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Flames. gregg: an amazing situation, alicia acuna, thank you very much. jenna: new development in the "fast and furious" showdown in capitol hill. our senior producer is reporting as many as 20 democratic members of the house will join republicans to vote yes to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. he is accused withholding critical information on the gun running program. our next guest will vote no on the contempt that he has taken to the editorial pages, saying that the investigation is the latest partisan attack on the obama administration. he said the process is a tra...

>> eric: is that a banned phrase? >> bob: this is fascinating for people watching the new york. america could care less. >> eric: i found this interesting. all the democrats, especially those testifying today were saying it's a witch hunt. in 2007, they brought roger clemens to the hill to testify if he did steroids 20 years ago. that wasn't a witch hunt that was good legislation, i guess. this isn't a witch hunt? >> andrea: this is not a witch hunt. we had a border agent that died. a gun running program went awry. this is my issue.

blitzer. >> yeah, i'm very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year. so i think he should just stick with his position. >> president clinton claims he didn't know it expires after the electi election. rick santorum is resurfacing. the former pennsylvania senator will lay out his plans for the future today. sources say he wants his voice heard as leader of the conservative wing of the gop. he's expected to announce he's ez forming a politi...

They were handed in the financial crisis, what have they done about it? >> they've done nothing about it. they have created their own problems. you mentioned fast and furious. we've got the department of justice involved in a gun running program at the same time that they are investigating themselves, because of that they take the time and taxpayer resources to sue the state of arizona for enforcing arizona to enforce immigration laws which the federal government acknowledges, including eric holder's justice department they don't have the resources to do. then you look at the financial fraud t...

Then? >> no, not that i know of. but i can tell you that after two years of subpoenas for documents, in any case in america, in any case that is going on right now, in civil courts, from coast to coast, if you were to take this kind of time to produce the documents that this congress has been asking for -- the doj is basically turning its head to the subpoena power of congress. i mean, what else do you do after two years of asking for documents? i mean, who knew about this gun running program at doj? what did the doj finally figure out that this thing was going on? what did eric holder really ...