cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the imperial presidency barack obama ran for president in two thousand and eight as an alternative today his record is clear obama has expanded and institutionalized some of the more appalling aspects of the insecure and upset state that he inherited today the president claims unprecedented executive privilege in the name of security is obama casting aside the rule of law and other constitutional rights . to cross-talk america's imperial presidency i'm joined by my guest michael kugel man in washington he is a south asia associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in new york we cross to george said muley he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the upcoming book bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia . gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it you know michael thank go to you first we're calling this program the imperial presidency and and i'm thinking back to rich

. the continuing tropical [ bleep ] storm, that is rocking the obama administration. >> i understand the republicans are still very angry that obama care is law. what's sad is if they try to use this as an excuse to try to repeal obama care. >> the irs has a role to play in the implementation of obama care. >> remember, the irs is the enforcement arm for the president -- >> there's a republican playbook here -- >> which is another reason why if we had the opportunity to do it, we ought to pull it out, root and branch. >> guess who the republicans are! >> really, tea party? really? you're surprised that you're targeted by the irs? you named yourself after a group of people who proudly and historically violated tax laws. >> we're not going to let that distract us and the president from actually doing the people's work and fighting the middle class. >> too often, our politics aren't focused on the same things you are. >> we actually have a political party and a force in this country that thinks it's the right, morally correct thing to do to have a vote and to take insurance away from a

president obama. let's all be captioning sponsored by comedy central ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] good to have you with us. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: oh, i love a zombie army. have a seat. nation, you know, folks, if you watch the news like i do, it seems like lately president obama cannot swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of scandal. which reminds me, what's he doing with all these dead cats? the challenge is, folks, which one to cover. as always, i look to my journalistic heroes: cronkite, murrow, barker. so tonight, i am proud to introduce for the first time on the colbert report the obama scandal booth. [ cheers and applause ] welcome. welcome to the obama scandal booth. brought to you by mazda and the scandalously sleek redesign of the all new 2014 mazda six. mazda: it's not your father's oldsmobile. because it's a mazda. now inside this booth are slips of paper, each with the name of a white house scandal: i.r.s., a.p., benghazi, immortal scorpion soldiers. oh, it's co

for president obama. on sunday he toured the tornado damage in oklahoma. yesterday he laid a wreath of the tomb of unknown and he returned to jersey shore 7 months after super storm sandy. >> i'm thrilled with the progress we've made the last seven months,we had the chance to show the president earlier today. >> last week my advisors asked me, mr. president, do you want to spend next tuesday or in washington or would you rather spend it the injuries si shore. i have to make tough decisions as president but this wasn't one of them. >> dana: presidency must go on despite three scandals with congress in recess. the white house could shift focus away from them. they reportedly advised staffers to spend 10% of their time on the controversies but bob schieffer had this advice. >> president needs to rethink his entire communications poliy top to bottom. it is hurting his credibility and short changing the public. >> dana: so we're going to kick this around. eric, president obama goes to jersey shore. one of the things if i were governor christie, the tourism industry is a $40 billion indu

bureaucrats are like so for president obama that they were purposely doing things against a key party, which may not be what it is. the second thing is, i think what we see here with the right is a strategy to keep pushing, pushing, pushing on the president and pushing on the administration, hoping to produce a scandal so there is no scandal yet and get them off sort of doing what they are doing, get them to say one thing that might be slightly not true and all of a sudden you can move towards these other things. i think it's a strategy to generate the scandal. >> well, i think that you are right. i mean, clearly in terms of the irs let's not forget that there was a bush appointee and for someone to say that they would look the other way, when as you say a bush appointee said it was on the other side, let's deal with the real fact here. eight people went to jail under george bush. that's a scandal. i mean, we're talking about -- if you want to talk about scandals under the administration of his predecessor of the president's predecessor, eight people went to jail. that's scandal louse. >> sc

