. >> texas senator john cornyn calls werfol a white house insider. the appointment does nothing to restore confidence in the irs. shepard? >> shepard: what about republicans' calls for a special counsel? >> well, the president said congress from the white house can fix the problem without a special counsel. you have got three congressional committees investigating right now, the justice department looking into potential hatch act and civil rights violations. that may not be enough for republicans. kentucky senator mitch mcconnell called on the president to, quote, work openly and transparent whether i congress to get to the bottom of the scandal. he said no stonewalling. no half answers, no withholding of witnesses. for his part the president warned republicans not to make the investigations witch hunts, shepard? >> shepard: wendell goler on the north lawn. wendell got wet out there in the rose garden at the news conference today. luckily the commander and chief the u.s. marines were ready for action. >> while we got a couple of marines will look goo

john cornyn is in this line. but thomas is a beautiful writer. there is not as much written about him, but he was a wonderful writer and when he reported on the revolution, here is what he wrote. he said this was in 1836, right after the battle. the man deserves much credit. but more so do the women. armed men facing a foe. but the women, with the little children around them, without means of ser powers to resist, faced danger and death with unflinching coverage. and i think that that acknowledgment in the role of women, even back in the 1830s, it was just so appropriate. i wanted to make sure that the role of women, just like the role of women in texas, was part of our history. i do talk about the revolution and the women who were there in the revolution. he dedicated this book to her. but she loved another gentleman who became the secretary of state. and so there is a part about her. pretty soon after she rejected him, he went to alabama and met margaret lee. and they had almost instant love, it was a love that lasted. he and she wrote so many

we're joined by texas senator john cornyn, the number two republican in the senate. your reaction. >> well, i just think it's implausible. it seems to be the answer of the administration whenever they're caught doing something they shouldn't be doing is "i didn't know about it" and it causes me to wonder whether they believe willful ignorance is a defense when it's your job to know. given the trend line we're seeing here, bob, in so many different instances, it's unfortunately, a culture, i think independent administration that it's okay to cover these things up and part of it has to do with the intimidation that the administration is using against some of its critics. you see that in the ap story. you see that in the tea party story. there are so many common elements here. so i really think it is a culture of cover-ups, and intimidation that is getting the administration in so much trouble. >> schieffer: let me just ask you this-- do you have any evidence, evidence-- not hearsay or any of that-- any evidence that would contradict the president's statement that he di

. >>> finally, senator john cornyn of texas says a softball team was canceled. i guess they needed an extension. the name of the irs's team, the cheetahs. the d.c. humor, man. >> how about scared to open the mail? >> we got beckham. >> he's actually retiring. he says he's done. he's had enough of this soccer gig. the 38-year-old says now is his time to quit. >> decision, because i still feel that i can play at the top level. and still have done for the last six months. but, i always you know, secretly said to myself, that i want to go out at the top. >> i did beckham for halloween once. i couldn't do the faux-hawk too well. >> you're full of imagery and pictures i want to see. >> i'm telling you how my life is. >> you and beckham? wow. >> let's go outside. >> a look at the white house. did he do the underwear shot? >> no, i did not do that. >> here's what we're looking at. the rain through arkansas and into tennessee. heavy downpours in memphis. the white house, you'll be dealing with rain in d.c. throughout the weekend. the second half of saturday as s we go in

republican senator john cornyn. >> i have a very hard time believing that it was something that was cooked up between cincinnati and the irs. that's just impleasable. >> irs commissioner steven miller said his technical adviser told him the name but he says he doesn't remember it. there are two more hearings this week in which congress will try to get the answers. sharyl attkisson, cbs news, washington. >>> for the first time the head of the "associated press" is speaking out about the government's secret seizure of reporters' phone records. on "face the nation" yesterday gary pruitt said the government was trying to send a clear message. >> if you talk to the presentation, we're going go after you, we're going go after these leaguers. >> i don't know what their motive is, but i can tell you their actions are unconstitutional. >> pruitt called the action unconstitutional. he said the ap is considering legal action. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" gas prices jumps and yahoo! takes a big gamble with tumbler. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more, good morning to you, ashley. >>

