utah congressman jason chaffetz has also said he could run for governor. right nnw, he's chairman of the house oversight committee. new tis morning: cedar rapids police hope you can hel identify two robbery suspects. officers say they held up the kum & go on 11t avenue northeast on december 21st. cedar rapids police posted these clips from surveillance cameras. if you can help police -- call them or linn county crime stoppers. a waterloo man -- convicted of second degree murder is going to prison for a long time. roderick ward junior was convicttd in the death of gary he's been sentenced to 55 years behind bars. authorities say the two were friends -- and ward was drunk when he shot wison in the stomach with a shotgun. this morning,,a toddler remains in the hospital after a shooting. dubuque police say the boy is two- yearold jeremiah horsley. police say -- at last check -- he is stable at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics. he was shot on sunday night. no charges have been filed. police say they're investigating whether this was an accident. an

jason chaffetz, r- utah, house oversight committee chairman)sharyl: why do you think these groups that want to payexecutives so much, or feel that they need to, structure themselvesas non- profits?//chaffetz: oh, it can save them millions. untold millions ofdollars are saved and not paid into the federal treasury bystructuring as a not for profit organization. i think a lot of people would be sfull urprised by how much money theexecutives are bringing home putting in their own pocket.chaffetz has a suggestiti.. that non--profits should cap their ceo salaries so they don't exceed that of the chief executive of the united states.. the president makes $400,000 per year. more on the high flying salaries after our newscast tonight, right here on kmeg-14. 3 3 speculation will continue to grow when it comes to julian castro, who's possibib running asas vice presidenti candidate.the san antonio, texas native, who has en campaigning alongside hillary clinton earned an endorsement from the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. saturday's message, affirming castro as a gatekeeper of sorts to the lat

plus, congressman jason chaffetz is next. also fox is tracking a brutal dangerous winter storm.hour it is gaining strength and sweeping across the country. this one could set records, records we do not want. it's coming for you or not? that's straight ahead. >>> brace yourself for this particular question. did the obama administration arm mexican drug king pin el chapo? yes, i know, that's a harsh question. but the answer regret tab bably looks like yes. of course the obama administration did not intend to arm the world's worst and most dangerous drug lord who has killed and spilled poison on our streets from l.a. to boston. you tell me how did a 50 caliber gun traced back to fast and furious, the type of power weapon take down helicopters end up in el el chapo's hand? why won't the obama administration provide documents about this bochesd program. utah congressman jason chaffetz joins us. >> hi, greta. >> what do you think about this when a gun from fast and furious ends up in one of the world's most criminal hands. >> the obama administration gave the drug cartels nearly 2,000

sharyl: congressman jason chaffetz heads the house oversight committee. he says the irs exempts the from income taxes because of their philanthropic missions. not to pad executives' fat salaries. why do you think these groups that want to pay executives so much, or feel that they need to, structure themselves as non-profits? rep. chaffetz: oh, it can save them millions. untold millions of dollars are saved and not paid into the federal treasury by structuring as a not for profit organization. i think a lot of people would be surprised by how much money the executives are bringing home putting in their own pocket. sharyl: experts estimate the nfl's non-profit status cost taxpayers over $15 million in lost tax revenue its most recent tax filing year, $100 million in the past decade. chaffetz raised the issue of -- >> dour away the testimony -- chaffetz raised the issue of exorbitant nonprofit salaries last september at a fiery hearing into controversies over planned parenthood: a nonprofit women's health and abortion provider. cecile richards is the group's

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obstruionist that eventually the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee, jason chaffetz of utah, introduced articles of impeachment against commissioner koskinen. he's taken every step to be respond to congress and hold irs employees accountable. shatz says it's up to congress to prevent taxpayer abuse, by pressing for more oversight and transparency. tom: these are not political issues. these are genuine abuses of the taxpayers' money. congress is unfortunately more reacti than proactive. taxpayers need to get them to do what's necessary to stop the waste in washington. sharyl: citizens against government waste has started compiling its list of contenders for the 2016 porker of the year. ahead on "full measure" -- a look ahead in cologne, germany where young women talk about called "the rape game." sharyl: this week, the european union considered allowing border checks to cope with the migration crisis in as we've reported, tightening borders in europe could have a critical impact on the future of the e.u. more than 1 million people headed to europe in search of new liv

