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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. mike, fireworks and frustration from republican members of congress trying to get to the bottom of this irs mess. now we're talking weeks, maybe years. >> that's right, gretchen. plenty of frustration. darrell issa said irs response to targeting scandal has been dismal. the committee issued subpoenas wants all of lois lerner's e-mails from january 2009 to august of last year. today they asked the irs commission to make it happen. >> you have a dull issued subpoena, are you or are you not going to provide this committee e-mails as indicated in this subpoena. yes or no? >> we have never said we wouldn't -- >> i'm asking you yes or no. >> we're going to respond to the subpoena. >> sir. >> we are going to respond to the subpoena. i'm just telling you to respond fully to the subpoena we're going to be at this for years not months. >> years they are saying. others clarify the reason they want all of them, they say critical information could be missed if something in those e-mails doesn't fit

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with reaction. good evening, mike. >> good evening.9 trillion white house wish list which reflects president obama's election year priorities. less than one third of the spending in this budget blueprint for fiscal 2015 goes to discretionary programs including domestic and military spending. the rest is mandatory for growing entitlements and interest on the federal debt. the massive document does not contain an offer to address medicare, medicaid, and social security. the president's budget includes money for highway and railroad improvement. it also has new spending on preschool education and job training to help pay for some of his suggestions it would include a buffett tax, named for warren buffett, to go after high income americans and boost taxes on airline passengers and tobacco products. the president made the pitch for his blueprint at a washington, d.c. elementary school. >> as a country. we've got to make a decision if we're going to protect tax breaks for the wealthiest americans or make smart investments necessary to create

>> thank you, mike emanuel. eric? >>> jamie, an airliner flies silently for hours, no one hears anything from the passengers. it's happened before with the tragic results in 200 when a helios airways boeing 737 flew at 35,000 feet when a slow decompression caused the passengers and the crew to slowly lose consciousness and kill everyone on board. the helios was on its way from cyprus to prague. it continued about three hours on autopilot until it finally ran out of fuel. it under on out the automatic oxygen system was not turned on, and the pilots never realized it. officials say all on board died of hypoxia, the lack of oxygen at the high altitude. could flight 370 have suffered a similar fate? joining us former navy s.e.a.l. and federal air marshal. one major difference is the helios pilots reported a problem before it really got into trouble. we didn't heat anything from the pilots on flight 370. >> that's exactly one of the most telling things. i've been going back and looking at with all this talk about the debri

bret. >> mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. >>> still ahead, north korean election results. and nsa leaker edward snowden with a u.s. constitution backdrop from moscow, talking about human rights. how many things are wrong with this picture? we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] we'll cook all day today, but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow oker sauce. by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and absolutely delicious. everne is cooking wiew campbell's slow cooker sauces. >>> u.s. intelligence officials are planning a huge electronic system to monitor the behavior of many of its 5 million federal employees with secret clearances. the system is intended to identify rogue agent, corrupt officials, and leakers. it's to prevent cases similar to nsa analyst edward snowden. mr. snowden popped up on a streaming video chat today. the optics, as political observers say, were stark. snowden blasted american liberty violations in front of the u.s. constitution as a backdrop from russia's capital. here's f

mike emanuel has the latest. >> for the past year, the central republican accusation in this investigation -- >> we're adjourned. close it down. the chairman of the oversight committee had the microphone turned off on the top democrat after darrell issa returned a brief hearing looking into the targeting of conservative groups. elijah cummings was curious. >> we represent 700,000 people. you can not run a one-sided investigation. there is absolutely something wrong with that and absolutely un-american. >> the chairman hurried to make his point to reporters in the hallway. >> he was not directing questions to the witness and the committee had adjourned. >> it began after refusing to answer questions, former irs official lois lerner wouldn't cooperate? >> i exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer the question. >> issa asked about a letter she sent to a colleague at the irs in which she called the tea part party case dangerous. >> why would you say tea party cases are dangerous? >> on the advice of my counsel i exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that quest