outspoken against obama. two agents came to our home. we'll have more on that story tomorrow. >> that is a good tease. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ >> we have a couple of marins that look good. i have a change of suit but i don't know about our prime minister. there we g. that's good. you guys, i am 0 about it. >> when it rains it pours. good evening. i am bret baier. the steady drizzle that forced president obama under umbrella provided new disclosures in the big three scandals that we have told you about and two more potential problems that lomb like thunderclouds. we have fox team coverage. how the justice department lost track of terrorist on the criminal program. we begin with wendal goular and the president navigating the choppy waters of three scandals. >> the chairman. irs and his was the second head to fall in the scandals that president obama wrestled this week. in a q & a session president obama said the white house and congress can fix the problems of the irs without the need of the special counsel and the tea party groups seeking tax exempt status. he was asked if an

problems for the obama white house gets full media attention. plus, an abortion doctor gets convicted of murder. the media finally show up. o.j. is back in the news. and the press is none too kind. and what is scott pelley talking about here? >> our house is on fire. >> covering the coverage on this special edition of "fox news watch." on the panel this weekers fox news contributor juddy miller, cal thomas, jim pinkerton, contributing editor, the american conservative magazine, meryl brown, director of month claire state university school of communication and media. richard granel, former spokesman to the last four ambassadors to the united nations. i'm john scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> it says no subpoena may be issued to any member of the news media or for the telephone toll records of any member of the news media without the express authorization of the attorney general. did you delegate that express authorization in writing to mr. cole? >> no, i don't think the recusal -- we looked for this. i don't think there is anything in writing with regard to my recusal, which is a

year warning gun owners all over this country that have re-elected president obama would launch an all out historic attack against our second amendment and the personal freedom of hundreds of millions of law abiding americans. when i said that the news media called me paranoid, obama vehemently denied his anti-gun agenda, mocked us. they even went to the extent of passing out fliers saying he would protect our rights. and a lot of americans were deceived into believing him. deceived. it sure didn't take long for barack obama to show himself, the real barack obama. even before he was sworn into office, before his inauguration, the president launched an all out historic attack, a siege against our rights from gun bans to magazine bans to convoluted schemes of registration of every gun owner in america, from executive orders voted on by non-to vice presidential conventions and a flurry of legislative attacks to treaties to gut our second amendment. speeches and anti-gun rallies, media appearances and the heavy handed weight of the presidential bully pulpit. there is nothing the presid

to join us. president obama will also travel to oklahoma tomorrow to survey the damage and visit with families and first responders. i want to bring in andrew rice the former democratic leader of the oklahoma state senate. currently the executive director of the variety care foundation which seeks to make health care available to low-income families. he comes to us from oklahoma city miles from the hard hit town of moore. andrew thanks for being with us today. i guess just to start, it's been less than a week since the disaster. you have the president coming this weekend. you know, what is the mood like with people here you're talking to. is it starting to change a little bit now that it's been a few days? >> yeah, i think the whole city has been a rough week for everybody, obviously mostly for people in moore, but as it's starting to settle more and you get in the second wave of recovery, people digging through their belongings and starting to figure out where they can get help, i think the city is starting to see the long term and understand it will be a long time to recover. >

you what happened to jay carney. >> i don't think obama had anything to do with it you know, maybe he didn't. sometimes things go wrong. >> bill: jesse watters goes into obama territory. will the president supporters stand by their man? >> you didn't have a lot/áiw of high hopes for transparency to begin with? >> no. it's the u.s. government. >> bill: also tonight, dennis miller going wild over the irs. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the irs scandal getting even more intense. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today, the woman in charge of the irs department of tax exempt organizations refused to testify in front of the house oversight committee. >> 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. >> bill: all right. now ms. lerner still on the job if you can believe it she should be suspended immediately. yes, she has the right to remain silent. b

capehart, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> obama tells it like it is. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. president obama was at the top of his form today speaking logically and authentically to the american people about something truly important. protecting the u.s. in a time of danger. most powerful, i think, was the clarity of his arguments regarding drones. the targeting of americans who are making war on their country right now, and what to do with those prisoners down in guantanamo bay. on each point of action he raised the quite reasonable questions of whether a conscientious president can avoid acting as he has done. most powerful, i think, was the matter he handled the woman who kept crying out, interrupting hill. why i have no idea why his host down there allowed this to go on as long as it did, the president managed to present the callout as an example of democratic government in action. it was, i believe, the kind of presidential leadership many of us applaud. it probabl

several fronts. how badly will all these controversies damage mr. obama? we'll have the best analysis in the business. >> it had a big impact on me. it was chilling on the other peel, too. >> a factor investigation. did the irs target big money conservative donors? we'll talk with the man who got hammered by the tax people. >> what do you think about the latest that's been going on with the benghazi investigation? >> i haven't really been following it that much. >> i haven't been following too closely. >> and the factor hits the streets to find out how much americans know about the controversies. >> i'm bad with current events. >> what have we been doing the past few months? >> bur to enter the no spin zone. a special edition of the factor. scandals, the bomb shells rocking washington. begins right now. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the president of the united states under siege. that's the subject of the evening's talking points memo. the obama administration has trouble on three fronts as you may know. the irs illegally investigating conservatives. the

happened to that? the obama administration is now stonewalling three separate controversies. and it is paying a terrible price. >> how does the president say with a straight face americans who trust their government? >> bill: tonight, we will report on all the controversies with bob beckel, kirsten powers, dennis miller, james rosen, and carl cameron. >> bill o'reilly wants to know how you think the country is doing right now. >> it's a longer discussion than a red carpet. bill buy the world stunned by actress angelina jolie underwent a double mastectomy. a close friend of ours did that as well. we will talk about e.d. hill about her discussion. >> late breaking news. the president fires the head of the irs. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the obama administration going south fast. can it save itself that is the subject of this east coast's talking points memo. headline right now the irs scandal could be worse than benghazi as the president fires irs chief stephan miller. at this po

that up the flagpole. i wouldn't be surprised if president obama learned that osama bin laden was killed when he saw himself announcing it on television. >> i don't think that anyone believes the president has given a sufficient answer for america. i think this is just the beginning. >> you didn't just hallucinate. i promise that really happened. and you know what? i want to congratulate the media today and the comedians. finally, they are seeing what we have been saying for years, welcome to 2007. >> of course, it's all on the heels of the a.p. scandal. they get a little taste of what we've been talking about for a long time. here's the problem. president obama has a chicago-style ring around him. valerie jarrett, eric holder, jack lew, jay carney. they lock arms and form a ring around president obama so even if he is calling the shots from within the ring, that ring is shielding him as the blowback comes back to him. but there's a way to break the ring. remind people about all these scandals. we have to stay on it. benghazi is huge. we have to stay on benghazi. keep reminding pe

city and slightly balmy. >> greg: one week ago president obama said this about government. >> you have grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government is nothing more than a some sinister entity at the root of all our problems, you should reject all these voices, because what they suggest that our our unique experiment in self rule is a sham which we can't be trusted. >> greg: about those voices, first they said benghazi about and then they say the irs and now the doj. you never know with our media will put up with everything. a.p.'s editor called obama clearly distressing. that is an understatement. what can you expect president obama snooping on the a.p. is like a husband keeping tabs on his wife. why don't you trust me. after all that dirt i dug up, you still don't love me. but it's on a.p. for trusting obama. left's golden rule, all is permissible but i need not tolerated you which is why you can target the tea party. sadly the a.p. knows what that is like. so we've got three scandals a flurry of corruption that has heads spinning faster an load of wet laundry. if

on terror was unveiled by president obama in a major speech on america's national defense policies for the second time in five years he promised to try and shut. but when it came to drone warfare the president appeared less enthusiastic about change promising only vague guidelines a washington correspondent reports. president obama says he's appointing new people new on voice at the state department and the pentagon who will specifically work on the transfers of one ton of detainees it is not really specify when the transfers will begin or how this will be done but he did say the administration is lifting the ban on transfers to yemen the yemenis are the largest single group of prisoners at guantanamo fifty six out of eighty six detainees who've been cleared for release are from yemen president obama also says he asked congress to lift restrictions on bringing the detainees to the u.s. to be tried by military commissions here in the states looks like after all these years of inaction indifference and injustice one ton of detainees finally got president obama's attention it's just r

the most controversial policies of the obama administration has been there as a collision of drone warfare there's been a lot of conflicting reports on the upside of drone use with john brennan even having claimed to once that they cause no civilian casualties however that couldn't be farther from the truth recent reports show that there are four thousand seven hundred deaths associated with these so-called targeted killings and of course that number continues to grow by the day it's an issue that's a listening outcry from thousands of people across the world leading president obama to sign a policy just last week hoping to quell the dissent by providing guidelines for oversight and accountability of drones going forward the fact she released to the public outlines a number of preconditions for using lethal force including that the threat be imminent and capture not feasible but interestingly enough all of these preconditions would be excused under quote extraordinary circumstances without any clear definition of what that might entail so to talk about this new policy obama's orwel

