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point, partisan politics and a sitting u.s. attorney general cot in the cross fire. eric holder is in copenhagen this morning. yesterday a house committee voted to recommend citing him for contempt of congress for not turning over documents from that botched fast and furious gun operation. you will remember that program allowed guns to end up in the hands of mexican drug cartels and is connected to the death of at least one u.s. law enforcement officer. those documents are now off limits to republicans and everybody else because the president has invoked executive privilege to keep t...

They have made an extraordinary offer. those who have been investigating "fast and furious" saying we haven't subpoena ad briefing from the attorney general. we've been subpoenaing documents. it is time to turn over documents. so that is why they're going forward with the contempt resolution. jenna: the three branches of government at work today. an extraordinary story we'll continue to follow. back to mike emanuel as news warrants, gregg. certainly one of our biggest stories if not the biggest story of the day. gregg: it could have a huge implications in an election year. for that we turn to ...

Here is a sample of what some of the democrats have been saying so far today. >> for the past year you've been holding the attorney general to an impossible standard. >> 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 for the documents sought by the chairman. >> reporter: this house oversight hearing continues at this hour. we believe chairman issa would have the votes for a contempt resolution against the attorney general. at this point it's not entirely clear when something wo...

Department falls short of any reason to delay today's proceedings. >> reporter: and there's definitely been tension in the room. you've heard some democrats defending the attorney general. the top democrat on the committee, elijah cummings, saying essentially chairman issa has been holding the attorney general to an impossible standard over the past year. you heard delegate eleanor holmes norton of the washington, d.c. area, why not delay? see if we can work out a deal with the justice department. the republicans would appear to have the votes to pass out a contempt resolution. then it would g...

Operation. this comes after chair darle issa plans to move forward with a contempt resolution. he said holder gave him little choice. >> when the attorney general will admit there is over 100,000 documents you haven't seen you have to take the next step. >> the white house claims that holder is cooperating and the investigation is purely litical. >> and thermal image and tore a home apart in alabama. they believed that a man accused of killing three people was hiding inside. after several hours he came up empty handed. police arrested two people accused of hindering the investigation. 18 year ...