doug luzader is live with more on that. good morning, doug. >> good morning. this is growing fast with the "washington post" saying despite their denials the specific targeting of conservative groups they say was known to high level officials here at washington even as it was underway. a combhat tive obama said the irs was playing politics targeting nonprofit groups the tea party patriots or self identified educational groups promoting the constitution. >> it is contrary to our traditions and people have to be held accountable and it's got to be fixed. >> the irs admitted to the effort but attempted to blame it on low level employees in the agency the lawyers for tea party groups for evidence say they were targeted by officials since washington supporting the decisions of many tea party leaders. >> a couple of low level employees out of cincinnati, ohio who have this much influence. literally it was coast to coast. >> the agency is already in plenty of hot water for initially denying to congress that con sefb ti-- conservative ever faced this scrutiny. >> the

doug luzader is live in washington with more on this. >> nas nating doug. what can you tell us?nd term supposed to be dominated by domestic issues a immersed by foreign policy. the benghazi investigation is going to heat up again next week as congress dives in next week. after a press confer ren yesterday the president quickly was con vontfronted by this sub. evidences not aware members of congress has been trying for months to gain access to state department employees who may know more about security failures in the attack that killed four americans. fleem at the state department one at the cia are considering coming forward as potential whistleblowers. >> i am not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying. i will find out what exactly you are referring to. >> they pressed for information about events leading up to the attack as well as u.s. response. >> i think what we are going to find out next week is this effort to delay and hide has been going on since shortly after benghazi. this is not a new phenomenon. >> there are other considerations here

doug luzader has the latest for us from washington. doug, good morning. >> heather, good morning.ing has raised some eyebrows. they are facing reports that federal wiles blowers are stepping forward about the benghazi attack the fbi says they are looking for three people that may be connected to the attacks. since this all happened in september of last year there have been few if any public leads. now the fbi has released pictures of three individuals they think are connected to the attack a move that has not exactly won over white house critics in congress. >> what's going on here? benghazi is 8 months old nobody has been arrested. the survivors have never been allowed to talk to by the congress. this administration is investigating itself. i am urging the president challenging this administration allow the survivors to come forward without the fear of being fired. >> the fbi says the timing here is coincidental coming as fox news reported whistleblowers and the state department and cia are preparing to talk about the events leading up to the attack as well as the u.s. response.

doug luzader is live with more. >> good morning. deal of anticipation from this hearing that begins tomorrow. the obama administration says it is all politically motivated but it has uneasy questions for the white house. three state department employee whistleblowers are going to tell the house over site committee what they know about the deadly attack on the consulate in benghazi last year. one of them gregory hicks the number two off facial will say this was not a terrorist attack. >> these brave vined you'lls particularly gregory hicks coming forward putting his career on the line saying i told them i tried to tell them consistently he talks in the testimony about calling the state department and saying what susan rice says couldn't have been true. >> that's a reference to then ambassador susan rice. that's questions about military sponsor lack there of and the same whistleblower already told congressional investigators that u.s. response teams were told to effectively stand down. the state department meantime says this hearing i

doug luzader is live with more. this escalates it to a whole new level. >> this is being reported by nbc news. it is a big deal because we didn't know how high up within the justice department this really went. apparently is went all of the way to the top. if this is true it would put attorney general eric holder of having to investigate himself to see if the justice department went too far to find a source in the leak of the state department. we know investigators targeted fox's chief washington correspondent james rose enin an extraordinary way forcing google to turn over access to the personal e-mail account and going after noinz records. court documents show it was expanded well beyond mr. rose sen's cell phone. a portion of the numbers have been redacted but some include a number of fox news extensions as well as rosen's parent home number. they responded to the growing outrage. >> journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. our focus must be on those who break the law. that's why i have calle

doug luzader is live in washington with all of the details for us. od morning, doug. >> good morning. the acting commissioner of the irs steven miller is being fired in slow-motion but one of his last tasks will be taking major heat from capitol hill. yesterday president obama spoke about the irs situation where he found a cover with a marine with an umbrella. the political fallout is going to continue to rain down as the president offered a very carefully worded explanation when asked when the white house learned about the scandal. >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through press -- through the press. >> stooe enmill -- steven millee acting head of the irs will be on capitol hill as the agency's targeting of conservative groups. on wednesday the president announced the administration demanded miller's resignation. now, though, we have learned he will remain on the job until at least next week. fox is also confirmed a report that sara paul ingram, the woman who headed the

