the guy who took her place in that job, joseph grant, he's actually -- they announced his resignation today. he would be retiring in a couple weeks anyway and looks like he's taking the fall for something that happened on his watch. >> he was only there eight days and he's shoved out the door. this woman, now her job is very controversial, obviously under the spotlight with those groups being targeted. but now this other job, what's the other job she has being in charge of obamacare? >> obamacare has a lot of tax implications and the irs has opened up a new office just to make sure the implementation goes smoothly. she's heading that up. republicans are really up in arms. the statement from mitch mcconnell, stunning, just stunning. i think they are trying to die jest is right now. the suggestion politics would be involved in obamacare the same way they were on the tea party, there's a lot of credibility problems for the administration. >> you couldn't make this up. if you said to me come up with the craziest story, this would be so far beyond what you think would be possible. >> that'

>> the second ira executive to announce his plans to retire is joseph grant, commissioner of the tax-exempt entities division. he's an 8-year vet and former staffer of the house ways and means committee. that's the tax writing committee on the house side. surprisingly he was promote today his position only eight days ago, two days before the scandal broke. previously he worked for the democratic majority of the powerful ways and means committee. under the former illinois congressman. irs employeesed thousands to causes but two-thirds benefited democrats and liberal leaning organizations. one of those donors was douglas shulman. he was a george bush appointee and contributed $5,000 in 2004. the first hearing on the irs scandal commences tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. in the house ways and means committee. they will know doubt and how high up in the chain of command did this go. president was asked about that today. >> can you assure the american people that nobody in the white house new about the agency's actions before your counsel's office found out on april 22nd and when they did find out do you t

. >> -- joseph grant was her supervisor.was located in washington and located in cincinnati there were a number of people a director named halib paz, she was the acting director for a significant period of time that this was occurring and then there were various management technical unit managers and the like and i can supply a full listing of those names at your request. >> that is my request and i would formally request that. >> i please beg your indulgence. i need to make something clear in response to both ms. black and mr. paulson. when i had my discussions with the commissioner and secretary and the general counsel, it was not to inform them of the results of the audit, it was to inform them of the fact that we were conducting the audit, and i just want to make sure -- >> let's follow up on that. when exactly did that conversation occur? >> that happened shortly after he took office so it was after the policy had already been stopped and the issues have been we hope resolved. >> as a country lawyer from western new yor

fare well joseph grant who is her successor, brad.he was there when plot was hatched and put in place and she was therefrom '09 and 12 and some say she had stepped out. but she was there when it was born and carried out and from the sound it was the worst. >> this is not a low- level bureaucrat. show is a yale bureaucrat. she either acquestioned or approved. it either way it is unacceptable and for the president to address the nation from the east room and say he is getting to the bottom of this. he had to approve bonuses given to this woman in her performance in the scalpedal because they exceeded the authority. the president thought she was doing such a great job in the irs, he put her in charge of obama care and gives her a raise. >> julie, one came out and said she has no business working in the irs at all let alone in health care reform and she should be fired and that is a voice on the left in this? >> i agree with what brad said partially. and sound like she was involved part of the time and the activities were going on. and sh

scandal and a second official is stepping down, joseph grant, will retire in june. this comes hours after president obama named a replacement for acting i.r.s. commissioner miller who was fired but will testify at the hearing this morning. tea party activists descended on washington claiming vindication in their complaints about government overreach. many say they plan to sue the i.r.s. >> last minute drama on what was scheduled to be the last day of o.j.'s hearing if las -- in las vegas. a new witness has come forward that could take the stand for the d.a. but they are not saying who. o.j. lawyers left without comment and said in court the defense would immediately object to this mystery witness if called to the stand. o.j. is fighting for a new trial for the 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping convictions. >> on this one month anniversary of the deadly texas fertilizer plant explosion officials admit they are not sure of the cause. officials now say the cause of the april 17 blast may never be known. 14 people were killed and 200 injured. investigators think it was

>> joseph grant, the official at the ir is rks in charge of the division that was targeting the conservativedown yesterday. i do think we could see more resignations. i think that as investigations continue, including today's hearing, we could have more details. >>> earlier in week, john boehner suggested this might go beyond resignations and someone might go to jail over the irs scandal. to some, that sounded like an overreach. is there evidence of criminal act ivit activity? >> i thing it's too early to tell. there are a lot of questions. conservatives have criticized the president pretty hard in that rhetoric. i expect it to continue. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you, kevin. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up, a look back at the week that was. and bill and richard will join us in our first buzz. ld is exhausting business. with the innovating and the transforming and the revolutionizing. it's enough to make you forget that you're flying five hundred miles an hour on a chair that just became a bed. you see, we're doing some changing of our own. ah, we can talk about it later.

