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out for our colleague, greta van susteren. >> its very possible the president lynn strubgt the u.s. attorney not to prosecute further on the criminal side. the house has authorized me to hire staff and legal staff who then can pursue civilly in the courts to try to get a federal court to order separately this discovery. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder recognizes this will likely end up in the courts. he called it an even necessary court action that will inch sue from awful th...

firefighters in a desperate battle with flames that remain out of control. we are live on the fire lines, all "happening now." right now the historic contempt of congress vote against attorney general eric holder heading into uncharted territory. good friday morning to you. im jon scott. jenna: glad to have you with us, everybody, im jenna lee. it is an unprecedented move by the house. the latest fallout from the operation fast and furious. 17 democrats joined the republican-led majori...

after six months of investigation, what became clear to me is that the things congress was holding up as center pieces of proof that guns had been walked were, in fact, misconstrued, incorrect, resulted from other motives, other reasons, that there were alternate explanations and that really this was a case of cherry picking of, you know, small phrases, sentences, without any of the context really that you need in order to understand what actually happened in phoenix group 7. >> so why...

after six months of investigation, what became clear to me was the thing that congress was holding up centerpieces of proof that guns had walked were in fact misconstrued, incorrect, resulted from other motives, other reasons, that there were alternate explanations and that really this was a case of cherry picking of, you know, small phrases, sentences, without any of the context really that you need in order to understand what actually happened in phoenix group 7. >> so why back in no...

and furious. which contradicts the central argument weve seen in the political sphere now for months. >> thats right. after sucks months of investigation, what became clear to me was the things that congress wasled holing up as centerpieces of proof that guns had been walked were, in fact, misconstru misconstrued, incorrect, resulted from other motives, other reasons, that there were alternate explanations and really, this was a case of cherry pick iing small phrases, sentences, withou...

weak laws which stimied them at every turn. however, committee chairman, darryl issa, declined to come on this program to elaborate. committee member john is going to join us in just a little bit. "fortune" contributor is joining us now. the premise of your article is that there was no gun walking in fast and furious, which completely con trab dikts really the central argument that weve seen in the political sphere now for months. >> thats right. after six months of investigation, what...

southwest, then those guns, thousands of them, were allowed to walk or be smuggled into mexico with an eye towards tracing their way through the cartels. instead as we, the house oversight committee and ore news organizations were led to believe, the atf lost track of those weapons. some made it back into the country. two were found at the scene where border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now tonight, though, after six m...

toward tracing their way through the cartels. instead, as we, the house oversight committee and other organizations were led to believe, the atf lost track of those weapons. some were brought back into the country. two were found at the scene were border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now, tonight though, after six months of reporting, "fortune" magazine reveals a very different fast and furious. the bottom line, letting...

trard toward tracing their way through the cartels. instead, we, the oversight committee lost track of those weapons. some made them back into the country. two were found at the scene were border agent brian terry was gunned down. that was the story as we and nearly everyone thought we knew. now, tonight though, after six months of reporting, "fortunes" magazine reveals a very different fast and furious. the bottom line, letting guns walk was not -- i repeat, not part of the plan. she ...

story. just hours from whether to cite attorney general eric holder for contempt of congress, a heavily researched story suggests that the scandal at the center of tomorrows vote may not have been a scandal at all, or at least not the scandal weve been led to believe it is. heres what they thought we knew about the atf operation known as fast and furious. so-called straw buyers from mexican drug cartels were allowed to buy guns in the southwest. then those guns, thousands of them, were...