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the story from capitol hill tonight. >> it was an on the senate floor to talk up a hot issue the democrats liberal base. >> climate change is real. climate change is caused by humans, and climate change is solvable. and we will not rest until congress wakes up and acts on the most pressing issue of our time. >> 30 democrats took turns speaking but were not pushing for a vote on a bill. today, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell noted the majority party could do more. >> the washington democrats are serious about all the talk last night, they should follow it up with action. democrats control the senate. bring up -- bring up the cap and tax bill, and let's have a debate. >> red-state democrats faying tough re-elections including arkansas's mark pryor, mary landrieu, kay hagan, and mark begich all stayed away. harry reid doesn't sound willing to force them to take tough votes on climate and today responded to critics. >> it's nice for people to nit-pick, why don't the democrats do this? we need a little bit of help. >> the one rep

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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live in washington. mike, have you had time to crunch numbers? >> still reading fine print. wish list, income equality. the document arrived on capitol hill this morning and includes $56 billion in new spending to expand preschool programs and provide job training. to help pay for suggestion it would include buffett tax named after warren budget, for airline passengers and tobacco products. the president sold his provision at a local school today. >> road map for expanding jobs and wages and opportunities for all americans. at a time when our deficit has been cut in half, it laos us to meet our obligation to future generations without leaving them a mountain of debt. >> budget also did he vote money for highways and roadways. >> republicans have a different view on spending priorities and debt. what are they saying? >> john boehner calling it perhaps the president's most irresponsible budget ever. paul ryan says it isn't a serious document, it is a campaign brochure. ryan is working on a budget of his own

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live from capitol hill with more on that. >> reporter:oon. now to get a waiver from the president's health care law all you have to do is fill out a small form saying that your plan has been canceled, and the alternatives are too expensive. it's expected to have an impact on millions of americans, and today kathleen sebelius, back on the hot seat here on capitol hill, was asked why so many key components of the health care law have either been delayed or waived. >> has been discarded in 'ems of the law. -- in terms of the law. the law is still very much in place. what we are doing with some of the features of the law in terms of having a transition most focused on people who have insurance coming into compliance with some of the new features of plans to gradually phase those in over a period of time. >> reporter: some democratic allies an capitol hill say the president's health care law has been working and that congress should give up any notion of trying to get rid of it. >> americans do not want us to repeal the affordable care act. th

today, they took some shots at a new target, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest live from the capitol. >> good evening. members of the house oversight committee pushed the new irs commissioner for e-mails from a central figure, lois lerner has twice refused to answer questions about the irs's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. lawmakers are demanding her e-mails from january 2009 to august 2013 and said the irs should be moving more quickly. >> you have a dually issued subpoena. are you or are you not going to proit this committee the e-mails as indicated in the subpoena? yes or no? >> we have ever said we wouldn't cooperate. >> i'm asking yes or no. >> we're going to respond -- >> sir. >> we're going to respond. i'm telling you to respond fully, we'll be at it for years, not months. >> another key republican made the case for why they want to see all of the electronic communications. >> what if there's an e-mail from the white house that says, hey, e-mail to lois lerner said that, keep up the great work. we appreciate what you're doing.

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mike emanuel has more. >> the argument for special inspector general is the health care law is so massivepproximately eight federal agencies that no current official currently has the power to provide coordinated oversight. some examples of past inspectors general, well, the iraq war reconstruction overseeing $60 plus billion dollars. afghanistan reconstruction overseeing at least $102 billion. t.a.r.p., the 2008 bank rescue, $700 billion. and then you look at the health care law, congressional budget office estimates that to be $1.8 trillion over the next decade. the bill sponsor says there is risk of fraud and other problems. >> it's rip for political manipulation. we see a white house now that is now making a division to delay yet another element of the affordable care act with really no pretense about it. but they're trying to get past a midterm election. that's shameful and we ought to be able to speak to that directly with the thrust and the rig rigor of a special inspector general. >> nancy pelosi is not in favor of it. she suggests there is already enough oversight and that this i