joseph grant who oversaw the division that targeted tea party groups will retire in june. this news comes just hours after president obama named daniel to replace irs commissioner miller who resign. tea party activist descended on washington claiming vindication in the complaint about perceived government over-reach. many now plan to suit irs. >> city of san francisco is increasing security at sunday bay to breaker nraes response to the deadly boston marathon bombing. one of the biggest changes camera. this year surveillance camera at the start and finish lane. also be more officers including special op and bomb technician just in case. rules of the race this year no alcohol. no floats. no large backpack. no wheeled object and no pets. >> big changes. >> big changes indeed. >> we trade. but the warriors just couldn't get it done tonight in game 6. >> heart breaking loss. >> larry live at the oracle arena for us. >> warriors head coach jackson just spoke few minutes ago and he called this an incredible ride but the tank was absolutely on empty. warriors magical season came

and an irs statement says another official, joseph grant, commissioner of the agency's tax-exempt and government entities division, willjunerd. yesterday, president obama named daniel werfel as the new acting commissioner of the agency. werfel, controller of the white house budget office, heads to the irs next week. during a news conference yesterday, the president told reporters he sees no need for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs scandal. he believes the congressional and justice department investigations will be sufficient to figure out what happened. in bangladesh, 300 garment factories are reopening today after closing for three days over safety concerns. last month a factory collapse there killed 1100 people. worker unrest has rippled throughout the bangladeshi garment industry. a manufacturing association said factories have been cleared for adequate safety. meanwhile, in cambodia, three workers died following the collapse of a celiing in a garment factory. in our cover story, a new survey finds airline passengers happier this year with their flying experience than l

joseph grant who oversaw the division that targeted tea party groups will retire in june. this news comes just hours after president obama named daniel to replace irs commissioner miller who resign. tea party activist descended on washington claiming vindication in the complaint about perceived government over-reach. many now plan to suit irs. >> city of san francisco is increasing security at sunday bay to breaker nraes response to the deadly boston marathon bombing. one of the biggest changes camera. this year surveillance camera at the start and finish lane. also be more officers including special op and bomb technician just in case. rules of the race this year no alcohol. no floats. no large backpack. no wheeled object and no pets. >> big changes. >> big changes indeed. >> we trade. but the warriors just couldn't get it done tonight in game 6. >> heart breaking loss. >> larry live at the oracle arena for us. >> warriors head coach jackson just spoke few minutes ago and he called this an incredible ride but the tank was absolutely on empty. warriors magical season came

joseph grant who oversaw the division that targeted tea party groups will retire in june. this news comes just hours after president obama named daniel to replace irs commissioner miller who resign. tea party activist descended on washington claiming vindication in the complaint about perceived government over-reach. many now plan to suit irs. >> city of san francisco is increasing security at sunday bay to breaker nraes response to the deadly boston marathon bombing. one of the biggest changes camera. this year surveillance camera at the start and finish lane. also be more officers including special op and bomb technician just in case. rules of the race this year no alcohol. no floats. no large backpack. no wheeled object and no pets. >> big changes. >> big changes indeed. >> we trade. but the warriors just couldn't get it done tonight in game 6. >> heart breaking loss. >> larry live at the oracle arena for us. >> warriors head coach jackson just spoke few minutes ago and he called this an incredible ride but the tank was absolutely on empty. warriors magical season came

let's move up to joseph grant who's the deputy tax commission. when th i going to hear from hi. he retired. mr. miller, you have apologized and then you are living. mr. shulman, you are six months out, so can't remember. mr. wilkins, the chief counsel of the irs is not your buddy probably should be here, and then the secretary of the treasury, jacob lew. it went right up there. finally, to catherine who is the white house general counsel eric do any of these folks, yourself included, ever say what was going on and take responsibility? i just not have seen that. my follow-up question will be in regard on how on earth can the irs have proper oversight and management to the implement of the affordable health care act given the current situation looks thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator crapo, you are next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, there's been a lot of discussion about who knew what and when they knew it. and one of the big questions i have, this is probably for you, mr. george, is it seems that there is an argument being made that there was no poli

