at the end of the day irs funding reductions don't punish the irs. they punish the nearly 150 million individual taxpayers and 10 million business entity taxpayers who are trying their best to comply with the monster is the complex tax code we have imposed on them and not receiving the help they need from the government. as you start to make funding decisions for fiscal year 2015 i implore you to keep in mind 20 million phone calls the irs didn't answer last year, tens of millions of taxpayers who had to wait on hold for an average of 18 minutes also after calling several times and the irs's new policy of not answering any tax law questions. of we don't do a better job assisting taxpayers noncompliance will increase and taxpayers will be harmed. third, the irs is doing a better job detecting and stopping identity theft in other refund fraud returns i remain concerned victims of tax related identity theft are not being assisted as quickly and seamlessly as they could. i have recommended for many years that the irs provides victims with a single employ

these files exist at the irs. the committee is authorized to receive 6103 information, so no editing, sensoring or redacting should be necessary. yet the agency has continued to withhold these documents which impedes and prolongs this investigation. commissioner, can you tell the subcommittee how many lois lerner documents and how many e-mails still exist within the scope of this committee's request that we have not received? >> i do not know the number of that. as you noted, along the way, you received over 500,000 pages of irs information and my understanding is that we're working with the committee, continuing to work with the committee to get you the documents you need that you already have all the lois lernor e-mails in question but our people are working with your staff to make sure you get you all the information you need to resolve this investigation as you and i discussed, nobody wants this investigation to be completed sooner than i do. i think we need to get the facts out. we have six investigations goi

this is from an irs agent. you make substantial use of inflammatory and disparaging terms and express concerns more on the basis of strong emotional feelings than objective evaluations. the approached used in the organization's presentation is not aimed at developing an understanding on the part of the intended audience or read ship because it does not consider their background or training in the subject matter. who gave the irs the authority to say this, and how is it that the president of the united states can say there's not a smidgeon of corruption when the documents -- by the way, some of these signed by lois learner or holly pass -- how can they possibly say this? the thing i don't understand, mr. chairman, as the president was making his statements, as members of this committee were making statements, we had the documents in our possession from offices all over the country coast to coast. the agents told our clients it was being managed out of washington, and with the e-mail released yesterday we know ho

irs welcome to you, sir. we appreciate your return to the service and thank for taking -- thank you for taking on this task. george have russell and nina olsen. we appreciate the careful and constant oversight of the irs. we have not heard in some time from ms. olsen, so we are especially eager to hear from her. as a matter of house keeping, i will be following the five minute rules for that members. i do not plan on cutting anyone off in the middle of their sentence, but if everyone could keep their questions and comments for when we get to that part of the program, that will give us a chance to hear from everyone and have maybe more than one round of questions. i am going to recognize the members in order of seniority. thee that were here and latecomers, we will recognize them based on their arrival. we will go back and forth between the parties. thatnk most of you know the 2014 appropriation cycle tested our endurance. it was only after the fiscal year started and after we had a government shutdown that th

this was a perco in th period ir of 2012 where the irs applications that they were approving the search of applications for the status in response to the congressional pressure and also the commencement of the investigation. so, to be clear, the employee said that they would approve the applications and subject them to the later future surveillance. the investigation also discovered the groups that were referred to the surveillance 83% for right-leaning and after the committee discovered the practice, the irs quickly suspended it saying that, and i quote, referrals were being returned to the determination for further review to ensure that they were appropriate. so moving forward and looking at the current status, where is the status of the surveillance program now? >> my understanding is that there is not a surveillance program in existence. they are made at the front end of the applicants. the bulk of them proceeded to three statuses. it passes through that hurdle aninto get a certification to ba 501(c) three, four, five, six or seven and then over the course of time to review those ac

on the irs. the biggest concern that many of us have is that most americans didn't have a lot of trust already and now they have very little trust that the irs is being fair in the enforcement of the law. i've had folks say that they don't want to get involved in campaigns or be associated with any groups because they are a afraid they'll be personally subjected to audits and i'm sure you would say and i hope that's not happening but regardless of the rules whereby it is not the rules themselves but how they are enforced and whether we can trust the people, the individuals in their private moments to do the right thing so what can you do to ensure that folks like lois lerner and others if the rules are there that they enforce them fairly. that's the biggest concern for my constituents. not the rules but the rules are enforced. >> the public needs to have that comfort and confidence. one of the reasons i spend so much talking to frontline employees is to make sure that the culture encourages every

