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darrell issa -- >> [ inaudible ]ing don't sound american. >> exactly. uld probably push some kind of papers please law. he actually called jay carney a laid liar. we have audio of that. >> yes. >> their paid liar, their spokesperson, he is still making up things about what happens and calling this local rogue. >> yeah and what proof does he have of that? they are getting it to? what testimony do they have that leads any credence to this? they are getting it. is so white water we hope this leads to a cigar, it's pathetic. but darrell issa is now like the walk into a rake congressman. they are irritating and a waste of taxpayer dollars. [ sound effects ] >> yeah, that's right. >> today would be the fifth hearing i believe we would have in congress on the irs scandal in quotes. >> it used to be called a fishing expedition. >> exactly. and who appointed the person that was running the irs during all of this including all of the "gilligan's island" videos? that's the amazing part of this scandal, it has a permanent glass ceiling, because the republicans and -

with what they're working with, why they went that direction. >> look at some of the push back darrell issa got on this, most interestingly, push back from republicans. let's listen to this. >> i think that issa should not be making personal attacks or hurling epithets. >> let's not make it personal, jay carney is not the issue here, he is the spokesman for the white house. >> would you go as far as congressman issa who accused the administration of being liars? >> i never like to use that word. i think that we should let these investigations take their course, let the facts come out. >> if you're in this position as a chairman responsible for these investigations, that just basically announces to everybody, not saying he is, i am a partisan, anything that i can conclude is based on my partisan beliefs. you've got to pull back and you've got -- you can't say things like this. >> ari, joe scarborough's point there is very important. i'm wondering if democrats are privately kind of glad that if there is going to be a big republican house investigation of the so-called scandal that darrell iss

now rope a doping darrell issa is not really all that hard, because darrell issa really is kind of a is the one who said on tv he would release the transcripts at the very same time that he called the white house press secretary a paid liar. two facts about noting, darrell issa is paid, congressman cummings is paid, too, and this letter which is available on our website proves that congressman elijah cummings is earning every penny of that salary. [ male announcer ] frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky... not chalky. temporary... 24 hour. lots of tablets... one pill. you decide. prevent acid with prevacid 24hr. you decide. capella university understands bright students are getting lost in the shuffle. need. and administration's work gets more complex every year. when you look at these issues, do you see problems or opportunities? with an advanced degree in education from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to meet these challenges and make a difference in the lives of students. let's get started at capella.edu. i want peacocks. peacocks? walking the grounds. in t

now rope a doping darrell issa is not really all that hard, because darrell issa really is kind of ahe one who said on tv he would release the transcripts at the very same time that he called the white house press secretary a paid liar. two facts about noting, darrell issa is paid, congressman cummings is paid, too, and this letter which is available on our website proves that congressman elijah cummings is earning every penny of that salary. and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. [ engine revving ] [ electricity crackling ] ♪ ed markey is ahead of his opponent by 12 points, and joining me next, on chris christie's problems with his party. this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it ta

just a figment of darrell issa's active and unfair imagination. joining me now, congresswoman jackie spear, democrat from california, and a member of the oversight committee, and joy reid, managing editor of thegrio.com. thank you both for being here. >> great to be here. >> congresswoman, let me go to you first. what is your response to darrell issa shamelessly accusing the white house while knowing the truth? i mean how do you respond to this? >> there is absolutely no evidence to support his irrational statements on the white house having any knowledge about the irs using words to focus in on tea party organizations. what has come forward, and i want to applaud the ranking member of the committee for making available to all americans now the seminole interview that has taken place by the bipartisan membership of the committee staff where the screening manager at the cincinnati office actually speaks to the genesis of the actual targeting that went on. it did not emanate anywhere, except from cincinnati. negative, congresswoman, you are hitting

he knows very well that darrell issa was -- there were no charges ever applied to darrell issa on allose things that came up 20, 30 years ago, all of the charges were dropped. for him to do that is amazing. there was a tweet that came after that and i can't remember who it was, but they put up a picture, and visualize this. picture of president obama in college and smoking some weed and it was a picture of that that said while the charges were being dropped on darrell issa for those things, here is what president obama was doing. there is no disputing that because president obama admitted to doing it. this is a peeing match, we call it that, going back and forth. let's just get to the truth. >> you don't have a problem with what i said? >> he could have used a hatchet or a scalpel. >> it was a disgraceful comment on his part. he started it, and the response was bad as well. if we can just get this thing -- for the chairman to take on some serious investigation to call people paid liars diminishes his own role in this thing and for him to come back and say that is bad too. it is gettin

