the obama white house sees every event as a political event.uld not tolerate the idea that the armed assault on the benghazi consulate was a premeditated act of islamist terrorism. that would carry a whole world of unhappy political implications and demand certain actions, and the american presidential election was only eight weeks away. they wanted this problem to go away, or at least to bleed the meaning from it." governor, why is that not a convincing way to analyze benghazi? >> no, i think that's right. i think the obama white house wanted to spin this in the least damaging way possible. but i think you made a very good point when you said, look, let's look at what happened that led to the deaths of the american people. i think this spin post-incident, the american people aren't going to give two hoots about it. they're going to think it's the usual political parties pointing the finger at each other playing the blame game. i do think it's a legitimate inquiry to why the system broke down, why the warning signals that were sent weren't resp

andrea, thanks. >>> the obama white house was under fire on two fronts today. here is the other one. the irs is not supposed to be used for political purposes as a lever of government against those who may not agree with the government. but today the irs has apologized for singling out some conservative groups for scrutiny last year. nbc's tom costello also in our d.c. newsroom with more tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. this all concerns groups that are applying for tax exempt status as social welfare organizations. the irs has apologized for targeting for scrutiny and holding up applications from groups it thought were politically conservative. when the tea party was at its most vocal during the 2012 election cycle the irs now admits its agents singled out tax exempt applications from conservative groups scrutinizing those applications with tea party or patriot in the names. at the time the bush-appointed head of the irs insisted no group was being singled out. >> there is absolutely no targeting. this is the kind of back and forth that happ

and your managers who are more conscious of keeping up with the obama white house are telling her to cool it. >> yeah. and you have mounting evidence which we saw this week, too, of a white house and a state department at the highest levels engaging in lies and stonewalling intimidation and bullying. if you reverse this and say if this were a president john mccain or president mitt romney, this media would be all over the story every single day. >> president bill clinton -- i'm sorry, i worked in the clinton administration. i have never seen anything like this. bill clinton would not have gotten away with this. >> steven hayes at the "weekly standard" broke stories about the contents of the emails that went out that night. jonathan carl at abc went a little further on friday showing that victoria newlyn, state department spokeswoman, was leading the effort in a way to doctor or to -- to change the talking points that went out. at one point sending an e-mail that said "these changes don't resolve all of my issues or those of my building's leadership. that would point directly toward h

future america, and that classic example of that, i went to see a very senior person in the obama white house to say good-bye when i was leaving in 2009, and we had a little discussion, and i said to this person, why was it that one of the first things the obama white house did that caused a lot of upset in britain, this, was get the best of winston churchill that was in the bush oval office, and chuck it out, get rid of it? why did he do that, your bestest ally in the whole world, and the guy looked at me, and said, oh, people are mad? we thought it was eisenhower. he said, what other guy looks like -- i thought, you know, he was only half joking, actually, because that is modern america. it is people who have a view of the world that is not the kind of mayflower view of the world, it's not the view of the world you get in kansas city, missouri. it's not the view of the world among the kind of older generation of white americans who regard, you know, britain as being something special, and i spent a lot of my time, particularly in the flyover states based in the united states, you know, pret

obviously the obama white house faces mounting questions about its conduct in the least policy, refusalo get clear chemistry for answers to the questions of congress and july in particular, the questions of the house oversight committee. our first guest tonight, the retired u.s. army general, former commander of the first infantry division, combat veteran who saw action in vietnam, granada, yugoslavia, and iraq. let us begin with, if i may not a question of a red line. the president said that any evidence of chemical weapons would be in game changer. he read articulating that statement. now we have the united nations, one inspector saying that the rebels were using the chemical weapons. a second united nations report that linked chemical weapons -- is not able to link chemical weapons to either side. what do you make of that? >> i think this is a real debacle for the obama administration. i would have drawn the red line the president drew, but having drawn it so emphatically and then failing to follow through on it, i think he has impaired his credibility. worse and i think he has impai

there's no tie yet that we've seen to the obama white house.n some people have tried to say, this is nixonian or whatever. it is very different than what richard nixon was caught on tape having people target his political enemies. >> you say, point to the number you have in your first read. that the house is voting to repeal obama care. the house has now held its 38th vote to repeal the law. and you go on to point out, this will be at least the 43rd day since republicans took over the house that they've devoted time to voting on the issues. you say no less than 15% of the house floor on repeal in some way. you know the president's supporters and others will put this in the same pot, benghazi, the irs, the president saying he is willing to work with congress. will that ever satisfy some members of the house, into this pot, whatever they can attempt to stick on this administration, they will, including the am of time still spent on obamacare. >> unquestionably. health care, for example, is two separate lanes, i think we can think of it as. republ

the obama white house sees every event as a political event.d not tolerate the idea that the armed assault on the benghazi consulate was a premeditated act of islamist terrorism. that would carry a whole world of unhappy political implications and demand certain actions, and the american presidential election was only eight weeks away. they wanted this problem to go away, or at least to bleed the meaning from it." governor, why is that not a convincing way to analyze benghazi? >> no, i think that's right. i think the obama white house wanted to spin this in the least damaging way possible. but i think you made a very good point when you said, look, let's look at what happened that led to the deaths of the american people. i think this spin post-incident, the american people aren't going to give two hoots about it. they're going to think it's the usual political parties pointing the finger at each other playing the blame game. i do think it's a legitimate inquiry to why the system broke down, why the warning signals that were sent weren't respon

there's a pattern with the obama white house when it's under fire. they'll claim not to listen to the pounding and then they answer in a full-court press arguing it was the plan all along but allowing it to appear that official washington isn't pushing them to react. afraid of death by 1,000 scandal cuts, the white house has gone aggressively into a damage control mode. yesterday was something else to watch trying to get their arms around three stories they fear that they were losing control over at various levels. releasing hundreds of pages of benghazi e-mails in a classic document dump and then announcing that they are planning to work with congress to revive a journalist shield law. so despite a slew of disclosures and actions, republicans are not satisfied. the president will have his next opportunity to respond to questions about each of these controversies at noon today when he holds a joint press conference in the rose garden with the turkish prime minister. the white house put the president out last night on the story they are most fearful o

obama. >> white house official said president obama will defend the program during his major speech todayon counter-terrorism. it is reported obama signed a new classified policy guidance that would allow for drone strikes to continue pakistan, yemen, and somalia but under new rules. the times reports the new standard could and a signal -- could signal an end to signature strikes, which allowed for the killing of individuals based on behavior and other characteristics without knowing their actual identity. for more we go to terry scahill, author of the new book, "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." premiers june 7. he is the national security correspondent for the nation, author of "blackwater" and democracy now! correspondent. fromng us by videostream troy, new york, welcome back to democracy now! can you respond to the statement, the letter of the attorney general? >> i actually think there raises more questions than it answers. for the first time eric colder it admitted the u.s. -- he did not say assassinated, i call it assassinated one of its own citizens, and more and awlaki --

don't know who did or why it was done but there is no way to justify this. >> they charge the obama white house leaked classified information on the osama bin laden raid, a cyber attack in the iranian program to help his credentials. a senior white house official was able to expand on it without consequences. >> can you tell me that they have inside control or inside information on the a.p. bomb plot in may of last year. >> i had had a teleconference with previous administrations who were going to be out on talk shows on a night that ide was intercepted. i wanted to make sure they understood the nature of the threat and what it was and what it wasn't. >> reporter: tomorrow the attorney general who is already scheduled to testify in capitol hill before the scandal broke is expected to face another round of sharp questioning this time on the house judiciary committee. >> bret: so the question is double standard? >> to expand on this information in his closed-door meeting with media commentators, but the a.p the is a subject of a criminal prosecution and john brennan was interviewed and there was

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another constitutional power other than exxon that is dragging their feet on guy rights is the obama white housethey're still refusing to sign the executive orders that president obama promised in writing four years ago that he would sign. i'm not blaming the president. i think the staff has bungled this entirely. it's thyme that they--it's time that they fix it. they should stop dragging they are feet on the pathway to equality and get the president to sign the executive order that he promised that he would sign. >> john: i'll be sending an application as a gay mexican muslim socialist to fox news. tico, thank you as always for your time and insights. >> thank you. >> john: of course. lgbt rights are being sacrificed for immigration rights. we'll talk about that coming up next. tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern the middle class

if we are, that's a problem for the obama white house. it that means all the controversy, all those points about singling out and targeting conservative sounding group, that went all the way to the white house. it went to the top political advisers. if it is a case, that is a problem. >> thank you, mark murray. >> thanks of the. >>> food fears. nonapproved genetically modified wheat turns up in oregon. already at least one country has suspended the ill ports from the united states. we'll talk about that. plus, bon jovi's generous gift to the people of spain. >>> first, a whole heck of a lot going on today. here are a few of the thing we thought you should know on a thursday. a wisconsin appeals court has ruled that the state's voter i.d. law is constitutional reversing a previous decision. republicans passed the law in 2011, claiming the mandate would help reduce voter fraud. the league of women voters challenged it saying it violates every person's constitutional right to vote. two separate federal challenges to the law are still penning

jenna: we're following the number of times the former irs head was visiting the obama white house.or the president, the administration, so many others. we debate it, coming up. i think she tried to kill us. [ sighs ] are you kidding me? no, it's only 15 calories. [ male announcer ] with reddi wip, fruit never sounded more delicious. mmm. [ male announcer ] with 15 calories per serving and real cream, the sound of reddi wip is the sound of joy. jenna: well, right now records showing the former head of the irs visited the obama white house at least 157 times, more than any other cabinet member. the big question is why? why so many visits? chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on this part of the story. >> reporter: hi, jenna. yeah, the nature and frequency of doug shulman's visits other than the easter egg roll still raising questions. for example, this former bush white house insider. >> the idea that the irs commissioner is coming to the white house every nine days ought to raise warning flags right off the bat because this is an independent agency that needs to have di

the no drama obama white house -- >> was all drama. >> all drama and you know the no drama obama whitelow to react to things. sometimes that served him well. has not served him well in these instances and that's part of the question that we're going to see this week. >> slow reaction, if anything, take everything at face value the slow reaction is what fueled the skepticism. >> i don't think that we're seeing anything different here, chuck. the president is very, very deliberate in considering all factors before he responds. and i don't think this is any different this time, particularly given the set of circumstances both with benghazi and the irs scandal. a lot of things we still don't know, particularly as it relates to the irs. i don't think we can expect him to speak on anything until he gets more fact. >> i look at these two issues and seems like the irs, easy one for the republicans to unite behind. >> absolutely. you'll see more of it in 2014. you've been talking about that. really energize the republican place and they already distrust the irs and you have a perfect storm with

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well, for the obama white house, not a good day. >> i think that again, i'm not going to comment on the specifics of an investigation here. >> that is white house press secretary jay carney who took a grilling on three topics. bengahzi, the secret subpoena of phone records and the irs targeting of conservative political groups. the last item the subject of a criminal investigation. >> i have ordered an investigation to be begun. the fbi is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters related to the irs. >> more on all three stories coming up on the cbs evening news. >>> the good news, state revenue is soring. the bad news, federal cuts are putting the bke on the budget revival. the governor outlined his proposal at the state capital today. while california has a balanced budget the federal sequester and the payroll tax increase have slowed economic growth. state lawmakers have until june 15th to approve a budget. >>> america's cup is a go. that word coming today from executives with the sailing event. there was some question as

turns on obama writing quote, the white house is instinctive pet -- when he most needs a support system. of course, that article implies that somehow, washington was ever with him. obama white house would argue that isn't the case. when has establishment washington ever been a fan of how team obama has ever responded to any kris or controversy? is dana milbank calls obama the uninterested president writing quote president passer by needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency. he responded as though he were just some bloke on a bar stool getting his information from the evening news. the president's allies had criticized the slow white house response to this week's controversies. this was robert gibbs. >> the tenor would be different if the president had spoken about this on saturday or sunday and less about losing patience, which is what i do with my 9-year-old and used far more vivid language. >> well, if the happened, then we'll look at it sounds exceedingly passive to me. >> and yesterday, jay carney seemed unable to answer basic questions as to why the white house didn'

after the attack in benghazi, did the obama white house put politics ahead of getting to the truth about night when four americans were murdered overseas? >>> targeted by the irs. a stunning admission and an apology tonight. why the government is saying sorry to the tea party and admitting mistakes were made. >> reporter: found alive. after an incredible 17 days trapped beneath rubble, tonight how a young woman survived an awful building collapse that has now claimed over a thousand lives. >>> and the rising. a spectacular crowning achievement high above new york city. now once again an incomparable view from the top. now once again an incomparable view from the top. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

era, and while times have changed and circumstances are different, that subject came up at the obama white house today, as the administration now scrambles on several fronts. we begin with the potentially illegal use of the irs to scrutinize some american groups and citizens because of their politics, and in this case because of conservative politics. again, this is just one front we're covering tonight. nbc's lisa myers starts us off live from our washington newsroom. lisa, good evening. >> brian, good evening. today the president's spokesman categorically denied the white house had anything to do with the irs targeting conservati non-profit groups. today's inspector general report will fuel still more questions about what happened. >> -- here because you love america! [ cheers ] >> reporter: the report officially confirms what tea party groups and conservatives have said for more than a year, that the irs was targeting them for extra scrutiny. the inspector general's report says beginning in 2010, the irs used inappropriate criteria to single out tea party and other organizations, based upon t

looking at katzenberg and his close group of visors advisers, they enjoy intimate access with the obama white housezenberg and his adviser visited the white house nearly 50 times during the first term--president obama's first term. katzenberg has enjoyed really good access, for instance, leadership with china. dreamworks is making big moves in china. it will surpass as the biggest film make center america and katzenberg needs to be there. whether he wants to be there or not he has been in a great position to advocate for his industry, and to advocate for his own company by being so close with president obama in such a big support. >> michael: and asked and answered right there. maybe that's why and whether he can be doing it for the purist reasons in the world or to play defense from somebody like mitt romney becoming president but the point is when you give that much money, you raise that much money, even if you say you don't want anything in return, these are clearly the spoils that the rich want. some are already labeling next year's elections as the quote katzenberg primary. do you think he and

of course the benghazi terror attack martha: the white house is now trying to defend itself from three potentially major scandals that could rock the obama administration in its second term. the white house press secretary set to face reporters at 12:30. you can bet everybody will be watching that. what will this briefing entail? here with more on this morning, south carolina republican senator lindsey graham, a member of the senate armed services committee. senator, good to have you with us today. >> thank you. good morning. martha: we would like to work our way through these three issues and get your reaction and what congress might do with them. first one is potential constitutional freedom of the press. the ap is raving mad about this. they say their reporters and editors in their congressional posts spots basically had their phone records investigated by the justice department. the justice department said we take freedom of the press extremely seriously. we have not violated anything in this case. what you do think. >> i think this is something congress should look at. they're investigating who leaked classified information about a

. >>> crisis mode inside the obama white house. the president now on the offensive as a string of controversies threatens to dominate his second term. >>> sudden impact. new crash test results are out. the results aren't good in one of the most popular vehicle categories on the road. >>> and the amazing race. a life-changing discovery for two young women at the finish line. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. as night fell to the west of ft. worth, texas, last night, they say ey

obama. carney and the white house have reason to sweat. here is carney's original explanation about edits. >> the white house has made it clear that the single adjustment to those talking points by either of these two institutions was changing the word to conflict because conflict was inaccurate. >> kimberly: here is what he said today. >> the white house as i said made one minor change to the talking points drafted and produced by the c.i.a. even prior to that had very few input on it. the other discussions that went on prior to this in an interagency process reflected the concerning of a variety of agencies who had a stake in this issue. >> kimberly: dana perino, your thoughts on the developments. >> hi, greg. quite a day. it reminded me a little bit of what it was like to be in the white house briefing room, in particular the u.s. attorney scandal but i don't remember being under the gun like jay carney was today. they would like to think this briefing will solve everything and everyone there will continue to move on and pretend that be

. >>> crisis mode inside the obama white house. the president now on the offensive as a string of controversies threatens to dominate his second term. >>> sudden impact. new crash test results are out. the results aren't good in one of the most popular vehicle categories on the road. >>> and the amazing race. a life-changing discovery for two young women at the finish line. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. as night fell to the west of ft. worth, texas, last night, they say they could feel that charge in the air. people knew bad weather was coming. they didn't know how bad. it turns out at its height, the storm system was visible from space down to the circulation of one tornado just minutes before it dropped down and was reported on the ground. one of a dozen tornadoes to strike last night. some of them producing the most severe and damaging winds on earth. the death toll has been growing as some of the missing have been found. nbc's gabe gutierrez starts us off from granbury, texas, tonight. gabe, good evening. >> repo

obama hosted cameron at the white house. they discussed a proposed peace conference on syria. bama said it's essential to bring representatives of assad's government and opposition forces to the negotiation table. >> together we're going to

a trifecta of problems for the obama white house gets full media attention., an abortion doctor gets convicted of murder. the media finally show up. o.j. is back in the news. and the press is none too kind. and what is scot

the white house counsel is primarily concerned with the investigations. and i hope president obama told the staff, cooperate with every single investigation, and take your lead from the white house counsel's office and don't gossip and don't answer questions that are inappropriate. and i hope there is a lot of internal discipline in the white house and they should take the investigations seriously and recognize there is outrage of what happened in the irs. and great questions of what happened in benghazi. and the president and everyone in the white house should want to get to the truth and understand what happened in benghazi and understand why it understand the way it did in the irs. >> it is interesting to note that the times and post which are supportive of the president are concerned over what is concerned about a passive president who knows little of what is going on. from your experience in the white house, how do you assess what is happening with the inner circle? . >> well is gossip and angst with the staffers in the white house. it is up to the chief of staff and i think h

white house makes decision. when it comes to president obama it is like he is totally ab so -- absolved from running the government. they are very careful to write the irs and it has nothing to do with the white house is accused of. from a pure media perspective you have to work harder. i recommend they should not underestimate the depth of anger and disgust across the board about this. in their hopes of winning the 2014 house back from the republicans are over. >> i was going to say the political point is enormous. they are suspicious of obama's big government about to take over immigration, this is going to do it. don't blow it. >> i am waiting for the e-mail that surfaces that comes from the white house from somebody in that area to the irs saying you know that scandal, break it now. >> coming up, a verdict reached this afternoon in the trial of dr. kermit gosnell. kimberly is live outside the philadelphia courthouse with the details. first, more on president obama's remarks on benghazi and the impact the scandal could have on hillary clinton if she once in 2016. ♪ ♪ >> all right, well koll back to "the five."

do revolve around the justice department but, ultimately, they revolve around president obama and the white houseve his own presidency, to save his own administration, in the second term, is going to have some very difficult decisions coming up. we will see how he handles it. my last point this evening, this is the memorial day weekend. we observe that for all those who gave their lives to defending american freedom and liberty as an example of all around the world. our hats off to them. our prayer goes out to them. i'm larry kudlow. we'll see you monday. . [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified

carney said people in the white house were notified two weeks ago that was coming and there are additional questions did anybody know before that? >> that's probably a lie by obama no. >> you don't think so? >> i wonder if nobody told the president. if that's the case, then there is a management problem inside the white house. >> really? waitwait a minute. but we also know the irs new about this maybe as early as 2010. >> and that's why we need to have the hearing that will take place this week in congress. they have every right to look at this. thankfully it it is a bipartisan look at that because it shapes the foundation of the country. >> you have benghazi, failure before, during and a coverup after. incontrovertible. then this case. they are targeting tea party members. we danny hear about it love the election, they cover-up benghazi before the election and now the situation with the associated press. it seems to me that the obama white house has some real explaining to do about their behavior. >> i think that is true, but i think that the media needs to be looking in the mirror or, as well. for example, the tea party and other conservative groups have been

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>> the obama white house under siege. main stream media finally catches up to the benghazi scandal. this is special report. >> chris: good evening, i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. obama administration is in full damage control mode tonight over sudden exploding scrutiny how it explained the benghazi attack to the american people. the president's spokesman en during the day a grilling by reporters why the talking points were changed a dozens times. james rosen is here with today's developments. >> reporter: good evening. under a microscope as never before the obama administration heretofore secret deliberations how top officials should describe benz to the american people -- benghazi when a presidential election was looming on the horizon. >> at the white house reporters bomb board barded jay carney with questions about the inner agency process that scrubbed of multiple riwlgsz to al-qaeda, terrorism and islamic extremists. that called into question his insist tins that he had only one small change. >> and assigning responsibility and preliminary assessments suggested and it was

white house? >> bill: no one can answer that question tonight. if i were barack obama and i was answering honestly today, okay, i would say how do i know if somebody in the white house knew? i don't know. it wasn't brought to my attention. i don't know what they are doing 24/7. i can't possibly know that and the second thing is why did he reference the ig report? because it's in the news. that's what broke the story. and he said i didn't know anything about this ig report. you know, look, he did the same thing on benghazi when he used the word terrorism very early on in describing what happened to the ambassador and the three other americans but he didn't say terrorists. okay? and that's caused a whole bunch. so he does pars words. now the question for you, charles, as an observer of the man for five years does he do it on purpose or is he just speaking shooting from the lip as they say? >> no. when you have got a scandal with the irs that could be a fatal one you are extremely careful you prepare your words. you don't go of 00 cuff is he is a very good politician. he

someone inside the obama white house is issuing threats and intimidating employees of the state departmental that wishes to share critical information. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen has our report. >> state department pushed back against charges first aired on fox news alleging that benghazi whistleblowers have faced threats and intimidation. >> we do have to look at the issue and de-politicize it. american people deserve answers. i'm determined there will be an accountable and open state department. >> the state department would never tolerate sanction retaliation against whistleblowers on any issue. that is an obligation we take very seriously. >> president obama professed to be aware of loaning standing efforts to question survivors of the benghazi attack in which terrorists killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. >> i'm not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying. so with a i'll do is i will find out what exactly you are referring to. >> on mochb, former justice department official victoria tony sing identified