here is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> reporter: confirmation of a homeland security security will come as congress wrestles with immigration reform. the white house press secretary says he doesn't expect trouble.

chief correspondent mike emanuel has the story. reporter: with detroit entering bankruptcy the city is proposing way to reduce the $5.7 billion it owes, shifting of the recipients out of city run coverage until obamacare's new insurance markets. the idea was first reported by "the new york times" and would save the city ttns of millions of dollars. ted cruz favors repeal of obamacare and talks about the federal government been traveling. >> the idea that we would be stuck footing the bill for detroit's irresponsible policy, i think it makes no sense. >> likely to catch on dealing with massive retiree benefits. >> it is a way to ensure that the employees have good health coverage and perhaps excellent health coverage. at the same time, take the financial burden off the witty and talented. reporter: josh said he was not sure how does it play out. >> for the benefits of the affordable care act is making sure that those americans that don't get health insurance through their employer are able for the first time to go to the open market

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us how in this evening's regulation nation reportorter: house lawmakers are expected to vote ten times this week attacking washington regulations and red tape in what they're calling stop government abuse week. majority leader eric cantor told fox over the past year the federal government has continually failed the people who it serves. washington needs fixing and it needs fixing now. he previewed this in the weekly address. >> continued regulation hurt job growth and make your paycheck smaller. >> reporter: u.s. chamber of commerce notes they issued 4,000 regulations a year, says it would be hard to convince any reasonable person that all of that is really necessary. in the senate, republican leader mitch mcconnell expressed frustration that democrats are resistant to regulatory reform. >> in this divided government, you have the democrats pretty much lined up behind the white house, believing what america needs is more regulations, not less, so that's just not an environment that sends a message to the private sector that we need t

mike emanuel has how big a change this will be, especially in the immigration debate, how it could effect that. we begin with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge on today's stunner. good evening. >> reporter: source not authorized to speak on the record tells fox news they were forced to go public after l.a. times got a jump on her decision to take the top job at university of california. secretary janet napolitano sworn in by president obama in january, 2009, is the first woman to leave the department, and after four and a half years, leaves office as the longest serving secretary of homeland security. in a statement, the president thanked the former arizona governor for her service, quote, the american people are safer and more secure thanks to janet's leadership. i've come to rely on janet's judgment and advice. republican peter king, past chairman at the house homeland security committee said napolitano was good at her job, but underutilized. >> whether it was secretary ridge or secretary chernoff, bush administration i thought had been more at the center of counterter

to mike emanuel in washington. all these pieces are coming together. i. >> carter hull, a 48 year veteran of the irs was a critical witness. he talk about how there had always been standard way of handling these cases at the irs, until there was that meeting with the irs general counsel. check out this exchange. >> i just think it's disgraceful that we're squandering this opportunity to get to the bottom of this because of partisan bickering. one group trying to blame the president. the other one trying to defend themselves that progressives were also being targeted. i think it's very unfortunate. i think the root of this matter is people who were critical of the way this government is being run were being targeted, regardless of what the source of their complaint was, they were being targeted as u.s. citizens by the irs. >> that was lawmaker talking about the partisan bickering going on at the hearing. he lectured both sides, saying it was important to get to the bottom of this. the hearing is stick ongoing. the treasurery inspector general who did th

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel shows the battle over the science of clean air. >> reporter: newly confirmed epa administrator a gina mccarthy is threatened with subpoenas if they don't show clean act provisions. >> the epa refuses to give data they promised us. our feeling is if they don't give it to us now by end of july, we are going to issue the first subpoena in many years by the science committee to get that data. >> reporter: the data will justify major costly air regulations, the epa's proposed limits on ozone. mccarthy is new to be administrator, lawmakers note she testified more than 20 months ago and made this commitment. >> weren't these numbers the same numbers floated around a week ago when the administration suspended its ozone standards? >> clearly not, no. >> they weren't? >> no, they were not. >> what were those figures? >> i actually don't have them at the top of my head, but i certainly can provide them. >> reporter: in a letter sent to mccarthy, smith an environment subcommittee chris stewart wrote the agency failure to comply with repeated congressional