. >> but joseph grant, her successor, didn't know about the targeting until after six months when ingramied to the i.r.s. scandal. >> i have heard that -- i don't know had her personally, but i have heard that she has a high degree of professionalism and not in a position of responsibility over these actions. >> the outgoing i.r.s. acting commissioner, steven miller, pushed out because of the scandal called ingram a, quote, suburb civil service. >> a new federal report shows inmates in several jails across the country face the highest abuse of abuse at the hands of guards. now to some of the stories expected to make headlines in the week ahead. it's a big week for the kid in all of us as microsoft is set to unveil the future of gaming while disney prepares to rock and roller coaster all night long. here's those stories and more. >> monday's ireland's prime minister is delivering the commencement speech at boston college's graduation. cardinal shaun o'malley says he'll boycott the ceremony because of the prime minister's support for pro abortion rights in ireland. and florida governor ric

beneath joseph grant is lois lerner who rewe saw take the fifth.n woman named holly paz and cindy thomas. we heard some testimony about her yesterday, she is the supervisor of all these folks, one of them anyway, and they had her in all the interviews that the ig did of the low level people? >> unbelievable. >> yeah. holly paz was interviewed by committee staff. she indicated that the interviews that the inspector general did where he talked to folks trying to get to the bottom of this. she was present in those interviews. how do you get the truth when the supervisor is present with the folks trying to ask questions and get the truth from. so even ranking member cummings said you can't do that we are trying to investigate and get at the truth here. so, again, as i said, the more strings you pull, the more this thing falls apart. and it's -- it underscores how important this is and that we're gonna have to investigate. it may take a while. we're gonna have to get to the truth. >> if this holly paz answers to lois lerner who has taken the fifth. quer

sarah hall ingram ran that department between 2009-2012 it is her successor, joseph grant, who today announced high would retire on june third after 3 weeks in position, he was her deputy in that period she led the tax exempt department. well returning to benghazi, white house released 94 pages. and e-mails and documents of interagency communication regards the editing of ambassador rice's tacking points yesterday. those e-mails show top level officials from white house, straight department, cia, were all involved in this scrubbing and editing process. fox news, chief washington correspondent james rosen has our report. >> these were cia drafted and cia finalized talking points. >> reporter: state department insisted this 94 pages of e-mail released wednesday by obama administration show it was the cia that drove the editing of the false talking points to benghazi. but e-mails reveal then state department spokeswoman victoria new land, and secretary of state david adams were major players in process demanding deletion of references on -- >> those were concerns that we know and have k

internal agency memo says joseph grant, commissioner of the tax exempt and government entities division will retire on june 3rd, and the point is he will retire on june 3rd. bob beckle, dana freen know, it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." >>> benghazi, the irs, the ap phone scandals. president obama is knee deep in three scandals that threaten his credibility. from the man who promised transparency, we sure don't seem to be getting very much. >> can you assure the american people that nobody in the white house knew about the agency's actions before your counsel's office found out on april 22nd? >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through press -- through the press. >> and it looks like attorney general eric holder is taking the cue from the boss. he was grilled on capitol hill yesterday about the ap and irs scandals and we sure did hear a lot of this. >> i don't know. i don't know what has happened in this matter. i don't know. i don't know. i assume he was, but i don't know. that i don't know. i

. >> reporter: the democrats say engram's successor, joseph grant, didn't find out about the targetingonths after engram was reassigned. rea and they say it's unfair to suggest she had anything to do with the targeting? t you're satisfied with ms. ingram being in charge how. >> i don't know personally, butl i heard she has a high degree of professionalism and she was not in a position of responsibility of these actions. >> reporter: the outgoing irsng commissioner steven miller,ille pushed out because of the scandal, called ingram a quote, superb civil servant and tum griffin says she provide the quote, horrendous customer service implementing obama care as she did managing the tax exempt division.ion in washington molly henburg. >>> still ahead, a disturbingisu story out of arizona, a mother tries giving her baby away too complete strangers at a gas station. they're speaking out. o how much do you trust orteenagee son or daughter? dau there's new technology out track tg your child's every tech, e-mail and picture. that doesn't go too far. we'll be right back. did we get it? got

joseph grant eversaw the division that targeted tea party results and will retire in june. 3,000 nurses at sutter hospitals will walk off the job today to kickoff a week long protest over benefit cuts. picketing begins at 7:00 a.m. in berkeley and oakland. also in castro valley and sutter health if antioch. the pickets will be followed by noon rallies. officials are prepared for the strike. also new this morning, "los angeles times" reports all medical centers including ucf are canceling elective surgeries ahead of a possible strike by patient care and technical workers. officials say emergency services will not be shut down and parents already in the hospital will continue to get care. but many elective are potential strike set if tuesday and wednesday. >> occupy protesters will set the stage for another clash with police when they try to move back into a tract familiar land in albany tomorrow. the land is owned by the university of california. on saturday occupy the familiar protesters marched into the land and planted crops. on monday police ejected the protesters and arrested four.

