member of one party, a chairman, shut down a hearing as a ranking member from the other party wants to speak. this is something that sort of took our breath away. it is something that is incredibly rare and speaks to the bubbling conflicts here in washington right now. so impolite to elijah cummings, the ranking democrat. he wanted to make a statement. the chairman, darrell issa, wouldn t let him make a statement. early w earlier on sunday, he thought lois lerner would testify. her lawyer said she would continue to remain silent. how and why did he think she was going to testify? reporter: it is fascinating. issa and sources from this committee had told us that they had been told by lois lerner s lawyer that she would testify. however, that same day, that same lower told us she would not. clearly, there is some kind of communication issue here,