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Attorney general eric holder facing a simple question, did he lie to congress about his role in targeting a fox news reporter and the other scandals shaking up washington. plenty to go through today. youre live in americas newsroom. >> and good morning to you. and an investigation into whether mr. holder lied about the larger topic under oath. after he had this to say specifically to weeks ago today. watch this. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of mater...

"fire eric holder." top lawyer doesnt have credibility to investigate anyone, let alone himself. and here is what was what was told to gretta last night. >> i think the president ought to fire him to restore faith in the justice department. congress is entitled to answers. the only answer we have gotten is the administration wants to have a press shield law. if its like the press shield law like they proposed in the last congress, this would not have covered the rosen or a.p. incident. whos fool...

>> how do you evaluate this based on what we know at the moment? >> what eric holder said under oath was not true. he has been involved with it and he certainly should have known about the potential prosecution of reporters. its plain as day. you have got his signature and we know he was involved in the discussions. he basically admitted to it. what his actions have shown us. >> any possible explanations? he lied or forgot? >> i dont know that eric holder has earned much of a benefit of the doub...

Can do to not have this happen in the future. >> reporter: the president directed the attorney general to conduct a look at justice department policies regarding leak investigation. that can give them the opportunity to explain for fully what happened in the ap and james rosen cases to reassure everybody. but the attorney general is reaching out to numerous media organizations to say lets get together and talk this over. but with all the growing calls for him to be fired from the right and the l...

>> we just rolled a clip during the hearing on may 15. that same day he gave an interview to npr and this is part of that interview. >> im not sure how many of those cases that i have actually signed off on. i know i have refused to sign a few, pushed a few back for modifications. >> im curious. does that advance the story for you at all? >> look, i mean, i think that raises real questions. how many of these did eric holder actually sign off on? why doesnt he know what the routine that eric hold...

Fatigue, cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. ask your doctor if humira can work for you. this is humira at work. martha: a growing list of liberal voices are joining the chorus of republicans calling for eric holder to be fired. welcome to a brand-new hour of americas newsroom. bill: good morning. im bill hemmer. we are getting new information on the house judiciarys investigation on whether the attorney general lied to congress or mislead the committe...

Sense. if the president embraces them, his bond with the folks, you, should grow. and thats the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. we begin with "time" magazine political column u.s. joe line to joins from us washington. where am i going wrong here, mr. klein. >> i think you are going pretty much right on the first one. i mean, khalid shake mohammed is the undi bomber enemy combatants and keep in prison until hostilities cease. >> bill: why do you know that and i know that? >>no you ...

Those three examples are common sense. if the president embraces them, his bond with the folks, you, should grow. and thats the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. we begin with "time" magazine political column u.s. joe line to joins from us washington. where am i going wrong here, mr. klein. >> i think you are going pretty much right on the first one. i mean, khalid shake mohammed is the undi bomber enemy combatants and keep in prison until hostilities cease. >> bill: why do you know...

He said the following, for attorney general eric holder, the gravity of the situation didnt fully sink in until monday morning when he read the washington post story. he is beginning to feel a creeping sense of personal remorse. what does that mean? >> well, im not sure. i think that is sort of the real question here. . you have got eric holder around washington d.c. and talking to people on capital hill to try to save his job and to suggest that whatever might have happened in the past he didnt...

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