kelly wright with the newest details on the benghazi investigation. but we start with anna kooiman and the government seizure of secret procedures. unprecedented violation of the freedom of the press. the justice department under fire as attorneys for the associated press say it secretly obtained records for 20 phone lines both work and personal. they scanned several bureaus the press gallery and house of representatives. more than 140 reporters work in the offices where the records were taken. >> they haven't told us what they were looking for or why we didn't get prior notice. this seems to be very broad and we don't really know what it's about. >> the white house saying it has no knowledge of the doj inquiry. jay carney said we have no knowledge of any attempts by the justice department to seek phone records of the ap. we are not involved with decisions involved with criminal investigations. the justice department refuses to say why it fought the records. prosecutors said they are investigating who leaked details about a al qaeda plot during the on

kelly wright joins us live with the latest on this. >> good corning k-- good mornin.s is a battle what to do with the irs. in the wake of a scandal republicans and democrats are trying to determine the next step to take in the investigation of the internal revenue service. lawmakers are calling for a special council senator lindsay graham saying the tone targets political opponents came from the very top. because of that grant sa-- grah says it was based on revenge and a special prosecutor is needed to determine what it was about and who was involved. >> the doj guidelines about dealing with a journalist lake of classified information goes to the 70's. my belief about the scandal is this cull dur of goi-- culture going after tea party that were on the president's case about obama this accidentally happened. i think it comes from the top. >> not all republicans agree, however, on calling for a special council. congressman darrel issa chairman of the house over site committee beliefs congress can do its own investigation. democrats say they don't get to see a leak betwe

i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby. there is a brand new doj report and the attorney general himself fox news has learned, eric holder, personally signed off on the search warrant that allowed the government to essentially spy on fox news reporter james rosen. >> reporter: right now we know the just department says it's true. attorney general eric holder's signature is on the documents behind the agency's investigation into our own james rosen, something we didn't know before. >> with regard to potential prosecution for the press for disclosure of the material, that's not something that i've ever been involved in and heard of or would think would be a wise policy. in fact, my view is quite the opposite. >> reporter: rosen's whereabouts in federal buildings and his parents' phone and fox news lines all monitored. the white house ordering a review of the department's guidelines on the issue by the attorney general himself. >> a free press is also essential for our democracy. that's who we are. i'm troubled by the possibil

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i'm kelly wright. >> what a week, kelly. big story and there is so much more. hi, everybody. i'm jamie colby. we welcome you to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. kelly referring, treasury inspector general jay russell george testified during yesterday's first congressional hearing into that scandal, saying specifically that he alerted senior officials at the treasury department about what was going on. >> i subsequently alerted the general counsel of the department of the treasury on june 4 and subsequently, and i do not have the exact date -- alerted the deputy secretary, neil wollen, about this matter. >> those are just the latest revelations, raising more questions about what the obama administration knew about the irs controversy and when. molly henneberg live in washington. hi, molly. >> hi, jamie and kelly. the treasury inspector general may have known in june 2012, the deputy treasury secretary may have been informed then about the allegations as well. but treasury secretary jack lew, who took over as treasury earlier this year, said he learned most

. >> and i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour. fox news confirms all three men high ranking state department officials are set to testify before a congressional hearing next week. lawmakers hope their testimony will shed light on events that led up to the night of september 11th last year. that's when heavily armed gunmen stormed the u.s. consulate in benghazi killing four americans, including u.s. ambassador to libya. chris stevens. our molly henneberg is live in washington with more details on this. molly? >> kelly, jamie good afternoon. three men, three names that have been a closely guardedashw are public. eric nordstrom, gregory hicks and mark thompson. they all have information on the benghazi attacks that they want to tell congress. we heard from nordstrom previously back in october when he testified before the same house committee that will hear from the three men on wednesday. nordstrom was the top security officer in libya in the months leading up to the attacks and said previously that the state department refused his r

. >> kelly: i am kelly wright. welcome to news headquarters.are set to grill a top irs watchdog as a focus and intensity of the investigation ramps up. now these new complaints from religious groups are getting quite serious attention. elizabeth pranm has who are details on on this. >> reporter: among the claims the irs says conservative groups or patriots in their titles while applying for tax exempt status. agency may have paid specific attention to religious organizations. according to religion news service biblical recorder a baptist news and billy graham organization was targeted back in 2012 and catholic league says it was targeted after the 2008 election. at the time the irs claimed that intervened in the political campaign. the catholics united education fund claims it languished for years before the registration was approved. and chris voices for life says it was delayed in its application for tax exempt status back if 2011. other groups have cited issues and delays with the irs. lawmakers steven miller the retiring and acting irs comm

kelly wright has more on this interesting story. ghood morning, kelly. >> interesting to say the least. if you have ever been in trouble with the irs you know how relentless they can be in skrut niedzing nearly eve-- scrutiniz every detail of your life. seems the tables are being turned on the irs. they are demanding an investigation into the internal revenue service. they admit some of the low level workers wrongly target a conservative group among them especially tea party or patriots in their name. and while the agency is apologizing for its mistake some members of congress say sorry isn't enough. they are calling for more scrutiny in the investigation. i don't care if you are a conservative liberal democrat or republican this should send a chill up your spine. this is something we cannot let go. we have to have a full investigation. >> it is absolutely chilling that the irs was singling out conservative groups for extra review and i think that is very disappointing that the president has been personally condemned this. >> as for

kelly wright is live in washington with this story.ng to be a busy week in washington. >> indeed it will be. the three wiles blowers are members of the u.s. state department. the number two diplomat in libya at the time of the benghazi attack claimed certain aids of the obama administration lied in the benghazi attack in the public statement about it. chairman of the committee darrel issa praises hicks for coming forward. >> he even talks in his testimony about calling the state department and saying what susan rice says it couldn't have been true, how did they do it? his statements were unwanted and ever since then it has been even harder on him. >> another whistleblower is mark tomb sob who worked in the counter-terrorism bureau. thompson claims secretary of state hillary clinton was trying to marginalize his role and response and decision making involved in benghazi. former counter-terrorism chief daniel benjamin said quote i ran the bureau then and i can say now with certainty as former coordinator for counter-terrorism that this c

. >> and i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour.irms all three men high ranking state department officials are set to testify before a congressional hearing next week. lawmakers hope their testimony will shed light on events that led up to the night of september 11th last year. that's when heavily armed gunmen stormed the u.s. consulate in benghazi killing four americans, including u.s. ambassador to libya. chris stevens. our molly henneberg is live in washington with more details on this. molly? >> kelly, jamie good afternoon. three men,

kelly wright is live with more on this. >> when that shocking allegation comes forward a lot of people will watch closely seeing how this confirms or they were saying hillary clinton was aa ban -- aband donning the state department. in the 9-11 attacks four americans were killed among them chris stevens. there was great deelt al of confusion about exactly what happened. obama administration let susan rice go on sunday talk shows to tell the american people what happened but her explanations were from talking points that had been scrubbed. >> they certainly weren't accurate. i don't know what the process was there. they were false, they were wrong. there were no protests outside of the benghazi compound there. this was a deliberate and strategic attack on the consulate over there. >> the house over site xhith tee one of the witnesses on april 11th, hicks was the deputy in chief for the u.s. embassy in tripoli at the time of the benghazi attack on 9-11. he was the number two diplomat behind as bam dorr stevens. ambassador rice she did the sunday shows in advance of that. truly you were,

i'm kelly wright. >> what a week, kelly. big story and there is so much more. hi, everybody.olby. we welcome you to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. kelly referring, treasury inspector general jay russell george testified during yesterday's first congressional hearing into that scandal, saying specifically that he alerted senior officials at the treasury department about wh

i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby.brand new doj report and the attorney general himself fox news has learned, eric holder, personally signed off on the search warrant that allowed the government to essentially spy on fox news reporter james rosen. >> reporter: right now we know the just department says it's true. attorney general eric

i'm kelly wright. >> and this is an interesting story. good to see you,. i'm jam mooy colby. several lawmakers including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell are calling for a full scale investigation of the tax agency after senior officials and the head of the agency's tax division, lois lerner, admitted to unfairly targeting conservative groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election. we have been tracking the story and molly has more details. molly, what do we know? >> hi, jaime. hi, kelly. it means requests for more paperwork and information about their groups and contacts. here is how one tea party leader described the increased irs scrutiny. >> every facebook post and comment on our facebook page, every e-mail we send in the names of any congressman or sthor or staffer that are supported around the country talk to is a complete violation of the first amendment rights. we have a right to talk to our congressman and senators as citizens. the irs doesn't need to be asking for that much information from us. >> certainly conservatives are singled out and they had

kelly wright with the newest details on

. >> the ambassador goes missing and the first ambassador in more than 30 years is kelly wrighted. fouis killed. dozens of americans in jeopardy. at president at 4:00 in the afternoon says to the chairman of the joint chiefs deploy forces and no forces are deployed. where is he while all this is going on? >> this has been testified to by the -- >> chris: no one nos where he was or who was involved. >> the suggestion is that somehow the president allowed to happen -- >> chris: i want to know what the answer is. >> the assert,s from the republicans that somehow the president allowed this to happen or didn't take action is offensive and there is no evidence to support it. >> chris: i'm simply asking a question. where was he? what did he do? how did he respond? who told them that you can't deploy forces and what was the response? >> the president was in the white house that day and spoke to the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs earlier and secretary of state later and as events unfolded he was kept up to date. >> chris: here is one of the reasons that people have qu