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joseph grant went. what about her? was there when the plot was hatched, according to the reports, and now she's been effectively promoted. the white house said oh, she did nothing wrong. how do we know that, leslie? >> well, honestly, this is the woman, and i don't want to use chris' up the skirt analogy there, but this is the one i'm most concerned with and i'm a lib rliberal democrat, seriousl. i say that because the question here is not the irs scrutinizing applications for a new ruling that they're understaffed and not completely knowledgeable on, to be honest, and the fact is more conservative groups have super pacs that file these applications and none left to right should be given any tax-exempt status because they're all political in nature, left or right. the only one denied was the liberal group. it's the political motivation and the specific targeting of these conservative groups that is the sin of those ten deadly since. >> megyn: the only one denied was a liberal group is extremely misleading. that's extre

lerner's boss, guy by the name of joseph grant, who got promoted to his position, quote, two days before the agency confirmed the targeting of tea party groups and conservative organizations applying for tax exempt status, that guy is now retiring. but for some inexplicable reason, lois lerner has managed to hold on to her job. she's the one mentioned in the inspector general's report of knowing about terms such as tea party and patriots being used to screen some applications for extra scrutiny. after being briefed on the expanded criteria in june 2011, the director for exempt organizations immediately directed the criteria changed. that's an important passage, because in other words, lerner heard what her subordinates had done and ordered them to cut it out, which they did for awhile, before eventually reverting back to form. despite the fact lerner was the one who instructed agents to stop the practice which has caused so much heart burn, she told reporters she learned of it from news reports in 2012. everyone else was called before the house oversight committee had to answer questions

internal agency memo says joseph grant, commissioner of the tax exempt and government entities division retire on june 3rd, and the point is he will retire on june 3rd. bob beckle, dana freen know, it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." >>> benghazi, the irs, the ap phone scandals. president obama is knee deep in three scandals that threaten his

>> first of all, there is a second resignation at the irs, joseph grant, who until today, was the commissioner at the heart of the controversy. that's the first development. the second is that i learned this afternoon that former irs chief douglas schulman, who was at the helm during most of this controversial targeting, will testify before the house oversight committee next wednesday. the man who succeeded him will testify tomorrow. i got a preview today from the committee chairman. >> this is the witness table. >> reporter: in this room, republican dave camp will chair the first irs hearing since the scandal exploded. his star witness, steven miller, the irs chief who just got fired. this is literally the hot seat. >> well, i think it will be, because we've been inquiring, and he and the irs weren't forthcoming. >> reporter: miller learned one year ago irs agents were targeting tea party and other conservative groups for excessive scrutiny of tax-exempt applications, but miller never told congressional investigators, including camp. >> so i want to know what he knew, i want to know when he k

we saw on the bottom of the screen, another irs official is set to retire, joseph grant. thanks for your time, alex. >>> the energy department released new rules for fracking on all federal lands. drillers would have to disclose chemicals they use on a public website. i'm not sure that makes a difference. most fracking takes place on private lands. >>> tony hayward, former ceo of bp making a comeback in business. heyward resigned from bp after the 2010 gulf oil spill. he is named interim chairman of the glencore strata, energy and mining giant based in london. investors booted out the last chairman of that cap in during the shareholder meeting that happened yesterday. >>> supply jumped more than expect last week and a new noaa forecast predicted hotter than average temperatures, oh, no, helped outlook for demand. you would think that would increase it. >>> up next, you want to own a gun? get ready to buy a $250,000 a insurance policy with it. we'll tell you where that could become a mandatory requirement. >>> plls if you think your phone always breaks right when the warra

