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System. >> jack, do you believe this will be resolved next week? do you think we'll have a vote? >> i think this is going to move the right direction, and yes. i was on the phone with the white house yesterday, a senior official. they do not like this policy. they are desperate to sit down with the legislative branch which, by the way, maria, as you know, makes the laws, the executive branch enforces the laws. it's the legislative branch where this has to begin. i don't accept that the democrats don't have to do anything. i have been a minority member of the house and a majority member. the wh...

>> reporter: what are you issuing? >> we haven't had to issue a subpoena so far. they've been cooperative as the department of defense in the state department and the white house. in this particular case, the log requires him to seek permission from the secretary of state and a department of defense. those are the entities from which we've been seeking information and been receiving information. the response we are getting is there is no information and that, we believe, is the potential violation. thank you. thanks very much. >> jon: jason shave it's of utah and the majority member of the hou...

National political reporter. matt from the boston globe and mike rogers former majority member on the house intelligence committee and recently with the transition team of trump. if i could ask you to react to this. you were inside the trump transition team. as you're listening to harry reid's criticism there. what's your reaction? >> you have to be careful. there are riots in the streets today. i think there is all of this unfortunate rhetoric feeds into both sides of this problem. i would hope that the majority leader would take his time to try to de-escalate the problem. i think he is throw...

Out. we see the bipartisan offer from joe manchin democrat from pennsylvania and republican from illinois background checks that you hope that some compromise position emerges. you can take ahold of that and get away from the issue. because i am sure that harry reid, ahead of having so many red state democrats up for re-election in 2014, is he not interested in doing a gun ban of any kind. i can't think that he would be because it would be so bad for some of his members and chances for remaining majority member. we are looking at the president departing from air force one arriving in minneapol...

And it appears attorney general holder is furious that republicans continue to investigate his involvement and his testimony when it comes to the gunrunning program. >>clayton: why depth he say anything about this when asked by a congressional committee? and the letter is now sent saying my testimony was truthful, and accurate, i have no recollection of knowing about "fast and furious," or hearing the name prior to the public controversy. i cannot it is by as a majority member of the house committee on oversight, suggest that law enforcement and government employees who devote their likes to p...