attorney obama appointee he decided these resources are better spent on mortgage fraud, a health care fraud don't prosecute low level drug dealers let the states do if it is an easy fix but he wants to make headlines. lou: an unfortunate coincidence that a former border control agent two weeks ago said point blank he believes a number of politicians he did not designate state local or federal doing the bidding of the drug cartel this frankly , is that the inoprtune moment and questionable timing when you look at that kind of statements coming from sources in apparently fairly reliable sources that this attorney general would make that kind of comment to take this turn at a time when it is clear the borders are not secured against illegal immigration being kept out of it we still see the street value of drugs remain exactly where they have been there not declining that means they're not interdicted or reduced why isn't there a discussion on this administration about winning the war on drugs? >> it has to include border security. you're exactly right eye was the federal drug prosecutor

this came out during oral arguments when an obama appointee, justice sotomayor, asked the attorney in favor of same-sex marriage, he said if justice and equality define that we redefine marriage to include a same-sex couple, why not to include a thruple? i discovered when i was doing research for the book is a three-person couple. we came across this term in new york magazine, and they were doing a profile on a thruple that lives in brooklyn. they share an apartment, this dog, they cook breakfast and dinner for each other, and there are three people. and the attorney when sotomayor asked didn't have a persuasive response at all. he started talking about tradition and history. you're going to find a much stronger tradition and history for the male-female aspect of marriage. so once you say that the male-female aspect of marriage is irrational and arbitrary, what's so magical about the number two? because the way that we arrived at monogamy in western law, the way we got it into american marriage law was that it was one man and one woman. because only one man and one woman can unite in

at the time this was going on the commissioner was a george bush appointee, the chief counsel is william wilkins, the only obamae in the irs. the people who were overseeing the tea party applications told the committee they directed the east to the office of chief counsel. charles: the obama appointee. >> the committee requested communication from that office to the white house and other communications relevant to that. the irs failed to turn them over. the committee -- charles: the saga will continue as you will stay on top of the. this is a damning video and you can no longer call the scandals phony. not that you ever could but the more you call in phone the more stuff like this comes out. i could listen to you talk about this all day because it is fascinating and important but we have run out of time and we will have you back real soon. i want you to check this out. this is made of 3,000 different pieces. after the break the designer says 3d printing clothing isn't too far away from ending up in your closet. that is your size. >> i wouldn't be wearing that. this man is about to be the millionth customer. wou

because the irs chief counsel william wilkins, longtime democratic activist and partisan and obama appointeehese files, tea party files were kicked up to his office. now we find out perhaps another government agency has been colluding with the irs to target these groups and the reason this is so important is the federal elections commission, the objective of holding these tea party groups down was to have a material effect on election cycles. it suppressed the tea party's ability to raise money, to go out and advocate on behalf of conservative candidates, in the 2010 election cycle, the 2012 election cycle and evidence this is continuing, in the 2014. stuart: one more, the chief down there does not want health insurance through obamacare. listen to this. >> for a federal employee more likely, i can speak for myself i prefer to stay with the current policies i am pleased with rather than go through a change if i don't need to go through that change. stuart: i presume republicans will use that little bite. >> yes. you have something serious happening apart from the irony of the irs commissione

barack obama's political appointees to the irs was getting reports, requesting and getting those reports. how is that not a story? well, in the month of july, cbs did a story totaling 9 # seconds, that, ladies and gentlemen, is the totality of the irs scandal for the american people. they have deliberately -- no other way of putting this, they have deliberately chosen not to cover an enormous scandal that if it were a republican, would bring down the administration. benghazi. what did they cover? well, the last time there was a news story on benghazi, ready? may 16th. think about it. may 16th. what do we know about benghazi? we don't know anything about benghazi. that's what we know. where are the interviews with the people there? can you name me a single interview with anyone there? they had not been interviewedded, can't be found for some such reason. last night, the first coverage, what did we hear? a libyan has been charged. it took, what, eight months to see who was doing it? in the story last night, not one reference to the fact that this administration blamed it on a video, not on

. >> if you are a global warming skeptic and work for obama administration, by appointee or career civilervice, better keep your mouth shut and not express views. >> reporter: but temperature averages stalled for 15 years, and some russian scientists predict a mini ice age lasting up to 250 years. >> that's not exactly comforting either. doug mcelway for us, thanks. >>> still ahead, we'll get you ready to participate in tonight's all-star panel with the srb. has america lost the war on poverty? i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. infrom chase. so you can. >>> tonight we conclude the look at the rapid expansion of the food stamp culture