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has a look at all the problems and some potential solutions postal service had $100 billion of debt and unfunded benefit liabilities at the end of fichbggal year 2013. >> they sounded the bailout alarm before a house oversight subcommittee as the postal aufrbs appears to be in a mess and changes may be coming to your mail delivery. darrell issa is calling for a reform. >> there's no bailout possibility without fundamental change, reorganize the post office. >> a senior executive told lawmakers the u.s. postal service has exhausted its borrowing authority, faces costs it cannot afford and is constrained by law from correcting the problem. >> we cannot return the organization to profitability or secure our long-term financial outlook without the passage of comprehensive legislation. >> issa says the post office talks a good game, but it's up to congress to legislate real change, including some processing plants now, no longer delivering to your door in five-day delivery. >> $5 billion in getting rid of six day delivery. $6 billion in going to th

chief congressman correspondent mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. e house, right, but where is it going to go after that? >> that's the question at this point, gretchen. there's bipartisan support for permanently fixing the way doctors are reimbursed as part of medicare. republicans think the smart way of doing this is combining it with delaying the individual mandate for obamacare for five years. they think that makes a lot of sense. >> paying doctors based on quality incentivizes petiti s p to be as efficient and effective as possible in keeping patients healthy. this is fully paid for by a delay of obamacare's individual mandate. a tax on americans to force them to purchase more expensive health care that doesn't meet their needs. >> 12 democrats join with republicans to pass the bill in the house. still house democratic leader nancy pelosi tried to discourage her fellow democrats. >> i urge my colleagues to vote against this bill and i hope that when we return after the recess week, yet again, another recess week, republicans will be ready to get

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill with that story. >> health and humanservices secretary kathleen sebelius was back on capitol hill hours after reports that the obama administration last week quietly made it easier for millions of people to get an xexemption fro obamacare's individual mandate. now they have to say their plan was cancelled and the alternatives are too expensive. >> all of the provisions that came out in the rule that was sort of hidden, not very much exposed, you feel that was already in the law previously and this is not a new piece? >> the new piece is not the hardship exemption, which has always been part of the law. it allowed people who could not find an affordable option to also have the option of purchasing a catastrophic policy. that is the new piece. >> although sebelius said there won't be an official delay. >> are you going to delay the mandate that individuals have to buy government approved health care or pay a tax? >> no, sir. >> are you going to delay the open enrollment beyond march 31st? >> no, sir. >> sebelius was asked

mike emanuel has more. >> republicans are crying foul after the justice department rejected a request from texas senator ted cruz for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs targeting of conservative groups. south carolina republican congressman trey gowdy is a former federal prosecutor who said attorney general eric holder's investigation with democratic donor barbara boxer leading it doesn't pass the smell test. >> what i'm asking him is to look at the big picture. let's assume there is no criminal impropriety. let's assume that for the sake of argument. is anyone going to believe it when someone maxed out to the dnc and democrats says it. it matters. >> at an education event in washington today, the attorney general defended his team. >> they're neutral, they're detached. i don't see any basis for concluding otherwise. so unless i find a basis for reversing that view, i expect that they will do a complete and thorough job and at the appropriate time, we'll see the results of that vegdz. >> meanwhile, lois lerner the former irs official gave a lengthy interview to doj lawyers bu

