about gun control or the idea that here in new york we have -- seem to have keeping guns out of my hands and your hands is the way to control gun violence which i don't think it is. he doesn't seem to show any cowardes when it comes to challenging the nra. >> no. not at all. let's talk about the second amendment because every time you mention the word second amendment, you know, the internet starts going nuts. you write the framers did not set out to create a new individual constitutional rite. the language makes that clear. the amendment does not say the people shall have the right to keep and bear arms. it says, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, recognizing and ackno

it reminds me of when darrell issa held a committee hearing about birth control and didn't allow anyon the first panel. >> did you just not think about it? how did you end up with horrible situation? >> part of what's happening, too, is that we see that white voters in general are not voting for black candidates. the president is one example out of thousands of elections we've had. it's very rare for a black candidate or a brown candidate to emerge out of a mostly white district or area or state. in general white voters are not doing that. until white voters become more comfortable with electing black, brown or yellow faces to congress, to the senate, to governor's imaginemansions then have candidates, politicians who look like america. >> right. krystal, focusing on men for a moment, we've noticed that one particular network has something called a war on men. this is a sociological theory introduced ed od on "fox natio blaming women for the fact that some men can't find wives. now the folks at "fox and friends" are discussing this with a very special guest. >> do you find women aren

we do know, for example, congressman darrell issa and jason chav its, there was intelligence suggesting a covert operation. so there were legitimate reasons and here we are arguing about talking points rather than talking about the security situation there in libya. >> look, i think there are legitimate questions that need to be asked and answered in the right venue. but what has happened, particularly with benghazi, is rather than getting to the heart of the matter, these republicans have tended to try to politicize it. they did it in the waning days before the election. and that continues. the president and the secretary of state, i think, have to have the ability to conduct our foreign policy, use the intelligence we have, without that being broadcast across the evening news. >> you know, i want to just shift gears a little on this issue because, you know, again we're getting into an argument about talking points. but the person who is really taking the heat for that is our u.n. ambassador susan rice. you know, obviously there's been a lot of criticism of her. i think there's been a

. >> congressman, you've had your own hearings with darrell issa and there have been complaints from the democratic ranking members that they were not involved in either the witness lists or the briefings by the witnesses or questioning leading into it. what do you think of senator mccain and senator graham who are calling for a select committee which would be perhaps a joint committee, house and senate, bipartisan, to have one group like a watergate panel or an iran-contra panel to look into benghazi? >> the first part of your question i would beg to differ. the democrats were there when i visited with eric nordstrom. we were there hand and glove together. they did get to participate in our witness lists. but the second part of your question, the senate is moving in the right direction. i think there is a concern if you stove pipe this and so many different committees trying to interview individuals you don't get the full picture. i support what senator mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte are doing. i think that probably is the right direction. >> thank you so much. thanks for bein

if that was not for darrell issa and senator chuck grassley, we would know nothing about what was goinghere. melissa: i know there are a lot of viewers following this very closely. i wonder what% of the population is not. lou: i think there is a sizable percentage. melissa: i love that we can see blue every day. [talking over each other] lou: how many junkyards have you seen recently? melissa: just on cartoons. you are going to have douglas holtz eakin on this evening. lou: i am thankful for your continued support. lori: it is quarter tale. time for nicole petallides at the stock exchange. nicole: a day where the s&p is up 1.5%. let's take a close look at these names. we will look first at lowe's. they hit a 52 week high today. they came out with sales and profits that beat the street. they have been doing job cuts. they have been expanded. the other side of the coin is that their storm sales still live. they really are second compared to home depot. of 6.5%. take a look at tyson. tyson foods within of arrow in leading the s&p 500. back to you. lori: thank you, as always. the move would

. >> stephanie: yeah thanks darrell issa.ng, stephanie. >> stephanie: good morning. >> caller: y'all are such wonderful people, i wake up with you in the morning and go to bed with you at night. >> stephanie: ann! >> caller: now that we have put our wonderful young man into office, we have got to remember one thing. don't leave him alone. when i saw a grown man cry, i realized that this is the type of person that is going to really be able to turn this country around. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: but he has to has us help him. send him notices let him know whatever he does we're behind him. >> stephanie: and i think we learned our lesson in 2010 and we have his back this time. >> stephanie: mcconnell and boehner they are so smug i just want to take something and throw it at the tv -- >> stephanie: no don't do that. kara in alabama. >> caller: hi, oh, god, i just wanted to echo what the caller just said, absolutely. absolutely, because all of those long lines -- if we have not learned our lesson all of those long lines will

darrell issa the congressman from california in my view will exercise that to a greater degree.a lot of intense followup on stories solyndra-like crony capitalism. it will make it hard for him to do anything. >> i think it's likely. if you were making predictions today you would say it is likely republicans will maintain control of the house. given that the president will be in a second term that we are going to face an immense fiscal challenge going forward in terms of the deficit. i think one more legacy point i would raise is the president has spoken about doing something about the pressures on the middle class. the growing gap between high-end earners and people getting left behind and that's why he talked about the investments he wants to make in education. one of my great hopes would be that he would be more open to taking risks, getting some flack from the teachers unions and do something about the quality of american schools. that's something that would move my heart. megyn: do you think he's likely to be more bipartisan or will he go more to the left? >> anybody who is