were always skeptical of the idea that the data was completely lost or destroyed and they ve said there s always got to be a way to retrieve something. last thursday the irs deputy assistant chief counsel, thomas caine, is in charge of the providing of congress the documents in question relating to the irs targeting of conservative groups. he was interviewed by house investigators and he said he was felt certain that the former irs official lois lerner s e-mails from 2011 are actually lost. the irs had confirmed to congress that there had been a computer crash and that the back-up tapes were recycled. but according to the transcript of last week s interview, there s an issue as to whether or not there is a well, that all of the back-up recovery tapes were destroyed on the six-month retention schedule. i don t know, the deputy assistant counsel said, whether they are or aren t, but it is an issue that s being looked into. house government oversight committee chairman darrel issa sai
russian-backed separatists on the state department s terror list. steve harrigan, live for us in ukraine with the very latest. steve. reporter: grectchegretchen, small signs of progress today after several days of malaise and agony. the prime minister saying he s reached a deal with the russian-backed rebels. he could receive the two flight data recorders some time in the next hour. also a train under rebel controlled territory, train refrigerated that holds about 200 bodies, passengers killed, when that plane went down, has already started to move outside of rebel controlled territory. rebels gave it permission to leave. it is heading towards ukrainian controlled territory. the next step will likely be loading those 200 bodies on to planes, flying them to the netherlands. that s where dna analysis and identification will begin. really the first step in returning those remains to their loved ones. finally here on the ground in the city of donetsk, rebels and ukrainian force
[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute -www.ncicap.org -^ bret: next on special report out administration gets creative with more than just the numbers in its report on jobs stimulated by the stimulus and we ll look at the complicated relationship between the u.s. and its largest creditor, china. is the justice department really up to trying the 9/11 suspects in the u.s.? and what obstacles will prosecutors face? the senate s top democrat prepares to unveil healthcare legislation as members of his own party ask him to slow down. all that, plus the fox all-stars, right here, right here, right now. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. first it was fuzzy math. now, congressional districts that don t exist. those are the latest problems brought to life with the administration s reporting of how many jobs the president s stimulus has created or saved. the numbers that we do know, the october jobless rate, was 10.2%, the h
guess what, amy t , tosca reno s with us in ourç newsroom! bill: this is a fox news alert. the maersk alabama had targeted again off the coast of alabama. somalia. ç[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org this time, the crew was ready and avoid a repeat into it by taking evasive maneuvers and blasting them with sound. last summer richard phillips was held hostage for five days before navy seals were able to rescue him in the dark of night. in the meantime, a developing story on capitol hill. democrats said to be scrambling to put together a new jobs bill that they want to pass within the next four weeks, and would cost $2 billion more. there is a lot to talk about. you have come back for more punishment. alisyn: happy to be here on touch a big news day. with the unemployment rate in double digits, one paper suggesting congressional democrats are in a state of near panic. now a cbs poll showing 69%
[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute -www.ncicap.org -^ bret: next on special report out administration gets creative with more than just the numbers in its report on jobs stimulated by the stimulus and we ll look at the complicated relationship between the u.s. and its largest creditor, china. is the justice department really up to trying the 9/11 suspects in the u.s.? and what obstacles will prosecutors face? the senate s top democrat prepares to unveil healthcare legislation as members of his own party ask him to slow down. all that, plus the fox all-stars, right here, right here, right now. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. first it was fuzzy math. now, congressional districts that don t exist. those are the latest problems brought to life with the administration s reporting of how many jobs the president s stimulus has created or saved. the numbers that we do know, the october jobless rate, was 10.2%, the h