it was just wrong. reporter: lerner had few details on a conference call with reporters late last week, admitting at one point she was still trying to get her numbers straight. i m not good at math. reporter: you re with the irs. i m aware. i m not an accountant. reporter: tea party groups say the controversy confirms concerns they ve had for years, noting it s something the president has joked about. now i ve made some jokes about the president this evening and i m looking forward to my audit. it s coming. i know, sir, it s coming. reporter: matt kibbe with the tea party group freedom works predicts the irs targeting will breathe new life into their movement. people are pissed off about this. you don t have to be a math whiz to figure out how an irs scandal could damage democrats heading into next year s midterms so members of both parties are calling for heads to roll, including perhaps the removal of the acting commissioner of the
really hidden in plain view. it wasn t i don t think people even know that race to the top was part of the stimulus. so, it really was this surreal experience for me. the book is the new new deal, michael grunwald, thank you so much. still ahead from the wonder years to math whiz. danica mckellar describes her mission to empower young women to embrace education. that s coming up on morning joe. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her. likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it s the card for people who like more cash. what s in your wallet? i usually say that.
who is taking over the ailing internet company today after making her name at its primary nemesis, google. mayer is pregnant and she says she s informed yahoo! s board of that just before it unanimously voted to offer her the job. mayer is yahoo! s fifth ceo in the past five years. i believe she s a wisconsin native. so midwestern girl there. graduated with honors from stanford university with a bs in symbolic systems and an ms in computer science. for four years running, fortune magazine has named her one of the 50 most powerful women in business, including when at age 33 she was the youngest woman ever included on that list. and she s a math whiz. didn t we just learn about women being smarter than men with the iq thing and all of that? and moving on to other news this morning more blazing heat is gripping the eastern half no comment eastern half of the country with temperatures once again soaring
some swing states where this could make a big difference. colorado, nevada, florida nevada, florida, of course, and congressional democrats aren t going to mind this either. it will help in some close races down in texas. nbc s mike viqueira, thank you so much for that. sure. let me bring in a couple analysts on this. good morning to both of you. good morning. isn t this interesting. so we re looking at maybe 800,000 latinos who could be affected by this. you don t have to be a math whiz to do the math on this. i think in florida alone they think there is about a 1.2, 1.3 million latino voters. kiki let me get your reaction to the president s announcement coming up at 1:15. well, the president has clearly said, where there are obstacles and things have just ground to a halt on issues that matter he ll do what he can. he can t do everything because there are limits to the power of
why? well, because the authorities are saying that he is now making a claim that he played a direct role in the death of etan patz and allegedly killed the man. they were led to this man, we are told by sources, by law enforcement source, because this is someone who had beeen on ther radar screen and questioning people and as a source who led them to the basement of a man and this is also someone who had been on the radar a long time ago and they started to question him again, because the name kept coming up. we don t know whether this is going to lead to a break in the case, because some law enforcement sources are telling us that they are proceeding with a great deal of skepticism and caution. however, they are calling this naturally a very good lead at this time. so, we are waiting to see whether this is the break in the case that what everyone was hoping for, or unfortunately, it will go nowhere. it is too early to tell at this time, but we are watching carefully what may