because the i.r.s. is not full -- has not fully cooperated with the committee's investigation, i have issued three subpoenas for documents. the i.r.s. continues to withhold some of ms. lerner's emails from the committee. documents and testimony show that ms. lerner is uniquely positioned to provide testimony that will help the committee better understand how and why the i.r.s. targeted conservative groups. at a business meeting on june 28, 2013, the committee approved a resolution rejecting ms. learner's claim of fifth amendment privilege based on her waiver at the may 22, 2013. after that vote, having made the determination that ms. lerner waived her fifth amendment rights, the committee recalled her to appear today to answer questions pursuant to rules. the committee voted and found that ms. lerner waived her fifth amendment rights by making a statement on may 22, 2013. addition -- and additionally by affirming documents making fifth amendment rights. if she continues to refuse to answer questions fro

president, the i.r.s.'s history of abuses demonstrates that congress must be ever vigilant in protecting taxpayers. the agency's powers allow it to pervade the most sensitive aspects of americans' private lives. irrespective of whether those singled out are liberal or conservative, democrats or republicans, independents or green party members, irrespective of their personal views, the targeting of private citizens for exercising their first amendment rights is way out of bound. it is illegal behavior and cannot be tolerated. mr. president, it has been said that the power to tax is the power to destroy. the american people cannot and will not tolerate any abuse of that power. i urge my colleagues to join me in cosponsoring this bill and let us pass it to help protect the most fundamental rights guaranteed by our constitution against abuse by government's ability to tax. thank you, mr. president. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i was ve

and no american should be penalized by the i.r.s. because of sticker shock or deciding not to purchase the plan that's so much more expensive than what was promised. president obama gave big business a break. he deserves to give average americans the same type of break as well. simple fairness requires that we do the same for the miles per hour people. that's all this is about. it's all we are doing today. treating average americans who are hurt by the affordable care act the way the white house helped big business with the same exact problems. the american people deserve the same relief. we ought to give it to them. that's why this bill is called the fairness act and deserves our support. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: madam speaker, i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, and i ask that the balance of our time be managed by mr. mcdermott, the ranking member on the health subcommittee. the spe

they want the i.r.s. to fix the problem. wanted er, what exactly to fix the problem caused by citizens united, what exactly does that mean? . . would you please turn the mike on. >> my counsel has advised me that i have not waived my constitutional rights under the fifth amendment, and on his advice i will decline to answer any question on the subject matter of this hearing. >> so you're not going to tell us who wanted to fix the problem caused by citizens united? >> on the advice of my counsel i respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question.

office -- and that's the i.r.s. office. how is the i.r.s. linked to the discussion about health care? they're going to enforce obamacare. we've got the i.r.s., as if they don't have enough pow , now is going to be in charge of enforcing health care. most of the republicans i know, we want to eliminate the i.r.s. some want to go to a fair tax. i'd like to have a flat tax. but i think it's time to have that debate and go to whichever wins the debate and get rid of the i.r.s. my brilliant friend and i'm surprised he lets me call him my friend but he is a brilliant man, arthur laffer, the genius behind turning the devastated economy around under president carter, i talked to arthur about this and i said, i'd like to go to a flat tax, i know a lot of people want a fair tax, so we can get rid of the i.r.s. but somebody is going to have to enforce, how would we do that if there were no i.r.s.? arthur says, i've got it all spelled out, i've got it written out. and i'm hoping some of my colleagues here will meet with arthur and let him give them the 1

regard to the i.r.s. and still there has not been any evidence whatsoever that there was political motivation in regard to this targeting, in regard to these efforts. nor has there been any evidence with regard to the white house having anything to do with what i.r.s. is doing in this case. what i was trying to get to today was first of all make a statement that i just made. but also to do something else. ms. ently the attorney for lerner had said at some point that he might be willing to give a proffer. a proffer is basically an attorney saying what his client would say. if you'll note there were at least four, five, six questions that chairman issa asked, and i would have loved to have heard the answers to those questions, too, but a proffer would have to what theo listen attorney -- the attorney in his own words would have said that his client would have said so we would at least have the information that the chairman was going after. that doesn't stop him from moving on contempt. doesn't stop -- doesn'