doug luzader is live for us in washington with more on this other huge story today. ning, doug. >> heather, good morning. this promises to be politically explosive as we know a little bit more about what a couple of the whistleblowers are expected to tell congress today as a house committee begins another probe into what really happened in benghazi at the u.s. consulate there last year. a lot of the focus is on the time line of the attacks and what specifically could have been done to prevent the deaths of four americans. gregory hicks is the number 2 u.s. official in libya at the time will tell the house over site committee today quote one reason i am here is because i pledged to the foreign service that none of us should ever again experience what we went through in tripoli and benghazi on 9-11-2012. hicks and other employees may provide republicans with fresh ammunition about the obama administration's response to the attacks and the talking points that blamed the violence on protestors not terrorists. hicks for one has already told investigators he was stunned whe

there are multiple investigations underway in congress. >> doug luzader live in washington, thank you. >>> 20 minutes past the hour and here's a look at what you missed while you were sleeping. overnight a convicted cop killer executed in texas. he was sentenced for killing a police officer 14 years ago. officer was trying to handcuff him after he was stealing a lexus vehicle and that's when he shot the police officer. the former republican governor of south carolina won a special leblgs helderlier this month. many thought his political career was over back in 2009 after he admitted to having the extra marital affair. it is 20 minutes past the hour. we no longer have to image if he did it. listen. >> i followed what i thought the law. >> for theer o.j. simpson taking the stand in his own defense. you may feel safe in your suv, but a new warning about what you need to know before you get behind the wheel and haead to work. we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to start. at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by pe

doug luzader thank you so much in washington for us this morning.the hour. still ahead, of course it's where you go for help when you need it. what do you do if the hospital is no longer standing? we will go live outside moore medical center which has been reduced to a pile of rubble. plus life or death convicted killer jodi arias speaking out in court. did she do enough to convince the jury to spare her life? arthur aidala is here to talk about that coming up next. but first let's talk with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> we are excited on "fox & friends" because we are going to answer the big question what did heather and ainsley do when we do our show. we are going behind the scenes for them. we are talking about coverage of the oklahoma tornado. find out if we are in the recovery phase or is there hope to save people still. we are talking to people the moments after the twister destroyed their home and the ensuing area. keith ablow, dave ramsey will be here. peter johnson will be here we will see fox targeted by the

doug luzader is live for us from washington with more on this story. orning, doug. >> good morning. a number of whistle blowers will step forward to talk about the benghazi attack. we know more about what he had to say. that appears to be a terrorist assault. that according to one of the heist ranking in libya at the time gregory hicks. he told investigators this. you haves i think everybody knew what it was from the beginning. that was directly contradicts reports from the white house at the time. it was the result of protests over an anti islamic video. >>> how can other statements be true and it changed to something nobody knows to be true today. >> the talking point that led u.n. ambassador susan rice to continue to make the case that protests not terrorists were responsible. >> they weren't accurate. i wi don't know what the process was. they were false, they were wrong. there were no protests outside of the benghazi compound there. this was a deliberate brat and strategic attack on the consulate there. >> and many questions this week during wednes

>> doug luzader reporting live for us. thank you. >> it is time for your 5@5:30. stories making news at this hour. we are learning a well respected pennsylvania doctor who collapsed in her home had toxic levels of cyanide in her blood. she was rushed to presbyterian hospital where she works. but she could not be saved. homicide detectives are now investigating how she was poisoned and they reportedly say they don't believe she killed herself. police are now searching her home and they have issued subpoenas to track the movement of cyanide in and out of the lab where her husband works. >> details emerging of a plane crash that happened on the hudson river. a small two engine plane no nose-dived into the water and exploded and sank. it was around 4:30 last night. divers could not search for the plane or survivors because of jet fuel in the water. witnesses say it was a scary sight. >> and it's tip went into the water and it flipped on its back and flew up. then i saw debris flying in the air. >> the plane has still not found. no word on how it crashed or who was on