people paying the tab, it's their government and they have the right to knono sharyl: republican jason chaffetz heads the house oversight committee, which issued the new report after bipartisan hearings last summer on the broken freedom of information, or foia, process. i, along with representatives from vice news, the "new york times," and others testified about egregious violations by federal agencies, which frequently fail to provide public information in the 20 business days required under foia law. in 2013, the defense department finally responded to a foia request i'd made in 2003. too late to be of use for the news story i was working on back then. for some perspective, my daughter was eight years old when i made the foia request. by the time i got a response from the pentagon, she was going off to college. jason: i have submitted thousands of foia requests to dozens of different agencies, one percent of my requests have been decided within the framework required by foia. sharyl: the news media and public may sue the government to get the information. but that can take years -- and the g

congressman jason chaffetz chairs the three-hour hearing. >> committee will come to order.me. oversightnal investigative work does not need to be an adversarial activity. we require cooperation. it takes effort, communication, and good faith. mr. cummings and a have worked together quite well. taken each other's views and ideas into consideration. our corroborative approach to oversight has yielded results. the committee has come a long way. adopted a 195 page report on the secret service, and have written 200 letters asking for documents and testimony. when we send a letter, it is not a thank you note. it is a little tougher than that. we have written more than 200 joint letters speaks a lot to the approach we are trying to take. we need cooperation from the agencies themselves. it might be helpful to clarify our expect haitians when we talk about cooperation. are open and transparent and self-critical in the united states of america. that is why the congress formed this committee under a different name. it has grown, expanded, contracted, and gone through a variety of dif

we will go live now to hear from congressman jason chaffetz, chair of the house oversight committee in this morning to accept the legislative agenda for 2016. the utah republican is at the brookings institution this morning. later you should know this morning they will also share a hearing on oversight of the executive ranch life today on our companion network cease injury starting not 10:00 eastern. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings until you met for joining us today. i'm honored you're to have congressman jason chaffetz from the state of utah with us today to discuss government oversight. he's the chairman of the house accountability oversight committee and he will talk today about various things in the committee discusses, covers, analyzes and tries to keep government accountable to the tax payer in citizen doing its job as well as possible. and michael o'hanlon with the foreign policy i brookings. one thing will undoubtedly talk about given my interest is certainly homeland security and tsa which is one of the many parts of the government that the congressman speciali

both mitt romney's son josh and well-known tea party congressman jason chaffetz have expressed interestbritish parliament has set the date, january 18th. that's when to debate whether or not to ban donald trump from entering the uk. a public petition has been signed by more than half a million people. >>> and donald trump will return to "the tonight show" on nbc this monday. he'll be talking to the best trump impersonator in the biz, our own jimmy fallon. just watch this from last night. >> hillary clinton said that she would investigate ufos and said that aliens may have already visited earth. when he heard that trump said forget the wall, we need a dome. let's build a huge, beautiful dome. and they can pay for it. we'll make the aliens pay for the dome. >> pretty good, isn't it? that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> all right i'm joined now political reporter erin mcpike. erin, pretty good from jimmy fallon there with the trump. >> he always is. he always is. >> all right, let's talk a little bit about north korea this morning. they claim that they successfully tested

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lerner there would be no prosecution before the letter came to chairman jason chaffetz? >> no. mr.id you tell mr schulman? >> i've never talked to him. >> not personally, but did you notify these individuals that no one was going to be prosecuted, first amended' rights were targeted? >> not that i'm aware of. >> do you know if they were transcribed? >> i do not. >> and you don't know if john was interviewed? >> i do not. >> you think you should have been interviewed, the guy presiding over the internal revenue service, your agency, and he is the commissioner when 420 two backup cases are destroyed, containing e-mails? do you think it would be maybe a good thing to do in an investigation?tie did a thorough investigation. >> for the people who were targeted notified? >> that i'm aware of. >> do you know catherine engelbrecht? >> i am familiar. >> the lady who was audited both personally and your business by the irs, visited by the epa, atf, osha, all law she was trying to clean up voter registration. the full weight of the government came down on her. she was contacted before you