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. hi, mike. >> hi, shannon.y tried repeal votes and now a new approach, if you will, a pledge to try and stop the president's health care law. senators mike lee of utah, marco rubio and ted cruz from texas are sending a letter to harry reid and asking others to sign it and the employer mandate and eligibility verification exchanges delay as proof the law is a failure. for these reasons we will not support any continuing resolutions or appropriations legislation that funds further implementation or enforcement of obamacare. here's senator lee on the critical timing. >> this is our last chance. this is the last stop on the obamacare express before the law fully kicks in. the last chance for us to stop it in its tracks before it takes effect on january 1st, 2014. it has to be done now and has to be done in connection with the continuing resolution that expires september 30th. >> as for the senate majority leader who will be receiving that letter maybe as soon as tomorrow, he was asked if he would consider de-fundin

mike emanuel in d.c. back to you.m the pentagon, martha, that is hitting the military top brass with major budget cuts. defense secretary chuck hagel proposing 20% reductions for headquarters of the major military branch as well as civilian offices. those cuts are supposed to save $2 billion between the years 2015 and 2019. much of the savings will come in layoffs but no word how many people could lose their jobs. you remember military spending has been cut this year by $37 billion. martha: another name that is being floated out there this morning as a potential candidate for the upcoming vacancy in homeland security. new york police commissioner ray kelley. president obama calling commissioner kelly, quote, very well-qualified. if he has any interest in leaving his current job he would like to know about it. the president is looking for a new president of homeland security of course after janet napolitano announced her resignation last week. she will leave her post in september. she will become the head of the califo

rick: mike emanuel live in washington. mike, thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> from nsr surveilance to irs targeting and leak investigations and benghazi president obama is hoping to shift attention away from all the scandals plaguing his administration by putting a new spotlight on the economy. he will start tomorrow with a speech aimed at his plans to help the middle class. the president is telling supporters by getting americans to feel good about their lives and their economic situation he will have an easier time advancing his political agenda. goal goal is live at the white house. -- wendell goler. the president is trying to change the subject? >> reporter: his aides say he has never not been focused on the country but he wants to focus attention like away from the republican attempts to repeal obamacare and the benghazi controversy was made to make the white house look bad. he rallied the non-profit lobbying group grew out of his former campaign organization. it is planning action august, planning to targ

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports tonight. many complain this particular court is really standing in the government's corner. >> the fisa court was not a rubber stamp. >> former intelligence judges robinson defends the court's work saying the law is fwlaued because the judgeses don't hear from an adversary. >> it's ex parte which means it's one sided and that's not a good thing. >> anybody that's been a judge will tell you that a judge needs to hear both sides of the case before deciding. >> in this case robinson insists the judges have pushed back against the government. the nsa activities it oversees such as collecting the phone met metal data of communications following the highly publicized leaks by edward snowden. the aclu says that shows the need for tougher government surveillance. >> it would trouble me less if members of the larger intelligence community had. repeatedly misled the public about the scope of these surveillance laws and the safe guards that are in place or aren't in place to protect individuals' privacy.

the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel thinks it's the other way around. >> reporter: itchanges senate rule with a sim pal pa jort. then presidential nominations would no longer be subject to a filibuster and not require 60 votes. >> the senate needs to change from constant, constant gridlock. the first step is to stop blocking the nominee ts. >> this nuclear option is ultimately a sample of the arrogance of power. it is a fundamental power grab by the majority party. >> they say changing the rules now would be very short-sighted. >> senate democrats are getting ready to do perm nernlt damage to this body to confirm three unconstitutionally appointed nominees by a simple majority vote. >> reporter: those nominees are for the national labor relations board or nlrb. five of those are occupied. a federal judge rules that president obama naming three during recess was unconstitutional. he's also faced pressure from some of his rank and file such as new mexico's tom udall. >> now what's happened is we find ourselves in a situation of the tierney of minoritminority. republicans

