darrell issa and elijah cummings have a good piece of legislation. i want there to be a consequence for the administration if they do not come in a timely way, for phil request and i want to limit the number of exceptions. i think you'll see us past that legislation and make that government -- and make the government more transparent. matt: you're have been a stern critic of the freedom of information act. last week you said to the justice department that people are living in a lie a lot man -- a lie allow land hack -- what score would you live congress' transparency. rep. chaffetz: age of the agencies were rated and the ones that were there, they all got the highest possible score yet we heard two panelists -- two panels saying, it is not working for anybody. for them to give that kind of score, it is obviously not working. the legislative and judicial branches live under a different set of rules. we have in place is the freedom of information act that does require the executive branch and the execution of those laws to be open and transparent. that

brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> maryland congressman elijah cummingsblack caucus and joins me now. congressman cummings, thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> the black caucus is meeting in baltimore. i want to ask you about the maryland state song. we were talking about flags but here is a song written in 1861 and the lyrics include describing abraham lincoln as the desspitpot's heel is on thy shore. i mean we hear this at the preakness. what about changing the words of this state anthem? >> andrea i am sure that's something that legislature may want to look at. but i think the flag was a much different kind offic than. you've got a flag literally hanging in fronts of the state house where laws are being made and where you are legislating for a diverse population. and that symbol, just sitting there, i've every time somebody passes it, every time somebody enters that building and enters the grounds, they've got to see something that symbolizes a time that was so painful, to so many of us. keep in mind andrea it's painful to me. my mo

elijah cummings has been in the forefront in the effort to confront his state and beyond.n, thanks for joining us. let me get your quick reaction to this buzz that's been generated by the president's use publicly of the "n" word. your thoughts. >> i'm not upset about it at all. i've done it myself when being instructive, as the president was doing it here. i see absolutely nothing wrong with it. i stay away from that word as much as i can, but i have used in the speeches to be instructive. and i think that's all he was trying to do. and i don't want to get distracted with that wolf particularly when there's so many other things going on and the president trying to do the things he's trying to do but, again, i'm not it at all upset about it. not surprised. >> all right, let's talk about what happened in charleston. it's really comforting. this guy, this killer wanted to start a race war and it looks like the opposite has occurred on the streets of charleston and beyond. people coming together. is that your conclusion as well. >> no doubt about it. let me express my sympathy

last month, senator elizabeth warren and congressman elijah cummings ascend a letter asking about aninquiry into the fed and other regulators implementation of the investment act. cr concern being that the as it isa and limited now is not giving communities, like in baltimore, other places, enough access to basic banking services. do you think the fed is doing everything it can in its cra implementation to give access of these communities to these kinds of services? do you think it can be doing more? chair yellen: we take cra very seriously and evaluate for those banks that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and are very conscientious in attempting to evaluate cra performance. it is something that we certainly take into account in assessing applications that we receive from mergers, and we have very active programs to try to bring together community groups with banking organizations to try to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address them. but we are looking at cra >> thank you very much. yellen just wrapped up her news conference

. >>> a fire today at the home of maryland congressman elijah cummings in baltimore. cummings wasn't there at the time. he was on capitol hill when the fire started. cummings fels the "baltimore sun" the fire may have begun on a third floor apartment he rents to a tenant. no one was injured. >>> workers from the national park service says a text message taken out of context led to wrong information being released about what really happened on sunday when the washington monument's elevator stopped working. they say now 63 visitors were up on the observation deck at the time of that outage. park staff walked 62 people down the stairs one person had to be carried down the 500-foot monument using an evacuation stair chair. the initial report only said that one person was stuck up on the observation deck. crews are still working to figure out what caused that elevator malfunction. they hope to have it fixed by thursday. >>> on saturday, president obama will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former delaware attorney general and son of vice president beau biden. beau bide

again, a fire breaking out at congressman elijah cummings home.ig stories hearings today, both in the house. one on last month's amtrak crash in philadelphia and the other in an hour where executives will talk about the massive recall last month that declared 34 millionaire bags are defective. this morning lawmakers push support for vehicle safety improvement act. they were joined by a victim that described her personal experience. >> i was going less than 25 miles per hour upon impact but the air bag shot out of my car forcefully and sent metal fragments into my chest. i have had two surgeries to remove the fragments left with permanent scarring along with anxiety. i also experience lingering pain in my chest. >> meanwhile, lawmakers are demanding answers as to why amtrak has not moved faster to install technology to slow trains going too fast. in 2008 congress set a deadline to install the system. >> i believe the greatest contribution that my generation of railroaders can make to this industry is implement ptc as rapidly as possible. i promise