this is from an irs agent. you make substantial use of inflammatory and disparaging terms and express concerns more on the basis of strong emotional feelings than objective evaluations. the approached used in the organization's presentation is not aimed at developing an understanding on the part of the intended audience or read ship because it does not consider their background or training in the subject matter. who gave the irs the authority to say this, and how is it that the president of the united states can say there's not a smidgeon of corruption when the documents -- by the way, some of these signed by lois learner or holly pass -- how can they possibly say this? the thing i don't understand, mr. chairman, as the president was making his statements, as members of this committee were making statements, we had the documents in our possession from offices all over the country coast to coast. the agents told our clients it was being managed out of washington, and with the e-mail released yesterday we know ho

the irs -- this is not a case where we're trying to figure out what the irs did. they have said affirmatively, we targeted, by name. we created a be on the lookout list. and they said we were wrong, that was inkwekt, and "we apologize." that's what lois learner said. >> the former commissioner and irs, he said it's absolutely not illegal. he made those very comments. >> i argued this case with the supreme court of the united states dealing with viewpoint discrimination. all nine justices said it was illegal. >> well, that's why we have to rephrase the bureaucracy. i actually put a bill called the irs anti-abuse act which would codify political affiliation or ideology as a protected class in the irs code. it also expressly prohibits an employee from being threatened to audit an individual or group for politically motivated reasons. is it your recommendation that such a provision should become law. >> i think so. i think right now the irs is institutionally incapable of that, sir. >> congressman, i would like to add that i just received a text a moment ago in the re

fiscal year 2014 appropriations gave the irs more than the sequester level, but the irs is still being funded at its lowest level since fiscal year 2008. if we care about the fair implementation of our tax laws, this is simply unacceptable. y'all know at this level of funding, every additional dollar even to the irs allows them to bring in at least six dollars from taxes. we cannot ask more from the irs and provide them with less. that is not a good recipe for tax compliance or the nation. i hope the hearing will be of use as we discussed funding levels. i am concerned we might be here to engage in election year politics. let me state the facts that are on the record already. it has been proven after significant investigation that the inappropriate targeting was both liberal and conservative groups alike not just one side. this targeting was not orchestrate by any political appointee or by an individual outside of the irs. the irs has been forthcoming in helping numerous investigations by using more than 150 employees to engage in 70,000 hours of work to provide the various investigati

the irs -- this is not a case where we're trying to figure out what the irs did. they have said affirmatively, we targeted, by name. we created a be on the lookout list. and they said we were wrong, that was inkwekt, and "we apologize." that's what lois learner said. >> the former commissioner and irs, he said it's absolutely not illegal. he made those very comments. >> i argued this case with the supreme court of the united states dealing with viewpoint discrimination. all nine justices said it was illegal. >> well, that's why we have to rephrase the bureaucracy. i actually put a bill called the irs anti-abuse act which would codify political affiliation or ideology as a protected class in the irs code. it also expressly prohibits an employee from being threatened to audit an individual or group for politically motivated reasons. is it your recommendation that such a provision should become law. >> i think so. i think right now the irs is institutionally incapable of that, sir. >> congressman, i would like to add that i just received a text a moment ago in the re

in 20 years no irs agency has ever visited her business. and her organization is having an impact in making elections fair. >> let's get up to speed where you are. she founded "true the vote" which works with voters in texas. she has never bothered and has a manufacturing business with her husband. having never been bothered, after she applies for her voter registration, she gets two fbi visits, an osha visit, the irs audit, and the osha inspector said i don't even know what i'm doing here. and now you say that is no coincidence and you say it is not paranoia. >> anyone with common sense in this great country of ours knows it is not a coincidence. they came down on this lady exercising her first amendment rights to political speech making our election systems fair and better. and the full way the federal government comes down on them. and my democrat colleagues say oh, it just happened, it was not planned. nobody with any brain, any common sense will believe that. katherine was tremendous, a courageous woman coming forward and telling the t

