they actually thought th it will say the irs has basically said, look, we acknowledge this was a big problem. we do not have conferences like this anymore. who was the person it, the high-ranking person, who auized it? there were a number of them. who was the highest? these were two deputy commissioners at the time. one of whom i believe was a former irs commissioner. who? mr. shulman who no longer there. was shulman the one who congressman boustany, told him in march of 2012, there was no targeting. he authorized thespending. they paid two event planners and they gave them percentage and a commission. so they didn t bother negotiate hotel rooms to get cheaper rooms because the larger the bill was, the bigger their commission was. greta, a lot ofhe government conferences c we have talked about the years.
conference held the same year, 2010, at the gsa, general services administration. the guy in the bathtub. that was in las vegas. i have to say the federal the last two years, really in cut back on these conferences throughout the government, rtly because of the optics and partly because they don t want to spendmoney. whoever thoughit was a good idea, who didn t have a sense it was not oy to spend money like this? they really aren t conferences. they could get gym and a bunch of folding chairs and podium with a microphone if they wanted a conference. the culture was, who cares, it ot theirs. the culture was also about building rale. i think there were some productive thingsat happened at these conferences. i think everyone inside and outside government agrees that this shouldn t have happened. it should not continue to happen. i think a lot of people will be
e.p.a. has been doing practice. we filed a request asking for what everybody else in the executive branch did. our bottom line is that we believe transparency and openness in government. we pay for these records. we would li to know what our elected officials, whether it is this administration or previous, if they see the list. they talk transparency. let s see if they produce it. if they are watching tonight, they will provide with tha.p. reqst. congressman accusing eric holder of havsomething to gh. he is not happy with the reply letter. in that letter, attorney general holder s testimony with surveillance. chairman goodlat wants answers directly fromorney general holder. he said he didn t know anything about any potential investigations or prosecutions of res a that turned out not to be so. you had james rosen here at fox
because they are. people were dismembered, almost bled out. over 140 people injured, three people lost their lives. hopefully the number sta at three. it could have been much, much worse. take our wordorit. you ctxaere the urgency. ni micorspde alt whyesterday. elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, you hear what we re talking about. well, people are just injured. they must be okay. no, not at all, right? what is the severity. what is needed to make sure these people can leavehe hospital. chri t severity as you said. u can t stay enough about how bad these injuries were, and what heroes these first reonrswe. son the hospital right now, about 1 ople, 17 ofhe critically injured. amputations have been very,ery common. more than 10 amputations. you can see tt a lot of them are centeredround ms genera bh israel, boston medical, tufts medical center, a
baldwin with a look at some of north res ttoes including leaders there now sayg ey wi n give any warning before attacking south yee yeah. meti, leadsn south korea say the leaders there are grettable. also in sthor this morning a u.s. marine helicopter went down close to the borde there with the rt you see, some ofhe pictures we are just now getting in. the smoke, the fire, the aftermath, u.s. milary cling it a hard landing. the marines were taking part in a drill. there were someinjuries, but all the marines reportedly will bekay. want to turn to alison kosik with a look at how the markets are reacting to what happened. the horrific incident in boston yesterda a h hofuyhe opening will be a bit better this morning. in te better. the opening i you re seeing investors less on edge this morning. when we got news about the bombings in boston, you saw you can wind up hitting about