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Did not track hundreds of the weapons and two of them turned up at scene of the murder of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. john cornyn berated the attorney general for what he called "zero accountability from the justice department," after fast and furious and the attorney general fired back. listen to this. >> he violated the public truth in my view, and by failing and refusing to perform the duties of your office, so, mr. attorney general it is more with sorrow than regret than anger i would say you leave me no alternative but to join those that call upon you to resign your office. >> w...

Resigning. >>trace: a house panel announced it will vote next week on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt for not cooperating with its investigation. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. attorney general holder also faced the questions about the contempt efforts. what did he say? >>reporter: that is right. we know a lost republicans on capitol hill feel the attorney general has access to information that reveals who signed off on the tactics used in "fast and furious," that led to the death of the border agent^. here is the top republican on the committee, trying to get at that. ...

Constitutional crisis. >> after the hearing senator grassley sounded encouraged by the attorney general, offering to compromise, and he says unless, of course, it is a hollow offer but after 18 months of investigation a show of good will would be to release some of the documents. >>trace: mike, the attorney general also took heat over the recent high profile leaks and his method of investigating this, right? >>reporter: that is right the on friday night he appointed two united states attorneys to look into who may have been leaking the highly qualified material that has ended up on newspapers ...