republican senator john cornyn. >> i have a very hard time believing this is something cooked up it cincinnati from midlevel employees at the irs. that is just implausible. >> reporter: irs commissioner steven miller testified on friday that his technical advisor told him the name of the person responsible for targeting tea party and patriot groups but he said he doesn't remember it. there are two more hearings this week at which congress will try to get its answer. jim. >> sharyl, thank you. >> five numbers and the powerball. tonight it adds up to more than $590 million dollars. and the biggest powerball jackpot ever. a single ticket with the winning number was sold at a supermarket in zephyr hills florida. ashley porter is there. ashley? >>. >> reporter: well, jim, this wing ticket was bought at this publix in zephyr hills 30 miles outside of tampa. we don't know who the lucky winner is yet but even if this person wanted to come forward today to officially claim that prize, they couldn't. because the florida lottery office doesn't open until tomorrow. but once this person does come forward,

john cornyn is in the sam houston line. but thomas rusk was a beautiful writer, and there's not as much written about him as there is about sam houston. but he was a wonderful writer. and when he reported on the battle of san ya sin toe and the revolution, here's what he wrote. now, this was in 1836 right after the battle. the men of texas deserved much credit, but more was due the women. armed men facing a foe could not but be brave. but the women with their little children around them without means of defense or power to resist faced danger and death with unflinching courage. and i think that acknowledgment of the role of women even back in the 1830s was so appropriate. and i wanted to make sure that the role of women in texas just like the role of women in america from my first two books was part of our history. so i do talk about the revolution and the women who were there in the revolution. anna -- [inaudible] is in the book. she was the love of sam houston. he dedicated the battle of san jacinto to her. but she loved

republican senator john cornyn sought to tie the irs scandal to the white house on sunday. >> it seems to be the answer whenever they're caught is i didn't know about it. >> reporter: they put them under extra scrutiny what when they started in 2010. republicans said sunday they're not so sure. >> who knew, when did they know, why did they do this, how high up in the government did it go. >> he told congress on friday that his agency's mistakes were the result of mismanagement, not partisanship. >> i think what happened here is foolish mistakes were made in that they were foolish in their workload selection. >> reporter: we now know that some were informed that this investigation was under way nearly a year ago and that weakens the argument, charlie and norah, that there was some kind of coverup here. >> thank you. c bbs news jo b s nu bs news jo. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's going on? >> the key question is what started all this? how did these managers get inspired to do this? was it really just the case lode? there wasn't a huge ballooning of it. there's an investigation

republican senator john cornyn sought to tie the irs scandal to the white house on sunday. >> it seems to be the answer whenever they're caught is i didn't know about it. >> reporter: inspector general determined it was front line managers in cincinnati who subjected they go through extra scrutiny starting in 2010. investigators also determined there was no outside influence. but republicans said sunday they're not so sure. >> who knew, when did they know, why did they do this, how high up in the government did it go. >> reporter: the head of the irs who will leave they end of the month told congress on friday that his agency and he mistakes were the result of mismanagement, not partisanship. >> i think what happened here is foolish mistakes were made in that they were foolish in their workload selection. >> reporter: we now know that top treasury fishes official officials and key law makes was under way nearly a year ago. weakens the argument, charlie and norah, that there was some kind of coverup here. >> thank you. cbs news john dickerson. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's go

but six years ago, it was john cornyn of texas, you'll recall, up for reelection in 2008, who offeredse poison pill amendments against president bush's and ted kennedy and john mccain's immigration bill. i just point out that senator cornyn supfor reelection next year as well. >> woodruff: let's talk about benghazi. very much in the news the last few days, michael. this is, of course, the outpost in libya. it was overrun. the u.n. ambassador was killed along with three others. new information today about the state department changing the so-called talking points that were going to be given to administration officials. what-- where is all this headed now? >> well, it's worth pointing out, at the outset, even at the worst, this is not watergate. i think we'rwatergate. what we're talkch talking about is a cover-up-- if there is a cover-up-- of negexpwrens incompetence and not criminality and that is the difference. but this is an unfolding, rapidly moving problem for the administration. the testimony this week showed that the people who were closest to the crisis, that were in libya, kne

