0 by the way, they were sharing information long before 9/11, so they've been in this business for a long time. and the critics don't really have a criticism of the way the information is passed through, it's just that once it is and once a person's liberty is at stake, once a person might go to prison for an alleged crime, they ought to be able to have every possible defense, every possible legal defense that they might be able to use, and if you don't know where the information came, it handcuffs the defendant in terms of trying to make all sorts of legal arguments because you simply -- you can't defend yourself if you don't know there's evidence out there that might help you. jenna: point well taken. and it's a story that certainly got our attention based on your reporting, especially with the irs and this controversial about potential political targeting and all the rest. we'll find out where you take this next and appreciate the time today as always. thank you. >> thanks. gregg: amazing story. all right, planned parenthood is facing a federal investigation now over the use of your taxpayer money. this announcement coming as the whistleblower claims fraudulent billing was going on. authorities said products and services that were never renders or simply not eligible for reimbursement at all. texas state investigators say patients' medical records were false fited. the affiliate reportedly paid out $4.3 million to settle the claims. gregg: what about the other side? how is planned parenthood responding to all these accusations? >> reporter: well, they said that the accusations in texas specifically were base less and then went on to say this, quote: continuing the litigation in this hostile environment for women's health would have insured a lengthy and costly process that would have distracted our energies and required us to share the private medical information of thousands of women. we are ending this lawsuit in devote all of our time and energy to delivering high quality, affordable health care. i also asked them for a response about the report of how taxpayer dollars are being spent. you mentioned half a billion dollars of taxpayer money last year went to planned parenthood. the gao does confirm the audit and says it is just in the beginning stages, and planned parenthood didn't respond to our request for comment. gregg: kind of surprising. you would think they would want to say something. >> reporter: we'll let you know if we hear from them. gregg: shannon bream in washington, thanks. jenna: new information from fort hood to do, a judge ruling against the stand-by attorneys saying they must continue to assist in the accused fort hood shooter's defense, and then those same attorneys asked off this case. casey steegal has all the latest details, fast moving, from fort hood, texas. casey? >> reporter: yeah, jenna, a pretty big argument, i've got to say, sort of erupting between hasan's stand-by counsel and the judge in this case. and it happened not long ago, just within the last hour or so. it all stems from that fireworks show yesterday when the court went into a sudden recess because, basically, hasan's defense lawyers asked to play a lesser role in this case. remember hasan is representing himself here, but because he is not an attorney, his defense team was put on a stand-by role so they can walk him through procedural matters and file motions and things of that nature. but they said that they did not believe hasan was really trying that hard in his defense in so many words and that he essentially wanted the death penalty, therefore, they argued they could not with power. they could not be a part of that. the judge adjourned court to consider that particular motion. things resumed this morning. judge osborn came in and said that that motion was denied. and that those attorneys had to remain on stand-by counsel saying that, quote, this was basically nothing more than a disagreement with hasan's trial strategy. and then that is when the fireworks happened. colonel chris poppy, one of these stand-by lawyers, getting into a bit of a back and forth with the judge saying that her order this morning violates their professional rules of conduct and that it's basically, hasan is eliminating obstacles to the death penalty and that it would be, quote, morally repugnant for them to help hasan achieve his death sentence. judge osborn looked very annoyed, she looked very agitated. she went into a little bit of a back and forth with them and said that she was asking for something in writing from their state bar association saying that this violated their professional rules of conduct. they said that they could not get that something in writing that quickly, and then she took a short recess because they asked for a stay which means this thing could have come effectively to a full halt for weeks or even months. she took a recess, came back into the court and said your request for a stay is denied, and this court martial is going to continue, and you have to stay in your role that has been predetermined by the court as stand-by counsel. so things are moving forward. it seemed like we were possibly very close to this thing getting yet another setback. some have said from the beginning that this was going to be a circus with hasan representing himself and not knowing much about the letter of the law, and at least for the last two days or so it's proving to be a bit of a circus. but the judge trying to stay very much on point here and clearly keep this court-martial moving. jenna? jenna: wow. it took four years to get to this point, we can't forget that, so a lot of emotions, casey, but certainly some effort from the judge to keep things moving along, as you point out. >> reporter: exactly. jenna: we'll be back to you, casey, throughout the day. thank you. >> reporter: yep. gregg: well, a search for clues as a california woman tells her daughter that she is going out to meet somebody who found her dog and then she never comes home, she vanishes. and new violence in syria where mortars were fired just as president assad was attending prayers. ♪ ♪