what darrell issa is serving darrell issa in the republican party.s is a consistent theme throughout the right wing. they always give you part of the evidence and tell a story. they think the story is more important than the evidence. fortunately, the american people have gotten pretty smart about this, which is why the so-called irs scandal is not going anywhere. because they strongly suspect that the republicans are going to do this again and again and again. and it gives them less and less credibility. >> "the new york times"/cbs did a poll today where it asked the public to simply guess, just guess what happened at the irs. and those guesses apparently are newsworthy. and the guesses are that 68% said that the irs did this for political reasons. 19% said they did it because it was the right policy. and 14% honest respondents said they simply did not know. but richard wolffe, so this is now newsworthy, what the public guesses about an investigation that isn't even actually complete. >> right. it's not very enlightening. and look, the irs, we all k

but let's remember, it is not just little old darrell issa on his own.ad dave kemp, the head of the republican chairman ways and means committee, saying we know this didn't start in cincinnati. oops, you had rogers, the head of the appropriation committee, the head of the republican division, these guys are making rick perry look smart. they have been out there for weeks and months, trying to generate a scandal that doesn't exist. and it is not just their eyes, that is going to owe president obama and jay carney an apology. they owe the american public for wasting their time on this. it was a real issue, what happened in cincinnati was wrong and mistakes were made in the classic phrase, but they were mistakes made at a pretty low level, don't track back to the white house. they deserve responsible oversight, not the circus or the clown show that darrell issa has presided over. >> and that is the essential point. it is not just that there is no information at all. inconsistent with what the republicans have said, that there is any trace whatsoever to the

david plouff had a response to darrell issa. strong words from mr.nd theft auto and suspected arsonist,/insurance swindler. and loose ethically today, david plouffe wants to read up on this, there's a great piece from the "new yorker" a couple of years ago, he was the former ceo of directed electronics, the nation's largest manufacturer of anti-theft devices, his voice says "step away from the vehicle" he and his brother were charged with stealing a car in the 1970s. there was a suspicious fire at his factory. the company's former owner says he suspected issa set the fire for insurance, but no charges were ever filed. it's interesting that this is being dredged back up on twitter. >> i love that you can get this out in 140 characters. >> i'm a pox on both of their houses mindset here. the administration did a lousy job of oversight. i'm more energized personally. because i'm a reporter, by these allegations of the eric holder leak investigations into fox and a.p. i don't think that plouffe and that group of folks should be let off the hook that quick

darrell issa is notorious for it. >> mika, exactly. darrell issa is a guy that cries wolf.s ago, ben ghazi was going to be the be all end all and leak of these e-mails and what he promised and what it was were two different things. mika, just brought up another important point to brian's question when you were talking to brian which is this issue of let the facts themselves damming enough. by darrell issa doing what he is doing he is bailing out the white house. he is giving the white house an opportunity here to say, well, it's not that. it's not what he says it is. you do. you overplay your hand rather than it's damming enough what is going on at the white house. you have already knocked the president frankly off of his second term agenda. this feels like the summer of his last year in office not the summer of his first year of his second term the way it seems as if there is just not a lot of action not a lot getting done. look at the headlines joe was reading this morning. deficit deal out the window. this isn't going happen here. this isn't going to happen there. they a

as david said, darrell issa and others. it's not just darrell issa. there are lots of other committees. there's lots of other subpoena power in the house. by the way, there are senate committees where the democrats still control things where they're going to look at these things, too. but the republicans have no positive organizing principle right now. if you look at the new report that the young college republicans did about their own plight -- >> we're going to do that in the next segment, by the way. >> they're also saying, where's the positive message? they want one, too. the young republicans want one. >> the decency factor. let's talk about this attack by issa. he calls jay carney, who everybody knows is a pretty good guy. in fact, a pretty good journalist over the years. he calls him a liar. a paid liar. i always dislike that word. i don't use it. i always think once you say that, you're kicking the table over in terms of any decent political relationship. what are you going to say next? well, i know you're a liar, but. it does seem to be a gam

