mr. abrams has broadened the audience and opened it up to a whole new audience. it's exciting. we are grateful. >> she looked like mrs. spock. >> very, very appropriate. >>> let's talk about singer kelly rowland. she released a single called "dirty laundry" revealing she was in an abusive relationship. she said the emotional song took her days to record saying she had to sing the song, not sob through it. >>> finally katie holmes has been working with bold people on the set of her new film. the former mrs. tom cruise has been asked out seven times by different crew members and extras. she's said no to each and every one of them and admitted that she's been asked out by everybody on the set. >> i still have my "dawson's creek" crush on her. >> he had to bring it up. >> no doubt there will be many more. >> i'm richard lui. this is "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> the lead story this morning in politico. irs in turmoil in depth look at the scandal. >>> in "the washington post" eric holder's abdication. the columnist offers his critical take on

mr. abrams? >> not that way, no. all bets are never off.there's a national security issue there ought to be a very sophisticated, serious, sober investigation in which every effort as attorney general mukasey was setting forward. everyffo is mde fito avoid going to the journalist and here or imposing on their rights in any way. here they went after a lot of interrogations to be sure, but here they went to the telephone company instead of going to the associated press and i just see no justification for that. >> ifill: mr. mukasey, did they go too for? >> well, they seem to have gone too far fromwhat i kow with the breadth o tsubpoena. as i understand it, they were investigating an incident that was so confidential that it was known only to very few people in government and was not actually briefed even to the leadership in congress or to the oversight committees, the intelligence committees of congress. one of the people whose records they subpoenaed was the congressional correspondent for the a.p.. i can't figure out for the life of me why

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mr. abram's new book tested by the bush administration and the israeli palestinian cop flight was just published. kathy -- chief of police for the washington, d.c. metropolitan police department, appointed to this position in january 2007, a nationally known leader in the law enforcement community, she's establish the agency's first homeland security counterterrorism branch. adl is proud of our long relationships the graduate of the league's advanced training school course on extremists and terrorist threats. in 2009, the police department received adl's shield award in recognition of their response to the shooting at the united states holocaust memorial museum one of the nation's most thoughtful writers on the national security choices facing america. he is the seep your fellow at the brookings institution where he co-directs the harvard law school brookings project on law and security. he's the cofounder and editor in chief of the popular law fair blog, an online forum for discussions about the implications of national security policy, a former reporter and for nine years, an editorial writer

mr. abrams new book, "tested by zion," was just published.athy lanier, chief of police for the metropolitan police department. in's -- she established first homeland security terrorism branch. adl is proud of our long relationship with chief lanier. she's a graduate of the league advanced course on terrorist threats. in 2009, after tollison police department received -- the metropolitan leased apartment received the shield award for their response to the shooting of the united states holocaust memorial museum. -- one of our nation's most thoughtful writers, the senior fellow at the working -- brookings institute. he is the cofounder and editor in chief of the popular law fair blog, an online forum for discussions about the implications of national security policies. a former reporter, and for nine years and editorial writer for the washington post, he is the author of two books from counterterrorism issues. before i turn the floor over to ben, please join me in a warm welcome for our panel. [applause] [inaudible] >> how about now? >> yes. >>