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political targeting scandal with a public offer for john koskinen to change his sworn testimony specifically about the lost e-mails of lois lerner. "the committee would like to offer you the opportunity to amend your testimony that you have no idea whether anything that was lost was an official record or not. and acknowledge that ms. lerner did not follow policies necessary for federal records act that obstructed the congressional investigation into the irs' targeting." joining me now, steven, a new letter from issa. bu does it move us forward? >> what it says is we now have as you point out a conflict between the testimony that irs commissioner gave about what the irs procedures are and whether lois lerner followed those procedures and lerner's own attorney says they wasn't aware of those procedures.
political targeting scandal with a public offer for john koskinen to change his sworn testimony specifically about the lost e-mails of lois lerner. "the committee would like to offer you the opportunity to amend your testimony that you have no idea whether anything that was lost was an official record or not. and acknowledge that ms. lerner did not follow policies necessary for federal records act that obstructed the congressional investigation into the irs' targeting." joining me...
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again grilling irs commissioner john koskinen about lerner's emails. >> here is what happened march 28th, the irs gets a heads up. the inspector general caught him because we asked the inspector general to do the audited did it he caught them targeting conservative groups. now lois lerner says you know what? i better double-check and make sure that interoffice messages that can't be traced and tracked. all i at the present time know is why it took six months to get the information. we could have had this six months ago when we issued the subpoena and you took over and we don't. we are supposed to believe oh, perfect. >> we're working our way through and have completed the production tax writing committee. >> july 3rd, 63,000. >> 4 o'clock the day before a holiday give us 15,000. >> and you are going to get more. >> joining us tea party.net niger ennis. you watched most of the hearing today what did you think. >> i thought that jim jordan was spot on and it was quite embarrassing for a government official for an
again grilling irs commissioner john koskinen about lerner's emails. >> here is what happened march 28th, the irs gets a heads up. the inspector general caught him because we asked the inspector general to do the audited did it he caught them targeting conservative groups. now lois lerner says you know what? i better double-check and make sure that interoffice messages that can't be traced and tracked. all i at the present time know is why it took six months to get the information. we...
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. >>> john koskinen back in the hot seat. we'll talk about that after this.adies, whenever you're ready. i got this. no, i'll get it! let me get it. ah uh, i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? here's one...get an allstate agent. nice! switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-788-0900 now. hold on man, is that a leak up there? that's a drip. now that's a leak. that is a leak! and if you don't have allstate renters insurance... game over. protect your valuables from things like water damage for as low as $4 a month when you add renter's insurance to your allstate auto policy. call 866-788-0900 now. and, if you're a safe driver, you can save up to 45%! just a few more ways, allstate is changing car insurance for good. call an allstate agent and get a quote now. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day men's 50+. a complete multivit
. >>> john koskinen back in the hot seat. we'll talk about that after this.adies, whenever you're ready. i got this. no, i'll get it! let me get it. ah uh, i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? here's one...get an allstate agent. nice! switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-788-0900...
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representative jim jordan among those questioning john koskinen.ry to hold his feet to the fire no doubt with some things he said last time around now that word has come in from some looking into this investigation that the hard drive may actually be recoverable for lois lerner and if that is the case, where these, where these emails actually may still exist. so we'll keep an eye on it like i said. we'll take you back there as merited. bill: meantime, martha, back to another one of our top story this is morning, dueling court decisions that could ultimate spell the end of obamacare? that is what some suggest including wyoming senator john barasso who we talked to last hour why he thinks the law is now in trouble. >> this law has been so unpopular around the country, 36 states said no, we don't want to set up our own exchanges. that is what made i think the administration to force the irs to make a ruling to say, okay, you can give subsidies to the federal exchanges as well. bill: senator barrasso is also a doctor. jordan sekulow not a doctor, direc
representative jim jordan among those questioning john koskinen.ry to hold his feet to the fire no doubt with some things he said last time around now that word has come in from some looking into this investigation that the hard drive may actually be recoverable for lois lerner and if that is the case, where these, where these emails actually may still exist. so we'll keep an eye on it like i said. we'll take you back there as merited. bill: meantime, martha, back to another one of our top...
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john koskinen is -- >> koskinen.]. >> he is the guy, he is the guy who said, who should be, hey, called me in to fix this thing. it's a mess. he would have been the good guy in this. this guy could be writing ticket for rest of his life. instead he is more defensive than anybody else about this. he couldn't possibly be implicated because he is brand new. >> i think claire mccaskill came out and criticized him for his arrow against. >> on his tone. >> on his tone, finally. it is strange, we've been watching the hearings, thinking why are the democrats even seeming to defend the irs? >> or just be silent. >> there is no reason to defend this. there is no -- support this kind of behavior. >> what about a special prosecutor? republicans called for special prosecutor. >> with a switch, midterms are coming up. already july. >> can i say one thing they're really good at. they might be better than the mob at this, it is loyalty. no matter how bad it destroys your reputation, yep, they do talking points. they obfuscate, whate
john koskinen is -- >> koskinen.]. >> he is the guy, he is the guy who said, who should be, hey, called me in to fix this thing. it's a mess. he would have been the good guy in this. this guy could be writing ticket for rest of his life. instead he is more defensive than anybody else about this. he couldn't possibly be implicated because he is brand new. >> i think claire mccaskill came out and criticized him for his arrow against. >> on his tone. >> on his tone,...
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. >>> the irs commissioner john koskinen is on the hot seat right now. live pictures out of capitol hill. what he says about a new report about the irs claims that his agency made billions of dollars in payments to the wrong people. >>> and new hope for a u.s. marine jailed in mexico as he gets a chance minutes from now to tell his side of the story to a judge about how he made that wrong turn and crossed the border with three registered guns in his truck. >> one pilot doing the right thing for passengers. stuck on a plane. pizza anyone? you got to love that guy. don't miss red lobster's new! lobster toppers event. four entrées, starting at just $15.99. like our new lobster-topped wood-grilled shrimp... or the new! lobster-topped lobster. and now for lunch, try our new lobster tacos, $9.9o hurry in. you bring your banged up car to the repair shop. when you get it back, the paint job doesn't match. the guy who owns the shop says "looks fine to me". of course, he's wearing red pants with an orange shirt. his cashier says "if you squint you don't even notic
. >>> the irs commissioner john koskinen is on the hot seat right now. live pictures out of capitol hill. what he says about a new report about the irs claims that his agency made billions of dollars in payments to the wrong people. >>> and new hope for a u.s. marine jailed in mexico as he gets a chance minutes from now to tell his side of the story to a judge about how he made that wrong turn and crossed the border with three registered guns in his truck. >> one pilot...
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john koskinen this poor guy sat before congress and said we'll produce all temp males four. i'll be back here and produce them. now he's forced into a situation actually she never did print them out. somebody told me she printed them out now she didn't. >> there's two potential crimes. one is an out right lie under oath and below the radar screen lie where you say things to mislead. but the irs is in a position they don't want to be in right now before this judge, fireworks on friday. >> a lot of people think checks and balances have failed. true to vote found one more checks and balance. >> that other branch of the government. >> j-thaudge, thank you very mu. >>> new warning out for travellers. a new terrorist threat. >>> breaking news tonight in the southern border crisis. this video just came in. it's the third plane full of people. immigrants unloading on to u.s. soil. this as the president prepares to head to the border state but not for this crisis. >> you have a handle, a real handle of what this is costing us out of our pockets. please use the word illegal aliens. th
john koskinen this poor guy sat before congress and said we'll produce all temp males four. i'll be back here and produce them. now he's forced into a situation actually she never did print them out. somebody told me she printed them out now she didn't. >> there's two potential crimes. one is an out right lie under oath and below the radar screen lie where you say things to mislead. but the irs is in a position they don't want to be in right now before this judge, fireworks on friday....
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the new irs commissioner, john koskinen, he comes before congress to testify. i wonder if they're going to be dicks to him. >> please rise to take the oath. raise your right hand. a little higher. [laughter] >> jon: wow. that was easy. now turn around and wiggle. while we all might want to do that to the head of the irs, what does raising your hand higher have to do with telling the truth? uh, i can lie. wait, i can lie. hold on. i can lie. i can lie. i can lie. i can no longer lie! for my hand is too close to god. that's him scratching god's beard. hello! all right. enough cathartic public shaming. where are the damn e-mails. -actual hard drive, after it was determined that it was dysfunctional and with experts no e-mails could be retrieved was recycled and destroyed in the normal process. >> so was it physically destroyed? >> that's my understanding. >> so was it melted down, do you know? >> i have no idea what the recycler does with it. >> jon: for all i know lois lerner's hard drive was ground into a fine dust, sprinkled lark parmesan onto a lasagna that wa
the new irs commissioner, john koskinen, he comes before congress to testify. i wonder if they're going to be dicks to him. >> please rise to take the oath. raise your right hand. a little higher. [laughter] >> jon: wow. that was easy. now turn around and wiggle. while we all might want to do that to the head of the irs, what does raising your hand higher have to do with telling the truth? uh, i can lie. wait, i can lie. hold on. i can lie. i can lie. i can lie. i can no longer lie!...
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. >> that's congressman darrell issa grilling irs commissioner john koskinen on capitol hill.the same hearing, koskinen testified that investigators have found backup tapes in the lois lerner e-mail probe. so those lost e-mails may not be so lost before. we're back with dan henninger and "wall street journal" washington columnist kim strassel joins us. kim, to paraphrase vince lombardi, what in the heck is going on around here? >> this is crazy. about ten days ago, congressional investigators got a tip from a guy who works in the irs counsel's office. he was giving private testimony and he said, we may have some tape after all and might have lois lerner's e-mails. koskinen confirmed it looks as though there may be backup taipz and indeed the e-mails may be on it. he also acknowledged this has come out of the fact that the treasury inspector general is conducting yet another investigation. he was the guy who blew the pri whistle in the first place on the irs. it appears these tapes have only been found as a result of his investigation. this is the same irs who only a month ago
. >> that's congressman darrell issa grilling irs commissioner john koskinen on capitol hill.the same hearing, koskinen testified that investigators have found backup tapes in the lois lerner e-mail probe. so those lost e-mails may not be so lost before. we're back with dan henninger and "wall street journal" washington columnist kim strassel joins us. kim, to paraphrase vince lombardi, what in the heck is going on around here? >> this is crazy. about ten days ago,...
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congressman issa is indicating that upcoming testimony from irs commissioner john koskinen could further incriminate former irs official lois lerner in the targeting of conservative groups and donors. >> either lois lerner's attorney is outright not telling the truth -- which he's played fast and loose with the truth several times -- or the commissioner was inaccurate in his testimony before congress. now, the lawyers, mr. taylor is not under oath. the commission or is. so hopefully, he'll clarify it, support it, and it probably will make us understand that lois lerner's attorney continues to profess her innocence when we're long past the question of guilt. she broke rules, she broke the law. lou: issa referring to statements that lerner kept hard copies of her e-mails. lerner's attorney denies she did that. either way koskinen should clear that up. we're coming right back. lou: the head of the terrorist group isil showing no fear in iraq. al-baghdadi delivers a blistering sermon for the cameras in mosul. general jack keane on what we should expect. friday night, buddy. you are gonna nee
congressman issa is indicating that upcoming testimony from irs commissioner john koskinen could further incriminate former irs official lois lerner in the targeting of conservative groups and donors. >> either lois lerner's attorney is outright not telling the truth -- which he's played fast and loose with the truth several times -- or the commissioner was inaccurate in his testimony before congress. now, the lawyers, mr. taylor is not under oath. the commission or is. so hopefully,...
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we welcome back our witness, irs commissioner john koskinen. all kinds of questions need to be answered, and that's why for the third time in a month we're -- we have mr. koskinen here to answer and address what many of those unanswered questions. first, we were promised the irs would produce all of lois lerner's e-mails. then we learned some had been destroyed and there was absolutely no way he could produce all of ms. lerner's e-mails to congress. second, we were told the irs had confirmed that all back updates with lois lerner's e-mails had been destroyed. then we learned last week from irs attorney thomas kane that a backup tape may exist. third, we were told there was one harddrive crash, lois lerners and then the ways and means committee told us there were seven or eight total crashes and now we learn that there may be as many as 20. think about this. the irs has identified 83 custodians of documents and information. the irs has identified these people, associated with this targeting of conservative groups, and now almost a fourth of them
we welcome back our witness, irs commissioner john koskinen. all kinds of questions need to be answered, and that's why for the third time in a month we're -- we have mr. koskinen here to answer and address what many of those unanswered questions. first, we were promised the irs would produce all of lois lerner's e-mails. then we learned some had been destroyed and there was absolutely no way he could produce all of ms. lerner's e-mails to congress. second, we were told the irs had confirmed...
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. >> reporter: john koskinen is expected to return to capitol hill on wednesday.understanding koskinen wants to return to clarify any discrepancies. lerner's attorney said she didn't print out her emails. >> if there were emails they would be printed out. >> reporter: on friday conservative group through a vote scheduled to having a hearing in u.s. district court in washington asking to have a forensic expert determined how the irs emails were lost and to figure out if any of the missing information can be recovered. sources say congressional investigators are pushing to speak with the i.t. people at the irs about how they handle lois lerner's crashed hard drive and other agency officials. until the irs say the i.t. folks can't do it, until treasury inspector general is finished in looking at missing emails. >> pope francis begged for forgiveness from clearingy sex abuse. he met with survivors. he promised to keep bishops accountable. some called it a public relations stunt that would make no real difference. >>> to deport or not to deport and what is the law? the
. >> reporter: john koskinen is expected to return to capitol hill on wednesday.understanding koskinen wants to return to clarify any discrepancies. lerner's attorney said she didn't print out her emails. >> if there were emails they would be printed out. >> reporter: on friday conservative group through a vote scheduled to having a hearing in u.s. district court in washington asking to have a forensic expert determined how the irs emails were lost and to figure out if any of...
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house oversight chairman darrell issa offering irs commissioner john koskinen a chance to try again andxplain his testimony after isis said lerner's attorney made conflicting statements. here is mr. koskinen testifying 10 days ago on what he knew about whether lerner kept hard copies much her official records as required by law. >> the responsibility is if you have an email you have a record and print it out as a hard copy. my understanding every employee is supposed to print records that are official records on hard copy and keep them. she had hard copy records. >> but lerner's attorney dropped this bombshell when he spoke to "politico" last week saying his client did not know she was supposed to print out official records. a few days later, in a tv interview, lerner's attorney appeared to muck up the waters even more when he said this. >> she printed out some things, not others. you can't print out hundreds of thousands of emails. we'll be back, we'll be back -- >> print out everything that had to do with irs business, with policy, with questions? did she print all those out? >> what
house oversight chairman darrell issa offering irs commissioner john koskinen a chance to try again andxplain his testimony after isis said lerner's attorney made conflicting statements. here is mr. koskinen testifying 10 days ago on what he knew about whether lerner kept hard copies much her official records as required by law. >> the responsibility is if you have an email you have a record and print it out as a hard copy. my understanding every employee is supposed to print records that...
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it's also a contrast to testimony from i-r-s commissioner john koskinen who said the emails were lost when lerner's computer crashed. lerner led the division of the i-r-s that targeted groups claiming tax-exempt status. these missing emails were dated around the time these groups faced scrutiny. ma >>: a friend of boston marathon was found guilty monday of obstructing the investigation into the 2013 attack. the friend was convicted on a charge of trying to cover up evidence. the federal jury found him guilty on the charge of taking a backpack from the dorm room -- but found him not guilty on two charges related to taking a laptop from the room. suspect also face charges. >>: texas governor rick perry is expected to order one thousand national guard troops to the u-s border with mexico -- to deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors. the republican has been an outspoken proponent of securing the border since the influx of immigrants began. thousands of unaccompanied since october. >>: i will not stand idly by as our streets are under assault. and of little children are detained and s
it's also a contrast to testimony from i-r-s commissioner john koskinen who said the emails were lost when lerner's computer crashed. lerner led the division of the i-r-s that targeted groups claiming tax-exempt status. these missing emails were dated around the time these groups faced scrutiny. ma >>: a friend of boston marathon was found guilty monday of obstructing the investigation into the 2013 attack. the friend was convicted on a charge of trying to cover up evidence. the federal...
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john koskinen around christmas.his should have been resealed back then if you. >> i think the weirdest red flag with lois lerner is the email exchange where she had gotten an invitation tore senator grassley and she wanted to send it for an examination her colleague her off the ceiling for that one. what in the world does she think she is that aggressive about that to me, that's the strangest thing. >> that ised because what happened in that case, greta, was apparently that email came into her mistakenly. it was for senator grassley. and it said that we'll also take care of having your wife accompany you. there is nothing wrong with that it would oblige the senator though to record that as income when he filed his return. again, there is no problem. all you have is a taxable event. it's like saying hey, greta has a new job. let's audit her because she has a new job. you don't do that you wait to see if greta filed her tax return. >> that's the weird part. i mean, that is what is is the real big red flag. either she
john koskinen around christmas.his should have been resealed back then if you. >> i think the weirdest red flag with lois lerner is the email exchange where she had gotten an invitation tore senator grassley and she wanted to send it for an examination her colleague her off the ceiling for that one. what in the world does she think she is that aggressive about that to me, that's the strangest thing. >> that ised because what happened in that case, greta, was apparently that email...
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reporter: now democrats are complaining about chairman issa's plans to bring the irs commissioner john koskinen back to the hill this week with congressman elijah cummings writing quote, the committee has engaged in four-year campaign to try to link some type of scandal to the white house, issuing nearly 100 subpoenas with no debate or vote and holding barrage of repetitive hearings into irs, benghazi and several other issues. this approach unnecessarily squanders of millions of taxpayer dollars. and it bill be an inspector general at the treasury department, not the irs, investigating if backup tapes exist, or not. jenna? jenna: interesting question raised at this point. peter, thank you. jon: another very tense day of fighting between israel and hamas. so far the violence in gaza has killed more than 600 people on both side. secretary of state john kerry in cairo today pushing for a cease-fire agreement but kerry stresses that just reaching a cease-fire is clearly not enough. joining us now, aaron david miller, former advisor to six secretaries of state. he is vice president of the woodrow wi
reporter: now democrats are complaining about chairman issa's plans to bring the irs commissioner john koskinen back to the hill this week with congressman elijah cummings writing quote, the committee has engaged in four-year campaign to try to link some type of scandal to the white house, issuing nearly 100 subpoenas with no debate or vote and holding barrage of repetitive hearings into irs, benghazi and several other issues. this approach unnecessarily squanders of millions of taxpayer...
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commissioner john koskinen facing questions about his credibility. including those missing hard drives and e-mails. remember, koskinen testified last month that the e-mails were lost for good but then an irs attorney testified they may be saved somewhere after all. house oversight subcommittee chair jim jordan offering his theory that the irs was planning to sweep you will that under the rug until they were caught and they were forced to come clean thanks to a civil lawsuit. >> relevant time frame from 2010 to 2012 when you lost lois lerner e-mails and you have to come clean and you do a letter on june 13th? >> can i respond? there are a set of senior staff members and senate finance committee will with dispute your assertion. >> joining me is the anchor of "special report." welcome. more fireworks with regard to the irs. for viewers at home and those of us looking at this on a daily basis even, it's confusing, right? >> reporter: it is confusing, gretchen. the bottom line is that this is the third appearance by koskinen up on the house oversight com
commissioner john koskinen facing questions about his credibility. including those missing hard drives and e-mails. remember, koskinen testified last month that the e-mails were lost for good but then an irs attorney testified they may be saved somewhere after all. house oversight subcommittee chair jim jordan offering his theory that the irs was planning to sweep you will that under the rug until they were caught and they were forced to come clean thanks to a civil lawsuit. >> relevant...
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. >> right now on the hill, irs commissioner john koskinen back on the hot seat in the irs targeting scandal as lawmakers try to get to the bottom of the agency's ever changing story what happened to lois lerner's crashed hard drive and crashed hard drives of other irs employees. in previous testimony commission koskinen said lerner's email crashed, hard drive had crashed and gone for good and so were all the backup tapes. now an irs official in charge of keeping track of documents telling oversight investigators that those backups may not really be gone after all, and, an i.t. professional told investigators for another committee, house ways and means, lerner's drive was never destroyed in the first place but simply scratched. so which one is it? that is what republicans want to know. >> lois lerner's laptop was a new laptop. it was not an old one and actually, the probability of her hard drive failing at that time was at the low, according to industry standards, was at the lowest possible time. does that surprise you? >> no. >> but it did you surprise you that her hard drive failed
. >> right now on the hill, irs commissioner john koskinen back on the hot seat in the irs targeting scandal as lawmakers try to get to the bottom of the agency's ever changing story what happened to lois lerner's crashed hard drive and crashed hard drives of other irs employees. in previous testimony commission koskinen said lerner's email crashed, hard drive had crashed and gone for good and so were all the backup tapes. now an irs official in charge of keeping track of documents...
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the meeting today including john koskinen. darrell issa today began asking mr.kinen if he was aware of ocs, folks who are online knows it's a text messaging system. one of these things that employees can confer during the day. well, that information would be covered by the subpoena that congress issued the irs for communiques relative to lois lerner. they haven't gotten any of them. in addition they have in their possession an e-mail where lerner e-mails an i.t. person and asks speckally what has to be done and whether or not those text messages are going to be collected and go to congress. and in it she says she's already warned her colleagues at irs to be very careful about what they put in their e-mails, lest congress get ahold of it. this has republicans infuriated. they think it's proof of a cover-up and more evidence and more grist for the mill for these investigations. shep? >> good times. carl cameron with us. good to see you. thank you. >>> the father accused of murdering his toddler by leaving him in a hot car for seven hours had reportedly tweeted abo
the meeting today including john koskinen. darrell issa today began asking mr.kinen if he was aware of ocs, folks who are online knows it's a text messaging system. one of these things that employees can confer during the day. well, that information would be covered by the subpoena that congress issued the irs for communiques relative to lois lerner. they haven't gotten any of them. in addition they have in their possession an e-mail where lerner e-mails an i.t. person and asks speckally what...
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irs commissioner john koskinen faces more questioning on hill about poor record-keeping.e than $100 million in improper payments were made by it government last year. >>> a new take on marriage? getting hitched to a complete stranger. it is the basis of a new reality show where the singles don't even learn their future spouse's name until they're walking down the aisle. >> look at that guy. wiping sweat off his brow already. ♪ >> more "outnumbered" in just a moment. first jenna lee what is coming up on second hour of "happening now." jenna: israel launching more aerial attacks against hamas in gaza in retaliation for unending attacks by the terror group. the death toll is rising and no end in site. we're live from the israel-gaza border with the latest from that part of the world. plus could today be the decision day for american marine jailed more than 100 days in mexico? the sergeant makes a case in front of a judge that he accidentally crossed the border with weapons in his truck. his family hopes he will be released but his lawyers say it may not be that easy. >>> do
irs commissioner john koskinen faces more questioning on hill about poor record-keeping.e than $100 million in improper payments were made by it government last year. >>> a new take on marriage? getting hitched to a complete stranger. it is the basis of a new reality show where the singles don't even learn their future spouse's name until they're walking down the aisle. >> look at that guy. wiping sweat off his brow already. ♪ >> more "outnumbered" in just a...
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. >> reporter: recent irritation from many lawmakers, that irs commissioner john koskinen knew there was issue with former irs official lois lerner's email in april but koskinen didn't tell congress and the public about it until mid-june. >> we like to know about the loss of emails. >> this is big deal he waited two months. >> depend what circumstances. >> the circumstances he knew in april. i asked him last week he knew in april. why didn't you tell us, he waited two months. >> i would like to know all the circumstances from him as to why there was two-month wait. >> i would have known right away as well. >> before i answer the question whether it's a big deal. >> reporter: let's look at house oversight committee hearing lawmakers are pressing the united states attorney general have a attorney general for d.c. take a contempt citation to a grand jury. there was criticism this is the 10th hearing on irs matter. >> the irs spent more than $11 million responding to congressional investigations. it is time to stop wasting me as a tax -- millions of taxpayer dollars and start focusing on
. >> reporter: recent irritation from many lawmakers, that irs commissioner john koskinen knew there was issue with former irs official lois lerner's email in april but koskinen didn't tell congress and the public about it until mid-june. >> we like to know about the loss of emails. >> this is big deal he waited two months. >> depend what circumstances. >> the circumstances he knew in april. i asked him last week he knew in april. why didn't you tell us, he waited...
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irs commissioner john koskinen confirming that investigators have found backup tapes in the lois lerner lost email probe. >> backup tape may, in fact, exist. >> i have no information as to whether there is anything usable on those tapes. >> why didn't you tell us you had the irs had destroyed emails that belonged to lois lerner. >> they were not destroyed as a conscious effort by the irs. >> if the folks like lois lerner and others would have spent more time working on the backlog and less time targeting groups, maybe morale would be better and maybe their backlog would be lesser. >> not one piece of data could be covered. >> doesn't surprise you the american people just have a hard time believing that does it. >> there was no secret that we were hiding. >> right after the oversight hearing the irs commissioner talking directly to us "on the record." >> my commitment is i want people to be comfortable that the irs is simply the tax administrator. we are not a political organization. we are not politically motivated when they hear from us, it has only to do with tax matters it has nothin
irs commissioner john koskinen confirming that investigators have found backup tapes in the lois lerner lost email probe. >> backup tape may, in fact, exist. >> i have no information as to whether there is anything usable on those tapes. >> why didn't you tell us you had the irs had destroyed emails that belonged to lois lerner. >> they were not destroyed as a conscious effort by the irs. >> if the folks like lois lerner and others would have spent more time...
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. ♪ >>> memo from darrell issa to john koskinen. want to try again?s after the irs commissioner's sworn testimony appeared to contradict lois lerner's at the house oversight committee's hearings on the agency's alleged targeting of conservative groups. now the chairman, california congressman, darrell issa, is offering koskinen a chance to amend his testimony. former press aide to kemp, now president of talk radio news service, and a fox news contributor. mark lieu sheeny is a chief investment strategist. and because we have ticket out of our normal studio this holiday weekend and ran out of space, joining us from the newsroom is steve moore, chief economist, fox news contributor. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> kick off with you, steve, on this new irs revelation and what darrell issa is trying to do. do you think koskinen is going to bite? >> i don't know, but i will say this. there's no good resolution for the white house of this controversy right now. i mean, when it comes to the documents that were destroyed, either there was kind of compl
. ♪ >>> memo from darrell issa to john koskinen. want to try again?s after the irs commissioner's sworn testimony appeared to contradict lois lerner's at the house oversight committee's hearings on the agency's alleged targeting of conservative groups. now the chairman, california congressman, darrell issa, is offering koskinen a chance to amend his testimony. former press aide to kemp, now president of talk radio news service, and a fox news contributor. mark lieu sheeny is a chief...
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oversight committee chair darrell issa offering john koskinen a do-over on his testimony.ill we ever get any answers? joining us now susan ferrechio, abc news political director rick klein and "wall street journal" editorial board mary kissel. mary, i'm going to start with you on this one the do over, how rare is do over. you may want to rethink that and take another approach. what does that tell you? >> i think it is a do over. but ultimately it's unclear just how much the house can do to get to the bottom of this scandal only way to get to the bottom of this is the judicial branch. the branch hearing no evil, see no evil. now we have learned we have two judges, very serious people in the d.c. district who are going to sigh if they will order forensic investigators to go into the irs and force them to disclose these emails or at least do the severance that the irs was supposed to do. >> susan, do you agree with that? i mean it, seems like the last back stop is as mary mentioned the courts. >> oh, i think the court cases this week are going to be be really pivotal. particu
oversight committee chair darrell issa offering john koskinen a do-over on his testimony.ill we ever get any answers? joining us now susan ferrechio, abc news political director rick klein and "wall street journal" editorial board mary kissel. mary, i'm going to start with you on this one the do over, how rare is do over. you may want to rethink that and take another approach. what does that tell you? >> i think it is a do over. but ultimately it's unclear just how much the...
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. >> reporter: jim jordan, wants to know about john koskinen. he knew about the mission emails but didn't tell congress and the american people until two months later. jordan will ask the deputy attorney general, when did koskinen alert the justice department that's lois lerner had an email problem. the other question is the united states congress contempt legislation. and the united states attorney for d.c. has yet to convene a grand jury. so jordan is going to say shouldn't the united states attorney convene agrand jury to get to the bottom of this? patti ann: what do we expect from the deputy attorney general? >> reporter: the justice department investigation into the targeting of conservative groups and the missing peoples is serious and he wants to know if they think the disappearance is fishy. with it's complete he says they will reveal to congress the findings and conclusions drawn. trying to reassure the congress by thinks the justice department investigation is not serious and it is indeed a serious probe. patti ann: we'll have continui
. >> reporter: jim jordan, wants to know about john koskinen. he knew about the mission emails but didn't tell congress and the american people until two months later. jordan will ask the deputy attorney general, when did koskinen alert the justice department that's lois lerner had an email problem. the other question is the united states congress contempt legislation. and the united states attorney for d.c. has yet to convene a grand jury. so jordan is going to say shouldn't the united...
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martha: meantime the irs commissioner john koskinen back on the hill today. he will answer questions from lawmakers on poor record-keeping from the agency concerning more than $100 billion in alleged improper payments made by the government last year. chief political correspondent carl cameron. carl, is the big question, we ask a lot. where is all that money going? >> reporter: follow the money and where is it, yeah. this is not just accounting errors. some people got money they shouldn't have. $106 billion. of people got unemployment benefits when they were working. cases undue social security benefits paid. tax credits for families who didn't deserve them. half of it, $50 billion from improper payments in government health programs like medicare and medicaid went out to folks. koskinen will be asked about another major issue. the ongoing issue of the lost emails to and from former irs official lois lerner in the investigation of the irs's improper targeting of conservative groups when they are seeking tax-exempt sat stars a couple years ago. can couple of w
martha: meantime the irs commissioner john koskinen back on the hill today. he will answer questions from lawmakers on poor record-keeping from the agency concerning more than $100 billion in alleged improper payments made by the government last year. chief political correspondent carl cameron. carl, is the big question, we ask a lot. where is all that money going? >> reporter: follow the money and where is it, yeah. this is not just accounting errors. some people got money they shouldn't...
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martha: when you watch john koskinen, who was brought in to fix this situation, to get to the bottom and find out what is really going on, do you think he actually attempted to do that? >> i don't know what is he attempting to do but it is not helping the situation. you could take a sledgehammer to lois lerner's computer and her emails would still be there. i think this whole narrative of lost emails, damaged hard drives, scratched hard drives, this is all just a stalling tactic to try to get us off the trail and make us think there is nothing going on here. martha: you know, i can't help but keep going back to the notion, if lois lerner had done nothing wrong, which she clearly stated when she sat before congress right before she took the fifth, she would want to expose all of her emails. if she had felt she had done nothing wrong why wouldn't she want to exonerate herself? here is everything i wrote over all the years, you will not find anything in here that pins anything on me. of course she took the fifth. over a long drawn-out period of time, came out the emails that the congres
martha: when you watch john koskinen, who was brought in to fix this situation, to get to the bottom and find out what is really going on, do you think he actually attempted to do that? >> i don't know what is he attempting to do but it is not helping the situation. you could take a sledgehammer to lois lerner's computer and her emails would still be there. i think this whole narrative of lost emails, damaged hard drives, scratched hard drives, this is all just a stalling tactic to try to...
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. >>> in washington, the irs commissioner, john koskinen is back on capitol hill facing questions aboutfirst hearing since testimony by irs attorney where he revealed he's not sure back up tapes containing lost e-mails exist or not. now the irs tech experts claim her hard drives were not destroyed and only crashed. the big question for investigators was that the crash, was it accidental or was it deliberate? more on that. >>> a trip to florida turns into a nightmare for one family from indiana. their eight-year-old son, aidan, was playing in the ocean when he felt something on his right knee. it turns out it was a shark. >> i felt it, my eyes opened and then about a second later i started screaming 'cause it hurt so much. i could see the teeth marks. it was pretty big. >> i heard him scream and i turn around and he was within arm's reach and i pulled him up out of the water. >> that poor little guy. aidan was rushed to the hospital. doctors say he suffered a six to seven-inch long cut on his leg. it was more than an inch deep. he will fully recover, it will take a couple months. >>> cal
. >>> in washington, the irs commissioner, john koskinen is back on capitol hill facing questions aboutfirst hearing since testimony by irs attorney where he revealed he's not sure back up tapes containing lost e-mails exist or not. now the irs tech experts claim her hard drives were not destroyed and only crashed. the big question for investigators was that the crash, was it accidental or was it deliberate? more on that. >>> a trip to florida turns into a nightmare for one...