." >>> benghazi, the irs, the ap phone scandals. president obama is knee deep in three scandals that threaten his credibility. from the man who promised transparency, we sure don't seem to be getting very much. >> can you assure the american people that nobody in the white house knew about the agency's actions before your counsel's office found out on april 22nd? >> i can assure you that i certainly did not know anything about the ig report before the ig report had been leaked through press -- through the press. >> and it looks like attorney general eric holder is taking the cue from the boss. he was grilled on capitol hill yesterday about the ap and irs scandals and we sure did hear a lot of this. >> i don't know. i don't know what has happened in this matter. i don't know. i don't know. i assume he was, but i don't know. that i don't know. i don't know why that didn't happen. i don't know. that i'm not sure. we probably have to get back to you on an apes. i just don't know. i don't know whether or not -- what funds are being used or whether that letter would apply to that effort. i

about it. >> you don't have to be sherlock holmes. >> the irs was all about electing obama. >> it should not matter what political stripe you're from. the irs has to operate with absolute integrity. >> the president called them tea baggers. he said he wanted to punish his enemies. >> when citizens fear the government, there is tyranny. >> the internal revenue service will be the enforcing mechanism of obama care. >> it's clear they were on a jihad. >> bureaucracy on spring break gone wild. >>> good afternoon. we begin with a scandal that is gripping the republican party as they try to gauge just how far they can stretch the parameters of controversy that are troubling the white house. at this hour, the president is doing his level best to get on with governing. meeting with defense secretary hagel to address the troubling frequency of sexual assault in the military. earlier today he met with the turkish prime minister. the grave crisis in syria central to their discussions as well as security in the broader region. and responding to the outcry over benghazi, the president announce

challenging me. we will show you what happened and analyze the growing pressure on president obama. this is about getting to the truth so people can be held accountable and we can prevent this from happening again. >> what does senator rubio think about what makes the baby mushy in philadelphia, there is another doctor under scrutiny. is it legal will have the story. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. analyzing the side show. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. with president obama calling the benghazi controversy a side show yesterday. it is instructive to look at public opinion on the issue right now. according to the new pew research poll 56% of americans not really falling the benghazi story. something talking points put forth last week. 44% are interested. 37% believe the obama administration has been honest about benghazi. 40% say they have been dishonest. 23% don't know. this week two more stories broke that cast doubt about whether the obama administr

this is "the kudlow report." a very rough 48 hours for team obama. the hard questions for the white house just keep coming. is his whole second term going up in smoke? we begin tonight with the growing irs scandal, which has the administration in full-scale damage control mode. and just over an hour ago, the highly anticipated inspector general's report on this was released. cnbc's eamon javers joins us with details. good evening. >> good evening, this is the report you're talking about. it's a report from the inspector general, who deals with the irs. let's walk through a couple key findings here that have been absorbing washington over the past couple days. now is our first chance to actually dive in and read the report. here's what they said they found. they found that the irs has used inappropriate criteria that identified tea party and other groups applying for tax exempt status. the irs also caused delays in processing certain applications, and it issued unnecessary information requests to groups for information such as who their donors are and other identifying information ab

obama met with mexico's president, enrique pena nieto this week. president nieto was sworn in five months ago and has new watershed priorities for his country. one, drug war. mexico wants to curtail the u.s. role in fighting mexico's drug cartels and narcotics trafficking. president nieto wants to limit how much intelligence is shared between the two nations. joint u.s.-mexico operations against top drug king pins may be subordinated to mexico only controlled operations to protect its citizens against crimes like kidnapping and extortion. two, economic ties. nieto is working to break telecom monopolies in mexico, to rework the nation's tax code, to expand the oil industry. president nieto wants new trade agreements with the u.s. and with other nations. trade between the u.s. and mexico going both ways was $520 billion in 20 126789 mexico is the u.s.'s second biggest export market for u.s. goods and for 22 of our 50 u.s. states mexico is the number one export market. on the flip side, the u.s. is the number one buyer of mexican goods. three, immigration reform. another big obama mex