and the irs is scrapped its planned softball game for the team with senator john cornyn's office.ose team is called the cheetahs canceled the game. no comment from the irs and so far, the game has not been rescheduled. get that, the irs, the cheetahs? that's going to wrap things up for me. i'll see you back on monday at 11:00 a.m. "now" with alex wagner is coming up. alex, your best day, friday. >> it is. >> tgif to you. >> what a lead-in with all of those funs what a pun-tastic from semper-dry. >>> while president obama deals with the trifecta of so-called scandals, republicans get back to the serious business of -- trying to repeal law of the land. we'll discuss the obama care sideshow, scandal mania and jeopocracy. plus. "the new york times" instructs us in the dark arts of the 501 c 4 and we'll tackle the complicated and dangerous relationship between globalization and factory safety. coming up next. ded your smart p. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent

a short time ago senator john cornyn released a statement, it reads, quote. >> joining me with the late breaking developments is former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. good to have you back. >> good to be with you. this is an extraordinary time for us to have a chance to talk about how washington really works. >> you know, you have been thinking a lot of time thinking, we've been friends for many, many years, before we get into the specifics of all this, give me the big picture what you see going on in washington overall. >> well, i think between the benghazi scandal, the scandal of secretary sebelius, who has been using government power and prestige to raise money illegally to implement obamacare despite congressional appropriations and the scandal we have with the internal revenue service, the scandal we have with the justice department taking two solid months of records from the associated press secretly what, people will confront is this is a challenge of the entire process of big government. this isn't did barack obama as a person. this is not a personality defect. this is the

washington, the cheetahs, has canceled its scheduled game with the team from republican senator john cornyn's the cornyn spokes marne says, quote, guess they needed an extension. >>> president obama was in baltimore proposalling jobs, but his choice of back drop may drown out his message. president obama stood in front of dredge's equipment. the president of that company, peter bow, testified just yesterday in a hearing on the keystone xl pipeline. he said federal delays on the pipeline are hurting his company. and costing jobs. >>> we've told you about the reservations the family of president dwight d. eisenhower expressed regarding the development of a memorial in ike's honor along the national mall here in washington. congress has already appropriated $62 million to the commission which has picked a site and the design, but has not begun construction. now u.s. news and world report says the commission wants another $51 million of taxpayer money. congressional republicans wonder why the commission needs $2 million in operating expenses for a nine-member staff. why it spent 220 grand in trav

senator john cornyn of texas on investigating the scandals, the importance of it. >> have a fair andal, let's be thorough, get to the bottom of all of these scandals so the americanç people can know exacy what happened. as i said at the beginning, there's a credibility problem that this administration has, and if we're ever going to regain the public's confidence, they need to know the facts. >> sean: except for the very end, i don't think i've ever seen that, a republican, except for the end, got better scores with the democrats. i don't think we've seen that before. >> this is why the scandals, all three of them coming at the same time, is so serious, sean. this is not ideological anymre. this is not political anymore. the trust and confidence of the american people in their government is in jeopardy. if this administration wants to play politics, they're going to pay a very heavy price politically. my hope is not to play this partisan game, sean. it's for these guys in the white house to understand that the american people want the facts, and they want them now. >> sean: i think

later texas republican john cornyn sought an apology for his con tich wents. >> i very much regret that it happened on my watch. >> i don't think it qualifies as an apology. it qualification as an expression of regret. >> reporter: there was an apology, not an admission of guilt from miller. >> i want to apologize on the behalf of the irs for the mistakes we made and the poor service we provided. the affected organizations and the american public deserve better. >> reporter: then there was the issue of how this came to light. lois lerner who heads iergs oversight of tax-exempt organizations answered planted question. >> we tried to get the story out. the report was coming. we knew that. >> reporter: treasury secretary jack lew was asked about the planted question. >> i wasn't asked about this. i would have advised against doing that. >> reporter: lew said there was some staff level contact between treasury and the irs. >> i was not awafer the audit until i met with the inspector general on march 15th. >> reporter: ler ner was set to testify tomorrow. her attorney said she will invoke he

