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We're going to stay committed to getting this resolved. we owe that to the wetterling family and the community to get an answer to them. >> i'm sure that the sheriff's department is tired of my questions. >> it's an active and open investigation, and i can't talk specifically about the evidence that we have or do not have. i wish i could, but the last thing i want to do is do something to contaminate a potential prosecution down the road, and i'm very careful to protect the case that way. >> i think that the sheriff is trying very hard to solve this case. it is an ongoing investigation. the on...

But i think certainly eric holder leaves himself open to a subpoena and charges of contempt of congress. i mean, he 0 owes it to the commit he, he owes it to congress. he is going to lose all credibility. as it is he's lost much of it if he tries to hide behind a subordinate. bill: what are you hearing from his supporters, shannon? what do they say? >> they say there is no inconsistency in his testimony he gave on may 15th that he never heard of potential prosecution of the press for leaking information because there was never any prosecution of our colleague james rosen. they say he has nothi...

Of our questions does not suffice. republican committee leaders say they may subpoena holder and potentially face another contempt vote but democrats say they are satisfied by the justice department's explanation that he accurately testified that he never heard of potential prosecution over leaks of the press because james rosen was never prosecuted despite a search warrant based on allegations that rosen had engaged in criminal conduct. >> i don't think he is doing anything that would cause me to want him to make his exit. >> after the search warrants, a state department employee accused ha...

And perhaps did not sign off on the search warrant itself. so you have a number of questions that you want answered in this letter that go specifically to that, correct? >> no question, martha. we want to find out exactly what the attorney general did, but remember, even if he was involved in discussions, his testimony before our committee said that he had never even heard of this. and martha, this wasn't a trick question. this was a softball question given to him by a member of his own party. so it wasn't like he was blindsided by this question. so we want to get to the facts of exactly what ...

Under the espionage act. my point as a lawyer was you can say rosen is a criminal, right? you can say is he a criminal, judge, trust me, is he a criminal but i'm never going to prosecute him. i have prosecutorial discretion. i'm never going to bring that case. that wouldn't necessarily be inconsistent with holder going out there saying i don't know anything about a potential prosecution. but, wait. >> bill: that is a dance. >> let me add a wrinkle. i went over and pored over that fbi affidavit paragraph by paragraph. and there is another paragraph in there that has been getting less attention ...