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And so then what happened was some of the -- some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. and if i thought that an atf agent would drive up in front of the structure and shoot i would throw my badge in the garbage. didnt happen. >> probably the only person who will ever know who actually shot first is the person who shot first. >> no one could know that the shootout was just a hint of what was coming. a tense, 51-day st...

And so what happened was some of the young men started firing on them. they fired on us first. >> we didnt shoot first. we didnt. they shot first. if i thought that an atf agent would drive in front of a structure and shoot, i would throw my badge in. >> probably the only person who will ever know who shot first is the person who shot first. >> no one could know that the shootout was just a hint of what was coming. a tense 51-day standoff that would escalate into a conflagration of biblical prop...

Or would this be handled by your standard professional fbi interrogation team? >> i would say the high value target team would be in boston already and they want it interview this guy. these are u.s. citizens. and whatever the protocol that that high value team developed, is going to have to come into play. you remember, this guy came to the u.s. when he was 8 years old. he is a u.s. citizen. all of his rights are afforded but i would say that team is there. and if they are not the ones doing th...

Turning back now into the investigation of the bombings at the boston marathon. joining us now by phone is retired atf agent in charge jim cavenaugh. now with all the security precaution thats are put in place at events like these, why werent these bombs detected? what went wrong? >> looks like the boston police swept the area with the bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb squad but they did not totally secure the area after they swept it. and that can be for a lot of reasons. issues, whether they suspect...

Amounts of ammunition or weapons. or theyre destroyed within 24 hours because somehow that is an impingement on the 2nd amendment rights. we have to take a very different approach, i think, and talk about the responsibility of these rights and not just sort of erring -- far erring on the side of supposedly protecting gun owners. what about protecting -- again, we talked about the protective right to vote and other areas where we also have responsibilities. >> when you were an a.t.f. agent, what ...

That tracks how much you buy and when you buy it. i think most americans in polls are shocked to realize there isnt a system where, for example, a police officer, lets say in aurora, colorado would know that someone in their community was amassing large amounts of ammunition or weapons. or theyre destroyed within 24 hours because somehow that is an impingement on the 2nd amendment rights. we have to take a very different approach, i think, and talk about the responsibility of these rights and no...

"cnn saturday morning." it is saturday july 14th. im randi kaye. egyptian security steps up its effort to find and free a kidnapped american couple and their tour guide. a staggering number of murders on the streets of chicago. 259 so far this year. well track how illegal weapons get into the hands of killers. and the anticipation builds for london 2012. gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. we begin with the search for two american tourists and th...

good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start with the massive credit card settlement that could mean more fees for you at home. heres the deal. visa, mastercard and some of the biggest banks agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement with retailers. the lawsuit centers around credit card swipe fees. we all know about those. credit card companies were fixing the price on the fees. it drops bans on credit card surcharge...

Told you about that, i told lanny brewer, head of the criminal division or holder got that member ho memo on that da. >> how is it going to change anything regarding the atf agent is the question. >> congress is manifestly entitled to investigate the internal processes that led to a false letter and the aftermath of it. they are investigating two things. what happened that led to the agents death and what happened in the aftermath. both of legitimate questions. >> we already know what happen tha...

Do the arrest. nobody came, so what was the purpose of it? you know, maybe it was just to make the a tf agent look bad. at least theres one quote from people within the office that said they wanted to dirty up the agent in a sense like you said in your letter. they were threatening him. did he want a job at the atf or a lower paying job with the sheriff? its all -- its all a matter of intimidation and not wanting to have anything to do with the bad judgment that was made up here in washington, d...