dan pfeiffer and senator john cornyn of texas join bob schieffer today. the senator has been involved in the senate finance committee's attempt to get some answers about the irs. that's on "face the nation" starting at 8:30 a.m. on kpix 5. >>> we did not win the powerball jackpot, but we know one person did get so close. >> a south bay ticket misses the jackpot by one number. powerball lottery officials say someone in florida matched all six numbers for last night's record $590 million drawing. and in case you're wondering, the winning numbers were 10-13- 14-22-52 and the powerball was 11. >>> we know that two tickets in california matched the first five numbers without the powerball, which doesn't make them that big, but still makes it money. one was purchased at a 7-eleven store in the san jose area. and another one in curhan county. it's not clear how much those tickets will be worth. >>> and the frenzy has been especially wild here in california, which became a powerball state only last month. you know we were seeing ticket sales of $10,000 in tickets

texas republican john cornyn joined in. >> this is really a confidence- building measure, border securityit does not work as advertised, we would have failed in our responsibility, we will not have solved the problem. >> woodruff: opponents of that amendment said in reality, such strict additions to the measure would mean denying citizenship indefinitely. in the end, republicans lindsey graham of south carolina and jeff flake of arizona, both members of the gang of eight, voted with majority democrats to defeat the amendment, 12 to six. democrats did accept other changes. one calls for 90% of would-be border jumpers to be stopped along the entire mexican border, not just in high risk sectors. but bill supporters said some of the amendments clearly amount to poison pills, including a proposal allowing members of same-sex couples to sponsor foreign spouses and others increasing visa eligibility for high-skilled workers. >> there are many who would want to kill this bill. i would ask my colleagues, if you don't agree with everything, be constructive, we are open to changes. >> woodruff: the

the agency softball team canceled a game against senator john cornyn's office. >> no comment from thers officers who call themselves the cheetahs. >>> hillary clinton's ties to president obama could cost her the 2016 election. not the worst white house scan dell i've been through. >> this morning's eye opener presented by prudential. >> welcome to "bcs this morning." good morning, norah. >> happy friday to you. been quite a week, huh? >> we begin in washington. president obama trying to put the trio of scandal behind him. travels to baltimore to talk about jobs and education. >> but in washington, the irs scandal is front and center. its outsted leader took the witness stand less than an hour ago. >> reporter: acting commissioner steven miller apologized right off the bat in his testimony for what he described as poor service to the american public in this case. and now he's getting grilled by lawmakers who want to know why he and other top irs officials rebuffed their questions about this matter for two full years. >> arscting commissioner miller said that the agency made errors but

john cornyn r-r says he is a white house insider that will do nothing to restore cough dense in the i.r.sthank you very much, wendell goler. jon: for more on the scandals engulf financing the white house and the political fallout let's talk to monica crowley, thee is a fox news contributor and author of "what the bleep just happened." just trust us, that seems to be the word from the outgoing head of the i.r.s. mr. miller. >> now there is mounting evidence as we saw in this morning's hearings that there is more here than meets the eye. this is not just republicans questioning. we have a number of democrats on the panel and elsewhere questioning what the i.r.s. was up to, why they did this. targeting conservative groups, christian groups, jewish groups, other groups that may have opposed the president's policies over a number of years and now we've got the chairman of the senate finance committee, democrat senator max baucus saying there is a lot more here than meets the eye. there is more to come and there will be a much broader focus as to what the i.r.s. was doing. jon: if you listen to

