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when you have lois lernor targeting debt or spending or the course of government. or when she is e-mailing with the department of justice saying we should throw one of these tea party groups in jail, maybe they'll all get the message, this is dictatorship. >> and that's exactly what our constitution was designed to oppose was using the powers of office to go after groups you disagree with politically. >> absolutely. it guarantees freedom of association and they're talking about limiting free speech when it comes to campaign donations and the constitution has been held up repeatedly by the supreme court on that issue yet they turn around and give a blind eye which says people should be able to associate with whom they choose and what we have right now is very, it's a small sliver of what we actually know. it's been obtained through the freedom of information act and there's limits to what you can get. this is why we need a special prosecutor. >> counselor rick, what do you think of that. >> i don't know if i even followed all of that. i thought she was going to say
when you have lois lernor targeting debt or spending or the course of government. or when she is e-mailing with the department of justice saying we should throw one of these tea party groups in jail, maybe they'll all get the message, this is dictatorship. >> and that's exactly what our constitution was designed to oppose was using the powers of office to go after groups you disagree with politically. >> absolutely. it guarantees freedom of association and they're talking about...
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the irs's e-mails by lois lernor. what more do you need to do to get to the bottom of this and prove that the irs is targeting people who they don't agree with? >> we have all the evidence that they have done it. we just have to get the specific case. it may be we have to get the house to grant immunity to ms. lerner. for any member to use an agency of government for a specific targeting purpose is wrong. as vice chair, it's ethical. you should never individually attack any individual tax payer. >> of course not. we all know that. we are trying to figure out how it is you are going to get the information from ms. lerner who is taking the fifth. she is not telling anyone. >> i serve on the finance committee. we're into the latter stages of collecting all the e-mail data necessary to conduct our investigation into individuals at the irs. we have a bipartisan group doing that investigation. it's my hope it will turn up conclusive evidence as to where it started, who is responsible and who needs to go. >> what's the argum
the irs's e-mails by lois lernor. what more do you need to do to get to the bottom of this and prove that the irs is targeting people who they don't agree with? >> we have all the evidence that they have done it. we just have to get the specific case. it may be we have to get the house to grant immunity to ms. lerner. for any member to use an agency of government for a specific targeting purpose is wrong. as vice chair, it's ethical. you should never individually attack any individual tax...
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just hours from now, house rules committee votes on procedures regarding a contempt vote on lois lernor. she's refused to answer questions about the scandal and the same panel will also vote on asking attorney general eric holder to appoint a special prosecutor and the second big headache for congressional democrats, benghazi and the investigation into the death of four americans. the house this week expected to finalize details on a select committee. these scandals and obamacare, you remember that, right? not helping democrats with voters. listen to this. a new national poll finds republicans favored in the battle for congress 47-43%. the g.o.p.'s best advantage ahead of a midterm in some two decades. tucker, will they blow it? >> the republicans? they could. they would be pulling a massive lead. democrats are in serious trouble. i think they're going to lose the senate. i covered the 1988atq0v1e0s10=5 >> great point, harris. i think trey gawdy is well prepared, has the questions that's going to be tough. they can't just say this political pandering or he's just, you know, posturing. h
just hours from now, house rules committee votes on procedures regarding a contempt vote on lois lernor. she's refused to answer questions about the scandal and the same panel will also vote on asking attorney general eric holder to appoint a special prosecutor and the second big headache for congressional democrats, benghazi and the investigation into the death of four americans. the house this week expected to finalize details on a select committee. these scandals and obamacare, you remember...
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>> in the meantime, another big scandal, how real is the possibility that lois lernor would be arrested? house republicans voted last week to hold the former i.r.s. official in contempt of congress for refusing to testify on the tea party targeting scandal. the attorney general is now reviewing the case. congress does have the constitutional power to arrest lerner and hold her for trial on inherent contempt. the house speaker john boehner said an arrest likely won't happen so what's the next step in the investigation? do you think house republicans should do something that hasn't been done in over 80 years and perp walk lois lerner? >> well, i think that -- i'll put it this way f. they're not going to take the next step, you have to ask the question of what's the point? you know, john boehner said that it's eric holder's job to do his job and look into the prosecution of lois lerner. he's also in contempt of congress himself. he doesn't like congress. he doesn't like contempt charges against him. he's not going to give it to lois lerner. when it comes to the next steps, should we arrest
>> in the meantime, another big scandal, how real is the possibility that lois lernor would be arrested? house republicans voted last week to hold the former i.r.s. official in contempt of congress for refusing to testify on the tea party targeting scandal. the attorney general is now reviewing the case. congress does have the constitutional power to arrest lerner and hold her for trial on inherent contempt. the house speaker john boehner said an arrest likely won't happen so what's the...
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lois lerner in contempt of congress. cited lerner for refusing to answer questions about targeting of conservative groupses that sought tax exempt status. the justice department will decide whether to bring criminal contempt charges against lernor. >>> a tornado tore through parts of northeast colorado wednesday. powerful storm system brought several twisters to the region. want to get over to indra petersons for the latest. incredible to see what went on there in colorado. >> it's one thing to hear they had severe weather. it's another thing to look at that video. >> hail. >> quarter size hail. there was so much of it. almost like it was snow out there. look at people trying to drive on the highways with all of this hail still on the ground. this is the same storm system we're going to be looking at today. very easy to see. same storm system that brought about four or five tornado rr reports. 51 million of you today, you have slight risk for severe weather. i really want you to focus out towards minnesota and iowa. heightened risk for severe weather. that is the moderate risk for today. what are we looking at? same system. bringing showers even in the northeast this morning. right around that warm front. way behind it when you
lois lerner in contempt of congress. cited lerner for refusing to answer questions about targeting of conservative groupses that sought tax exempt status. the justice department will decide whether to bring criminal contempt charges against lernor. >>> a tornado tore through parts of northeast colorado wednesday. powerful storm system brought several twisters to the region. want to get over to indra petersons for the latest. incredible to see what went on there in colorado. >>...