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>> want to get back to the areas east of st. louis where we have that active tornado warning, alive, well, in effect until 9:45. the storm is basically coming into illinois now, one of the bigger cities in the eastern portion of the viewing area. >> some of the other cities in the path, ramsey, browns town, ferena, wrights corner, st. paul, st. james. that tornado warning is still in effect until 9:45. it is this bowing here that pushes out. >> we are listening to the local affiliate in st. loui...

Chief washington correspondent james rosen has our update tonight. good evening, james. >> bret, good evening. the republican chair of the house oversight committee congressman darrell issa of california said the subpoena, his panel has formally served on the state department is quote narrowly tailored to produce outstanding documents relating to the development of those now infamous talking points on benghazi. u.n. ambassador susan rice dispensed those points when she told the five sunday shows...

And former state department spokeswoman victoria nuland, beth jones acting establishment secretary of say for the middle east. tom knives and sharon mills chief of staff to then secretary of state hillary clinton. issa said the subpoena was necessary because the curchted secretary of state john kerry has not made good on promises like this one made to the house foreign affairs committee last month. >> if we have got to find a way to make a judgment here about how much information we have and how...

Department. but the justice department wasnt just trying to catch a leaker. a government affidavit describing rosen as at the very least either as an aider, abettor, and/or co-conspirator. >> the justice department was alleging that the reporter in question, our colleague, james, had engaged possibly in a conspiracy, a criminal conspiracy, which means, martha, that the obama/holder justice department is now prepared to treat the ordinary news gathering activities of rompers trying to seek inform...

Unless the journalist himself or herself is suspected of criminal activity. you dont go after journalists for just being journalists. so in order to get warrants in the first instance, they had to put this stuff in there that said, now, rosen was a potential co-conspirator. the person or institution he less than truthful with was --, yeah, exactly. if you dont believe that james should have ever been prosecuted for news gathering activity, then you shouldnt go to a judge and hand him an applicat...

I could say you could call for an independent prosecutor or a special -- they dont have a special prosecutor. they have an independent prosecutor. youve got eric holder appointing it. >> did he just sign the documents? did the assistant attorney general and say hey, boss, can you sign these for me? sign right here. >> when its fox news, you know, it surely raises a flag that you would remember that. >> they dont think of james rows ands a reporter. >> get this, new details in new york indicate t...

I could say you could call for an independent prosecutor or a special -- they dont have a special prosecutor. they have an independent prosecutor. youve got eric holder appointing it. >> did he just sign the documents? did the assistant attorney general and say hey, boss, can you sign these for me? sign right here. >> when its fox news, you know, it surely raises a flag that you would remember that. >> they dont think of james rows ands a reporter. >> get this, new details in new york indicate t...

Co-scon spur tore. >> we talked about is it legal this week. >> that doesnt make it okay. >> its the judges fault though. the judge has to know this is bow gun. >> the u.s. attorney for the district of d.c. is to not, he accident get off the hook. >> believe me the justice department holder, holder has got to go this are all at fault because they come up with this piece of garbage. shouldnt a federal judge in thats the last line of defense. >> magistrates before with all due respect to them. the...

>> bill: its stupid, its stupid works to rosens advantage. >> of course it does. >> he is a good reporter. >> he is a great reporter. >> bill: lets try to put ourselves in the department of justice because you are an attorney to. all right. they must know this is insanely stupid. >> yes, yes. >> why would they do it? >> here is what irritates me about the situation. i have no problem with the government investigating leaks of national security information. because thats a serious matter. >> me t...

All due respect to them. they are lowered down on the totem pole. its not a district court judge. >> who is this person that did it? >> i dont have his name in front of me. its -- i dont have it. i thought i did. >> we mentioned it on tuesday. >> federal district court judges are here and magistrate judges are below them. the point is there was no reason not to give him notice. we maybe we could have worked with them and james would have worked with them. you have to try, there is a system in pl...