senator now texas attorney general john cornyn promised that in the face of this kind of racial discriminationuck would get a new fair sentencing. they've gone back on that promise and actively seeing mr. buck executed. >> this is part of the story in many cases in mississippi too, the evidence we're alluding to in the intro, the feds basically said we can't vouch for the scientific accuracy but that was an fbi investigator saying that he could say clearly that the hair removed from the scene, he could say which race, the person it came from. the federal government says no we can't stand by that. >> that's failed science. hair comparison testing has never worked. there's so many things involved. they wrote a report and told them that there were errors in this testing. there's not even -- it's not even that, the science is junk. hair comparison testing sent many a man and person to jail. i have a friend of mine that's how he went to jail, chris connor from the state of maryland, he had two head hair, both were not his but two different. they tried to say they were his. the man did 19 years in p

john cornyn, john mccain, the list goes on. there were demanding an apology and condemning those words, that was not happening. and least wrap up, there's a level of conversation, right? before they were there, we were here and that was it. back to you, professor. finally do come up with a proposal, it's going to be a proposal and there are going to be some things antonio will not like. there's going to be some things i do not like. you know, in the end, i still remember that undocumented mexicans who said to me, get it done. everyday i fear that i will not be with my children again another day to raise them. get me my papers. even if it is a deal that treats me poorly, my daughter and my sons will take care of those who treated me miserably, but let me raise them in america. we need to understand who our constituents are. they are the most vulnerable. we need to bring them out of the shadows and give them protection. i think we can get the citizenship thing down. we are working. then we can work on expanding this, i believe. w

john cornyn, john mccain, the list goes on. there were demanding an apology and condemning those words, that was not happening. and least wrap up, there's a level of conversation, right? before they were there, we were here and that was it. back to you, professor. finally do come up with a proposal, it's going to be a proposal and there are going to be some things antonio will not like. there's going to be some things i do not like. you know, in the end, i still remember that undocumented mexicans who said to me, get it done. everyday i fear that i will not be with my children again another day to raise them. get me my papers. even if it is a deal that treats me poorly, my daughter and my sons will take care of those who treated me miserably, but let me raise them in america. we need to understand who our constituents are. they are the most vulnerable. we need to bring them out of the shadows and give them protection. i think we can get the citizenship thing down. we are working. then we can work on expanding this, i believe. w

. >> lower than john cornyn. >> better than romney, at least. >> better than romney. >> that's the barecause he can call himself anything he wants. i'm not going to judge his ethnicity, but he does stressize irish and italian as well as cuban. again, i don't think that the surname is going to really drive latinos to say oh, we've got a republican hero when his policies are so right wing. >> he could stress canadian and talk about single-payer health care. >> then there's that. >> one mistake i think the republican establishment is not taking advantage of the hastert rule. they have an opportunity to let some of these tough issues go away just by letting obama pass a few things. background checks might be inevitable. immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship might be inevitable. if you get it off the table without your members voting for it, you save yourself an issue that you don't really care that much b and it improves your chances ee electrlek electoral. >> we're at a state to get near universal background checks, it's can republicans do this without risking a mass rebellion i

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you have some people, john cornyn didn't vote for the bill in judiciary.he would vote for the bill to move forward for debate. so i think is more possible, you know. i think it will be debated. whether it will pass is a different story. i think it will get to 65. >> bill: need 51 for passage right? if they get 60 for cloture they'll get 51 for passage. >> i think people are feeling good about it. i'm always nervous about making these predictions but i mean, i think it will pass the senate. >> bill: the key issues, patrick leahy took out one of the key issues meaning equal status for same-sex couples under the immigration reform. will that come up as an amendment on the floor do you believe? >> i think it might. it seems unlikely to -- i mean i think it is almost certainly not going to be in the bill. republicans said that would kill the bill to put it in. so it is possible, you know, they bring it up. they have a vote on it. people sort of have to add what they said and they can say oh, i voted for it. i voted against it. but it's not going to be in the bi

john cornyn explained walt disney world uses biometrics for ticket fraud. disney has two ports of entry. one in florida one in california. we have 329 ports of entry in the united states which include land, sea and air. if we're talking about being able to read cards at all points of entry for those leaving the united states, it is a more daunting task than it is at disney world or disneyland. >> i would argue that. he calls for a biometric entry and exit system but money is the holdup. back in 2008, homeland security estimated it would cost between $3 and $6 billion to implement the system. the current immigration bill as drafted calls for a visa photo i.d. scan instead. >>> the committee did accept senator chuck grassley's amendment that customs officials get immediate notification when a student visa expires. this is a direct reaction to the news that one of the yung men who helped dzhokhar tsarnaev entered the u.s. in january on an invalid visa. if homeland security doesn't notify customs within 120 days according to the amendment the government would h

i was watching the john cornyn hearings and i saw these little old ladies standup -- [laughter] i thought whyt, don't i have the courage like these ladies who stand up for what they believe in? guantanamo is wrong, and for all the reasons that have been laid out, the financial, fiscal irresponsibility. if it continues until the end of this administration, we will onnd another $750 million guantanamo. to fiscal conservatives, it makes no sense. we're witnessing its torture at change.org, and if other people are willing to stand up, why can i? a prosecutor in the military commissions. [applause] >> and the third question was what is the political will to keep it open? why is it open? that.ill take a shot at put my foot in it again. courage.ral moral courage is most often the most missing ingredient in any presidential decision-making process. i do not care what president you want to talk about -- ronald reagan, harry truman, dwight eisenhower. moral courage is set by what i would call political reality. it is sapped by clinical opposition and the caliber and brouhaha nature of that oppositi

. >> john is managing director of science policy and david cornyn washington bureau chief for motheres. everybody loves research. it means people can live to 90, healthy. if we don't do that, we're just going to fall back. if you don't have verge keeping up with stress, we're going to fall back. >> the most important investment that our company can make and that's what's so discouraging right now. when you're talking about the sequestration, it's a $1.6 billion cut for health. it's not just sequestration. the past decade we've had cuts at the nih. going on $6 billion when you account for inflation. >>> so what's it mean? you can't do certain tests or what are you hearing? >> probably most discouraging is you're talking about researchers have about a one in ten chance to get funded, so all of the grants going to the national institutes of health, only one out of ten doors are we able to open. the most ideal situation is between 25 and 30%. actually, when congress decided -- >> you're turning down good proposals. >> they're on the cutting room floor right now. it's affecting young inve

. >> john is managing director of science policy and david cornyn washington bureau chief for motheres. everybody loves research. it means people can live to 90, healthy. if we don't do that, we're just going to fall back. if you don't have verge keeping up with stress, we're going to fall back. >> the most important investment that our company can make and that's what's so discouraging right now. when you're talking about the sequestration, it's a $1.6 billion cut for health. the past ten years, a decade, we've had cuts at the nih and going on f billion when you account for inflation. so, we're at a time -- >> what's it mean an ek doe tall terms? you can't do certain tests or what are you hearing? >> probably most discouraging is you're talking about researchers have about a one in ten chance to get funded, so all of the grants going to the national institutes of health, only one out of ten doors are we able to open. the most ideal situation is between 25 and 30%. actually, when congress decided -- >> you're turning down good proposals. >> they're on the cutting room floor right now

. >> john is managing director of science policy and david cornyn washington bureau chief for mother. >> not only was i treated for cancer at a young age and was the direct beneficiary of that research, and it could not be a stupider time to cut back on fund. >> for medical are search, the answer is a lot. [ applause ] >> john is director of science policy, american cancer research and david corn. everybody loves research because that means a better future. it means people can live to 90, healthy. if we don't do that, we're just going to fall back. if you don't have verge keeping up with stress, we're going to fall back. >> the most important investment that our company can make and that's what's so discouraging right now. when you're talking about the sequestration, it's a $1.6 billion cut for health. the past ten years, a decade, we've had cuts at the nih and going on f billion when you account for inflation. so, we're at a time -- >> what's it mean in anecdotal terms? you can't do certain tests or what are you hearing? >> probably most discouraging is you're talking about research