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washington, d.c. a little north of florida and a tad bit colder especially on this topic. there is new report on operation "fast and furious" creating a serious controversy right now. a panel of house democrats say there is no evidence that the failed gun-running sting was directed or created by top political appointees of the justice department, top political appointees like the attorney general. eric holder is set to face questions this week. republican california congressman darrell issa will ask some of the questions. he is the chairman on the house committee on oversight and government reform. congressman, this committee says they obtained no evidence indicating that the attorney general authorized gun walking or he was aware of such allegations. they point to 22 witnesses that say they never talked to any high-ranking officials in the department of justice. do you have proof to the contrary of that? >> you know, jenna, in 1991 when the minister of information in baghdad said that our people were being killed as they landed and they were being pushed back and iraq was going to
option but it has to be used to make sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon because the whole game changes if we have a middle east where iran has a nuclear weapon and they are beginning to bully not only the united states and israel but the rest of the region as well. and the simple fact is this administration is now relying on regional oil sanctions where, they are clearly not going to work either because we have italy, we have spain an greece who have already said they're not going to implement the oil sanctions. south korea is shortly behind them. we already have countries standing up saying they won't implement the current sanctions but we have the white house saying these sanctions are going to work. the two are not going together and clearly your breaking news shows. jenna: we'll be talking to one of our military analysts a little later on what exactly a military option would look like. meantime the next six months
the florida highway patrol spokesman, lieutenant patrick riordan defending the decision to reopen the roadway. drivers have to recognize the environment changes. they have to be prepared to make good judgements. meantime the governor called for an investigation. hopefully we'll learn more exactly what happened. back to you. jenna: hopefully never happens again. rick, thank you. jon: awful, awful phone calls. we're going to be talking about the growing standoff with iran and what to do about its developing nuclear program, just some of the challenges facing the white house now in the middle east. we'll discuss our options with iran with a former spokesman to four u.n. ambassadors.
can get into the waves when they happen. you have to get there when it happens. jon: we have to show that video when he gets it. jenna: we'll be ready. >> brand new information on al qaeda. why that terror network is still a major threat to the united states. plus new details about the dangers posed by terror suspects locked up at the guantanamo bay prison. we're live with some details. a major winter blast as folks dig out from nearly three feet of snow. it's not florida but could this monster storm be headed your way? ?ó@]
stronger contender against romney than gingrich is now. jenna: that's interesting. that's going to lead us up to another conversation, a.b.. appreciate it as always, thank you very much. we'll be right back with more "happening now." when i grow up,
jenna: we have some breaking news into the newsroom, rick. hold on one second. >> sure. jenna: we have new testimony before congress. director of national intelligence says iran is preparing to launch terror attacks inside the united states if threatened by the u.s. or israel. that is just happening, this news breaking right now. meantime, we heard this yesterday, and it really, caught our attention. white house spokesman jay carney was asked about containing iran? here is what he had to say yesterday. >> we have a comprehensive strategy that we've been executing with the international community, with partners and allies around the world that is having a clear impact on the iranian economy. we continue to make clear to the iranians the way to relief the pressure is to through the p5 plus one process, live up to its obligations. jenna: so, rick, two pieces of news there. what's your reaction? >> you know my reaction is
is safely republican, whoever is elected to succeed him likely to be a republican based on the redrawn districts done by the legislature there. dan burton will not seek re-election to congress. jenna: well, right now new information on a few crime stories we're keeping an eye on including this one in mexico. police nabbing a member of the zetas drug gang suspected in those murders of 75 people, many of those victims or migrants that were pulled off buses near texas. in colorado hearings for two refuge ty brothers from florida -- fugitive brothers now postponed until mid february. ryan and dylan dougherty accused of shooting a cop and robbing a bank. and in maine, state police disappearing -- investigating the disappearance of a toddler say adults know more than they're saying. investigators also say they found no evidence to believe that ayla was abducted as her
bill could see final passage this week depending on what happens with those amendments today. the house, meantime, considering it own version of the bill that includes real estate transactions and be all federal employees, not just congress. jon? jon: do i smell bipartisan agreement on capitol hill, steve? is that possible? >> reporter: a tiny little bit. yes, we'll see what happens with that. jon: steve centanni, thank you. jenna: cell phone cameras come in handy, especially when you see someone breaking the law like the scene right here, but it's police officers who are accused of, well, doing something wrong. now, several states are trying to prevent people from taking pictures like this. we have judge napolitano on the case on what this means next. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --
administration goes even further. it shows lanny breuer was still a believer in "fast and furious" and programs like it. you can't call it a rogue program when the number three, number two under eric holder and the head of these kind of investigation, lanny breuer is still advocating for gun-walking. i guess he wanted to do it in a better way but ultimately he still believed it. jenna: you say his awareness of this automatically implicates the attorney general as well? >> jenna, you've got to listen carefully. the report said, didn't say that eric holder knew or didn't know. it said no one at justice. ma'am, you can't get much higher than lanny breuer without getting to eric holder. clearly lanny breuer not only knew about the programs but advocated for them even after brian terry was gunned down. jenna: sew what are the questions you have for the attorney general on thursday? >> what do you think you're doing if you can't know people in justice at high level are doing it? what are you doing when you're going to say that in
cybersecurity was one of their number one concerns, he had seen very little progress by the intelligence community in that area, jon? jon: wow. that's a week's worth of reporting in that room this morning. >> reporter: yeah, it was. [laughter] jon: fascinating stuff. thank you. jenna: this is certain i one of the -- certainly one of the big stories over the past couple of months, the gang who led police on a manhunt across the country. wait until you hear what they may have been plotting from their jail cells in colorado. in the meantime, florida in the national spotlight right now, but several states hold contests in the next few weeks. we're looking beyond florida to find out what's next, and rick is over at the web wall with more. rick? >> reporter: we're focused on politics online as well, and maybe this is something you can do during the commercial break. go to foxnews.com, this is the "happening now" home page. there's a little bit of a shift i've seen here, who do you want to win the gop nomination? we had seen ron paul in the lead