jon: mike emanuel, reporting from the capitol for us. mike, thank you.na: remembering the deadliest day for firefighters since 9/11 as we now await a memorial service honoring 19 elite firefighters killed battling a wildfire in arizona last year. i'm sorry, last month. firefighters from across the country are taking part. vice president joe biden will also be in attendance. we have been covering story live from prescott valley arizona. will? >> reporter: jenna, we're expecting 10 of thousands of people out here today. we're expecting so many people they have set up large monitors right here in this parking lot for all of the people who have come to honor, to remember these firefighters. people coming from as far as australia. this has been as you can imagine a very draining week 1/2 for the people from 24 area. they set up a huge memorial outside of the pros cot fire department. they tell us today they're here to celebrate the lives of 19 firefighters who died trying to protect their community. >> this is to honor these brave souls and just show gratitud

fox news's mike emanuel has the story. mike? >> hi, ashley. are hearing from two key officials who handled the applications of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status at irs. one from washington, the other from cincinnati. both suggested they were micromanaged, in these cases tea party applications by higher ups in the irs at washington. although the initial story was a couple of rogue agents in cincinnati. >> did you and other people in the cincinnati office feel they were being unfairly blamed or used to excuse this political activity that was going on in the washington office? >> i can't comment on what others but personally i, i felt like it was a nuclear strike. i felt they were blaming us. >> as lawmakers try to get to the bottom of the irs mess there's been a fair amount of partisan bickering. one democrat went after chairman darrell issa, blasting him for previously saying this was the targeting of the president's political enemies in election year. >> so when the chairman cautions us correctly, to withold judgment, to be careful

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill keeping an eye on that. what else are we expecting from this hearing, mike? >> reporter: jon, it promises to be interesting as we hear the washington irs and cincinnati irs field office perspectives from two key witnesses. the house oversight committee will hear from a total of five witnesses today but a lot of focus will be on carter hull, who recently left the irs in washington as tax law specialist and they did not like being scapegoated for the irs mess. >> chichi was there early on and it was quickly sent to washington where the orders continually seemed to come to do what the former acting commissioner called, not distressing. you know the truth is, that decisions were made as far as we can tell, problem properly in the beginning and this grouping was a way to stop literally hundreds of applications. >> reporter: we will also be looking for signs of tension as chairman darrell issa and the top democrat on the panel, elijah cummings have been engaged in a very public spat over this particular investigati

mike emanuel is live in d.c. mike?problem is students who take out huge debt and then don't finish school. for the more immediate dilemma is there is a bipartisan senate plan tomko burn march alexander and richard burr. it would link financial loans to the financial markets instead of letting congress set the rates. >> it's about policy. what's good for the country. not what's good for either party and not whether you can gain somebody to make them look bad to elevate yourself. what you have is a group of people varied interest and different interest saying let's stop this crap and start doing something that helps the country. >> a group of more than 30 senate democrats would prefer a one year extension of the low rates. though key figure in that group says they could do something more permanent. >> i'm not so certain that we didn't have a good good partisan agreement on this in the confines, in the context, i should say of the higher education act. we're not that far apart now. we are not that far apart. there is a fe

mike emanuel tells us why your college education got more expensive. >> reporter: congress went on recess, college students needing new federal loans were left with interest rates double the 6.8%. a bipartisan group offered a fix, link student loans to financial markets rather than have congress set the rates. >> this would be fair to taxpayers and fair to the students. >> reporter: president obama proposed tying them to the ten year treasury note. the house passed a plan in may, though the rate can fluctuate year to year. many favor a one year extension to negotiate a long term market plan. >> students across the country would rather have no deal than bad deal. we are at the point we have to do our best to extend the 3.4% interest rate, fully paid for, while we work on a good deal, not just any deal. >> reporter: access to aid isn't necessarily producing positive results, experts allowed colleges to raise prices rapidly, 27% at public institutions since 2007, and 13% bump at already more expensive private schools. availability of aid led to massive overconsumption and noncompletion of hi