if the i.r.s. chose to define sincerely held reals you beliefs broadly, h.r. 1814 could allow essentially anyone opposed to the affordable care act to opt out of coverage. that would lead to an increase in the number of uninsured americans and it would shift costs onto other taxpayers. even if we assume the i.r.s. could set a standard, there are significant problems with the legislation. the bill claim this is a individuals receiving, quote, voluntary, end quote, medical care would lose their exemption but the i.r.s. has no way to monitor vings' use of voluntary medical care making this totally unenforceable. furthermore, individuals receiving involuntary care such as expensive emergency care, would be allowed to remain exempt from the coverage requirement passing the cost of their care onto hospitals and other taxpayers. i understand that this is a sensitive issue. if religious groups received medicare and social security benefits do not want to obtain health insurance we need to examine that issue

and no american should be penalized by the i.r.s. because of sticker shock or deciding not to purchase the plan that's so much more expensive than what was promised. president obama gave big business a break. he deserves to give average americans the same type of break as well. simple fairness requires that we do the same for the miles per hour people. that's all this is about. it's all we are doing today. treating average americans who are hurt by the affordable care act the way the white house helped big business with the same exact problems. the american people deserve the same relief. we ought to give it to them. that's why this bill is called the fairness act and deserves our support. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: madam speaker, i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel, and i ask that the balance of our time be managed by mr. mcdermott, the ranking member on the health subcommittee. the spe

right now as we speak, the i.r.s. is considering a whole new slate of rules that would cause these so-called 501 c 4 organizations, nonprofit groups, that are supposed to exist to ben fift the social welfare or not engage in politics as their primary purpose, the i.r.s. is considering saying, look, none of that any more. you're not going to be able to be a 501 crrn 4 and work in the policecal sphere and work in the way you are right now. but it's very controversial and a lot of liberals and democrats don't like the potential rules because in a way it goes farther than that and doesn't speak just to political activity advocating for and against but talks about voter education, voter registration drives, having a candidate come to your nonprofit group and speak before them immediately before an election season. so there were tens of thousands of different comments that had been sent to the i.r.s. and had been logged with the i.r.s. during the comment period that was open in preparation for the i.r.s. to considering these

tax code, the i.r.s. has extraordinary influence on the lives of americans from all walks of life and all points of view. citizens have the absolute right to expect the i.r.s. to be free from political influence, with taxpayers treated fairly and enforcement carried out in an unbiased manner. unfortunately, we've learned that our expectations sometimes are very different from reality. in early 2013, the i.r.s. acknowledged a history of targeting politically active groups as some of these groups sought tax-exempt status. this practice first involved flagging groups concerned about government spending and debt. ironically, the targeting came at a time when poll after poll indicated that the federal government's out-of-control spending and our $17 trillion debt were top concerns for all americans. and i can tell you from my experience that they are the top concerns for nebraskans as well. despite these legitimate concerns and the patriotic desire of americans to effect change in government, the i.r.s. worked

we're waiting for elijah cummings to begin a news conference this hour in the investigation over the i.r.s committee hearing spiralled into what we could call a fear showdown. chairman issa cut his microphone just after lois lerner took the fifth. >> for the past year the central republican accusation in this investigation -- >> we're adjourned. close it down. >> minute cal -- directing -- the white house. before our -- >> not a single document. >> thank you. -- one witness, chairman issa -- and this way of the president's political effectively and lying about it during the election year in the polls. >> mr. cummings -- we're adjourned. >> if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired they have! >>> i want to bring angela rye, and republican strategist george watkins. obviously you both have a strategic bent, but angela, how do you think this looks to the average american. >> it likes scary. i worked on the hill six years, and i've never seen behavior like that in my life. i think it's very unfortunate. forg

an agent with the i.r.s. team got here a few minutes ago with self people, many of them looking like customers, turned away at the door by agents. the f.b.i. agents and local police will continue serving arrests and search war raps -- warrants throughout the day. the dozen or so agents inside the building have for plans to leave any time soon. >>> background here, leland yee is one of three democratic senators facing criminal charges. ronald calderon is facing public corruption charges and robert wright of englewood was found guilty of eight felony counts perjury and fraud. if ye. leaves office before the term is expired the d lose their majority vote. a spokesman told the mercury news that there is no compensate because they gathering information about the arrest of state senator leland yee. >> we will have continuing coverage of the arrest of the senator leland yee and the massive f.b.i. bust on air and online. you can get the latest reacting news developments any time by following us at abc7 news bay area.