the irs budget is up 52% since 2001. the total number of tax returns filed, corporate, individual, and others is only up 6%. they're getting a lot of money. basically,yes, they've got congress neurotically fiddling with the tax code every year but it sends the wrong message. >> rick, incentives matter. when you give someone a reward for their bash, even if it's bad, doesn't that encourage you to give more of that became? >> sure, a wink an a nod. let me stand in defense of my friend rick. it's not either or both. if you had a business spending a 20% deficit, 20% more which striebs it. why not a bad time to give up bonuses. >> i think everybody would agree. >>> coming up next, how the health care laws could smack th 1:00 p.m. eastern in america's news headquarters. >>> here's another broken promise. the white house sd only the rich were going to pay more for obama care but now a new study saying middle class workers will see their income take a hit because of the law. so, steve, what's all this about? >> what it's about,

about the irs scandal.the 8 months no one has been indicted lois lerner the head of the organization that wrongfully targeted conservatives and tea party activists has pleaded the fifth and gone before congress. >> and retired. >> shockingly we have discovered now that the justice department has appointed a partisan democrat. a major obama donor who has given over $6,000 to president obama and the democrats who head the investigation. and so i asked eric holder, would you trust john mitchell to investigate the nixon administration, attorneys general in both parties have a long history of demonstrating independence, demonstrating integrity so elliott richardson stood up to president nixon and appointed archibald cox as independent council when there were serious allegations of abuse of power. likewise, janet reno. stood up to robert fisk and i asked eric holder why won't you show he that same independence, that same integrity to appoint a special prosecutor to get to the truth? i says he see no, sir problem

one of the problems with the irs is it has an irs union.t is an agency that should not have any outside political interest force. it should be independent. it should be honest. it should treat every american equally and well. i have got to say until we get through with this investigation i'm not very happy with these bonuses. bill prr he says they have a union deal to work out and his hand are tie. he called the targeting of conservatives intolerable and he offered and apology, is that must for you? >> i have high hopes for him. i think's a fine man and good leader. i brought him into the office. we have gone over this thoroughly. he made it clear he will do everything in his power to clean up the mess. i don't think it will be cleaned up until he becomes independent. he shouldn't have political influence from the treasury department or anyone else. bill: do you think that will happen? is that the only way to get to the truth in this? is it headed that way or -- i guess maybe there is a more after he appropriate question. why has it not hap

>> detener el fraude de rebolsos a travÉs de robo de identidad es muy importante para el irs(impuestoy prevenir mejor los sistemas para prevenir el robo de identidad. >> por ejemplo hemos creado un nÚmero especial para las vÍctimas que asigne el irs(impuesto sobre la renta) y asÍ utilizando este nÚmero se puede asegurar que no demora el procesamiento de su declaraciÓn de impuestos y recibe su reembolso mÁs rapido. >> patrick? >> aparte de este nÚmero hay algÚn otro consejo para evitar ser vÍctima de robo de identidad. >> uno tiene que cuidar su nÚmero de seguro social no se lo tiene que dar a cualquier persona solamente cuando es necesario a un banco para hacer los impuestos guarden su informaciÓn personal y la informaciÓn en su computadora y recuerden que si el irs(impuesto sobre la renta) se va a comunicar con ustedes va a mandar una carta por correo no va a mandar un correo electrÓnico mi llamar por telÉfono, si ustedes reciben un email que dice que es del irs(impuesto sobre la renta) no conteste no abra cualquier enlace, pero mÁndelo al irs(impuesto sobre la renta) en el "phishing

