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In the end, it is really a shame we have to get here in the first place. the request for simple documentation may help us to understand more about the facts is that what is lacking. >> congressman patrick meehan, thank you for your time. are you better off than you were four years ago? thats the big question facing any incumbent president running for re-election. today a new poll shows more and more americans say yes, they are better off. we will get to how that playing in the presidential rac...

Justice and justice in the united states of america. have the guts. i hope we have the guts and perseverance to get to the bottom of this. >> in all of my 30 years of being in the united states congress, the way he was treated when he was here testifying before this committee, i must admit i have never seen anybody treated in that fashion. >> congressman patrick meehan. is a pennsylvania republican. good to see you. has eric holder be disrespected by your committee previously? >> i dont believe ...

proceedings. >> mr. chairman, it did not have to be this way. it really didnt. we could have postponed todays vote, accepted the attorney generals offer and worked with the department to obtain additional documents and information. >> the attorney general has been stonewalling this committee. >> i am horrified that you are going forward with this contempt charge when the president of the united states and the administration have invoked executive privilege. >> this is the highest judic...

holder called an extraordinary, unprecedented and entirely unnecessary action. the presidents move adds fuel to an already red hot fire. we will get into that at the top of the program. and it is the question that makes or breaks presidents who are running for re-election. are you better off now than you were four years ago? weve got surprising new poll numbers that are sure to make the white house smile if you believe them. plus, mitt romney now says marco rubio is being vetted to be ...

to an already red hot fire. we will get into that at the top of the program. and it is the question that makes or breaks presidents who are running for re-election. are you better off now than you were four years ago? we have surprising new poll numbers that are sure to make the white house smile if you believe them. plus, mitt romney now says marco rubio is being vetted to be his running mate. but was romney forced to say that after being caught flat-footed on the campaign trail? and ...

joining me now nbc justice correspondent pete williams. as congresswoman maloney pointed out "even newt gingrich would not hold a contempt vote on the floor of congress against janet reno." >> right, and if the house committee does vote to find the attorney general in contempt, then it goes to the full house. if they vote to find him in contempt, frankly i dont know what happens next because the law says that the u.s. attorney here in washington, part of the justice department, works f...

operation intended to track the flow of guns bought illegalfully the u.s. and smuggled into mexico and agents were instructed to simply watch them, let the guns go in and help finding out where they ended up. well over a thousand guns were allowed to walk. never were found. two showed up at the scene where a u.s. border patrol agent named brian terry was killed in a shoot-out with drug dealers. though there has never been a conclusive match between those weapons and the rounds that kil...

furious was. >> please. >> this was the name of an atf operation intended to track the flow of guns bought illegally in the u.s. and smuggled into mexico. and agents were instructed to simply watch them. let the guns go in and help find out where they ended up. well over a thousand guns were allowed to walk. never were found. two showed up at the scene where a u.s. border patrol agent named brian terry was killed in a shoot-out with drug dealers. though there has never been a conclusiv...

moved to singapore, a country with no taxes on capital gains. this move estimated to reduce his tax bill by a cool $67 million and that has two senators so, so peeved, so upset they want legislation to make people like severin pay. >> sarerin turned his back on the country that welcomed him and kept him safe, educated and helped him become a billionaire. this is a great american success story gone horribly wrong. eduardo saverin wants to defriend the united states of america, just to a...

Ago. in addition to that i think congressman pat meehan a lot of credit on this, we put out a report several months ago showing that this serious indications that boko haram is linking up or forming alliances with groups like al shabaab and al qaeda in the megreb, two offshoots of al qaeda. by declaring it a foreign terrorist organization that will give the justice department and treasury department more tools to use against it. jon: any response yet from the state department on your question? >...