the ethics committee has examined a series of allegations including trading legislative favors for a $1 million oil company donation to an academic center named for rangel. accepting special deals for lower rent on four new york city apartments. and while he wrote tax follow is accuse of of failure to pay his own taxes on rental income from this vacation villa in the caribbean. the "new york post" ran this photo of rangel vacationing. >> it looks as if the rules didn't apply to mr. rangel but it's got to be more than minor infractions for the committee to announce this public hearing. >> a public hearing like this hasn't happened since back in 2002. so it's really unusual. and if the report is sort of like an indictment then the hearing is really a trial. a new group of democrats and republicans will look at all of the evidence out in public and we'll all get to see it and then if they decide there are