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Triggered the inspector general s investigation is still very murky. the main point here, tamron, is we ve got a lot of vacancies at the homeland security department. janet napolitano, the secretary, is leaving in early september. mayorkas was supposed to be the guy who was at least going to fill in until the white house picks a successor, and it s hard to see how he can get confirmed when you have republicans boycotting his confirmation hearing. all right. michael isikoff, thank you for the update on this hearing taking place right now. we ll keep you posted on what happens there. here s some live pictures from jacksonville, florida, where in the next few minutes president obama will tin his push to reenergize his presidency with a series of speeches focused on the economy. now, yesterday in illinois the president spent a large chunk of his first speech talking about his signature health care law. a new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows why. 34% see the law as a good idea. ....
thank you. we ll pause for a moment. all right. you can see a rather contentious hearing taking place on capitol hill. lois lerner, she was the irs official who oversaw the unit that singled conservatives. she sat down and she empathically said i have done nothing wrong. i have not provided any false information to this congress. and then the chair, congressman issa dismissed her. and another congressman called her back. let s listen to more. today. miss lerner, would you be willing to answer questions specifically related to the earlier statements made under oath before this committee? i decline to answer that question for the reasons i ve already given. for this reason, i have no choice but to excuse the witness, subject to re-call, ....
The plight of religious minorities in that country. elizabeth prann is live in washington with more. elizabeth, let s talk about timing. why is this hearing taking place now? reporter: there is certainly growing international spotlight on the human rights crisis in iran. the state department s absence was noted immediately during a capitol hill commission hearing focusing on the imprisoned american pastor, saeed abedini. one notable absence, is unfortunately is the u.s. department of state. i was amazed a hearing which was called to highlight the plight of religious minorities in iran, not to mention the imprisonment of one of our own very own american citizens was not deemed important enough to the department. there is a fundamental problem for saeed abedini s case. i m a litigator. i spend most of my time. you look where is the problem the problem in his case is the state department is awol. they are absent without leave. they are missing. they did not show up. reporter: comm ....
the great their economy. what does this mean? britain is staying on the sidelines keeping some anxiety in those markets. we ll have full details in a minute. we also have details about yesterday s virginia tech shootings. now police say the apparent gunman and victim did not know each other. university spokesman says the suspected shooter was not a student there and ballistics tests confirm that the same gun was used to kill the suspect and a campus police officer. the suspect apparently dye died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. they ve identified the slain officer as deriek crouse. he was 39. married with five children and step-children. police say the gunman walked right up to him and fired. he opened his car door and when they opened it he just fell out towards the ground. and then they immediately started reviving him. then they took off with some sort of automatic weapons. they started running the opposite direction after the gunman. that s so sad. a sm ....
go crazy on a night like tonight the summer s beginning to give up her fight welcome back, everybody. here s the ominous title of a hearing taking place on capitol hill today. u.s. postal service in crisis: proposals to prevent a postal shut-down. the head of the post office will be there today. as john berman reports, he s going to bepeaking in the starkest of terms. reporter: neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night is supposed to keep the post office from delivering mail. but all that isn t the problem. money is. the postmaster general will tell congress that with no help, the post office could default by the end of this month. the agency is running a $9.2 billion annual deficit and doesn t have $5.5 billion it must pay for retiree health benefits by september 30th. and without major and fast congressional action, some ....