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Its about voter suppression. why would you go looking for more of a story. we have a federal government program that on purpose released assault rifles into mexico for drug dealers with no plan to track them. never told the government of mexico. one killed a border agent. so whats this really about? what do you mean whats it about? forget looking like they dont get it. this is shameful, this is embarrassing to try to make a purely hacked partisan argument about an idiotic program that killed an ...

>> eric: is that a banned phrase? >> bob: this is fascinating for people watching the new york. america could care less. >> eric: i found this interesting. all the democrats, especially those testifying today were saying its a witch hunt. in 2007, they brought roger clemens to the hill to testify if he did steroids 20 years ago. that wasnt a witch hunt that was good legislation, i guess. this isnt a witch hunt? >> andrea: this is not a witch hunt. we had a border agent that died. a gun running p...

Information to the media, to make the white house and this president look strong on national security. theres a good, good evidence trail to suggest that. and attorney general holders decision to appoint two special, two u.s. attorneys that he controls, that do not have the power of a special counsel, to look into this. one of which was a donor to president obama and a campaign volunteer, is not within precedent of what weve done in the past. bill: you dont think that is sufficient then, clearly...

As willie pointsd out, brian terry is the border patrol agent killed when part of this operation went bad. i would be willing to bet a considerable sum of money if you approached a majority number of the panel and asked them the name of the border patrol agent killed they could not give you his name. they are more interested in appearing on tv with sound bites and playing on both sides of the issue. >> if you go to this deceased border agents family, and ask them if they would like to know all t...

>> this is not about eric holder. it is about the department of justice and justice in the united states of america. have the guts. i hope we have the guts and perseverance to get to the bottom of this. >> in all of my 30 years of being in the united states congress, the way he was treated when he was here testifying before this committee, i must admit i have never seen anybody treated in that fashion. >> congressman patrick meehan. is a pennsylvania republican. good to see you. has eric holder ...

we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. theres not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. im talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced hell continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. >> monetary policy is not a panacea, its not g...

point, partisan politics and a sitting u.s. attorney general cot in the cross fire. eric holder is in copenhagen this morning. yesterday a house committee voted to recommend citing him for contempt of congress for not turning over documents from that botched fast and furious gun operation. you will remember that program allowed guns to end up in the hands of mexican drug cartels and is connected to the death of at least one u.s. law enforcement officer. those documents are now off limi...

plus, why rapists in the military are getting away with it. a bay area congresswoman taking the air force on front and center. jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, shes in the newsroom. and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. >...

we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. theres not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. im talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced hell continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. >> monetary policy is not a panacea, its not g...

About the fact that a border agent lost his life. we know there were violations of atf policies in the gun-walking. we know this was sanctioned at highest levels of the atf. ultimately when the whistle was blown, when they were asked a question about gun-walking those whistle-blowers have been further intimidated by people within the justice department. the justice department changed their answer weather request to that specific question. and real answer that were asking right now is, if you cha...