. >> the as for the investigation, congressman elijah cummings charges this inquiry has devolved into a republican-led political spectacle. >> this investigation has squandered tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in a failed scavenger hunt for any possible evidence to support republican accusations against lois lerner the irs and the white house. >> revealing few details on his findings the treasury inspector general says he's going to offer his preliminary report next week though he says he may have to issue a supplemental report on his investigation depending on what additional facts emerge. bret? >> rich edson live on capitol hill thank you. >>> continued worries about greece its economy, the shaky negotiations over another possible bailout sent stocks into negative tearrritory today. the dow is down 76 s&p 500 lost 6. >>> fox 10 in phoenix with iraqi officials confirming the pilot of an f-16 that went down in southern arizona overnight was an iraqi who had been training in the u.s. neither iraq north the arizona air national guard have announce whad happened to that pilot. wral i

. >>> maryland congressman elijah cummings says he was in a committee hearing here in washington when he found out his house in baltimore was on fire. we're going to show you cell phone video of firefighters outside of the brick row house just before 11:00 this morning. the blaze apparently began on the third floor. no word yet on what ignited the fire. cummings also says he's thankful no one was home at the time and there were no injuries. >>> kailtcaitlin jenner continues to set records on social media. wheaties weighs in on whether she'll land on a cereal box. >>> thousands of bikes stolen every year. the i-team spoke to one theft there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 8th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a two-year agreement. go to getfios.com

. >>> maryland congressman elijah cummings was in a transportation hearing on the hill today when he learn thad his house caught fire. this is cell phone video from outside the home in west baltimore in morning. that fire broke out around 10:45. cummings says the fire started on the third floor. fire verlgts are trying to fission out what happened. it took firefighters about 15 minutes to put out. no one was home at the time. >>> another major loss for a family in gaithersburg. just six months after their home burned down, the townhouse they were moving into today catches fire. firefighters found heavy smoke and flames here at the home just off watkins mill road. the flames spread to two other homes. no word on what caused the fire but it did nearly $1 million in damage. >>> and breaking news. about a stabbing inside a maryland school we have just learned that a 14-year-old student has been charged for stabbing a 16-year-old, another student took this cell phone video from inside frederick douglasa high school in upper marlborough today. tracee wilkins has reaction from students pare

you had the panel's top democrat elijah cummings also expressing a great deal of concern, asking what foreign governments could do with the very personal information of millions of current and former federal government employees. another democrat with a background in technology drew this conclusion. >> having been a member of this oversight committee and as a computer science major, it's clear to me there is a high level technological incompetence across many of our federal agencies. >> reporter: part of the anger is the inspector general, the internal watchdog told the government agency to shut down the system after it had been hacked and those warnings were not followed at all, shep. >> mike thanks. and that's not the only issue our lawmakers are tackling on capitol hill today. they're also looking into the report that the transportation security administration missed dozens of airport workers on the terror watch list. but tsa officials are now saying don't worry about it! what's going on at the tsa this time? that's coming up. across america, people are taking charge of their type

last month senator elizabeth warren and congressman elijah cummings sent a letter to the jao about implementation of the community reinvestment act, of concern being that the cra as it's implemented now is not giving communities like in baltimore, other places enough access to basic banking services. do you think that the fed is doing everything it can in cra implementation to give access to those communities, to these kinds of services? do you think it needs to be doing more? >> so we take cra very seriously and evaluate for those banks that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and are very conscientious in attempting to evaluate cra performance. it's something that we certainly take into account in assessing applications that we receive for mergers and we have very active programs to try to bring together community groups with banking organizations to try to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address them, but we are looking at cra and continue to look to see whether there are ways in which implementation could be improved. >> thank you very mu

officials are working today to determine the cause of tuesday's fire at the home of congressman elijah cummings home but the row home sustained structural damage. cummings released a statement thanking people for their concern. a vote in l.a. could push the city's minimum wage up to $15 by 2020. the measure has the support of the mayor and a preliminary vote two weeks ago approved the measure by one vote. clint eastwood is set to direct a bio big of captain sully sullenberger. the pilot who saved hundreds of lives when he splash landed his plane on the hudson river back in 2009. filming will begin this fall. authors a few things we thought you should know. we'll be right back. at 62,000 brush movements per minute philips sonicare leaves your mouth with a level of clean like you've never felt before. innovation and you. philips sonicare. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. s

