issa is one of several g.o.p.kers have suggested that the obama administration is trying to cover up something, at least the circumstances and perhaps the aftermath of the attack. we now know they scrubbed the initial public report leaving any references to al-qaeda or terrorism. why would they do that and what can they do to clear up the confusion over benghazi? >> they can release all the documents that surround all the discussions post benghazi about what the explanation was. i think there are only two explanations for the talking points and beyond that, what the president himself repeatedly said up to and including an address to the united nations assembly where they blamed out the mohammad video. let's open that and be transparent and then we'll have a chance of signing up. it was either a conspiracy or it was a willful, ideological blind to the continuing threat of international terrorism. if there is real openness, we can find out. >> kelly: we are getting closer to an answer. congress cummings, ranking dem

because darrell issa says he doesn't want to make it a show. really? they've already had nine hearings. the right wing wants this story to stay around as long as possible, to tarnish hillary clinton as a national candidate. no doubt about it. bob shrum, here's a clip of darrell issa. why don't you respond to it. here it is. >> what did secretary of state hillary clinton fail to disclose or fail to do that makes her a target for you? >> hillary clinton is not a target, president obama is not a target. >> isn't this an effort to take downhillry in 2016, bob? they're political opportunists. >> sure, this is all about fear of the hillary candidacy in 2016 and resentment that president obama won in 2012. the republicans have been down this road before. it's sort of out of their playbook. they tried this during the campaign. mitt romney tried the benghazi attack in the second department and got smashed for it. if you think back 20 years, there was a concocted non-scandal called white water that was supposed to bring hillary clinton down. it certainly did not

issa was embarrassed on that. i think to james's point, the three so-called scandals here, bengha benghazi, that involves how talking points are constructed. the a.p. story where the department of justice followed the letter of the law on one of the most serious crimes against this country. and the irs issue where we're learning that it wasn't just now, according to recent reporting, it was not just conservative groups subjected to heightened scrutiny, some liberal groups might have been subjected as well. while that may be inappropriate, there's no evidence that went outside of the irs. look, i've worked in both these judiciary committees and the oversight committees through a number of different scandals. i can tell you these are not the facts or the cloth from which scandals are made. these are issues that will probably stick around for another couple weeks because the press is looking for stories right now. the republicans are looking for a political issue because they don't have a jobs agenda. but we have to

republican congressman darrell issa. we're coming right back. >> impact segment get to charles krauthammer joins from us washington. so i didn't make any mistakes in the talking points, charles, did i leave anything out? that's important. >> no, i thought it was definitely an a plus. brilliant presentation and the intone nation was excellent. [ laughter ] i think what's going on here is you have got a president who came to washington saying he was going to change washington. change the essence of politics itself and now he is reduced to trying to explain why his whole bureaucracy is out of control. now, his best answer, it makes him look ridiculous but it's the best he can do, the most protective is to take the position on just a bystander. i didn't know what was happening with the irs. the attorney general said i don't even i don't know how the a.p. story came about. i recused myself glow even know when i recused myself. get on benghazi you get secretary of state hillary clinton at the time saying i never saw the memo,

. >> lerner stood firm, but not better chairman darrell issa attempted to coax her to change her mindou be willing to answer questions specifically related to the earlier statement made under oath before this committee? >> i decline to answer that question for the reasons i have already given. >> lerner then left the room. her departure was followed by remarks from congressman issa, who announced that learna was, earth to trey gowdy, within her constitutional rights. perhaps wary of being seen as attempting to score points for political gain, issa sounded a for bipar sanship. >> i would ask all of us to avoid talking about who is liked by president bush, who is liked by president obama, who is liked by republicans or democrats. let's all be be republicrats and demicans? >> or -- >> darrell issa i thought was incredibly shrewd in choosing to be above the partisan fighting on this one, even though up until this point, it's as if perhaps darrell issa has had a somewhat partisan agenda in pursuing all of this. >> it's not just shrewd but important. the mess that happened there, and to be

