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House oversight committee, darrell issa, wants to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt. today, issa announced his committee will consider a contempt resolution on june 20th. he claims its not a political witch hunt. >> but ultimately its not about going to contempt. its about getting cooperation and legitimate discovery and in this case theyre not asserting privilege, theyre simply not giving the documents the american people deserve. >> this revolves around the justice departments fast...

good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." you dont often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he h...

Everyone at the department of justice and the administration accountability -- accountable for what happened and what didnt happen in fast and furious. all options are on the table. >> you are saying if the attorney general does not comply with your request, does not respond favorably to your letter you are going to put a contempt resolution on the floor. >> george, what i said are all options are on the table. >> all options on the table. so, there you go. and the latest on that, which is a 15-...

for ashton kutcher to apologize, but so far nothing. the controversy rages on over that commercial. mountains of flowers and condolences for junior seau and his family will allow his brain to be studied for signs of concussions. its the biggest full moon of the year and its almost upon us. what makes this moon so super? and we begin this morning with breaking news out of china. the diplomatic quagmire may be over. according to the state department, quote, mr. chen has been offere...

In if today for gwen that lee. house oversight and government reform committee chairman darrell issa laying out the case for holding attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. issa sent a 17-page letter to committee members saying it would help them cast an informed vote on the issue, a key step for holding or citing the attorney general. william la jeunesse with the news for us now in los angeles. >> reporter: well, harris, the contempt resolution claims that fast and furious was a t...

Into mexico in homes of tracking these weapons to drug cartel leaders. instead hundreds of guns vanished and many turned up at crime scenes including the site where one border control agent was killed. the showdown between congress and mr. holder today. >> reporter: the contempt resolution claims the attorney general has repeatedly stone walled and lied to congress by providing false denials that weapons were walked, by intimidating whistleblowers and withholding documents. a subpoena in october...

>>. >> john: attorney general eric holder is one step closer being held in contempt of congress, it has to do with what he has done or not done in operation fast and furious. now the latest for us from los angeles. >> you are standing in contempt of congress unless you have a valid reason. >> the blame game over fast and furious took a serious turn thursday. when house oversight committee prepared a contempt resolution against eric holder. >> we believe federal judges would agree with us this is...

more. a new terror tactic revealed wild fires. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin with new developments in a growing diplomatic crisis dogging the obama administration. the chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and sought refuge, but the u.s. embassy in beijing is now appealing directly to president obama for help. chen guangcheng was basically pushed out of the embassy and abandoned, but the top american diplomat in ch...

terrorism center at west point. theyre among thousands of documents seized by the navy s.e.a.l.s who killed bin laden last year in pakistan. well, they show that he worked until his death to organize another major terrorist attack in the united states. he is probably the most famous guy in china today and the biggest headache for the chinese government. chen guangcheng remains in a beijing hospital. he now says he desperately wants americas help to get out of china and he wants to go...

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