the treasury department's jay russell george will be asked why he -- his report did not mention scrutiny of progressive groups. >>> texas governor rick perry will host a ceremony today to sign the new law that may close most abortion clinics in texas. >>> also happy birthday to vin diesel. he's 46 today. singer martha reeves famous for "heat wave" which we're experiencing, turns 72. and astronaut and senator john glenn is 92. >>> here's what's coming up later on "today." trayvon martin's parents talk about the verdict. >>> i'm betty ngyuen. thanks for watching "early today." have a good one. . >>> and that breaking news, a 7-year-old girl is dead today shot to death overnight in her own home and oakland. her grandmother and two other children in the house at the time were also shot. it is 4:30. good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. police spent most of the night at this home on wilson avenue just across from interstate 580, from fruitvale elementary school. today in the bay's christie smith is outside children's hospital in oakland wh

. >> reporter: lawmakers once again grill inspector jay russell george.eport he issued in may started a firestorm. it found the irs unfairly targeted conservative groups like the tea party and delayed requests for tax exempt status, but democrats say liberals were also scrutinized. new documents showed agents flagged groups like progressive or blue in its name. george said he never saw this evidence during his investigation. >> i'm very disturbed these documents were not provided to our auditors at the outset, and we're currently reviewing this issue. >> reporter: democrats say it revealed no political bias for one party or the other among irs employees but republicans insist conservative groups faced a higher level of scrutiny. irs agent elizabeth hofacre worked in the office that handled high-exempt requests. she said superiors in washington delayed her recommendations to approve tea party applications. >> my frustration primarily was i had to sit and wait for guidance from d.c. randall pinkstons have tried to link the white house to targeting of conser

charles: jay russell george apparently did ask attorney general holder about me of the selective prosecution, u know, apparently there were cases in 2006 and one that they say that he believes was willful and he did ask the attorney general eric holder about this and there has been no answer. and apparently chuck grassley has been given until july 26 to give an answer. >> it feels like this that is drawn out in the public loses interest. >> i think it feels that way because of the zimmerman trial. the president has actually benefited. the president was off the front page. the spies were off the front page. even though it is now the middle of the summer. i think this stuff will get back onto the front page. the more that we talk about it, the more the public will resume. but you and i talked about this. >> where is the outrage? the irs cheating and revealing privat information and tormenting the president's president's opponent. and nobody is outraged about it. except for maybe you any. charles: as a people we have given away our rights and we assume that it is okay. you touche on this proble

. >> jay russell george testified today and took heat from democrats for not stating that they may have gotten scrutinized as well. he defended the work of his team. >> mike, thank you. >>> president obama on how well obama care is working, that's next. and as we head to break, a live look at minneapolis, minnesota, from our affiliate kmsp, a sad story, the death of a toddler found in the trunk of a car near his home. the car was checked into but locked at the time of the investigation and not searched until now. >>> also, a story on the 100th anniversary of the t-shirt introduced to the navy. that's a live look. we'll be right back. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat mo dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ [ herbie ] eh, hold o

directed this not somebody in washington and also another thing that happened today was that jay russell georgee investigator general said that he was quite disturbed that he was kept -- information kept from him by the irs about the targeting of progressive groups. we heard at the beginning this was just tea party. now we are hearing it was occupy. we are hearing words like israel and progressive were used and we also know that issa did not give full information. >> bill: are you saying that the first witness lied today she was under oath in front of congress. that's a crime. >> i'm not going to say a liar. it's been reported in the past that she said directed from cincinnati. >> bill: i'm going to throw that out what you just said because that would be a crime if she didn't tell the truth today. so, do you want to get to the bottom of this? >> sure, absolutely. >> bill: do you? you believe it's an important story. >> i believe it's important. i initially thought it's politically motivated as everybody thought. >> bill: you want to get to the bottom of it elijah cummings in my opinion doesn't

. >> is this going to be jay russell george investigative arm of the irs?s he going to put the white house involved in this thing? is he going it do that? i mean, look, with all due respect, lois lerner is guilty. i think she is guilty, justifying her testimony and her dodging and all the evidence. they -- the obama administration would love to have the buck stop with her. that everything goes on her head. she is the villain. she ordered the tea party to be scrutinized. it's her, her, her. are they going to be able to up it to the white house? because that's the story. yes or no? >> the inspector general and going to testify tomorrow. he has some things is he going to testify about. is he also under fire. you have got to understand, this too, bill. democrats are now trying to discredit russell george as a partisan inspector general. >> bill: which democrats are trying to do that. >> elijah cummings. >> bill: cummings is the point man. cummings, for the white house, i guess, i don't know. try to discredit george. >> think about it he is he saying because he

tomorrow, house democrats are bringing back treasury inspector general jay russell george to answer somed a new memo saying there's no evidence the tax agency had any political motivation for screening process and absolutely no evidence the white house was involved. cummings says his employee should explain why new documents show that progressive groups including some connected to the occupy movement were supposed to be referred to the same agency allegedly scrutinizing conservatives. house republicans think george will push back on this allegation but that could just be wishful thinking. >> and same-sex marriage now legal in the united kingdom. british house of commons passed the law yesterday and queen elizabeth iii has now given her assent which a formality but a necessary one to make the law official. same sex yups probably won't start until next year. earliest could be summer of 2014. it applies to both civil and religious ceremonies. we're back after the break. stay with us. if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep i