schock will resign from congress. i do this with a heavy heart, he wrote. schock stunned constituents waiting to see him. >> i didn't really think he would resign. it was kind of discouraging when more would come out. >> reporter: what began as interest in schock's "downton abbey"-style office makeover quickly spiraled to tough scrutiny of schock's use of taxpayer and campaign-related funds including private planes. >> clearly, you know, when you rent a plane, you go around your district, people can say, gee, that seems out of touch. i get it, okay? >> reporter: schock paid the government back more than $40,000 for some expenses and promised a review. but new questions surfaced monday. the "sun-times" and politico reported that schock may have overbilled for mileage. schock claimed about 170,000 miles, but public records showed his vehicle had only been driven 80,000 miles. tonight his spokesman says schock will repay the government for all mileage he claimed during his since years in congress. no dollar figure given to us yet. making this all the more unus

he was handsome aaron schock. he was it. and yeah, sure, maybe he decided he would read a magazine called "washington life" on the floor of the house while kathleen sibilias it talking about medicare. there was always another thing about him from the very beginning of his career. when aaron schock was first running for congress, local press in illinois ran stories about when he was barely out of his teens. false dates on documents raise questioning for schock. his parents were victims of a financial same. and there was a trial. his dad testified in that trial that his son signed off on back dated documents. the date was off by more than a year. he was a public notary. at the time the "peoria star journal" said that that could be considered a crime. that report appeared less than a month before the election that sent him to congress. it was just a little embarrassment on his way to becoming a young republican star in congress. he went on to congress. that story was not a big problem for him. but it might have been a first sig

schock will resign from congress. schock stunned people waiting to see him. >> i didn't think he would resign. it was kind of discouraging when more would come out. >> reporter: what began as interest in schock's downton abby's office makeover. >> clearly, you know when you rent your plane, you go around the district people can say that seems out of touch. i get it. >> reporter: but new question surfaced monday. the chicago sun-times reported that schock may have overbuild for mileage. schock claimed about 170,000 miles, but public records showed his vehicle had only been driven 80,000 miles. >> schock's office said he plans to pay back six years of mileage. he didn't notify john boehner about his intention to step down. the seat is expected to stay in republican control. >>> congress and the public weren't the only ones kept in the dark about the latest scandal surrounding the secret service, it turns out that the agency's own director didn't know about an alleged drinking and driving incident about two agents until

you think schocks a b's are sick, check out his car. i mean that-- congressman why did you have to ruin your fun maybe fraud party with what appears to be actual fraud? >> you went from the cool ra to the shady guy mike wallace would corner at his office to expose on television. >> this is my sins-- things. >> jon: those are his things. this is certainly an embarrassing episode but at least-- at least his parents are standing firmly by his side. >> ten years from now whatever he is doing he will be successful at i promise you that. two years from now he will be successful. because-- if he's not in jail. (laughter) >> jon: listen to me don't sell him short. even if he is in jail i think he will be successful there as well. he can be the baddest ass in the whole clinker man. not only will he cut you he's going to instagram that [bleep]. for more on the story we go to senior congressional correspondent hasan minute handle in washington. so happy-- minaj in washington. here is the thing if nothing else you got to feel bad for the congressma

schock claimed about 170,000 miles. but public records showed his vehicle had only been driven 80,000 miles. tonight they say schock will repay the government for all mileage he claimed during his six years in congress. no dollar figure given to us yet. to make it all the more unusual, schock announced his resignation without telling house speaker, john boehner, who later said, it's the right decision. >>> an american military veteran accused of trying to cross into isis-held territory and join the group is in custody for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. nbc's jim miklaszewski has the details for us. >> reporter: he's identified as a former u.s. air force airplane mechanic. court documents claim that in january, the 47-year-old moved from egypt to turkey in an effort to cross the border into syria to join isis in the violent jihad. but turkish authorities denied him entry. he was deported to the u.s. and arrested by the fbi. on his laptop agents found 180 jihadi propaganda videos and isis

schock horror. staff members of former congressman aaron schock now face subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury. >> the plot thickens. >> reporter: a plot line worthy of "downton abbey" that inspired the decor of his capitol hill office. complete with fest apartment feathers and crystal shapd leers. >> at the end of the day regardless of what color wall you choose for your office the most important thing is a member of congress is what you do for your constituents. >> nothing succeeds like excess. >> reporter: when abc news first confronted him about these excesses, schock shook off his critics. >> you know as taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> reporter: now he's facing more questions about his expenses allegedly overestimating the mileage on his personal car by some 90,000 miles. schock has since repaid all of the reimbursements for work mileage during his congressional career. he's also under investigation for misusing campaign funds. and taking improper donations. schock was

