mr. castillo but many like mr. castillo across the united states. >> i can say the practice occurs in various place at various times. i do not have the data, and i can see if the data is available. exactly how many employees. >> i would appreciate you seeing if the data is available. i think a simple question is how many of the employees are college students would help us to make sure that chairman said, what we want to have the needed reforms. there may be no sense until this case came up. that can an amount to an abuse outlook. i'm not against the college students. i'm saying if it is a systemic practice, you can see what the effect would be if the purpose was to make sure that disadvantaged people in the neighborhood were employed. so i ask you submit within thirty -- days. you indicated that something about most of the money went to the parent company or to the large company, but you made $1 million. your company made a million dollars? what is the value of your company? >> last year we reported $8 million in sa

mr. castillo and mr. roseman? my question is before the committee contacted you on a matter of this relationship where you or any others aware and notified something was going on? >> no, sir. just in the last few days something is going wrong. it is gained by this player. >> it is a pretty fundamental principle that we have certified. >> you agreed it appears that you also gained the veterans administration. we want them to have some special preference and standing. the disability was prep school, was their anything on the active military service where you sustained disability or injury? >> the injury that i sustained was during my time at the prep school. >> that is my question. did you sustained an injury or were you disabled during that time? >> and active military service, were you in a combat or at an entry -- >> it was during -- it sounds like you gamed the system, would you agree? yes or no, did you game the system? .. or other contacts with with the mr. roseman, how would you sell cell phone contacts? were

mr. castillo. shame on you.y not have broken the any laws, but you broke the trust of this great nation. you broke the trust of americans. trust of americans, iraq and afghanistan veterans are waiting an average of 237 days for an initial rating. >> he did not defend himself vigorously. did say he had to have several surgeries on his foot. the irs is working on terminating their contract with him and it was clear members of congress were trying to make an example out of him for other federal contractors who might be thinking about bending the ruling. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," reaction on the two cases involving same-sex marriage, blue the latest on the aaron her man dez case. we'll get the latest from boston. and we'll hear from wendy davis, the democratic state representative from texas. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday, thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ma

mr. castillo. shame on you. you may not have broken any laws, but you certainly broke the trust of this great nation. you broke the trust of veterans. iraq and afghanistan veterans right now are waiting an average of 237 days for an initial disability rating. >> reporter: castillo did not defend himself very vigorously today, though he did claim that he has had to have several surgeries on his foot. it was clear, scott, that members of congress were trying to make something of an example out of castillo to other would- be federal contractors who are thinking about massaging the rules. >> pelley: that was something, nancy. thanks very much. nelson mandela remains in critical condition tonight. the former south african president is 94. our sources tell us that he's now on life support and has suffered multiple organ failures. jacob zuma, the current president, visited mandela today. summa has also canceled a trip to mozambique. there was high political drama last night in texas. we'll take you inside the battle ov

mr. castillo, how are you? thank you for being here today. >> i am not well.me. >> all right. so your foot hurt? your left foot? >> yes, ma'am. >> my feet hurt, too, in fact, the balls of my feet burn continuously, and i feel like there is a nail being hammered into my right foot right now. so i can understand how pain and suffering can cause unstoppable pain. i also understand why you know, something can take years to manifest itself when you hurt them. in fact, i have a dear, dear friend who was sprayed in vietnam, and it took 40 years for the leukemia to actually manifest itself and he died six is months later. so i can see at the time while in military service you seem very healthy, could 40 years later result in devastating injury. in your letter to a government official, i think it is the sva, attention, you said my family and i have made considerable sacrifices for our country. my service as a disabled status, should serve as a testimony to that end. i can't play with my kids because i can't walk without pain. i take daily medication so i can work a day

mr. costello -- castillo. you did not. you described the status just today that other companies are using these special statuses as competitive weapons against you. you who never picked up a weapon in defense of this great nation very cynically took advantage of this system up. broke the faith with this nation. you broke the faith with the men and women who lie in hospitals right now at walter reed in about a they had da -- about a that's -- in walter reed, in about as they darks you broke the faith with them. if this nation stops funding veterans' health care and stops -- and calls into question why veterans don't have benefits, it's because of cases like you have poisoned the public's opinion on these programs. i hope that you think twice about the example that you're setting for your children. i hope that you think twice about what you are doing to the nation's veterans who are willing to die to protect this nation. twisting your ankle in prep school is not defending or serving this nation, mr. castillo. mr. chairman, i

