what it is in this i.g. report. his language is pretty strong. he called it, you know, outrageous about as damning as you can get from a president. so he s put himself in a very clear position where he has to take some sort of action or has to make sure the irs takes some sort of action next. it s an independent agency, so there is a bit of a wall there. but he is making it clear that there has to be some consequence if there was wrongdoing at all, jake. jessica yellin in the east room of the white house. now let s go to capitol hill where chief congressional correspondent dana bash is waiting to tell us what the response has been from the president s republican friends, the loyal opposition and what they thought of president obama s comments about both the irs scandal and the benghazi talking points controversy which president obama called a sideshow. dana. well, as you can imagine,
president obama today got a chance to answer his critics on ben gaughazi to join those criticizing the irs for scrutinizing conservative groups. he dug in his heels on libya, dismissing gop allegations of a cover-up and accusing republicans of using the deaths of americans there for political gain. on the irss, the president seems ready to join lawmakers of both parties in piling on, saying any intentional targeting of conservative groups is outrageous. let s go straight to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she s watching the stories for us. jessica, the president seems to be getting increasingly fr frustra frustrated. hi, wolf. yes, especially on benghazi. the president views the talking points controversy as a manufactured political issue. here s what he said just hours ago. the whole issue of talking points frankly throughout this