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Agenda. >> shepard: the question for jay carney, especially yesterday is, about journalists and hash tag unfettered, that was the word of the day. he just kept saying the president believes journalists should have unfetter the access and all the rest for investigative journalism. when you say the same thing over and over and over like that. that means you have one talking point. what does that strategy say to us? >> it means they dont have a lot else to say. you heard today even the attorney gen...

>> im troubled by the notion that our government would per si sue such a broad away of media phone records. >> shepard: investigators say they needed to find a dangerous leak. >> i would like to try to pin down who authorized the subpoenas for the a.p. >> shepard: now president obama catching some criticism and questions about his leadership. tonight, you will hear from both sides. and, its like the 90s all over again as o.j. simpson takes the stand to try to talk his way out of his prison sente...

Later we learned the president was going to speak at 6:00 eastern time. he didnt speak at 6:00. he went off the air moments before the three nightly airings of newscast this was core greater weight of the evidence. >> and poorly choregraphed. >> he is not that guy and never has been. >> the content was very week teeth. this is not going away. i learned tonight a friend of mine. >> shepard: some news here for you a little news to break. >> if you saw the presidents statement you would thinking th...

Day, a saturday, when deputies met privately in the white house to reshape these talking points further, ultimately going through 12 versions, shep? >> shepard: james rosen in washington, thanks. that bizarre bust of an accused cia spy in russia just got a lot stranger. russian officials now say he is the second american spy they have caught this year. according to state controlled media there in russia today. they deported another american back in january. accused him of being a cia operative. ...

Maybe we will learn a little bit more why would they have said only two rogue employees at the irs. if you are jay carney you have so many different threads to pull. important to compartmentalized and delegate and swallow any sarcasm at the podium. reporters are not in the mood to joke around. the person who could do this the best mike mccurry bill clintons press secretary. he was in the middle of the lee enscwi secretary. im double parked in a no comment zone. one of the best lines ever for a p...

>>shepard: a marshall is in critical condition after an early raid in missouri turned into a absolute out, the marshal and two other law enforcement officials were serving an arrest warrant at a home when the suspect opened fire. according to reports witnesses say the suspect told his sister he was going out in a body bag. and, indeed, he will. the cops say he is now dead. but it is unclear if he shot himself or something else happened. no word on the conditions of the other marshal or the local...

Provide reasonable cause he may have mental issues. and his defense attorney wants to push the trial back to january of 2013 saying they need to gather evidence to save him from a potential death penalty. he faces 49 federal counts of murder and attempted murder in connection with the january massacre that killed six people and injured 13 others. and now to our legal team, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor is with us and fox news legal analyst, arthur aidala. >>guest: the judge wil...

Together in this country and you get the extortion charge and get him in jail on that they could get information on her killing. now, this defense in peru, the violent. motion defense is kind of like served for a crime passion offer there, mostly used for spouses who catch other spouses cheating. and that is what they are look at but a lot of experts document it can be used because after the 21-year-old was killed, van der sloot went to great lengths to try and cover that up as well as make a pl...

And the mother of natalee holloway in exchange for information on where she is. now, that means if he was to only serve a couple of years in peru the united states could then detain him, and extradict him and try him in this country, the extortion charge could lead to 20 years in prison. and he could potentially be tried for killing natalee holloway if they can mount the evidence in that case. >>shepard: and you wonder if long the way because the family has said from the beginning, they have sai...

Speaker. but the president. he must sit down with leaders of both parties and hammer out a real bipartisan compromise. >>reporter: he is up for re-election and it will be a tough one in conservative west virginia. that is an example of how both sides are frustrated and we expect votes in the next day. >>shepard: both bills are expected to fail? >>reporter: as harry reid has said all the leaders say, there is no doubt and that is maddening, the republican bill does not have enough support and the...