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>> gregg: see what happens. family get together with ellen and her cousin. >> heather: very interesting. >> gregg: the leaks of national security secrets prompting a federal investigation, our focus is turning to the reporters that turned to some of the bombshell details. should they be forced to reveal their sources. our legal panel is here to weigh in. stick around for that.
Expressing her joy having her family together again. >> the kids love having their daddy home. he is everything to them. it's great to get back to normal. >> gregg: many of returning troops are back for the first time since their deployment in march of last year. >> heather: right now in america's election headquarters, ohio taking center stage, they remember the battleground state pushed president bush to victory over john kerry. now, the real clear politics average showing obama leading romney by 1.8%, but there are a couple of issues that should tip the buckeye state either blue or red. let...
Thank you for joining us. ellen, i'm going to start with you. first disclose you have a directed connection to the current arrests for the senate seat? >> i am supporting the democrat my cousin by marriage is josh mandell and current state treasurer. i'm also from the greater state of ohio. >> heather: i mention that because a senior state republican that the mandell brown race will go the way of the presidential contest 2004 as we mentioned republicans took the state. month wins the state this time around. >> i think the democrats win it and it's not because of my support of brown or anything...
information. i can't say there weren't leaks but they weren't from there. >> molly: peter king says based on the highly sensitive details in the media articles the leaker has to be in the president's, quote, inner circle. >> gregg: that is what the journalists are saying. look, republicans are not convinced that the obama administration plan to investigate this will yield any meaningful answers. what is the latest on that. >> molly: both sides the two u.s. attorneys will head up the investigations are good men and good lawyers but g.o.p. law makes are concerned because they will stil...
The boat by largely ignoring lawsuits filed by dozens of catholic institutions, names you know, like notre dame, challenging the mandate for employee contraception coverage. >> this whole lawsuit isn't about contraception, it's about religious freedom. embedded in the mandate is a radically new definition of what constitutes a religious community, what constitutes religious ministry, brand-new, never before applied at the federal level. that's what we are arguing about. jon: jim pinkerton is contributinged tore and writer for american conservative magazine. ellen ratner is bureau chief and a f...