mike emanuel has the story. >> reporter: the investigation into the irs targeting of conservative groups focused on hearing from two key figures. a recently retired 48-year veteran of the irs says his handling of the tea party applications was delayed by william wilkins, an obama appoi appointee. >> they gave them to someone who had no experience and they also took them away from you after, according to your testimony, you met with the chief council's office. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> reporter: cincinnati agent says they were very involved in her work on tea party applications as well. >> i was frustrated because what i perceived as micromanagement. >> reporter: after the scandal broke, it was the fault of two rogue agents in cincinnati. >> did you and other people in the cincinnati office feel that they were being unfairly blamed or used to excuse the political activity going on in the washington office? >> i can't comment on others but personally i felt like it was a nuclear strike. i felt like they were blaming us. >> reporter: blasting jay carney for blaming the little g

jenna: mike emanuel, thank you.k: we are learning more about president obama's decision to delay the delivery of four f-16 fighter jets to egypt in a sign of u.s. pressure for the egyptian military to move quickly to restore civilian rule after the ouster of its, the country's first democratically-elected president, mohamed morsi. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with more on this, and it's a big story, jennifer. why is the pentagon doing this now? >> reporter: fox news first reported that the f-16s were being held up on fuse. the pentagon and white house announced the decision had been made yesterday due to the ongoing political situation in egypt, that's what they said. though the administration will not call the removal of president morsi a coup which could block all aid to the egyptian military. the white house announcement came on the same day congress was debating the defense authorization bill and an amendment that would block all u.s. aid to egypt. >> we are reviewing our obligations under the law and a

mike emanuel with where the program now stands. mike. >> well, hi, jenna. blow in the future of u.s. manned space flight is seriously up in the air following the retirement of the space shuttle and now funding fights here on capitol hill. the house science committee voted to eliminate all spending on a manned mission to an asteroid, which was a key component of president obama's space exploration program through 2025. in a nasa funding bill with a price tag of $16.8 billion, lawmakers are telling nasa they are not allowed to proceed with the asteroid project. lawmakers are pushing nasa to lay out steps in order to get a mission eventually to mars in the next 20 years or so. the chairman of the house science committee told us his reasoning. >> it's a fiscal issue because it's $2.5 billion that we can better spend elsewhere, particularly in this era of budget constraints. but it's a misguided effort too. it's just sort of a waste of resources, a waste of talent. and nasa's own advisory committee recommended against it. so i don't know what the administration

fox news correspondent mike emanuel has the gory details of this story. hey, mike. >> hi, tracy.s with the committee on education and the workforce are asking new labor secretary thomas perez for determination about these groups by august 6th. they write, quote, in the last decade between so-called worker centers and labor organizations has blurred. today many of these worker centers are dealing employers directly on behalf of employees. since the 200 or so worker centers across the country are not regulated but unions are, congressman phil roe is asking if they may be acting like unions. >> what's not though, is to behave like something else and not have the same reporting requirements and transparency that a labor union does. if they, and that is all we're asking the secretary to do, simply clarify that. >> this full-page ad from the center for union facts has been running. it shows the afl-cio's richard trumka and him in disguise and suggests if it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you get it. here is an expert on what these groups are all about

chief congressional couldn't mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with breaking details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. house republicans asked that eric holder gave deceptive testimony to congress in handling of the james rosen case. holder assured the american people may 15th that the potential prosecution of a member of the media was something he never contemplated or even heard of. then we found out a few days later release of the rosen warrant showed holder approved that as a suspect to seize his e-mails. if rosen was a suspect, holder gave deceptive testimony to congress. house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte says, quote, deceptive, misleading testimony of attorney general holder is unfortunately just the most recent example in a long list of scandals that have plagued the department. these kinds of missteps are not acceptable and i will challenge attorney general holder's mismanagement of the department of justice at every step. the judiciary committee republicans are calling for a change in leadership at the justice department. also today, some pretty r

here is chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> reporter: some 200 groups across the country are designed to help immigrant workers like taxi drivers and restaurant employees, now several republican lawmakers make the case over the past decade, the line between so-called worker centers and labor unions has blurred. for example, in dealing with employers directly on behalf of staff. john kline and subcommittee chairman filt row -- phil row, saying a case has been made that at least some worker centers are labor organizations as defined by the labor management reporting and disclosure act, which makes them subject to annual filing requirements. >> we're asking the secretary to clarify what the things are, and it is well spelled out if you read the law what it is, what you can and can't do, what reporting requirements are and are not. >> reporter: all seem to agree worker centers provide useful services like job training and offering english as second language classes, but some experts say some of them aren't purelial truistic. >> they use this as front organizations to organize

for the top story tonight, let's bring in fox news channel's chief congressional correspondent mike emanuelho covered the hearing today on capitol hill. what was the headline for you? >> bill, the headline for me was house democrats african-american community we hear your concerns and we agree with you. i was struck by being in the room by the lack of texas in the room if you will because obviously these are difficult issues that we were talking about. everybody in the room essentially had the same perspective. had you a house democratic who is who. members of the congressional black caucus and three panelists all ideologically the same as the members of congress they were talking to and so, had you kind of an echo chamber effect and before the house goes out for five weeks of recess back home, they are able to go home to their constituents and say we took up the matter, we held a hearing, we understand, we're on the case, bill. >> bill: all right. but whats watt echo? what is was the theme? what was the point they were trying to get across? >> i was struck by the idea that a number of peop

>> mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. >>> tonight's entry in the almost daily list of new problems with the president's health care law. a study by national bureau of economic research suggests low income adults that can obtain health coverage from the medicaid expansion instead of from their jobs may simply quit or avoid looking for work. the study estimates between a half million and a million people might take this route. >>> trouble with the base tonight for president obama. one of his core support groups, big labor, is complaining fwout his signature health care ref m reform. >> reporter: the teamsters are warning congress. they warn that, quote, time is running out. congress wrote this law, we voted for you. we have a problem, you need to fix it. >> we have some angry people out there, they probably supplied money and votes to get barack obama elected, now they feel betrayed. >> reporter: unions first complained to the administration, saying they gave up wage gains for health benefits, now fear they will

chief correspondent mike emanuel tells us how. >> reporter: with detroit entering federal bankruptcy, the city is proposing a way to reduce some of the $5.7 billion it owes in retiree health costs, shifting younger recipients out of city run coverage into obama care insurance markets. the idea first reported by "the new york times" would save the city tens of millions of dollars. texas republican senator ted cruz that favors repeal of obama care calls this troubling. >> the idea that you and i, the taxpayers across the country would be stuck footing the bill for detroit's irresponsible policy i think makes no sense. >> reporter: a solution likely to catch on in other cash strapped cities with massive retiree benefits. >> it is a way to ensure that the employees have good health coverage, perhaps excellent health coverage, and at the same time take the financial burden off the city and town. >> reporter: he wasn't sure how it would play out but emphasized the positive. >> one of the benefits of the affordable care act is making sure those americans that don't get health insurance throu

chief congressional couldn't mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with breaking details.porter: good evening. house republicans asked that er

mike emanuel has details. >> reporter: as the house considers amendments that restrict national securitygency's targs it to get electronic communications and collect and store data, they were in private meetings with general keith alexander. he told reporters he wanted to give facts about the program and help inform the debate. one amendment considered would cut money to the nsa for surveillance of phone records. >> debate comes down to whether we want to allow the nsa to collect the records or deny funding to do so. >> reporter: 100 amendments are considered with $512 billion defense spending bill. another republican says a bill to fund the military isn't the time for the fight. >> to try to change these on a dod appropriations bill where we can't legislate isn't the right way to go about fixing something that's broken. >> reporter: senior gop member of the house intelligence committee says this is dangerous. >> i would argue to my colleagues that would support that amendment that this in fact makes america less safe. the risk is in heat of the conversation you let slip things that shou