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has both sides. >> the epa has rolled out a major newation forcing oil refiners to strip out sulfur. the industry estimates it will cost refiners $10 billion and raise gasoline costs about 9 cents per gallon. >> every gallon year after year after year. this money is not going to roads, not to infrastructure, not going to lessening the debt. it's going to pure compliance for a rule that has little or no environmental impact. >> the epa told reporters it won't be that bad. >> the standards will cost less than a penny per gallon of gasoline on average, and they will cost $72 per vehicle in 2025. >> the obama administration says this crackdown on sulfur will drastically reduce soot and smog and cut down on diseases associated with those pollutants. >> reducing those dangerous pollutants means fewer asthma attacks, fewer emergency room visits and medical bills, fewer missed work days. >> the chairman of the house science space and technology committee blasted the epa for using scientific information that is not publicly available. quote, the

mike emanuel tells us if it's working. >> epa administrator gina mccarthy told energy executives in houston a need to choose between a healthy environment and a healthy economy. >> you will see we have been very effective in understanding how we can address pollution and still grow the economy. >> the 2015 obama economy has about $20 billion for a climate resilient fund. they didn't buy the pitch and passed a bill thursday to limit the epa's rules on power plants. >> we would be one of the few countries in the world where you could not build a plant because the legislations are so high. it is simple, it says you can regulate greenhouse gases but these are the standards for new coal-fire plants using the best technology that's available out there, and that's all it does. >> the bill's sponsor in the senate is joe mantion who says the united states cannot unilaterally stop using this fuel force. >> the united states of america uses one eighth of the amount of coal burned in the world. we're not going to clean it up ourselves if we stop using it. >> they recognize environmentalists are a criti

mike emanuel, thanks so much. >>> now developments with obamacare on capitol hill as well today as health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius gets grilled at another health care hearing. listen to this. >> i don't understand the authority which the administration uses to waive certain requirements on mandates. and how many mandates have they gsh ha -- have been waived? >> nothing has been discarded in terms of the law. what we are doing with some of the features of the law in terms of having a transition most focused on people who have insurance coming in to compliance with some of the new features of the plans to gradually phase those in over a period of time. >> joining me now, kristen stoltz anderson, republican pollster and vice president of the winston group. what did you make of that answer from secretary sebelius? is the individual mandate changing or is it staying the same or does anyone really know? >> well, they've created these exemptions now. they've called it a hardship exemption where back i believe it was in december they first introduced this idea, that if you c

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the story. >> reporter: as prominent democrats are making the election year push to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, a new survey of 37,000 business owners and human resources professionals reveals negative consequences. of those paying minimum wage, 38% say they would let employees go, and 54% say they would reduce hiring, yet president obama says the hike would help. >> what happens is that people who are working full-time but still living in poverty get a little bit of a boost, and they are able to pay their bills at the end of the month. >> reporter: a house republican from the republican's home state illinois says a higher minimum wage $1 more than the federal level has been a disaster there, and this is all a distraction. >> this is nothing but a side show. i mean, the reality is we have an unemployment rate that's entirely too high for entirely too long, you know. obamacare is a failure. they know that. they are not able to sell it, and so instead of talking about the real issues that people are concerned with, it's t

mike emanuel is live for us in washington with the latest. and mike, any reaction from key lawmakers so far on this latest satellite data? >> harris, good evening. they seem homeful that the items picked up by the radar or satellites from various countries will lead to serious answers about what happened to malaysia airplanes flight 370. here's the house homeland security chairman's take. >> this is hopeful that now we have the third satellite imagery of debris in this area. and the good news is we can find it through, i think, the area where the debris is so we can get to the black box to finally find out what may have happened in this case. >> mccall criticized the mue malaysians saying they spent too much time on the route they could have taken. that wasted a week of precious time when the southern indian ocean should have been the focus, harris. >> wow, wasted time. you hate to hear that. when you talk about resources, you can't get away from the fact the united states has been in such a lead in all of this with our very expensive plane, t

let many get to our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. any independent casings what she is going to do? i suppose there are several options. >> reporter: darrell issa and the attorney for lois lerner have been talking to people like me. there seem to be four options that could happen. she could testify, she could ask for a one week delay. she co-could agree to a closed door deposition or she could take her fifth amendment right. she is here and she is the only witness on the hearing agenda. all eyes will be on her to see her latest move. gregg: what about giving her broad immunity or a limited use immunity which doesn't fully protect her? any discussion about that other than trey gowdy saying no way will she get immunity. >> reporter: lear -- lois lernes attorney has been pushing for immunity. it was admitted that the irs had been targeting conservative organizations. she blamed it on low-level staffers in cincinnati. in cincinnati they say the orders came from washington. this could get them to the bottom of what happened at the irs and

