sandusky until just this week. as the trial was going on, he apparently approached prosecutors and told them that he was molested. jason, if matt sandusky s claims was known by the prosecution, why didn t they call him to testify? well, i think it s a good question. i think there s a question in terms of whether or not his testimony would have been admissible, for one reason, jerry sandusky is not charged with sexually abusing his son. i can tell you this. think of this scenario. let s say for example jerry sandusky had taken the witness stand and it said during his testimony i m a great father, i have a great relationship with my children. that, then, would have opened the door for the prosecution to call a rebuttal witness and my sources told me, if jerry sandusky had taken the stand, they were prepared to put matt sandusky on the stand as a rebuttal witness and my source tells me that his testimony would have been, quote, very, very damaging. also let me backtrack a litt
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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 limits to republicans and everybody else because the president has invoked executive privilege to keep them under wraps. it brings us to joe jons live from washington, d.c. this morning. good morning. good morning, soledad, the contempt issue moves to the full house of representatives as early as neck week. holder is the first obama administration official to be held in contempt by congressional committee. the point man on all of this for the republicans, of course, is chairman darrell issa. he ta
start. nice to have you with us. i m ashleigh banfield and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. attorney eric holder to be held in contempt in congress. yesterday the members of the government oversight and reform committee voted along party lines to recommend citing him for contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents from the botched fast and furious gun operation, documents that are now off limits to republicans, and everyone else, because the president has invoked executive privilege to keep all of those documents now under wraps. joe johns is live from washington, d.c., this morning. joe, this is the first time that president obama has used the executive privilege. i think it was president clinton that maybe used it 14 times. how rare is this, and what is going to happen next to the attorney general? reporter: it is rare, but on the other hand, presidents do it, and most presidents do it at least once or twice during
he looks back and said he was abused. they call it abuse. sometimes if it wasn t for the strap, what would the world be like today? did you ever hope he would find true love? i always thought about that, but michael seemed happy. he found a lot of joy in his children. and the talent michael hid from the world. he loved art a lot. he loved paintings. he loved water colors. he loved even crayons. and his explosive theory about conrad murray. he did a terrible thing. there might have been others involved. i don t know that but i feel that. an extraordinary hour. the piers morgan interview starts now. tonight an extraordinary look at michael jackson s private life through his artwork. the pictures are new revelations about the iconic singer. much kept in an airport hangar in los angeles. some of it is in the studio with me. joining me now is his mother katherine jackson and his mentor livings ton. welcome to you both. thank you. most of this has never been s