. >> they say if you are a global warming skeptic and you work for the obama administration by appointeekeep your mouth shut and don't express your views. >> doug: by dissent is growing. due to skeptics that say temperature averages stalled for the last 50 years. some scientists from russia predict a new mini ice age on the lack of the sun spot activity. here to talk about this stuff is hogan didly, former communication director for rick santorum. chuck rocha from solidarity strategies. welcome to you both. good to see you. >> thank you, doug. >> doug: chuck, start off with you. >> thank you for having us. >> doug: why have the epa been evasive when it comes to the foia request. and evasive when it comes to congress asking for science behind the clean air regulations? science that some opponents believe is politicized. why? >> the biggest complaint in washington, d.c. is nothing is getting done. when the epa tries to get something done because congress won't do anything, people are throwing up a roadblock after another. if the administration and the epa will do things to make us less dep

the office is headed by will dense who is one of two critical appointees from the obama administrationg democratic donor. we don't know if will dense himself was involved but -- wilkens himself was involved. the president calls it a phony scandal. what we know already is scandalous. the fact that tea party groups were targeted to begin with. the point is we don't know yet how far this goes up. that is the point of the investigation. how do we know it is phony unless we actually have an investigation. get the emails of wilkens and so on. >> gregg: the whole cover story, just a few rogue agents in cincinnati that was proved to be a deliberate lie and cover-up. then you have people taking the fifth to avoid incriminating themselves. i don't know, maybe that is a sign phony scandal sign of just how worried the white house and the president really are? >> that is very possibly. as you mention. this whole idea that it originated from a cincinnati office, the first story they gave, has been completely disproven. we know that washington was heavily involved. the president can go around and cal

and obama appointee ask the attorney in favor of same-sex marriage, if justice and equality demand wedefine marriage to include the same-sex couple, why doesn't justice and equality demand we redefine marriage to include f. ripple which i discovered during research is a 3-person couple. we came across this term in the new york magazine. doing a profile. the idea is that they are just like a couple, except for a three of them. they share an apartment and a dog and cook breakfast and dinner for each other. all the rest. three people. and the attorney did not have a persuasive response at all. he started talking about tradition and history. you're going to find a much stronger tradition and history for the male female aspect of marriage. the question is, once you say that aspect is irrational and arbitrary, what is so magical about the number to? because the way we arrived at monogamy in western law, the way we got it into american marriage law was that it was one man and one woman because only one man and one woman can unite in the type of act that produces new life. every new life has

s chief counsel's office headed by an obama administration appointee was aware of the abuses. so much for a couple of rogue agents in cincinnati as originally was reported. we've also learned that i.r.s. officials have improperly targeted not only cmbg organizations -- conservative organizations but political candidates and donors as well. and to make things worse, the same person who ran the i.r.s. division that targeted cmbg groups conservative groups is now running the agency's obamacare office. you really can't make this stuff up. the truth is stranger than fiction. so americans might be asking what is the -- does the i.r.s. have to do with obamacare? well, america's tax collection agency will be responsible forked administering several of the law's most important provisions including the individual mandate, which we've heard so much about, the employer mandate, which we've heard about and all of the subsidies -- in other words, all of the tax dollars that go to fund the exchanges under obamacare. those will be administered by the internal revenue service under the current

. >> they're saying if you are a global warming skeptic and work for the obama administration either by appointee you better keep your mouth shut and not express your views. >> dissent is coming prompted in part by the fact that global temperatures have stalled. >> it does raise a bigger question about what the epa's plans to skirt congress on this means for american workers. dan henninger is the editorial editor of the "wall street journal." julian epstein, former staff director for the house government reform committee. gentlemen, welcome. >> good to be here. >> thanks for having us. >> what does it mean for the indust energy industry in general if the president does this without congress? >> it's been commonly called the obama war on coal. it would basically mean the end of the utility industry that depends on coal and the idea is transfer them turnover part coal and part gas. coal fueled utilities would basically be put out of existence. this creates tremendous political problems. you have a lot of coal either being used or produced in states all across the midwest and in the south. you're ta