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the hill. what is the focus of this today? is definitely frustration in the room because this is the committee where lois lerner come up twice and taken the fifth. so this committee is trying to get all of her emails from the irs and they feel like the irs has been slow in doing that. chairman darrell issa expressed his frustration. does a non-partisan, non-political agency blatantly ignore a congressional subpoena? again the irs continues to. the american people believe the irs is now a politicized agency because the irs is a politicized agency. our constituents deserve better than this. >> reporter: bottom line, darrell issa says the committee has been making document requests for the past 11 months. he is frustrated they're not turning the paperwork over faster. so he wants answers from john koskinen today, martha. martha: what about today's hearing? any fireworks expected there. >> you're looking at possibility of fireworks between lawmakers around the witness and there is also possibility of fireworks between the chairman

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel from capitol hill. surprising you have a lot of republicans asking a whole lot of questions here. >> reporter: that's right, jenna, you have a lot of republicans asking about two dozen or so tweaks of the president's health care law. secretary kathleen sebelius tried to reassure republicans there will not be delay of individual mandate part of the president's health care law. there will not be a delay of upcoming enrollment deadline. sebelius was also asked to define success. >> madam secretary --, can i get you to answer that question what is now success because he only have three minutes. >> success looks like millions of people with affordable health coverage which we will have by the end of march. >> so you are changing their 6 your standard of 7 million by the end of march 31st. >> i said success looks like millions of people -- >> actually you said seven million. >> reporter: upcoming open enrollment deadline is march 31st. republicans are openly speculating with enrollment numbers lower than hope

emanuel says it's not that bad. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm tonya francisco in for erin. let's go to mike hamernik in for demetrius, for a check of the weather. >> it's been a long time since we've had a day this nice. a week ago we were below 0 or around zero. today you're waking up to readings of forties. 43 downtown. 38 in the operation. to 39 degrees this morning in kankakee. there are a few sprinkles showing up. perhaps a brief shower in northern indiana as well as southwest michigan. not a big deal. what is falling out of the sky will move out over the next few hours. what a day we have. we are headed for the warmest day of the year with high is expected around 55-56. a good deal of sunshine. clouds and we will cool off tonight. there is snow in the forecast for some parts of the area. another warmup leader in the week. perhaps some of that warm air will last for the st. patrick's day parade on saturday. let's check on traffic. >> warming temperatures impacting things on the roads. a lot of the ice and snow is starting to melt. we have some spots where there is standing water. in bo

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emanuel in the bear suit? >> rahm was in one of the green shirts. i like the full suit and tie look. well done, sir. >> with us, the white house chief correspondent mikes "playbook." one of the lead stories is marco rubio aiming for a comeback. the question is, why does he need a comeback with conservatives? >> he had a really rough year last year. conservatives turned on him because of the leadership he played on immigration. and when vandehei unveiled the "playbook snap shot" of the 2016 race on "morning joe," we called rubio recovering, and we're able to put more meat on that bone. senator rubio wants to show he's aggressive and agile. he's one of the first republicans to talk about venezuela over the weekend. it was senator rubio out there giving an eight-point plan for what president obama should be doing with ukraine on the domestic side, we've seen him talking about a republican war on poverty. we've seen him talking about how college students can do better. he's going to play a role in some key midterm races. he's already started doing some fund-raising, even down in the south where they don't like his stand on immigration. and, willie, on the