here's former cvs sharyl attkisson. she's suing the administration because she says the obama administration spied on her. voice: if you've crossed this administration with perfectly accurate reporting they don't like, you will be attacked and punished. you and your sources may be subjected to the kind of surveillance devised for enemies of the state. lou: although the argument could be made that the obama administration has a record of treating our enemies of state like friends, sharyl attkisson's point does seem, well, reasonable. we're coming right back. stay with us. >> the white house going hostile on israel. iran directing its terrorist arm to begin targeting the families of the jewish state leaders. my next guess former israeli ambassador to the united states daniel ayalon. lou: more unidentified unnamed anonymous sources being used in connection with heated charges against israel and members of its government in the new york times, the house organ, if you will, of the democratic party. joining me now to talk abo

. >> host: welcome sharyl attkisson. it's sharyl attkisson. it's great to have you here today to talk about your book "stonewalled" in the subtitle here is my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation and harassment in obama's washington washington. why did you want to write this book? >> guest: a couple of people approach me with an idea which was something i would like to write about and as it happens i have been thinking for a long time about the state of journalism in things that were happening in the industry some of it because much of my experiences at cbs but some of it not at all because of cbs. i attended investigative reporting conferences and compared with local news reporters and it seemed as though there were some common themes that signaled trouble as far as i was concerned and i thought it would be interesting if not insightful for people to read some of the experiences and observations. >> host: what. >> host: what is trouble? at some point in the book you talk about the journalists themselves not wanting

sharyl attkisson is an investigative journalist and author for over 20 years she worked for cbs news, winning multiple emmy awards for her investigative journalism pieces. including her reporting on the 2012 benghazi report and fast and furious. next we have david barlow we know well. he served as u.s. attorney for the district of utah, 2011 2014. prior to his tenure as u.s. attorney, he served on this committee as senator leahy's chief counsel. he's now a partner of sydney, austin washington, d.c. next is reverend newsome. reverend clarence newsome is president of the national underground railroad freedom center in cincinnati, ohio. next is janice fedarcyk. she served as assistant director in charge of f.b.i.'s new york division, 2010-2012. she currently runs a consulting firm in washington, d.c. i know i pronounced it wrong. next we have stephen legomsky, professor at john s. lehman university professor at washington university school of law. next we have jonathan turley j.b. and morrissey shapiro professor of public interest law, george washington university law school. david clark

we'll hear from sharyl attkisson as one example of a personal who was an investigative journalist who's been bullied, threatened, and literally blocked from entering the department of justice because she had the guts to report on issues like fast and furious and benghazi. that's one example of something we'd like to have a new attorney general fix. we'll also hear from katherine engelbrecht who was targeted by the i.r.s. simply because she's a conservative who's had the courage to stand up in the defense of freedom and the constitution. the department has paid lip service to the investigation that is supposedly leading. so i would like to know how ms. lynch will take seriously the targeting of fellow citizens based on their political views. then we have sheriff david cooke, milwaukee who will testify about how thousands of local law enforcement officers across this country feel as though their current leadership doesn't fully appreciate the work their law enforcement does every day. that's important to see how ms. lynch might do to mend the broken relationships. and then we'll hear from

aggressively ask her about issues on the irs scandal executive actions and investigative journalist sharyl attkisson who sued the department of justice for illegal surveillance alleging the obama administration hacked her computers while investigating benghazi. and catherine engelbrecht, "true the vote," claimed targeted by irs for tax-exempt status. with we'll watch it live for you on the hill today. martha: new ira of bipartisanship. the president issued a record number of veto threats, the most since the original veto threat started started in 1980s. will anything get done the next two, what could be long years? bill: what supposed to be a routine arrest turned wild. got away in police cruiser while handcuffed. >> how dud she do that. we'll talk to the head of benghazi select committee, trey gowdy on what type of information he would like to get from hillary clinton. >> letterses haven't worked and the southern politeness has not worked. we'll ratchet it up. push your enterprise and you can move the world. ♪ ♪ but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a

weal here from sharyl attkisson as an example of a person who was an investigative journalist who has been bullied threatened, and blocked from entering the department of justice because she had the guts to report on issues like fast and furious and benghazi. that's one example of something we'd like to have a new attorney general fix. we'll also hear from katherine -- catherine engelbrecht targetted because she's a conservative with the strength to stand up for justice. the department has paid lip service to the investigation it's supposedly leading. i want to know how ms. lynch will react to people base obbed their political views. we'll have steven cooke who feels the department of justice doesn't appreciate the work of law enforcement every day. it's important to see what ms. lynch might do to mend broken relationships. and we'll hear from professors curley and rosenkranz who will talk about how the justice department under eric holder has defended unlawful actions on immigration. those people will bring up points that we have made not quite as directly as they have or personally