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Beyond the pale. they want to hold back 10% of the i.r.s. enforcement budget. wouldn t that be novel? think about this. the i.r.s. is not coming clean about why they were targeting tea party organizations. they are clearly giving out bonuses we weren t aware of. they are having conferences at a time we re tightening our belts, they can t get $3 billion less to do a little less line dancing? gretchen: there is breaking news in this. the i.r.s. chief danny werfel is working to kill those bonuses. he s pushing to maybe try to get rid of them. brian: what s he going to do with the money earmarked for that? steve: they ve got some union agreements and there is some question as to whether or not he can do that legally. in one of the bills the republicans are suggesting, they would halt i.r.s. bonuses until programs are reviewed by congress and if anybody is under investigation for abuse, they could lose their job. meanwhile, nita lowey is a ....
About the asiana flight that crashed in san francisco over the weekend. we learned none of the four pilots were drug tested after the crash. the reason? foreign airlines don t have to follow american regulations which require pilots be checked for drugs or alcohol after crashes. and also apparently two of the flight attendants were sitting in the back of the plane, were ejected outside of the airplane and survived. amazing other stories coming to light. brian: one took out passengers on her back. turned out she had a fractured tailbone, did it any way. and you can see some of this blurry video. it is incredible what flight attendants are trained to do and how most of them act under pressure. steve: emergency slides were supposed to go out, went in, essentially suffocating one of the flight attendants until somebody came in with an ax. supposed to go out, not in. more stuff they re going to have to figure out what went wrong. phao epb while, did something go meanwhile did somethin ....
Yesterday for the defense? we re talking about the george zimmerman trial. there he is brian: george zimmerman. steve: yes. things got really tense after the jury was excused yesterday. the cocounsel don west was complaining about the long hours and also about apparently the lack of time the defense had to go after some evidence they say was kept from them from the prosecution. that s when the judge, who had had it up to here, did this. we re not physically able to keep up this pace much longer. it s 10:00 at night. we started this morning. we ve had full days every day. weekends, depositions at night. brian: the judge has got to keep in mind the jury. the jury is sequestered. she said we ve got to pick up the pace, keep this going. what s with the prosecution? they continue to withhold evidence. ....
gretchen: working dogs in training. a nonprofit center in philadelphia earned the nickname super puppies. steve: the center is trying to breed the best detection dogs in the united states rather than importing them from other countries. anna kooiman is here to check on them. the dogs have grown since my first visit in september and trainers say they are exceeding expectations. this working dog center is thriving after opening last year on 9/11. it s a nonprofit breeding program and genetic research facility complete with a d.n.a. data base aimed at financing american working dogs. the service animals are skilled at detecting bombs and drugs or low blood sugar in diabetic owners. working dogs are critical in the aftermath of natural ....
Bunch of letters targeting tea party groups. brian: representative sander levin tried to throw this one at us. progressive groups were among the 298 applications that titta reviewed in their audit and received heightened scrutiny. brian: in reality, 292 tea party groups were targeted. 6 progressive groups were targeted. hardly equal. steve: the important thing about that is the progressive groups were simply on a list whereas the conservative groups actually were targeted and harassed by the i.r.s. each time they tried to spin it like there s no scandal there, there s no there there, there s plenty. brian: on your headlines, other news you care about, the newspaper that came under fire for publishing names and addresses of licensed gun owners is at it. the new york journal, called the news, is requesting more information about legal gun owners in westchester, rockland county and put new hampshire county in may. ....