the bombshell development comes to us courtesy of chairman darrell issa who argues she waived her fifthmendment rights by delivering this opening statement. let's take a look. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any irs rules or regulations. i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. and while i would very much like to answer the committee's questions today, i've been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. >> sean: so is this a major legal misstep on the part of lois lerner and her attorneys? a number of council member, through south carolina's trey gowdy, they actually believe it was. >> she just testified. she just waived her fifth amendment right to privilege. you don't get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to cross-examination. that's not the way it works. she waived her right to the fifth amendment privilege by issuing an opening statement. she ought to stand here and answer our q

yet republican congressman darrell issa strongly criticized the record and issa wants the ambassadoro answer questions but not in a public hearing. let's listen to his rationale for that. >> the fact is we don't want to have some sort of a stage show. we have fact witnesses. they testified. we have the ambassador and admiral mullen who conducted and oversaw the arb. we're inviting them on monday. we'll go through not in front of the public but in a nonpartisan way questions and answers and then obviously a hearing to follow in an appropriate time. >> this afternoon u.s. congressman issa took the next step issuing a subpoena for ambassador pickering. he wrote the "in light of your continuing refusal to appear voluntarily for a transcribed interview, however, i found it necessary to issue a subpoena to compel your appearance at a deposition." thomas pickering joining us. >> chris, i've just seen this. certainly i'm consulting with the state department and the lawyers there. my response, i hope, will find a way to move ahead. i've always wanted a public hearing. apparently that's not go

and issa concluded that her fifth amendment assertion is not valid. the top democrat said it probably will not be productive. >> show had a right and asserted her right and i don't know what bringing her back in is going to accomplish. >> the house democrat leader said she wishes lerner would talk. >> i think the american people deserve worries and i wish she would have provided them. >> senator mitch mcconnell said employees were taking cues from the labor leaders. >> it is system far more systemic than that and it shouldn't surprise anybody. >> late today senators john mccain is not a new letter calling on him to remove lois lerner and we learned that steps were taken in that direction. >> in a political cycle dominated by scandal, president obama tried to change the conversation today. the president lifted the veil on some of the secrecy surrounding the use of don't and talked about the effort of shutting down gunt an me bay. >> if the president thought he would get a break by turning to terrorism. close it today. >> that was quickly dashed by a he

having sat through it all today, and i've always thought that issa is on a manhunt for the president. was it all just spin and effort to doing something here that is bad? >> i would say 99.99% of what i've heard i've heard before. i basically think that the republicans are trying to keep this issue going and not dealing with reform, which is what we want. and i think it's been -- i think it was, in a way, kind of sad because, you know, they talked about -- they made a big deal days leading up to the hearing that the administration had denied, military aid to folks in benghazi and, you know, nothing could have been further from the truth. they said it was for political reasons and that's simply was not true and over and over they said there was a coverup leading up to this hearing and there was no proof of a coverup and i could go on and on. and so as i said today, i welcome the whistle blowers. as a matter of fact, i think the whistle blowers keep the government straight. i think what has happened is that the republicans have taken some of the things that the whistle blowers had said

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so you can find -- >> no, no. >> can it work -- >> darrell issa will do what darrell issa does. but you have marco rubio saying we demand an investigation. we demand an investigation. this is after eric holder had already announced a criminal investigation. that's going on. the fbi is being called in. the senate and the house do not investigate in order to put anyone in jail. that's the fbi's job to do. whatever happen on the hill. >> as a matter of fact you bring up a very good point. if you really want to put people in jail. if that's what boehner's real objective is, don't hold hearings. you put those people up testifying on capitol hill. that stuff cannot be used in a criminal trial. so you can turn boehner's argument around the world on the issas of the world. >> what do you think they want? an investigation or a conviction? >> they want headlines. they want to make it look like the white house is stalling. look at this. if they investigate at the end of the day they decide, there is no criminal violation here. the people are fired or they're discipline or sent to siberia,