as long as the plane is not hidden in benghazi or i.r.s. people probably dead according to the government of malaysia. 239 people dead, three americans, but they suggest it was just some ploy to keep benghazi out of the news? this is outrageous even conservatives i would hope, congress woman. >> the fact that we have had 50 hearings on benghazi, four americans lost their lives. it was regrettable. it was painful, a terrible tragedy. what we should be focusing on is making sure our embassies and offices around the country and the world are indeed safe. the truth of the matter is the "washington post" has actually given darrel issa 12 pinnochio noses in the past year for statements on benghazi. >> 12. thank you very much for your time this evening. >> thank you, reverend. >>> up next, what's going on? the computers of the pilot behind missing flight 370. tonight the fbi says they are close to a major breakthrough. jimmy fallon coming to scott brown's rescue. wait until you hear the campaign slogans he has cooked up for the former senator. pre

. >> a new tool the i.r.s. unveiled to let you track your refund. >>> covering daly city, dublin and los gatos and all the bay area there is abc7 news. >> if the federal government owes you a refund you have more options than waiting for the check tore direct deposit from uncle sam. the i.r.s. usually issues refunds to less than 21 some days but you don't need to wait and wonder. you can check the status of your refund on the i.r.s. website under "where's my refund tool," and lets you check the status on the smartphone using an app. >> google is tightening policy for inapp purchases and now you have to enter a password days after new york woman sued google claiming her child made a $66 purchase in a game without her knowledge. the company is tweaking google play to make it clear which titles have in app purchases available. >>> it will be another rocky week for the 401(k). here is america's money report. >> topping america's money, investors are watching ukraine and the situation there could make it a rough week

the i.r.s. needs to get out of the i.r.s. speech regulation business all together, and the obama administration can do that. look, the administration ran this idea up the flagpole, it decided in the midst of a historic crisis of public confidence at the i.r.s. to up end more than half a century of practice and rewrite the rules on how americans could express themselves, how they could be heard. they asked for comments and the american people let them know what they thought. over 140,000 comments, almost all of them in opposition, so this regulation needs to go. this regulation needsing to and it needs to go now. it's in the administration's power to make that happen. all it has to do is to listen to the american people who are speaking out in record numbers, record numbers and put an end for good to the idea that the law should be used to harm political enemies. let's protect the first amendment and restore integrity to the i.r.s. at the same time by withdrawing this awful regulation. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i want

the i.r.s. ruled tuesday that it will treat it, this virtual money, like property, not like currency. the agency says bitcoin payments worth at least $600 will be taxed the same way that the agency treats property trks. -- transactions. some say the i.r.s.'s notice is a positive development because it legitimatizes bitcoin as an investment. >>> we take a look at hot button issues on the campaign trail and one that affects every community in the region. >> coming up in the 5:00 hour, delia goncalves joins us with the emotional and financial price of homelessness. what it is costing >>> hello and welcome back to wusa9. 4:45. just in with the breaking news. >> right off the printer. >> here is howard on this yellow alert day. you were saying yellow alert a lot for cold but the winds up to 42 mile an hour gusts? >> we will have gusts in the 30 to 40 mile an hour range the next few hours. they had 3.7 inches of snow at dulles yesterday. we had 1.7 at national. so this is becoming one of the snowiest w