>> the second ira executive to announce his plans to retire is joseph grant, commissioner of the tax-exemptities division. he's an 8-year vet and former staffer of the house ways and means committee. that's the tax writing committee on the house side. surprisingly he was promote today his position only eight da

an eternal irs memo says joseph grant, tax exempt and government entities division, will retire june 3rd. grant oversaw the irs division that apparently targeted tea party groups when they applied for tax exempt status. the progress continues. since this is happening, i can't complain about something that's happening. let me ask you about the president's way of running the government. in this case, your legal office was informed generally of some sort of i.g. report a couple weeks ago. you weren't informed at all what was happening at the attorney general's office with regard to his recusal of himself in this subpoenaing of all the records from the "associated press." if this is the way the president operates, getting the news late, or getting it as he says in the newspapers, how can he be an aggressive chief executive? my question. >> chris, i would turn this around. imagine what reporters would be saying and people like you would be saying if the president of the united states and the folks in the white house were being informed of and engaged in on a criminal investigation into a

. >> chris: the man in charge of the irs tax exempt division joseph grant until he recently announced he would step down said that part of the reason for increased scrutiny of certain groups was and this was his direct quote in the letter to the inspector general as part of the report numerous referrals from the public, media, watch dog groups and members of congress. yes, we were getting outside pressure and that is part of the reason. >> here is the real issue here. which is what happened there, whatever the motivation was outrageous and inexcusable. what we have to do right now is fix the problem and make sure it never happens again and restore public trust there because it is critical that americans know that the irs is operating entirely in a nonpartisan way. that is what we are focused on. >> chris: on the one hand, you have republican groups complaining about the fact that the tea party is being targeted. and that was going on all through 2010, 2011, 2012. a number of those you talked about congressman issa. republicans were calling on the white house, calling on the irs saying

joseph grant says he will retire next month as acting commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division. the obama administration took another public hit thursday when a justice department inspector general's report found gaps in record-keeping for terror suspects to enter the federal witness protection program. according to the report, the program failed to disclose participants' new identities to the agency that maintains the government's no-fly list. that meant an unknown number of people who changed earnings may unable to fly despite being on the list. only two people were suspected with terrorism connections have joined with this protection program in the past six years. cbs news is reporting boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev left a note describing the attack as a response to the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. tsarnaev reportedly scrawled the note on the inside wall of a boat in the boston area driveway where he was found hiding from police days after the attack. in the message, he reportedly referred to the victims of the bombing as "collatera

the irs announced yesterday joseph grant the commissioner who oversaw the tax-exempt division will retire in early june. just how rough has this week been for the president? consider this question from a reporter. >> how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the nixon administration? >> well, you know, i'll let you guys engage in those comparisons. >> as you can see, white house desperately trying to get their arms around all of this and all of these controversies but the irs is the one they're most nervous about and the one that congress is most interested in investigating. in fact dave camp is beginning to speak. >> the liberty upon which this country was founded. the blatant disregard with which the agency has treated congress and the american taxpayer raises serious concerns about leadership at the irs. let's establish the facts that we do know. based on the report we know that for an 18-month period beginning in spring, 2010, irs employees in the determinations unit employed key words such as "tea party, patriot, an

joseph grant, who oversees requests for tax-exempt status, also will step down. he's retiring next month. but it was clear today that neither the personnel shakeup nor apologies have calmed the storm for many, especially republicans. michigan republican dave camp chaired the house ways and means hearing. >> the reality is this is not a personnel problem. this is a problem of the i.r.s. being too large, too powerful, too intrusive and too abusive of honest, hardworking taxpayers. >> reporter: camp, and other republicans, also argued that what happened at the i.r.s. is part of a culture of cover-ups by the obama administration. >> it seems like the truth is hidden from the american people just long enough to make it through an election. the american people have a right to the truth, to a government that delivers the facts, good or bad, no matter what. >> reporter: the committee's top democrat, sander levin of michigan, fired back that saying that goes too far. >> i totally, totally disagree. if this hearing becomes essentially a bootstrap to continue the campaign o

the man in charge of the irs tax exempt joseph grant, until he recently announced he's stepping down, said part of the reason for the increased scrutiny for certain groups -- this was his direct quote -- in a letter to the inspector general -- numerous referrals to the public, watchdog groups, members of congress. he said, yes, we were getting outside pressure. >> here's the real issue, which is what happened there, whatever the motivation, was outrageous and inexcusable. right now we have to fix the problem, make sure it never happens again, and restore public trust, because it's critical that americans know that the irs is operating entirely in a nonpartisan way. that's what we're focused on. >> chris: on the one hand you have republican groups complaining about the fact that the tea party is being targeted. that was going on all through 2010, 2011, 2012. a number of -- we tacked about congressman issa. republicans were calling on the white house, the irs, saying the tea party groups are getting hammered at the same time that the democrats are calling for more scrutiny. you're sayin