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congressman issa joins us today.ou for your time today. >> this morning, congressman pickering agreed to them and that is a great step in the direction to get it straight on how they reached decisions on a narrow basis one that only the lowest level of people responsible while finding 29 area of deficiency including the building itself in which the ambassador died. >> shannon: to you is an arb report in total if there wasn't a review of the talking points why weren't they included? >> well, are this was a very narrow report required by congress. there has been 19 of them since 1986 and it is really intended to be although they call it independent it is a review requested by and given to the secretary of state. in this case this was a mistake far greater than the secretary of state. there was no contingent plan even after multiple attacks by the department of defense. there were department of defense employees that were told to stand down that they couldn't be he part of the relief effort even from within libya and ul

darrell issa. he's worth $745 million.de that fortune largely by running a car alarm company which is funny because he was once indicted to stealing a car as well as one other arrest for carrying a concealed weapon, all of which i guess makes him the paragon of virtue and the man who can grandstand and treat with ranked discourtesy the attorney general, is that right? >> congressman issa has been throwing out a lot of charges but there is finally some scrutiny of his background, both before serving in congress and running the oversight committee. ryan lizza and "the new yorker" as we discussed went in and looked at his record, looked at the indictment on the stolen car, an arrest for concealed weapons. looked at congressman issa's defense, often saying his brother who's had troubles with the law was the target of these investigations. also a lot of serious allegations about arson in a factory he owned although he says it was an accidental fire. even before coming -- >> just on that, sorry, before we move off, that warehous

so my question to chairman issa is, when do we get our chance?you say you didn't lie to congress, didn't break any irs rules. let us decide that, ask you some questions. you know, chairman issa has a couple of different options at his disposal, one of which is to bring her back tomorrow. i promise you, greta, if she comes back tomorrow, she will invoke, which will set up a contempt analysis -- >> greta: she's already taken the fifth, taken an oath, made a statement. what puts her at huge risk is when she says, i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. this is very different. >> well, she was very clear about -- go back a couple weeks. jimmy jordan, a great congressman from ohio, said out that he thought she had mislead congress, and others thought she had misled or lied to congress, we would not trouble proving that. can we prove it beyond a reasonable doubt? i don't know. can we prove it in the court of public opinion? absolutely, way failure to keep us up to date. i want why she wants to get out there s

they have until june 7 to turn over the documents that chairman issa is demanding to see. what he wants is all of the communications sent to or from 10 individuals at the state department, some of whom still work there. some of whom formerly worked there under secretary of state clinton relating to the development of those benghazi emails. the obama administration says in essence we have already been very cooperative with the congress. we have turned over 25,000 documents and we have made public those 94 pages of emails between cia, state department and white house officials around that -- that surrounded the crafting and scrubbing and editing of those talking points. but there were certain things said in those talking points that have led the republicans to seek still more documents that weren't included in those 94 pages. >> bill: what happens if they don't give them up if kerry's state department doesn't give up the documents that issa wants? >> you have plunged us into the realm of the hypothetical but i follow you there willingly. this would likely provoke the committ

congressman darrell issa weighs in on that just ahead.l: also an absolute tragedy at this wedding party. a limousine catching fire, claiming the life of a new bride and so many of her close friends .. bill: clicks on this a moment. the senate voting a bill to end tax-free on-line shopping. the proposal would allow states to collect sales tax for anything bought over the internet. under current law state sales tax can only be applied if the story has a physical presence in that state. the bill is expected to pass in the senate but some serious opposition in the house. martha: terrible story this morning as investigators near san francisco search for clues after this horrific limousine fire that happened over the weaken and claimed the lives of a new bride and four of her friends. look at that scene. four other women and the driver managed to escape. claudia cowan is live on this story in san francisco with the latest this morning. any further word, claudia, on what started this fire? >> reporter: not yet, martha. investigators will hold a

they have until june 7 to turn over the documents that chairman issa is demanding to see. what he wants is all of the communications sent to or from 10 individuals at the state department, some of whom still work there. some of whom formerly worked there under secretary of state clinton relating to the development of those benghazi emails. the obama administration says in essence we have already been very cooperative with the congress. we have turned over 25,000 documents and we have made public those 94 pages of emails between cia, state department and white house officials around that -- that surrounded the crafting and scrubbing and editing of those talking points. but there were certain things said in those talking points that have led the republicans to seek still more documents that weren't included in those 94 pages. >> bill: what happens if they don't give them up if kerry's state department doesn't give up the documents that issa wants? >> you have plunged us into the realm of the hypothetical but i follow you there willingly. this would likely provoke the committ

