two things. targeting originated out of washington, d.c. not out of rogue agents in cincinnati thrown under the bus. enough to we come. second point that came out today is carter hall who has been with the irs for nearly 50 years testified that lois lerner, one of the big villainous here of the scandal ordered him to send the reviews of the religious and conservative groups under scrutiny send those files to the irs s chief counsel office. the reason that s important is because the irs chief counsel is one of only two positions in the irs that the presidents of the united states appoints. the chief counsel of the united states is one of two political ayointees at the irs. bill: and you respond how. i would say the woman you just showed liz hofacre it was a cincinnati initial directed this not somebody in washington and also another thing that happened today was that jay russell george, the investigator
hearing to you. two things. targeting originated out of washington, d.c. not out of rogue agents in cincinnati thrown under the bus. enough to we come. second point that came out today is carter hall who has been with the irs for nearly 50 years testified that lois lerner, one of the big villainous here of the scandal ordered him to send the reviews of the religious and conservative groups under scrutiny send those files to the irs s chief counsel office. the reason that s important is because the irs chief counsel is one of only two positions in the irs that the presidents of the united states appoints. the chief counsel of the united states is one of two political ayointees at the irs. bill: and you respond how. i would say the woman you just showed liz hofacre it was a cincinnati initial directed this not somebody in washington and also another thing that happened today was that jay russell
i ve never said that he directed it. and certainly my questions in an op-ed were posed as questions, not as conclusions. reporter: after several ex changes, a rank and file member tried to restore order. i think it s disgraceful that we re squandering this opportunity to get to the bottom of this because of partisan bickering. jay russell george testified today and took heat from democrats for not stating that they may have gotten scrutinized as well. he defended the work of his team. mike, thank you. president obama on how well obama care is working, that s next. and as we head to break, a live look at minneapolis, minnesota, from our affiliate kmsp, a sad story, the death of a toddler
0 while i appreciate cnn correcting the record i m perplexed while they would allow a radical leftist like paul waldman to write for them at all without identifying him as a radical leftist? he was a senior fellow at media matters the far left smear web site. is he a dishonest zealot. does cnn really want to be associated with an extremist like him? and on the subject of extremists, there was this exchange on david letterman last night. you know that they want to give george zimmerman a gun now, the florida state law is that he can get his gun back. i say if he gets a gun, casey anthony gets a baby. [crowd booing] what is with the booing tonight? [ laughter ] owner, one of the met s owners. yes, i am. mr. big shot, nice going. well, minority owner, of on that. when he finished i said that wasn t the question in the courtroom. i tried to get his back to the facts at hand and matter at hand which was the verdict that had just come in hours before in that florida courtroom t
0 perform there again. bill: now some celebrities are speaking out against the zimmerman verdict. we ll have analysis on that. also tonight, dennis miller on the verdict. 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 winds may be shifting in the zimmerman verdict. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. as we have been reporting, the american media is heavily invested in a race-driven story line concerning the acquittal of george zimmerman. while almost everybody admits the murder trial was fair, the press is still pounding the drum that somehow trayvon martin did not receive justice because of his skin color. when asked how that can be so, if the criminal proceedings were honest, the question goes unanswered. but there is no question, there is fear furor over the verdict in african-american precincts and the far left is trying hard to exploit that. here is an exampl