>> reporter: and schock's drive.billed taxpayers for an 170,000 miles in this district but public records show his vehicle had only been driven about half that far. a spokesman says schock will repay the government for all mileage, plus more than $40,000 for other expenses. well donald trump is considering a run for the white house. you probably heard this one before. later this afternoon, trump formerly announces he is forming an exploratory committee. he just release add statement saying that he is the only one who can make american great again. trump formed an exploratory in 1999 but never launched a formal run for president. an nbc/"wall street journal" poll earlier this month found 74% of gop primary voters said they could not see themselves supporting trump for the republican nomination. >>> prime minister benjamin netanyahu claiming a huge victory in israeli elections. there was immediate reaction here in washington too. the victory will probably cause headaches for president obama. there have been tensions be

representative schock isn't shy about sharing pictures of himself on instagram. we've seen him parasail and posing with famous people. likes to travel with planes owned by donors. used campaign and funds to pay for these is under scrutiny. >> do you want to answer questions? >> reporter: questions keep coming for aaron schock now facing allegations he broke house ethics rules by not disclosing he took a photographer with him on the trip to india last august as part of his work to support clean water initiatives. >> more people own a cell phone in this world and have access to a toilet. >> reporter: the dallas based photographer jonathan link traveled to take photos of schock and the global poverty project. the anti-poverty group that paid for the trip. members are allowed to travel with a family member or a staffer on an outside group's dime as long as they disclose it. but name appears nowhere that schock filed after the trip well documented on his instagram feed. it's not clear whether he has photos were taken by link. it was also not clear with link was a staf

that's what schock shows.thing about millennials but about the unique ability to get really famous as a politician doing nothing. >> so it's about the kind of people who are currently attracted to politics. >> good abs are in the going to cut it. >> you find awesome people but getting them into aweoffice is tricky. let's say abby wanted to run for congress. what would you tell her to make her the best possible candidate? how would you coach her up? >> i'm listening very closely. >> so in 2016 we're going to run 12 people democrats and republicans both. we will train these folks. we'll give them mentorship. we'll bring in sort of policy work. we'll run their campaign. >> what is that training? krystal has talked about some of the advice she got when she was on the trail, some of it good some of it not so good. what would you tell abby? >> i think the first thing is to actually practice a new kind of politics in terms of being authentic and being a little more vulnerable. being able to actually connect yourself

schock will resign from congress., he wrochlt he stunned efficient i constituents waiting to see him. >> i didn't think he would resign. it was discouraging when more would come out. >> what began as interest in schock's downton abby office makeover, spyder and taxpayer and campaign-related funds, including private planes. >> clearly, you know when you rent a plane, people can say, gee, that seems out of touch. i get it. okay. >> reporter: schock paid the government back and promised a careful review. new questions surfaced monday. the chicago sun times and politico reported schock may have overbilled for miles. public records shows his vehicle had only been driven 80,000 miles. >> schock's office says he plans to pay back six years of mileage. that's a lot of money. he reportedly did not notify speaker boehner before announcing his intention to step down. he becomes the youngest person to step down. it's sad. i guess in ret are spec what do you make of this? he did have this instagram. i remember talking to him on ai

and congressman aaron schock tried to explain to his constituents why he spends so much of their money on decorating his office and luxury travel. >> uh, it's an unusual coalition. >> a responding to a letter sent by 40 republican senators to iran. >> this letter is a hard slap. >> it's deeply irresponsible. >> iran's leaders need to know that a deal not approved by congress won't be accepted by congress. >> what we're going to focus on right now is seeing if we can get a deal right now. >> significant ma alpha epsilon has shuttered its chapter at the university of oklahoma. >> the video shows multiple people chanting racial slurs. >> fallout over the police shooting of an unarmed african-american teenager. >> folks are angry, and i get that. >> an amtrak passenger train collided with a truck. >> we're trying to get the vehicle off the tracks. >> the real hillary clinton has not addressed the e-mail scandal yet. >> read'em. you won't find jack rodham squat. >> this is all the same cockamamie stuff. >> i don't read them. i have never sent one. >> you've never sent an e-mail? >> the appl

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schock's instagram at thes the story. he enjoyed life as a congressman but he was under fire for allegedly excessive expenses including $5,000 for a representlica of the presidential podium. and politico reported schock billed the government for 170,000 miles of work travel on a car that only had 80,000 miles on it. it's quite a downfall. at 27 schock was one of the youngest ever elected to congress. now 3, he is one of the youngest ever to resign. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> and more breaking news overnight. this is from california where at least seven people were shot in a drive-by shooting. police in stockton found one woman dead on the sidewalk in front of a store. two other victims died at the hospital. they say it's one of the worst mass shootings in the city's history and likely gang related. >>> also overnight groups of young people running wild through the streets of downtown minneapolis. the police aren't quite sure what started all this. they're calling this chaos and disorder. those are their word

they were able to connect the location of aaron schock in these photographs with flight records.e and to his campaign. the associated press found that he billed taxpayers $24,000 for eight private plane flights in 2011 and 2012. the plane is owned, of course of course by one of his donors. so the paying the donor trick on the old plane, that gave aaron schock's reelection campaign that donor gave his reelection campaign more than $10,000, which of course he got back in the jet rental price. en the ap also found that his political action committee paid another donor $12,000 for private jet use and spent $24,000 on concerts festivals and events including, of course, a katy perry concert. on friday speaking only before local media in his district aaron schock offered this explanation of his spending habits. >> they've been a point of reflection not only for the change in my office but a point of reflection of things that need to change with me personally. i know when i take a trip and post photos online it can create the misimpression of being out of touch or an image not worthy of

schock has been under fire for a string of questionable spending.n taxpayer funds he spent overhauling his congressional office to look like an english manor, inspired by the tv show, "downton abbey." the decor fits in with the congressman's glamorous persona, known for posting pictures on instagram of his worldwide travels -- meeting with the pope, pair ra sailing in argentina, and parted his shirt to post for "men's health." odd for the typical u.s. congressman. as he told nbc news, he's anything but one of those common old men. >> as taylor swift said, haters are going to hate. >> reporter: with sudden attraction to the high life, the congressional watchdog and media outlets are all asking one question. where is all the money coming from? according to the congressman's own sloppy finance records, a lot of it is coming from none other than you. reports reveal aaron schock using taxpayer and campaign money to buy tickets to rock concerts, travel on board private donor airplanes. he spent $10,000 splurging his staff on a weekend trip to new york, re

by resigning from congress schock could still face legal troubles. he's trying to clean up his financial mess. sources close to cnn saying he's reimbursed all monies received for official mileage since election to congress. >> i stand here mass a state representative and a nominee for congress at the age of 27. >> reporter: it has been a dramatic fall for the 33-year-old once-rising star in the gop, starting six weeks ago when the washington reported he decorated his congressional office to look like the set of "downton abbey." to the tune of $40,000. $15,000 was initially billed to taxpayers, but then returned. he had hoped to shake scandal off. >> as taylor swift said, hater's gonna hate. >> reporter: but his bright red "downton abbey" decor sparked a massive spark of criticism and instagram pictures which left a trail of questions of how he financed his jet-setting lifestyle, tangoing on the streets of buenos aires, surfing shirtless, hobnobbing with celebrities. taking his staff to a katy perry concert. a $10,000 junket for his staff to new york

but schock's legal troubles appear to be just beginning.ed earlier today that federal law enforcement officials are investigating the four-term congressman over campaign finance and tax issues. the irs and federal prosecutors are all looking into the allegations that schock improperly accounted for travel expenses and contributions from political donors. now, the congressman's father dr. richard schock most candidly to reporters outside his home on wednesday about his son's growing problems. >> i know it's a law. so yeah he's broke the law. if they're going to convict him on paperwork, they're going to convict him. and that's their privilege. if it's the law and he broke the law and they want to convict him on that fine. but he has done a lot of good in his life. ten years from now, whatever he's doing, he'll be successful at i'll promise you that. two years from now he'll be successful because -- if he's not in jail. >> oh boy. for more on this story, i'm yoined by lynn sweet of the "chicago sun-times" who has been breaking news on this st

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and finally aaron schock has the best smile in congress.now the best smile in congress belongs to dan lipinski. >> big shoes to fill, guys. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report." no online show tonight. but keep it right here on fox where more news is always on the way. greta van susteren goes "on the record" root starting right now. >>> this a fox news alert. sergeant bergdahl charged as a deserter. and we traded five taliban terrorists to bring him home. fox news national security correspondent catherine herridge is at the pelc. another charge more serious, right? >> that's right, greta. in fact, a u.s. army spokesman told fox there will be no pre-trial confinement for sergeant bo bergdahl who is currently stationed at fort sam houston texas. is he charged under the uniform code. desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and under article 99, misbehavior before the enemy endangering the safety of command, unit or

schock's instagram tells the story. he enjoyed life as a congressman. but he was under fire for allegedly excessive expenses including $5,000 for a replica of the presidential podium. and today, politico reported schock billed the government for 170,000 miles of work travel on a car that only had 80,000 miles on it. it's quite a downfall. at 27 he was one of the youngest ever elected to congress and now, david, at 33 he is one of the youngest ever to resign. >> all right, jon karl live at the white house tonight. jon, thank you. >>> and to the breaking news out of israel at this hour. prime ministermin netanyahu in the fight of his life for re-election. exit polls coming in at this hour they are too close to call. you'll remember two weeks ago, greeted with a standing ovation by congress. it was supposed to help him back home. tonight, some now asking did it backfire? abc's alex marquardt is in tel aviv for us tonight. alex? >> reporter: good evening, david. lots of very happy voters here at the election night headquarters of benjamin netanyahu. early e

aaron schock caught republican leaders off guard.the decision to step down. in a statement, john boehner thanked schock for his service and wished him well in the future. t.j., reena. >>> more tests done on a substance sent to the white house in an attempt to confirm whether it is cyanide. one round of tests came back positive for the substance. it was found in a screening facility where white house mail is monitored. it wasn't inside the white house itself. sources say the sender is known to the secret service and charges depend whether the material is hazardous. >>> more embarrassing revelations about lapses in the secret service. the new chief admitted to congress he did not learn until days later the two senior about agents were supposedly drunk when they drove in to a barrier at the white house and only then from an anonymous e-mail. joseph clancey says changing the culture at the service will take time. >>> a u.s. veteran will be in federal court in new york today to face charges he allegedly tried to join isis in syria. author

schock plans to resign on march 31st. >> all right, so what it might be hard for aaron schock to realizeight now is no matter how bad things seem to be this morning, that fitzgerald is wrong. there are second acts in american life. and you can look at bill clinton, a guy that was, you know accused of perjuring himself in a grand jury who lied in a deposition while he was president of the united states he got disbarred by the united states supreme court, if i'm not mistaken disbarred in arkansas, and yet clinton is one of the most admired americans in poll after poll what he's done with cgi is incredible. a couple nights ago i was sitting next to mark sanford, a guy that everybody, friends with sanford, took the phone calls from him five six years ago. he was despondent, he was the butt of every joke in america and now he's back and he's making a difference. and this happens to republicans, this happens to democrats, and you know what they fight their way back. that's something that aaron schock needs to know this morning. mike, the older you get the more you realize when somebody's in th

things just keep getting worse for illinois congressman aaron schock.r campaign finances. schock announced earlier this week he's stepping down after accusations of questionable spending and political donations. the congressman first made headlines after it was discovered he decorated his office there on capitol hill like this with a theme that cost taxpayer funds which he has paid back to the u.s. government. the office was sort of odd. he paid the money back. it's the least of his problems right now, isn't it? >> i think that's true brianna. the latest trouble for congressman schock and not surprising given the seriousness of some of the allegations that have been made public. a federal investigation has been launched into some of those allegations of questionable conduct surrounding him. the fbi, federal prosecutors in illinois investigated whether he broke the law in accounting for campaign expenses according to people familiar with the matter. cnn's evan perez reporting this new information. we've reached out to schock's attorneys for comment here

his dad richard schock has been talking to news stations about congressman schock resigns. here's what his father had to say about why he thinks this is happening to his son. >> aaron is a little different, you know. he wears scottish clothing, and yet he's not gay. and it makes people -- and he's not married. and he's not running around with women. so you know everybody is throwing up their arms. they can't figure out aaron. so he must be crooked. you know so attack him. bring him down. because he doesn't fit into our picture. he hasn't done anything to hurt people. >> gene what did you make of those comments? >> well you know, it's touching, i think, to hear a father defending his son, and that's great that he stands by his son and defends him. that's not what aaron schock's resignation is about. it's not about whether he's gay or not. who cares? what it's about is improper spending of funds, and claiming mileage expenses that perhaps he didn't actually incur. and those are the reasons that he had to resign and i think, you know ultimately the family has to look that in t

schock's fall began last month with a "washington post" story that described it how he had his officeon abbey." the story called attention to his use of fundraising and taxpayer money. nbc's luke russert joins me from capitol hill. it was 24 hours ago this was breaking news. now we have more details of mind the scenes how john boehner didn't even know this was coming. >> yeah, john boehner and his staff taken a little bit by surprise as was most of the house gop conference. just yesterday morning, aaron schock giving all indication he would stay on as a member of congress. he was then confronted with the evidence presented by politico reporters about mileage reimbursements considering how much he drove his car around his district and then billing taxpayers for a reimbursement. turned out he was billing them at two times the rate at which he actually drove the car, something that was problematic, to say the least. he decided that all these issues of financial impropriety had become a distraction and it was time for him to move on. what's going to be interesting to see now, thomas is th

representative aaron schock is going to resign.illing for mileage, claiming 170,000 miles when record showed his vehicle only had 80,000 on it. >> i didn't think he would resign. it was kind of discouraging when more would come out. >>> in california a pullover ends in a high-speed chase, went on for more than 100 miles. road spikes took out the front wheels but it kept going. the vehicle swerved and flipped, not once but twice, dazed the driver and he eventually got out and as you see was being arrested. >>> another fraternity is being accused of bad behavior. penn state has suspended the fraternity. police are now investigating >>> and look at this in vietnam. spectacular video. this is the world's largest cave. a drone captured the images. this cave is more than 5.5 miles long. the walls are so big that it could story an entire city block of four story buildings. >>> will ferrell on bill o'reilly. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn yo

and finally, aaron schock had the best smile in congress. best smile in congress belongs to dan lipinski. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] guys, march madness is finally here. you guys have march madness? [ cheers and applause ] i'm still in. i'm still in. i'm still in. one of the stories this week is georgia state's coach ron hunter. this guy, he tore his achilles tendon this weekend while celebrating the win that got them into the tournament. so the team won, he jumped up and down and tore his tendon. had to limp off. it was so bad he actually had to coach from a chair on the sidelines last night. and this is real. take a look at what happened with his team -- it's actually his son, hit the game-winning shot this time around. but watch. >> r.j. hunter for three. good! [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: jerry lewis. [ jerry lewis impersonation ] [ laughter ] last night the number one ranked undefeated kentucky wildcats destroyed the number 16 seed hampton pirates by over 20 points. the wildcats were heavily favored. and you could

i want to keep the spotlight on congressman schock.sight, i suppose, into aaron schock's world. but i've covered a lot of these cases where people get in trouble. this is outside of the norm. usually parents say -- even when their kids are accused of horrible things i love my child no matter what and i'm praying for them during this episode. >> we don't have a lot of time less than a minute apparently congressman schock has $3.3 million left in his political funds. what happens to that money? >> i think as long as he files regular reports on it. the answer is it just sits there for him. i think it is possible he might have to get some permission i think he can use it for his legal fees. but there may be some technical glitches on that. he could have it sitting there for now. >> interesting. >> he cannot convert it to personal use. >> right. and that's good to know. my thanks to you both for coming in. >>> up next he's hinted at running for president before and he's doing it again. why donald trump may be more serious about it this time

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a source close to schock tells cnn congressman schock has reimbursed all moneys received for officialess. >> i stand here as a nominee for congress at the age of 27. >> reporter: it's been a dramatic fall for the 33-year-old once rising star in the gop, starting six weeks ago when "the washington post" reported he decorated his congressional office to look like the set of "downtown abby." to the tune of $40,000. $15,000 was initially billed to taxpayers but then returned. he had hoped to shake scandal off. >> as taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> reporter: but his decor prompted an investigation. instagram pictures left a trail of questions how he financed his lifestyle, tangoing on the streets in buenes aires, and taking his staff to a katy perry concert. then came other revelations, like a $10,000 junket for his staff to new york city. it all kept him on the defensive. >> i take my compliance obligations seriously, and i'm conducting a full review of that. >> reporter: his decision to resign happened so fast gop leaders were shocked. >> i'm very surprised it happened. i'

schock has been under fire for a string of questionable spending.is the $40,000 reportedly in taxpayer funds he spent overhauling his congressional office to look like an english manor inspired by the tv show "downton abbey." the decor fits in with the congressman's glamorous persona known for posting pictures on instagram of his worldwide travels. meeting with the pope at the vatican, parasailing in argentina. the single congressman even parted his shirt to pose for this cover of "men's health." odd for the typical u.s. congressman. as he told abc news he's anything but one of those common old men in the capitol. >> as taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> with all his sudden fame and attraction to the high life the congressional watchdogs and media outlets are all asking one question. where is all the money coming from? and according to the congressman's own sloppy finance records, a lot of it is coming from none other than you. reports reveal aaron schock using taxpayer and campaign money to buy tickets to rock concerts travel on board p

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