and i think the house members, darryl issa is doing a god job right now. but i foresee if they continue down the shame track you will see special council get involved. >> that's what i think. austin, goldsby, welcome back. the governor mentioned a connection to the white house. who is your take on that? >> i'd be surprised, they said they told the white house council t. white house council said they didn't tell the president. i wasn't surprised that they would say that because -- >> why did they not tell him in the president is a smart guy. why wouldn't they fence him off? >> usually, it may be however, it may be to the public, overhowever, i would point out, if the president is not allowed to get involved in special investigations. and to tell the president about investigations as they're ongoing before they're out would raise a whole lot of legal issues, i think. >> congressman john to brief you on this lois lerner fifth amendment. they revoked that. he will bring her back. she gave her opening statement. i want to ask you, what you know right now, do yo

chairman darrell issa says that -- 11 hearings on benghazi is not enough. we need more hearings on benghazi and we're going to go after president obama because he refuses to call it a terrorist attack. here is issa's little wordplay. >> so i think when you look at official correspondence from the president through the acting ambassador, to the president of libya which came out in our hearing and was testified to under oath, the words that are being used carefully like you just said, act of terror and act of terror is different than a terrorist attack. the truth is this was a terrorist attack. this had al-qaeda added. >> very delicate distinction. belle you guys reported on this yesterday. so what is -- the question i would like to have asked darrell issa, what is the difference between a terrorist attack and an act of terror. >> might want to ask george w. bush who on september 13, two days after the september 11th attacks, called it an act of terror as well. so there may have been a cover-up with bush that issa has to investigate. but look, it is getting r

i'm not sure issa or anybody wants to do that or not. i'm just astonished by how weakly and such uncertainty issa handled that. i'm not a lawyer, but it's clear if she makes a statement, a substancetive on all these things and says i'm not going to answer your questions. gouty is right, you can't have it one way, speak on the issue, and then say i'm not going to answer the question. she clearly gave up the fifth amendment right, if not entirely, at least on the things she said, i didn't acre brianna laws, any of the regulations, i did nothing wrong. on those she must speak with the committee. issa asking her, is there anything you might want to do, sort of handing the gavel over to her, it was not a good performance. i can understand perhaps he didn't want to be seen as doing a ollie north on her in which a committee over-awes the witness and attempts to abuse them. he has to call her back. what's he going to do? she's not going to speak. >> i don't know why she didn't have her lawyer read that statement. that would have been appropriate

answers. >> oversight chair ice issa issues subpoenas. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> darrell issatter this time directly to the secretary of state asking for information saying that the state is withholding documents. does this have any impact? does this even move the cause forward to get these documents? >> if i were secretary kerry, i would cooperate with the committee fully. the only thing we ever learned about benghazi, the irs, the a.p., is subpoenas, whistle blowers, congress pulling things out like pulling teeth. so the subpoena is designed to get all the documents around who changed the talking points, the 100 e-mails that were released by the white house leads up to the saturday meeting. there was a meeting in the white house saturday before susan rice came on the sunday shows on the 16th of september where they had an enter agency meeting with white house personnel present that led to the talking points being changed. who was in that meeting? what did they talk about? we still have no idea who was in that meeting and how the talking points got changed. >> you would think

at this point we need a clever name for it like birthers. >> issas, maybe.le in his own party as having a cartoonish view of the military. speaking of cartoonish, please take a listen now to representative michele bachmann of minnesota. >> it's no secret that our nation may very well be experiencing the hand of judgment. our nation has seen judgment not once, but twice, on september 11th. and that's why we are going to have 9/11 pray on that day. >> so, maria teresa, you just heard michele talking about people liking the conspiracy theori theories. we have michele bachmann there telling us that the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were, in fact, an expression of god's judgment on america. is it possible the attacks on benghazi were an expression of god's judgment? >> no, i think what michelle said earlier is the fact we basically zeroed out money in our budget to ensure there wasn't security. adequate security. i think that we need to talk about -- >> why do you keep going on about the facts, maria? can you not see the conspiracy? i don't understand what your probl