. >> the president said there wasn't a smidge of corruption in the irs. does this investigation add up? >> with california in the worst drought in years, could democrat in action turn the tide for the gop in the golden state? >>> by providing heavily subsidized health insurance to people with very low income then withdrawing those subsidies as income rises, the act creates a disincentive for people to work relative to what would have been the case in the absence of that act. >> welcome to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. he is saying president obama's affordable care act is a disincentive for people to work adding fuel to republicans that obamacare will hurt the economy. here is the chairman of the council of economic advisors jason fuhrman. >> doesn't say "losing jobs." it says ftes. this might be somebody who used to work 60 hours because they needed health insurance and that was the only job that offered it. now they can get a different job at 35 hours that doesn't offer health insurance but they are getting it through this and they are

the irs right now has a reputation. i'll tell you from my constituents it's just very troublesome to me. you need to have that objective, fair reputation in this agency, in particular. and you just don't have that right now. i'm going to give you an opportunity. and i take my oversight responsibilities here on this committee very seriously. and i want to see if you're going to show an independence or if you're just going to rubber stamp the white house and the president. and i'll give you an example of what i'm talking about. when the president makes the statement in the tea party targeting situation that there is not a smidgeon, i believe the quote was, not even a smidgeon of corruption in that situation, after you just testified to us and confirmed to the american public that there are six open investigations that have not been completed yet, is that a responsible statement from our commander in chief, that you can trust me. there's not a smidgeon of corruption in the c-4 tea party targeting situation. yet you know an

i'm a practicing attorney, and i deal with the irs and have dealt with the irs on a daily basis for many do is i help people obtain the tax-exempt status or to fit their activities within the proper section of the tax code depending on what it is they want to do. i want to make three primary points here today. i'll be happy to answer questions at the appropriate time. first, the irs scandal is real. it's not pretend. it's real. number two, the irs scandal is not just a boneheaded bunch of bureaucrats in some remote office contrary to what the president of the united states told the american people on sunday. and number three, the irs scandal is not over. it is continuing to this day, and the department of justice investigation is a sham. it is a non-existent investigation. with regard to point number one, let me tell you in one sentence what the irs scandal is. the irs at the direction of some political elites in washington, not in cincinnati, but washington, took what had been for decades a process of reviewing applications for exempt status that a 5013c company would expect to take thr

with 501 c4 application have shaken the public's trust in the irs. >> he was not at the irs when they targeted conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. there are currently six investigations going on to what went on to the applications of the conservative groups. there was some discussion for him bringing bonus back to the irs. 62.5 in performance awards. there were fireworks when chairman dave kemp suggesting that irs regulations were drafted privately as a way to attack the conservative groups. >> i am sure that means hidden from the publicment would you agree if the treasury and irs fabricated the ratione for the rule change it would raise questions about the integrity of the rule- making process. >> i want to you to get the documents you need. >> he is not spending a lot of time looking back at what went wrong in the irs. he said the fix and investigations under way will take care of. that he is trying to lead the tax collection agency forward. >> thank you, mike emmanuel. so the question is, will the irs be able to restore the american's trust. what must the tax agency do?

the new irs commissioner should say no to the white house, no to the irs, we're not going to let you target your political enemies. >> also developing on this busy night. new fallout for the soldier who went out of her way in a refusal to salute the flag. and then? >>> she invoked her right to remain silent last time she was asked to testify. >> after very careful consideration i have decided to follow my counsel's advice and not testify or answer any of the questions today. >> tonight, the new twist in the effort to get the truth from the woman at the heart of the irs controversy. >>> plus, only enforce the laws you like? next up, a republican attorney general reacts to the new controversy over eric holder's advice to ignore the law, only on "the kelly file." go long, look lean, in this season's most important fashion trend, the long shirt. designed to flatter, with playful hemlines and length for everybody. the new long shirt. visit the shirt boutique, only at chico's and chicos.com. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male an

by the irs. you have to hear what he has to say coming up. >>> this is a fox news alert. the department of homeland security sending a warning to it airlines flying to russia for the winter olympics. dhs warning terrorists might try to smuggle explosives on to planes using toothpaste tubes. officials say they are not aware of any specific threat to the u.s. they routinely share information w. domestic and international partners including those associated with world events including the olympics at so muchy. stay tuned for more on the story. >>> as the "new york times" editorial board gone offer the board on this one. ceo tripling estimate full time working hours lost because of obama care. the "new york times" calling it mostly a good thing. joining us our political panel the hill's elise viebeck and susan fer -- "new york times" saying it's mostly a good thing. >> not surprised the "new york times" ed liberal on ed editorial side. it's harder to ignore the fa fewer people working you slow the ec