. >> next reform committee jason chaffetz and the recent data brief of personnel management. also updated institution audience about the ongoing irs investigation in efforts to impeach commissioner john. >> well, good morning, everyone and welcome to bookings. i'm honored to have jason chaffetz do discuss oversight and he's going to talk today about various things that that committee discusses, covers, analyzes and tries to keep government accountable. i'm mike ohanlon. but we look forward very much after 20 or 25 minutes of conversation up here among ourselves to your questions because clearly we can range very widely given his expertise and background. he's also chief of staff to governor huntsman of utah and i would like to think that young quarterback always wanted to be. this is a dyu if you believe that did run for public office and fund raising for the country. congressman welcome to bookings. >> thanks. i always wanted to meet steve young. [laughter] >> steve young is the real deal so -- >> well, i think, you know, a lot of us would like to be steve young but a lot of

>> house oversight chairman jason chaffetz and charles grassley are writing a letter demanding the atf turn over the serial numbers of all the weapons found in el chapo's possession. the entire purpose of fast and furious was to see how far up the chain cartels smuggled u.s. weapons. now we know at least one made it all the way to the top. >> we're worried that so many of these guns, are still in the possession of the drug lords. >> the the justice department has not as congress requested, provided a complete list of fast and furious guns recovered in mexico and refused comment about those found with el chapo. >>> donald trump and ted cruz scrapping, hillary clinton struggling. does this lead to more opportunity for the rest of the field? >> we'll ask the panel. >>> just yesterday, donald trump promised not only to protect the ethanol mandate. but to expand it. to have the federal government do even more picking winners and losers by mandating ethanol be a larger part of the marketplace. >> he was a canadian citizen while he was a united states senator. he was a joint citizen of the un

after picking up a key endorsement from house oversight committee chairman congressman jason chaffetzin latest congressional endorsement for the rubio campaign, and a move some analysts believe means that the gop establishment, if you will, is lining up behind the florida senator. this amid fears that the nomination of donald trump or ted cruz would perhaps sink the party come november. let's talk about with joe trippi, former howard dean campaign manager and fox news contribute tort. lisa booth. wta opinion research. thanks for both of you being here. >> hi, jon. jon: let me show you a headline from "the hill" newspaper just out. it says, "fearing trump and cruz, republicans look to rubio." they're obviously talking about the republican establishment because trump and cruz have republicans on their bandwagon. do you see it that way, lisa? is marco rubio, his support of the sort of establishment republican coalescing behind marco rubio? >> well, jon it is interesting, the republican establishment, the goal of rnc, the goal of establishment to try to contain and control the process as

. >> house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz spoke at brookings institution. this is about an hour. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. i'm honored to have congressman jason chaffetz from the state of it to discuss government oversight. he is going to talk today about various things that committee discusses, analyzes and tries to keep government accountable to the tax payer and citizen and doing its job is as well as possible. one of the things we will undoubtedly talk about given my background is certainly homeland security and tsa, which is one of the many parts of the government that the congressman specializes in studying. but we look forward very much after 20, 25 minutes of conversation amongst ourselves, to your questions. fema that you want steve young was going to run for public office some day. this is a byu footballer that did run for office. congressman, welcome to brookings. >> thank you. i wanted to be steve young. i was a place kicker. not really a football player. >> we are gainful for what you are doing. it has to be daunting. if

[applause] >> the chair of the house oversight and reform committee jason chaffetz will talk about the role of his committee and talk about some of the ongoing investigations. live from the breaking -- brookings institution at 8:30 a.m. eastern. the head of the small business administration testifies at a hearing about a report on mismanagement. we have live coverage from the house small business committee at 11 eastern also on c-span2. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. this year, our student cam documentary contest asks students to tell us what issues they want to hear from the presidential candidates. get all the details about our student cam contest at c-span.org. now, a pentagon update on military operations in iraq and syria. we hear from stephen ford at this 40 minute briefing. >> good morning, everybody. welcome, we are pleased to have joining us today live from baghdad colonel steve warren. looking good as always. it can hear us, we'll turn it over to you. >> thank you. i can hear you loud and clear. i will jump right in. it is great to