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>> look, i'll work with chairman issa on this.eet with the committee. and to share this information. i think it's fair that the united states congress be able to review the same information and talk to the same people that they were able to look at. i think the american people should have at least the unclassified documents released to them. that would be fair and transparent and consistent with what the president said. again, my challenge with the president is, what he does and what he says are often do different things. >> pickering in the letter to issa said he would like to appear at a public hearing to discuss the work of the board. let's see what happens, if there are any conditions you impose on him before that public hearing. let's talk a little bit about eric holder, the attorney general of the united states. he says that this investigation into the leak was required because it was one of the most damaging leaks in u.s. history, an a.p. leak that put american lives in danger. do you agree with him? >> the scope of this is

. >> congressman issa was informed and he didn't say pig. he talked about why. because when you are dealing with a nonpartisan epty like the irs, you want to have an actual independent investigation before you make allegations. the same reason the administration talked about it. the same reason no one in the treasury department talked about it. >> we have for reason to believe at this point it was anybody outside the irs directioning them to do this. obviously there have been claims the white house may have been involved. i don't have any reason to believe that. >> reporter: that last sound bite from republican congressman aaron shock. another shock. we are hearing a very outspoken congressman, of course congressman darrell issa, a republican from california, he is the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee. you heard if that sound bite from the top adviser, saying he knew about this investigation a year ago but he didn't say anything and he tolls us quote he thought it was inappropriate to accuse the irs until you have had a nonpartisan

issa says he will make a formal request on monday for sworn testimony from the and the admiral, harris? >> harris: steve, thank you. we just heard senator feinstein of california this is all basically political. >> even though f. those democrats are right, it doesn't training the fact that from the start the obama administration gave out wrong information from the public about what happened. this is why we care. it comes down to trust. was that a mistake or was it intentional? and there are other reasons why americans care about the government vent laying the truth on benghazi. first in the pursuit of justice, for the four victims, the truth is imperative. did our government try to help them or not? clearly, this was not some he protest gone wrong. so, were there signs, warning signs that we needed to protect those people better that went ignored? on that very night that those calls for help go ignored and if so by whom? justice for the victims. part of why we care about this story. both as the journalists and as a nation. also the entire incident spotlights security that our trusted o

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and i think issa, congressman ice toda issa did it a few more times and there was no getting any answersut of lois lerner. bill: when dan pfeiffer was on all five talk shows sunday at one point when talking about the i.r.s. he referred to this is a republican playbook and went onto say when they don't have a positive agenda they try to drag washington in a swamp in a partisan fishing expedition. has that been the position of jay carney? >> reporter: he has said that about other things. i'm not sure about the i.r.s. scandal in particular. he continues to reiterate that the president is outraged, and they are going to take action. he hasn't used that phraseology i don't think, bill. and just to that point, you heard congressman cummings today, the ranking member, say that he thinks that there is a truth problem with what they've heard so far from the i.r.s. about this. and he is pushing for this investigation to continue. i think the outrage is actually on both sides of the aisle, so it doesn't fit the structure of five for's statemen tpeufer's statement as he presented it on sunday talk s

>> darrell issa specifically said it isn't the end of the line.inished the hearing he held a short press conference outside. and he said this hearing is over but this investigation is just beginning. i took that to mean they're going to be doing other things. >> what's the end of the line with this? when do they get what they're looking for? what is their goal here? >> well, it depends on who you talk to. if you talk to republicans, the end of the line is when they finally get the answers that they're seeking and finally figure out who did what wrong and who's responsible for what happened. and if you talk to democrats the end of the line is when they have managed to damage hillary's 2016 campaign. which is a cynical way of looking at it but i did -- i do think that's at least part of what's going on. >> bill: well, i tweeted out yesterday from the white house listening to reporters questioning jay carney about this that it was pretty clear to me that the entire purpose -- from the comments of republicans, ahead of the hearing, mike huckabee, lind