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i want to know what the justice department thinks about john koskinen waiting two months to tell everybodyant point we want to try to get an answer from the justice department is u.s. attorney has had the contempt resolution that the congress passed in a bipartisan fashion. he's had that now for two months. when is he going to convene a grand jury like the statute says he's supposed to do? when is he going to do that, take this to a grand jury and more importantly, get this resolution in front of a judge where maybe the judge will compel lois lerner to come answer our questions and tell the american people the truth. so those are the two big points we're going to try to get across and see if he'll answer our questions. >> what can you get in there and say that will extract that as a possibility moving forward? >> the one thing they have indicated in his testimony, his written testimony that was released yesterday is that they are looking into the e-mails. so that is at least a good sign. we've been real suspect about this entire investigation. remember, back in january, the f.b.i. leaked t
i want to know what the justice department thinks about john koskinen waiting two months to tell everybodyant point we want to try to get an answer from the justice department is u.s. attorney has had the contempt resolution that the congress passed in a bipartisan fashion. he's had that now for two months. when is he going to convene a grand jury like the statute says he's supposed to do? when is he going to do that, take this to a grand jury and more importantly, get this resolution in front...
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but the bad news is that we heard from john koskinen yesterday on the hill.m for the third time. he said the problem now is that the irs is going to effectively halt the investigation of lois lerner's missing e-mails to avoid interfering with an inspector general's investigation. >> the irs. >> could both of those not happen at the same time? trey gowdy fired up about that yesterday. >> i find it vexing that once the i.g. is involved, nobody else can do anything. that is not supported by the law. can there be a criminal investigation while there is an i.g. investigation? >> there can be all sorts of investigation. what i was -- >> all right. there can be a congressional investigation while there is an ongoing i.g. investigation also. correct? >> of course. >> we don't know how we found the back up tapes. i don't understand why he's going out of his way to protect lois lerner, a woman he says he doesn't know, he's the acting detector. he could be the best advocate for the truth in this situation. but instead he's defensive, arrogant and smug. >> he's head of t
but the bad news is that we heard from john koskinen yesterday on the hill.m for the third time. he said the problem now is that the irs is going to effectively halt the investigation of lois lerner's missing e-mails to avoid interfering with an inspector general's investigation. >> the irs. >> could both of those not happen at the same time? trey gowdy fired up about that yesterday. >> i find it vexing that once the i.g. is involved, nobody else can do anything. that is not...
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we are pleased to have the honorable john koskinen. you know how this works. please stand and raise your right hand. do solemnly swear the testimony you will give is the whole truth so help you god? the gentleman answered in the a formative and now you are recognized for your opening statement. we will get to questions. >> chairman, ranking member, chairman of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity for appearing before you today. i will give a brief introductory statement and then give my testimony. i want to thank the subcommittee for its willingness to work around my travel schedule. in attempting to set the original hearing date, my understanding was you are interested in an overview of virus interactions with the department of justice. about let the touch on that subject which is covered in more detail. our criminal investigation recommends them to the departments tax division for prosecution. think lewd abusive tax shelters, return repair fraud and international tax noncompliance. is a good illustration of what are coordinated efforts can accompl
we are pleased to have the honorable john koskinen. you know how this works. please stand and raise your right hand. do solemnly swear the testimony you will give is the whole truth so help you god? the gentleman answered in the a formative and now you are recognized for your opening statement. we will get to questions. >> chairman, ranking member, chairman of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity for appearing before you today. i will give a brief introductory statement and...
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john koskinen appeared again at oversight, at his own request. we'll talk to darrell issa later in the show. and actually defended her. there is nothing here. yet he wasn't there. he could say i don't like the way this looks. as far as i know he doesn't know lois lerner but he's so defensive for lois lerner. >> are you surprised a little bit she put that in writing? that is in an e-mail that has been uncovered. it is almost like i heard one person say, it is almost like complaining about the n.s.a.'s surveillance on facebook or twitter. using social media to blast it out there and then expect nobody to know what's going on. >> what she's saying essentially is we don't want congress to know what we're talking about. suspicious? we report. you decide. speaking of reporting. look who's reporting for duty with breaking news. good morning to you, heather. >> good morning. a lot of us have been following so closely the case of the marine sergeant still in prison in mexico. we've got new news. andrew tahmooressi, the marine sergeant jailed in mexico, or
john koskinen appeared again at oversight, at his own request. we'll talk to darrell issa later in the show. and actually defended her. there is nothing here. yet he wasn't there. he could say i don't like the way this looks. as far as i know he doesn't know lois lerner but he's so defensive for lois lerner. >> are you surprised a little bit she put that in writing? that is in an e-mail that has been uncovered. it is almost like i heard one person say, it is almost like complaining about...