when he says the irs is politicize, i would hope the irs is not politicized. jon: i think we all do. >> i would hope the irs doesn't exist. get rid of it. jon: amen to that. thank you both. jenna: police investigate the death of philip seymour hoffman making for arrest last night. the suspects are heroin dealers who may have sold drugs to the oscar-winning actor who was found dead in his new york apartment sunday. the latest details on the drug must b. >> there is an investigation into if the four arrests are possibly connected to philip seymour hoffman's death. police have arrested three men and one woman last night after reading three apartments at 302 moffatt street. according to "the new york post," the dealer was at that address. there are reports during the raid cops found 350 envelopes with what appeared to be heroin. at least two of those in custody are expected to be arraigned today. hoffman's death is being treated as an accidental overdose. the oscar-winning actor was found sunday lying on the bathroom floor with a syringe in his left arm. also foun

many of the tea party groups singled out by the irs for attention. >> the irs scandal is real. it's not pretend. it's real. number two, the irs scandal is not just a bone headed bunch of bureaucrats in some remote office contrary to what the president of the united states told the american people on sunday. and number three, the irs scandal is not over. it is continuing to this day and the department of justice investigation is a sham. >> joining us now, another witness at the hearing, executive director of the american center for justice who represents 41 groups targeted by the irs. great to see you, jay. >> good to see you, gretchen. >> what was your main point as you testified today? >> it was interesting because we had prepared testimony that we submitted to the committee focusing on the fact irs was engaged in this acknowledged unconstitutional targeting. but when the e-mails you referred to earlier came out yesterday through ways and means committee, i redid my testimony last night and the oral presentation i made today to congress. i focused on the fact what the presiden

and clearly washington was involved was obama asked for the irs head to step down.t's been almost a year and there's been no indictments and i think the president could have been getting ahead of himself. why? because as you mentioned the ways and means commission is looking into this. >> the e-mails may be the smoking gun in all of this. they came up with new rules specifically targeting conservatives and they did it, we learned in the hearing recently, they did out all in secret. look, bob, does it look as though, to the average person that, you know, this is a president who's trying to sweep the irs scandal under the rug? no punishment, no accountability? >> the tone is just so dramatically different, we're in an election year, the president is aiming to just make sure that the democrats retain the senate. so i think he's trying to make this, the republicans a partisan issue in the house. that's the danger for him in the senate. that's a bipartisan -- certainly the president wants to move on, he wants to talk about other things, o'reilly pressed him on it and he

some suggesting that the irs, i say the irs -- the irs, hello. yes. should aggressively regulate these organizations. didn't we just go through that? i think so. in any event, they're arguing that these groups are distorting the truth and the irs must stop them. you can't make it up. the democrats are in trouble for their votes on obamacare. and being in trouble they have turned to the very group that is itself in trouble for silencing conservatives, to help them silence conservatives? >> it is almost laughable if it was not so pernicious. look, senate democrats are in a predicament. every one of those you see on the screen voted for obamacare, and every one of the people on your screen is on video telling the same lies as barack obama. you can keep your plan. and so these conservative groups are running ads in their states making sure that every person in their state knows about it. and they're desperate to stop them so they're turning to the irs, instead of turning to the irs to stop them why don't they defend their policies? why don't we have liber

and that is the very thing that the irs attacked. and that is why this hearing and this subject is so important. and that's why i'm pleased to have the witnesses we have today. with that, i would yield to the ranking member, mr. cartwright. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as i have noted in previous hearings of this committee, i also am deeply troubled regarding irs employees improper handling of application for tax exempt status. a handling that pervades the american political spectrum. it includes obviously right wing groups and also left wing groups. and we'll talk about that in a moment. since the chairman has just raised it, including allegations about attorney barbara wasserman. part of the premise of this hearing is that the witnesses have concerns about the department of justice's investigation of the irs for the improper treatment of tax excemt organizations. has, quote, the appearance of substantial and material conflict of interest, end quote. he has made that claim because a career prosecutor who is one of at least 13 doj and