this is congressman darrell issa, who is grilling holder about some decisions that the department of justice made in that whistle-blower saga. take a listen. >> when i look at the request and try to be as responsive as we can. i'm sure there must have been a good reason why only the to and from parts were -- >> yes, you didn't want us to see the details. mr. attorney general -- >> no, no -- that's what you typically do -- >> knowing the to and from -- >> i'm not going to stop talking now. >> mr. chairman, would you

they called it a whopper and gave chairman issa four pinocchios, but no one substantiates these claimsnd they should give the secretary of state an apology and at the very least take this false information off of a government website. >> eric, i cannot help but notice that hillary clinton features quite prominently in the question today as i watched part of the hearing, in the graphic we showed. if i were disposed to have an uncharitable view of this enterprise, i might be led to believe that this was politically motivated to try to sully her in advance of what is perceived to be an inevitable white house run. >> this was going to be the lead bang shot, lead to impeachment for obama and derail hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. it didn't do either, and what the congresswoman talked about, they can't get off this train. the obvious place would have been the end of the election, the state department report, but fox needs this content. they need this phoney outrage machine. >> i literally don't understand why now. >> i'll tell you why. >> if i was tracking it, okay, the right wingers on my

congressman issa took the next step, issuing a subpoena for ambassador pickering.wrote in light of your continuing refusal to appear voluntarily for a transcribed interview, i found it necessary to issue a subpoena to compel your appearance at a deposition. what's your response to this, sir? >> well, i've just seen this, chris. certainly i'm consulting with the state department and the lawyers there. my response, i hope we'll find a way to move ahead. i've always wanted a public hearing. apparently that's not going to be in the offing. i think that's a serious mistake. this is a serious step. and obviously i take it that way. i'm interested and finding a way to make sure that our report is defended, that i answer all the questions. my hope is to do so in public because the public deserves to know. >> when you think -- when you're explaining to people who really seem to have -- i didn't know the gentleman, everybody loved him, ambassador chris stevens, he struck me as a diplomat willing to take some reasonable calculated risks, willing to go into areas that aren't c

as soon as the president's done, we'll get reaction from congressman darrell issa.ent. >> good afternoon, everybody. i just finished speaking with secretary lew and senior officials at the treasury department to discuss the investigation into irs personnel who improperly screened conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. i look forward to taking some questions at tomorrow's press conference, but today i wanted to make sure to get out to all of you some information about what we're doing about this, and where we go from here. i've reviewed the treasury department watchdog's report, and the misconduct that it uncovered is inexcusable. it's inexcusable, and americans have a right to be angry about it, and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the irs. given the power that it has, and the reach that it has in all of our lives. and as i said earlier, it should not matter what political stripe you're from, the fact of the matter is that the irs has to operate with absolute integrity. the government genera

issa said we will have a hear we saw them before that didn't come to much.aid maybe we should have a select security hearing on security laps around benghazi. fine. what you are hearing from hillary clinton and now the current secretary of state john kerry there is a politization and spread of misinformation. the question is there something real here? it is okay to be persistance. but is it there? >> there is something and it independent the white house. we know the talking points as laid out in the house respect and was evident to anyone who watched susan rice on the sunday shows. to answer your questions directly there is new information and that is one of the reasons that this is proving to be difficult for the administration to ignore or shove aside. we saw an administration the f.b.i. didn't show up in benghazi until october 4th. a month later and we didn't have much urgency on investigating this and even after the election in that time frame. >> bret: let me interrupt you. adam housely piece this week dealt with the hunt for the master mind. we know wh

was in libya during the attack, told investigators for house oversight committee chairman darrell issa. we'll hear from issa and the chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers, and the committee's ranking democrat dutch ruppersberger. on page two, we'll talk about the emergence of gay athletes in professional sports with an all-star panel, including tennis legends billie jean king and martina navratilova. two nfl stars pushing for gay rights will, former baltimore ravens linebacker brendon ayanbadejo and esera tuaolo. plus ted leonsis, owner of three washington sports teams, the wizards, capitals, and mystics. the president of the nfl players' association, canne can domonique foxworth, william rhoden, of the "new york times" and chris stone of "sports illustrated." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. we start with a story that just won't go away. on september 11 of last year, the american compound in benghazi was attacked. the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stephens, and three o