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Christies response when asked if he bore any responsibility even if according to what he said he didnt even know about the traffic study or what happened in the fort lee lanes that day. heres governor christies response to that. >> i dont feel blamed for this at all because i had nothing to do with it. but in answer to matts question, im ultimately responsible for anything that anybody does in my administration. whether i appointed the people or whether there are people who are career people. yo...

Of the top people in the department of state. he was essentially working with hillary clinton, whatever he did, she signed off on. they never interviewed him. so how could they say nobody did anything wrong with this? it does seem a little too convenient. nobody lost their job. its going to make a perfect entraa into presidential campaign much easier for hillary clinton if nobody got in trouble. >> brian: we know the intercepts and know exactly who killed our people. we know these were terrorist...

Get justice. a justice department where they are as interested in radical islam terrorists as they are the american public as a whole is particularly a fox news reporter. they wanted more news about james rosen than they did about the fast and furious whole debacle that got guns to mexican drug cartels. we need a justice department that believes in justice and i its time if he does not appear to answer what appears to be either a lie to congress or a fraud upon the court. >> gregg: let me ask yo...

Attorney general is not being truthful or the justice department has a lot to answer for in using allegations with regard to an individual to get a search warrant that they would not otherwise get unless they, indeed, could show they had probable cause to find that to be the case. >> jamie: joining me now the anchor of fox chris wallace. good morning? >> good morning to you. >> jamie: that probable cause, you have to include that the person you are going search in this case, james rosen, has co-...

Now going in to criminal defense mode for the attorney general? i mean, theyve become his defense attorney. when you look at what he said before the judiciary committee and then you look at what he signed off on, he said in that request, there is probable cause to believe the reporter has committed or is committing a violation of 18 usc, unauthorized disclosure of national defense information as an aider, abettor, and/or co-conspirator. he says that it may cause subjects to flee, that individual...

Have intelling -- you believe in integrity of the media and you ask top editors to come to this off the record spin session. its not unlike how he describes learning about what he calls the magnitude of the whole situation. he was sitting at his breakfast table two weeks ago reading about this in the "the washington post" when the "the washington post" broke the rosen story and then he suddenly feels this sense of remorse and seems to understand the magnitude of this search warrant that he signe...

Materials. with regard to the prosecution of the press, that is nothing something i have been involved or heard of or a wise policy. now republicans on the house judiary committee is not a letter to the attorney general and say how can you claim not to be involved in a attempted prosecution of the member of the media and you were involved in the discussions of james rosen. that is james rosen from fox news and the subpeona and search warrant that he signed off on. >> well bring in juan williams ...

You need someone, external person to investigate this. if he cant recall, how can he vet it. bill: brits become point he declared his bias by signing off on the affidavit. >> absolutely. bill: mary ann, do you believe eric holder can rightfully investigate eric holder? >> i think at this point the answer is yes. to call for him to remove himself is premature at best the precedent, it would set would be damning for everybody because if eric holder has to remove himself for anyone who has any conc...

The huffington post and others jump on the bandwagon that spells trouble for the attorney general, d doesnt it? >> the attorney general is one of the few appointees who stayed in this next administration and hes very close with the president, some described him as an alter ego type of figure. the pressure is mounting on him, its a dangerous time. this week hes going on what we might call an apology tour trying to talk to the media, leading members of the media to say, look we are not after you, ...

Thes the espionage act. it cited rozens reporting techniques, trying to play to the ego of a source, general reporting techniques, and so he was criminalizing that. the fact -- and now we know from dougs reporting that he spoke with his staff about it. so, for him to be surprised that that is what he signed off on, and the magnitude of what he signed off on is really troubling. jon: no other reporter ever in history has tried to flatter a source or play to their ego. what he are they thinking th...