access to the information that would outline the truth. this morning, my exclusive interview with the republican leading the charge, chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman derril issa of california. then the man who insists that charges of a cover-up are pure fiction. former ambassador thomas pickering who led the independent investigation into the attack, he joins me. plus, response from democratic senator and chair of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein. later our roundtable on the political impact of benghazi and the other news. the immigration fight, the economy as the stock market takes off, and the alarming number of sexual assaults in the military. what should be done? from nbc news in washington, and the world s longest-running television program, this is meet the press with david gregory. and good sunday morning. the president and his administration under fire now on two fronts, news just this morning in the developing country over the ir
you know, it was what it was. and you saw it. the minute you knew what happened, you knew it was a terrorist attack. and you knew these groups had camps all around the area. so. did you think the political campaign was i an factor? hard for me to tell because i m not sure what impact it would have had if someone had said from the administration, yes, our mission was attacked. we believe it was some terrorist groups. we need to identify which one. i don t see what harm that would have done to the administration. all right. let me get to a break here. i want to come back and talk about another big issue this week, sexual assaults in the military. we have key voices around the table to address that. plus, this irs story especially with news this morning about some conflicting statements why certain groups were targeted. more from our roundtable right after this. [ male announcer ] away.
you know, it was what it was. and you saw it. the minute you knew what happened, you knew it was a terrorist attack. and you knew these groups had camps all around the area. so. did you think the political campaign was i an factor? hard for me to tell because i m not sure what impact it would have had if someone had said from the administration, yes, our mission was attacked. we believe it was some terrorist groups. we need to identify which one. i don t see what harm that would have done to the administration. all right. let me get to a break here. i want to come back and talk about another big issue this week, sexual assaults in the military. we have key voices around the table to address that. plus, this irs story especially with news this morning about some conflicting statements why certain groups were targeted. more from our roundtable right after this.
from. the white house please don t tell me i excluded you. the majority, we were told the majority said i was not welcome at that hearing. i could come at some other time. well, as the ambassador just said, the day before the hearing, if the white house said we d like to have him, there s a procedure. he could have been the democratic witness. and we would have allowed him. the democrats requested no witness. the fact is, we don t want to have a some sort of a stage show. we had fact witnesses. they testified. we have the ambassador and admiral mullen who conducted and oversaw the we re inciting them on monday. we ll go through not in front of the public but in a nonpartisan way questions and answers and then obviously, a hearing to follow at an appropriate time. i m delighted to have a long-serving career diplomat willing to come before us. i don t think it was his decision to say no. but we were told no until just before the hearing let me do this. chairman, stick around
about that. senator sfin stein, were you concerned about that? i m concerned about that. my understanding is the inspector general is doing a report that should be out shortly. i think we have to take a good look at it. there s no proof the director himself of the irs was personally aware. that s my understanding. somebody made the decision that they would give extra scrutiny to this particular group. and i think we have to understand why. i don t understand why. this is kind of lumped in this morning. the washington post this morning, david brooks, kind of a second term curse. you ve got the benghazi investigation going now, questions about the irs. does this further poison the well in washington? yeah, i mean, second terms are generally hit with scandal. the obama administration you re not going to having monetary scandal. these people are not financially corru corrupt. the irs story is going to be big and confirm a lot of suspicions a lot of republicans have. you combine