doug luzader is live in washington with the latest. >>> perhaps the biggest challenge in the white houses -- matters of trust in the government. dan pheiffer was sent out to all five sunday morning political talk shows to essentially try to do some damage control. you look at the trio of scandals they are facing the benghazi terrorist attack the irs targeting of conservative groups and justice department targeting of associated press journalists and phone records. politics are in play. >> this is a republican play book trying to drag into a swath of fishing expeditions trumped up hearings false examinations. >> we struck a wored wicord wit bureau chief. >> you heard pheiffer used as distense of the irs all of the republicans are doing fishing expeditions. how can they talk about a fishing expedition when that's what they are doing against the ap. >> the white house may not be able to simply tweet past these matters. there are two congressional hearings two weeks alone just on theic irs. president obama had another commencement speech at moorehouse college. absent were his recent themes f

doug luzader is live with more. >> this is going to keep the irs and white house playing defense forths if not years. this is a massive lawsuit claiming unfair treatment. the allegations go further than the behavior that the irs already admitted to. the american center for law and justice said 25 tea party and conservative groups were singled out by the irs for extra scrutiny. some are waiting to be approved for tax exempt status. this goes beyond the official narrative brought out by the administration that the it was low level irs employees from the cincinnati office who took it upon themselves to go after these groups. >> i will tell you from my experience as being a junior lawyer, a trial lawyer these are not rouge letters. they are selling washington they were getting supervisor ry approval. it was the largest office for taxation. >> the group has a number of documents to back up their claims some signed in fact by lois lerner. she is placed on administrative leave. she is still drawing a federal paycheck. the commissioner will do a top to bottom review. >>> a big development in

doug luzader live for us from washington with the details. good morning, doug. >> this much anticipated hearing is now over but the political fall out from this could continue tore years. what really happened before during and after the benghazi attack left four dead. we have learned from three high ranking state department officials one of whom gregory hicks in the middle was the number two in libya at the time. during the attack he had a quick phone conversation with u.s. ambassador chris stevens before the line went dead. hours later his phone would ring again. >> about 3:00 a.m. i received a call from prime minister of libya. i think it was the saddest phone call i have ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. >> hicks said he tried in vain to sum monday military help and there was no question on the ground this was a terrorist attack, not a protest over an anti islamist video as susan rice maintained as she repeated white house talking points on one sunday news show after another. >> what was your reaction

. >> doug luzader thank you so much. >>> the white house defense eric holder brings us to our look whohis morning we are hearing from former bush advisor and karl roaf who says jay carney is flat outlying in his words when it comes to defending holder. >> holder lied to a judge he had no intention of ever treating rose enas a criminal. he said that to get the subpoena that was the test he needed to pass in order to get the subpoena. he asked flat out to see the conflict between what holder said in response to congressman hank johnson of georgia on the 15th and the fact that he turns out to assign to him. i don't see the conflict he says. really? what planet are you on? this was not only nixonian but it is clintonian. what the definition of a lie is. >> holder june the 5th will explain his involvement. >>> several schools are tracking kids with iris scans and they forgot to tell the parents. >> and their hours are being cut back in order to safe money. we have heard a lot about this. why are government workers collecting unemployment. so much for the sec ster. we wi-- sequester. ♪ [ eng

>> doug luzader live in washington, thanks. >>> now for your "5 at 5:30," the top five stories makingour. it's the benghazi terror ad that you didn't see during the presidential campaign. >> 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep, but there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing. something's happening in the world. [ ringing ] [ shots ] >> the rnc create this ad, referencing hillary clinton's 3:00 a.m. ad from 2008 and now criticizing the obama administration for how it responded to the phone call from the benghazi attack. but we're being told that mitt romney rejected this ad to focus on the economy. it ends by saying americans deserve answers. >>> well, we've confirmed that tamerlan tsarnaev was secretly buried in an undisclosed location outside worcester, massachusetts. police confirming the bomber's body is no longer in the city and has been entombed. the question of what to do with tamerlan's remains had sparked outrage around the boston area. >>> we've been telling you about former terrorist teacher. turns out she is not the only former terrorist turned teacher.