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us which sector was today's focus. >> acting commissionerl werfel was called to capitol hill to answer while the agency was targeting conservative groups whether small businesses received extra scrutiny, too. >> since that time, congressional investigations raised questions about the irs improper targeting, whether the irs may have also improperly targeted tax returns of small businesses for added scrutiny or audit. >> i certainly don't have any evidence of this. >> werfel says the irs is reviewing procedures to make sure they're fair. >> to the extent an individual or small business or large business has a lack of trust in the irs, that does a lot of damage to our voluntary kpliechbs tax system. >> also today, republicans from house oversite and ways and means requested new documents after accusations. william wilkins, obama appointee demanded action of tea party groups during the 2010 election cycle. lawmakers wrote, quote, as part of the on-going investigation, the committees have learned that the irs chief counsel's office in washington,

mike emanuel explains. >> reporter: some conservatives are asking their colleagues to join their fight in defunding obama care. senators mike lee, marco rubio, and ted cruz are sending a letter to senate majority leader harry reid. they write the only way to avert disaster is to fully repeal obama care and start with a more practical approach, and for these reasons we will not support any continuing resolution or appropriations legislation that funds further implementation or enforcement of obama care. already the number three gop senator john thune signed the letter, sources expect about a dozen senators to do so. a new fox poll reveals 53% surveyed say the law should be repealed, while 40% say it should be kept in place. lee says this is a critical stage. >> this is our last chance. this is the last stop on the obama care express before the law fully kicks in. it has to be done now, it has to be done in connection with a continuing resolution that expires september 30th. >> reporter: today, the president challenged the gop to offer a health care solution. >> if you think you have a b

mike emanuel with this news from capitol hill. mike? >> shep, late today, 8 congressional republicans sent a letter to newly confirmed fbi director james comey saying they want an update from him on the benghazi investigation in 30 days. they write, quote: we appear to be no closer to knowing who is responsible today than we were in the early weeks following the attack. this is simply unacceptable. also today the revelation, a television reporter has y benghazi attack suspect while the fbi has not. >> there are literally people running around libya who have responsibility for having committed these attacks or knowledge of it, and apparently our fbi is not speaking to them. so, where we are is totally unacceptable as you have described it and what we have said in our letter. and we need answers. >> it has been nearly 11 months since the benghazi attack which claimed the lives of four americans. and there is clearly frustration. nobody has been held accountable. and, still, so many questions. >> to date, little is known why ambassador ste

mike emanuel on capitol hill with the rest of this story. mike? >> shep, about a dozen g.o.p.are expected to sign a leader to it senate jort leader harry reid divert a disaster scrapping the president's healthcare law and starting over. for these reasons we will not support any continuing legislation that funds further implementation or enforcement of obama care. new fox news polls out tonight reveal almost half, 47% think the healthcare law will cost them more money while only 11% think it will save them money. when asked what should happen with obama care, 53% say repeal it while 40% say keep it it a key senator behind this letter effort talked about the dilemma facing senate majority leader harry reid. >> he is scared to death of this because he knows that he doesn't want to have to force a shutdown just so that he can defend a law that is so unpopular with the american people. a law that the president said he is not ready to implement. a law that the president has promised to implement selectively. and a law that the author of the in the senate max baucus recently describe

mike emanuel has how big a change this will be, especially in the immigration debate, how it could effect chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge on today's stunner. good evening. >> reporte

mike emanuel covers these people. tried to go on the offensive today on student loans, huh, shep. >> that's right. the house already passed a bill that would have those student loan interest rates set by the market. they blasted the senate. they gathered about 100 congressional interns out on the steps of capitol today. many we're told have student loans. republican leaders note their plan is similar to what president obama had in his budget have politicians set those interest rates. late today speaker boehner called on president obama to lead and the senate to act. >> the white house and senate democrats have left let these students down. frankly i think they deserve better. it's time for the president to lead. it's time for him to bring senate democrat leaders together and develop a solution. the house has done its job. it's time for the senate and the white house to do its job. >> the problem is there is a split among senate democrats. we will see how they work that out. senate majority leader harry reid is trying

mike emanuel? >> reporter: colonel bristol told lawmakers essentially what they've heard from others in the military chain of command, there were a lot of challenges in terms of mounting a military response to the benghazi attack. bristol was in another african country on assignment on september 11th, and was essentially out of communication during benghazi. >> american lives were lost and i could hear in colonel bristol's voice today the passion and the heartbreak because of the american lives that were lost due to decisions that were made and misrepresented through a press release from the administration at the white house. >> she's referring to a white house statement that came out essentially saying leading up to the 9/11 anniversary, precautions had been taken from a security perspective and clearly martha roby believes they were not adequate when you look at the benghazi attacks. >> what she said was lives were lost because of the misrepresentation on the statement. that's a matter of opinion

