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Megyn: fox news alert. we are less than half an hour away now from a major event on capitol hill. the house committee will start the contempt process against attorney general eric holder over his refusal to hand over documents related to fast and furious, a gun running sting that allowed 2,000 weapons to wiped up in the hands of some very dangerous criminals down in mexico, and it is believed to have been linked to the death of at least one border patrol act here in america, brian terry. we will track the developments and watch what is happening on capitol hill. it is sort of the step before h...

To comply with a lawful subpoena. the republican chairman darrell issa says the contempt process can be withdrawn, but only if the attorney general turns over internal correspondence after february 2012. as recently as this past tuesday attorney general holder told a senate committee he wants to cooperate with the subpoena. >> i'm prepared to make compromises with regard to the document that can be made available. i'm offering to sit down with the speaker, the chairman, with you, with whoever, to avoid a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: we learned moments ago that a.g. holder sent a letter ...

Mike, what are we expecting this morning? >> reporter: we do expect frustration from republicans on the senate panel. there is frustration from republicans in both the house and senate. they believe eric holder has not been fully cooperative with their investigation on fast and furious. a subpoena was issued last october the 12th, and so over in the house side what we are seeing is for chairman darrell issa, enough is enough. >> one, we need to know about the post february 4th period in which there was a cover up of a false statement made to congress. and two, we do need the chain of accountab...

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Documents. donald trump jr. did. that's how they know they exist. the way this usually works is that you are supposed to provide the documents and there is stuff they can learn. abbe lowell is saying you have documents from other people. why do you need it from us? there is a reason. because investigators can look to see if you forwarded something. perhaps they don't know about it. there is a lot of information they can learn from that's the reason why they are insisting. >> they insist on providing more documentation or resist going back on the hill. then there is a contempt process that they...