darrell issa accused someone else of malicious self indulgence. i'm dropping my mic on that. >> he was a little kind of pot and kettle thing. >> maybe, just perhaps. >> so here is the -- what they want to turn it into at minimum, even if it leaves center stage of washington hearing rooms and all of that. and that is what the chairman of the florida republican party put out in a memo, advice to republicans about how to exploit the irs story. i encourage you to use this in your campaigns when you're on the trail. ask your democrat opponents. are you comfortable with the irs overseeing your health care? why? why would you hold the obama administration for their hand in the irs scandal? how? >> this is the dangerous part of this, i think. is the republican party is not predicated on any new policy ideas. i mean, mitt romney's campaign was built on obfuscation. it's clear that the gop is built on obfuscation. and what they're going to try and do is use this as a tool to unwind obamacare and undermine the democratic project on hold. and you know what, u

grand theft auto darrell issa. >> that's right.d know in life never mind if you're the chairman of the major oversight committee you can't an use people of lying and covering up when in fact, you are the person who was lying and covering up. mr. issa was accusing the white house of orchestrating this irs targeting scheme. he was accusing jay carney of being a liar when in fact he had information absolving the white house and absolving mr. carney, the white house press secretary. the evidence that was released by congressman cummings yesterday clearly showed that this was a republican career staffer who had initiated this campaign, that the only activity that was really going on in washington was a technical staff who was reviewing it to ensure consistency, that the senior people inside the irs had on two occasions told the cincinnati office to knock it off. this isn't the first time that issa has done these. he made these wild-eyed accusations in the case of fast and furious. he made these incredible and irresponsible accusations i

the president -- >> darrell issa isn't hiding anything. what are you talking about?one worker in cincinnati claims the directive came from washington. so we'll see if the full transcripts are released. >> we need to find out the truth. >> let's be clear, we're talking about the washington office of the irs. not necessarily the white house. let's be very clear with that. >> heather: people polled say they believe the investigation should continue. i guess we're not wrapping it up. thank you both for joining us. tomorrow a can't miss fox news sunday in an exclusive interview, former vice president dick cheney weighs in on the nsa spying controversy, and the other scandals rock the nation's capitol. that is tomorrow on fox news sunday, check local listings for the time and channel in your area. >> gregg: are we really done? >> heather: i think we're done. unless they have something else to say. >> gregg: a possible medical breakthrough against one of the most common and deadliest cancers. doctors unveiling a new drug that they say could help stop the disease in its trac

now robert gibbs demands that darrell issa apologize apologiz.t real story could probably real story commentary. time to beam someone up? >> well become quite obvious that jay carny is paid by this administration to lie to the american people. neil: now, now, you are compounding the sin. lie is a strong word. we don't know? >> let's look at this three direct lies, irs, jay carney lied on behalf of the department of treasury, saying that irs scandal just started and ended with those in cincinnatiing truth is goes higher,. neil: could you argue he did not know. >> then we need better communication. if that was on its own, but now lie number 2, he was paid by state department that benghazi talking points were never edited. it is obvious they were repainted by hillary people to make sure that it looked better than truth was. >> all right. >> reporter: then lie number 3 he was paid by department of the justs they eric holder never knew anything about -- targeted then. signed off on warrant. biggest lie, this is the most transparent administration. nei

so far darrel issa -- >> enough with darrel issa. thank you so much for being with us.er justice department official calls outer rick holder and says it is time for him to go. you are running out of time. eric holder has white house support. tell us what you think on facebook or tweet me at judge jeanine. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? ... >> is it fair to say you are holding attorney general holder. >> that was the purpose of sending the letter it is fair to say we are investigating the conflict in his remark. th

say things -- >> he was out shooting cantaloupes. >> then you had tom davis, and now you have darrell issa. issa has driven a lot of stories effectively. when he says jay carney is a liar, he makes the story about him. he has to keep on the straight and narrow, keep it straight to the facts and not make this about him. >> especially when you call somebody a liar which i'm very careful about. when you call somebody a liar, you're saying i know for a fact this person lied. i know he knew or she knew the truth and told me something else when even in these tricky cases, certainly about the benghazi thing, we don't know what information was given to susan rice. we don't know what she asked for, what she ended up with or thinking at the time. people start using words like perjury and things like that, they have to be real careful. your thoughts, steve? >> john summarized it perfectly correctly. he's more like burton than the responsible subcommittee chairman john was describing. the problem for the republicans, the reason they smacked him down, this is how brands are made. the republican party i

so far darrel issa -- >> enough with darrel issa. thank you so much for being with us.the former justice department official calls outer rick holder and says it is time for him to go. you are running out of time. eric holder has white house support. tell us what you think on facebook or tweet me at judge jeanine. let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. house. hello, dear. hello. hello. oh! check it -- [ loud r&b on car radio ] i'm going on break! the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive. >> is it fair to say you are holding attorney general holder. >> that was the purpose of sending the letter it is fair to say we are investigating the conflict in his remark. those remarks were made under oath but we think it's important the attorney general be offered the opportunity to respond. >> eric holder our nation's top investigator. it is time for him to go former department justice official jam christian adams joins me. good evening. >> good evening. >> c

why is david plouffe going after darrell issa?well, i think he is trying to offer a distraction. i mean, this is -- they've done this before. if you remember during the campaign they actually insinuated the president's campaign that mitt romney was a fel felon. whenever they have a problem with the facts, what they do is demonize and go after the character of their opponent. i think it's a mistake. i think it's a bigger distraction from the issues and i would hope now that chairman issa and other house republicans don't chase those distractions, they don't be the squirrels after that nut. instead, keep the focus back on the white house and asking the tough questions because that's what the american people want. they don't want the name-calling. >> ruth, does david plouffe have a point that the credibility of the accusers is relevant? >> no. but more to the -- but more to the point, it's a stupid tactic. i thought chairman issa who had been doing a pretty good job of holding himself in check and presenting some reasonable hearings

but congress' car thief in chief, darrell issa, wants us all to stay focused on the irs.ld you please explain to our audience why that is? >> what you're seeing is a most amazing sight. we have enough work in the house to keep us busy five days a week. instead, we're barely here three days a week and barely doing anything then. what these so-called scandals are doing is filling an agenda. the republicans have no agenda. what you just described, they are not on their agenda. they just want to get through this term. so if you have overreach, and i'm going to say, i don't want to associate myself at all with what mr. plouffe said. what the democrats should not do is the payback in kind from what we're hearing from some republicans. now, chairman issa had started off in just another mode at the beginning of this congress. so to hear him revert to conclusions first and maybe we'll go after the facts afterwards, very disappointing to me. paid liar. that's not worthy of him or of any member of congress. and lying, no reference to what the lie has been about. even worse, the noti

you heard darrell issa. and another sees it differently.ses to replace more independent figures contradicts the wisdom of obama himself who in 2008 spoke of emulating abraham's lincoln's cabinet. he's in his comfort zone with loyalists such as mcdonough who the president described as one of my closest and most trusted advisers. the scene in the rose garden looked like a family reunion. i wonder about that jonathan alter. when you look at susan rice's record and samantha power, they differ from the president on a lot of levels in their approach to foreign policy. >> it's hard for me to believe that samantha power has, you know, no objections to this policy of nonintervention in syria. she'll have to represent the united states in the united nations with a view i don't know for sure but i would imagine she at least has qualms about because she's been for humanitarian intervention in every situation. but as dana points out, this is a big theme of the kind of white house chapters of my book, the noncampaign parts of my book, this is a president

so far darrel issa -- >> enough with darrel issa. thank you so much for being with us.tment official calls outer rick holder and says it is time for him to go. you are running out of time. eric holder has white house support. tell us what you think on facebook or tweet me at judge jeanine. have aood night. here you go. you, too. 'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? oh, yeah. [ malannouncer ] it's practically yours. [ wife ] sorry. [ male announcer ] but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. lets you connect up to 25 devices on one easy to manage plan. that means your smartphone, her blackberry, his laptop, mark's smartphone but i'm still on vacation. still on the plan. nice! the intern gets a tablet? everyone's dev

