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That michael jackson delivered the powerful drug to himself. >> lthere is much mystery surrounding the fast & furious scandal. so far, no one in justice will own up to authorizing it. but in the meantime, the united states senate is taking unanimous action. we spoke with john cornyn a short time ago. >> nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you. fast & furious has drawn a lot of attention. >> but you have a particular amendment that was voted on. tell me about it. >> it was basically to cut off f...

This week. back to greta and "on the record." >> lthere is much mystery surrounding the fast & furious scandal. so far, no one in justice will own up to authorizing it. but in the meantime, the united states senate is taking unanimous action. we spoke with john cornyn a short time ago. >> nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you. fast & furious has drawn a lot of attention. >> but you have a particular amendment that was voted on. tell me about it. >> it was basically to cut off funds for these ...

Attorney general might have come back in december and said, okay, mr. southern general, this problem is we had a border agent killed at the hands of one of those weapons we snried a mexican drug cartel. this is a significant issue. its hard for me to believe it did not happen and if it didnt it means the office is dysfunctional. >> i would agree with you, jay, the attorney general should have had the information on or around the time that did occur. megyn: the operations that were doing this, at...

Attorney general knew about that, had any indication. megyn: why didnt they do that? >> we dont know what memos ... megyn: go ahead. >> it many simple. julian, the fact of the matter is this. s. if the attorney general was not notified that a border agent was killed at hands of weapons that came from the u.s. government, its malfeasance. this is serious. >> thats a different point than the point megyn is making. i think it, a legitimate question you and megyn are raising. but there is no indicat...

Everybody knew something serious happened and that is months before he said he knew. if we assume for a moment he didnt know, the question is he competent? if in fact a border agent has been murdered and the program has gone off the rails, why didnt he know? >> reporter: the program is mentioned in briefing documents the attorney general received as early as july 2010. >> heather: how is the attorney general reacting to the charges? >> he broke his silence and issued a scathing response. he said...

Surprise that a bunch of u.s. guns are being used in mexico so im not sure how much grief we get for quote guns walking. it may be finally they are going after people who sent guns down there. your points is this is october 2010 where high-level d.o.j. officials are talking about guns walking and holder is trying to tell u.s. congress he only found out about "operation fast & furious" the controversial part in april or may of 2011, so why are his top deputies talking about guns walking in octobe...

Allegation. it was all over testimony eric holder gave in may about what he knew about operation "fast & furious". jon: which told you about that it was the federal gun trafficking sting that was botched connected to a border agents murder. some lawmakers are calling for a special investigator after new documents surfaced contradicting the attorney generals statements. steve centanni is live in washington with more. steve? >> reporter: hi, jon. the idea of appointing a special counsel to investi...

Why? because "the most important amendment in the bill of rights is the second amendment. it protects every other amendment. its the last line of defense between us and our government." thank god for the guns that americans have between us and our government. not to remind the congressman of work when its almost the weekend, but congressman joe walsh, youre a congressman. you are the government. you ran for office, got elected, joined the government. there is no between you and the government un...

structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun ...

Feel is ridiculous. >> look, republicans want somebody confrontational and aggressive, that is why you see the thirst for chris christie and donald trump is confrontational and aggressive but is not a conservative. alisyn: one word answer, juan, in may you think hell announce hes running. >> yes. alisyn: stephen, you think hell announce hes running. >> yes. alisyn: well find out in a few weeks. both of you, thanks for coming in. gregg: a border agent gunned down in arizona, a cache of weapons be...