obama administration is now stonewalling three separate controversies. and it is paying a terrible price. >> how does the president say with a straight face americans who trust their government? >> bill: tonight, we will report on all the controversies with bob beckel, kirsten powers, dennis miller, james rosen, and carl cameron. >> bill o'reilly wants to know how you think the country is doing right now. >> it's a longer discussion than a red carpet. bill buy the world stunned by actress angelina jolie underwent a double mastectomy. a close friend of ours did that as well. we will talk about e.d. hill about her discussion. >> late breaking news. the president fires the head of the irs. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the obama administration going south fast. can it save itself that is the subject of this east coast's talking points memo. headline right now the irs scandal could be worse than benghazi as the president fires irs chief stephan miller. at this point mr. obama had

president obama's term in office may have altered the shape of the united states crosstalk is next. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the imperial presidency barack obama ran for president in two thousand and eight as an alternative today his record is clear obama has expanded and institutionalized some of the more appalling aspects of the insecurity and obsessed state that he inherited today the president claims unprecedented executive privilege in the name of security is obama casting aside the rule of law and other constitutional rights . to cross-talk america's imperial presidency i'm joined by my guest michael kugel a man in washington he is a south asia associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in new york we cross to george simulations he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the upcoming book bombs for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encou

-examination. the congressman will be joining us in the latest in obama irs scandal. the entire obama administration at times, seems to be hunk erring downberring down behind a stonewall. it has been now to wall off the irs, frustrating for democrats as well as republican congressmen. here is democrat steven lynch of massachusets. >> if this committee is prevented by obstruct or refusal to answer, the questions that we need to get to the bottom of this, you will leave us no alternative but to ask for the appointment of a special prosecutor, there will be hell to pay if that is the route we choose to go down. lou: weekly stanc standard. prior to joining the irs, learner of head of the enforcement officer at the federal elect commission, the christian coalition accuses the fec in late '90s of conducting an uncalled for investigation, into issues advocacy, that cost the coalition hundreds of thousands to defend the case was dropped. now we know why president obama has scheduled what his administration is styling as a major national security -- tomorrow, obama administration acknowledging

cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs. >> bill: dan rather talking about barack obama's enemies. goldberg has analysis about the foes of the president. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. could be a bad week for president obama and hillary clinton. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. three key witnesses are expected to testify on wednesday about the murder of u.s. ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans in benghazi, libya on september 11th. while many americans have no idea what's going on, factor viewers most like know that the obama administration at first told the world the attack was a spontaneous anti--american action. instead, it was a well-planned terrorist attack likely by al qaeda agents. so the testimony this week could be devastating to the obama administration and to hillary clinton who ran the state department at the time. the key question was there a coverup? five days before ambassador stevens was murdered, pre

burns. as the white house scrambles to resell obama care to the public, democrats are pulling out all the stops. >> we have certain inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. one might argue that education and health care fall into those provisions of life, liberty and the pursuit o happiness. although health care was not listed per se in the constitution, it should be a constitutional right. >> life, check. liberty, check, psuit of happiness, check, in the constitution. john, i don't see obama care anywhere in this document. >> it's not, eric. unfortunately the representative and many democrats are ignorant as to just what a right is. a right is a right to action, to pursue your life, liberty and happiness. it's not a right to a freebie or a gooder service from someone else. just a notion of a right to health care means that other people are enslaved to provide you with that health care. the result is thedestruction of all rights. that's why the founders understood it to be individual rights. it's your life, your liberty and your happiness. that's why healt

we are afraid to call what it is. or "b", president obama doesn't want to admit he had a terrorist attack under his watch and he wants to call it something else. a lost people like me are pushing back on that characterization. >> greg: dana, i wanted to run this clip, the mother who tried to leave with this scumbag on the street after he committed a horrible crime. >> all he said, i killed him. why? because it was british soldier, he killed people. he killed muslim people in muslim countries and have nothing to do. >> were y scared for yourself, why not? because and more and more people stalking around. i talk to him and then i ask him what he wanted. >> greg: you see this. it could have gone another way. >> dana: it could have. you have the british upper lip. she was a model for all of lot of people. >> greg: i wouldn't want my mom to do that. >> dana: your mom probable would have done it. it's her instinct to go with that. what is additionally disturbing the reason you are able to call a spade a spade here, the terrorists uses the media to make his point. he walks calmly to the c

. >> bill: president obama trying to reassert his authority in the wake of the scandals. with a major foreign policy address. >> the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation and world that we leave to our children. >> bill: we will analyze the president's dilemma. >> by law we swear -- until you leave us alone. >> islam is not a religion of peace. islam is -- we have had enough. >> bill: there l. there be street battles in london between muslims and those who dessurprise them? we have a special report on a very tense situation. >> enough is enough! >> bringing in a muslim guy to take care of you. >> that's right. >> if you were really sincere you wouldn't. >> what? >> if you really cared about the muslim community, you would bring in a substitute muslim host. >> bil: once again, the rumble is on. we'll show you highlights from the stewart show last night. >> keep it pithy, look for it next to the 10 other [bleep] [ laughter ] >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> i'm bill o'reilly thanks for watching us tonigh

problems are affecting president obama's push to get democrats back in control of the house of representatives, but we begin with shannon bream on holder's outreach to the media. shannon? >> the invitations from the justice department have gone out, but a growing number of media outlets are saying no thanks to an off the record discussion with embattled attorney general eric holder. fox news will not attendant the doj meeting if it's off the record, according to vice president of news, michael clemente. same goes for cbs. cbs news does not plan to participate in the off the record meeting with attorney general eric holder. we would be willing to consider an on the record discussion. also taking a pass on any off the record opportunities, nbc, cnn, "the new york times," the associated press, and the huffington post. but there have been some takers. quote, abc news will attend the meeting and press for that conversation to be put on the record. politico editor-in-chief johnç harris says i feel anyone, whether an official or ordinary reader, should be able toç have an unguarde

the attorney general as he gets set to testify on capitol hill today as president obama's team tries to steady the ship, washington wonders. this morning, we'll hear from congressman levin as well as senator roger wicker on how hot things will get on capitol hill for the obama administration. he's one of those republicans that wants to do the big budget deal. plus, in the wake of more troubling allegations of sexual assault, a major pentagon decision ordering all service members involved in prevention programs to be rescreened and retrained. >>> good morning from a busy washington. it's wednesday, may 15th, 2013. this is daily rundown, i'm chuck todd. send in your good morning videos anytime you want. now to my first read of the morning. as president obama does damage control on a trio of political controversies and parts of the democratic get panicy about what they believe is a too passive white house in response, is this just a bad week for the white house or the beginning of another summer of political discontent that essentially ends the ledge it lative portion of the term. yeste

of the a.p. phone records scandal president obama has tried to distance himself from the controversy by proposing a new media shield law but can we really trust someone who has overseen one of the biggest assaults on whistleblowers in history to defend the freedom of the press just a moment also today's factory collapse in cambodia is just the most recent workplace disaster to capture headlines around the world what will it take to create global factory safety standards and exporting the i.r.s. scandal republicans have ramped up their usual warnings about big government but here's the thing we need big government will tell you just how big and why and tonight's daily take. and we begin tonight with more information on the department of justice and its massive snoop on the associated press ever since news broke of this story on monday the white house has been on the defensive about whether or not the administration has been excessive in cracking down on the news media here is the president speaking on the issue today. leaks related to national security. can put people at risk and the