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this is something like, what's his name, darrell issa, who can't smell his own crap.tle bits of information. they've interviewed -- they have interviewed people from the irs and guess what, they have not given the full transcript. >> let me ask you something. let me ask you a question. have you 88 people out there who are starting a full court press on the tea party out there in 2010, february, you tell me if it's a well run government that it took a year to get to the top of the irs, another year to get into the treasury department at the top. and another year before the president, the chief executive of the united states of america even found out about it. there's a culture there, and a climate there -- now, deny this, barack obama and the democratic party, with their savage attacks on the tea party people, did they not create a climate where some bureaucrat would say, let's go after those folks. >> mr. buchanan isn't it true that one of the transcripts that came out from an interview, specifically said that the guy thought that -- the guy who was speaking said that

and darrell issa is still up to his old mccarthyite tactics. accusing the white house of directing the i.r.s. officers to deliberately target those tea party groups but even lindsey graham republican senator from south carolina says there is no evidence to support that claim and republican john mccain tells darrell issa to back off. we'll see whether he does. meanwhile, college rep cons are out with a report that says young people are turned off by the g.o.p. today because it is closed-minded, rigid racist and old-fashioned. i couldn't have said it better myself. all of that and more right here on current tv. coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo)

that was, of course, house oversight committee chairman darrell issa vowing to release transcripts that according to him would prove that washington and by inference the white house had coordinated the irs targeting of conservative groups. issa said he wants to expose "the full truth" but his alcohols prove otherwise. the case in point, how he spun the excerpts he has released. on cnn as we just saw, he said that the transcripts proved that the irs officials in cincinnati were directly being ordered from washington. it was that ambiguity that somehow officials outside the white house were ordering the targeting. the actual transcript of that irs agent issa is talking about says "i was taking all my direction from eo technical." that's a unit inside the irs in washington. very clearly saying he got his advice, his leadership from the officials he works with at the irs in washington, not from anybody outside. issa would love to say the phrase washington over and over again so the people think he means maybe at the means somebody from the white house. something else nefarious. josh green f

. >> coming up, remember when darrel issa announced the irs scandal began in washington. well, where's that proof now? is he ever going to show it? or is he going to keep screaming, there's corruption here. the more we see, the investigation is coming apart at the seams. >>> also, who's who of conservative presidential hopefuls here's a phrase, on bended knee at the faith and freedom coalition down in washington. but 1,000 miles away and light years away in time and space in chicago, chris christie in new jersey is with bill and hillary. christie's known as a problem solver. here's a problem for him to solve. how is he going to convince right wingers to nominate him for president if he's hanging out with bill and hillary and chelsea. >>> the democratic congressional baseball team last night wiped out the republican team. this isn't a baseball score. 22-0. that makes five straight wins for them. what a winning streak. >>> finally, let me finish with a need to accept the obama people had nothing to do with the irs screw-up. so enough already. look what mommy is having. momm

darrell issa.can house oversight chairman has repeatedly attempted to link the white house to the irs targeting controversy. but his conspiracy theories are nothing more than that have been debunked by an ag report, and two transcripts from his own interviews and three, an internal report by the new irs chief. with seemingly no evidence on his side, issa went on cnn yesterday in what first looked like an effort of damage control. here he is in full backtrack mode talking to cnn's dana bash. >> i've never said it came out of the office of the president or his campaign. what i've said is it comes out of washington. >> and now more from the blunderbuss bs he's so good at. saying what he's trying to say here doesn't have to require any evidence. here he is with more in that same interview, pushing the old story. >> for years, the president bashed the tea party groups. he was very public against these groups. and on his behalf, perhaps not on his request, on his behalf, the irs executed a delaying tacti

