joining me, reporter, kim barker. this is really so much of the actual story here has gotten buried under the morass of daryl issa's insanity. there's a controversy here. i think that controversy is, a, the undue and unprecedented and historic influence of outside money in our political system, and, b, how little we have in the way of stopgaps, in the way of oversight, in the way of actual sort of clear marching orders from the irs for these groups seeking to influence our political system. i want to start with lois lerner, we have news she was going to deny tax exism status. they began drafting the letter by may 10th, daryl issa had begun his investigation in the irs, admitted targeted groups during 2012 election. the draft of the letter being worked on may 13th of last year. finished by the 30th, never sent. crossroads still hasn't tax exempt status. >> must have been a long letter. >> the longest letter in irs history. in my mind, the irs, who is trying to give this out, they have been targeted in this whole invest