congressman elijah cummings spoke with us earlier.ant to talk to you about the federal flag in south carolina. it looks like it's just a matter of time before it comes down. what will that do in terms of improving race relations? >> i think it's a major thing that has to happen, and it will happen. i agree. and i applaud the folks in south carolina for doing that. i also applaud the governor of alabama for doing what he's doing in taking down the flag. but that's simply not enough. that is simply a symbol of bigotry, a symbol of racial hatred, symbol of inequality for me and for so many others. now we must begin to address racial disparities and inequalities themselves, and i think that's the most important thing. again, it's good to take the flag down, but now we have to move beyond that. >> dickerson: i want to pick up on that. president obama, when he spoke at reverend pinkney's funeral said something. i want to play it and get your reaction to it. >> it would be a betrayal of everything reverend pinkney stood for, i believe, if we

you see there house speaker john boehner, congressman john lewis is there, so is congressman elijah cummingsl service, and i think we can show it here. i think we can show a snippet of the program here. inside the program, so much has been made of the fact that reverend pinckney of course a lawmaker, a pastor he was also a husband and a father of two young girls, one of which was inside the church last wednesday as the shots rang out. we had not heard from his wife jennifer but she has a letter that she's written inside the program. i'm just going to read a snippet of it. this is from reverend pinckney's wife. "i feel robbed, cheated, and cut short. i feel badly that our girls will never have their father to watch them grow but i am thankful for one consolation, that your life was not in vain. you taulgtght us through your example that we must trust in god through all things. today, tomorrow demand the days to come we will believe god will make a way for us. we believe god used you to be a beacon of hope to transform the family, the church, the state, and our world. we believe that your life

last month's senator elizabeth warren and congressman elijah cummings sent a letter to the jl askinginto that and other regulator implementation of the community reinvestment act. the concern being cia has implemented is not giving blighted communities like baltimore and other places enough access to basic banking services. do you think the fed is doing everything it can to give access to those communities? 's do think it needs to be doing more? >> we take cra very seriously and evaluate for those things that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and a very conscientious in attempting to evaluate performance is something we take into account in assessing applications that we received from mergers and have very active programs to try to bring together community groups with banking organizations such as to try to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address the. but we are looking at cra and continue to look to see whether there are ways in which implementation can be improved. >> thank you very much. >> up next, next, treasury secretary

last month senator elizabeth were and congressman elijah cummings sent a letter to the doh -- askingthat an inquiry into the fed and other regulators of implementation of the community reinvestment act. and something that c.a.r. eight as it is implemented now is not giving blighted communities like in baltimore, other places enough access to basic banking services. dodo you think that the fed is doing everything it can in its invitation to get access to those communities to to these kind of services? do you think it needs to be doing more? >> so we take it very seriously and evaluate for those banks that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and are very conscientious in attempting to evaluate performance but it's something that we certainly take into account in assessing applications that we receive for mergers and we have very active programs to try to bring together community groups with banking organizations to try to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address them. but we are looking at it and continued to look to see whether the

last month, senator elizabeth warren and congressman elijah cummings sent a letter asking about an inquiry into the fed and other regulators implementation of the community reinvestment act. the concern being that the cra as it's implemented now is not giving communities -- blighted communities like in baltimore and other areas, adkwes access to banking services. do you think the fed is doing everything it can to give access to those communities, to these kinds of services? do you think it needs to be doing more? >> we take cra very serious lyly and evaluate for those banks that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and are very conscientious in attempting to evaluate cra performance. it's something we certainly take into account in assessing applications we use for mergers, and we have very active programs to try to bring together community groups with banking organizations to try to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address them. but we are looking at cra and continue to see whether implementation could be improved. >> thank you very muc