. republicans who abuse their filibuster powers in unprecedented ways during the obama years the president looks like he's getting ready for a fight will harry reid finally get it together and ask meaningful filibuster reform more on that with mike papen tonio in just a moment also earlier today right wing icon michele bachmann announced her retirement from the house of representatives now that one of its more colorful stars has called it quits is this the beginning of the end for the tea party we'll talk about that and more in tonight's alone liberal rumble and yesterday federal prosecutors announced that they were charging the web site liberty reserve with running a money laundering operation liberty reserve should be held accountable for its crimes but so should big banks i'll tell you why in tonight's daily take. you need to know this republicans have been playing dirty with obama's judicial nominees and so a filibuster fight is brewing in washington d.c. yesterday a source close to the obama administration told talking points memo that the president intends to send three new nominees

that this was the week that a sudden wave of scandals three of them rocked the obama administration all at once. >> the obama administration is under fire. >> president obama is fending off incoming fire. >> the dangerous narrative. >> plaguing the white house. >> hard to follow. >> he's drowning in it. >> so egregious. >> who is going to jail. >> in an impeachable offense. >> i've never seen anything like this in the past except in the nixon years. >> doesn't anyone remember the nixon administration. >> here's the catch. all of that white house scandal hysteria stems from a news report that was completely discredited in the middle of the week. it's probably isn't quite the story you've been hearing. it starts last friday not the friday yesterday but the one before that. that's when abc news trumpeted an exclusive story that purported to reveal emails proving the white house had meddled with the benghazi talking points last september, had altered them in a way that protected the state department. >> i have obtained 12 different versions of those talking points that shows they were drama

with implementing and charging and put nothing obama care. should we trust them to do it in a fair and balanced way? >> already the irs is a foreed federal agency and they made their lives worse, they understand that the american people catching on. they are set to enforce obama care for all americans. no one will escape the bony grip of the irs. i am the author of the bill it repeal obama care, that is an important bill and got through the house of representatives and i am chair of the tea party caucus. it was not only the tea party targeted by the obama administration through the irs, it was also christians and those who support israel and aspect- debt can conservatives and tea partiers. and this is an instance where political oppons of the administration are punished and the alloys of the administration were begin award and fast tracked. we should be worried. now a now national database is about to be created that hold our sensitive and personal information, our health care and the irs will be the enforcer of health care. it is reasonable to ask. >> and if i am not mistaken, they wi

to think of someone they want to see there as it wants to imagine that barack obama isn't really president after all. that is their dream. not doing something but finding a way to achieve the nirvana. no president obama. no. no. no. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the gop jump-start shock. republicans are foaming at their mouth over the irs controversy despite the fact the president is taking action. he's taking action to get to the bottom of it. facts do not matter to today's gop. the most extreme far right voices in the party are he had looking the charge, starting with michele bachmann. >> earlier this week, we heard the word "impeachment" tossed around here on capitol hill. is that something that should be considered? >> i will tell you, as i have been home in my district, there isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that someone says to me, michele, what are in the world are you all waiting for in congress? why aren't you impeaching the presid

all the controversy stands and talk to three individuals who are very skeptical of mr. obama charles krauthammer, congressman darrell issa, and laura ingraham will weigh in. why are you mounting this kind of support for him? >> there is just not enough evidence. it's just insane. i mean, he is not a terrorist. it's hard to believe that thousands of young women apparently are enthralled with the capture terrorist dzhokhar tsarnaev. we will try to get to the bottom of that. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. the president of the united states under siege. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the obama administration has trouble on three fronts as you may know. the irs illegally investigating conservatives. the assassination of libyan ambassador christopher stephens still not defined after eight months. and the justice department secretly obtaining the phone records of some journalists. today, the president met with the turkish prime minister who looked a litt

. listen to, this the irs commissioner under president obama visited the white house an astounding 157 times. is this the smoking gun in the irs scandal? we will have a special report. >> they put my cup in my seat and in my hands and it was horrible. >> bill: another bogus charges in a filthy mexican prison. when will this stop? and what should we americans do about it? >> do you support obama care? >> i do not. >> now, why not? >> it's actually, i'm not sure. >> also tonight, how much do americans know about obama care? it's coming very soon. >> you support obama care you just really doesn't know how it works? caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. is there now a smoking gun in the irs scandal? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. we do expect criminal charges to be leveled against some people working in the irs because they abuse their power by targeting conservative groups and individuals. but the major question remains unanswered. did the campaign of intimid