tactic used in the operation as a flawed concept and reaction to gun running to mexico. with this project, the atf stood by and watched as guns were trafficked into mexico with the stated goal of going after larger targets within the cartel s. eric holder said that is absolutely not an acceptable tactic letting guns go free. he put out a statement telling his department that an estimated 2,000 guns were sent in and 600 have been accounted for. what are we waiting to happen next? the hearing is ongoing. republicans repeatedly throughout the hearing have stated that lying to congress is say crime. there is one discussion about potential impeachment. what has not come out is a
was inaccurate. the justice department letter of february tell me what s the difference between lying and misleading congress. i am joined by the homeland security by l.a. quarterly. thank you for joining me. thank you. if you look at the blogs, for example, or people who write on the web pages that appeal to those on the right, this is a hot topic and part of the reason that the attorney general said a lot of these questions are politically motivated here. no question that republicans went after the attorney general very hard in this particular hearing. there was suggestions that the justice department has with held documents from congress and suggestions that officials have misled congress and the attorney general was told even if this wasn t directly your fault, you are responsible for the entire department. what are the mistakes that the attorney general admits were made here? he refers to the entire main
of the bottom of the polls? mr. attorney general, the blame must go to your desk. it is unfortunate that some used inflammatory rhetoric about a strategy that occurred in an effort to store political points. heated words between eric holder and republican member of congress over the fast and furious operation. why some say lawmakers are trying to score political points with this one. the morning after pill is safe enough to be sold over the counter without a prescription to girls under 17 according to the fda. why did kathleen sebelius say no? it is our gut check. all those new bans on texting while driving, guess what s on the rise. we want to update you on the breaking news on the campus of
right away to carry out his mandate and mission. i want to send a message and we are not giving up on this. we will keep ongoing at it and not allow politics as usual capitol hill to stand in the way of consumers being protected by unscrupulous financial operators. the other battle involves attorney general eric holder back answering tough questions before a house committee. investigating the fast and the furious operation. the federal gun program allowed illegally performed guns to be taken from gun stores in arizona across the mexican border to drug cartel s in order to monitor the flow of weapons. republicans have been critical of holder s handling of the program and calling for him to resign. let s bring in kristen welker and the president taking a stand. he talked about this in missouri earlier this week. that s right, he did. he made the case that richard is
strategy against officials. there have been strong suggestions that eric holder should fire those responsible and fire one of the senior deputies. there is no indication of what congress could do at this point. thank you very much. congressional quarterly. thanks, rob. now to decision 2012 where mitt romney is delivering on his promise to launch an aggressive assault against newt gingrich. he sent out two top republicans to go after gingrich s record and he debuted a new ad in iowa and new hampshire. a former governor struck hard against gingrich during that news conference with reporters over the phone. he told reporters that gingrich was so erratic, you would have to check the papers to see what he said that you have to clean up in your districts. ouch. this morning the daily rundown said conservatives are angry over gingrich and what he said