the i.r.s. warning about a major scam using the i.r.s.' name. the government said 20,000 people nationwide have been talking to people posing as i.r.s. rights. they call up and say that the taxpayer owes money and they have to pay it immediately using a prepaid debit card or wire transfer. they say if you refuse, you're threatened with arrest. deportation and losing a business or driver's license. the i.r.s. said victims lost a $1 million. >>> goingle is beefing up security on all -- google is beefing up security on g mail accounts. they now use the more secure communications protocal https and encrypt all e-mail through the journey. google said it will not stop the nsa from seeing the e-mail but harder for the nsa to conduct mass surveillance. >>> 7:12, the student at the thereafter racial bullying case at san jose state is taking legal action. the first step he is taking and what he is demanding for the abuse he said he endured. >>> the search for the driver who hit and killed a woman on a stre

let me say, the house bill on ukraine doesn't mention the i.r.s. at all, doesn't mention c-4*s at all. that issue is not covered. so when the majority leader said this is all because of the nefarious koch brothers, set aside the impropriety of the majority leader of the united states senate picking two private citizens, individuals who are engaged in political speech, standing up for what they believe, and the majority leader using his position of political power to lambaste them, to target them. interestingly enough, the majority leader does not seem to have a problem with a california billionaire who's publicly pledged to put $100 million behind democrats to press them to pass climate change legislation that would cost millions of jobs across this country, from blue-collar workers, from hardworking americans. that billionaire in the majority leader's view is perfectly fine to spend $100 million in the election, but the koch brokers because the two of them -- but the koch brothers, because the two of them have stood up and expressed their views, ar

the criteria be changed, end of quote. mr. george's chief investigator also reviewed more than 5,500 emails from i.r.s. employees and, again, found no evidence of political motivation. over the past year, our committee has obtained hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and interviewed dozens of witnesses. the i.r.s. has spent more than $14 million responding to congressional investigations. we have identified absolutely no evidence to support allegations of a political conspiracy against conservative groups. what we have identified, however, is evidence of gross mismanagement. ms. lerner failed to discover these employees were using these search terms for a year and even after she ordered them to stop, they returned to using similar inappropriate criteria and she failed to inform congress about what she knew. so i do have serious questions for ms. lerner and i'm very disappointed that i will not be able to ask them today. but i do not support the republican conclusion that she waived her constitutional right nine months ago when she invoked the fifth amendment and i do not believe a court would up

right now as we speak, the i.r.s. considering a whole new slate of rules that would cause these so-called 501 c 4 organizations, nonprofit groups, that are supposed to exist to ben fift the social welfare or not engage in politics as their primary purpose, the i.r.s. is considering saying, look, none of that any more. you're not going to be able to be a 501 crrn 4 and work in the policecal sphere and work in the way you are right now. but it's very controversial and a lot of liberals and democrats don't like the potential rules because in a way it goes farther than that and doesn't speak just to political activity advocating for and against but talks about voter education, voter registration drives having a candidate come to your nonprofit group and speak before them immediately before an election season. so there were tens of thousands of different comments that had been sent to the i.r.s. and had been logged with the i.r.s. during the comment period that was open in preparation for the i.r.s. to considering these ne

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the american people have not received the answers they deserve from the i.r.s. lois lerner appeared before the oversight committee last week and refused to provide insight into her i.r.s. actions in this case. mr. collins: how can the president claim there isn't a smidgen of corruption in the i.r.s. targeting scandal -- the investigation is still ongoing. if the president believes the i.r.s. did nothing wrong, instruct them to cooperate. if lois lerner truly did nothing wrong, which i doubt, she should testify and lay the issue to rest. as the evidence suggests, the targeting was intentional, what would be wrong with her explain whige she refuses to testify and continues to reassert her fifth amendment right. the american people deserve to know if their freedom of speech was abridged for political reasons and if administration is dedicated to silencing those with opposing views. i call on lois lerner and the i.r.s. to be forthcoming so we can assure this never happens again. i yield back. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek rec

the i.r.s. says it never uses e-mail to request personal or financial information. >>> google and viacom have sented a seven-year battle over youtube. a one billion lawsuit was vield after discovering video clips had been uploaded without google's permission. since the lawsuit was filed, youtube has become the world's largest video sharing website. it's also a partner to major media companies, including viacom. the terms of the settlement have not been released. >>> weather, yellow alert. here we go again. this time, though, not nearly as significant as other alert days. >> for rain and showers. that's enough to be inconvenient, enough to slow you down if you're doing any traveling from mid-morning through at least mid afternoon. if you have outdoor plans, it's going to be a little soggy at times. let's get you going with a look at a winter weather advisory. that's out west till 11:00 a.m. this is for areas mainly above a thousand feet where ridgetops temperatures can be borderline, 31, 32. almo

. >>> it is being called the biggest i.r.s. scam ever. of taxpayers across the country conned out of over $1 million. if you get a call claiming to be the i.r.s. just hang up. they usually correspond by mail. good to know. >> time now to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first the good. a look at quintuplets born in dallas, texas. the proud mother gave birth to four girls and one boy by c-section. all five babies and mom are doing good. up next the bad. a bungling burglar caught on camera. police say that the man was arrested for breakingç into a florida car dealership after he left behind his license. he dropped it as he was reaching for his phone during the robbery. finally the ugly. a young boy throws a temper tantrum when he doesn't get a foul ball at a game between the los angeles dodgers and australian all-star team. the young fan who got the ball was nice enough to pass it on to the crying boy. >> it is one minute till the top of the hour. time for your brew on this responses. we were telling you about a connecticu

and they won't have to deal with the i.r.s. saying, "you're not a social welfare nonprofit." he only thing that they'll have to worry about is they'll have to actually pay some taxes that they don't have to pay right now as social welfare nonprofit. but you know, you have this system that's so complicated and really the only explanation that people could come up with is that it's about control. it's about having this set of llcs, that you've got some unknown hands behind the scenes able to control what the groups are doing and make sure the groups stay in lockstep. that they never, you know, color outside the lines. >> so who is in control? >> we don't know. we know someone is. we know that it could be different folks for every single organization. but i can't tell you for certain who's in control. >> and there's been a lot of great work. "propublica," "open secrets," "the washington post" about trying to visualize, you know, following the money. but it basically looks like someone put a big bowl of spaghetti in front of you and is like, "follow the lines throughout the entire

the mint may not want any money, but the i.r.s. does. its earned from the sale of the coins is considered income and fully taxable. all that glitters, well, you know the rest. bill whitaker, cbs news, san francisco. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. we're going to leave you tonight in new orleans celebrating mardi gras. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org police.. so tonight, more bay area citizens are taking security into their own hands - e >>> now at 6:00, so much crime, not enough police. tonight, more bay area citizens are taking security into their own hands. and, the results are crystal clear. i am ken bastida. >> i am elizabeth cook. fed one a spike in burglaries, home owners in fremont are building their own case against the bad guys. they are snapping photos and recording videos. kpix 5's len ramirez reports that part of their strategy is getting

one of the i.r.s. will treat virtual currencies as assets like stocks and not currencies are not like currencies so ed you know the phrase it walks like a currency talks like a currency and purchases good like currency but is a currency the i.r.s. doesn't think it's a currency so what is the irises position here in your opinion. it's not a currency and if you have this then we're going to tax it and basically they're telling people it's like. these people they come into the u.s. house and. i don't know who he was shot blocker in the n.b.a. and he would always go. to the book where you're spinning it so that's what they're saying they're saying that you know if the u.s. dollar is the currency you can't set up this other competing currency with us we're going to tax you are and we're going to take it from you exactly but here's a question that i had and i was kind of looking at it but maybe you can expand on it more thoroughly how are they going to figure out how to tax that are they taxing on the how muc

the two issues i want to speak to are the i.r.s. k ago, the republican leadership is happy with the i.r.s. going after the tea parties. can't anybody figure this out? because they are threatened by them just as democrats would be threatened by outsiders. that's why boehner -- there is no special committee investigating government abuse. they can just occasionly do these things. again, if they were serious about the i.r.s., which is a threat to every american, without regard to party, because my god that is a slippery slope, imagine what's going to happen in the future with other presidents. but i will tell you this, they didn't move to defend the i.r.s. anymore than they did to take it out of obama care. the country doesn't think they should be in it either. they let the woman who gave money to obama and they let the stuff -- movement to give money to obama, and they let it go on because the lobbyists in the republican establishment wanted it to go on. finally on national tv i said the other day, that putin has taken his measure of b

issa today, the inspector general of the i.r.s. histle, i thought it was an accurate story, true story, that conservatives have been targeted. that is reprehensible. he said liberals were, too. progressive groups were as well. this is now a scandal in search of a scandal. in other words, there's no political angle that i've seen in the reporting. mr. issa has made an enormous mistake. this is a democracy. in all of those examples people were allowed to speak their mind. another south carolynian, i'm sorry to say, that's awful. i'd much rather have more free speech than less. there is something chilling about somebody in power pushing a button and silencing the democratic voice in that room. >> would you agree with that, that he shouldn't have cut the mics? >> yes. harry reid has abused that, senate majority leader, more than all of these have put together. >> well, i wish i had time to follow up. we will. the issue of discourse is a very serious one. thanks very much to both of you. the great pairing. now a terrifying scene caught o

not one story covering the i.r.s. scandal here. might not want to know about it, but guess what. americans do. >> if you look tenet work evening -- if he look at the network evening newscast none of them mentioned the i.r.s. scandal. they didn't mention lois lerner going to capitol hill and pleading the fifth nor did they mention anything to do with i.r.s. >> my former employees at nbc did spend some time talking about that spat between darrell issa and elijah cummings but they didn't talk about the bigger picture issue which is has the i.r.s. been abusing its power in going overboard to investigate and harass conservative and tea party groups. >> 71% of americans want to know, want the investigation to continue. hopefully they will do so. in the meantime we're going to continue with our good morning to heather nauert. >> good morning, gang. john scott, great to have you here this morning. come on back more often. hraouf doocy and kilmeade -- love doocy and kilmeade but great to have you here as well. breaking news in a washington,

>>> a few hours from now lois lerner expected to face lawmakers on capitol hill over her role in the i.r.srget of tea party groups. still unclear if she will testify. >>> finally, big changes today announced on the s.a.t. college entrance exam. specific changes not known but expected to roll out in 2016. >> time to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a race in california taking a heartwarming turn. 95-year-old world war ii veteran joe bell cheering on those runners in full military uniform. but instead of passing him by, the runners slowed down to shake the hero's hand and thank him for his service. next the bad. a soccer coach gets slapped in the face with a soda. it was thrown from a rival fan who was angry over his team's victory. the game took place in greece. >> finally, the ugly. check out this baby who does not like watching brian williams. >> you don't like brian williams? it's barack obama. you're fine with him? it's brian williams. [crying] >> his dad says they don't know why but every time he comes on tv his son will cry until they turn it off. >> my

. >>> the i.r.s. is warning people about an i.r.s. phone scam with scammers claiming to be i.r.s. eatened with arrest if they do not pay back traces using untraceable preloaded debit car. several kisses have been reported in south san francisco. the scam is pervasive during tax season. >>> the complete check and winds in the weather forecast. >> our fastest wind in berkeley hills at 59 miles per hour and second fastest is 49 miles per hour at half moon bay at airport. and live doppler 7 hd shows it blew the clouds away and the humidity and there is nothing but bone dry air this morning. the winds, of course, and immediate temperatures at 47 in guerneville which is as cool as it gets and 54 in calistoga and the rest of us in upper 50's to near 60 at american canyon and petaluma and bodega bay and napa at 61 degrees. we have low 60's around alameda and newark and san francisco and san jose and lafayette and 52 with the winds not affecting you and san ramon and redwood city, half moon bay, all in the upper 50's and brentwood is 54. from the east bay hills we are at 59-miles-per-hour g

and if you add in the $700 fine per year from the i.r.s. for not signing up for it, well, then it, it is still close to $3000 a year i am saving. host: your thoughts. sure -- the $700 fine. i think it varies depending on income. the first year, $95 or one percent of your income if you are supposed to get coverage and you don't. i wasn't clear from the caller if he has an employer-sponsored health land, and if the cost of that went up and if that was done by the employer may get a response to some changes. the callerre where would fit in in terms of having prices on theo exchange or tax credit availability and all of that. you do hear situations where people see their bills go up and immediately linked it to the affordable care act and if it is -- and if it is not clear whether the employer made. but the affordable care act becomes -- i don't want to say scapegoat that the cause of concern about seeing premiums rise. host: little rock, arkansas. caller: i am an underwriter. i went through several of the aca classes here in arkansas. thecan te

conflicting reports this morning over whether we will finally get to hear answers from the woman at the i.r.s so willow weus lerner -- so willow weus

. >> the i.r.s. investigation comes to a brief halt when a democratic congressman lashes out. tch. >> simply endlessly slandering the efforts of the committee. >> congressman darrell issa will set the record straight. >> you'll hear more from that. much more. they didn't want condi rice speaking at their school's

. >>> the woman at the center of the i.r.s. targeting scandal is denies claims that she will testify before congress. you may remember that former official lois lerner saying she still has plans to assert her fifth amendment. congressman issa, never tell fox news sunday that lerner had planned to testify. her lawyer now claims that's not you this. >>> still, you should probably watch the entire view with chris wallace today on "fox news sunday" which airs at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> well, drought-plagued california is getting a mix of rain and snow it so desperately need, but with that rain comes, yes, the threat of mudslides and flooding. just look at that. meteorologist janis dean is live in the fox weather center with more. >> a good and bat situation, but so fast we're dealing with flash flooding, so over the last 48 hours, some areas have seen several inches of rain on top of what was received last week. in some cases we're talking about 8, 9 inches of rainfall. this is not knoll, this is rainfall. just in a matter

built for business. >>> investigation into the i.r.s. onservative groups continued today. but the house hearing didn't exactly go as planned. our own cnbc's morgan brennan has the details. good evening. >> good evening, larry. congressman issa has tried to get lois lerner to talk, she's done so in the past and did so again today >> my counsel has advised me i have not waived my constitutional rights, and on his advice, i will decline to answer any question on the subject matter. i respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right. my fifth amendment right. my. i respectfully dlan to answer that question. >> reporter: in all she repeated that same line nine times. clearly frustrated chairman issa called an bankrupt end to the hearing. >> seeking the truth is the obligation of this committee. i can see no point in going further. i have no expectations that ms. lerner will cooperate with this committee and therefore we are adjourned. >> chairman, i have a state. mr. chairman, you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. this i

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cut the mike to ranking member elijah cummings yesterday during the hearing with a former head of the i.r.slois lerner. >> i'm not sure this move will change house speaker john boehner, but you have to look at the politics. as you and i were discussing about this yesterday, if you are arguing this isn't political, this is a legitimate investigation, cutting off the the democrats on the committee isn't a good way to dispel a lot of those concerns and that kind of speculation. you know, also at c pac today i was hearing from paul ryan if we're in the majority we need robust debate, and again cutting off the mike of the ranking member, whether you're a democrat object republican doesn't further something like that. >> also on this letter, congresswoman fudge and the cbc is calling for boehner to take action. they're saying that issa also needs to publicly apologize for this as well. so thank you, mark, for reacting to a lot of developing and interesting news coming out of d.c. and around the area. thanks, mark. >> hey, thanks so much, tam rom. >>> from the first person to go inside oscar pisto

and whether the i.r.s. regulations of tax-exempt organizations and political activities should be delayed. i don't want did get into the cames of that, but the real question, really? in the middle of an international crisis...congress is going to get involved in the inside politics? >> the i.m.f. reform is necessary if you want to help the ukraine which is why we had 14-3 bipartisan vote in the committee and why many senators, including senator john mccain and senator corker and others are ready to vote with us to boost package because you need to stabilize the ukraine economically as part of the solution to the security threat. only the i.m.f. --. >> but, senator, is that wise? if that holds up action, is it wise? >> listen, you can just send $1 billion in loan guarantee which is significant but at the end of the day the house of representatives did not even pass any sanctions which we have in our legislation and we believe are biding. can you have a fig leaf or have something meaningful and that is what is