>> right. >> and he mention that's it is a political appointee at the top appointed by president obamas the decisions or telling them they needed to go after tea party groups. >> the thing that i think, maybe now we understand a little bit more why lois lerner pled the fifth. because what she is talking about, if you look at the time line, doesn't this right after this is when they started targeting tea party groups? isn't that the exact time line? >> you have to be a little suspicious of miss lerner since ten years before at the fec, george will wrote a column about this saying she told a republican candidate, either you drop out of the race or i'll pursue you. if you drop out of the race, we'll leave you alone. basically bullying, which is what my book is about, government bullies, people using the power of government to bully ordinary citizens. the irs has enormous power to bully people. that's why it should never be used for partisan purposes. >> i wonder if people fully understand. the fec, a lawyer used to work there. didn't they ask to share information? >> in 1974 we passed the

senator coburn cited, quote, intended violation of the law by the obama administration as well as general competence of some of his appointeesmeanwhile, at a town hall in his district this week, kerry bentivolio said, if i could write that bill, it would be a dream come true. well, joining me live for more on all this is the national political correspondent for politico. james, thanks so much for being here this afternoon. >> good to be with you, mara. >> let's start with senator coburn. when "time" magazine made coburn one of this year's 100 most influential people, president obama was part of the write-up praising the senator. why is he raising this flag? is this just a dog whistle for the base? >> it is a dog whistle for the base. as they say, if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. the friendships, especially across the aisle, aren't very deep in a lot of cases. coburn's not running for re-election. he is a senator from one of the most conservative states. he built a reputation over the last decade as one of the more conservative members of the senate. the town hall, if you listen to the whole tape, it really does

appointees, withholding funding. we have done some of that were obama care is concerned. your point. the president has more than operated outside of the legislative framework since he lost control of the house and the senate. >> i do not look for the government for recourse on that. it will make that sacrifice for our child. even if you do not believe in your heart that it will pass or that is appropriate, you need represent us and we are tired of that. [applause] >> a great question. i do try to represent people here. obama care? defund absolutely. we have been able to pass legislation. 1040. not have to file a there was a program that was not sustainable. it would have bankrupted the government. able to get that thro i think there are parts of this like the tax on medical vices. cain you imagine, we are going tank? your oxygen i think we should do it now. the question is do you want to shut down the government if you think that will achieve it? let me talk you about the consequences of what a complete government shutdown is. that means your troops in the field to not get paid. comm

that because if we only had a republican appointees in the recent area it would be an all-male court. right now the women on the court are from president obamaident clinton. did she feel that that is obviously also ideal jikically blinkered in some way, whether there's a difference in what women face in the workforce? >> well, absolutely. she said it in so many words after a case that involved a strip search of a young girl, where she was the only woman on the bench, she gave an interview where she just said, my colleagues do not understand what it is to be a girl. but i think it transcends gender, and i think it goes to professional experience, too, ari. i think it's really important to understand, she was an aclu litigator. she has said, i could never, ever get confirmed today with that background. >> right. >> so i think it's really important to understand that she really saw cases from a very different perspective that kind of transcends this left-right thing and is generational. >> you know litigating on behalf of constitutional rights for human beings is very controversial, obviously. adam, i want to give you the last word on a point t

appointees to the court. and i think there is going to be a lot of follow-up and more legislation and oversight than there has ever been before. >> the obamadministration brought out the heavy hitters. i was wondering, congress member thomas massie and john conyers, if you could describe what the legislation that you cosponsored, congressman conyers, with commerce member amash. you had the head of the nsa, james clapper, coming to the house members to say -- defeat this pre-yet, it was so close. >> it was seven votes would have made the difference. to be honest, we did not know we were that close to victory. out a "dear colleague" letters urging that the amendment be supported and they were panicked by it. that even in the partisanship that goes on too much around here, that there are people will link to say enough is enough, the law isn't the patriot act isn't -- the patriot act isn't being followed. i didn't support the patriot act, but the patriot act would have gone down if we had known this was going to be part of its program. house,he floor of the you have the house majority leader, you have the speaker of the house, and the house mi

obama administration, and advisors are pressing for congress to make a move. host: you said it's an uphill climb. why is that? guest: people don't want to see a political appointee into the place of what is an independent regulator is that overseeing fannie mae and freddie mac. the republicans see it as a way for the obama administration to get its bidding done when it comes to these executive actions that they are looking for to help homeowners. and frankly, mel watt, some actually question his ability, his technical expertise. you often hear republicans refer to him lacking the technical expertise to oversee fannie mae and freddie mac. demarco has been running fhaa for a while, he knows the ins and outs of the government sponsored enter surprises and how they operate and there's concern there. host: the technical expertise as far as running a large organization, or other things? guest: technical expertise involving what fannie mae and freddie mac do. they have a tremendous part in making sure the housing system is liquid, and they are con flex in what they do. they buy loans, they repackage them and hold some on their books and sell some as securities to inves