repu raising new questions and making new charges tonight about the irs targeting of conservative groups. one of their concerns of the woman picked to run the justice department probe may already be in the president's camp. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel starts us off tonight. >> reporter: house lawmakers heard chilling stories from several people affiliated with conservative groups who say they became targets of the government based on their political beliefs. >> beginning in 2010 the fbi contacted my non-profit organization on six separate occasions wanting to cull through membership manifests in conjunction with domestic terrorism cases. they eventually dropped all matters and have now redacted nearly all my files? the expected star witness, the justice department barbara bosserman, a political donor in charge of the investigation, did not appear. deputy james cole sent this letter citing long-standing policy is to decline to provide congress with non-public information about a criminal investigation. cole wrote, quote, it also is founded upon our commitment to avoidin

well, the irs coming off a rough year. hearings on capitol hill, allegations of targeting mitt call groups. now wait until you hear why the irs says it can't help disabled people anymore. and a woman sent to jail for an overdue vhs tape. really? do we even still have vhs? >>> hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. fox news alert. the white house about to take a victory lap on the president's economic stimulus plan, which went into effect already five years ago. it dumped more than $800 billion into the economy in an attempt to reverse the country's economic slowdown. some dems say it didn't go far enough. while republicans push for budget cuts to offset the huge price tag. president obama planning to push his economic agenda this week in hopes of getting congress to raise the federal minimum wage. chief white house correspondent ed henry live with this part of the story. ed, republicans have been using the five-year anniversary of the recovery act to attack the state of our nation's economy, correct? >> reporter: that's right

irs group said the agency felt the pressure. >> other senior members, asking the irs to look into thisand to work on this issue, it is sure looks like reaction from what? we had one of the people, even former commissioner of the irs, miller, said we felt some pressure. >> reporter: irs targeting of conservative groups came to light. and investigations continue. some are concerned the irs proposing a new rule last november redefining political activity is a new way to go after these five 501(c)(4) organizations. a house democrat suggests these investigations could go too far. >> always wanted to cut down the irs down to nothing and they're taking this opportunity to, i think, try to destroy the irs and my argument is, we're upset. make sure that doesn't happen again. we ought to make sure whoever was responsible gets found out but don't use this opportunity to do what you always wanted to do, which is get rid of the irs. >> reporter: irs budget has been cut. even though the new commissioner expressed concern about it having impact on customer service, it seems unlikely its funding will

and say there is not a smidgeon of corruption in the irs targeting scandal. we allow people victim used by the internal rev now. >> the irs subjected me to rounds of inquiry and providing facebook and twitter and questions about my political aspirations and demanded to know what i spoke and content and where i inttended to speak. the lying has not spot. i represent the tea party patriots and they don't have the c4 status. >> who gave the irs the authority to say this? and how is it that the president of the united states can say there is no smidgeon of corruption? >> how can the president say there is not criminality when lois lerner are invoked the fifth amendment and the witnesses have not spoken including the two now? how can he draw that conclusion? congressman, thank you for being here. tell us what you learned that was new? >> it was the fact that it is still going on and the targeting is happening today and the other troubling thing we have an investigation that is complete and the president said not a smidgeon of evidence and yet they haven't been int

but amy wouldn't allow it. >> the irs investigator insisted on talking to bob.amy actually got on to the phone and started talking to this agent. she was disguising her voice, trying to sound like bob bosley, and what the investigator told us was that it really sounded like somebody acting like kermit the frog. >> the irs asked amy for her business records, and she promised to comply. >> she never provided the information nor did she arrange a meeting between her husband and these agents. >> but there was no indication bob bosley knew anything about the tax problem. >> you kind of know he didn't know about the irs. i think he would really have a fit if he knew he had owed any money. >> she had their income tax returns prepared each year. she actually took them to bob and had him sign these returns. in his mind, he believed that everything was taken care of. >> amy could put off investigators for only so long. they demanded a meeting with her and bob for the morning of bob's murder. >> there was no choice. they were coming that morning and she knew it. >> within

