and on the other hand it is a great organization and we ll trust them with a big job. how would you like to have danny werful s job and in charge of overseeing the sequestration and he got a snootful from kevin brady, the republican from texas and pete roscouple when they called his report a joke. he has to go over and be the interim head in the irs. and say everything is fine. but the problem is as you say is not just what happened with the targeting of the conservative groups it is the mefesant and waste and the star trek video and all of this junk, the contract steered to friends of executives who then take the fifth. this is an agency in chrissis and they will have to look more
alisyn: he s crafty at getting some of these strange loopholes that he can take advantage of. the i.r.s. is crafty for coming up with these lavish conferences. i didn t think they could top themselves with the crazy videos, the star trek video, the gilligan s island retreat, the dancing competition. now we re getting another lavish conference from the i.r.s. alisyn: they re spending lots of money at a very high-end hotel in atlanta. this is from a 2008 conference. this is before the obama administration. in other words, this sort of abuse has been going on for a long time at the i.r.s. they went to the marriott hotel in atlanta. they didn t have to go to such a fancy hotel. they had $140 dinners, fancy wine wolfgang puck catered it. fancy hors d oeuvres, open bar. it cost it was
asked him how he plans to restore the american people s confidence in the justice department. holder says he believes he s not perfect, but he s done a good job and wants to be clear that both he and the department are fully engaged in their primary mission which is to protect the american people. when shelby pushed him asking what would it take for you, what would be the tipping point, the time you decide to step down, holder said, frankly, it might be fatigue, that it s tiring to constantly be defending himself, but he s not going anywhere anytime soon. he did set goals for himself when he took the job, and he has not finished those just yet. gregg? gregg: well, in the meantime, let s go to the other side of capitol hill. the attorney general is facing a load of heat. the house judiciary committee, what s the latest on that? reporter: well, there s been an increasingly heated back and forth that started when two key republicans on that committee, including the chairman bob goodlatt
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we have very different opinions. this jury went in with an open mind, listened to the evidence presented which is all they re supposed to do and made their verdict based on the evidence. uma: the jurors still have not spoken about how they reached that verdict. thank you very much to both of you for joining us. that is the theory. uma: thanks for your insights. appreciate it. thanks. thank you. gregg: just days into the 2013 hurricane season tropical storm andrea is now hitting the west coast of florida. there it is. this storm may soon be felt far beyond the sunshine state. we ll have the latest on andrea s path. what makes your family smile?