getting close to the income threshold and i'm wondering if the guest is a political appointee because it is my experience the obama administration always tries to over fund the student program, the student loan program is a way to funnel money from people who have a from people who don't and i will take my answer off the air. >> guest: thank you. i am a political appointee but igs are appointed without regard to political persuasion and we do not change administrations so there are many igs who have been appointed by the clinton administration and bush administration who are still here. igs are somewhat unique from government-backed -- but as far as the issues that the caller brought forward ages dispense based on expected family contribution at least from the students at a certain age. i think in graduate school it becomes a different analysis. post gained. >> host: . >> host: kathleen tighe's talking about student fraud and other issues. there's number if you want to call inspector general if you have any questions about this topic or others. what is the number? >> guest: 1-800-misused. >> host: kathleen tighe t

is masking it in the context of what should follow, the political appointees backgrounds or qualifications and this is true for the obamadministration and the bush administration is a work on the campaign. should that be allowed? >> you want to try to find talent where you can and match it up for those jobs. the public affairs offices actually do work for the people who are elected and answerable to them in the cases where there are political appointees. i was a political appointee. i don't think you can change the whole structure of government the way. i encourage any administration to find the best talent for these jobs because they're critical importance. on the e-mail thing i will tell you a story. i got into a fight with bloomberg when i was at the white house and they started a policy that drives me crazy with flags the only communicate -- it is all full but there are times when you are in a meeting and the bloomberg reporter would be e-mail and say ask for response and i am in the middle of a meeting in the roosevelt room and respond and they started publishing e-mail response and i got very angry with them. neve

i am wondering if the guest could say if she is a political appointee because it is my experience at the obama administration always tries to over fund the programs, the student loan programs, they're way to funnel money from people who have it to people who don't. host: thank you. politicalm a appointee, but i.g.'s are unique because we are appointed without regard to political persuasion, and we do not change with administration, so there are i.g.'s appointed in the bush administration you're still here. i.g.'s are somewhat unique in government. as far as the issues, i think the caller brought forward, aid is dispensed based on expected family contribution, at least from the student's at a certain age. i think in graduate school, it becomes a different analysis. kathleen tighe talkingik about student aid and issues. there is a number if you want to call, inspector general, if you had any question, what is the number? guest: one 800 misused. , thank you.en tighe we take you now to washington, d.c., event sponsored by the u.s. chamber of commerce. we take you to it now. [captions copyright nat

appointees. there are things he can do in terms of withholding funding. we have done some of that in some areas, are gingerly where obama care is concerned. there is a constant struggle between the executive branch. i agree with your point. i think the president has more i recall,resident operated outside the normal legislative framework since he lost control of the house and the senate. and examples, i can give legion. we went to war in libya, i would consider it more. when you fire 212 tomahawk missiles and fly 1000 combat sorties, the guys on the other side think it is a war. never was approved by congress kerry not a dime voted for it. if george w. bush had done that, we would have had grounds for impeachment. -- cries for impeachment. we had laws that were unilaterally suspended by the president. there is a variety of issues like that where he has gone outside. so we have tension within our system, struggles between congress and the president but this one is very serious. but there will be legal cases. i am going to try and bounce around a little bit, but we will get to everybody. we are going to wear will's legs o

essentially that the dao should follow that they are political appointees and the only qualification for the job and this was true for for the obamasion is the work on the campaign. should that be allowed? >> look, i think you want to try to find talent where you can and try to match it up. there is the public affairs office. they actually do work for the people who are elected and they are answerable to them in the cases where they are political appointees. i was a political appointee. so i think i don't think you can change the whole sub inner structure of government that way. i would encourage any administration to find the best talent for these jobs because they think they are critically important. m. the e-mail thing i will tell you a story. i did get into a fight with bloomberg at one point when i was at the white house. when they started this policy and it drives me crazy with -- that will only communicate with e-mail. there are times when you rented meeting and bloomberg would say you could ask for response and i'd be in the middle of the meeting in the roosevelt room and i would respond. it's publishing said in the e-mail

in the context f the principles, that their political appointees and the only background or qualification for the job and this is true for the obamademonstration, and the bush administration is they worked on the campaign. should that be allowed? >> look, i think you want to try to find talent where you can and try to match it up for those jobs. there is, a public affairs officers aren't elected to the isa do work for the people who are elected and they are answerable to them. in the cases where they are political, that was a political appointee. i don't think you can change the whole structure of government that way. i would encourage any administration to try to find the best talent for these jobs because i think there critically important. on e-mail thing, i'll tell you a story. i did get into a fight with bloomberg at one point when i was in, actionable us at the white house. they started this policy that drives me crazy. i think it's awful but there are times when you're in a meeting and bloomberg reporter would e-mail and they say, i going to ask for response was i would be in a meeting and they started publishing, said in e