. >>> plus over 24 hours after being exposed, congressman darrell issa has yet to come clean with his irs witch hunt. >>> so many people are asking me about this. i'll tell you what's really going on with president obama's approval rating. >>> and remember, friend or foe, i want to know. i keep those questions coming. reply al is ahead. stay with us. migraines mean powerful pain, and when you have a migraine bayer migraine formula, means powerful relief. its triple action formula targets migraines for relief of the tough pain, and symptoms that come with it. try targeted relief with the power of bayer. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card is the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever. go to citi.com/simplicity to apply. a friend under water is something completely different. i m

that was of course, house oversight committee chairman darrell issa vowing to release transcripts thatccording to him would prove that washington and by inference the white house had coordinated the irs targeting of conservative groups. issa said he wants to expose, quote, the full truth, but his actions prove otherwise. case in point how he spun the excerpts he has released. on cnn as we just saw, he said that the transcripts proved that the irs officials in cincinnati were, quote, directly being ordered from washington. it was that ambiguity that opened up the idea that somehow officials outside the irs like at the white house were ordering the targeting. the actual transcript of that irs agent issa is talking about says, quote, i was taking all my direction from eo technical. that's eo technical, a unit inside the irs in washington. very clearly saying he got his leadership from the officials he works with at the irs in washington, not from anybody outside. although issa would love to say the phrase "washington" over and over again so the people think maybe he means somebody from th

. >> i don't like darrell issa.l: will we don't like you for saying that. >> i have a problem with your statement. you are presuming that the republicans are upset about the. and everything you need to know, you can see on twitter today. where mccain and others all gave their perfunctory points of view. >> they know that everyone in the obama or bad, she is the most inclined towards intervention with him than anybody in the entire place. neil: i'm glad you confirmed that. >> well, you know, look. elections have consequences. but i think it is more than that. it is about responsibility. nobody in this white house ever seems to be responsible. now they are offering that susan rice probably had incorrect talking points. but the buck stops at the top. someone in this administration needs to be held accountable. neil: i look at the administration and say whether she lied or not, she was a source of a great deal of angst in the washington community. >> i am just saying, do you want to stir the pot again enact you that was

yesterday karney responded to issa this way. >> darrell issa over the weekend called you a paid liar for the administration. >> i hadn't heard that. that's amazing. i'm not going to get into a back-and-forth with chairman is issa. >> yesterday we showed you former white house aides like david plouffe, were directly engaging. more first reading, more on the court-martial of bradley manning. that's coming up next. after the break, we'll talk to the congress chairman of the house judiciary committee, talking about a lot of things, including his investigation into eric holder, the testimony that he gave before congress. >>> and still to come there's the christie challenge. who will he choose to fill the seat of frank lautenberg? more importantly when will he decide the election should take make? we'll talk to steve kornacki. >>> later a look ahead at today's politics planner. it's a busy today. important meeting, we'll show you some live pictures in a minute of the beginning of the armed services committee hearing on military sexual assaults. busy day. there's voting going on in new jerse

>> everyone has to balance the problems that are trumped up political problems that darrell issa tries to attach and problems like the james rosen affair. it's a real mess. >> that is self-created. not like you can plame it on republicans. >> i said it a number of times and i will say it again. it would behoove them to explain the rationals behind the investigations. how about scheduling a session with the media and call the chiefs and making it off the record. you know. >> there is nothing trumped up here. the administration stepped on this from day one. the politics of this is flaring and surprising to me that they have not been able to manage it. i think holder is an achilles heel for the approximate the in a big way. he is trying to find a soft landing from this. until they do, holder is in the mix. >> you are to the point where it's hard to get rid of him. it's hard to get rid of him. >> maybe these guys want eric holder. they said he should leave. if you are watching this in the white house and you see michael steel or darrell issa say it's time for him to go -- >> i said what di

that is a piece of material that darrell issa, and look, anyone who is looking to make political hayng to make it from this. it may be tough to find the light. i think you're going to quickly find the heat. >> and it's tough to trust anything that darrell issa is a part of. although this might be a legitimate case, and we'll get to the bottom of it, when darrell issa is involved, and he is the face of something i don't trust any of it. >> that was the inspector general letter, but you're right, darrell issa is a jihadist a little bit on these points. there will be more. we'll hear more and it sounds as if the panel agrees we're going to need to see more before we can decide whether or not--that's our view on this group. >> that's a good thing. >> nsa will be our topic in the next segment and glen greenwald is getting smeared. this is the kind of smear you're used to seeing, well, decades ago speaking of nixonian smear. we'll talk about glen greenwald and the nsa coming back. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep