as rights of tea party groups are any question, a top irs official invoked her 5th amendment right to silence. siln >> i will not answer any any questions or testify today. >> reporter: instead lois lerner director of the irs tax x exempt office asserted her innocence in a written remark. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any irs rules or regulations and i have not provided false information o to this or any otherr congressional committee.nal co >> reporter: soon after the the chairman of the house oversightt committee told lerner to leavete the hearing.the >> the witness and counsel are dismissed. >> reporter: also testifyingg doug shulman the former director of the irs is testifying that h didn't tell congress for two o years the irs was being probed. >> i had some the facts, not al of the facts. i had no idea of the scope and severity. i didn't know the full list, i t didn't know who was on the list. >> reporter: communityity members frustrated over the lacr of irs cooperation grew angry. >> miss lerner gets to exerciser her constitu

top irs official is pleading the fifth. lois lerner, the head of the exempt organization's division will not answer questions on the irs scandal tomorrow. darrell isiah is here to talk about that. the man who ran the irs agency. grilling former commissioner douglas shulman. >>> the american people deserve to know the truth about what went on here. they deserve to know why the truth was kept from them for so long. >> how did this happen? >> mr. chairman, i can't say. i can't say that i know that answer. >> you're the commissioner. >> i'm six months out -- >> you got some sense of the outfit. you were the commissioner for six years. >> i don't think i can answer that question. >> i'm disappointed. you've had time to think about this. you certainly have more thought than that. >> what i knew was there was a list. i did know that tea party was on it. i didn't know what else was on the list. i had a partial set of facts. and i knew that the inspector general was going to be looking into it. i knew that it was being stopped. >> th

. >>> in washington, top irs officials knew as far back as 20 11 that agents were singling out non-profit groups. what the white house response has been so far. >>> but first, martin savidge' exclusive interview with the brothers of kid naps suspect ariel castro. martin joins us live from cleveland. martin, this is the first time pedro and onil castro have spoken out. what did they tell you? >> they have so much that they have to say. it was really difficult to figure out where do we begin this conversation. we talk about it all. we talk about the first moments which they were taken into custody. they say for 36 to 48 hours they had no idea why they were even being held. but most of all what they wanted to talk about was the fact that they are so grateful, so glad, so happy that these three young women have finally been freed from the grips of the horrible home on seymour street an also what they wanted people to know was that they this in no way had had anything to do with the crimes of their brother but they're afraid now that they'll be forever condemned. listen. do you worry now that

see you tomorrow. >> greta: tonight, did top irs official lois lerner outmart the congress? y after getting out her own message. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken laws, broken irs rules or regulations. i've been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. >> she just testified. she just waived her fifth amendment right to privilege. you don't get to tell your side of the story and then not be subjected to cross-examination.

. >> greta: tonight, did top irs official lois lerner outmart the congress? she took the fifth, but only after getting out her own message. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken laws, broken irs rules or regulations. i've been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. >> she just testified. she just waived her fifth amendment right to privilege. you don't get to tell your side of the story and then not be subjected to cross-examination. that's not the way it works. she waived her right to the fifth amendment privilege by issuing an opening statement. she ought to stand here and answer our questions. >> sir, you misled congress, misled congress. make no question about it. you told us one thing, when you learned that our suspicions were true, when you learned that there was a list, you did nothing. >> you sure you didn't talk to "ñ the white house about this issue, mr. shulman? >> about singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny? >> well, th

lawmakers here on capitol hill are requesting a full lineup of top irs officials to answer questions. president obama is cleaning house at the irs, acting commissioner steven miller is out and more heads could roll in the scandal over the irs targeting of conservative political groups. >> it's inexcusable. americans are right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate the behavior. >> miller is one of three officials asking whether they were giving scrutiny to tea party groups or denied it. some lawmakers are asking whether the white house encouraged the targeting of conservative groups during the election cycle. >> where did that come from? did this come from a directive? we need the answers now. >> reporter: miller is scheduled to testify on friday before the house ways and means committee. it will be the first of a series of hearings into irs conduct. the misconduct started in 2010 at an irs office in cincinnati, where specialists determined whether organizations qualify for tax exempt status. that's where they began screening application, using the search wo

. >> and yesterday, a second top irs official announced he's stepping down amid this controversy. see more resignations? and do we expect to see them at other agencies? >> joseph grant, the official at the ir is rks in charge of the division that was targeting the conservative groups did step down yesterday. i do think we could see more resignations. i think that as investigations continue, including today's hearing, we could have more details. >>> earlier in week, john boehner suggested this might go beyond resignations and someone might go to jail over the irs scandal. to some, that sounded like an overreach. is there evidence of criminal act ivit activity? >> i thing it's too early to tell. there are a lot of questions. conservatives have criticized the president pretty hard in that rhetoric. i expect it to continue. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you, kevin. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up, a look back at the week that was. and bill and richard will join us in our first buzz. ld is exhausting business. with the innovating and the transforming and the revolutioniz

the president did not know anything about the irs targeting conservative groups. even though his top advisors did. also new information from the daily caller web site, it says ms. ruemmler met with christophered me, chief counsel for the treasury department which overseas the irs three times last fall. the two had never met one-on-one before. ed me is a long time left-wing activist who apparently knew about the irs investigation a year ago. it's clear ms. ruemmler and mr. mead must testify in front of congress and white house chief of staff mcdonough must as well. the country needs their sworn testimony. especially after lois lerner who oversaw the irs abuse took the fifth yesterday. irs story just beginning to surface. that's the memo. top story tonight, two opposing views of the situation. first up from los angeles ben stein. and you say? >> oh i say that something is clearly wrong here. we don't have a top irs official taking the fifth amendment if there is no likelihood that a crime was committed. why bother inducting privilege self-incrimination unless there is some self-incrimi

they are set to grill a top irs watchdog as a focus and intensity of the investigation ramps up.these new complaints from religious groups are getting quite serious attention. elizabeth pranm has who are details on on this. >> reporter: among the claims the irs says conservative groups or patriots in their titles while applying for tax exempt status. agency may have paid specific attention to religious organizations. according to religion news service, biblical recorder a baptist news and billy graham organization was targeted back in 2012 and catholic league says it was targeted after the 2008 election. at the time the irs claimed that intervened in the political campaign. the catholics united education fund claims it languished for years before the registration was approved. and chris voices for life says it was delayed in its application for tax exempt status back if 2011. other groups have cited issues and delays with the irs. lawmakers steven miller the retiring and acting irs commissioner. >> this is problem that the irs being too large, too powerful, too inintrusive and to

whether they let the irs at the time directed it. whoever is at the top is absolutely acceptable. unfair targeting of the tea party groups, the other thing could be cultural competence. to get tax-exempt status you cannot be engaged political activity. but it is not always clear. neil: media matters in texas. >> i don't work for them. neil: i am not saying you do. >> if you contribute on your work-related blackberry, is that political activity? they say they sound political celebs do due diligence as opposed to groups who are cancer related or disease-related. >> it was like constitution, right-wing politically. president obama has acknowledged this, they improperly weighed the political terms, corrected for it anddthen they went back. >> cut your short load. neil: to these gentlemen's point whether it was deliberate or accidental, if you are out of the loop, you know about it. i don't know if that is going to cut it. >> everybody tried the obama administration. he pointed out several times they hired 16,000 people to handle obamacare. we had to instruct these guys artothe same hi

president obama is promising to hold top irs officials accountable for the agency's targeting of conservative political groups. >> i have no patience with it. i will not tolerate it. we will make sure we find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: the internal revenue service admits using extra scrutiny when tea party organizations and other conservative groups applied for tax exempt status. lawmakers want to know who knew about it and why they were repeatedly told it was not happening. >> it appears as though there was some plan behind it. we don't know how far it goes. who ordered this to be done. >> reporter: cbs news has obtained a treasury department time line of developments. it shows irs specialists first began singling out tea party groups in march of 2010. the groups complained and more than a year later in june of 2011, the house ways and means committee send the first of three letters to the irs asking if it was targeting conservative groups. the irs said no insisting the agency was apolitical and nonpartisan. acting irs commissioner steven miller signed some of the responses to l

top irs officials knew as far back as 2011 that agents were singling out these nonprofit conservative groups and making it harder for them to get tax exempt status. that's all in a new treasury department report that we are expecting to come out this week. cnn athena jones joining us live from washington. athena, officials are looking to see if the irs actually broke the rules by playing politics. >> good morning, brianna. this is something that has a lot of people upset. the american civil liberty union says playing with the tax code is as constitutionally troubling as it gets. that's what the irs is accused of doing. i spoke with an official for tax administration. that's the agency that's handling this rekview. they're doing this audit at the request of congress to look into the agency's operations and programs and make recommendations. this is something the white house says they support. spokesman jay carney told reporters this on friday and he released another statement yesterday saying if the inspector general find that there were any rules broken or that the conduct of governme

of 2012 and fees demanded answers frothe irs percents he may not be getting in tomorrow from the top irse who is iolved in it the treatments ofhe conservative groups. the official debt reviewed the nonprofit group's plans to invoke the fifth amendment that the houseoversight committee tomorrow. joiningus, a member ofhe oversight as a government refor commitas well as a member of the judiciary committee. it's havyou with us. >> good to be with you. lou: are you surprised that he has decided to take the that th memory? >> we don't know that she wl do that. we hope she' a public service, in the middle of this scandal. we hope this she is wng to come there and like a publi sernt an individual who works for the american taxyer will come and answer the qutions, we will see tomorrow what ppens. lou: still under subpoen. all of that discussion that we ave heard in the media, well, from senators and congrsman, people seem to be as sure as to whether or not anyone would go to jail in the scandal. apparently somebody thinks that they could go to jail because she is taking the fifth amendment. isn't

it is the president as well, touting the resignation of miller and the other top irs commissioner butnot tell you american people that the irs predator has now become that person. stuart: the heavy carrier name and the policy number. who says notes the irs? i want to see real barriers, and they are not here. >> their job is to simply collect financial information on which a determination is made as to which somebody can get a subsidy for their premiums, is that correct? stuart: that is all. speak of a responsible for part of your premium directly to the insurance company, and we know the irs delays, that is how they target their political enemies. so if you have an insurance pl plan, and the irs and the treasury delayed their part of your premium, your insurance company can stop paying your doctor and your hospital. what if they are dealing with cancer? speaker there is a very simple question that was raised here. does the irs, can the irs have access to my personal medical history? >> in my judgment they can. they have failed to provide the privacy protections despite many demands fr

number one tonight, a second top official is out at the irs. hat targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. and that's "the fox report's" top five on this day 1929 a hollywood tradition was born with the first academy awards ceremony things were much different back then, duh. sound had just been introduced to movies. so only silent films were up for award. about 250 people attended. tickets? they were five bucks. forget about the expense. the academy had already announced the winners months before the ceremony. that changed in 1940 with the start of those iconic envelopes. but oscar first arrived in tinseltown 84 years ago today. and they have been loving themselves ever since, haven't they now you know the news for this thursday, may 16th, 2013. i'm back tomorrow, noon pacific, 3:00 eastern for "studio b." back here for fox report right before this happens. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> my main concern is fixing the problem. >> and there are plenty of them to be fixed. the president is facing scrutiny on three fronts. >>

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irs. the committee's top democrat went after former irs commissioner douglas shulman for saying back in marchhat there was absolutely no targeting taking place. and then not correcting the record. >> at the time i learned about this list, i felt i was taking the appropriate actions and that my course was the proper one and i still feel that way today. >> i'm sorry, that's simply not good enough. you personally knew there was a target list. >> the committee wants to know how high knowledge of the targeting went and who ordered it. shulman acknowledged to the committee that he visited the white house 118 times during his tenure as commissioner. >> you are very aware of the fact that you are under oath today. >> very aware of that. >> and your testimony, to be very clear, in response to this mr. jordan's question, is that you have never had any conversation with respect to this subject, the subject of this hearing, with anybody at the white house though you were at the white house 118 times? >> yeah, i mean just so i'm clear, i have no memory, would have been appropriate. >> after 118 visits. ch

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lawmakers demanding answers from the revenue service that report top irs officials did know about the targeting agency conservative group for special scrutiny. the irs knew it was happening as far back as 2011. earlier this week they apologized for targeting groups with tea party or patriots in their names. a story governor huckabee has been talking about law americas say john mccain calling the white house's actions a willful cover up. others saying more testimony is needed to uncover the truth. some democrat lawmakers are saying they believe it is driven bipartisan politics. four americans were killed in the attacks including the u.s. ambassador to libya. i am marianne rafferty. now back to "huckabee." for the latest headlines log on to foxnews.com. faulkner and no back to huckabee. >> we have just seen a powerful testimony of a mom with a broken heart. will we get answers and where will those answers take us? joining me is grechin carlsson and advoicer to clinton's campaign ja mu grown. and edspays klein. >> thank you for being here. you are a mom. can you relate to how show feels

irs. work it top down, bottom up and get information in public hearings. and the focus needs to be on what the irs is confessed to and see fit broadens out from there. >> we're going to -- . >> i don't think democrats goring to be that helpful. we'll see. >> sean: i want to ask you about ap and press and phone records they've been looking into it. for months we'll have more with the great one right after the break. still ahead tonight kentucky senator rand paul and the former vice president of the united states, dick cheney. more reaction to this, benghazi cover ups, irs enemies list and asking you get to pick the video of the day. the winner running that video in it's entirety at the end of the show. time for a sneak peek at option number one. we're calling this audio clip of the day. this is what happens when a radio host has a bit too much to drink before, well go,ing on air. >> and so that is i'm not drunk, i have had a couple drinks. i'm not drunk. that is that. oh. is my love saying that this is working. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjo

meanwhile, republicans also are raising questions about sarah hall ingram, a top irs official who was the head of the irs's tax exempt division while this targeting was going on. here you can see her bonuses and salaries during the time that conservative groups were feeling the heat from the tax agency. now ingram is in charge of the irs's office that will implement obamacare, monitoring everyone's health insurance and taxes and fines associated with the health care law. and that worries some in the gop. >> she provided horrendous customer service under her watch and now she's going to do the same implementing obamacare. swell. this is the perfect -- this is a perfect example of why we need tax reform. >> but democrats say ingram's successor did not find out about the targeting until six months after. ingram was reassigned to the obamacare division and say it's unfair to suggest she had anything to do with the targeting. >> you're satisfied with miss ingram being in charge of the irs responsibilities now? >> i have heard that i don't know personally, but i've heard that she has a high

street journal, an upcoming report from the treasurely department's inspector general will reveal a top irs lawyer was informed about this practice in june of 2011. however, almost a year later after she was briefing her boss, the commissioner of the irs appeared before lawmakers in congress and denied this was taking place. watch this. >> kwan give us assurances that the irs is not targeting tick groups baseed on political leanings? >> first, yes, i can give you assurances. we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. so there's absolutely no targeting that the kind of back and forth that happens when people apply for 501 status. >> joining me, somebody who had been working behind the scenes for years to expose the abuse of power by the irs and the obama administration, mark levine. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you, sean. >> all right. that comment that we just played by the head of the irs denying that this was taking place, even though they knew about it a year prior, that was one day later you, through your organization, a landmark legal foundation, file

yesterday at that hearing for the irs, the top irs guy said he knew about the investigation in may 2012, that's six months before the election. in miller was asked what did you do about it. mr. miller said we held workshops for our employees on this target. bill: i don't know how we can look down the road. what is the possibility of a long-term effect. >> reporter: this scandal will drag into the summer and maybe the fall. there may be an independent special prosecutor appointed. it will drag on as the obama-care legislation is being implemented. can you do two things in can you handle these scandals and implement obama-care which is highly contentious and do it all at the same time and stay on schedule in that's in some doubt. bill: stuart varney leading our coverage in new york. martha: let's give you background on lois lerner. she has been the head of the division since 2005 and was responsible for okaying 800,000 tax exempt organizations. she'll be at the big table in the congressional hearing in a little while from now. bill: one of th one of them aske questions. here is how that w

they want to keep pressing, find answers and find out how far does this go to the top of the irs. >>go further up the food chain, irs, treasury, into the white house? we already know that news travels fast. it never got to the oval office, however, until very late in the game. will congress pursue the food chain? >> congress is looking like a crossword puzzle. the white house says it wasn't involved. that doesn't mean the white house council, top treasury officials weren't involved. the question republicans will ask when they get back from recess is this, who let lois lerner do this? was she a rogue agent or involved in a broader plot within the administration. >> i'm telling you, soar ra hall ingarages i may be wrong, she was lois lerner's boss for several years when this thing exploded. she needs to be able to testify in front of the of these committees. thank you, robert acosta, national review, thank you very much. >>> let us go to the former amentioned jay sekelow. foodr today they filed against the attorney general, treasury secretary and is irs. our guest host is with us. jay,

. >> top irs official lois lerner takes the fifth amendment looking into the irs scandal. and there are other fireworks at the hearing. listen to this one. >> 118 times, you were at the white house, 132 members of congress contact you about this information, 42 major news stories

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a watchdog group says top irs officials did know what was happening as far back as 2011. now congress is getting involved. as we learn of the slew of questions law americas want answered. peter doocy with the news for us in washington now. peter? >> lawmakers are live individual over reports that the federal government views the investigation to unfairly target conservative groups as we know treasury department group revealed the words tea party and patriot were among triggers that spent several months worth of applications for tax exempt status to teams of specialists. they did have agents who were engaged in intimidation of political groups is as daefrnges a problem the government can have. this can spend a chill up your spine. the president believed the american people suspect and deserve with the highest level of integrity working in government agencies. they expect swift punishment for the officials responsible for this misconduct. >> i am concerned about that. my understanding is the inspector general is doing the report. the report should be out shortly. we have to

a top irs official lois lerner took the fifth amendment, fueling gop cries of a cover-up. now nbc news congressional correspondent kelly o'donnell is reporting as i speak a source tells nbc news lerner has been placed on administrative leave. there's no denying the administration missteps, i have to ask, what right does he have to speak on any matter involving ethics? karen finney and ron reagan are both msnbc political analysts. i'll let you both speak your mind. that's why you're here, karen and ron. my view is this. screw-ups are not need for penitential action. when reince priebus crosses the line to giving us moral leadership, we must laugh. it has opened, of course, the door for gop featherweights like rnc chair reince priebus to launch accusations. they sound serious. priebus tweeted. "great show with sean hannity tonight. it's lawlessness and guerilla warfare and obama is is in the middle of it." this morning he doubled down on those accusations. here he was on "morning joe." i don't know why they put him on. i guess they're open to all people's points of view on t