she did not have to wait for the fec, she did it herself. it illegally, she did it unconstitution unconstitutionally, she violated her own statutes. remember, they went stone silent on approvals by 2012, completely stopped. >> i've got to zip through the last one, june 2012 there's an e-mail. >> my favorite. >> this is great. lois lerner said they've changed the procession, blah, blah, blah. the fact of the matter the process went on for two more years. the second fact of the matter is from dave camp's ways and means committee, may 21 gs, 2013, that's a few months ago, 56 conservative groups have outstanding applications not done. they don't know if they've changed anything. >> let me tell you this, in addition to applications being outstanding, we were still getting letters in may of 2013 requesting information, follow-up information, more intrusive information from our clients. as many as a few months ago the irs was still engaging in the conduct that got them in trouble. she said this will be a quote, unquote, we'll get dinged on this, as

want to mention one other thing -- >> the federal election commission is the fec. >> of course, sorryng that happened this week, too, that was interesting, we also learned that in addition to the targeting that happened on the front end, that after a lot of these groups were approved by the irs, a lot of conservative groups were then flagged for follow-on surveillance, to make sure they were actually being watched by an examinations unit in dallas that was making sure that they were comporting with the tax exempt status they sought. so there was a second layer to this. >> this is all fast senating stuff -- fascinating stuff. and lois leadershipper declined to testify in congress. he is welcome on this program at any time but is not speaking about this. >>> when we come back, is big labor in trouble? wisconsin sees a sharp drop in union membership following governor scott walker's reforms and the afl-cio votes on a controversial new plan to boost its sagging membership. we'll have both stories next. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced me

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lois lerner said perhaps the fec will save the day.ve the idea she was on one side and look h at tea party groups and making sure their actions were not known all around inside the irs. >> do you know what slays me ? when i see her e-mails and she see es targeting or saying horrible things about the tea party being dangerous, americans who object to big government. think, you know, you don't waung through the office and not say that to your colleagues. where is her supervisor? this couldn't just be lois lerner hiding things in e-mails. it doesn't work like that in an office environment. >> first of all, this time in the last few weeks we haven't been hearing a lot about the irs scandal. there is a lot of other news. investigators have been interviewing people at the irs. so we may learn more from them. of course the problem with lois lerner is she's taken the 5th. >> she should. if i were her lawyer i would have told her to take the 5th, too. >> first bit of advice. it means we can't find out what's going on. >> if the president would

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the fec anything unusual we will definitely reported. responded to a car fire in the nature preserve. papeete crews are found was engulfed in flames. describing them as burnt beyond recognition. the medical examiner determined that both women were strangled and ruled the death homicide. residents say this will not deter them from enjoying the nature preserve. missy drag racing down here. we've seen people end up in the forest reserve. often time driving under the influence. overall reconsider this is safe area. i find it very surprising. police also brought the charred remains to the office. it has been moved to a police lab for further examination. phfft >> the baby girl survived being struck of lightning. the nine month old. there is word that she is recovering and her condition and it upgraded from critical to stable. the 33 roles last seen driving a white 20087. record him traveling northbound. family members say he was on his way home money might have stopped at a gas station to buy cigarettes. police tracked in cellphone to the are

. >> the federal election commission is the fec. >> of course, yes. >> the one other thing that happened this week too that was interesting was that we also learned that in addition to the targeting that happened on the front end that after a lot of these groups were approved by the irs, a lot of conservative groups were then flagged for follow-on sort of surveillance to make sure that they were, you know, they were actually being watched by an examinations unit in dallas that was making sure that they were comporting with the tax exempt status that they had sought. so there was actually a second layer to this. >> all right. this is all fascinating stuff and we should point out that lois lerner declined to testify in front of congress. but she's not speaking about this at this time. >>> when we come back, is big labor in trouble? wisconsin sees a sharp drop in union membership following governor scott walker's reforms and the aflcio votes on a controversial new plan to boost its sagging membership. we'll have both stories next. [ male announcer ] this is pam. her busy saturday begins wit

the ftpc policy is 14 days to respond, the fec's policy is 30 days, and so we would ask that at the very least it would remain that the pcc policy of 14 days or possibly longer. we understand that this is a process where you are trying to get through the violation quickly but we would praesht the longer time there well. >> and also to take into account that sometimes it is not a black and white issue, it is not easily seen that someone gave 500 dollars at one point and 100 later on and maybe the campaign stretched over a year and a half and did not realize that they had written up that check and so giving the donor and the campaign a chance to rectify would be appreciated as well. we also have a due process question in regards to the picture to the city and i understand completely that in situations where a candidate or a committee was not supposed to take a contribution they should not benefit from that, but instead of the money going to the city it should go back to the distributor. we would ask that possible have a city attorney on that and giving that it could have implications for a