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mike emanuel is on capitol hill for us tonight. hello, mike. >> that war of words could lead to it a huge fight tomorrow. house oversight chairman darrell issa and top democrat on the committee elijah cummings continue their very public spat over this irs investigation and they have another hearing tomorrow. as for the cherry picking information charge, here is issa's response. >> we think we have interpreted fairly and we believe tomorrow's hearings are going to show that people who actually had these applications and who worked up and down the chain make it very clear this was not a cincinnati decision. it wasn't just -- not just a washington decision. >> there was also congressional hearing today looking into whether small businesses received extra scrutiny from the irs. the acting commissioner told lawmakers there is no evidence of that but says the irs is still reviewing its procedures. >> now, obviously, we have a lot of clean up to do and fixes to do in that area. that also, as part of a check and balances, has led to us now

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has details. >> reporter: a new analysis from the congressional budget office estimates if sequestration is eliminated the rest of this fiscal year and next year shall 900,000 jobs will be created and gdp will be boosted. senate budget committee republican roger wicker says smarter cuts are fine but is skeptical of the predictions. >> not only would it not go to those jobs but also it's not going to happen. if there's one thing that we're committed to, we're committed to keeping the overall budget savings that were negotiated in the budget control act. and to lose that would be to lose everything we worked for. >> reporter: critics note this is the same cbo that predicted president obama's 2009 stimulus package would produce three million jobs and fell short. ahead of the budget office release, leading democrats talked about the effect of the sequester. >> the sequester was an economic punch to the cut for transportation, housing and development programs. >> reporter: while the cuts have had an impact on people in terms of furloughs and some reduc

mike emanuel with the news out of washington. so, plan coming meeting today? what happened?p i'm told there is a wide range of opinions. key leader said the house does not continue to do some monster where people behind closed doors make decisions in the dead of night. in his words that's not democracy. so you can expect the house will produce multiple smaller immigration bills. we got a very favorable response that the work the homeland security committee took a step-by step careful approach holding hearings and examining and marking up individual bills so that we do not make the same mistakes made in 1986. that refers to when ronald reagan was president when millions were given citizenship and the border problem was not properly fixed. shep? >> shepard: democrats had a pretty high profile meeting of their own, mike. >> that's right. the white house emphasized the economic benefits of immigration reform and the cost of not getting it done, president obama met with the congressional hispanic caucus at the white house today. aides say the president expressed the need to pass

we are with mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike, what is this all about?ha, senator merkley is floating a letter to his colleagues asking them to sign a letter asking them not to fund obamacare for a continuing resolution in september or any budget resolution. here are a couple of key republicans on ice. >> this is the last stop on the obamacare express before the obamacare law kicks in on january 1 come to 14. >> i have been a repeat supporter of the defund obamacare effort. certainly we know that even obamacare of its own is going to fail. reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is being pressured to sign a letter promising not to fund obamacare. this could be one leadership gets gray hair because he would probably love to defund obamacare but may not want to own a government shutdown market. martha: what are the leading democrats reaction to all this? reporter: senator harry reid said that they want sessions in terms of raising the debt ceiling and increasing the governments authority. here is senator harry reid on that subject. >> we are not

chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. mike. >> reporter: hi. almost 11 months after that deadly terror attack, lawmakers heard from a special key ops commander in regards to that attack. colonel bristol told lawmakers behind closed doors in a classified set whaegs traveling elsewhere in africa last september 11th and was essentially out of communication. sources say bristol's story backs up what they heard from other military officials up and down the chain of command and lawmakers say his testimony confirms u.s. officials were not prepared heading into a 9/11 anniversary for an attack. some who attended the classified hearing are pushing for the public to be able to hear and watch open hearings. >> it's all very valuable information but ultimately we need public hearings where america can see and not just certain members of congress. an important step forward but come the fall, we're going to have some open transparent hearings where everybody in the country can watch. >> after the deadly benghazi terror attack which clai