>> the irs is not the problem.is the supreme court saying the supreme court saying it is a 501 charity and engaging in political work. getting your favorite candidate is not charity. it is a political enterprise. it allows donors under the guise of education to engage in political activity and i it is wrong and i think the supreme court screwed up. i think the court should revisit the definition. >> guy, what dow think about this first of all? >> i recognize some democrats the first amendment is a problem whether it is freedom of conscience or religion or freedom of speech. i am getting a sense of dejavu. we know in the new york times reporting and in testimony from previous irs directors, that the last round of irs abuse was cataloged by the bitter complaints of the democrats. they were worried and wanting to crack down on the conservative group and the irs said okay and cracked down for three years and we discovered this week, we know that the vast majority of the groups were conservative. and then they got audit

first we light the candles and then we begin to pray, irs, doj, nsa, benghazi, irs, doj, benghazi, irs, doj, nsa benghazi. [ laughter ] if there's one thing obama has been trying to squirrel us for his entire term it's got to be the economy. this say desperate political ploy by the white house to distract attention from the failed economic policy. >> today we're addressing the nsa. why aren't we talking about the economy. we have definitive proof that was obama obama. when dough were the -- it was osama bin laden. when do we start talking about the exe again. >> jon: really, even killing bin laden was a part of the master distraction plan. really? you think he went dun there hey, look, owe psalma, we -- osama, we boys but have you seen my jobs numbers. sorry, bro i have to take you out. there's only so many portuguese water dogs can i adopt. at long last, president obama, is there nothing you won't do to distract us from the economy? >> another day another so-called major address from president obama. this was at knox college in illinois on the economy hoping to distract attention away

report it to the irs, they will give you a special p.i.n. code, so when you file your taxes, there is an extra measure of protection. >> that's shocking stuff. thank you very much, scott. >>> finally tonight, our athletes may be going for the gold over in sochi and representing our country, but u.s. olympians is still don't get a free pass from uncle sam. the committee awards cash price, 25 grand for a gold, 15,000 for a silver, and 10,000 for bronze, but the irs considers that taxable income. yes, they do. some lawyers are trying to change that. >>> well, that's it for this special holiday edition of "nightly business report." i'm tyler math i sen. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> nightly business report has been brought to you by -- >> the street.com is an independent sort. cramer's action alerts plus service is home to the multimillion dollar portfolio. you can learn more at t thestreet.com/nbr. ) (♪) (♪) daniel mansergh: imagemakers is made possible by a grant from: celebrating the vitality and power of th

the irs admitted wrongdoing.he fifth because nothing was going on, i trust. she has now resigned and we get to pay her pension and all of that. but people did bad things to people. they abused the power of the government to hurt people who were running. >> local situation. >> that is something that has to be answered for. >> i don't think they are going to nail him. >> at the time g. et to the bottom of it and upset dismissive. hearings and they were done. >> that's a technique. don't you think that when the president president says you fox news and you o'reilly and bringing stuff up and that's why people are crazed about it. don't you think that's a deflexion and that he just should answer the question? look, how simple is the question? even you can answer, yawn. >> gee, thanks. >> why didn't you fire sebelius. >> i think he did answer you. more intent on healthcare than he is on the fumble that occurred. look, he would have to say i didn't fire because this reason, you know, he just told you the reason is he wa

from what really has been going on and it is still going on in the irs.nd governor, i have to tell you, i think the administration is afraid of the people and because they were afraid of the people rising up as they did in 2010 to fight obama care and to fight spiralling out of control spending, i think they are afraid will happen in 2014 and that's why they are trying to silence the political opposition all over the country. >> (applause) >> you talked to the department of justice yesterday. did you get an indication that they are beginning to see the light on this? can you tell us what they told you? >> we didn't talk about a lot of things. i asked a lot of questions. they want to talk about through the vote and talk about another couple of my clients and one of the things that is worrisome to me, is that it is taking them so long and i said to them. you know, i have been publicly critical that you have just now got ep around to talking to me and you have talked to none of the witnesses and the groups around the country and their response is that we do