the cost of cbs could be when the fec and congress start stepping in.. it could just destroy the cable industry. thank you so much for being with us today. nice job, gentlemen. >> thank you. cheryl: it is the fox business all-star showdown. we are at the halfway point. at this halfway point, let check in on how robert and scott are doing. first off, they loved etf's this round. robert just pick the one stock on august 16. scott chose the 20 year treasury short. both lower since they picked them. scott has put up -- not big winners. one of these men will move on to the championship round. at this point, it is anybody's guess what will happen. scott martin is only down 1%. still two weeks to go here for these guys. keep watching to see who wins the fox business all-star showdown. let's talk about leadership of microsoft. will there be a new ceo? we have an analyst coming up. dennis: should government help defaulters by new homes? first, take a look at some of the s&p winners and losers. ♪ [ male announcer ] thesdays, a small business can save by sharing.

that discussion and how we have this engagement at the state commissioners, state legislators and the fec all working together to ensure there's a level competitive playing field so we all have options as consumers whether we are residential consumers or business consumers and we all know the competition is one of the best way to protect consumers offering innovation and also their need to be basic consumer protections in place that susan talked about and marti talked about that absolutely in short people get a guaranteed service they have always had that they rely on and don't have to understand the legal distinctions when using the internet versus when they are using their wireless phone versus a wired phone. >> what i would add quickly is part of what we tried to do with the media action grassroots network is bring that grassroots voice to a lot of these places, not just the fcc but the state level. a lot of member organizations were involved in california and the unsuccessful campaign, the deregulation bill. we need to be able to organize those stories, not be able to provide technica

i think it's -- this is an at stemt by the fec to get ahead of the curve.o be really careful we don't make what's already a pretty shaky campaign finance regulation thanks to the supreme court even more shaky. >> that's a great point. david, how do you respond to that? you think it's a good thing, right? >> i think governor dean brings up a good point. there's a real place for this. especially the real problems are the soft money loopholes. if you wanted to distort politics, that's how you'd turn. i think bit coin is just impractical for large-scale manipulations. the only real practical effect is to allow small individual contributors who frankly feel disenfranchised by the current system. i think there's a place for politics as well. this is a good thing to get more people to contribute on small donations. i completely agree this has to be done in a way that anticipates the problems and resolves around them. >> you think the election commission is doing this because they see this as a real possibility, that this is going to happen in time? >> i don't know

her e-mails to the fec and internal memos to the irs saying this is a very dangerous matter, hoping it used to challenge the citizens united decision, the oversight committee has said, chairman darrell issa said her retirement does not change the strategy for investigating this or to call her back for testimony. >> good, good, she should be put on the hot seat again. it's not a criminal charge but a civil charge and she ought to go to court. ought to have to go to court and pay some gigantic fine. elana johnson, appreciate it. >>> heard some strong words today about fed easy money, this from the head of the new york fed. two card carrying conservatives are about to debate here whether that's good or bad. easy money, that's next up. [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ into the future. over 20 million drivers are insured with geico. so get a free rate

>> and she was inappropriately sharing data, let me remind people, with the fec which violates sectionissioner of the irs that this was not about partisan politics. the only way you could save the day in that article is by helping democrats. >> it's unbelievable. >> the only way the tea party is dangerous is because of citizens united. >> and they're e-mailing back and forth an article pr? >> yes. >> this is from your worst right wing fever dreams. it's all real. >> and lois lerner, you know what she did, instead of the fec saving the say, she saved the day for democrats and shut down the tea party. >> it's an amazing story and we're going to do all we can to keep it from sinking beneath the waves because this is abuse of government if there ever was one. >> thanks, tucker. >> unreal. next on the rundown, a michigan battle, the legal right to bear arms. should he have that right taken away from him when he enters his daughter's school grounds? >> think your smart kid is an angel? think again. a new study says the smarter your child is, the more likely he is to drink and smoke. details,

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that's a fec check of fox 5 on e traffic. >>> the navy yard is back open for the first time since monday'shooting. >>> in thes meantime we are learning more of the gun that te was used and the chilling ch message left behind. good morning. all clear : it's here on m street in front of the main gegate at the washington ny yard. however, employees as we have seen are being told for the most part to go down several blocks l down m street to the gate at 9th and o in order for them tofor receive access into the facility this morning. building 197 will remain closedn for quite some time. some the gym is going to be closed as that is going to be used as a staging area for the fbi. as far as the gun, law enforcement sources is tellingte the associated press that thethe shotgun was brought into the building in pieces on monday morning and then aaron alexis reassembled that shot goneshot before he used it. and we're also learning that the there was some cryptic messagese scrawled on the gun. haven't seen pictures of it yet, though, but one said better off this way, and the other said what appeared t