. >> gretchen: kelly wright helped with the event. he joins us live now from washington with more. elly. >> good morning to you as well. mother's day has come and gone, but a mother's work, as you know, is never done. chances are she is hard at work right now trying to help a lot of children. that's exactly what was going on over the weekend at the new york city rescue mission providing a banquet, a feast for some 500 mothers, plus their children. you got about 1200, 1500 people being served for free by this wonderful organization that has been in existence since 1872. >> steve: kelly, does that mission serve that many women and kids every week? >> just about. over the past year, steve, they have provided housing for some 37,000 people, provided 180,000 meals. this is a wonderful organization that's really doing a lot of great work for people in need. not every mother, let's face it, is living well. if they're having difficulty living, at least the new york city rescue mission is there and there are about 300 missions like this throughout the country. but this one that i know of whe

kelly wright live in washington with a preview of tomorrow. >> good morning to you, brian and gretcheners are all considered to be members of the u.s. state department. eric nordstrom, a security officer gave his testimony during last october's hearing. greg hicks was the deputy chief mission at the u.s. embassy in libya. he was second to ambassador chris stevens and one of the last to speak to stevens before he was killed. mark thompson, former marine and senior official in the state department's counterterrorism bureau, hicks claims aides to president obama lied about the benghazi attacks and their initial public statements and thompson will testify that secretary of state hillary clinton was trying to marginalize the counterterrorism bureau. but former counterterrorism chief, daniel benjamin, told fox news, quote, i ran the bureau then. and i can say now with certainty as the former coordinator for counterterrorism that this charge is simply untrue. at no time was the bureau sidelined or otherwise kept from carrying out its task. the state department claims it's encouraging the whis

. >> clayton: our own kelly wright joins us now. >> good morning all. >> happy mother's day. >> thiscouple times sing weigh them during thanksgiving and mother's day. this, of course, is something that the new york city rescue mission does exactly well. reach out to people in need and this is mothers in need and their children. all told they got more than 500 people, 500 mothers and plus their children. you increase that to thousand or 1500 people. its feast. all of the members of the new york news media they get involved, as well. new york rescue mission is private charity that is nonprofit. they have been working in this city since the 1800s. >> you had a chance to talk to miss new jersey. she was there helping serve food. >> robin was there and we served food together and michelle tolson who is one of the rockets she served as the emcee. but this is great event. i encourage everybody when you are hugging your mom today, think about mothers that are less fortunate and difficult chances they face in rearing their children. these are people they don't sustain enough money or income t

. >> kelly: i am kelly wright. welcome to news headquarters.

joining me, actor bertty carvel, songwriter tim minchin, play wright dennis kelly and director matthew warchus. >> your technique as an actor is to seem to be spontaneous and you always want to get back to the moment in the rehearsal when you had the idea the first time and everybody sat forward in their chair. and so there are all these techniques that one uses to sort of trick yourself into thinking things freshly. and because the kids don't have as much technique-- although they work incredibly hard and they're incredibly well trained and they perform sort of dizzying choreography-- but in terms of their acting there's a sort of slightly -- like sometimes they'll kind of start twitching an eye or they're -- their attention will wander in a sort of wonderful way that gives them -- everybody watching you know that they're really there. >> rose: and from theater to tennis, a conversation with jimmy connors. >> giving up everything and the putting your whole life's blood into trying to be what you want to become and what happens along the way as you're trying to become that and detours

joining me, actor bertty carvel, songwriter tim minchin, play wright dennis kelly and director matthewchus. >> your technique as an actor is to seem to be spontaneous and you always want to get back to the moment in the rehearsal when you had the idea the first time and everybody sat forward in their chair. and so there are all these techniques that one uses to sort of trick yourself into thinking things freshly. and because the kids don'tave as much technique-- although they work incredibly hard and they're incredibly well

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