a fellow by the name of castillo, president of strong castle inc. one of the ways mr. cast mr. illo got half a million dollars worth of contracts was he claimed a minority program which gave disabled vets contracting, this guy claimed etches -- disabled and said he had an injury back in the day. turns out the injury was he twisted his ankle at the u.s. prep academy. that was it. he went on to play football in high school and in college. and when tammy duckworth, who is a double amputee from the iraq war who sat across the table from mr. castillo, she is sitting there with no legs and she is angry that he is using the fact that he twisted his angle in high school to get this half a billion dollars. here's an exchange. it's so powerful. >> did you injure that same foot again subsequently in the years since you twisted it in prep school? >> not to my recollection. >> do you view the 30% rating that the pain and scars is accurate to the pain pain, that the v.a. is accurate? >> yes, i do. >> my right arm was essentially blown off and reattached. i spent a year with over a dozen surge

mr. castillo.me on you. >> something else the new commissioner will have to answer questions about new disclosures about a lavish irs conference in atlanta back in 2008 and sent taxpayers back about $2.4 million. >>> that's a lot of money. doug luzader thank you so much. let that guy have it. we will hear more of that. >> meanwhile before you leave the house this morning an extreme weather alert another show of severe weather marching through the midwest and northeast. >> maria molina is live for us with all of the details. what's going on today? >> the same storm system we have been talking about already for several days across the midwest is introducing showers and storms and areas of flooding today is going to be on the move. you are expecting showers and storms across sections of the midwest in chicago and surrounding areas across wisconsin and illinondiana and state of illinois. there will be severe threats as well northeast southeast and parts of the plains. the storm system finally picking u

mr. castillo. >> the resolution finding lowens learner waived her fifth amendment privileges may 22nd, 2013 and we stand adjourned. >> it was a tough week for the irs, as you look at all of the different things, investigations going on involving that agency. one poll from our new fox poll out this week, which would you fear more, a knock on your front door from the irs or the local police. you can see who wins there, 55%. with that, bring in the panel. welcome john stossel of the fox business network. kirsten powers, columnist from daily beast, and columnist charles krauthammer. what about this? compounding it for the irs. >> i love tammy duckworth about the contractor feeding off the va. it is just a good symbol of when you have too much government, people will cheat and increasingly people claim all kinds of back pain, stress disability, and this feeds into the i'm taking from the state attitude, and where better to work than as a contractor ripping off the irs. >> what about danny werfel going up with this report that at one point a lawmaker crumbled up saying this is junk. is there a se

mr. castillo's benefitted from some $500 million in irs contracts. his company won awards for $500 million in irs work. he used his 27-year-old sprained ankle as the basis for a disability. >> right. >> it shows you how when the government is so huge how you can scam it. you can game the system. usa is now the united scamming of america. this guy is disgusting. god bless tammy duckworth. that man walked out castrated. that's his true disability now, the way she treated him. can you imagine her dealing with putin over anything? oh he would run scared. she's a character. it goes back to the irs. i was thinking of an idea called the national tax return. the irs has to return a sizable lump sum to americans called the national tax return as punishment for all of this ridiculous corruption. >> tammy duckworth is rated at a 20% disability as a double amputee. this guy with a sprained ankle 27 years ago somehow got a 30%, a higher disability rating. what's going on? >> they are telling us danny werfel, the new head of the irs says it is a different irs unde

mr. castillo. >> reporter: disrespect is another wound for injured veterans. this came up as congress continued to look at the irs, this man got an irs contract and it was an emotional moment because tammy duckworth also talked about the phantom pain she experiences as an amputee. it was riveting and it got a lot of attention. >> all right. thank you, kelly o'donnell. i'm sure there was a memorable moment. >> it's an afternoon he's never going to forget. no question about it. coming up, new developments on the american ceo, remember him, held captive in china. savannah talked to him yesterday. how did he finally win his freedom overnight? we're live in beijing. >> does your gps guide you the wrong way? a mom's horror story. she ended up in death valley. first this is "today" on nbc. crystal geyser is always bottled at the mountain source. crystal geyser. crystal geyser. crystal geyser. then we deliver it directly to you. >>> coming up, new details in the murder case against nfl star aaron hernandez and the victim's telling final text. >> and then there is new

mr. casteel. shame on you. >> sheparding castillo contract through the close process was greg roseman.evidence of their closeness, the committee published homophobe bic texting between the two men. roseman is still employed by the irs. >> you can issue a statement by 5:00 today as to how someone who used this lang in their official capacity as a government employee is still employed and drawing a paycheck? >> we are having discussions with our general counsel. >> on friday, the committee will vote whether it believes lois lerner waived her fifth amendment rights by first claiming the fifth and then moments later stating her innocence. she remains under subpoena. shep? >> shepard: doug, thanks. the four star general formerly in charge of military operations in africa, testified on capitol hill today about the u.s. response to last year's terror attack in benghazi, libya. it's the second time the now retired general, carter ham has briefed lawmakers about that deadly assault. today's hearing was closed to the public but the georgia republican congressman austin scott tells fox news lawma