teammate captain of our team in the united states senate, along with our three members of the house, elijah cummings who did an incredible job to calm the community, john sarbane and josh rupertberger we have been strategizeing. we love baltimore. we love our city. i've lived my life in baltimore. i'm prout ofd of this city. what happened in baltimore, could have happened in other cities. we know that. but it happened in our city. we want to make sure that we take the right steps. so there are two areas that we are trying to deal with in regards to what happened in baltimore. one is to restore the confidence of the community that the police are on their side that the police in the community are working together. we have to end profiling in this country and in our community and anywhere in america. i've introduced legislation that helps people who have had problems. there's not a single person here and there's not a single person in the united states senate who hasn't had a second chance. so we got to recognize that our criminal justice system has not treated everyone fairly. we got to give people a

last month, senator elizabeth warren and congressman elijah cummings sent a letter to the gao asking about an inquiry into the fed and other regulators' implementation of the community reinvestment act. the concern being that as it's implemented now is not giving communities, communities like in baltimore and other places enough access to basic banking services. do you think the fed is doing everything it can to give access to those communities? to these kinds of services? do you think it needs to be doing more? >> so we take cra very seriously. and evaluate for those banks that we supervise. we have a set of guidelines and are very conscientious in attempting to evaluate cra performance. certainly something we take into account in assessing applications we receive for emergers. and we have very active programs to try to bring together community groups. with banking organizations to provide them with information about how they can assess community needs and best address them. we are looking at cra and continue to look to see whether there are ways in which implementation could be imp

representative elijah cummings of maryland once to question two contractors hired to perform backgrounds on john kaneb seeking positions that require security clearance. he is thing the issues of contract folder abilities underscored by the fact that the contractor was hacked last year. he says those hacks show they did not adequately monitor and audit the contractors. we need to reassess our overreliance on contractors for conducting core government functions like granting security clearance, according to the congressman. we will hear from john from illinois. democrats line. we are asking people about the supreme court cases they are most interested in. caller: i am interested in both the aca case and the gay marriage cases. i have a couple of comments. there was a gentleman who referred to how many legislatures have passed restrictions on gay marriage. he felt the voters had spoken and if the courts overruled these what a tragedy would be for the constitution among other things. this person just clearly doesn't understand the role of the courts. i think it is interesting and especiall

at elijah cummings, and was african-american, is ranking on the committee and has given quite a movingh about this. i don't think elijah was thinking about this as a way to go after the president simply because he is african-american. host: and if some of these changes are enacted, they would apply to all presidents. there is no grandfather clause for current ex-president, there? -- is there? guest: many times, bills are retroactive, but i think this would be a bill that would be grandfathering in everyone that now get these things. host: it would apply to everybody. guest: right. let me clarify, i think this bill does apply to all living president. host: right. mica, good morning. caller: i just want to make a comment. all of these guys, always presidents when they get out of office you said the get a 400,000 of her benefit. i am on social security disability. i make $1500 per month. my income above that is $2000. i have to wait to get medicare. every year, congress and the president, they always try to cut back on medicare and the benefits. i think you should consider a flat rate for

at elijah cummings, and was african-american, is ranking on the committee and has given quite a moving speech about this. i don't think elijah was thinking about this as a way to go after the president simply because he is african-american. host: and if some of these changes are enacted, they would apply to all presidents. there is no grandfather clause for current ex-president, there? -- is there? guest: many times, bills are retroactive, but i think this would be a bill that would be grandfathering in everyone that now get these things. host: it would apply to everybody. guest: right. let me clarify, i think this bill does apply to all living president. host: right. mica, good morning. caller: i just want to make a comment. all of these guys, always presidents when they get out of office you said the get a 400,000 of her benefit. i am on social security disability. i make $1500 per month. my income above that is $2000. i have to wait to get medicare. every year, congress and the president, they always try to cut back on medicare and the benefits. i think you should consider a flat ra

the ranking member elijah cummings and the chairman briefed reporters after the meeting was over.ts to release documents supplied to the committee by mr. blumenthal. that request was not made of me and there was no consultation regarding that request but it does not surprise me though benghazi select committee has a committee to investigate a. i am concerned and i will always be concerned that we have transparency and so if the chairman wants to release the documents and there is no smoking gun in the documents, he ought to release them only if he releases a transcript of the deposition that it is taking place today. he said when you week documents, folks have an opportunity to take what they do when they zero in on the documents. the documents are as we've seen in the past so many times taken out of context so you don't get the total picture and so i don't think that the subject of today's deposition and a matter of what will be talked about will concern the documents, it seems to me, that if we are to release them then we also ought to release mr. blumenthal's comments about the