they did this in a defensive, calculated way. their initial response to protect themselves. mr. miller did not help himself today. my favorite part of mr. miller s testimony if there is a greatest hits today was when he was asked by members of congress, did you intentionally mislead us? and his answer was, he didn t mislead them. but he answered your questions as they were asked. that s not a really good answer to give members of congress. you want to give them the tr nothing but the truth in its proper context. their job is oversight. they should be allowed to do it. it s interesting though. lois lerner when she released it at the american bar association, first rule of bad news damage control, if you got bad news you release it. don t wait for your enemies to get ahold of that. and that is clearly on their mind. thanks very much. up next, the powerball jackpot. hitting $600 million. and it s climbing. if no one beats the odds tomorrow it could be approaching, yes, $1 billio
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but anthony weiner can ask sanford, redemption doesn t come easy. anthony weiner has plenty to chat about these days. the former new york city congressman who resigned after caught exposing himself online may have revealed something new this week, that he s running for mayor of the big apple. a new york tv station caught this of weiner and his wife shooting a commercial outside his home. i don t have any comment. i ran for mayor in 2005, 2009. i care a great deal about my state. reporter: weiner didn t confirm it, but the late-night comedians are counting it as a done deal. every time you look at the guy, you go, oh! the face doesn t ring a bell, but i don t know. reporter: weiner knows
if you look at it from the public s point of view the president has a point which is the public doesn t like the irs. it probably doesn t like members of congress much more than the irs. so this is a fight where to them at least there s kind of no hero. maybe there is a villain and if they find the obama administration is at fault. so the president has no choice at this point but to try and pivot on it. i m told at a meeting yesterday with outside strategists, you know, they said to the president get out of town. maybe do some town halls. try to talk to real people out there and focus them back on your agenda. that s all that he can do right now and hope republicans over reach. in effect trying to change the subject. trying to change the subject. the timing here is damning for the president because of where we are. we re in the second term heading into the six-year mid-term election. after that election it will take about 20 seconds for the 2016 presidential campaign to begin. the
figure, but it was in the tens of thousands. they said they refused to pay for it, which is why they were just allowed to look at it. again, the mayor and his lawyer saying no video exists. and we here at cnn, wolf, have not seen the video or not able to authenticate it. paula newton watching this story for us in canada, thank you very much. an emotional interview with survivors of a massive killer tornado. i just came to that point. and i just gave up. this is it. i just said, this is it. we re gone. we thought we were gone. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer s