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Lives to conduct themselves in a manner that redeplects the highest standards of the united states government for a thats all well and good withor chuck grassly. ranking republican on the senate judd committee that has oversight of the secret service. but he said it doesnt negate the previous action and he maintains it is to hold the agents responsibility. grassly wants an investigation whether the white house staffers were tied up. the in house counsel looked

Grassly is not satisfied with the investigation going so far. >> he long called for an independent investigation on what happened in columbia and want to know if white house staffers are involved. the white house went ahead and had their own in house lawyer conduct an investigation and she found no wrong doing. grassly sent a letter with 14 questions about white house personnel that went to columbia and anded for answers on thursday night and he said he never heard back . >> molly, thank you ver...

Into it. but grassly said the outsider needs to look into it he sent 14 questions and asked for a response by past thursday night and senator grassly said he never got an answer from the white house. >> and iran and the u.s. nuclear agency are set to reseem talks about the countrys controversial nuclear program. they are at odds over whether iran will be allowed to keep the plant. the jets had been placed in the base in the united arab imerants. and they also add those jets will be used for regi...

Shotgun-toting dad -- >> sawed off. >> you all really hate children here. secret service says it is not the first time. you were asked if they would talk about others who did similar things and you said you dont think so and they have a code of ethics. that is the code of ethics that says it is okay to bring hookers back to your hotel room when you are doing advanced work. >> as long as you donts tell anybody. it is a roman code, i believe. >> by the way, senator chuck grassly took time out to s...

breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so...

anderson. >> he was giggle. >> thats the first time i have ever seen him completely lose it. it was funny. >> a lot to talk about this morning. we have breaking news. a suicide truck bomber targeting the u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of gardez a few hours ago. officials say the truck ripped through the main security gate. killed two afghan guards. nine others were hurt. and the taliban is taking credit for the attack. >> less than two weeks after downgradin...

Free enterprise. you have to buy your own car. the government doesnt buy you a car. you have to buy your own insurance, the government doesnt buy it. the president says you have to get your own insurance. the next thing was the employer mandate. the employer had to pay for it. >> it is crucial to realize the flip came very late. it wasnt like it happened in 97 or 98 or 2004 or 2005. eight or nine cosponsors had a mandate. chuck gratly said there is buy part began. part of it chris that i find mo...

It, they turned on it when the president passed it into law. >> let me this to you first. i think this guy is to your right. i think the man of south carolina is to the right of just about everybody. here he is, he has been a vocal opponent of the healthcare reform bill but he praised mitt romneys healthcare bill which included an individual mandate. check out what he said in 2007 when asked about romneys healthcare plan. lets listen to senator demint. >> he was able to, without raising taxes, m...

>> welcome back it "hardball." the president and challenging the individual mandate has been to harder their case but thats a considerable case from where the party historically stood on this very issue. in fact prominent republicans were for the health insurance just like the president before they were against it. here to discuss this great republican flip-flop are democratic congressman robert an dries of new jersey, also a domestic policy column mist for the washington post. congressman, let ...

High-ranking lawyers in the obama administration written this and circulated this is outrageous. >> shannon: now that letters have gone to secretary napolitano and also to the president at the white house, what concerns did you outline to the president and have you got an response? >> we havent got an response. the first letters were in june, chuck grassly and i wrote with others to express concerns and we heard rumors about this sort of activity. no answer. we followed up in july. no answer. an...