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Their son was gunned down with weapons that came from lawful dealers, but at the behest of the justice department. >> have you had any conversation in the last -- 36, 48 hours with the speaker of the house as to anything about this request or fast & furious? >> lwe have stayed in touch with the speakers staff. really, his letter laid out a very -- extraordinarily reasonable limitation to what it would take to prevent contempt. we have further narrowed that after the discovery of the wire taps. s...

Narrowed the request, the focus, the scope of document being demanded by congress. they wanted 80,000. that has been whittled down to 1,300 documents to a category mr. holder says encompasses 1,300 documents. what are they still arguing about? >> reporter: you have the investigation, then you have the politics of proceedings. we are talking about the politics of going forward. when you look at the investigation, you have everything that happened before brian terry, and then who approved the tact...

you might think that hispanics are the fastest growing immigrant group in the country but youd be wrong. a new pew studies shows that asians have surpassed them. 31% for hispanics. 10 years ago asians made up 19% of new immigrants. the number has almost doubled in just a decade. let me bring in deborah faye err rick. a lot of people are talking in our morning meeting about what this means politically, what it means economically. asian immigration way up. it still only makes up 5% of th...

Person to walk a tightrope across niagara falls. he teetered high above the rushing water from the u.s. to canada. rick leventhal taking it all in live. i wont ask why, but did he make it? >> he absolutely did, jamie, and images can barely do justice how impressive and powerful this walk was. the wire has already been taken down and show you the falls themselves, and the wire stretched across that gorge from here on the u.s. to canada, 1800 feet of it. nik climbed on the two inch steel cable at ...

A walk of a lifetime. 1800 feet on two inch cable across the niagra gorge, 200 feet above the river dealing with wind and misses with spectators. the previous from death-defying wearing a tether and because the tv station broadcasts event wouldnt pay him. >> they want to promise viewers that nik wallenda will not lose his life that evening. that will guarantee me from falling into the gorge. i still have a balance. i still have to stay on top of the wire. >> reporter: he told me if he does fall ...

Persons throat tightens, pulse quickens, and then vision narrows. but not this person. in fact, this is where nick wallenda comes to relax. >> you know i have gotten on a wire when i had troubles, problems, legal, whatever. i get on the wire, and its gone. >> reporter: before he can enter that zen state, nick is swinging from intense last-minute focus -- >> dont know how i will walk that. it is moving everywhere -- >> to self-pinching euphoria. because this wire in this spot has cost him years o...

walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? >> good gracious. >> you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. >> oh, thats a beautiful shot, isnt it? >> hopefully hell do it when theres broad daylight. >> do you think hes awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. >> especially because he will be tethered and hes not used to being tethered. >> the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. >> good advice. >> w...

Ones that understand they are sealed and cant be released and make independent decisions. i bet that if i found 50 career attorneys, 50 would determine it gun walking. >> greta: you said disingen with us. i assume he lied? >> let me rephrase that. he found his own truth and that is not consistent with the facts. i say that because thats what he kept saying throughout the day. it is not consistent with the facts. the facts are these six, fairly thick document its. >> greta: that were leaked to yo...

Attorneys, career attorneys and members of congress, have read the wire taps that were supplied to us by whistle-blowers and reached the conclusion that if you read them, you knew they knew they were gun walking. >> at what point? before agent terry was killed december of 2010? >> all six were well before it, in the summer. more importantly, the attorney general didnt say he didnt see gun walking in some cover sheet. he said, i read these wire taps and i dont -- i do not believe you would see gu...

>> with the lawsuit you could get to the point where you do discovery, and thats when you can actually find out something of significance. the belmont stakes. could have some history tomorrow right here in new york, dave. ill have another of course running for the triple crown. we sent out our chief triple crown correspondent lewis bergdorf to see where the smart money is. lewis? >> and theyre off. thats affirm going out for the lead. >> reporter: the triple crown of horse racing. one of the r...