on the arizona immigration law, is that legal. that is another one that got of a lot of attention. stick with fox news as we await the supreme court s final rulings of the term. you can learn more about all of this by going to our website foxnews.com. we are also waiting for new information right now on the investigation into operation fast and furious. in just about 15 minutes two of the top investigators for senator chuck grassley who has been at the center of this investigation from the beginning are going to meet with the press. that comes after president obama used executive privilege earlier this week to block the release of documents on a gun-running sting operation that led to 2,000 weapons winding up in the hands of some mexican drug cartels, hundreds of deaths in mexico, and the death of this man here, border patrol agent brian terry. his parents, kent and josephine terry now a cushion the department of justice and the obama administration of, quote, lying. saying they are hi
they ll pack they ll get on every single slice. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re expecting a vote in the house of representatives. the house oversight committee at any moment now on whether to hold the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. at issue, his refusal to turn over documents about the botched gun-running sting operation called fast and furious. the republican-led panel going forward even after president obama today invoked executive privilege claiming the release of the documents would have in his words, significant damaging consequences. the attorney general has refused to cooperate offering to provide subpoenaed documents only if the committee agrees in advance to close the investigation. no investigator would ever agree to that. the likes of the committee chairman. he will call the role call momentarily. want to know if senior justice officials knew if the fast and furious program was flawed. fe
documents on the botched gun running sting operation. holder says she prepared to make the accommodation in order to resolve the matter. will the deal be enough to stop wednesday s vote. dan burton who serves on the committee joins us live. congressman, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you, gregg. gregg: given how very long holder has been, to use your committee s words, stonewalling. are you skeptical he will be forthcoming. i m very skeptical. i was chairman of that committee for six years and i had to deal with eric holder before. i think he is very smart politician. i think he ll do everything he can to drag it out as long as possible. if he continues, what will happen we ll run out of time. if you examine holder s conciliatory words, and i did, the last time he testified.
investigating whether or not the riot was caused by sports rivalry or political tensions. new scenes of the violence raging in syria. this video posted online is said to show rebel fighters who have captured a tank. the u.n. security council is again talking about how to end the bloodshed. arab and western nations want president bashar assad out, but russia and china will not accept any suggestion of economic sanctions or military intervention. u.s. troops will stop fighting in afghanistan, start training and advising. the defense second says that is going to start next year. some republican lawmakers and presidential candidates not happy saying leon panetta should not alert enemy when combat will end. we re live at the pentagon in just a minute. and donald trump now endorsing mitt romney for president. that is according to sources with knowledge of this endorsement. now trump promised a major announcement today. he s not elaborating just quite yet. he plans to make thi
thousands who took to the streets last night were arrested. the camps mostly have been cleared out. however, you can see from those pictures that a handful of protesters did return to the site today, ignoring the orders from police. they say regardless of those evictions, they are still going to be out there to have their voices heard. heather: thank you. gregg: new fall-out this week from the failed gun running sting operation known as fast and furious. attorney general eric holder telling a u.s. senate ju decision area committee that the operation connected to the death of at at least one u.s. border agent was flawed from start to finish. as calls for holder s resignation grow some are wondering if the president may pay the price as well.