from the ride share industry. ed: unfortunately. you ve got to verify that ride. that s not the beginning and end of all protections, but make sure that that back seat safer today. ed: and i want to bring in gary, but bring in uber and lyft, counting, confronting and taking action to end sexual assault. my heart is with all the survivors of this all too pervasive crime and we take a step forward today with this report. gary what more needs to be done. it s one thing to put out a report. how do you have real accountability. first of all, it s shocking numbers. this is a company and we can t minimize the fact that they have a lot of rides, but the numbers are really, really high. kudos for them putting this out and the actions taking against drivers if there s anything inappropriate. if a student reports a behavior that a driver took, what action is taken because we know that in
administration do something. we got all the breaking news on the developments of the crisis and why the president will not go there to the border but will attend a campaign fundraiser that s just a couple hundred miles away. ed menry and mark just ahead on that. also developing tonight moments ago a response now from the government and the top irs lawyers to demands that it preserve the data from the woman at the heart of the scandal targeting conservative groups. right now it appears the government is refusing to budge on the issue of investigating these hard drives and where that information went or even allow independent examiner to come in and look at lois lerner s computer system. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports. reporter: there will be significant pressure on the irs this week both on capitol hill and in the federal courts as leaders and groups seek answers.
administration do something. we got all the breaking news on the developments of the crisis and why the president will not go there to the border but will attend a campaign fundraiser that s just a couple hundred miles away. ed menry and mark just ahead on that. also developing tonight moments ago a response now from the government and the top irs lawyers to demands that it preserve the data from the woman at the heart of the scandal targeting conservative groups. right now it appears the government is refusing to budge on the issue of investigating these hard drives and where that information went or even allow independent examiner to come in and look at lois lerner s computer system. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports. reporter: there will be significant pressure on the irs this week both on capitol hill and in the federal courts as leaders and groups seek answers. late today i spoke to a member
a defense. if we continue to go down the course we re headed down, the prosecution will be giving closing arguments tomorrow and then we will hear from the jury because it will go to them. they could begin deliberations tomorrow afternoon, we are told, and if this 13 member panel finds major hasan guilty we move straight to the sentencing phase. remember, he does face the death penalty here. that he does. thank you very much for updating us. more breaking zbloourks this time from washington, just minutes ago, the white house announced the president is going to convene a meeting of the national security council this afternoon to discuss the possibility of cutting some it to egypt. the word comes after a white house spokesman was repeatedly grilled that military assistance has already been cut off, a lot of need to separate fact from fiction. we go to white house correspondent, ed menry just
achievements. bret: ed, thank you. it s two weeks until iowa first of the nation caucuses and four of the republican candidates were today cig zagging the earn part of that state in an effort to make their pitch to potential voters. the country s first primary in new hampshire is just three weeks away. three of the other g.o.p. presidential hopefuls were in that state today. chief washington correspondent james rosen explains it s still almost anybody s race. he spent more time in iowa than any other g.o.p. presidential candidate. today it paid off when the staunchest critic of gay marriage won the endorsement of the president and ceo of the family leader. i saw him as a champion for the family in the u.s. house. i saw him as a champion for family in u.s. senate. it saw him as the champion for the family on the campaign trail. the windfall may not include foot soldiers as the family leaders board opted to remain neutral. still, the former pennsylvania