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I believe called fast & furious, to the best of your knowledge, what date? >> im not sure of the exact date but i probably heard about fast & furious for the first time over the last few weeks. martha: over the last few weeks is what he said on may third, now there are indications according to these documents he knew about it back in july, in fact, that there were lots of. males and documents going back and forth to the justice department about it. byron york joins me, chief political correspond...

2015. i think the latest report to congress suggested they would need significant help to get there by that date but regardless, even if they had that capability today we have a missile defense system in place now that can protect us against rogue threats, rogue threats emanating from countries like iran and north korea. we have ground-based interceptors located in california, located in alaska, that would protect the united states from such a threat today. regardless of whether they develop thi...

Income tax, this is in addition. can you imagine, 20 percent or maybe theyll start us nice with 8 percent, 9 percent and it will rise. additional tax on everything you purchase? nobody voted for this. this ran has run the decifit up incredibly high and he has to do something and this is what hes going to do. megyn: mark, a lot of people watching this arent giggling. >> let me tell you something, uni corners, good logs, death penalties and value-added tax, the uni corner is more likely. this is h...

Also, wondering what your plans are, how to spin it when one of your members does actually kill somebody, wondering how if youve got an actual p.r. spinning routine planned for that. or are you just going to take it when it happens? just curious. give me a call when you get a chance, thanks so much. megyn: believe it or not, now lance baxter, the man who left that voice mail, is threatening legal action against freedom works. my next guest is the target of the threats, matt kibbe, president and ...

Americans who may disagree on a lot of things but we agree on one thing, that the government is out of control, spending too much. thats a market share in this economy, and i think employers need to be held accountable for this, too. its all about transparency. megyn: geico has now let him go and i guess that will satisfy you, you still get your insurance from them, i assume! >> absolutely! megyn: all right, well, geico can send me a thank you letter for that one. we appreciate it. folks, have...

Value-added tax. listen. >> i know that theres been a lot of talk around lately about the value-added tax, that is something thats worked for some countries, its something that would be novel for the united states, and before i start saying this makes sense or that makes sense i want to get a get a better picture -- get a better picture of what our options are. >> mark levine, steve, let me start with you, the president, inch by inch, it feels like the door may be opening to the value-added tax,...

Fannie arent in this bill. i mean, it actually all began with them. >> fannie and freddies role was extraordinarily important in the financial crisis. in fact they were one of the major reasons we had a financial crisis. >> reporter: actually, that was supposed to be senator collins who said that if in fact they had underwriting standards that were stricter there wouldnt have been a market for mortgage brokers and banks who off load the low quality mortgages. freddie and fannie encouraged the ri...

Going to be the same, so mccabe also, who face an assault charge, a more serious charge of assault, might also be off the hook but we wont know that until that trial begins may third. hes the one accused of actually punching the prisoner in the stomach, but in any case, many say the trials are miscarriages of justice, one of them is indiana congressman dan burton. here he is. >> i think its a sad state of affairs when were in a world war against terrorism, that our young men and women have to be...

Maneuvers. they come as iran faces the threat of new sanctions over its suspect nuclear program. fox news alert, we are now getting reports that an oil rig on fire for days now in the gulf of mexico has sunk. that platform has been burning since an explosion and fire tore through it late tuesday night. authorities have been trying to prevent the rig from sinking all together, but dow jones news wires now reporting that the rig is completely submerged. many of the 115 survivors, now reunited wi...

Made the region unstable. so there has been finger pointing back and forth. but it was a small amount of highly enriched uranium. u.s. officials say it has been secured. the georgians are saying they are look into who may have been involved in smuggling it. it is something thats high on the agenda in terms of the danger to the united states and a lot of countries around the world. megyn: you think about even riched uranium in the hand of the wrong people -- we are not talking necessarily an orga...