People, including seniors, one of whom was recently threatened with a home foreclosure home foreclosure if they do not pay specified amount. Mr. Cook, i would like my constituents to be prepared when they receive a phone call from an irs imposter. Can you confirm that an irs agent would never call to demand immediate payment, asked for credit or debit card numbers over the phone, or threaten arrest for not paying. Yes i can absolutely confirm that. Those are scams in a consumer should hang up and not provide any information. Okay i appreciate that. Im probably going to repeat what you just said so people understand that in my district. Ill wanted to ask also about reporting incidents. Many consider financial exploitation to be a silent crime as victim are often too ashamed or embarrassed to report what is happen. Additionally can be a challenge for seniors to serve as a criminal witness. Bob forstmann talk about challenges of both identity and financial exploitation. Can you explain th
Theres more road to the whos coverage this evening on the cspan networks. Donald trump is speaking in florida at the Trump National doral miami. A golf resort he owns. Thats at 7 00 eastern on cspan. And at k 30 here on cspan, texas senator ted cruz hold as town hall meeting in council bluffs, iowa. A house energy and commerce subcommittee held a hearing earlier today on protecting Senior Citizens from fraud. Texas congressman Michael Burgess chaired the hearing. Its two hours and 15 minutes. Mr. Burgess the subcommittee will now come to order. And the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement. This morning, first let me welcome our witnesses. This morning we will receive an update on the Consumer Protection efforts in place to address the fraud risk for americas seniors. As of july, 2013, there are over 44 million americans who are older than 65, thats lmost 14 of the population. The people 65 and older projects to outnumber the people younger t
Apologizing for his campaigns breach of Hillary Clintons private voter database. Two more staffers suspended overnight. I very much appreciate that comment, bernie. Reporter but this was no love fest. Clinton and sanders tangling over everything from wall street should Corporate America love llary clinton . Everybody should. Will Corporate America love a president sanders . No, i think they wont. They aint going to like me. And wall street is going to like me even less. Reporter to gun control. Arming more people, i think, is not the appropriate response to terrorism. Its a country in which people c cose to buy guns. Thats the right of people. We have got totoring together the vava majority of the peoeoe who do in fact believe in sensible gun safety regulations. Reporter but they were united, tagteaming against former Maryland Governor polls. The flipflopping political approach of washington that both of my two colleagues on the stage have represented for the last 40 years whoa, whoa,
Circling overhead spots a possible distress sign. They also have started a fire possibly for a smoke signal. Reporter the victim, a Boy Scout Troop leader, yelling for help. He is bleeding from his neck, his arm, and his head. I heard the sirens, thought the helicopter was looking for something because it was circling around and around. Reporter rescuers are able to reach the man, whisking him and the three boy scouts to safety. That troop leader taken to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Its the Second Attack in this area in just over a year. A College Student was killed by a black bear about 20 minutes from here. The surging bear population and Close Encounters like this one, outside an Elementary School, prompting controversial hunts from new jersey to florida. The local mayor says the attack happened when the group was exploring a cave. It was the three scouts that ran gloria riviera, abc news, rockaway, new jersey. Fish and wildlife officers it believe the bear w
And the ramping up the attacks against democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest. A christmas week of politics. The gift that keeps on giving. Today, the president ial stumping hard in t before the holiday. Chris christie you listen to Hillary Clinton, and you would think that great in the country the republicans ramped up the democratic debate in New Hampshire ted cruz watched last night wars, which frankly more realistic than whatever was said at the democratic debate, on that debate from Bernie Sanders after the breach of Hillary Clintons private voter data. Bernie sanders yes. I apologize clinton took on gop frontrunner donald trump with a making waves this clinton. She just made it up. I mean she made it bite. The candidates on the top continue to duke it out while the ones struggling on the bottom are ratcheting up the assaults, praying for a Christmas Jeb Bush just one more thing, i gotta get off my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. Kenneth standup c