in florida has won the $590 million powerball lottery. as for how much tax she is going have to pay on the $590 million, the irs said it is too soon to tell because they don t know whether she is a republican or democrat. it will take awhile to anything out. the comedians are loving it. at congress investigates the is now scandals, the phone and internet snapping nye next guests say the most recent revealations are the latest evidence of what can happen when big government runs amuck. both guests belong to organizations targeted by the irs. kelly of the tea party patriots and kevin cookery, the founder of lynchpins of liberty. welcome to both of you. kevin were you surprised by the snapping scandals given what has happened to you and your group, the most recent scandals. no. thank you for having you on, geraldo. by the way, kevin cookichir.
and college students by teaching them about the great books and about the foundations of america s moral and constitutional order. lynchpins of liberty of the platoons described by alex today tocqueville a local institution acting as check on power of state to monitor the despotism of majority and give people a taste of freedom and skills to be free. we re committed to a literary education and moral convictions that will allow citizens to maintain civil order. we aim to develop the moral imagination through teaching of history. we believe god is the measure of all things and that the soul is the essence of humanity. lynchpin students they use about the squandering of resources on extravagance. from cicero we learn the necessity of rule of law. we discover true law s right agreement and reason with
brian: irs commissioner danny werfel testifying at one of the three hearing this is week on the irs s targeting of conservative groups. today organizations targeted for their personal beliefs get a chance to speak out perhaps for the first time, including our next guest. kevin is the founder of lynch pins of liberty and he joins us right now. kevin, first off, what is it your organization do? what s its message and mission? thank you for having me. lynchpins of liberty is an american leadership development enterprise. our motto is challenge the imagination of the rising generation and we do this by mentoring high school and college students in conservative political. we are a 501 c 3, which is different because a lot of the organizations targeted are c 4 s. brian: when did you realize you were being targeted? may of 2011 was the first
widespread across the country, bill. as you mentioned, different states, iowa, california, down south, and so, to show exactly how far, widespread this was, across the country. martha: you know, mike, one of the things that think i guess is the goal here for dave camp, who we just spoke to a little while ago, is to prompt enough, to continue to stoke the fire of interest in this by hearing these people s stories that would lead us to want to figure out more about exactly who initiated this program? reporter: martha, absolutely right. mike, thank you. we re going to the hearing because we re starting to hear some response. my name is kevin kokogey i m president and founder of lynchpins of liberty which is an american leadership development enterprise. our motto to challenge the imagination of the rising generation. we do this by mentoring high school and college students in conservative political philosophy. we aim to mentor high school
the next generation. that s all he wanted to do. kevin, thanks so much. good luck today. we ll be watching as president founder of lynchpins of liberty. thank you. brian: 19 minutes after the hour. a virus spreading like wildfire overseas. they don t know how to stop it. we want to know, is it headed here? dr. oz is headed here, ask him. he ll answer. we ll move on. then talk about failure to launch, this boat sinking fast. we ll tell you what went wrong. i have an idea hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it s the honey, it makes it taste so. well, would you look at the time. what s the rush? be happy. be healthy.