mike emanuel. thank you. irs employees from that cincinnati office pointing the finger back at washington that the scope of the targeting extended from the tax agency's highest offices. let's bring in the executive director for the american center for law and justice. great to see you. >> thanks, alisyn. >> sounds like you and i have to play a little bit of the chase the blame game here, the pin the tail on the higher up because everybody's pointing fingers in different directions. here's what we know. elizabeth hofacre there says it was not her, not a rogue agent in cincinnati, a higher up, i think she pointed towards carter hall, a 50 year long irs specialist who says he also got directives from higher-ups to give more scrutiny to these conservative groups. where does this end? >> there's a good indication when people don't take the fifth amendment, alisyn. when carter hull decided to testify and testify in full as he did today, it changed where the focus was. the focus was lois lerner who took the fifth an

mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill with more. >> reporter: we expect to hear from the senateority leader, but the bottom line is it appears that the deal maker in all of this was after a three mus hour meeting late last night when all 100 senators sat down and aired their grievances. we expect to hear from senator reid about the deal in a matter of moments. as we take a live look at what's known as the ohio clock up here on capitol hill. after some tough rhetoric, earlier today the senate majority leader sounded upbeat. >> we'll explain in who are detail the direction we're headed. i think everyone will be happy. everyone will not be, oh, man, we got everything we wanted. but i think it will be something that is good for the senate. it is a compromise. and i think we get what they want, they get what they want. not a bad deal. >> as part of that deal, the nomination of richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection bureau moves forward. republicans didn't oppose him personally, they think the agency has too much power. republicans wanted president obama to drop and

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel standing by with more. >> reporter: congress is not here this week to address it so students will wait to see how this plays out. there was a bi-partisan senate plan proposed by west virginia joe manchin, lamar alexander from tennessee, and richard burr from north carolina: it would link student loans to the financial markets rather than having congress set the rates. >> this would be fair to the tax may payers an taxpayers and fair to the students. under their plan it would be fair to the students because we would not be reducing the federal debt on the back of the students. >> reporter: among the concern for senate democrats on the student loan issue is how long rates would last and whether it would generate a surplus. senate democrats were backing a plan that would extend the current rates for two years. >> we have to insure that when students take these loans out they deserve predictability and certainty that they won't get locked into very, very high interest rates. so any adjustable rate should have a reasonable cap. not only do we em

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on the hill with the latest on a few of these . mike, start with student loan issue. we saw doubling of student loan rates. what should we expect as far as any resolution when it comes to that? >> reporter: jenna, 4:00 this afternoon we expect house speaker john boehner and republican leadership to take east steps on the front side to hammer away at issue to act on it. on this very issue the speaker says, quote, we need the president to lead to bring senate democratic leaders to resolve this issue. republicans acted. we've done our job. time for the president and his party to do their job. here is the a sample of the housep gop argument. >> for too long politicians have been in charge of setting these rates and we keep coming back to cliffs and deadlines like this one. paying for college is difficult enough without all this uncertainty. i have two kids in college. i know how hard it can be. >> reporter: the politics on this are interesting because the house passed a plan that is similar to one the president request the having the

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is deliver with the latest -- live with the latest. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid needed a few more conversations with vice president biden and top democratic leaders, but he hinted at things are heading in the right direction. at this hour the united states senate is moving forward with richard cordray's nomination to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. it is not that republicans objected to cordray personally, they just don't like the dodd-frank law that created the consumer financial protection bureau. a short time ago the senate majority leader hinted at a compromise. >> everyone will not be -- oh, man, we got everything we wanted. but i think it's going to be something that is good for the senate. it is a compromise, and i think we get what we want, and they get what they want. not a bad deal. >> reporter: at this hour we await the details of that compromise and whether it is good enough to all the key players involved to hold off the so-called nuclear option which would change the rules on presidential no